50's and 60's American pop songs about the people of foreign lands

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The Cadets - Stranded in The Jungle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcHtYRHEeCY

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:56 (eleven years ago)

Bobby Helms - Fraulein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHNtpkeXPJ8

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:56 (eleven years ago)

Hank Locklin - Geisha Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Ty8HbGuSk

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:57 (eleven years ago)

Little Anthony & The Imperials: Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mLjZRAXRRA

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:58 (eleven years ago)

Prescott Reed - Russia, Russia (Lay That Missile Down)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqm77WB-4sE

emil.y, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:59 (eleven years ago)

Coasters - Brazil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li0GoTYJoa4

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:00 (eleven years ago)

Bobby Marchan w/ Huey Piano Smith and The Clowns - Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jYSdcYK0ss

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:03 (eleven years ago)

Bo Diddley - Mr. Kruschev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH4XiC19zJI

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:04 (eleven years ago)

Johnny Wright - Hello Vietnam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs4puvFVRmI

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:06 (eleven years ago)

Wilf Carter - Goodbye Maria, I'm off to Korea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cud65kP7rp4

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:08 (eleven years ago)

Bill Haley - Oriental Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q1rqLLwGd4

Okay, there's lil' Zipper again (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:17 (eleven years ago)

The Four Lads - Skokiaan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpndaJnGzz0

Okay, there's lil' Zipper again (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:19 (eleven years ago)

Warren Smith - Ubangi Stomp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orz0jU8pcP0

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:21 (eleven years ago)

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Hong Kong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMZbob5-tXs

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:22 (eleven years ago)

The Five Keys - Ling Ting Tong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO1IwdanmNM

Okay, there's lil' Zipper again (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:22 (eleven years ago)

Spike Jones adds another layer to Skokiaan...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aQ0cRLZK6o

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:27 (eleven years ago)

The Eternals - Rockin In The Jungle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsLHLxYkBDc

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:29 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUfczn_7T5Y
Roger Miller - England Swings

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:30 (eleven years ago)

Donald and the Delighters - Elephant Walk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFF_VTZlWP0

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:31 (eleven years ago)

Hair - Manchester England
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXQRNIROJ0g

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:32 (eleven years ago)

Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man

timellison, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:32 (eleven years ago)

Buck Owens - Made in Japan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udHeBbv0RcI

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:37 (eleven years ago)

Wow, that Spike Jones cut is next-level of... something...

Okay, there's lil' Zipper again (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:45 (eleven years ago)

Hank Locklin - Filipino Baby. He really worked this niche.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DePqSnMxGuU&index=5&list=ALBTKoXRg38BAeGFZNb3-L41OZV1zmFbFs

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:45 (eleven years ago)

of course it makes sense a guy with the rugged good looks of Hank Locklin would be beloved wherever he roamed

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:50 (eleven years ago)

Tommy Hancock - Tacos for Two
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAm7remMZHo

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:56 (eleven years ago)

I had never heard Tacos for Two either. This thread is great fun on a workday, thanks Brio. So many (all?) of these fall into the guilty pleasures category currently being discussed on another thread.

Okay, there's lil' Zipper again (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 19:12 (eleven years ago)

Yep, I think any song with the couplet "Hey hey senor waiter these tacos look great/Put some clothes on the stripper so I can ate" falls in the guilty pleasure category.

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 19:18 (eleven years ago)

Bill Haley did a whole album, Rockin' Around The World, of songs like "Wooden Shoe Rock" and "Rockin' Rollin' Schnitzelbank" that I mentioned on the Haley thread. I've gotten lots of pleasure from that, guilty or no.

Okay, there's lil' Zipper again (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 19:25 (eleven years ago)

Krautrock Elvis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RyRfWBKe0o

Brio2, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 19:31 (eleven years ago)

Bobby Goldsboro - Me Japanese Boy, I Love You (Bacharach/David)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zZdcVtwC7I

Appalling.

Leave it to Pizzicato Five to class it up: http://youtu.be/lx57hRa6VHI

Hideous Lump, Thursday, 7 August 2014 02:19 (eleven years ago)

Eartha Kitt - Uska Dara (A Turkish Tale)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOMw3oO27kM

breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 August 2014 18:05 (eleven years ago)

Chuck Fayne and the Hollywood Favorites - Tokyo Stomp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iaGFucYH2A

soref, Thursday, 7 August 2014 20:51 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztFHvNwRb6Q

dow, Thursday, 7 August 2014 21:07 (eleven years ago)

thought that was going to be a cover of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLW3t6ImHVs

soref, Thursday, 7 August 2014 21:11 (eleven years ago)

Pearl Harbor & The Explosions did a good cover of that---not seeing the original, but here she is with the Clash:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0IrIofsquo

dow, Thursday, 7 August 2014 21:11 (eleven years ago)

(Of course, if we're gonna start mentioning covers, the Dolls did a real good "Stranded In The Jungle.")

dow, Thursday, 7 August 2014 21:13 (eleven years ago)

Appalling.
Leave it to Pizzicato Five to class it up

I quite like the Harpers Bizarre version of this extremely stupid song

We cry crows craws (Tom D.), Friday, 8 August 2014 09:53 (eleven years ago)


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