Artist: Hollywood Argyles

Even if you think about the sheer number of silly songs that have shown up in pop music through the years, you still have to classify 19602s "Alley Oop" as one of the most unusual. The idea came from producer/musicians Gary Paxton and Kim Foley, a couple of experienced pros who'd formed a studio band they called the Hollywood Argyles. The platter (which was rumored to have been made while most of the guys were drunk) rocketed to the top of charts so quickly that they then had to scramble to form a real group. The [...]

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