26March1967 "Music to Watch Girls By" - Tommy & Dick Smothers with Sid & Marty Krofft's Puppets

Viewers are treated to a fun rendition of "Music to Watch Girls By" (composers: Sidney Ramin and Tony Velona) performed by Tommy & Dick Smothers (with a little help from their friends .... some very sexy female puppets created by Sid and Marty Krofft: Cynthia, Judy, Ginger and Colette) on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour broadcast of March 26, 1967 on CBS-TV. The entire broadcast from March 26, 1967 (with guest stars Jack Jones and Tony Randall) is available here:    • 26March1967 Jack Jones, Tony Randall - Smo...   From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Music to Watch Girls By" was the first Top 40 hit by Bob Crewe using his own name, recorded by his group The Bob Crewe Generation. The music was composed by Sidney "Sid" Ramin. Background: Crewe first heard the song performed in a jingle demo for a Diet Pepsi commercial, and according to Greg Adams, writing for All Music Guide, the song "exemplified the groovy state of instrumental music at that time." In Bob Crewe's version, a trumpet plays the whole verse, the first time around, sounding like Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass. The second time the verse is played, a half step up in tone from G minor to A-flat minor, a tenor saxophone plays a jazzier version, accompanied by strings, surf-style guitar (reminiscent of 1960s spy films) and a harpsichord, that play a counter-melody. The trumpets finish up the refrain, and all of the parts are played, repeating the first part in the coda, before the fade. Chart performance: The "big-band, horn driven" recording peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of February 11, 1967 and #2 on the Easy Listening chart. Andy Williams version: A vocal recording from 1967 by Andy Williams, featuring lyrics written by Tony Velona, peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 the weeks of April 29 and May 6, 1967. This version was later used in a Fiat advertisement in the UK in 1999, with the re-released single reaching the top ten in that country. This same version was also used in Samsung's commercial for the D820 cell phone in 2005. For those interested in watching more full episodes of Smothers Brothers variety shows, they are available here:    / @randolphstevens6664   and here:    / @jeffgilbert3892   and here:    / @ericcarroll3195   and here:    / @tapeholeannex   and here:    / @arkybee   and here:    / @analogoddities