Still in the 1960s, we stop in the interesting musical year of 1967 for this single of "Jingle Bells" by the psychedelic group the Blues Magoos on Mercury Records:
The choice of the flipside harkens back to the 78 rpm era:
I find it interesting that the label uses the more formal "Coming to Town" vs. the original "Comin' to Town."
The Blues Magoos were best known for the top five hit "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" from earlier in 1967, so it's not like they were sticklers for grammar!
Here's that song:
They only had the one charting song, so chalk the group up as a memorable One-Hit Wonder!
What do you suppose the popular cartoon character would have thought of his last name being appropriated by such an aggregation?
I think this would be his reaction:
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