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Thread #83005 Message #1523209
Posted By: GUEST,Dale
18-Jul-05 - 09:50 AM
Thread Name: Origins: FUZZY WUZZY
Subject: RE: Origins: FUZZY WUZZY
Fuzzy Wuzzy was written by Al Hoffman, Milton Drake & Jerry Livingston, mid 40s, I'd say.
I can remember only a few other snippets.
They say that all the seals in Hudson Bay can't beat Fuzzy's fuzz.
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Fuzzy Wuzzy lost his crop in a North Pole barber shop
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But when they took his fuzz away, he wasn't what he usta was.
That's about all I can come up with ~~ it's been quite a long time since I heard it.
I just found mention of a recording by Al Trace, National 7011,circa 1944. No doubt there were others as well.
Do a search for Jerry Livingston and you'll find that he wrote many songs you have heard. The Unbirthday Song, Wake the Town and Tell the People, The Twelfth of Never ~~ just to name a few. Oh, and the classic Mairzy Doats!
Here is his entry at the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_bio.asp?exhibitId=299