Then 28 years old and coming off her first No. “Not that ‘Crazy’ is real complicated it just wasn’t your basic three-chord country hillbilly song.” “I had problems immediately with my song ‘Crazy’ because it had four or five chords in it,” he recalled. “I enjoyed fooling around with the phrasing,” Willie has said, “but it made my sound noncommercial for all those Nashville ears who were listening for the same old stuff and misunderstood anything original.” Nelson also tended to write melodies that were more complex than the standard country fare. Although his talent was obvious, many in the country music business thought his style was simply too offbeat and artsy for the charts. But when he arrived in Nashville from Texas in 1960, the 27-year-old ex-DJ and bar musician was a household name only at his own kitchen table. Today Willie Nelson is universally acclaimed as both a singer and a songwriter. Cline’s hit recording swings with such velvety finesse, and her voice throbs and aches so exquisitely, that the entire production sounds absolutely effortless. How could that song not have been a hit?Ĭertainly that would seem to be the case with “Crazy,” the country standard written by Willie Nelson and recorded definitively by Patsy Cline for Decca Records in 1961. Rankings are based on the popularity of each song during the period of 1950 through 1969.Once a song becomes a widely recognized hit, its popularity can seem virtually inevitable. Insects and mythical animals are omitted, as are indirect title references, such as a person's name that may also be an animal. Fictional animals, such as cartoon characters, are included. This list is comprised of songs with animals (be they mammal, fowl or fish) in the title or an overall animal theme in the title and/or lyrics. Lonely Little Robin - Mindy Carson - 1951.Rocking Goose - Johnny and the Hurricanes - 1960.The Chicken and the Hawk - Joe Turner - 1956.Bluebird - The Buffalo Springfield - 1967.The Bluebird, The Buzzard and the Oriole - Bobby Day - 1959.The Bird's the Word - The Rivingtons - 1963.Leave My Kitten Alone - Little Willie John - 1959.Peter Rabbit - Dee Jay and the Runaways - 1966.Baby Elephant Walk - Lawrence Welk - 1962.You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller - 1966.The Bird on My Head - The Music of David Seville - 1958.Lonesome Polecat - The McGuire Sisters - 1954.The Happy Reindeer - Dancer, Prancer and Nervous - 1959.Hitch it to the Horse - The Fantastic Johnny C - 1968.Is a Blue Bird Blue - Conway Twitty - 1960.This Little Bird - Marianne Faithfull - 1965.The Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini - 1964.The Cat in the Window (The Bird in the Sky).Too Many Fish in the Sea & Three Little Fishies - Mitch Ryder.The Mocking Bird - The Four Lads - 1952.Too Much Monkey Business - Chuck Berry - 1956.Cincinnati Dancing Pig - Red Foley - 1950.The Cry of the Wild Goose - Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1950.Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - David Seville and the.I've Got a Tiger By the Tail - Buck Owens - 1965.Too Many Fish in the Sea - The Marvelettes - 1964.Walkin' My Cat Named Dog - Norma Tanega - 1966.(How Much Is) That Hound Dog in the Window - Homer and.Harry the Hairy Ape - Ray Stevens - 1963.Mockin' Bird Hill - The Pinetoppers - 1951.At the Zoo - Simon and Garfunkel - 1967.Gonna Find Me a Bluebird - Marvin Rainwater - 1957.May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - Little Jimmy.Sparrow in the Tree Top - Bing Crosby and the Andrews.Muskrat Ramble - The McGuire Sisters - 1954.I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat - Mel Blanc - 1951.White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane - 1967.Sparrow in the Tree Top - Guy Mitchell - 1951.Peter Cottontail - Mervin Shiner - 1950.Pepino the Italian Mouse - Lou Monte - 1963.Hummingbird - Les Paul and Mary Ford - 1955.The Lonely Bull - The Tijuana Brass featuring Herb.Tiger Rag - Les Paul and Mary Ford - 1952.Mule Skinner Blues - The Fendermen - 1960.Yellow Bird - Arthur Lyman Group - 1961.See You Later, Alligator - Bill Haley and his Comets - 1956.Hound Dog - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton - 1953.Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris - 1963.What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones - 1965.The Birds and the Bees - Jewel Akens - 1965.The Cry of the Wild Goose - Frankie Laine - 1950.the Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen - 1967 The Horse - Cliff Nobles and Company - 1968.Mockin' Bird Hill - Les Paul and Mary Ford - 1951.The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens - 1961.The Chipmunk Song - The Chipmunks - 1958.(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley - 1957.The Doggie in the Window - Patti Page - 1953.
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