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* [[Palisades Park]] by [[Freddy Cannon]] |
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* Old Rivers by [[Walter Brennan]] |
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* [[Playboy (The Marvelettes song) | Playboy]] by [[The Marvelettes]] |
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* Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) by [[Ernie Maresca]] |
* Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) by [[Ernie Maresca]] |
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* It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' by [[Johnny Tillotson]] |
* It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' by [[Johnny Tillotson]] |
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Revision as of 00:10, 11 October 2009
Ben Crazy is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released in 1962.
The record is a parody of the medical drama TV series Ben Casey. The single did slightly better than Santa & The Touchables, reaching #44 that year.
The B-side, "Flip Side", is the same track as "Crazy" on the Buchanan and Goodman On Trial single.
Songs
- Ben Casey theme music
- PT-109 by Jimmy Dean
- Mashed Potato Time by Dee Dee Sharp
- Palisades Park by Freddy Cannon
- Old Rivers by Walter Brennan
- Playboy by The Marvelettes
- Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) by Ernie Maresca
- It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' by Johnny Tillotson
- Al di là by Emilio Pericoli
Release
The single was distributed on both Diamond and JMD Records. The JMD version is actually very slightly different than the Diamond re-issue. On the Diamond version, when the Dr. is cutting into a patient, you hear someone scream, on the JMD version, it sounds more like an entire audience of voices screaming.
Goodman's Spencer & Spencer partner, Micky Shorr, did a Ben Casey break-in called, "Dr. Ben Basey", as, Micky Shorr & The Cut-Ups (Tuba 8001 -- 4/6/62) at the exact same time. Rumor has it that Dickie actually WAS one of the Cut-Ups.