Artist: Esther Ofarim & The Smothers Brothers
Author: Mason Williams
Label: CBS
Year: 1967
In tv-show Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Author Williams sang it six months later (with Nancy Ames) in the same show, inspiring the hit version. Williams was a Texan guitarist, songwriter and scriptwriter for tv comedy series as The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and Saturday Night Live. He's probably best known for his instrumental hit Classical Gas, recorded the same year.
Covers:
Esther & Abi Ofarim [n°1 UK & NL]
Mason Williams [author; with Jennifer Warnes on WB lp The Mason Williams Ear Show]
Dana Dane [as Cinderfella Dana Dane]
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