We had a discussion about this song at my house and I thought I had the answer... turned out the story was even weirder than I assumed it to be: In 1961, [Robert] Preston was asked to make a recording as part of a program by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness to get schoolchildren to do more daily exercise. The song, “Chicken Fat”, which was written and composed by Meredith Willson and performed by Preston with full orchestral accompaniment, was distributed to schools across the nation and played for students in calisthenics every morning. The song later became a surprise novelty hit and part of many baby-boomers’ childhood memories. Yes... JFK approved this.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:56:52 +0000
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