U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 Singles Chart Peak Position No. 112
Backstory: There is literally little to NOTHING known about this anonymous male singer, except for the facts that he released this lone single off of the RCA Records sub label Metromedia Records sometime during 1973. It only got slight radio airplay, and therefore only Bubbled Under. Supposedly, the man only known as Scuffy Shew worked with the Beach Boys on their timeless classic Pet Sounds album and was a best friend of Alex Chilton, lead singer of the really popular 60's pop and rock band, The Box Tops. Shew also wrote a single song for the band, The Association in 1975 on the RCA label. Finally (get this): Shew supposedly voiced the Convict Fox on Disneyland's America Sings ride that was popular during the 70's (though now the ride remains infamous due to a goddamn freaky ass accidental DEATH that occurred there in 1974 when a young woman worker there was literally CRUSHED to death between two separate spinning showroom walls), but that's beside the point. To this day, nobody really knows who Shew truly is, except for maybe a select small handful of folks.
The review: Well, this guy definitely has quite an unusual singing style and voice (which I honestly LOVE). It's almost like a classic cartoon character, like Bugs Bunny but still not quite. It's quite a unique folk rock and pop song. Honestly, I do think that this deserved to be a bigger hit and bigger success than it was, but with Shew intentionally remaining anonymous and probably not a whole lot of promotion for this single going on (besides a rare poster advertising the single that you can even find on eBay out of all places), I honestly think that this song was destined to flop on the first go. But like I said, I think it's an underrated and unique tune. I do like the guitar work and the production quite a bit.
Final rating: 9/10
