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Thread #119521 Message #2594311
Posted By: katlaughing
21-Mar-09 - 10:13 PM
Thread Name: Eephing (type of vocal technique or 'mouth music')
Subject: RE: Eephing (type of vocal technique or 'mouth music')
An eefing piece called "Swamp Root" was one of the first singles recorded and released by Sam Phillips. Singer Joe Perkins had a minor 1963 hit "Little Eeefin' Annie", (76 on the Billboard chart, featuring eefer Jimmie Riddle, whom Sharpe calls "the acknowledged master of the genre." Riddle later brought eefing to national visibility on the television series Hee Haw.