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King Tut (song)
King Tut (song)
“King Tut”
Single by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons B-side Released Format Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer "Sally Goodin" "Hoedown At Alice’s" April 28, 1978 (1978-04-28) 7" vinyl record Comedy 2:10 Warner Bros. Steve Martin William E. McEuen
was released as a single in 1978 and reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August of that year. Martin previewed the song in a live performance during the April 22, 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live. A live version of the song was also included on Martin’s album A Wild and Crazy Guy. "King Tut" paid homage to Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun and presents a caricature of the sensational Treasures of Tutankhamun traveling exhibit that toured seven United States cities from 1976 to 1979. The exhibit attracted approximately eight million visitors. In the Saturday Night Live performance of "King Tut," loyal subjects appease a joyful King Tut with kitchen appliances. An instrumental solo is delivered by saxophone player (Lou Marini) who steps out of a sarcophagus to great laughter. The song is the subject of in-depth analysis in Melani McAlister’s Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East, 1945-2000.
External Links
• Live performance of King Tut on the Saturday Night Live website
King Tut is a novelty song performed by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons (actually members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band). It
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