It was renamed “I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman” and was recorded by Whistling Jack Smith (a play on the name of 1920s singer “Whispering” Jack Smith). The song was initially titled “Too Much Birdseed” and was written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenway. Ever since then, this little ear worm has ceased to leave me alone. Although I recognized the recording, I hadn’t heard it in years and didn’t even know who it was or what it was called. When this song came on, my ears quickly perked up. I played an album of British Invasion hits released on the Parrot Record label from the late ‘60s before I went to work this morning. Then who was Whistling Jack Smith, and why is his sole hit from 1967 haunting me? Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman” by Whistling Jack SmithĪctually, no.
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