[78-L] Follow-Up Songs

[David Lennick]

Redskin Rhumba could be considered a follow-up to Cherokee, since you can link 
the two Barnet recordings seamlessly. Barnet needed the Rhumba as a new theme 
during the ASCAP ban.

Country and Western are RIFE I tell you with follow-ups and sequels. Lots of 
them are "Answer to.." or pairings like "King of the Road"/"Queen of the House".

Harry Chapin wrote a follow-up to Taxi but didn't reveal any secrets (and 
that's well out of the 78 era). Martin Mull wrote (and Jane Morgan) recorded "A 
Girl Named Johnny Cash" (response to you-know-what).

Gay Caballero/Return of the Gay Caballero (Crumit)

Abdul Abulbul Amir/Minnie Skavinsky Skavar/Grandson of Abdul Abulbul Amir (also)

Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows recorded "What is a Wife"/"What is a Husband" 
(both in the wake of the nauseating "What is a Boy"/"What is a Girl") and then 
Steverino parodied the whole genre in "What is a Freem".

dl

On 9/26/2013 10:38 AM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Eddie Calvert tried to follow upp his 1953 hit "Oh Mein Papa" with a
> similar number, the (partially) self-penned "My Son My Son" in 1954.
> A few years Tommie Connor&  Johnny Reine  wrote a follow-up to "Lili
> Marlene": "The Wedding Of Lili Marlene". It was a big hit for Anne
> Shelton in the UK and a minor hit for The Andrews Sisters in the US.
> Does anyone know of other such obvious follow-ups, theme-based or
> otherwise connected?
> Kristjan
>