Sunday, August 28, 2005
JIMMY DURANTE'S ORIGINAL RECORDING OF "CRAZY FROG" LEAPS TO NUMBER ONE ON RINGTONE CHARTS
Classic funnyman Jimmy Durante originally recorded the "Crazy Frog" song under the Yiddish translation title, "Mashuggana Fruggana", which was first recorded by one of Thomas Edison's engineers back when the phonograph was invented. In fact, after Edison recorded "Mary Had A Little Lamb", engineer F. Farnsworth Shinsberg convinced the great inventor to let him record "Mashuggana Fruggana" (and the term Mashup stems from this title as well).In a sign that Durantemania is taking American ringtone charts by storm, the Top Five songs are ALL Jimmy Durante hits:
Number 1: "Mashuggana Fruggana"
Number 2: "Inka Dinka Doo"
Number 3: "Jewish Schmewish, I'll Marry The Shiksa If I Wanna"
Number 4: "Hokey Pokey"
Number 5: "Mary Had A Little Lamb (and Damn, It Tasted Fine)"
