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#SurfinBird von 1964 war eigentlich das einzige von den insgesamt fünf Studioalben, das den #thetrashmen Erfolg, aber auch Ärger bescherten.
Über Umwege plagiierten sie mit der gleichnamigen Single scheinbar unwissentlich den Song "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" von den Rivingtons. Der Trashmen-Song war zwar etwas schneller. Trotz dem er einen noch simpleren Text als das Original hatte, nämlich Variationen des Satzes "The Bird Is The Word", landete er auf Nr. 4 der US Charts.

"Surfin' Bird" is a song performed by American #surfRock band #theTrashmen, containing the repetitive lyric "the bird is the word". It has been covered many times. It is a combination of two #RAndB hits by #theRivingtons: "#PapaOomMowMow" and "The Bird's the Word". The song was released as a single in 1963 and reached No. 4 on the #Billboard Hot 100. The Trashmen also recorded an album named after the track, released two months later.
youtube.com/watch?v=Qgmh0BjLKVM

Glowfari at the Oakland Zoo - penultimate night visit on Saturday, January 25. The last night for the season is Sunday, January 26.

The video from the Aviary Odyssey area captures the song ("Surfin' Bird", by The Trashmen, 1963) coincidentally playing over the speakers as we approached 🙂 🐦 Before this: Prince's "When Doves Cry" (1984).

Weather was intermittently rainy but otherwise not too bad ☔

oaklandzoo.org/programs-and-ev