Ray Stevens - Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 1959 45rpm video free download


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Uploaded: 2008/11/09

A very early Ray Stevens release (1959) before he became famous.

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9 years ago

laura mcdougal

I have this song on My 40 Funky Hits record. K~Tel records put this out in the 1970's. Still have the 4 record set. I love it.

11 years ago

horarwgt

This record "bubbled under" Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #108 the week of August 8, 1960. What's particlarly interesting here is how this track and Ray's performance sets the stage for his later classics like "Ahab The Arab," "Harry The Hairy Ape," "Gitarzan" and "Along Came Jones." The latter, of course, was his cover of a Coasters hit and it's obvious that the Coasters were a big influence on Ray as a songwriter and performer from the very beginning.

11 years ago

91Bear

He's still alive. Turned 74 years old today.

9 years ago

laura mcdougal

I have this song on My 40 Funky Hits record. K~Tel records put this out in the 1970's. Still have the 4 record set. I love it.

11 years ago

jityr2

Was this song reproduced by anyone?

11 years ago

horarwgt

This record "bubbled under" Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #108 the week of August 8, 1960. What's particlarly interesting here is how this track and Ray's performance sets the stage for his later classics like "Ahab The Arab," "Harry The Hairy Ape," "Gitarzan" and "Along Came Jones." The latter, of course, was his cover of a Coasters hit and it's obvious that the Coasters were a big influence on Ray as a songwriter and performer from the very beginning.

11 years ago

MyRebel44

I have one of the org. 45's

11 years ago

91Bear

He's still alive. Turned 74 years old today.

12 years ago

georgethedj

This song was popular on the radio in Montgomery, Alabama. I remember hearing it. Don't remember how long it lasted.

11 years ago

jityr2

Was this song reproduced by anyone?

13 years ago

GrayEagle48

There will never be another like Ray.

11 years ago

MyRebel44

I have one of the org. 45's

13 years ago

Steven Green

Song reached number six in OKC on KOMA and WKY.

12 years ago

georgethedj

This song was popular on the radio in Montgomery, Alabama. I remember hearing it. Don't remember how long it lasted.

14 years ago

Molly Spencer

gotta luv ray stevens

13 years ago

GrayEagle48

There will never be another like Ray.

14 years ago

SkidRowJim

Ray Stevens - Sergeant Preston of the Yukon b /w Who Do You Love- released in the summer of 1960. George Jones had a similar copyright problem. "Yabba Dabba Doo The King Is Gone (So Are You)" charted #26 in 1989. . George .."I had a song Yabba Dabba Doo that Hanna-Barbara made us take off the market. It was getting a lot of play and starting to be a big record for me; the kids just loved it because it was about The Flintstones and they made Columbia pull the record from the radio." srj

13 years ago

Steven Green

Song reached number six in OKC on KOMA and WKY.

14 years ago

Julie B

Even though this record of Stevens didn't chart nationally, it did make it into the top 10 here in Oklahoma City on top 40 station WKY. I have the record as well as the survey to prove. Larry N. Boyington, aka Larry Neal, former curator of the big 1520 KOMA

14 years ago

Molly Spencer

gotta luv ray stevens

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