Rod McKuen - Oliver Twist free for downloading

You are fully correct, good sir!

Just saw on NBC Nightly News the passing of Rod McKuen. Always did like this particular record he made back in 1961.. It did make our local top 40 radio station's weekly radio survey. Previous comment from a reader was correct in that he was on the MUMMY record as Dor. Good Post. Larry N. Boyington, aka Larry Neal, former curator of the Wax Museum on the big 1520 KOMA

This wasn't his only pop hit, nor his first stab at such. In 1959, he had a mild hit with "The Mummy" by Bob McFadden and Dor- Dor being Rod spelled backwards. He had several terys at the pop market for Decca and Brunswick, as well as other labels from the late '50s and into the '60s.

I know...I should have said, this was his only CHARTED hit credited to his name.

Rod achieved more fame about 10 years later, with sensitive and sentimental poetry - pretty much the opposite of this novelty song.

Mercifully brief at at a minute and forty-one seconds...

Gladys Shelley who shared writer's credit was was an American lyricist and composer who wrote over 3000 songs. Nat King Cole recorded her song "Make It Last" according to Wikipedia....

Odd that this was Rod McKuen's one and only Pop hit. I think he did do it as a parody.

Before his Voice was reduced to a Hoarse Whisper,he was a Screaming Rocker!