2. The only US #1 pop hit Ray Stevens has yet had is his 1974 skit/song about the then-current fad of running unclothed in public, "The Streak."
3. Comedic country music duo Homer & Jethro provided lead vocals for Spike Jones And His City SlickerS' 1953 opera spoof "Pal-Yat-Chee," but the duo aren't given headlining credit on the label of the original single.
4. C.W. McCall's 1975 take on on the popularity of truck drivers as cultural figures and their use of citizens band radio, "Convoy," was a pop and country chart-topper in the U.S. It nearly performed the same feat in Great Britain pop-wise, but a more regionally comprehensible remake incorporating English trucker jargon became nearly as big a hit there.
5. The Coasters were responsible for several hilarious hits in the early rock 'n roll era, but later in their career they recorded at least one song that first appeared on an album by The Monkees.
6. Since it would only be proper for me to give you the answers, they are...1)False (Lehrer contributed to 1970's US public TV grammar & language show The Electric Company, an example of which is here: https://www.youtu.be.com/watch?v=wP0zTNPfHSk), 2)False. In 1970 he hit the top with the quite serious "Everything Is Beautiful," heard at https://www.youtu.be.com/watch?v=mlwfGh-SVXw), 3)Any answer may be acceptable. Check the label at https://www.discogs.com/master/1030322-Spike-Jones-And-His-City-Slickers-Dragnet-Pal-Yat-Chee , and decide for yourself, 4)True. BBC tv and radio presenter Dave Lee Tavis went under the alias Laurie Lingo to record "Convoy G.B." Get an earful of it at https://www.youtu.be.com/watch?v=d189uP-48sU) 5)True. the Monkees recorded "D.W. Washburn" for a 1968 single; the Coasters' version was issued in '71. How many did you get correct?
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