"Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" #2 12/31/1966

We begin 1967 with a novelty record by Ocala, Florida's Royal Guardsmen that was kept out of the top spot for four straight weeks by "I'm A Believer." They were another group who took on a British-sounding name to sell some records. The song was based on the comic strip "Peanuts" and the dreams of Charlie Brown's beagle Snoopy as a World War I pilot. The phrase at the beginning roughly translates to "We will now sing together the song of a pig-headed dog, and our beloved Red Baron." (The lead singer actually spoke German.) Listen for a few bars of "Hang On Sloopy."