Friday on my Mind 110: I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman
Posted in 1960s, Friday On My Mind at 12:00 on 19 December 2014
What a piece of one-hit wondery this is. The ultimate in novelty tunes. Not only the peculiar title (only beaten in the what-on-Earth-is-that-all-about? stakes by They’re Coming to Take me Away Ha-haaa!) but the fact that the tune is never sung but only whistled.
The “performer” in the clip isn’t Whistling Jack Smith, whose identity some say is unknown, but according to Wiki was a member of the Mike Sammes singers. Instead the guy prancing around is an actor, who the Wiki article says is one Billy Moeller.
Whistling Jack Smith: I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman
Until I looked the tune up I hadn’t known Pat Boone covered it!
Tags: Billy Moeller, Friday On My Mind, I was Kaiser Bill's Batman, Pat Boone, the Mike Sammes Singers, They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-haaa!, Whistling Jack Smith
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