Three Little Fishies
"Three Little Fishies" is a song, recorded by Kay Kyser and His Band, with words by Josephine Carringer and Bernice Idins and music by Saxie Dowell. The song was a US No. 1 hit in 1939.[1][2]
The song was released as a 78 by British comedian Frankie Howerd, on the short-lived Harmony label, in 1949. The recording was re-issued as a single in 1980s. It was revived in 2012 by Ray Stevens for inclusion in his 108-song box set, The Encyclopedia of Recorded Comedy Music.
Popular culture
- In 1966 Jon Pertwee contributed the song to the children's album Children's Favourites by EMI and Paul Hamlyn.
- n 1973/74 Dr. Hook recorded the song for their Fried Face album that never was released.
- In a 1981 episode of Three's Company, a misunderstanding occurs when Jack and Janet overhear a psychiatrist, played by Jeffrey Tambor, repeatedly saying "boom, boom, dittum dattem..." while trying to remember the words to this song, to help him get through to a patient. Jack and Janet mistake him for the mental patient and fear for Terri's safety on their date.
- In a fourth season episode (417) of The Muppet Show, guest-starring some of the cast of the original Star Wars films, the song is sung by a Muppet eel, performed by Jerry Nelson, with Muppet fishes and a shark.
- In "Force of Habit", the 15th episode of the 1982-1983 television show Tales of the Gold Monkey, the main character, an ex-Flying Tiger named Jake Cutter, played by Stephen Collins, sings the song in the middle of a storm to keep up morale in his plane.
- There is a version on the 1963 Homer and Jethro album Zany Songs of the 30s.
- A portion of the song was used by Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, in 1966, as part of their version of The Marvelettes' "Too Many Fish in the Sea".
See also
References
- ↑ "National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Kids Pages - Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Pool)". Kids.niehs.nih.gov. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
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