Trivia

What farm animal is being sold in Leroy Van Dyke’s “The Auctioneer?” The answer is at the very end of the song, and at the end of this article.

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This is another trivia question that might seem very trivial to many of you. Did Jimmy C. Newman use a spoon man when he recorded his Cajun country music? We know he used a dobro and the squeeze box (accordian), since you cannot make a Cajun song without them.

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When Leonard finally came to California his real name was Leonard Sipes but his stage name was Tommy Collins. When Buck Owens sang Tommy’s songs on an album (yes, you remember vinyl) the songs were:
1. If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’
2. But I Do
3. It Tickles
4. I Always Get a Souvenir
5. My Last Chance With You
6. Smooth Sailin’
7. You Gotta Have a License
8. High on a Hilltop
9. There’ll Be No Other
10. Whatcha Gonna Do Now?
11. No Love Have I
12. Down, Down, Down
The album is “Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins”, originally released on Capitol on November 11, 1963

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