U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Peak Position No. 97
Backstory: Virtually nothing is known about Greenberg other than the obvious fact that he released this parody song of off the incredibly short lived record label, Trip Records. The song, a controversial parody of Jimmy Dean's 1960 classic, "Big Bad John", barely entered the Hot 100 and was Greenberg's first and only ever Billboard Hot 100 chart entry. He released one more follow up single that wasn't successful and just vanished into thin air after that. Nobody really knows if he is still alive or what! However, I do know that he is a Caucasian male because of an advertisement from 1969 showing his face on it.
The Review: This is an absolutely hilarious and politically incorrect parody song about a gay hairdresser who dies in a salon fire. But after hearing it, I can definitely see why is was hardly a success: The incredibly taboo (for the time, at least, subject matter of this parody song). But it still should've been a much bigger success if you ask me.
Final rating: 9/10
And as always, don't forget to comment down your opinion on this tune below.
No comments:
Post a Comment