details for William Tell Overture - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Verified listings:
• William Tell Overture - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
• A Mudder's Day Sport Spectacular (William Tell Overture) - Spike Jones & The Band That Plays For Fun
• Feetlebaum (A Mudder's Day Sport Spectacular) - Spike Jones
• William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Assumed/incorrect titles:
• Feedlebaum

other performers:
• Commentary by Doodles Weaver

Recorded:
• October 7, 1947 (original version)
• 1959 (re-recording)

Released:
• April, 1948 (original version)
• 1959 (re-recording)

Available on (*):
• RCA Victor 78 rpm single (20-2861, 1948) (original version)
• Omnibust (Liberty LP LRP-3140/LST-7140, 1959) (re-recording)
• Omnibust & 60 Years Of Music America Hates Best (Taragon CD TARCD-1095, 2002) (re-recording)
• 1994 CD set Musical Depreciation Revue: The Spike Jones Anthology (Rhino R2 71574, (original version))

Parody of:
• Rossini's "William Tell Overture" (a/k/a "The Lone Ranger" theme), with newly added spoken commentary

Related to:
• Dance Of The Hours - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
• horse racing
• animals

Alternate versions:
• Dr. Demento plays the original 1940s version.
• It was re-recorded for the 1959 album Omnibust, under the title "A Mudder's Day Sport Spectacular (William Tell Overture)".
• The re-recording was later released on The Very Best Of Spike Jones under the title "Feetlebaum (A Mudder's Day Sport Spectacular)".

interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
• Doodles Weaver later recorded his own version in the early 1970s under the title "The Great Horse Race - Feetlebaum".
• "William Tell Overture" was originally written in 1829

Chart information:
• #6 1948 (single)

general information about Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Also credited as:
• Spike Jones
• Spike Jones & His Wacky Wakakians
• Spike Jones & His Other Orchestra
• Spike Jones & The Band That Plays For Fun
• Spike Jones & His Band That Plays For Fun
• Spike Jones New Band
• The New Band Of Spike Jones
• The Country Dodgers
• Spike Jones & His City Snickers
• Spike Jones & The City Slickers

Real name:
• Lindley Armstrong Jones

Born:
• December 14, 1911

Died:
• May 1, 1965

interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
• one of the most requested artists in the history of "The Dr. Demento Show"

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