With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which almost went unnoticed last week.
Larry LaPrise, the man that wrote "The Hokey Pokey" died peacefully at the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin.
They put his left leg in, and then the trouble started
2006-11-07 14:15:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
Larry LaPrise, Charles Macak and Tafit Baker were granted the copyright for the song in 1950. According to popular legend they created this novelty dance in 1949 as entertainment for the ski crowd at Idaho's Sun Valley resort. However, as the dance was wildly popular with American servicemen and Britons during WWII, this date cannot be correct. 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). Its rights were purchased in the mid-1960s by country-western music star Roy Acuff's publishing company, Acuff-Rose.
his death is sad
2006-11-07 14:19:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sad.
Now we just can't sing that song anymore without crying.
2006-11-07 22:33:18 · answer #2 · answered by cass 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What happened then? Did he wake up?
2006-11-07 22:20:37 · answer #3 · answered by Sami V 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they shook him all about
2006-11-07 22:37:52 · answer #4 · answered by Dotr 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋