Duke of Earl
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"Duke of Earl" is a 1962
number-one song
, originally by Gene Chandler
. It is the best known of Chandler's songs, and he subsequently dubbed himself 'The Duke of Earl'. The song was penned by Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, and Earl Edwards.
"Duke of Earl" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100
chart on January 13, 1962, and held the number-one spot for three weeks. It was on the Hot 100 for a total of 15 weeks.
also performed "Duke of Earl" on their critically acclaimed debut album Sound & Fury
"
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
released a cover version
in 1964. Another cover was recorded
by the UK
based doo-wop
outfit Darts
in 1979
. It reached #6 in the UK Singles Chart
.
Cornell Campbell
did a reggae version on the Trojan Records
label.
The Karate Lincolns, a punk rock American band, also performed this song in their 2010 release Pop Riggin
Sha Na Na
, a rock and roll revival
band, performed Duke of Earl live at the Woodstock Festival
of 1969.
The Beach Boys
and Red Hot Chili Peppers
have also played their version of the song whilst on tour. Cypress Hill
sampled
"Duke of Earl" into one of their own hit songs, "Hand on the Pump", on their 1991 self-titled album
.
The song has also been sung by The Nylons
, The Four Tops, New Edition
, and the Van-Dells.
In his song "Keeping the Faith
", Billy Joel
sings "I thought I was the Duke of Earl / When I made it with a red-haired girl in a Chevrolet".
Reference is made to the Duke of Earl as being a friend of Wolfman Jack
in The Guess Who
's song, "Clap for the Wolfman".
The song "Mikey's" from Randy Newman's
album "Trouble in Paradise" ends with "Whatever happened to the old songs, Mikey?/ Like 'The Duke of Earl'/ Mikey, whatever happened to the f-ing Duke of Earl?"
In the Hall & Oates
' song "Diddy Doo Wopp (I Hear the Voices)" from the album Voices
, Daryl Hall
sings, "Charlie liked the Beatles
/ Sam, he liked "Rich Girl
" / I'm still hung up on the Duke of Earl".
In the film
, Carry On Behind
, Ernie (played by Jack Douglas
) can be seen wearing a Duke of Earl T-shirt
.
In the film The Man with Two Brains
, a prostitute (Randi Brooks
) sings the song (described it as her "favorite") revealing her unexpectedly unpleasant and squeaky voice (she pronounces it "Dook, Dook, Dook, Dook of Oil..."). This is also possibly contributed to the name of the modern-age Green Arrow
villain, the Duke of Oil
.
In his usual satiric fashion, Frank Zappa
playfully pays homage to Chandler's song on the Mothers of Invention's 1967 "Absolutely Free
" release; one song on the album is titled "Duke of Prunes," while in another, titled "Amnesia Vivace," the phrase "Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Prunes, Prunes, Prunes" is humorously echoed.
In the film King Ralph
, the titular character played by John Goodman
sings the song as the end credits roll.
In the film The Wrong Guys
, John Goodman
plays the character Duke, leader of the Earl Gang, who are wanted by the FBI.
In the animated film Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
, Big Paw sings a song called "I'm a Puppy Too" which is based of the song The Duke of Earl.
The song was performed by the rock and roll
comedy
group Sha Na Na
as part of their set at Woodstock Festival
in 1969.
In the Magnum, P.I.
episode "Going Home", Magnum and a friend are seen singing a drunken a cappella
of the song.
The 'Duke of Earl' is mentioned in the Men Without Hats
song "Pop Goes the World".
Datamation
humor columnist Chris Miksanek titled his "Over the Edge" online weblinks companion "The Duke of URL" which ran from 1998 until 2001.
In the Don Henley
song "They're Not Here, They're Not Coming", he sings "No place for sentiment, no room for romance" / "Bring back the Duke of Earl".
In the episode "Kelly Does Hollywood" of the show Married... with Children
, Al Bundy
attempts to get on Kelly's show by performing a dramatic reading of the song.
A reference to this song is mentioned in an episode of My Name Is Earl
entitled "Burn Victim".
In his song "Window on the World", John Hiatt
sings "The Queen of Sheba meets the Duke of Earl".
In The Dead Milkmen song "Punk Rock Girl", her father is referred to as the Duke of Earl (as well as the Vice President).
The song is parodied in the show The Critic
referring to Duke Phillips and sung by parodies of U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton.
The song was parodied in a 1990s commercial for Hellmann's Dijonnaise ("Di-di-di-Dijonnaise").
At New York Ranger hockey games at Madison Square Garden, the song is usually played on the arena organ after the opposing team scores a goal.
The song was also parodied from the late 1980s through to the early 2000s for a commercial in Australia for a hair care company called Decore.
Steely Dan
use the lyric "If you grew up in Amsterdam, then I'm the Duke of Earl" in the song "Slang of Ages" on their 2003 album "Everything Must Go
"
In the season 6 "Cheers
" episode "Slumber Party Massacred"; Sam, Norm, Cliff and Frasier perform a rendition of the beginning of the song to cheer Carla up during a depressive spell.
In the episode of Coronation Street
airing on July 22, 2010, Lloyd Mullaney
is shown singing along to this while walking around his flat in a towel before being interrupted by Cheryl Gray
.
The hook was sampled by Cypress Hill
in "Hand on Pump" on their 1991 album "Cypress Hill
."
The song is sung by Sipowicz and Simone in an episode of NYPD Blue.
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons
reference the Duke of Earl in their song "I Killed Myself But I Didn't Die" on their 2011 album Mysterious Power.
1962 in music
-Events:*January 1 – The Beatles and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes both audition at Decca Records, a company which has the option of signing one group only...
number-one song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
, originally by Gene Chandler
Gene Chandler
Gene Chandler also known as "The Duke of Earl" or simply "The Duke", is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, producer and record executive. He is one of the leading exponents of the 1960s Chicago soul scene...
. It is the best known of Chandler's songs, and he subsequently dubbed himself 'The Duke of Earl'. The song was penned by Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, and Earl Edwards.
"Duke of Earl" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart on January 13, 1962, and held the number-one spot for three weeks. It was on the Hot 100 for a total of 15 weeks.
Cover versions
In 1983, Youth BrigadeYouth Brigade (band)
Youth Brigade is a Southern California punk music trio formed in 1980 by brothers Mark Stern, Adam Stern, and Shawn Stern. The band subsequently founded BYO , which served both as their record label and as a statement of their attitude toward the young people involved in the punk subculture, which...
also performed "Duke of Earl" on their critically acclaimed debut album Sound & Fury
Sound & Fury (album)
Sound & Fury is the first studio album released by the American punk rock band Youth Brigade. It was released in two different versions, both of which have been out of print: the original version in 1982 and the revised version in 1983...
"
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
Wayne Fontana
Wayne Fontana is an English pop singer. In 1962, he formed his backing group, the Mindbenders and got a recording contract.-Biography:...
released a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
in 1964. Another cover was recorded
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
by the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
based doo-wop
Doo-wop
The name Doo-wop is given to a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music that developed in African American communities in the 1940s and achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. It emerged from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and...
outfit Darts
Darts (band)
Darts were a nine-piece British doo-wop revival band that achieved chart success in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The popular London-based band had a number of UK top 20 hits including three successive Number twos with revivals of early U.S...
in 1979
1979 in music
See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...
. It reached #6 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
.
Cornell Campbell
Cornell Campbell
Cornell Campbell aka Don Cornell or Don Gorgon is a reggae singer, best known for his trademark falsetto voice, and his recordings at Studio One in the late 1960s and his later work with Bunny Lee in the 1970s.-Biography:Cornel has one of the sweetest falsettos of any Jamaican vocalist and uses it...
did a reggae version on the Trojan Records
Trojan Records
Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica...
label.
The Karate Lincolns, a punk rock American band, also performed this song in their 2010 release Pop Riggin
Sha Na Na
Sha Na Na
Sha Na Na is an American rock and roll group. The name is taken from a part of the long series of nonsense syllables in the doo-wop hit song "Get a Job", originally recorded in 1957 by the Silhouettes....
, a rock and roll revival
Rock and roll revival
Rock and Roll Revival was a back-to-basics musical trend of the late 1960s and early 1970s, in a sort-of backlash against the heavier and psychedelic rock sounds then in vogue....
band, performed Duke of Earl live at the Woodstock Festival
Woodstock Festival
Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969...
of 1969.
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...
and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
have also played their version of the song whilst on tour. Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide...
sampled
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
"Duke of Earl" into one of their own hit songs, "Hand on the Pump", on their 1991 self-titled album
Cypress Hill (album)
Steve Huey of Allmusic calls Cypress Hill's debut "a sonic blueprint that would become one of the most widely copied in hip-hop."In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums...
.
The song has also been sung by The Nylons
The Nylons
The Nylons are an a cappella group founded in 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Best known for their covers of The Turtles' "Happy Together", Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", and The Tokens' version of the traditional "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"....
, The Four Tops, New Edition
New Edition
New Edition is an R&B group formed in Boston in 1978. The group reached its height of popularity during the 1980s. They were the progenitors of the boy band movement of the 1980s and 1990s and led the way for groups like New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men, Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync...
, and the Van-Dells.
Popular culture references
The original Gene Chandler recording featured in the film "Hairspray".In his song "Keeping the Faith
Keeping the Faith (song)
"Keeping the Faith" is a song by rock singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released from his 1983 album An Innocent Man. Written as a tribute to Bob Marley and reggae, it reached #18 on the main US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart...
", Billy Joel
Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...
sings "I thought I was the Duke of Earl / When I made it with a red-haired girl in a Chevrolet".
Reference is made to the Duke of Earl as being a friend of Wolfman Jack
Wolfman Jack
Robert Weston Smith, known commonly as Wolfman Jack was a gravelly voiced US disc jockey who became famous in the 1960s and 1970s.-Early career:...
in The Guess Who
The Guess Who
The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...
's song, "Clap for the Wolfman".
The song "Mikey's" from Randy Newman's
Randy Newman
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
album "Trouble in Paradise" ends with "Whatever happened to the old songs, Mikey?/ Like 'The Duke of Earl'/ Mikey, whatever happened to the f-ing Duke of Earl?"
In the Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates are an American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates. They achieved their greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. Both sing and play instruments. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed "rock and soul."...
' song "Diddy Doo Wopp (I Hear the Voices)" from the album Voices
Voices (Hall & Oates album)
Voices is the title of the ninth studio album by Hall & Oates, released in 1980.-History:The album slowly became a massive hit, spinning off four singles into the top 40 of the American pop charts: "How Does It Feel to Be Back" , "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" , "Kiss on My List" , and "You Make...
, Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall is an American rock, R&B and soul singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates . Hall scored several Billboard chart hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, and is regarded as one of the best blue eyed soul singers...
sings, "Charlie liked the Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
/ Sam, he liked "Rich Girl
Rich Girl (Hall & Oates song)
"Rich Girl" is a song by Daryl Hall and John Oates. On March 26, 1977, it became their first number one single on Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single originally appeared on the 1976 album Bigger Than Both of Us.-Content:...
" / I'm still hung up on the Duke of Earl".
In the film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, Carry On Behind
Carry On Behind
Carry On Behind is the twenty-seventh Carry On film and was released in 1975. The film was the first not to feature Sid James since Follow That Camel seven years previously. It was also the first not to be scripted by Talbot Rothwell since Carry On Cruising 13 years previously. James was busy...
, Ernie (played by Jack Douglas
Jack Douglas (actor)
Jack Douglas, born John Roberton was an English actor most famous for his roles in the Carry On films.- Career :...
) can be seen wearing a Duke of Earl T-shirt
T-shirt
A T-shirt is a style of shirt. A T-shirt is buttonless and collarless, with short sleeves and frequently a round neck line....
.
In the film The Man with Two Brains
The Man with Two Brains
The Man with Two Brains is a 1983 American science fiction comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner....
, a prostitute (Randi Brooks
Randi Brooks
Randi Brooks is an American actress. In 1982, Brooks was in the Dr. Hook music video for the song "Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk". Brooks played the role of the aspiring, beautiful enchantress Bethel, who by using any and all means, wanted to become Queen in the television series Wizards and...
) sings the song (described it as her "favorite") revealing her unexpectedly unpleasant and squeaky voice (she pronounces it "Dook, Dook, Dook, Dook of Oil..."). This is also possibly contributed to the name of the modern-age Green Arrow
Green Arrow
Green Arrow is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Queen, billionaire and former mayor of fictional Star City...
villain, the Duke of Oil
Duke of Oil
The Duke of Oil is a fictional cyborg supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Outsiders #6 , and was created by Mike W...
.
In his usual satiric fashion, Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
playfully pays homage to Chandler's song on the Mothers of Invention's 1967 "Absolutely Free
Absolutely Free
Absolutely Free is the second album by The Mothers of Invention, led by Frank Zappa. Absolutely Free is, again, a display of complex musical composition with political and social satire. The band had been augmented since Freak Out! by the addition of saxophone player Bunk Gardner, keyboardist Don...
" release; one song on the album is titled "Duke of Prunes," while in another, titled "Amnesia Vivace," the phrase "Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Prunes, Prunes, Prunes" is humorously echoed.
In the film King Ralph
King Ralph
King Ralph is a 1991 American comedy film starring John Goodman in the title role of Ralph Jones. The movie also stars Peter O'Toole as the King's private secretary, Sir Cedric Willingham, Camille Coduri as Ralph's girlfriend Miranda Greene, and John Hurt as the British peer Percival Graves, who...
, the titular character played by John Goodman
John Goodman
John Stephen Goodman is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series Roseanne for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 1993, and for appearances in the films of the Coen brothers, with prominent roles in Raising...
sings the song as the end credits roll.
In the film The Wrong Guys
The Wrong Guys
The Wrong Guys is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Danny Bilson.-Plot:Thirty years ago Louie Anderson was the leader of a group of Cub Scouts, Den 7: "The Owl Patrol", consisting of himself, neurotic Richard, ladies man Belz, smooth talking Franklin and surfer dude Tim...
, John Goodman
John Goodman
John Stephen Goodman is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series Roseanne for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 1993, and for appearances in the films of the Coen brothers, with prominent roles in Raising...
plays the character Duke, leader of the Earl Gang, who are wanted by the FBI.
In the animated film Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw is a 1988 animated feature film distributed by TriStar Pictures. The film is based on the Tonka/Mattel toy line and Hanna-Barbera television series of the same name. It was directed by Pierre DeCelles, and stars the voices of Brennan Howard, B. J...
, Big Paw sings a song called "I'm a Puppy Too" which is based of the song The Duke of Earl.
The song was performed by the rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
group Sha Na Na
Sha Na Na
Sha Na Na is an American rock and roll group. The name is taken from a part of the long series of nonsense syllables in the doo-wop hit song "Get a Job", originally recorded in 1957 by the Silhouettes....
as part of their set at Woodstock Festival
Woodstock Festival
Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969...
in 1969.
In the Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I. is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American CBS television network....
episode "Going Home", Magnum and a friend are seen singing a drunken a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
of the song.
The 'Duke of Earl' is mentioned in the Men Without Hats
Men Without Hats
Men Without Hats is a Canadian New Wave group from Montreal, Quebec. Their music was characterized by the distinctive baritone voice of their lead singer Ivan Doroschuk as well as their elaborate use of synthesizers and electronic processing...
song "Pop Goes the World".
Datamation
Datamation
Datamation was a print computer magazine published in the United States between 1957 and 1998. When first published it wasn't clear there would be a significant market for a computer magazine given how few computers there were...
humor columnist Chris Miksanek titled his "Over the Edge" online weblinks companion "The Duke of URL" which ran from 1998 until 2001.
In the Don Henley
Don Henley
Donald Hugh "Don" Henley is an American singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful solo career. Henley was the drummer and lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up...
song "They're Not Here, They're Not Coming", he sings "No place for sentiment, no room for romance" / "Bring back the Duke of Earl".
In the episode "Kelly Does Hollywood" of the show Married... with Children
Married... with Children
Married... with Children is an American surrealistic sitcom that aired for 11 seasons that featured a dysfunctional family living in Chicago, Illinois. The show, notable for being the first prime time television series to air on Fox, ran from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. The series was created...
, Al Bundy
Al Bundy
Al Bundy is a fictional character from the U.S. television series Married... with Children. He was played by Ed O'Neill.-Character history:...
attempts to get on Kelly's show by performing a dramatic reading of the song.
A reference to this song is mentioned in an episode of My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...
entitled "Burn Victim".
In his song "Window on the World", John Hiatt
John Hiatt
John Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards - although he has never won- and has been awarded a variety of other...
sings "The Queen of Sheba meets the Duke of Earl".
In The Dead Milkmen song "Punk Rock Girl", her father is referred to as the Duke of Earl (as well as the Vice President).
The song is parodied in the show The Critic
The Critic
The Critic is an American prime time animated series revolving around the life of film critic Jay Sherman, voiced by actor Jon Lovitz. It was created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, both of whom had worked as writers on The Simpsons. The Critic had 23 episodes produced, first broadcast on ABC in 1994,...
referring to Duke Phillips and sung by parodies of U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton.
The song was parodied in a 1990s commercial for Hellmann's Dijonnaise ("Di-di-di-Dijonnaise").
At New York Ranger hockey games at Madison Square Garden, the song is usually played on the arena organ after the opposing team scores a goal.
The song was also parodied from the late 1980s through to the early 2000s for a commercial in Australia for a hair care company called Decore.
Steely Dan
Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...
use the lyric "If you grew up in Amsterdam, then I'm the Duke of Earl" in the song "Slang of Ages" on their 2003 album "Everything Must Go
Everything Must Go (Steely Dan album)
Everything Must Go is the 9th and most recent album by Steely Dan, originally released June 10, 2003. It was Steely Dan's second album following their 20-year studio hiatus, which spanned from 1980 through 2000...
"
In the season 6 "Cheers
Cheers
Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC, and was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles...
" episode "Slumber Party Massacred"; Sam, Norm, Cliff and Frasier perform a rendition of the beginning of the song to cheer Carla up during a depressive spell.
In the episode of Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
airing on July 22, 2010, Lloyd Mullaney
Lloyd Mullaney
Lloyd Mullaney is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Craig Charles, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 20 June 2005 and remained on screen until 23 July 2006 when Craig Charles was suspended but he...
is shown singing along to this while walking around his flat in a towel before being interrupted by Cheryl Gray
Cheryl Gray (Coronation Street)
Cheryl Gray is a fictional character from the British ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street, played by Holly Quin-Ankrah. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing 9 April 2010. Originally introduced as a love interest for an existing character, Cheryl has been involved in storylines involving...
.
The hook was sampled by Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide...
in "Hand on Pump" on their 1991 album "Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill (album)
Steve Huey of Allmusic calls Cypress Hill's debut "a sonic blueprint that would become one of the most widely copied in hip-hop."In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums...
."
The song is sung by Sipowicz and Simone in an episode of NYPD Blue.
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons
Ezra Furman & the Harpoons are a four-piece rock band composed of Ezra Furman , Job Mukkada , Adam Abrutyn , and Andrew Langer .- History :Ezra Furman and the Harpoons formed at Tufts University in 2006...
reference the Duke of Earl in their song "I Killed Myself But I Didn't Die" on their 2011 album Mysterious Power.