The Marathons
The Marathons
Top Songs
| 1 | Peanut Butter | ||
| 2 | Tight Sweater | ||
| 3 | Talkin' Trash | ||
| 4 | Gee | ||
| 5 | Nothing in the World |
Albums
Jan 2011 • 8 songs
Jul 1962 • 2 songs
Oct 1961 • 10 songs
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Biography
The five singers who sang on "Peanut Butter," a popular R&B novelty tune, were really the Vibrations masquerading as the Marathons. These same guys, save for a couple of changes, had previously recorded as the Jay Hawks, charting with "Stranded in the Jungle" in 1956. "Stranded in the Jungle" was a novelty tune and probably was the first instance of "sampling" -- sound bites from popular songs jumped from the lyrics like news bulletins. Don Bradley (bass), Carl Fisher (second tenor), Dave Govan (baritone), Jimmy Johnson (lead), and Richard Owens (first tenor) had a hit as the ...