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Parrot Richard Tops Record with Cadence Novelty
A 54 year old parrot named Richard stars on The Pirate Parrot novelty with Ray Heatherton on Cadence. Owner Milton Q. Ford, a WMAL Washington DJ, hopes the talking bird becomes famous. Archie Bleyer of Cadence produced the track after improvising sounds Richard makes.
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New York
Douparrot
Richard
Ray Heatherton
Cadence
Milton Q. Ford
Ford
WMAL
Washington, D. C
Archie Bleyer
Archie
Bleyer
Bye
Dick’s Picks
The
Parrot
Johnny Dankworth
Capitol
Wayfarers
RCA
Georgia Gibbs
Mercury
Esquivel
Julie Wilson
Dolphin
Art Lund
MGM
Tony Martin
Decca
Lovey Powell
Transition
Hawaii
Stravinsky
Columbia
Torelli
I Musici
Epic