The Liquor Giants - What's New Pussycat? (Tom Jones Cover)

From '' Something Special For The Kids ''
Label: Blood Red Vinyl And Discs
Catalog: BRCD5006
Released: 1998

Tracks
01. Beatles Please Come Back (Gigi Parker & the Lonelies)
02. Fire Brigade (The Move)
03. Don't Ever Leave Me (Connie Francis)
04. Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself (The Zombies)
05. Days Of Broken Arrows (Idle Race)
06. What's New Pussycat (Tom Jones)
07. Stay Awhile (Dusty Springfield)
08. Led Along (Del Shannon)
09. Toast And Marmalade (Tin Tin)
10. Love In The City (The Turtles)
11. Tallyman (Jeff Beck)
12. Things I'd Like To Say (New Colony Six)
13. I Don't Know Why (Sons of Thunder)
14. Boys Keep Swinging (David Bowie)

After playing mutant swamp-blues-rockabilly guitar with the Gun Club in the early '80s, Ward Dotson embarked on a less contrived musical course as guitarist, main writer and de facto leader of the Pontiac Brothers.
Dotson subsequently formed the Liquor Giants. "You're Always Welcome" (1992) (aka "America's #1 Recording Artists" in japan) was a dynamic debut.
After "Here" (1994) and "Liquor Giants" (1996), The Giants were an actual band on "Every Other Day at a Time".
Mark McGroarty (bass and vocals) and Mark McNally (guitar and vocals) joined Dotson and Simon for the best album released under the Liquor Giants name. Around the same time, (actually two of these covers were featured on "Every Other Day at a Time"), the Giants issued a covers collection, "Something Special for the Kids", with sparkling renditions of classics by Tom Jones, the Move, David Bowie and others.

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"What's New Pussycat?" is a song made famous by singers such as Tom Jones (US #3 in april 17 1965), Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Anita Kerr and The Four Seasons.
It was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
It is the title tune of the movie starring Peter Sellers.

Barbra Streisand performed several lines in her "Color Me Barbra Medley" from the TV special and album "Color Me Barbra".

Czech singer Pavel Novak recorded song under the Czech title "Zofie" in may 2 1966.

Cultural references

In The Simpsons episode "Husbands and Knives", the character Milo plays a Korean version of "What's New Pussycat?".
In another episode when Marge worked at the nuclear power plant she requested to have Tom Jones music being played there so they played this song.

In an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Carlton sang this song when he came home the next morning after he lost his virginity.

In an episode of That 70's Show, Bob sang this song on the tape recorder for Eric which was recording incidents going on while he was in Africa.

Ed Begley, Jr. sings the song to a group of felines at the zoo in the 1982 movie Cat People.

In John Mulaney's stand-up bit "The Salt and Pepper Diner," Mulaney tells a story about playing the song twenty-one times on a diner jukebox.

The song also appears in the end credits of the computer animated movie Flushed Away.

The song was used as the end credits' theme of the popular 2001 movie Cats & Dogs and its sequel.

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What's New Pussycat? is a 1965 comedy film directed by Clive Donner and starring Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss and Ursula Andress.
It was Woody Allen's film debut, as well as his first produced script.
The Academy Award-nominated title song by Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyrics) was sung by Tom Jones.
The movie poster was painted by Frank Frazetta.

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• Liquor Giants
• What's New Pussycat?
• Tom Jones Cover
• tom jones pussycat
• pop rock
• power pop
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