Easy!
Years ago, I was run over while riding my motorcycle. I had a near-death experience and went to hell for a few minutes. That’s the lobby music. On a continuous loop.
I just got a notification that someone posted a comment on the SoundCloud song…
“What Takes My Fancy” from Wildcat
The actual tune starts at 1:50
I was really expecting something different, perhaps a Great Escape or Hogan’s Heroes style jaunty movie, but Wildcat it is.
I’m glad you figured this out. Nothing pleases me more than a cracked musical mystery. It’ll be in my head for months, but small price to pay.
I wondered if Lucy’s co-star was this guy; turns out, he was:
Googling the show, I see it also had this song, which we played in my high school marching band. We liked to change the lyrics to “lend me your rear”:
Anybody who grew up in Minnesota in the '60s will recognize **the next one** from the jingleIt comes from the water,
the perfect brewing water,
that’s the heart,
that’s the start,
of the beer!
So give a little whistle,
FHWEET!
Call for Grain Belt,
the perfect beer!
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Googling the show, I see it also had this song, which we played in my high school marching band. We liked to change the lyrics to “lend me your rear”:
[/QUOTE]The tune was also used in this commercial. Remember?
Also, “high on the wine.” 
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The tune was also used in this commercial. Remember?
[/QUOTE] Wow, that Bonomo logo looks ... unusual. It would have all of the tweens snickering these days.This just in: An actual picture of Gatopescado from that time period.
I think it did back in the day, actually. 
Thanks to everyone I was able to hum this catchy tune with impunity today without having to worry if I was unknowingly humming the unmistakable
accompaniment of the goose-stepping scene in Springtime for Hitler.
Hell, I do that while I’m washing the dishes. 
Actually, the tune in the OP reminded me of this number, maybe because I’ve been obsessed lately with Dorothy Provine and Natalie Wood:
Notice the similarity between the names "Lily Olay" and "Lilli von Stupp." A concidence? :dubious: :confused:[quote=“terentii, post:31, topic:819767”]
Actually, the tune in the OP reminded me of this number, maybe because I’ve been obsessed lately with Dorothy Provine and Natalie Wood:
[/QUOTE]Could that be Majel Barrett sitting to Tony Curtis’s left? :dubious: 
So in the year-and-a-half since this mystery was solved, my taste for old Seeburg background music grew to the point where I finally bought a Seeburg 1000 machine on eBay, along with a spare parts machine.
FYI, my original inspiration was this Techmoan video on the Seeburg 1000 Background Music System–check it out if you never heard of these machines.
Over a couple of months last Fall I refurbished everything and built a cool custom case, now I have a proper Seeburg 1000 up and running.
The most enjoyable part of this for me now is collecting the records. Remember, these were made in the 60s and 70s to be played in supermarkets, malls, and banks, and were meant to be sent back when the next set arrived–they shouldn’t even exist. They show up on eBay with regularity, and the popular ones (i.e. more recent) go for around $10 each on up, while the older or less popular ones fetch around $5. They have a whole set of special Christmas ones too.
Last week I encountered an amazing Buy It Now offer of a box of a few dozen of the records in very nice condition being sold at a fraction of their worth, and I snapped it up. The box arrived today, complete with a bit of drama chasing the FedEx guy down and banging on neighbor’s doors until I found where he had mis-delivered it.
And while I was listening to one of the records, guess which tune greeted my ears?
“What Takes My Fancy” from Wildcat.
It was released in their Industrial library, as track 11 on record N 3 B, with a “Place in Use” date of 7-1-66.
And here is the record. It is finally in my collection!
To be honest, the song most likely appears on many of their distributions, as they did rotate their older songs in and out over the years in the newer records. Indeed, I have multiple copies of many songs (the first Christmas set has 24 records–30h of music–and probably has 15 copies of “Silver Bells” on it). But that’s not the point: for me, I like to hear the songs in order on the records they shipped out with fifty years ago, just like they were intended to be heard.
Cool! Happy to see this wonderful thread revived. I was just about to suggest running the tune by linguist and old musical enthusiast John McWhorter, when the mystery was solved (a year and a half ago).
Great to hear of your interaction with that fascinating machine. One wonders what someone in 2080 will be playing with like this from our current era.
Not to piss on the thread but yikes Lucille Ball had a shitty singing voice. No wonder Ricky was always avoiding her appearing at the club.
I missed this thread on the first go around 2 years, but upon reading Seeburg 1000 I immediately knew what the OP meant since I too watch Techmoan’s channel (think he mentioned his real name a few times, maybe in the ‘Tape Recorders of Mission Impossible’ videos?).
Hence my initial confusion as to why the OP was bringing up a background music player from decades ago…
Yeah, but just look at her! We forget what a babe Lucy was because we remember every unappealing other thing she brought to the table.
I have now encountered a conundrum…
I purchased a set of never-opened Seeburg records 1966 and they arrived this morning.
The box looks almost as it did when it was originally received.
The end had been opened by some collector, but the 5 records inside are in their original wax paper sleeves with a cellophane wrapper sealing the lot.
These haven’t been touched by human hands since they were packed in early 1966.
I fully intend to open them listen to them and make digital copies some day.
…but that day won’t be today. It seems wrong to break the seal.