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Subject: Roller skating and the Hokey Pokey- who did this version?
Written By: Atari on 04/12/08 at 4:02 pm
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/hokey-pokey-on-roller-skates/2344456625
I'm trying to figure out who did this version of Hokey Pokey, as it was the same one we used to hear at Kentwood Arena back in the 80s, and I'd like to get ahold of it. Anyone have any idea who it is?
Subject: Re: Roller skating and the Hokey Pokey- who did this version?
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/08 at 4:46 pm
From wikipedia, is this helpful?
"There is another contrary belief that states that Robert P. Degan and Joseph P. Brier, both natives of Scranton, Pennsylvania, wrote the original song as confirmed by the U.S. Copyright Office in 1996, thus giving two groups of musicians the rights. Ray Anthony's big band recording of the song turned it into a nationwide sensation by the mid-1950s (The "Hokey Pokey" appeared on the B side of Anthony's "Bunny Hop" single)(According to my Capitol Collector's Series Ray Anthony cd, "The Hokey Pokey" appears on Capitol 2427 while the "Bunny Hop" was on Capitol 2251. The songs do appear in sequence on the cd, so perhaps this is the source of confusion.) Its rights were purchased in the mid-1960s by country-western music star Roy Acuff's publishing company, Acuff-Rose."
Subject: Re: Roller skating and the Hokey Pokey- who did this version?
Written By: Atari on 04/12/08 at 4:48 pm
From wikipedia, is this helpful?
"There is another contrary belief that states that Robert P. Degan and Joseph P. Brier, both natives of Scranton, Pennsylvania, wrote the original song as confirmed by the U.S. Copyright Office in 1996, thus giving two groups of musicians the rights. Ray Anthony's big band recording of the song turned it into a nationwide sensation by the mid-1950s (The "Hokey Pokey" appeared on the B side of Anthony's "Bunny Hop" single)(According to my Capitol Collector's Series Ray Anthony cd, "The Hokey Pokey" appears on Capitol 2427 while the "Bunny Hop" was on Capitol 2251. The songs do appear in sequence on the cd, so perhaps this is the source of confusion.) Its rights were purchased in the mid-1960s by country-western music star Roy Acuff's publishing company, Acuff-Rose."
Yeah... I found that article and have tried pretty much everyone listed there. I may have to pay a visit to the rink and ask them, if they still have the same owners.
Subject: Re: Roller skating and the Hokey Pokey- who did this version?
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 04/12/08 at 8:34 pm
OMG! I remember the Hokey Pokey and the Bunny Hop. The used to play both every time we went to the roller rink. There was a period of a couple of years in the early '80s when we went once or twice a week. Rollah skatin' as they used to call it where I'm from. Anyway, I never joined in either dance. Horrible.
:D
Subject: Re: Roller skating and the Hokey Pokey- who did this version?
Written By: Echo Nomad on 04/17/08 at 6:00 pm
In elementary school they made us do that silly dance every morning!