Satirical piece involving music and dialogue, from 1958. Not played on many radio stations due to its controversial nature, it was a major hit in Freberg's native Los Angeles, reaching the top five on KFWB. Billboard's Hot 100 peaked it at #44.
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Satirical piece involving music and dialogue, from 1958. Not played on many radio stations due to its controversial nature, it was a major hit in Fre… read more
Satirical piece involving music and dialogue, from 1958. Not played on many radio stations due to its controversial nature, it was a major hit in Freberg's native Los Angeles, reach… read more
Stanley Victor Freberg (born August 7, 1926 in Los Angeles-April 7, 2015) was a voice actor, comedian, and advertising creative. In 1950, he scored a huge success with his first recording for Capitol Records, John and Marsha, a soap-opera parody that consisted of the title characters (both played by Freberg) repeating each other's names. In a follow-up he used pedal steel guitarist Speedy West to parody the 1953 country hit A Dear John Letter as A Dear John and Marsha Letter. Throughout the 1950s he made a name for himself writing and performing both original songs (Tele-Vee-Sh…read more
Stanley Victor Freberg (born August 7, 1926 in Los Angeles-April 7, 2015) was a voice actor, comedian, and advertising creative. In 1950, he scored a huge success with his first recording f… read more
Stanley Victor Freberg (born August 7, 1926 in Los Angeles-April 7, 2015) was a voice actor, comedian, and advertising creative. In 1950, he scored a huge success with his first recording for Capitol Records, John and Marsha, a soap-op… read more