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Thursday, September 17, 2009
KFXM September 16, 1960
A Million To One-Jimmy Charles #1 Highest debut I Want To Be Wanted/Just A Little-Brenda Lee #29 New Shopping For Clothes-Coasters
#16 on the survey, RAT RACE by Richard Maltby. I really liked that instrumental tune 49 years ago. Played it again today after seeing it here. Sure sounds a lot like BATMAN THEME by Neil Hefti. That would come 6 years later. They have many similarities. A few changes here and there and they're quite close.
But then, I still insist that BILLY JEAN and DO IT AGAIN are really similar in their openings. Yes? No??
thanks ANONY for that review about Maltby's old "Rat Race" tune. i have always wondered about that cut; it seems to have haunted me thru the years due to its intrinsic use of 'da-da-da' rhythm lead similar in the other songs you described, and quite possibly many more.
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#16 on the survey, RAT RACE by
ReplyDeleteRichard Maltby. I really liked
that instrumental tune 49 years ago.
Played it again today after seeing
it here. Sure sounds a lot
like BATMAN THEME by Neil
Hefti. That would come
6 years later. They have many
similarities. A few changes here
and there and they're quite close.
But then, I still insist that
BILLY JEAN and DO IT AGAIN are
really similar in their
openings. Yes? No??
thanks ANONY for that review about Maltby's old "Rat Race" tune. i have always wondered about that cut; it seems to have haunted me thru the years due to its intrinsic use of 'da-da-da' rhythm lead similar in the other songs you described, and quite possibly many more.
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