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Podunk

(Sonny Bono)

The sixth track from Sonny & Cher’s 1967 release, In Case You’re in Love.  It also appears on the compilations:  At Their Best, Sonny & Cher’s Greatest Hits, and The Two of Us.

A vaudevillian novelty record, with corny jokes sandwiched in between nonsense lyrics, Cher doing her best Mae West impersonation, and a Dixieland instrumental break, this was a fore-runner to the shtick that would pervade their TV show.  The pair also performed it on a 5th March 1967 airing of The Andy Williams Show.

Sonny & Cher recordings
ATCO 67C-11551-BW 45-6480

Sources:

  1. http://www.mp3lyrics.org/c/cher/podunk/
  2. http://www.answers.com/topic/in-case-you-re-in-love
  3. http://www.answers.com/topic/sonny-cher-s-greatest-hits-album-by-sonny-cher
  4. http://books.google.com/books
  5. http://www.rhapsody.com/album/the-two-of-us?artistId=art.7071258
  6. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=17:1204671
  7. http://www.tv.com/the-andy-williams-show-1962/march-5-1967/episode/1155351/summary.html