Ray Stevens - Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 1959 45rpm

[georgethedj]

This song was popular on the radio in Montgomery, Alabama. I remember hearing it. Don't remember how long it lasted.

[rickjolley]

King-Trendall Broadcasting, which owned the rights to "Sgt. Preston" -- threatened to sue Stevens and this record was pulled off the market. It's always been a favorite of mine, along with "Wake Me" and "Alley Oop"

Thanks for putting it here!!

Rick Jolley

Colorado Springs

[MrKlp650]

Ray Stevens is the best comedy singer ever!

[GrayEagle48]

There will never be another like Ray.

[peppertree5706]

Song reached number six in OKC on KOMA and WKY.

[spencer1986molly]

gotta luv ray stevens

[SkidRowJim]

Ray Stevens - Sergeant Preston of the Yukon b /w Who Do You Love- released in the summer of 1960.

George Jones had a similar copyright problem.

"Yabba Dabba Doo The King Is Gone (So Are You)" charted #26 in 1989.

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George .."I had a song Yabba Dabba Doo that Hanna-Barbara made us take off the market. It was getting a lot of play and starting to be a big record for me; the kids just loved it because it was about The Flintstones and they made Columbia pull the record from the radio."

srj

[swtypieln]

Even though this record of Stevens didn't chart nationally, it did make it into the top 10 here in Oklahoma City on top 40 station WKY. I have the

record as well as the survey to prove.

Larry N. Boyington, aka Larry Neal, former curator of the big 1520 KOMA

[sunrecords56]

Amazing 3 years later this song returns as Ahab the Arab and becomes a Hit. You just have to be in the right place at the right time

[mattybock]

regardless of the pulling, here it is, there ray is (not dead yet, yeah), and where is the preston coopyright? who gives an eskimo pie!

[KATCHAT28]

Hello AC! Yes, he did sing a portion of this song at Renfro Valley in August. I had forgotten about the "Well...." songs, LOL! He told the story about how he had to pull this song off the market just as it was showing signs of being a big hit for him.

Kathy (KATCHAT28)

[KATCHAT28]

Ray can bark like no other human, LOL! His screams are great, too! He is the BEST!!

Kathy (KATCHAT28)

[ACcountryFan]

didn't Ray sing this song at the Kentucky concert when he was joking how many of his songs started with a "Well...." back in the early '60s.

[jaws2z]

"King" sounds alot like "Clyde The Camel". What a treat. Thank you for this rare treat.

[ACcountryFan]

When Ray had to pull this song off the market out of fears of a lawsuit from the owners of the 'Sgt Preston' character, King Features Syndicate, the concept of the song was re-worked as "Ahab the Arab". I assume Ray wanted to keep the idea of the Sgt Preston story but change the settings from the Yukon to the Arabian desert.

[leadsquirter]

Very interesting! Thanks for this info.