Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III (June 3, 1927 – July 3, 2007) was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax" (which became Benny Hill's signature tune). Randolph was a major part of the "Nashville Sound" for most of his professional career.
During his forty plus career, Randolph performed in hundreds of venues alongside many artists in pop, rock, jazz, and country music. He played on many recording sessions with Elvis Presley and also performed on soundtracks for a number of Presley's motion pictures, one popular song being "Return to Sender".
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People · Boots Randolph · The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
Boots Randolph With The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
℗ Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1967-11-01
Associated Performer: Boots Randolph with The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
Composer, Lyricist: Merrill
Composer, Lyricist: Styne
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Floyd Cramer’s piano kicks off Boots’ initial (uncharted) salute to the King Curtis sax solo on the 1958 Coasters hit “Yakety Yak.” Slightly different from this Chet Atkins production was the better-known 1963 remake that Randolph did for Monument Records (listen here: https://youtu.be/R1AlMLbNoDA )
The original 45rpm single was issued on RCA Victor 47-7395 - Yakety Sax (Randolph-Rich) by Randy Randolph, produced by Chet Atkins, recorded in Nashville September 8, 1958
For hundreds of other ‘originals,’ please visit the fascinating playlist “FIRST RECORDING OF THE SONG…” (click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx8kU_D2e4voMCx9SQkXFeSH7CnRO9j7x )
published: 12 Jul 2019
Boots Randolph Yakety Sax
published: 02 Feb 2022
Games People Play
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Games People Play · Boots Randolph
Yakety Revisited
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1970-12-01
Composer, Lyricist: Joe South
Producer: Fred Foster
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published: 04 Jul 2019
Boots Randolph - "Boots" Album Promo
Pre-order your copy today: shop.raystevens.com/boots.aspx
"Boots" is being rereleased on October 27th for its 30th anniversary! Produced by Ray Stevens in 1990, this Boots Randolph album contains 23 of the absolute greatest saxophone hits of all time! Songs like "Yakety Sax", "Tequila", "Honky Tonk", "Spooky", "Girl From Ipanema", & more. 23 remixed & remastered tracks including 3 which were never before released.
“I met Boots Randolph when I first moved to Nashville in 1962. Both of us recorded for Fred Foster at Monument Records in Hendersonville, TN and played on many recording sessions together. We travelled around America and the world recording for other people and performing shows together. I always wanted to produce a collection of classic sax hits with the best sax man I ever hea...
published: 04 Sep 2020
How to play YAKETY SAX by Boots Randolph (Benny Hill Theme) [#177]
✅ FREE PDF sheet music (tenor AND alto + note names)👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/yakety
✅ Instantly transform your sax playing with my FREE SAXOPHONE SUCCESS MASTERCLASS👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/masterclass
✅ Check out my Inner Circle Membership👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/innercircle
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In this video you'll learn how to play the sax part from Yakety Sax by Boots Randolph. The notes and fingerings are shown for both Alto and Tenor sax - just slow it down if it's too fast! Many people know this song as the Benny Hill Theme Song, although it was re-recorded for that. Released in 1963, Yakety Sax was based on King Curtis' 1958 staccato solo on Yakety Yak by The Coasters and became an actual style of sax playing.
🎬 More famous sax solo breakdow...
published: 22 May 2022
Boots Randolph with The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices “Temptation” 1967 [HD - Remastered Stereo]
You’d be hard pressed to find a better instrumental version of this popular jazz tune. Boots Randolph backed by a full orchestra is rocking it. What a sound! Believe it or not, the dancers are the Pans People from 1980. Never in a hundred years would I have thought one of their routines would work with a jazz tune. When the music crescendos the dancers needed to speed up. The girls are on it! “Temptation” was written in 1933 by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed.
published: 06 May 2020
1963 HITS ARCHIVE: Yakety Sax - Boots Randolph
Yakety Sax (Randolph-Rich) by Boots Randolph and his Combo
Known to many as The Benny Hill theme, “Yakety Sax” was written in 1958, inspired by the King Curtis sax solo in the recent Coasters hit “Yakety Yak.” Nashville session musician Randolph had first recorded it for RCA Victor that year (billed as Randy Randolph) https://youtu.be/VG93r2iz86k and re-did it in this more famous version for Monument in ’63.
Pop Chart Peaks: Music Vendor 23, Cash Box 33, Billboard 35
THE 1963 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs which made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1963 (some were recorded in 1962).
Provided to YouTube by Monument/Legacy
People · Boots Randolph · The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
Boots Randolph With The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
℗ ...
Provided to YouTube by Monument/Legacy
People · Boots Randolph · The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
Boots Randolph With The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
℗ Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1967-11-01
Associated Performer: Boots Randolph with The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
Composer, Lyricist: Merrill
Composer, Lyricist: Styne
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Monument/Legacy
People · Boots Randolph · The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
Boots Randolph With The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
℗ Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1967-11-01
Associated Performer: Boots Randolph with The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
Composer, Lyricist: Merrill
Composer, Lyricist: Styne
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Floyd Cramer’s piano kicks off Boots’ initial (uncharted) salute to the King Curtis sax solo on the 1958 Coasters hit “Yakety Yak.” Slightly different from thi...
Floyd Cramer’s piano kicks off Boots’ initial (uncharted) salute to the King Curtis sax solo on the 1958 Coasters hit “Yakety Yak.” Slightly different from this Chet Atkins production was the better-known 1963 remake that Randolph did for Monument Records (listen here: https://youtu.be/R1AlMLbNoDA )
The original 45rpm single was issued on RCA Victor 47-7395 - Yakety Sax (Randolph-Rich) by Randy Randolph, produced by Chet Atkins, recorded in Nashville September 8, 1958
For hundreds of other ‘originals,’ please visit the fascinating playlist “FIRST RECORDING OF THE SONG…” (click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx8kU_D2e4voMCx9SQkXFeSH7CnRO9j7x )
Floyd Cramer’s piano kicks off Boots’ initial (uncharted) salute to the King Curtis sax solo on the 1958 Coasters hit “Yakety Yak.” Slightly different from this Chet Atkins production was the better-known 1963 remake that Randolph did for Monument Records (listen here: https://youtu.be/R1AlMLbNoDA )
The original 45rpm single was issued on RCA Victor 47-7395 - Yakety Sax (Randolph-Rich) by Randy Randolph, produced by Chet Atkins, recorded in Nashville September 8, 1958
For hundreds of other ‘originals,’ please visit the fascinating playlist “FIRST RECORDING OF THE SONG…” (click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx8kU_D2e4voMCx9SQkXFeSH7CnRO9j7x )
Provided to YouTube by Monument/Legacy
Games People Play · Boots Randolph
Yakety Revisited
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Ente...
Provided to YouTube by Monument/Legacy
Games People Play · Boots Randolph
Yakety Revisited
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1970-12-01
Composer, Lyricist: Joe South
Producer: Fred Foster
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Monument/Legacy
Games People Play · Boots Randolph
Yakety Revisited
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1970-12-01
Composer, Lyricist: Joe South
Producer: Fred Foster
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Pre-order your copy today: shop.raystevens.com/boots.aspx
"Boots" is being rereleased on October 27th for its 30th anniversary! Produced by Ray Stevens in 1990,...
Pre-order your copy today: shop.raystevens.com/boots.aspx
"Boots" is being rereleased on October 27th for its 30th anniversary! Produced by Ray Stevens in 1990, this Boots Randolph album contains 23 of the absolute greatest saxophone hits of all time! Songs like "Yakety Sax", "Tequila", "Honky Tonk", "Spooky", "Girl From Ipanema", & more. 23 remixed & remastered tracks including 3 which were never before released.
“I met Boots Randolph when I first moved to Nashville in 1962. Both of us recorded for Fred Foster at Monument Records in Hendersonville, TN and played on many recording sessions together. We travelled around America and the world recording for other people and performing shows together. I always wanted to produce a collection of classic sax hits with the best sax man I ever heard…and this is it! I first released it on TV several years ago, but since Boots passed away, I wanted to go back in the studio, bring it up to date and add three songs that weren’t released originally. I want everyone to remember and enjoy the great music and wonderful talent of my friend Boots.” - Ray Stevens
www.RayStevens.com
www.RayStevensCabaRay.com
Pre-order your copy today: shop.raystevens.com/boots.aspx
"Boots" is being rereleased on October 27th for its 30th anniversary! Produced by Ray Stevens in 1990, this Boots Randolph album contains 23 of the absolute greatest saxophone hits of all time! Songs like "Yakety Sax", "Tequila", "Honky Tonk", "Spooky", "Girl From Ipanema", & more. 23 remixed & remastered tracks including 3 which were never before released.
“I met Boots Randolph when I first moved to Nashville in 1962. Both of us recorded for Fred Foster at Monument Records in Hendersonville, TN and played on many recording sessions together. We travelled around America and the world recording for other people and performing shows together. I always wanted to produce a collection of classic sax hits with the best sax man I ever heard…and this is it! I first released it on TV several years ago, but since Boots passed away, I wanted to go back in the studio, bring it up to date and add three songs that weren’t released originally. I want everyone to remember and enjoy the great music and wonderful talent of my friend Boots.” - Ray Stevens
www.RayStevens.com
www.RayStevensCabaRay.com
✅ FREE PDF sheet music (tenor AND alto + note names)👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/yakety
✅ Instantly transform your sax playing with my FREE SAXOPHONE SU...
✅ FREE PDF sheet music (tenor AND alto + note names)👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/yakety
✅ Instantly transform your sax playing with my FREE SAXOPHONE SUCCESS MASTERCLASS👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/masterclass
✅ Check out my Inner Circle Membership👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/innercircle
🎷Thanks for watching!
In this video you'll learn how to play the sax part from Yakety Sax by Boots Randolph. The notes and fingerings are shown for both Alto and Tenor sax - just slow it down if it's too fast! Many people know this song as the Benny Hill Theme Song, although it was re-recorded for that. Released in 1963, Yakety Sax was based on King Curtis' 1958 staccato solo on Yakety Yak by The Coasters and became an actual style of sax playing.
🎬 More famous sax solo breakdowns here...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBRGEAheQrply395t4YiiCxWLeVSOf9NP
Chapters
00:00 Yakety Sax Introduction and Welcome
00:35 Theme Music
00:42 Yakety Sax History
02:40 Tip for slowing down YouTube playback
03:10 Playing Yakety Sax - Tricky techniques
04:58 Yakety Sax Full Performance
05:23 Yakety Sax Backing Track
05:47 Summary
06:40 Sign off and Closing Theme Music
06:56 Outtakes
Get Your Sax Together is a fun and informative channel, packed with free online saxophone lessons. My name’s Jamie Anderson and I’ve been a pro saxophonist since 1996. I release new content every Sunday at 7am UK so you can Sax Up Your Sunday! Please subscribe and click the bell icon 🔔 (set to ALL) to get notified when new content is released. Practice hard, practice smart and enjoy your music! Jamie 🎷
✅ Wondering what my setups are on every horn? It’s all here👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/gearlist
✅ I offer individual 1-2-1 saxophone lessons on Zoom👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/teaching
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Wanna hear my own jazz project albums?
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🎵 Jamie Anderson Dogcatchers Trio “Dogcatchers” with Gene Calderazzo👉https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/jamieanderson/jamie-anderson-dogcatchers-trio
#getyoursaxtogether #onlinesaxlessons #saxhalloffame
✅ FREE PDF sheet music (tenor AND alto + note names)👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/yakety
✅ Instantly transform your sax playing with my FREE SAXOPHONE SUCCESS MASTERCLASS👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/masterclass
✅ Check out my Inner Circle Membership👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/innercircle
🎷Thanks for watching!
In this video you'll learn how to play the sax part from Yakety Sax by Boots Randolph. The notes and fingerings are shown for both Alto and Tenor sax - just slow it down if it's too fast! Many people know this song as the Benny Hill Theme Song, although it was re-recorded for that. Released in 1963, Yakety Sax was based on King Curtis' 1958 staccato solo on Yakety Yak by The Coasters and became an actual style of sax playing.
🎬 More famous sax solo breakdowns here...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBRGEAheQrply395t4YiiCxWLeVSOf9NP
Chapters
00:00 Yakety Sax Introduction and Welcome
00:35 Theme Music
00:42 Yakety Sax History
02:40 Tip for slowing down YouTube playback
03:10 Playing Yakety Sax - Tricky techniques
04:58 Yakety Sax Full Performance
05:23 Yakety Sax Backing Track
05:47 Summary
06:40 Sign off and Closing Theme Music
06:56 Outtakes
Get Your Sax Together is a fun and informative channel, packed with free online saxophone lessons. My name’s Jamie Anderson and I’ve been a pro saxophonist since 1996. I release new content every Sunday at 7am UK so you can Sax Up Your Sunday! Please subscribe and click the bell icon 🔔 (set to ALL) to get notified when new content is released. Practice hard, practice smart and enjoy your music! Jamie 🎷
✅ Wondering what my setups are on every horn? It’s all here👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/gearlist
✅ I offer individual 1-2-1 saxophone lessons on Zoom👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/teaching
✅ Official GYST Merch👉http://www.getyoursaxtogetherstore.com
✅ Buy Me A Coffee (PayPal not accepted)👉https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GetYourSaxTogether
✅ PayPal to say thanks👉https://paypal.me/getyoursaxtogether
Wanna hear my own jazz project albums?
🎵 Jamie Anderson Quintet “Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder”👉https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/jamieanderson/absinthe-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder
🎵 Jamie Anderson Dogcatchers Trio “Dogcatchers” with Gene Calderazzo👉https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/jamieanderson/jamie-anderson-dogcatchers-trio
#getyoursaxtogether #onlinesaxlessons #saxhalloffame
You’d be hard pressed to find a better instrumental version of this popular jazz tune. Boots Randolph backed by a full orchestra is rocking it. What a sound! ...
You’d be hard pressed to find a better instrumental version of this popular jazz tune. Boots Randolph backed by a full orchestra is rocking it. What a sound! Believe it or not, the dancers are the Pans People from 1980. Never in a hundred years would I have thought one of their routines would work with a jazz tune. When the music crescendos the dancers needed to speed up. The girls are on it! “Temptation” was written in 1933 by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed.
You’d be hard pressed to find a better instrumental version of this popular jazz tune. Boots Randolph backed by a full orchestra is rocking it. What a sound! Believe it or not, the dancers are the Pans People from 1980. Never in a hundred years would I have thought one of their routines would work with a jazz tune. When the music crescendos the dancers needed to speed up. The girls are on it! “Temptation” was written in 1933 by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed.
Yakety Sax (Randolph-Rich) by Boots Randolph and his Combo
Known to many as The Benny Hill theme, “Yakety Sax” was written in 1958, inspired by the King Curtis...
Yakety Sax (Randolph-Rich) by Boots Randolph and his Combo
Known to many as The Benny Hill theme, “Yakety Sax” was written in 1958, inspired by the King Curtis sax solo in the recent Coasters hit “Yakety Yak.” Nashville session musician Randolph had first recorded it for RCA Victor that year (billed as Randy Randolph) https://youtu.be/VG93r2iz86k and re-did it in this more famous version for Monument in ’63.
Pop Chart Peaks: Music Vendor 23, Cash Box 33, Billboard 35
THE 1963 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs which made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1963 (some were recorded in 1962).
Yakety Sax (Randolph-Rich) by Boots Randolph and his Combo
Known to many as The Benny Hill theme, “Yakety Sax” was written in 1958, inspired by the King Curtis sax solo in the recent Coasters hit “Yakety Yak.” Nashville session musician Randolph had first recorded it for RCA Victor that year (billed as Randy Randolph) https://youtu.be/VG93r2iz86k and re-did it in this more famous version for Monument in ’63.
Pop Chart Peaks: Music Vendor 23, Cash Box 33, Billboard 35
THE 1963 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs which made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1963 (some were recorded in 1962).
Provided to YouTube by Monument/Legacy
People · Boots Randolph · The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
Boots Randolph With The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
℗ Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1967-11-01
Associated Performer: Boots Randolph with The Knightsbridge Strings & Voices
Composer, Lyricist: Merrill
Composer, Lyricist: Styne
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Floyd Cramer’s piano kicks off Boots’ initial (uncharted) salute to the King Curtis sax solo on the 1958 Coasters hit “Yakety Yak.” Slightly different from this Chet Atkins production was the better-known 1963 remake that Randolph did for Monument Records (listen here: https://youtu.be/R1AlMLbNoDA )
The original 45rpm single was issued on RCA Victor 47-7395 - Yakety Sax (Randolph-Rich) by Randy Randolph, produced by Chet Atkins, recorded in Nashville September 8, 1958
For hundreds of other ‘originals,’ please visit the fascinating playlist “FIRST RECORDING OF THE SONG…” (click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx8kU_D2e4voMCx9SQkXFeSH7CnRO9j7x )
Provided to YouTube by Monument/Legacy
Games People Play · Boots Randolph
Yakety Revisited
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1970-12-01
Composer, Lyricist: Joe South
Producer: Fred Foster
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Pre-order your copy today: shop.raystevens.com/boots.aspx
"Boots" is being rereleased on October 27th for its 30th anniversary! Produced by Ray Stevens in 1990, this Boots Randolph album contains 23 of the absolute greatest saxophone hits of all time! Songs like "Yakety Sax", "Tequila", "Honky Tonk", "Spooky", "Girl From Ipanema", & more. 23 remixed & remastered tracks including 3 which were never before released.
“I met Boots Randolph when I first moved to Nashville in 1962. Both of us recorded for Fred Foster at Monument Records in Hendersonville, TN and played on many recording sessions together. We travelled around America and the world recording for other people and performing shows together. I always wanted to produce a collection of classic sax hits with the best sax man I ever heard…and this is it! I first released it on TV several years ago, but since Boots passed away, I wanted to go back in the studio, bring it up to date and add three songs that weren’t released originally. I want everyone to remember and enjoy the great music and wonderful talent of my friend Boots.” - Ray Stevens
www.RayStevens.com
www.RayStevensCabaRay.com
✅ FREE PDF sheet music (tenor AND alto + note names)👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/yakety
✅ Instantly transform your sax playing with my FREE SAXOPHONE SUCCESS MASTERCLASS👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/masterclass
✅ Check out my Inner Circle Membership👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/innercircle
🎷Thanks for watching!
In this video you'll learn how to play the sax part from Yakety Sax by Boots Randolph. The notes and fingerings are shown for both Alto and Tenor sax - just slow it down if it's too fast! Many people know this song as the Benny Hill Theme Song, although it was re-recorded for that. Released in 1963, Yakety Sax was based on King Curtis' 1958 staccato solo on Yakety Yak by The Coasters and became an actual style of sax playing.
🎬 More famous sax solo breakdowns here...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBRGEAheQrply395t4YiiCxWLeVSOf9NP
Chapters
00:00 Yakety Sax Introduction and Welcome
00:35 Theme Music
00:42 Yakety Sax History
02:40 Tip for slowing down YouTube playback
03:10 Playing Yakety Sax - Tricky techniques
04:58 Yakety Sax Full Performance
05:23 Yakety Sax Backing Track
05:47 Summary
06:40 Sign off and Closing Theme Music
06:56 Outtakes
Get Your Sax Together is a fun and informative channel, packed with free online saxophone lessons. My name’s Jamie Anderson and I’ve been a pro saxophonist since 1996. I release new content every Sunday at 7am UK so you can Sax Up Your Sunday! Please subscribe and click the bell icon 🔔 (set to ALL) to get notified when new content is released. Practice hard, practice smart and enjoy your music! Jamie 🎷
✅ Wondering what my setups are on every horn? It’s all here👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/gearlist
✅ I offer individual 1-2-1 saxophone lessons on Zoom👉https://www.getyoursaxtogether.com/teaching
✅ Official GYST Merch👉http://www.getyoursaxtogetherstore.com
✅ Buy Me A Coffee (PayPal not accepted)👉https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GetYourSaxTogether
✅ PayPal to say thanks👉https://paypal.me/getyoursaxtogether
Wanna hear my own jazz project albums?
🎵 Jamie Anderson Quintet “Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder”👉https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/jamieanderson/absinthe-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder
🎵 Jamie Anderson Dogcatchers Trio “Dogcatchers” with Gene Calderazzo👉https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/jamieanderson/jamie-anderson-dogcatchers-trio
#getyoursaxtogether #onlinesaxlessons #saxhalloffame
You’d be hard pressed to find a better instrumental version of this popular jazz tune. Boots Randolph backed by a full orchestra is rocking it. What a sound! Believe it or not, the dancers are the Pans People from 1980. Never in a hundred years would I have thought one of their routines would work with a jazz tune. When the music crescendos the dancers needed to speed up. The girls are on it! “Temptation” was written in 1933 by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed.
Yakety Sax (Randolph-Rich) by Boots Randolph and his Combo
Known to many as The Benny Hill theme, “Yakety Sax” was written in 1958, inspired by the King Curtis sax solo in the recent Coasters hit “Yakety Yak.” Nashville session musician Randolph had first recorded it for RCA Victor that year (billed as Randy Randolph) https://youtu.be/VG93r2iz86k and re-did it in this more famous version for Monument in ’63.
Pop Chart Peaks: Music Vendor 23, Cash Box 33, Billboard 35
THE 1963 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs which made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1963 (some were recorded in 1962).
Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III (June 3, 1927 – July 3, 2007) was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax" (which became Benny Hill's signature tune). Randolph was a major part of the "Nashville Sound" for most of his professional career.
During his forty plus career, Randolph performed in hundreds of venues alongside many artists in pop, rock, jazz, and country music. He played on many recording sessions with Elvis Presley and also performed on soundtracks for a number of Presley's motion pictures, one popular song being "Return to Sender".
PhilipRandolph (magnificently played by actor Glynn Turman) stands up for Rustin when other civil rights leaders tried to get him booted from the march because of his sexual orientation.
“So I called some people to see if they would like to play.” ... Writhlin, who also played with BootsRandolph, known for the hit “Yakety Sax,” began playing bass while working with a musician named Nick Frye.