Friday, April 10, 2020

60's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 Song Review: "Hey You, What Are You, Some Kind of Nut?" by Andy Cory (1961)


U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 Charts Peak Position No. 121

Backstory: Even online, literally NOTHING is known about Cory except for the fact that he only released two singles in his entire recording career, including this one which was just barely popular enough to have Bubbled Under. It was released off of the Paramus, New Jersey based extremely short lived indie label, Silver Bid Records. He released one more single off of King Records called, "Gunga Din" which was also a novelty song like this tune. Nobody knows what happened to Cory or even anything about this man. Huh.

The review: This is a funny and catchy novelty tune with a funny and clever, slightly crazy vibe with Cory humming along to the beat and also playing two characters: a man who calls another man a nut, and the "nutty" man himself. I like it! It's definitely nothing spectacular, but it's good, harmless fun. Very catchy and somewhat different.

Final rating: 7/10

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