Don't you know t Add lyrics. The Trashmen made it in a record shop and passed it off as their own. The Bird's The Word The Rivingtons. Les Trashmen ne connaissent pas « Bird Is The Word » par les Rivingtons mais ont vu The Sorensen Brothers jouer le titre en public. Listen to albums and songs from The Rivingtons. Released in the fall of 1963, the song reached No. The Bird's the Word The Rivingtons Buy this song. Now playing: Tina Turner What's Love Got To Do With It. Watch Queue Queue. Bird is the Word" is actually from an old novelty rock-and-roll tune from 1963 by a group called "The Trashmen"--can you say "one-hit wonder? 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the latter part of that year. From “Papa – Oom – Mow – Mow” to the “Surfin Bird” then on to the somewhat great “Your Gonna Pay” The Rivingtons surf type stuff got played at the Wheel. - Shall we make some noise!?" Add lyrics. record condition - record sold as shown. The Trashmen noticed the two songs sounded alike, so they mashed them together in a live performance. These songs are all collected on The Liberty Years, released on EMI America. Fred flew into a rage and got fired. Their first hit, "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" (1962), like many such songs, began with the bass chanting nonsense syllables (in this case the title), followed by the tenor singing over repetitions of it. Avec Deezer, musique en streaming, découvrez plus de 56 millions de titres, créez vos propres playlists, … !above my bed, my bed, my bed is so wet!ba-ba-ba-ba bed, bed is so wet!From heel to head he got so wetwith his ugly parrot voice he yelled so bad:my ba-ba-bed, da bed, da bed is so wetba-ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba bed is so wet.bed-bed-bed, the bed is so wet{Here was plenty of rhythmical syllable staccato like in the Trashmen song. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about The Rivingtons - Doin' The Bird at Discogs. Artist Release Name Cat.No. The lyrics was a wicked mixture of apparent nonsense words (even more in the Trashmen version) and yet nobody told how it came into being.Some years ago on a holiday trip I talked to an old bartender who spoke about the origin of this song and played on his blues guitar. For the rest see below.). The Rivingtons, Soundtrack: Dogfight. "Surfin' Bird" (Frazier-White-Harris-Wilson) / [Intro] [N.C] A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird / [Verse 1] E7 B-B-B-bird, bird, bird, B-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, th Elle est sortie en 1963 et a été enregistré dans le studio Kay Bank Studio au Minneapolis aux États-Unis. I "Thunderbird" was the brand name of a very cheap bottle of wine.If I had to give a meaning for "the word" in that chant, I'd say it meant "your favorite [word]". The Bird Is The Word. Bird Is the Word The Rivingtons. [3][4][5] The Rivingtons' manager reported it to their lawyers, and the Trashmen were ordered to add the surnames of the Rivingtons to the credits. The Rivingtons ‎– Papa Oom Mow Mow / The Bird Is The Word Label: Liberty ‎– 1A006-99383 Series: Do You Remember? To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.com (US). … So "Lazy Fred" disappeared and the Rivingtons were forced to write a 3rd variant with phonetically similar catchy syllables but different words. Like many such songs, it began with the bass chanting nonsense syllables (in this case the title), followed by the tenor singing over repetitions of it. Find great deals for RIVINGTONS, THE----THE BIRD'S THE WORD. They then appeared on Duane Eddy's 1958 hit "Rebel Rouser", providing handclaps and rebel yells. People said he later died of cirrhosis; in L.A. Fred was never seen on stage again. lead vocalist Carl White (died January 7, 1980), tenor Al Frazier (d. November 13, 2005), baritone Sonny Harris, and bass singer Turner "Rocky" Wilson, Jr.. Frazier was replaced by Madero White for a period in the late 1970s.