Provided to youtube by iipdds im a nut originally performed by leroy pullins karaoke version midifine systems best for musicians no. Leroy pullins is pretty much the definition of a novelty onehit wonder a singer who patterned himself after roger miller, a move that resulted in one moderately big country hit, im a nut, in 1966, and a host of other, similar tunes in the next few years, but few other hits. Thanks to michel ruppli, not only for his books which i use daily, but also for a large amount of rare and unpublished data from his giant archive. We present new, exclusive music and the hot hits for information. Not much is known of leroy pullins life and career all information comes from colin escotts liner notes for. An alternative rock singersongwriter from massachusetts, usa 1 roger dean miller b.
Bear family was the first to reissue the wackedout recordings of leroy pullins on lp, and now theyre coming to cd. All the great songs and lyrics from the im a nut bear family album on the webs largest and most authoritative lyrics resource. Thanks to all my friends country music fans in czech republic vladimir pikora, michal gololobov, milos holecek, tony foglar, rene pavlik and petr vitous. Songs im a nut i love you dropstatersville womens auxiliary sewing circleive got a sore in my heartbilly roy and jackson samive been everywhereknee deepim killing myselfokeefenokeewhats his namestree towers. There are only 3 or 4 photos of leroy pullins that i. Hot 100 and number 71 on the canadian rpm the song is frequently misattributed to roger miller, who never recorded the song. Now bear family rectifies that situation, reissuing that original lp plus every other recording.
Carl leroy pullins november 12, 1940 1984 was an american country singer and guitarist. To date, nothing has been released on cd, not even his 1966 pop and country smash hit im a nut. Im a nut, im a nut, my life dont ever get in a rut woop woop woop woop the head on my shoulders is sorta loose and i aint got the sense god gave a goose lord i aint crazy but, im a nut is it wetter underwater if youre there when it rains is it shorter to new york, than it is by plane between myself and i, i wonder whos the dumber. Pullins, leroy pullen, leroy pullens, pullins a802183 artist. Pullins played in a group he put together called the lesabres in the late 1950s, then relocated to nashville. Vinyl 7 leroy pullins im a nut 1966, vinyl discogs.
In 1966 an unknown country singer named leroy pullins reached number 18 on billboards country chart and number 57 on billboards hot 100 chart with the song im a nut. Get all the lyrics to songs by leroy pullins and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Leroy pullins is pretty much the definition of a novelty onehit wonder a singer who patterned himself after roger miller, a move that resulted in one moderately big country hit, im a nut, in 1966. Thanks to mario manciotti for sending session details daily thanks to kurt rokitta for a. Im a nut, im a nut, my life dont ever get in a rut the head on my shoulders is sore and loose and i aint got the sense god gave a goose lord, i aint crazy but, im a nut i drove my cadillac to vegas to satisfy my lust wheelin, dealin, left old vegas on a greyhound bus. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from leroy pullins at the discogs marketplace.
Even when his deepest intent was nothing more than inducing mere guffaws in the hearts of listeners as with im a nut or swimming at the bottom of the pool. He gigged there for several years and eventually signed with kapp records in 1966. Im a nut 1cd with 16page booklet, 27 tracks, playing time 64. Chorus im a nut, im a nut my live dont ever get in a rut, whoopwhoopwhoopwhoop the head on my shoulders is sorta loose and i aint got the sense god gave a goose lord, i aint crazy, but. Im a nut by leroy pullins compilation, country pop. Leroy pullins biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.
Released 5 november 2007 on bear family catalog no. Song information for im a nut leroy pullins on allmusic. Check out im a nut by leroy pullins on amazon music. His most recognized tunes included the charttopping country. The song was an attempt to imitate the success of popular country artist roger miller. Cd universe is your source for leroy pullins s song im a nut mp3 download lyrics and much more. Some people say this is roger miller and some say this is leroy pullins a some what roger miller impersonator. This may be one of the best hoaxes perpetrated on the american people. Leroy pullins is pretty much the definition of a novelty onehit wonder a singer who patterned himself after roger miller, a move that resulted in one moderately big country hit, im a nut, in 1966, read full biography. Featuring the song im a nut mp3 download and lyrics. Thank you leroy pullins we used to sing this when it was released 1966 when we were in the british army it kept us going. A country music singersongwriter from oklahoma, usa 2. Leroy pullins designed himself as a roger miller disciple something thats evident from the moment the giddy gallop of im a nut kicks off, but the rest of his debut lp, im a nut, shows that leroy never departed from that template. The poverty war will be over when i begin to fight if it took a dime to go round the worl i couldnt get out of sight i dont mind to take the girls out if they dont mind to go dutch makes me.
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