Penned by Randolph & Spider Rich, the song became so associated with the Benny Hill Show on TV it sometimes is referred to as The Benny Hill Theme.įourteen LPs by Randolph graced the Billboard Top 200 chart, 1969's "Boots & Stockings" becoming a major seasonal hit, while four other Randolph entries peaked in the chart's upper half. Kentucky's Homer Louis Randolph III, better known as "Boots," was such a beloved session sax player, Roy Orbison reportedly paid him even for sessions he didn't play on, considering Randolph his "good luck charm." But Randolph not only contributed to more than his share of sessions, he also had a successful career of his own, the 1963 single "Yakety Sax" becoming a #35 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Hits Horn played on include: Creeque Alley (Mamas & Papas) Calypso (John Denver) Angel of Harlem (U2) Lady Blue (Leon Russell) Poor Side Of Town (Johnny Rivers) Got My Mind Set On You (George Harrison) Good Vibrations (Beach Boys) Light My Fire (Jose Feliciano) Going Up The Country (Canned Heat) Little Jeannie (Elton John) Rosanna & Africa (Toto) Laughter In The Rain (Neil Sedaka) River Deep - Mountain High (Ike & Tina Turner) You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (Righteous Brothers) Excitable Boy (Warren Zevon) The One You Love (Glen Frey) More Today Than Yesterday (Spiral Staircase) I Can't Tell You Why (Vince Gill) Ride Like The Wind (Christopher Cross).
In addition to seeing him with Eddy, you may have caught Jim Horn as a member of Shindig's! band, Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen, the Concert for Bangladesh, Garth Brook's HBO special in New York City's Central Park, on a tour with John Denver or backing Kenny Chesney. Backing the Goldmine Hall of Fame guitarist were Larry Knechtel, a Goldmine Hall of Fame inductee with Bread, and this Los Angeles native, who became one of Rock's most popular session musicians on sax and woodwinds. It's no wonder Duane Eddy became such a success.