little jimmy dickens sang may the bird of paradise fly up your nose.
little jimmy dickens sang may the bird of paradise fly up your nose.
who sings may the bird of paradise fly up your nose?
little jimmy dickens
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"may the bird of paradise fly up your nose" is a 1965 novelty song performed by little jimmy dickens. it was dickens' most successful single on the u.s. country music chart. it spent two weeks at no. 1 that november, and stayed on the chart for a total of 18 weeks. on the overall "billboard" hot 100 the song peaked at no. 15. it was his only top 40 hit on the latter chart.
may the bird of paradise fly up your nose
andru and esposito formed the publishing company klevart enterprises in 1970, which two years later published two issues of a humor magazine cover-titled "up your nose (and out your ear)". the name, esposito said, came from an expression used by late-night talk-show host johnny carson, "may the bird of paradise fly up your nose, and out your ear." a third issue was written but never printed because of financial problems. after the magazine's demise, esposito, who often came into the marvel office to do freelance work for the company, took a staff job there for "about a year and a half", explaining,
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