I traveled with Jack And Misty playing drums for them. You could not meet two nicer people or more talented. I was a young and green man but they were great to me. Thanks for the memories.
+jackandmisty: You guys hurt and helped me at the same time with this song. I was in a bar drunk the first time I heard it. I laughed so hard I wet my pants. It was then I realized I didn't have to drink to embarrass myself. All I had to do was listen to you and get a good laugh going. Not only did you save me a lot of money, You may very well have saved my life and that of others. Who knows. I could have died drunk behind the wheel and took someone with me. Then I would have gone to hell. So you even played a hand in saving my soul. Once I stopped drinking I figured I may as well join the church. All that from just one little song I can't even sing on Sunday morning because I wouldn't want all my church brothers and sisters having to leave early so they could go home and change their pants.
This was such a cute and funny song! I remember it when I was quite young. I liked to picture the birds walking, whistling, and wearing underwear -- and it made me laugh. It's so good to hear it again after all these years.
When this song arrived I was 7 and it fired my imagination and made me smile. I could see those dirty birds, whispering in their underwear ! It's great hook, great arrangement, I don't know if anyone would write this song today, PETA might object :) In 1970 there was a broader choice on free to air and music exposure, glad I didn't miss this one. Give thanks to U Tube & Jack & Misty.
I can't believe this song is this old, or that I'm that old, lol. I remember our family driving on vacation to visit my Grandpa in Missouri, and we stopped at some diner and my dad played this on the jukebox. I remember laughing and laughing, especially at the part of the birds being in their underwear. Oh my gosh.
Hi, I'm from N.Y. In 1968 I was 19. I did'nt care for the way "pop" was going. One day I found a station that was playing "Big Bad John". I stayed with the station, and the next song was new to me - it was a "Country + Western" song. I can't recall what it was, but it hooked me !!! So many GREAT songs !!! So many BEAUTIFUL SONGS !!! But then it all changed !!! It's terrible !!! When Your song, this song, would come on the radio, it would just bright-en up my day !!! AND EVERYBODY'S DAY !!! And so did that CAMEL !!!
Heard this song on my DirecTV country station (808) this morning for the first time in decades. It's still very clever and entertaining and upon looking it up on RUclips I saw this live version. Back when the song was a hit I never got to see Jack and Misty. Tanya Tucker looks to be teen-aged. Great song and a great video. Thanks for letting us see it.
I lived in Nashville when this song hit the radio. I was a very young boy and my dad had just been killed in a single car car collision in Gallatin. When it came on the radio I would turn it up. If we had arrived at our destination and it was still playing, I would sit in the car until it finished playing. This song gave me a smile in an otherwise devastating time in my life. Thank You, Jack and Misty. Thank you.
It was THIS particular video that I watched and it was how I first discovered Misty and Jack!!! Gad, I hope that youtube uses a bit of common sense and releases their control of this couple's music!!!!
Wow! This brings back some memories of music gone by. I found it because the Clock of St. James song has been running through my head the last couple of days and I wanted to hear it again. What a BONUS to get to hear Tennessee Bird Walk too! Thanks for the Memories :-) Can't wait to play this for my kids!
2:53 "I'd get get rid of him, but I need the eggs." That, & Misty's grin seems to sum up your music. I remember this, from w-a-y back in the day, when I was merely (cough, cough) years old & still enjoyed hearing it today. So nice to see that you're still around, together & working. Keep up the good work.
I heard this song on the radio all the time back in the day but never realized there wasn't a band. Jack and Misty each playing multiple synthesizers for the rhythm and background chording. And the harmony of the vocals is quite unusual. I ran into something similar on Terry Allen's Flatland Boogie. It seems the male lead vocal is singing melody, but the female vocal rather than harmonizing a third, seems to be on the root. It's very hard to decipher it, but the sound is totally unique. I actually think this song by Jack and Misty may have inspired Carly Simon and James Taylor's version of "Mockingbird".
I was a travel counselor at AAA in Orlando in the early 1970's and had the pleasure of marking their map for a trip. Such a nice couple and I still smile when I hear their music.
"The Tennessee Boardwalk" My nephew liked and had the 7" single, or maybe on a K-tel compilation Lp. Well anyway I think much of that tune at the time.
Heard this on satellite Sirius/XM ..it wss talked about by one of the DJ's last week..they played it on air..funny toon..never heard it before..catchy hook to it..
Hey Jack and Misty.....I was in the Navy working in the Pentagon when this came out....and found out that some old college friends were in the Army living about a mile from me. We used to listen to this, and HUMPHREY THE CAMEL....and laugh forever! Believe me...with Viet Nam going on then, we needed a laugh! THANKS TO YOU BOTH!
@jackandmisty Love this video and love the song.It reminds me of childhood.I wasn't a big country music fan at the time,but I hung out with someone who was.The radio was always on the local country station at his house.I can vividly remember hearing this song there as we did what we did.Thank you for being part of the soundtrack of my life.Hope you and Misty are well.
This came towards the end of the "novelty record" era. I heard this song on a Directv music channel a few years back, and this song also appears on a Dr. Demento compilation. They don't make 'em like this any more...
My wife & I were sitting on our deck, enjoying a nice late-summer day with the goldfinches and chickadees singing in the stand of trees in our yard. This song popped into my head and I began singing -- my wife thought: a) i had either lost my mind, or b) i was some musical idiot-savant that just came up with this song off the top of my head. i had to show her this youtube video to prove to her that only 'a)' was true. Amazing, the things you remember after 40+ years . . .
I absolutely loved this song when I was a youngster...even played it once on my rock show when I was a dj...audience got a kick out of it for my April Fools Day show..Thanks for the memory!!!#
I'm from South Africa and this song was a hit there when I was just a wee boy. It was one of the first 45's my Mum let my buy with my own money at Greaterman's Dept. Store in Cape Town. No matter what my mood this song is sure to put a smile on my face!
Jack and Misty, this has long been one of my favorite novelty songs; thank you very much for posting it for all of us to enjoy! And I love that remark you made about Buddy Rich, Jack!
I'm still proud to say that this is the first piece of music I ever purchased for myself. I loved it so much I packed it in my suitcase and took it on our family vacation-and it somehow never made it back home with me! I had the original 45.
Thank you Jack and Misty for putting a smile on my face for all these years! Still listening and humming and every spring having a grin on my face - chirp, chirp!
Take away Aunt Ginger and lonesome kids will be walkin everywhere.......we miss you so much. We love you Aunt Ginger. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
For real this is the real Jack and Misty? If so, I hope you guys are in good health, still together, and happy. I loved this song as a kid. Used to crack my Dad up that I was so lousy in math but knew every word of this song. Thanks for the music you guys. You entertained then, and it would seem you are still entertaining. Peace.
On this day in 1970 {May 23rd} Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan performed "Tennessee Bird Walk" on the ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand' At the time the song was at position #49 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, four weeks earlier it had peaked at #23 {for 2 weeks} and it spent thirteen weeks on the Top 100... And on March 28th, 1970 it reached #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart... On the same 'Bandstand' show the duo also performed "Humphrey the Camel", five weeks later it entered the Hot Top 100 at position #99, then five weeks later it peaked at #78, that was also it's final week on the Top 100... And on August 2nd, 1970 it peaked at #5 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart... The day they appeared on the 'Bandstand' show was Ms. Morgan's 25th birthday, she was born on May 23rd, 1945 in Buffalo, NY...
I traveled with Jack And Misty playing drums for them. You could not meet two nicer people or more talented. I was a young and green man but they were great to me. Thanks for the memories.
Hey, Don. Good to hear from you. Our email is jackandmisty@gmail.com. Keep in touch. Jack & Misty
sarrina Rodriguez that's nice of you
+jackandmisty:
You guys hurt and helped me at the same time with this song. I was in a bar drunk the first time I heard it. I laughed so hard I wet my pants. It was then I realized I didn't have to drink to embarrass myself. All I had to do was listen to you and get a good laugh going. Not only did you save me a lot of money, You may very well have saved my life and that of others. Who knows. I could have died drunk behind the wheel and took someone with me. Then I would have gone to hell. So you even played a hand in saving my soul. Once I stopped drinking I figured I may as well join the church. All that from just one little song I can't even sing on Sunday morning because I wouldn't want all my church brothers and sisters having to leave early so they could go home and change their pants.
+jackandmisty
What year did y'all do this?
1970
Thanks. Glad you like it. We did have all those analog electronics in 1970 when it came out.
Cheers. Jack & Misty
We're still looking for the videos of those songs. Thanks for writing.
Jack & Misty
My dad used to bring out the turntable and play this when i was little
This was such a cute and funny song! I remember it when I was quite young. I liked to picture the birds walking, whistling, and wearing underwear -- and it made me laugh. It's so good to hear it again after all these years.
Nice to hear this song again,It would be nice if we could relive those days. Those were the best days in America !!!!!!
I'm 54. I remember this song from my childhood. It was a big hit on the playground. So good to find it here. Thanks for posting it.
still a cute song even after all these years.
I remember this too. I was a girl and had the 45 of it. Thanks for the memory
I remember when this came out. Despite clicking the button 40 times, RUclips would not acknowledge a like.
Thanks. The original guitar was Billy Sanford.
And, yes, we were before captain & Tenille.
All the best.
Jack & Misty
I was sure that this would be lip-synched; how nice to discover that it WASN'T!
Jack and Misty,
This has to be he best song ever! I wish you luck with the future, whatever it may bring!
Joe Hupp
DUBBO, NSW Australia
We use to listen to this song when we were little. We thought it was so funny
i remember singing this song when i was kid
Cool! I have not thought of this song in ages..
When this song arrived I was 7 and it fired my imagination and made me smile.
I could see those dirty birds, whispering in their underwear !
It's great hook, great arrangement, I don't know if anyone would write this song today, PETA might object :)
In 1970 there was a broader choice on free to air and music exposure, glad I didn't miss this one.
Give thanks to U Tube & Jack & Misty.
I still remember this but can anyone remember when this came out? I think early to mid 70's.
Misty's got it.
This fantastic song was in heavy rotation in my childhood home, and I still love it!
I can't believe this song is this old, or that I'm that old, lol. I remember our family driving on vacation to visit my Grandpa in Missouri, and we stopped at some diner and my dad played this on the jukebox. I remember laughing and laughing, especially at the part of the birds being in their underwear. Oh my gosh.
We had this and "A Boy Named Sue" on cassette tape as a kid. The tape doesn't work anymore because we played it so much.
Thanks for sharing this classic memory
I remember my dad requesting this song when I was younger on some radio station, and i thought it was a funny song
I remember this from when i was a kid it. I thing i was like 4 yrs. old. LOL
Hi, I'm from N.Y. In 1968 I was 19. I did'nt care for the way "pop" was going. One day I found a station that was playing "Big Bad John". I stayed with the station, and the next song was new to me - it was a "Country + Western" song. I can't recall what it was, but it hooked me !!! So many GREAT songs !!! So many BEAUTIFUL SONGS !!! But then it all changed !!! It's terrible !!! When Your song, this song, would come on the radio, it would just bright-en up my day !!! AND EVERYBODY'S DAY !!! And so did that CAMEL !!!
Thanks, Bill.
My dad sang this to me as a child. I just remembered it and shared it with my son. He loves it! Great job guys
Sitting hear listening with a huge grin on my face....lolol! :)
Awe! Loved this song when I was a kid, we sang it all the time! ❤️
Heard this song on my DirecTV country station (808) this morning for the first time in decades. It's still very clever and entertaining and upon looking it up on RUclips I saw this live version. Back when the song was a hit I never got to see Jack and Misty. Tanya Tucker looks to be teen-aged. Great song and a great video. Thanks for letting us see it.
I liked this song as a kid just because it was goofy and very clever. : )
One of my favorites since the ,70s. Now I'm enjoying in 2018, still.
Wo th heck is that keyboard fascinating, loved this song
This was the first 45rpm single I ever bought. Great memories of this song, and Clock Of St James on the B side.
I lived in Nashville when this song hit the radio. I was a very young boy and my dad had just been killed in a single car car collision in Gallatin. When it came on the radio I would turn it up. If we had arrived at our destination and it was still playing, I would sit in the car until it finished playing. This song gave me a smile in an otherwise devastating time in my life. Thank You, Jack and Misty. Thank you.
It was THIS particular video that I watched and it was how I first discovered Misty and Jack!!! Gad, I hope that youtube uses a bit of common sense and releases their control of this couple's music!!!!
Wow! This brings back some memories of music gone by. I found it because the Clock of St. James song has been running through my head the last couple of days and I wanted to hear it again. What a BONUS to get to hear Tennessee Bird Walk too! Thanks for the Memories :-) Can't wait to play this for my kids!
You're welcome, Mary. :)
Thank you for the reply! What a wonderful unexpected surprise
:-)
Great Tune. Lovely couple. Bless you two.
Great Great Song. Entered the New Zealand top 20 chart in June 1970, Peaking at number 4. Spent 11 weeks in the top 20.
2:53 "I'd get get rid of him, but I need the eggs." That, & Misty's grin seems to sum up your music.
I remember this, from w-a-y back in the day, when I was merely (cough, cough) years old & still enjoyed hearing it today.
So nice to see that you're still around, together & working. Keep up the good work.
o dam i like this song and ya just can't hear it nowhere nomore ... THX for this one
I remember watching this on TV when I was a kid.
I wish music was close to this good. Classic.
jackandmisty--thanks for this song! It's one of my favorites!
i Loved this song when I was young...I think my brother played it about a zillion times :) Great memories
That is the silly song and I love that song.
Hello. I have this on 45 amongst my collection of 2000 at least....remember this tune when I was a kid...awesome! :)
I can remember listening to this (and the Legendary Chicken Fairy) on WEXL-1340 in Detroit almost 40 years ago!
I heard this song on the radio all the time back in the day but never realized there wasn't a band. Jack and Misty each playing multiple synthesizers for the rhythm and background chording. And the harmony of the vocals is quite unusual. I ran into something similar on Terry Allen's Flatland Boogie. It seems the male lead vocal is singing melody, but the female vocal rather than harmonizing a third, seems to be on the root. It's very hard to decipher it, but the sound is totally unique. I actually think this song by Jack and Misty may have inspired Carly Simon and James Taylor's version of "Mockingbird".
this so takes me back to my great childhood....can't believe i found this!
:)
I was a travel counselor at AAA in Orlando in the early 1970's and had the pleasure of marking their map for a trip. Such a nice couple and I still smile when I hear their music.
"The Tennessee Boardwalk" My nephew liked and had the 7" single, or maybe on a K-tel compilation Lp. Well anyway I think much of that tune at the time.
Heard this on satellite Sirius/XM ..it wss talked about by one of the DJ's last week..they played it on air..funny toon..never heard it before..catchy hook to it..
I downloaded it off iTunes last week...I like this song...
This song just popped into my head the other day, and i searched for it, and here it is!
Found this after years of humming it. Still knew all the words! With a name like mine, this has to be a fave........Robyn
What a classic novelty song. Misty makes that organ talk
I grew up with these guys, fire hydrant no. 79!!!
I haven't heard this since I don't know when. I like this a lot cute
Hey Jack and Misty.....I was in the Navy working in the Pentagon when this came out....and found out that some old college friends were in the Army living about a mile from me. We used to listen to this, and HUMPHREY THE CAMEL....and laugh forever! Believe me...with Viet Nam going on then, we needed a laugh! THANKS TO YOU BOTH!
This was my favorite novelty song as a child. Thanks for posting.
I love this cachy tune.
@jackandmisty Love this video and love the song.It reminds me of childhood.I wasn't a big country music fan at the time,but I hung out with someone who was.The radio was always on the local country station at his house.I can vividly remember hearing this song there as we did what we did.Thank you for being part of the soundtrack of my life.Hope you and Misty are well.
My father used to play this for me. What a lovely childhood memory this song is for me, thank you so much!
This came towards the end of the "novelty record" era. I heard this song on a Directv music channel a few years back, and this song also appears on a Dr. Demento compilation. They don't make 'em like this any more...
Thanks for posting, I had not heard this in years, love it then and still do in 2019 !!!
My wife & I were sitting on our deck, enjoying a nice late-summer day with the goldfinches and chickadees singing in the stand of trees in our yard. This song popped into my head and I began singing -- my wife thought: a) i had either lost my mind, or b) i was some musical idiot-savant that just came up with this song off the top of my head. i had to show her this youtube video to prove to her that only 'a)' was true.
Amazing, the things you remember after 40+ years . . .
Haven't heard this in years. I'm going to play it for my granddaughter. Thank you!
This was the first 45 I bought when it first came out. This and Little Arrows. Still love it after all these years. You two are gems.
Brings back memories of my childhood.....Thanks Jack and Misty!
I absolutely loved this song when I was a youngster...even played it once on my rock show when I was a dj...audience got a kick out of it for my April Fools Day show..Thanks for the memory!!!#
This is the greatest song ever....
Great song, always loved it ! thanks to 'the winner" for sending me here!
Jack Blanchard and Misty Greatest entertainer , Jack Outstanding Writer.
I'm from South Africa and this song was a hit there when I was just a wee boy. It was one of the first 45's my Mum let my buy with my own money at Greaterman's Dept. Store in Cape Town.
No matter what my mood this song is sure to put a smile on my face!
I love this cachy tune
I have this original 45 : ) Loved it since I was a little kid. It's the best, thank you!
Loved this song ever since I was a little boy.
My mom aunt and uncle put me onto this when i was little been so long since I’ve heard this!
Made my day
One of the old songs I grew up with , I love this song
Jack and Misty, this has long been one of my favorite novelty songs; thank you very much for posting it for all of us to enjoy! And I love that remark you made about Buddy Rich, Jack!
It's wonderful to hear this again. I have always loved this song
I still love it
Believe it or not, we sang this song in middle school chorus in Powell, Tennessee. I loved it then, and I love it now.
I'm still proud to say that this is the first piece of music I ever purchased for myself. I loved it so much I packed it in my suitcase and took it on our family vacation-and it somehow never made it back home with me! I had the original 45.
You guys were great! I have your single I bought in 1970 and I also have it on a CD. I know it reached #1 on the country charts.
still my fav song from childhood!
Thank you Jack and Misty for putting a smile on my face for all these years! Still listening and humming and every spring having a grin on my face - chirp, chirp!
Chirp to you. :)
The song still makes me smile after all these 44 (OMG) years and that is all that matters. Thanks my friends, goes down as true classic! And SMILE!!
Thanks, James!
me too!
I always liked this tune :-) ROCK ON!!!!!!!
Take away Aunt Ginger and lonesome kids will be walkin everywhere.......we miss you so much. We love you Aunt Ginger. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
This is such a GREAT performance!!
I have this record when it came out!!! Still do
so awesome just love these guys, Everything they did was great.
I loved this song!! Thanks for posting!
I love this!
For real this is the real Jack and Misty? If so, I hope you guys are in good health, still together, and happy. I loved this song as a kid. Used to crack my Dad up that I was so lousy in math but knew every word of this song. Thanks for the music you guys. You entertained then, and it would seem you are still entertaining.
Peace.
+laurierken Thanks for the nice comment. :) We are still together and still active in music. Cheers. Jack & Misty.
OMG! So excited. I have listened to this song since I was little! It's so lame and I love it.
It's great to see and hear the original!
I was here when tennessee bird walk came on the scene and kids were so gleeful to hear it , pretend a avator smile here okay?
On this day in 1970 {May 23rd} Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan performed "Tennessee Bird Walk" on the ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'
At the time the song was at position #49 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, four weeks earlier it had peaked at #23 {for 2 weeks} and it spent thirteen weeks on the Top 100...
And on March 28th, 1970 it reached #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart...
On the same 'Bandstand' show the duo also performed "Humphrey the Camel", five weeks later it entered the Hot Top 100 at position #99, then five weeks later it peaked at #78, that was also it's final week on the Top 100...
And on August 2nd, 1970 it peaked at #5 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart...
The day they appeared on the 'Bandstand' show was Ms. Morgan's 25th birthday, she was born on May 23rd, 1945 in Buffalo, NY...