When I was in eighth grade, my friends and I had a slumber party, and we howled all night with this record, we memorized it. Funniest thing we had ever heard. A simpler gentler time. First time I’ve heard it in 54 years. Just remembered it tonight and wondered if RU-vid had it. Thanks! I laughed hard again.
thats my great grandma Kay Connell the woman on the track she was under contract with ABC at the time and couldnt disclose her name i think is what my dad told me its cool to be able to find stuff like this.Thanks RU-vid
According to On the Record, the lady friend on the track was Backus’ real wife, Henrietta “Henny” Backus, to whom he was married for 46 years until his death in 1989.
Thank you very much for sharing (and clearing up) that long held mystery! The Lima News (July 1, 1958, page 6) also briefly mentioned her involvement on the record in their "Ohioan on Broadway" column by Earl Wilson, as did The Chester Times (July 5, 1958, page 11), The Galveston Daily News (July 6, 1958, page 4), Lowell Sun News (July 6, 1958, page 15), and the Petersburg Progress Index (July 6, 1958, page 19) and undoubtedly other news sources. Another little known fact is that this recording is a cover of the T.C. Jones 1956 single 'Champagne Cocktails' (Coral 9-61732). It isn't as memorable as Jim Backus and Kay Connell's (with Appleknocker and His Group) version, but T.C. Jones' original recording is still worth searching out. Piano sheet music was even released for the song (with lyrics) in 1956, though it's doubtful anyone could match, much less surpass, the Jim Backus/Kay Connell's version (with, I assume, pianist Mort Garson).
We used to go drinking with some girls, my brother and I. We would get fixated on some stupid detail and just keep at it until everybody was rolling on the floor like this every time I hear this recording it reminds me of hanging out with them... I didn't know it at the time that it was a unique experience, but I still miss it to this day. Not a lot of people have this sense of humor.
when I was about six, my friend Susie and I were in hysterics listening to this 45 & we'd play it over and over again. We quit listening to it when her mom cracked it and threw it in the wastebasket....
@@pajamarock Show respect! Jim is looking down at us, from Heaven! If you keep using terms like this - blaspheme! - you will not be meeting him, when you 'go!' You'll be going down, where it's seriously hot! Save yourself! Refer (Not 'reefer' !) to the movie, "Constantine," Keanu Reeves, esp. the Hell scene. I can use this last word, as it's in The Bible, and you need to familiarize with this concept! See you later! (Not!)
I heard this in the 80's in Southern California on Dr Demento's radio show (either KLOS or KMET?). To this day I can't hear it without laughing out loud😂🤣👍
Jim Backus - Delicious! Label: Jubilee - 5330 Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1958 Genre: Pop Style: Novelty Tracklist A Delicious! Backing Band - Appleknocker And His Group *Written-By - Buddy Kaye* 3:00 B I Need A Vacation Backing Band - Mort Garson And His Group *Written-By - B. Hilliard* 2:30 apparently it's not on RU-vid
Jim also had a very late, big time radio show for 7 months in 1957-58. It was when the ABC Radio Network changed its format and name. They became the "Live and Lively" network and the shows (others included Merv Griffin and Jim Reeves) had big bands and top flight production values at a time when the migration to TV (at least at night) was almost complete. They poured millions into the project, but it was a failure and almost killed the ABC Radio Network. Shame. I wish big time radio could have been a companion service to television. Here's a Jim Reeves Show from Christmas Day, 1957!
I still have the 45 of this. Thanks for posting it since my record player is in storage :) My late sister and I used to laugh so much listening to this, such great memories!
I had always song "Always Welcome at Our House" to my family as the most "Disturbing Song Ever Written" but I think this surpasses that one. This will be song on Christmas this year.
wow I was looking for a song called delicious that I have never heard of and wow I never imagined this song would be so delicious.!. I want to eat this song.
Juan Carlos And your point?...#1-- You don't know that for sure so you're just blowing out a bunch of hot air yourself...and #2...after watching a LOT of 50's shows and movies throughout the years, it is obviously known that many people smoked during the 50's, since the Surgeon General didn't reveal their findings about how harmful smoking was till the 1960's ...so she truly wasn't the only one (if she in fact happened to be a smoker)...give the poor lady a break and stop over-analyzing... why don't you just sit back and enjoy the song for what it was please..which is entertaining and fun! Geez!!
It doesn't have to have a point. It's my opinion. This is not a debate. Why don't you lighten up and stop over analyzing people's opinions and stop taking everything you read on the internet personally you twit!
Please tell us more about Katheryn Connell! I've loved her voice and laugh on this record for decades and have always wondered whose it was. Thank you for giving the solution to the mystery.
Here Jim Backus briefly talks about the single -- /watch?v=NUlx0ZTwefE&t=17m44s I just wish he could have provided lots of other details about his 1958 cover single that still brings a laugh.
@@chrisoleson9570 It happens sometimes. I get replies to a YT comment after at least a year and it tickles me. Honestly I would not have chimed in tonight if there wasn't already a response from six months ago :)
@@eduardo_corrochio No, I love such old forgotten comments, but it is just so bizarre how they drop in from the past completely unexpected and completely forgotten.
Apparently it was his wife laughing. rapidcityjournal.com/blackhillstogo/arts-music/on-the-record-jim-backus-joined-by-wife-in-laughing/article_fb06a613-a330-5b87-9519-e16075783b80.html
In early July, 1958, at least five newspapers noted that the 'Friend' was Kay Connell (as reported by her great grandson, Chris Smith in another RU-vid video). Maybe Jim Backus confirmed this in one of his books or elsewhere as Kay Connell deserves the recognition. Henny Backus' voice has a more 'gravelly' characteristic -- /watch?v=ynjY5DK-EIE You can hear Phyllis Diller's first TV appearance here (for comparison) -- /watch?v=YnzT46uTQ0s&t=5m16s 'Delicious' is actually a cover of T.C. Jones' 1956 single 'Champagne Cocktails' (by Buddy Kaye and Mort Garson) -- /watch?v=kmH18VZGgsM
@@MrJoeybabe25 Here Jim Backus briefly talks about the single and notes that the Friend wasn't his wife Henny -- /watch?v=NUlx0ZTwefE&t=17m44s I just wish he could have provided more details about his 1958 cover single that still brings a laugh.
I found this in the newspapers: Still doesn't say who the mystery friend is on the record. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, Alaska) - 26 February 1959 EIELSON EVENT Records of Glenn Miller, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey and a special floor show blended to make an enjoyable evening at the Eielson Officers Club "Record Hop". The highlight of the evening was the floor show, in four acts. Mrs. M. E. Bright portrayed Rosemary Clooney in the first act. Following. Mr. and Mrs. H. McCarthney pantomimed Jim Baccus and his date in "Delicious". Two songs were presented by Mrs. F. J. Haupt as Wee Bonnie Baker with " Oh Johnny" and "The Little Blue Man". The Whistling Midgets", Lt. Col. W. V. Cowan. Lt. Col. D. W. Atchison and Maj. A. O. Farrar, concluded the program. Capt. J. W. Gahn served as master of ceremonies and Mrs. L. D. Raines was chairman of the evening.
Earl Wilson had a syndicated newspaper column which (very briefly) identifies the Friend as 'Kay Connell'. You can see this in microfilmed editions of The Lima News (July 1, 1958, page 6), The Chester Times (July 5, 1958, page 11), The Galveston Daily News (July 6, 1958, page 4), Lowell Sun News (July 6, 1958, page 15), and the Petersburg Progress Index (July 6, 1958, page 19) and undoubtedly other news sources. Jim Backus also briefly describes one other surprising detail here (from What’s My Line? (May 25, 1970)) -- /watch?v=NUlx0ZTwefE&t=17m44s
Here Jim Backus briefly noted who the Friend was -- /watch?v=NUlx0ZTwefE&t=17m44s I just wish he could have provided lots of other details about the single.
Was this really just acting, or was it all real, and they decided to put it to music? (unless the music was playing at the restaurant they were at, and they decided to record it, and turn it into a song)
Not Phyllis Diller. She's answered that question many times but the legend persists. Backus said it was a studio extra. In typical 50s tradition, they did not write down her name.
