when did bird is the word come out
1963
title: Surfin' Bird text: bird. A 2018 television commercial for Heineken beer, named "New Friends", used the Ramones version. In the game Battlefield Vietnam, the song is one of the songs you can hear on the radio when commanding vehicles. Surfin' Bird "Surfin' Bird" is a song performed by American surf rock band the Trashmen, and it is also the name of the album that featured this hit single. The song was released in 1963 and reached No. 4 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It is a combination of two R&B hits by the Rivingtons: "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "The Bird's the Word". The Rivingtons followed title: Sing (Joe Raposo song) text: Sesame Street" (1974), "Bert & Ernie Sing-Along" (1975), "Sesame Street Silver – 10th Anniversary Album" (1978), "Sesame Street Disco" (1979), "Sing: Songs of Joe Raposo" (1992), "Sesame Street Platinum: All Time Favorites" (1995), "The Bird Is the Word – Big Bird's Favorite Songs", "Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music" (2003), and "The Best of Elmo". A Spanish version was included in "Fiesta Songs!" (1998). Sing (Joe Raposo song) "Sing" is a 1971 song written by Joe Raposo for the children's television show "Sesame Street". In 1973, it gained popularity when performed by the Carpenters, who made it a title: Surfin' Bird text: Surfin' Bird "Surfin' Bird" is a song performed by American surf rock band the Trashmen, and it is also the name of the album that featured this hit single. The song was released in 1963 and reached No. 4 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It is a combination of two R&B hits by the Rivingtons: "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "The Bird's the Word". The Rivingtons followed up their 1962 "Billboard" Hot 100 hit "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" with the similar "The Bird's the Word" in 1963. The Trashmen had not heard this version but saw a band called the Sorensen Brothers playing it. They decided title: The Trashmen text: The song was a combination of two R&B hits by the Rivingtons, "The Bird's the Word" and "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow". Early pressings of the single credit the Trashmen as composers, but following a threat from the Rivingtons' legal counsel, that group was subsequently credited as composers. The early single was credited solely to the drummer (and singer), Steve Wahrer. The song was later re-recorded by artists including the Ramones, the Cramps, Silverchair, the Psychotic Petunias, Pee-Wee Herman, Equipe 84, and the thrash metal band Sodom. It has been used in filmmaking and television productions, notably including Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket", Vince title: Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow text: Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" is a 1962 novelty nonsensical doo-wop song by the Rivingtons. It peaked at number 48 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and number 35 on the Cashbox charts. The band released two similar follow-up songs over the next several months, "Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow (The Bird)" and "The Bird's the Word". Together with the Rivingtons' 1963 novelty song "The Bird's the Word", "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" was the basis for the song "Surfin' Bird", a number 4 hit in 1963 by the Trashmen. The combination of the songs, played at a much livelier pace than the original doo-wop songs, was ad-libbed at an early live