"I Can't Spell Schenectady" appears on "Outdoor Songs for Indoor Days," performed by "Big Jon Arthur and the 'No School Today' Cast," Vocalion LP #73714. I can spell Dakota, can handle Minnesota, but I can't spell Schenectady,...
Record out of print, copyright expired, public domain.
I still can't spell it today.
39franklin 2 days ago
Cool song! Wish it was played at normal speed - Big Jon sounds like he just woke up!
dillysgirl4ever 2 weeks ago
Harry Downey used to play it on his disk-jockey show on WGY.
rotrhead1 2 months ago
I was born in Schenectady, and moved to Phoenixville, Pa at the age of 8 and no one believed the name of the town I was born in !!
franandbarb 2 months ago
O.K.- this goes into my repertoire------ da Prof--
jessyoungquest 2 months ago
I was born in Schenectady... moved to Ambler Pa when I was 4...at school they asked where i was born and i said schenectady.... they said oh,,,,hummmm new york new york is close enough..... in my school records hehehe...:)
TheCrazygirl4153 2 months ago
@airdriverny10
So was I...LOL
nyyankee319 6 months ago
I remember this recording from when Big Jon Arthur first produced it! That's one man making all those voices, folks! THANKS for reuniting me with long-ago childhood friends!
nosamici 9 months ago
I always call it Skank-Neck-Titty... and for all the idiots that like to run in the middle of the road even though there are cars... I like to call those dumb dumbs Schenecta-tards XD
I used to live in Schenectady county... Up until this past Fall
xmrsxmansonx 1 year ago
@airdriverny10 haha me too
xmrsxmansonx 1 year ago