JOEY HEATHERTON MEETS MAJOR LANCE?

I thought it might be a nice way to kick off the week with a little Joey Heatherton number from the mid-1960s dance show ‘Hullabaloo’. In this clip she sings a new song celebrating the new dance known as–what else?–the ‘Huallabaloo’. But wait. Is this really a new song and a new dance? Or is it the same thing (with different words) as ‘The Matador’ by Major Lance? I don’t mean to start a copywrite dust-up here, but was Lance credited? Has his estate been robbed of the money generated by the ‘Hullabaloo’ song (rumored to be in the low three figures)? Compare and contrast for yourself. And above all, dig the way the guy who intros the dance grooves off camera following the foxy-as-all-get-out Hullabaloolets…

 

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