Yakety Sax
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"Yakety Sax" is a 1963 45 rpm "novelty" single written by guitarist James Q. "Spider" Rich and recorded by saxophonist Boots Randolph.
It was composed from pieces of assorted fiddle tunes such as "Chicken Reel", and written for a performance at a venue called The Armory in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. There is also a bar of "Entrance of the Gladiators" worked into one verse.
This piece of music is not to be confused with the Lieber and Stoller song "Yakety Yak", recorded in 1958 by The Coasters. The tunes are similar, and both feature the "yakety sax" sound, but are distinctly different melodies. Randolph had recorded an earlier version of "Yakety Sax" that year for RCA Victor, but it wasn't until his re-recording for Monument Records that it became a standard.
