Find out how God and glam metal go together from the Stryper frontman.A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs Stores were setting up sections for the 'streaks of the week.' He took it to a Nashville radio station, and the song got a great response when they played it.Five days after this was released, one of the most high-profile streaks took place at the Academy Awards, when advertising executive Robert Opel streaked past David Niven on live TV. Licensed to YouTube by The Orchard Music (on behalf of Barnaby); AMRA, Audiam (Publishing), BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., LatinAutor, and 6 Music Rights Societies After each interview, a chorus is sung by multiple voices, though the chorus is the only part of the song that is actually sung while the rest is spoken. The single started getting airplay based on advance promotional copies. 222 likes. Under the unlikely name Henhouse Five Plus Two, he did a poultry-geist version of "In the Mood" (don't ask, you'd have to hear it).
I got the jump on everybody, I think, by getting lucky and reading that article." In 2007 Cledus T. Judd covered "The Streak" on his album Boogity Boogity - A Tribute to the Comic Genius of Ray Stevens. I don't try to narrow it down to any one area of life. The song was performed by Ray Stevens. I didn't know it was going to be such a big fad. An animated version of the Streak (a caricature of Stevens) is featured, while an unidentified actor playing the Streak is briefly shown from the knees down. He also did a clever, uptempo updating of the pop standard "Misty" and took a satiric jab at Barry Manilow with "I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow." "Disco Duck" uses a "duck-voice"; "The Streak" is merely making … One of Stevens' most successful recordings, "The Streak" was his second #1 on the Stevens has stated that he first got the idea for the song while reading a news magazine on an airplane. Oh, yes, they call him the Streak Look at that, look at that Fastest thing on two feet Look at that, look at that He's just as proud as he can be Of his anatomy He goin' give us a peek Oh, yes, they call him the Streak Look at that, look at that He likes to show off his physique Look at that, look at that If there's an audience to be found "The Streak" is a popular country/novelty song written, produced, and sung by Ray Stevens. 1974 was the year of "The Streak." "Disco Duck" cracks me up; "The Streak" is goofy too, but in a different way. "It just occurred to me," he explained to the "I made some notes and when I got to my hotel room I made some more notes. I'm trying to be Ray Stevens. She talks about her jug band beginnings and shares a Dylan story. In 1984, Stevens signed with MCA Records and returned to the image he can't shake. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. When I got home from the trip I dashed out a few lines. “News flashes” and sung lyrics combined in this 1974 hit that topped the charts in many countries in 1974, building on the popularity of streaking in the early ‘70s. Andrew from Birmingham, United States This song is so goofy. The magazine included a brief item about streaking, and Stevens thought that it was a "great idea for a song" and started writing notes; later he wrote some lines after returning home from his trip, but did not complete the song at that time. He had finally shaken that image after going to number one with a serious (but optimistic) song, After "The Streak," he recorded a parody of "Midnight Special" called "Moonlight Special." One morning I woke up and it was all over the news. In a 1969 interview, he said of himself, "A lot of insight comes from other people telling me things that I don't realize. "Disco Duck" uses a "duck-voice"; "The Streak" is merely making … Opel had obtained a press pass, enabling him to stand backstage.