Napoleon XIV

Napoleon XIV is the pseudonym of record producer Jerry Samuels ( born 1938 in New York City ), under which he published some plates in the 1960s.

Greatest success was his first time in 1966 published Novelty song They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha - Haaa! . In the fun number that is rather a underlaid with drum rhythm speech than a song, it's about a man whose dog ran away and about losing his mind. Then fetch him the " nice young men in their clean white coats " from.

The special feature of the song is that Samuels has thereby been experimenting with different speeds of recording bands to represent the bandwidth of a quiet, rhythmic storytelling to a shrill, sounding for a madman indictment of the dog.

In the UK, the title reached number 4 in the charts in the U.S. and number 3 in Germany did not reach high placement, but was so well known that a German version with the title I Glaab, the pick me up, Ha - Haaa! ( Artist: Malepartus II) appeared as a record. There was yet another German version with other text; the interpreter was called " The Emperor of China".

The piece is an early forerunner of rap and hip-hop, was now covered MORE times (including 1990 and 2005 Lard of Neuroticfish ), 1973 by Warner Bros. re-released and is still considered a cult song. On the B - side of the plate is the same piece is played backwards; consequently, the interpreter calls here VIX Noelopan. Producer Kim Fowley the plate was.

Napoleon XIV may be referred to as a typical one- hit wonder, since his name one titled They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha - Haaa! is identified, although he still published several other boards.

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• American musician
• Music producer
• Pseudonym
• Americans
• Born in 1938
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