Funny laundry song: "Leader of the Laundromat"

[dnastrau]

Greetings all:

I stumbled on a reference to this song out on the Internet and found it posted on YouTube. I have provided a link to the song below. The sound quality isn't the best but it is very funny!

It is a parody of the 1964 song "The Leader of the Pack" by the Shangri-las. I believe "Leader of the Laundromat" was also recorded in 1964.

Enjoy and have a safe and Happy New Year!

Andrew S.

 

[tolivac]

Wasn't this song used in one of the Applianceville "WashIn" videos?

 

[laundryshark]

MP3 Version Available...

For anybody desiring a good MP3 copy of this funny tune, my email is in my profile. Drop me a line and I would be more than happy to share. Happy New Year!--Laundry Shark

 

[kenmore58]

I hate to admit it, but not only do I remember buying that record, but I still have it on 45 rpm.

Getting old sucks!

Ron

 

[tomturbomatic]

Being of an age to have experienced things first hand and still being able to remember them does not suck. From time to time there were emotionally over the top songs dealing with death like Teen Angel, Last Kiss & Patches, but many teens had friends or people they knew who were killed in automobile or motorcycle accidents or who killed themselves. Speeding cars and emotional overload take young lives today, but I don't know if the "songs" of today deal with that. I still remember the sirens and flashing lights just around the corner from our house on a Sunday night in an otherwise very quiet neighborhood when a girl a couple of years older than I in my high school had a violent fight with her parents, locked herself in her bedroom and hanged herself. It was so fast and so final, but who knows how to hang themselves in an instant like that? I guess it had been on her mind long enough to figure out. I learned from the aftermath of that and a couple of other suicides that it is the ultimate revenge on parents. Siblings are damaged, but they're young enough that, with lots of help, they can partially recover and lead almost close to normal lives, but the parents, especially when the act follows a terrible fight, are destroyed.

 

[laundromat]

Anybody here remember the song, "Norman"?

 

[kenmore58]

Norman?

Unfortunately, yes, I do remember it.

Ron

 

[MikeS]

Leader Of The Laundromat

The song was performed by a group called (appropriately) The Detergents! The lead singer was a guy named Ronnie (Ron) Dante; also in the band were Danny Jordan and Tommy Wynn. The parody of "Leader of the Pack" was written & produced by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. composers of "Leader of the Pack." But the trio who wrote "Pack," Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and George "Shadow" Morton, filed a lawsuit against The Detergents; the case was settled out of court. The Detergents broke up in 1966. But Ron Dante would continue hitting the charts--though not under his own name. In 1969, he had two Top Ten songs where he did the lead vocals--"Sugar Sugar" by The Archies; and "Tracy" by The Cufflinks. Dante continued to record and later became a producer for Barry Manilow. He still performs today.

 

[MikeS]

Leader Of The Laundromat (Corrected Version)

The song was performed by a group called (appropriately) The Detergents! The lead singer was a guy named Ronnie (Ron) Dante; also in the band were Danny Jordan and Tommy Wynn. The parody of "Leader of the Pack" was written & produced by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. But the trio who wrote "Pack," Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and George "Shadow" Morton, filed a lawsuit against The Detergents; the case was settled out of court. The Detergents broke up in 1966. But Ron Dante would continue hitting the charts--though not under his own name. In 1969, he had two Top Ten songs where he did the lead vocals--"Sugar Sugar" by The Archies; and "Tracy" by The Cufflinks. Dante continued to record and later became a producer for Barry Manilow. He still performs today.