Randy Newman
Larry Groce
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Barnes & Barnes
Shel Silverstein
Rose & The Arrangement
Freddie Blassie
Richard O’Brien & Patricia Quinn & Charles Gray & Little Nell
Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons
Cheech & Chong
Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank
Loudon Wainwright III
Ogden Edsl
An 1978 SNL spoof by comedian Steve Martin in a rap-like style that reached No. 17 in the charts and sold over a million records.
Made historians and Egyptologists cringe, but made many more people laugh.
Accompanies by the Toot Uncommons – actually the very well known Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
King Tut (King Tut)
Now when he was a young man
He never thought he'd see
People stand in line to see the boy king
(King Tut) How'd you get so funky?
(Funky Tut) Did you do the monkey?
Born in Arizona
Moved to Babylonia (king Tut)
(King Tut) Now, if I'd known
They'd line up just to see him
I'd taken all my money
And bought me a museum. (king Tut)
Buried with a donkey (funky Tut)
He's my favorite honkey!
Born in Arizona
Moved to Babylonia (king Tut)
(Tut, Tut) Dancin' by the Nile, (Disco Tut, Tut)
The ladies love his style, (boss Tut, Tut)
Rockin' for a mile (rockin' Tut, Tut)
He ate a crocodile
He gave his life for tourism
Golden idol!
He's an Egyptian
They're selling you!
{Instrumental bridge}
Now, when I die
Now don't think I'm a nut
Don't want no fancy funeral
Just one like old king Tut. (king Tut)
He coulda won a Grammy, (king Tut)
Buried in his Jammies, (king Tut)
{alternatively - His sister was a mummy}
Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia
He was born in Arizona, got a condo made of stone-a
King Tut!
King Tut (v2) was written by Steve Martin.
King Tut (v2) was produced by William E. McEuen.
Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons released King Tut (v2) on Fri Apr 28 1978.