OLD SCHOOL #5 Madison Bones

Three songs from different eras and the unique mindsets have only one commonality. They have their own particular oddball quirkiness. They weren’t intended as novelty songs and yet…pretty darn novel.

Welcome to Old School #5 Madison Bones!

THE MADISON TIME PART 1 Ray Bryant Combo

Ray Bryant was a solid jazz cat who had a modest hit with the Madison Time in 1960. Then the song realized the dream of a second coming. For this one, it was in the unlikely hit Hairspray (1988). Then it got yet another boost when the movie became a musical then came back as another movie in 2007!

Here’s the video from the first movie, a rarity from a 1960 local dance show, and and instructional DVD feature because you can’t sit down!

SPAZZ The Elastik Band

The Elastik Band provided a politically incorrect low for the psychedelic era in 1967. Tasteless as it is, it does enjoy a groove of sorts, a one hit wonder destined for the boneyard.

ROCKIN’ BONES Ronnie Dawson

Which takes us to a Texas rocking lone star who was hitting the Billy Idol look in the ancient Fifties. Ronnie Dawson was Ronnie Dee for his first record, “Action Packed” in 1958. For his second song in 1959 he was already fretting at least his teen mortality. But like Ray Bryant, Ronnie Dawson had a fabulous second act, touring rockabilly crazed Europe in the 1980s! He’d seen the needle in the stylus and the damage done!

“The past is a blast.”

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The Madison Time (part 1)Ray Bryant

It’s the madison time hit it You're lookin' good -A big strong line When I say hit it,I want you to go two up and twoBack with a big strong turnAnd back to the madisonHit itta(Instrumental)You're lookin' goodNow when I say hit it,I want you to go two up and twoBack double crossCome out of it with the riflemanHit itta(Instrumental)CrazyNow when I say hit I want the strong"M" erase it and back to the madisonHit it(Instrumental)Walk on you're lookin' good(Instrumental)Now then when I say hit, it'll be "T" time(Instrumental)Hit it(Instrumental)Big strong lineNow when I say hit it I want the big strongCleveland box and back to the madison(Instrumental)Hit it(Instrumental)CrazyNow when I say hit it,I want the big strong basketballWith the Wilt Chamberlain hook(Instrumental)Hit it -- 2 pointsNow this time when I say hit it,I want the big strongJackie Gleason and back to the madison(Instrumental)Hit it - and away we goNow then when I say hit, birdland 'til I say stopHit it -- how 'bout a little stiff leg there?You're lookin' goodNow when I say hit it come out of the birdland back to the madison(Instrumental)Hit it - crazyWhen I say hit it, go 2 up and 2 back double cross and freezeHit it(Instrumental)And hold it right there