4/2/10 - Felix Figueroa

After yesterday's opening, I thought it would be good to make April my, "Learn more songs from the past which influenced dementia music" month. So to start this off, after "Dancin' Fool", is the first #1 song of Dr. Demento's Nifty 50 (later to become the Funny 25.) It is "Pico and Sepulveda" by Felix Figueroa.
Doing a little research on this song. "Felix Figueroa" was a pseudonym for Freddy Martin and his orchestra, who didn't want to record it under his real name. It became a favorite on Dr. Demento's show to the point it started to dominate the charts each month. To open the way for other songs and artists, Dr. Demento agreed to play "Pico and Sepuveda" once a month on the first Sunday of the month and that all request for the song would be disregarded because of the song's special prominence now.
This video is from the movie, "Forbidden Zone", a strange 1982 movies about... it's a movie by Randy Elfman. So here's "Pico and Sepulveda" by Felix Figueroa:



Lyrics
Pico And Sepulveda

Doheny....
Cahuenga....
La Brea....
Tar Pits!

La Jolla....
Sequoia....
La Brea....
Tar Pits!

You can keep Alvarado,
Santa Monica,
even Beverly Drive.

Vine may be fine,
but for mine I want to feel
alive and settle down in my

La Brea....
Tar Pits....

Where nobody's dreams come true.