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".
The Battle of New Orleans was an engagement fought between January 8 and January 18, 1815, constituting the final major and most one-sided battle of the War of 1812. American combatants, commanded by Major GeneralAndrew Jackson, prevented the British Army, Royal Marines and a large Royal Navy fleet, commanded by AdmiralAlexander Cochrane and General Edward Pakenham, from seizing New Orleans as a strategic tool to end the war by using it as a starting point for an occupation of the vast territory the United States had acquired from the Louisiana Purchase.
The British at the time were occupying the Florida Panhandle and attempting a westward expansion through the territory which is the present day Gulfport–Biloxi Mississippi metropolitan area. Strategically, New Orleans would have anchored these conquests. Conditions were harsh for the British who were used to Northern European conditions.
The British defeat convinced the Spanish to sell these territories to the US, as ratified in the Adams–Onís Treaty, thus depriving the British of a larger stake in the Caribbean.
As the center of Hurricane Katrina passed southeast of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, winds downtown were in the Category1 range with frequent intense gusts and tidal surge. Hurricane-force winds were experienced throughout the city, although the most severe portion of Katrina missed the city, hitting nearby St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes. Hurricane Katrina made its final landfall in eastern St. Tammany Parish. The western eye wall passed directly over St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane at about 9:45am CST, August 29, 2005. The communities of Slidell, Avery Estates, Lakeshore Estates, Oak Harbor, Eden Isles and Northshore Beach were inundated by the storm surge that extended over six miles inland. The storm surge affected all 57 miles (92km) of St. Tammany Parish’s coastline, including Lacombe, Mandeville and Madisonville. The storm surge in the area of the Rigolets Pass was estimated to be 16 feet, not including wave action, declining to 7 feet (2.1m) at Madisonville. The surge had a second peak in eastern St. Tammany as the westerly winds from the southern eye wall pushed the surge to the east, backing up at the bottleneck of the Rigolets Pass.
"The Battle of New Orleans" is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood. The song describes the 1815 Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American soldier; the song tells the tale of the battle with a light tone and provides a rather comical version of what actually happened at the battle. It has been recorded by many artists, but the singer most often associated with this song is Johnny Horton. His version scored number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959 (see 1959 in music). Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1959.
In Billboard magazine's rankings of the top songs in the first fifty years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "The Battle of New Orleans" was ranked as the twenty-eighth song overall and the number-one country music song to appear on the chart.
The melody is based on a well-known American fiddle tune "The 8th of January," which was the date of the Battle of New Orleans. Jimmy Driftwood, a school principal in Arkansas with a passion for history, set an account of the battle to this music in an attempt to get students interested in learning history. It seemed to work, and Driftwood became well known in the region for his historical songs. He was "discovered" in the late 1950s by Don Warden, and eventually was given a recording contract by RCA, for whom he recorded 12 songs in 1958, including "The Battle of New Orleans."
New Orleans (/nuːˈɔːrlɪnz/,/nuːˈɔːrliənz/, /nuːɔːrˈliːnz/, or /ˈnɔːrlənz/; French:La Nouvelle-Orléans[la nuvɛlɔʁleɑ̃]) is a major United Statesport and the largest city and the center of the metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The population of the city was 343,829 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. The New Orleans metropolitan area (New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area) had a population of 1,167,764 in 2010 and was the 46th largest in the United States. The New Orleans–Metairie–Bogalusa Combined Statistical Area, a larger trading area, had a 2010 population of 1,452,502.
The city is named after the Duke of Orleans, who reigned as Regent for Louis XV from 1715 to 1723, as it was established by French colonists and strongly influenced by their European culture. It is well known for its distinct French and Spanish Creole architecture, as well as its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage. New Orleans is also famous for its cuisine, music (particularly as the birthplace of jazz), and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras, dating to French colonial times. The city is often referred to as the "most unique" in the United States.
Wide Prairie is a posthumous compilation by Linda McCartney. The album was compiled and released in 1998 by Paul McCartney after his wife's death, after a fan wrote in enquiring about "Seaside Woman"; a reggae beat type song which Wings had recorded in 1972, under the name Suzy and the Red Stripes, featuring Linda on lead vocals. Her husband compiled all her recordings with the help of Parlophone Records and MPL Communications. Lead guitar on the song "The Light Comes from Within" is played by the McCartneys' son, musician/sculptorJames McCartney. The album reached number 127 in the UK charts, while the title track made the top 75, at number 74. "The Light Comes from Within" also charted, at number 56 in the UK charts.
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Yakety Sax! The Very Best Of
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Yakety Revisited
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Producer: Fred Foster
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Boots Randolph The Battle Of New Orleans
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Boots Randolph "The Yakin' Sax Man" 1964 FULL ALBUM
This is the first RCA Camden Lp released from the RCA Victor recordings made in the late '50s.
I have all the other RCA / Camden albums uploaded as well, if you care to check them out.
1. Big Daddy 0:00
2. Teach Me Tonight 2:29
3. After You've Gone 5:27
4. So Rare 7:28
5. Sleep 10:01
6. The Battle Of New Orleans 12:37
7. La Golondrina 14:33
8. Yakety Sax 17:08
9. Sleep Walk 19:09
10. Bongo Band 21:06
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"Boots Randolph's Yakety Sax" 1960 FULL ALBUM
This is a fairly rare album. Most of Boots' singles with RCA were released in the '58-'59 period, and the record buying public didn't take notice. I can only assume that Chet Atkins pushed for the release of this album in '60.
1. The Battle Of New Orleans
2. Teach Me Tonight
3. Yakety Sax
4. Sweet Talk
5. Estrellita
6. After You've Gone
7. So Rare
8. Sleep Walk
9. Temptation
10. The Happy Whistler
11. Little Big Horn
12. Sleep
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Yakety Sax! The Very Best Of
℗ 2011 Stardust Records
Released on: 2011...
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Battle Of New Orleans · Boots Randolph
Yakety Sax! The Very Best Of
℗ 2011 Stardust Records
Released on: 2011-10-01
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Battle Of New Orleans · Boots Randolph
Yakety Sax! The Very Best Of
℗ 2011 Stardust Records
Released on: 2011-10-01
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The Battle of New Orleans · Boots Randolph
Yakety Revisited
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Mu...
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The Battle of New Orleans · Boots Randolph
Yakety Revisited
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1970-12-01
Composer, Lyricist: Jimmy Driftwood
Producer: Fred Foster
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The Battle of New Orleans · Boots Randolph
Yakety Revisited
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1970-12-01
Composer, Lyricist: Jimmy Driftwood
Producer: Fred Foster
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Rock Instrumentals, Vol. 3
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Rock Instrumentals, Vol. 3
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This is the first RCA Camden Lp released from the RCA Victor recordings made in the late '50s.
I have all the other RCA / Camden albums uploaded as well, if you...
This is the first RCA Camden Lp released from the RCA Victor recordings made in the late '50s.
I have all the other RCA / Camden albums uploaded as well, if you care to check them out.
1. Big Daddy 0:00
2. Teach Me Tonight 2:29
3. After You've Gone 5:27
4. So Rare 7:28
5. Sleep 10:01
6. The Battle Of New Orleans 12:37
7. La Golondrina 14:33
8. Yakety Sax 17:08
9. Sleep Walk 19:09
10. Bongo Band 21:06
This is the first RCA Camden Lp released from the RCA Victor recordings made in the late '50s.
I have all the other RCA / Camden albums uploaded as well, if you care to check them out.
1. Big Daddy 0:00
2. Teach Me Tonight 2:29
3. After You've Gone 5:27
4. So Rare 7:28
5. Sleep 10:01
6. The Battle Of New Orleans 12:37
7. La Golondrina 14:33
8. Yakety Sax 17:08
9. Sleep Walk 19:09
10. Bongo Band 21:06
This is a fairly rare album. Most of Boots' singles with RCA were released in the '58-'59 period, and the record buying public didn't take notice. I can only ...
This is a fairly rare album. Most of Boots' singles with RCA were released in the '58-'59 period, and the record buying public didn't take notice. I can only assume that Chet Atkins pushed for the release of this album in '60.
1. The Battle Of New Orleans
2. Teach Me Tonight
3. Yakety Sax
4. Sweet Talk
5. Estrellita
6. After You've Gone
7. So Rare
8. Sleep Walk
9. Temptation
10. The Happy Whistler
11. Little Big Horn
12. Sleep
This is a fairly rare album. Most of Boots' singles with RCA were released in the '58-'59 period, and the record buying public didn't take notice. I can only assume that Chet Atkins pushed for the release of this album in '60.
1. The Battle Of New Orleans
2. Teach Me Tonight
3. Yakety Sax
4. Sweet Talk
5. Estrellita
6. After You've Gone
7. So Rare
8. Sleep Walk
9. Temptation
10. The Happy Whistler
11. Little Big Horn
12. Sleep
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Battle Of New Orleans · Boots Randolph
Yakety Sax! The Very Best Of
℗ 2011 Stardust Records
Released on: 2011-10-01
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Provided to YouTube by Monument/Legacy
The Battle of New Orleans · Boots Randolph
Yakety Revisited
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1970-12-01
Composer, Lyricist: Jimmy Driftwood
Producer: Fred Foster
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The Battle of New Orleans · Boots Randolph · Driftwood · DR
Rock Instrumentals, Vol. 3
℗ M.A.T. Music Theme Licensing GmbH
Released on: 2012-05-10
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This is the first RCA Camden Lp released from the RCA Victor recordings made in the late '50s.
I have all the other RCA / Camden albums uploaded as well, if you care to check them out.
1. Big Daddy 0:00
2. Teach Me Tonight 2:29
3. After You've Gone 5:27
4. So Rare 7:28
5. Sleep 10:01
6. The Battle Of New Orleans 12:37
7. La Golondrina 14:33
8. Yakety Sax 17:08
9. Sleep Walk 19:09
10. Bongo Band 21:06
This is a fairly rare album. Most of Boots' singles with RCA were released in the '58-'59 period, and the record buying public didn't take notice. I can only assume that Chet Atkins pushed for the release of this album in '60.
1. The Battle Of New Orleans
2. Teach Me Tonight
3. Yakety Sax
4. Sweet Talk
5. Estrellita
6. After You've Gone
7. So Rare
8. Sleep Walk
9. Temptation
10. The Happy Whistler
11. Little Big Horn
12. Sleep
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".
(spoken: ) Well, this here’s the story about the Battle of New Orleans, which was fit between the Yankees of course and them there English people, in which the British came off rather ignominiously. 1. Well, in 1814, we took a little trip,along the Colonel Packenham down the mighty Mississipp. We took a little bacon and we took a little beans, and we fought the bloomin’ British in the town of New Orleans Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a comin', there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago. We fired once more and they began a running, on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. 2. Well, we looked down the river till we see the British come,there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum. They stepped so high and they made the bugles ring, well, we stood beside our cotton bales and never said a thing. + CHORUS 3. Well, we looked down the river till we see the British come,and there must have been a hundred of them beating on the drum. They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring, While we stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing. 4. Well, Packenham said we could take ‘em by surprise, if we didn't fire a musket till we looked `em in the eyes. Well, we stood quite still till we see their face well, then we opened up our muskets and we really gave ‘em well. Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a comin', there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago. We fired once more and they began a running, on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. 5. Well, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles, and they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go. They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch ‘em, all down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. + CHORUS 6. Well, we fired our muskets so the barrels melted down, then grabbed an alligator and we fought another round. Well, we stuffed his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind, so when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind. + CHORUS