Funked-up Duck

[Tybalt]

Does anyone remember who created the cover of James Brown's Out of Sight done in the voice of Donald Duck? Around 1973-74, I think. You'll probably have to be old as me.

[surfingbetty]

The only song with a duck in it that I can think of is Disco Duck by Rick Dees, it came out in 1976. Good luck!!

[Tybalt]

to HDThoreau --

Both those artists ring several bells, but neither would have delivered the Ducked-up Funk.

The late Otis Redding we all know is a King of Classic Soul music (Try A Little Tenderness, Hard To Handle, Dock of the Bay -- see the movie "Monterey Pop"). Not a smart career move if he'd chosen to sing like Donald Duck.

Same deal for Them (I guess this would be the Them featuring Van Morrison back when he sounded a whole lot like Jagger and he was singing Mystic Eyes, Here Comes The Night, etc.)

I would very much like to hear both of these Out of Sight covers.

The one I'm looking for was definitely a novelty/joke concept and could possibly have been just a local thing (San Francisco Bay Area). I know I heard it a few times on KSAN, the dominant hip FM station at that time ("folk, jazz, blues and rock and roll -- the Jive 95").

to surfingbetty --

Thanks for trying. I not optimistic that I'll ever get the answer. It was definitely a James Brown thing. And, at least in my memories, it was way, way, way, way better than Disco Duck.

[Tybalt]

Oops! How could I name songs by Them and leave out Gloria (G-L-O-R-I-A)?

You probably have to be as old as I.

Still hoping some quacker over 30 knows my JB ala mode DD.