chattanooga choo choo was the song that count basie played in blazing saddles.
chattanooga choo choo was the song that count basie played in blazing saddles.
what song did count basie play in blazing saddles?
chattanooga choo choo
through steady changes in personnel, basie led the band into the 1980s. basie made a few more movie appearances, such as the jerry lewis film "cinderfella" (1960) and the mel brooks movie "blazing saddles" (1974), playing a revised arrangement of "april in paris".









































during its heyday, "the gong show" (1976–80) used basie's "jumpin' at the woodside" during some episodes, while an nbc stagehand named eugene patton would dance on stage; patton became known as "gene gene, the dancing machine".









































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in 1989, louis gossett, jr. told "entertainment tonight", "cbs and warner bros. made a deal. ... the deal was that cbs would get to air "blazing saddles", and any sequels from the movie, in exchange for co-producing a tv show. at the time warners wanted to make "blazing saddles" into a comedy series of films, a new one coming out every year or so. they wanted to use the model that the brits had for the "carry on" films. but [mel] brooks had a clause in his contract that said warner had to keep producing "blazing saddles" stories, in the movies or tv, or they'd lose the rights to make sequels. the tv show was a way to keep the rights. they didn't have to air it, just keep producing it. so for four years i spent my winter on a soundstage being paid to be in a show that would never see the light of day, just so warners could keep the sequel rights to "blazing saddles". by 1979 they finally figured out the market had changed and they weren't going to make any sequels, so we were cancelled, if a show that never was supposed to air can be cancelled."
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