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Clubbo’s first hit was an improbable novelty song by an even more improbable artist: experimental composer and acoustician Clipper Cowbridge.
In 1962, Cowbridge responded to Clubbo’s ad seeking an engineer who could scrub the smutty content from an earlier stag record and replace it with “crazy sounds for the kids.” For better or worse, the resulting track, “Soda Pop Shop,” cemented Cowbridge's, Bogerman's and Clubbo's reputations.
The song clicked with the teen set and rescued the newborn label from financial crib death. It remains a staple of oldies and novelty radio programming. Full story...
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