The Trashmen were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis in 1962 and are best known for their biggest hit, 1963's "Surfin' Bird", which reached No...
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Surfin' Bird (redirect from The bird is the word)
band the Trashmen, containing the repetitive lyric "the bird is the word". It has been covered many times. It is a combination of two R&B hits by the Rivingtons:...
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Tony Andreason (redirect from The Platte Valley Boys)
of The Trashmen, along with drummer Steve Wahrer. He is also known as the guitarist in the Platte Valley Boys. The Trashmen are best known for the song...
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the Trashmen were ordered to add the surnames of the Rivingtons to the credits. Because of the publicity in Billboard, the Trashmen had to share the writing...
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Steve Wahrer (category Deaths from throat cancer in the United States)
founded the Trashmen in 1962 with guitarist Dal Winslow. The Trashmen would release "Surfin' Bird" a song that was a combination of The Bird is the Word...
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Surfin' Bird is the debut studio album by the Trashmen, released on January 14, 1964. It was named after their novelty hit of the same name. The album peaked...
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interpretation" of the name was that it was meant to evoke the gentrification of sleazy glauque places. The band released their first album, God's Trashmen Sent to...
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List of UK singles chart Christmas number ones (redirect from Christmas number-one singles in the UK)
Cage and the Trashmen were unsuccessful. In 2011, the Military Wives and Gareth Malone, both involved with the reality television show The Choir, outsold...
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Las Vegas Grind (category Tourist attractions in the Las Vegas Valley)
rock genre of music of the 1960s. Bands that played at these festivals included the Fabulous Wailers, the Trashmen, the Remains, the Standells, Lyres, and...
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Theessink, the Flamin' Groovies, The Kingsmen, The Sonics, The Lincolns, Ace Cannon, Jackie Shane, The Trashmen, Luv'd Ones, Bob Paisley and the Southern...
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Dick Dale (redirect from Dick Dale and the Del-Tones)
and especially of the early 1960s. Most of the leading bands in surf music, such as The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean and The Trashmen, were influenced by...
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Susie Q (song) (section The Trashmen)
released in January 1965.[citation needed] The Trashmen played a live cover of "Susie Q" in 1965 released on the album, Teen Trot: Live At Ellsworth, WI...
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Surf music (category Youth culture in the United States)
popularity of the genre led groups from other areas to try their hand. These included the Astronauts, from Boulder, Colorado; the Trashmen, from Minneapolis...
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Misirlou (category The Beach Boys songs)
including other surf and rock versions by bands such as the Beach Boys, the Ventures, and the Trashmen, as well as international orchestral easy listening...
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Howard Franklin. The film was based on the 2004 non-fiction book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik. The book follows...
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Men at Work (1990 film) (category Films about organized crime in the United States)
truck came roaring down the alley under my window. It was 5 a.m. and it just struck me -- no one had ever done a movie about trashmen before." It was slated...
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Rock music (redirect from The History of Rock Music)
creeping into the national charts in greater numbers, including Paul Revere and the Raiders (Boise), the Trashmen (Minneapolis) and the Rivieras (South...
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Cry" (1963) The Secrets – "The Boy Next Door" (1963) The Murmaids – "Popsicles and Icicles" (1964) The Trashmen – "Surfin' Bird" (1964) The Rivieras –...
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Minnesota (redirect from The US state of Minnesota)
Cochran, The Andrews Sisters, The Castaways, The Trashmen, Soul Asylum, David Ellefson, Chad Smith, John Wozniak, Hüsker Dü, Semisonic, The Replacements...
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Novelty song (section Top 10 chartings in the U.S.)
with the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini", by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss, which topped the Billboard single chart. The Trashmen reached...
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such as the Ventures and Dick Dale, 1960s garage rock artists like the Standells, the Trashmen, the Green Fuz and the Sonics, as well as the post-glam/early...
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Hoi polloi (redirect from The Great Unwashed)
make a bet and pick on nearby trashmen (the Stooges) to prove their theory. At the conclusion of three months in training, the Stooges attend a dinner party...
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Stephen Bunting (section Switch to the PDC)
over Owen Bates. Bunting averaged 117.12 in the match. Bunting initially used "Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen as his entrance music as a humorous nod to...
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and Kirk eat. In the film, the Bird-of-Prey lands cloaked in Golden Gate Park, surprising trashmen who flee the scene in their truck. The production had...
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Pink Flamingos (category Films about rape in the United States)
The Tune Weavers "Pink Champagne" – The Tyrones "Surfin' Bird" – The Trashmen "Riot in Cell Block #9" – The Robins "(How Much is) That Doggie in the Window"...
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"She's the One" "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" "Havana Affair" "Commando" "Needles and Pins" (Jackie DeShannon cover) "Surfin' Bird" (The Trashmen cover) "Cretin...
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"Forget-Me-Not" is the seventeenth episode of the tenth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy, and the 182nd episode overall. The episode originally...
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Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow (category The Beach Boys songs)
"Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" was the basis for the song "Surfin' Bird", a number four hit in 1963 by The Trashmen. The combination of the songs, played at a much...
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bands from other parts of the United States began appearing on the national charts, including "Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen from Minneapolis, which essentially...
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100 songs of 1964. The Top 100, as revealed in the edition of Billboard dated January 2, 1965, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January...
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