And now that earworm will be stuck in my head all day long. (ho ho! he he! ha ha!)
~T On Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 1:24 PM danny burstein <[email protected]> wrote: > 10-March-2023, but I just caught the news > > [Classic Bands for the writeup] > > Jerry Samuels Dies: One of Pop Music's Most Unique One-Hit Wonders as > "Napoleon XIV" > > Jerry Samuels, who as "Napoleon XIV" wrote and recorded one of pop music's > most unusual hit singles, 1966's "They're Coming to Take Me Away, > Ha-Haaa!," died today (March 10, 2023). Samuels, 84, had operated a > Philadelphia-based talent agency for the past four decades. News of his > passing was shared by his wife, Bobbie Samuels, on her Facebook page. "My > friends," she wrote, "Jerry died early this morning. He was my rock and > the greatest love of my life. He taught me to be strong." > > Samuels, born May 3, 1938, was a recording engineer in New York City. He > came up with an idea: a song about a poor guy who's so distraught over his > girlfriend leaving him that he's driven to madness. He took on the name > Napoleon XIV, credited his composition to N. Bonaparte and somehow got > Warner Bros. Records to agree to release it in July 1966. With only a > snare drum and a tambourine as accompaniment, Samuels recites--never > sings--his tale of woe. > ===== > rest: > https://bestclassicbands.com/jerry-samuels-obituary-napoleon-xiv-3-10-23/ > > _____________________________________________________ > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key > [email protected] > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/CA%2Bvn7HKPOeJjRhcFEZZkJ1z4HGeu8-XNSreFn1r1gEu1OxgU3g%40mail.gmail.com.
