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| (John Loudermilk/Gwen Loudermilk) |
| (o): | John D. Loudermilk (1962) | label: RCA |
| | With Angela Jones on the B-side (see there). Inspired by comic strip character Speedy Gonzales and in his own sober version a small pop hit. Gwen was John's first wife, earning credits for supporting his idea to write a song about the Nashville Trafic Police. Musically the song was clearly inspired by banjo traditional Ground Hog (see there), cut -amongst others- by Norwegian band The Windjammers for RCA, produced by Chet Atkins and John D. Loudermilk; no kidding. |
| (c): | Roberto Carlos (1964) [Portuguese and Spanish version (as O Calhambeque and Mi Cacharrito); big hit in South America], Carlos Alberto (1964) [idem; hit in Brasil], Joe Dassin (1965) [as Bip Bip right in the middle of Paris' city traffic], Supersonics (1966) [as O Calhambeque], Gaetano Veloso (1995) [idem], Breastfeeders (2006) [on Dassin tribute], |
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| The Brazilian hit spilled into local comic book territory: Eugenio Colonnese's O Calhambero Vermilho (The Red Oldtimer). |
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