Kind of hard to see, but this is a photo of the street signs at the intersection of Hollywood Blvd. and Argyle St. Okay, I'll give you all a minute to think of what it could be.
(Paul is humming the theme from 'Jeopardy').
Give up? Okie dokie, here we go!
In 1933, a comic strip about a group of cavemen first appeared; the name of the comic, and the lead character, was Alley Oop. This comic was wildly popular throughout the 1940's and 50's (and is still published in some 500 newspapers to this day). In 1960, a song about the comic was written. Several groups recorded the song, including Dante And The Evergreens, whose version went to #15 on Billboard.
But the biggest version featured a group of studio musicians backing up a fellow named Gary Paxton. Paxton had his own record label (Garpax), and was also under contract to another label as 'Flip' of the duo Skip & Flip ('Cherry Pie', 'It Was I'). Therefore, he needed a name for this studio group that would hide his true identity. The song was recorded at the American Recorders studio, next door to Lawrence Welk's Palladium Theater, which was at the corner of......Hollywood & Argyle. Thus, The Hollywood Argyles were named, and had their one and only hit.
Can I dig up the nuttiest stuff, or what?!?!
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