"Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" | |
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Single by John Fred & His Playboy Band | |
from the album Agnes English | |
B-side | "Out of Left Field" |
Released | October 1967 |
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Length | 2:55 |
Label | Paula Records |
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"Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" is a song that was a hit for the Louisiana-based John Fred & His Playboy Band in late 1967. It was jointly composed by Fred and bandmate Andrew Bernard.
The song features strings, brass, a sitar, piano, bass, guitar, drums, breathing sounds, and dissonant string sounds. Its title is a play on, and a mondegreen of, the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". (Fred had initially believed the lyrics to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" were "Lucy in disguise with diamonds" upon first hearing the song.) [2] [3]
The other members of the Playboy Band did not like the unusual slow abrupt ending with Fred intoning the final line, "I guess I'll just take your glasses." [4]
In January 1968, the song reached #1 in the US and became a gold record. It also hit #1 in Germany, [5] Switzerland, [6] and Australia, [7] and #3 in both Canada [8] and the United Kingdom. [9]
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"Judy Disfrazada" | |
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Song by Anthony Swete | |
from the album Anthony Swete | |
B-side | "Doblame, Modelame" |
Released | 1968 |
Label | Groove GS-8005 |
Songwriter(s) | J. Fred-A. Bernard |
Anthony Swete recorded a version which was a hit in Argentina in 1968. It stayed on the charts for more than two months.
Anthony Swete's version of "Judy in Disguise" was released as "Judy Disfrazada". Backed with "Doblame, Modelame" ("Bend Me, Shape Me"), written by Scott English and Larry Weiss, it was released on Groove GS-8005 in 1968. [35] [36]
As shown by Cash Box in the March 16 issue, Swete's version debuted at no. 10 on the Argentina's Best Sellers chart. [37] It peaked at no. 5 on April 20. [38] [39] It was still in the chart at no. 17 on May 25. [40] If there was any further chart action for the single in the following week, it couldn't be shown as Cash Box had replaced the Argentina's Best Sellers chart with the Brazil's Best Sellers (Rio de Janeiro) chart. [41] On June 8, the Argentina's Best Sellers chart was back. There was no further chart action shown for the single in the top 20 range. [42]
With Billboard , the chart progress of "Judy Disfrazada" showed a debut at no. 4 in the Buenos Aires Top Ten on the week of April 6, 1968. [43] There was another version of "Judy Disfrazada" by Bárbara y Dick in the same chart. It was at no. 7. [44] From April 13 to May 4, there was no Buenos Aires Top Ten category in Billboard Hits of the World section so further progress isn't shown. [45] [46] [47] [48] The Argentina section was now included in the May 11 issue. There was no charting of Swete's single in the top ten range. [49]
"Judy In Disguise" was included on Anthony Swete's self-titled album, released on Clan Celentano BF ES LP 7021 in 1970. [50]
Gary Lewis and the Playboys recorded a version which was released on their Now! album, released on Liberty LST-7568 in 1968. Reviewed in the June 1 issue of Cash Box, "Judy in Disguise" and "Young Girl" were noted as the album's highlights. [51]
Punk band Frank Xerox and The Copy Cats aka The Speedometors recorded a version of "Judy in Disguise". It was backed with "Rock Show" and released on Arista ARIST 160 in 1980. [52] [53]
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With "Judy In Disguise"...Fred came up with a dizzily silly novelty song that made fun of the Beatles' psychedelic surrealism...Instead, it's a big, stiff, bouncy R&B song with strings and horns...