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    Who did the Gilligan's Island theme song to the tune of 'Stairway to Heaven'?

    Question #116679. Asked by serpa. (Aug 11 10 11:12 PM)


    star_gazer

    Little Roger and the Goosebumps is a pop/rock band from San Francisco active during the 1970s and early 1980s and resurrected in 2006. It has been led throughout its history by Roger Clark and Dick Bright, with various sidemen.

    The band is best known for its single "Gilligan's Island (Stairway)",[1] a song combining the lyrics to the theme song of the television show Gilligan's Island with the music of "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin. The band wrote the song in 1977 as "material to pad the last set of the grueling 5 nights a week/4 sets a night routine," recorded it in March 1978, and released it as a single in May 1978 on their own Splash Records label. Within five weeks, Led Zeppelin's lawyers threatened to sue them and demanded that any remaining copies of the recording be destroyed.[citation needed]

    During a 2005 interview on National Public Radio, Robert Plant referred to the tune as his favorite cover of "Stairway to Heaven."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Roger_and_the_Goosebumps


    A video clip.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG2lTB-UVvs

    Aug 12 10, 12:01 AM
    serpa

    Thanks star_gazer.

    Aug 12 10, 9:55 AM


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