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Apr 2017
39m 56s

Chicken Music

BRICE FUQUA
About this episode

Chicken songs for those in a fowl mood.  Songs include: A Chicken Ain't Nothin But a Bird, Chicken Reel, The Egg and I, Chicken Rhythm, Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, Chicken Blues, I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket and The Chicken Song.

Performers  include: The Cliquot Club Eskimo Orchestra, Phil Harris, Les Paul, Louis Jordan, Fred Astaire, The York Brothers, Guy Lombardo, Larry Douglas & Lionel Hampton.

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