On this day in music history:

Rubber Biscuit by The Chips (1956)

Emotional Rain by Lee Aaron (1994)

Spa by Hennie Bekker (1999)

Let There Be Light – Deluxe Edition by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2018)

Rubber Biscuit

Song by The Chips.

Recorded August 3, 1956.

 

Rubber Biscuit is a crazy song I love that gets stuck in my head for days when I rewatch the movie Mean Streets (1973), directed by Martin Scorsese. 

It’s on the soundtrack in the bar scene, with the camera focused and fixed on actor Harvey Keitel.

Now ... if only I could sing it ...

 

Lyrics:

Cow cow hoo-oo

Cow cow wanna dib-a-doo

Chicken hon-a-chick-a-chick hole-a-hubba

Hey fried chuck-a-lucka wanna jubba

Hi-low nay wanna dubba hubba

Day down sum wanna jigga-wah

Dell rown ay wanna lubba hubba

Mull an' a mound chicka lubba hubba

Fay down ah wanna dippa-zippa-dippa

Mm-mmn, do that again!

Doo doo doo boo

 

Cow cow lubba 'n a blubba lubba

How rown hibb'n 'n a hibba-lu

How low lubbin 'n a blubba-lubba

Hey ride ricky ticky hubba lubba

Dull ow de moun' chicky hubba lubba

Went down trucka lucka wanna do-uh

How low a zippin 'n a hubba-lu

Hey ride ricky ticky blubba-lu

How low duh woody woody pecker pecker

 

Mm-hmm, did you ever hear

Of a wish sandwich?

Well, that's the kind of a sandwich

That is supposed to take

Two pieces of bread

And wish you had some meat

Doo doo boo

 

Cow cow lubba 'n a blubba lubba

Hey ride hibbin' and zippin 'n

How luvva mail take a lubba hubba

Hey ride wanna take a recca recca

How low take a lubba hubba

Hey ride wanna 'n suppa suppa

How low a mail take a lubba hubba

Hey ride a hippin' and a hubbin' no

High low 'n sum a chicka wha

 

The other day

I ate a ricochet biscuit

Well, that's the kind of biscuit

That's supposed to

Bounce off the wall

Back in your mouth

If it don't bounce back

Shh-mmhh-mmhh

You go hungry

Doo doo boo

 

Cow cow lubba 'n a blubba lubba

Hey low a sum did a lubba goin'

Hey ride wanna take a-lubba do

How long long suppa dubba

How low a mail take a lubba hubba

Hey ride wanna take a lubba hubba

How low a mail take a lubba hubba

Hey down nothin' take a luvva do

Hey ride a sippin' and a hubba dubba

 

Mmm, the other day

I ate a cool water sandwich

And a Sunday-go-to-meeting bun

Doo doo boo

Cow cow lubba 'n a-blubba lubba

Hey ride ricky ticky hubba lubba

How low a wanna suppa do

Hey ride sippin' and hubba lubba

Hey ride a-hubbin' and wan' do

Hey ride a wanna an' recca recca

How low a mail take lubba hubba

Hey down a wanna suppa dubba

Please ride a hubbin' gonna do

 

What you owe for nothin'

Rubber biscuit

Doo doo doo boo

Cow cow ooooooooh

Emotional Rain

Album by Lee Aaron,

released August 3, 1994.

Track list: Odds of Love; Baby Go Round; Fire in Your Flame; Waterfall; Inside; Raggedy Jane; Soul in Motion; Emotional Rain; Judgement Day; Heaven; Cry; Had Enough.

Spa

Album by Hennie Bekker,

released August 3, 1999.

Track list: Comfort; Elusive Sensation; Euphoria; Inner Peace; Revitalized; A State of Bliss.

Let There Be Light – Deluxe Edition

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

released August 3, 2018.

Track list: The Way of the White Clouds; First Light; Timeless Journey; Full Moon Night; A Celebration of Life; Sacred Ground; Waves of Light; Tides of Time; A Deeper Light; Dancing in the Light.

Born on this day – Carol Higgins Clark:

Carol Higgins Clark

Writer

Actress

July 28, 1956 – June 12, 2023

Credits:

Books:

A Holiday Collection (2010); A Poison That Leaves No Trace: With Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle (2002); All By Myself, Alone (2017); All Through the Night (1998); As Time Goes by (2016); Burned (2005); Carol Higgins Clark Boxed Set Vol 1 (2011); Cursed (2009); Dashing Through the Snow (2008); Deck the Halls (2000); Deck the Halls / The Christmas Thief (2009); Decked (1991); Fleeced (2001); Gypped / Scammed (2012); He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2001); Hitched (2006); Iced (1994); I'll Walk Alone (2011); Jinxed (2002); Laced (2007); Mobbed (2011); Murder For Love (1996); Popped (2003); Santa Cruise (2006); Snagged (1993); The Christmas Collection (2006); The Christmas Thief (2004); The Lost Years (2012); The Lottery Winner (1994); The Plot Thickens (1997); Twanged (1997); Weep No More, My Lady (1987); Wrecked (2010); Zapped (2008).

Movies and television:

A Cry in the Night (1992); Books Equal Gifts Commercial (2008); Bouillon de culture (1999); C à vous (2011); Café Picouly (2011); Deck the Halls (2011); Deck the Halls (2011); Fatal Charm (1990); Home & Family (2013–2014); Imus in the Morning (2014); My Gal Sunday (2014); Night of the Fox (1990); Party Planner with David Tutera (2005); Secret Service (1993); Stillwatch (1987); The Cradle Will Fall (2004); The Mystery Cruise (2013); The View (2004); Tout le monde en parle (2003); Where Are the Children? (1986); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997).

On this day in movie history - Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 movie & novel):

Somebody Up There Likes Me

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Ernest Lehman,

based on the autobiography by Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber,

was released in the United States on July 4, 1956.
Music by Bronislau Kaper.

Cast:

Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Harold J. Stone, Joseph Buloff, Sal Mineo, Ray Stricklyn, Robert Loggia, Steve McQueen, Angela Cartwright, Jack Orrison, Frank Campanella, Dean Jones.

Recommended reading:

Somebody Up There Likes Me

By Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber.

Filmed as Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), directed by Robert Wise.

Published by Ecco Press.

Published 1954.

ISBN 13: 9780880013932

ISBN 10: 0880013931

ASIN: 0880013931

Paperback.

Description:

The blood-soaked autobiography of a fist-happy hoodlum…

Rocky’s right hand saw him through three stretches in reform school, four man-size prisons, the middle-weight championship of the world, and a career as a television comedian with Martha Raye.

We get a view of what it’s like to be on the lam from truant officers, probation officers, goons, cops, and creeps too stupid to be anything but legitimate. What it’s like to hit first or get hit! – Saturday Review.

Born on this day – Kelly Curtis:

Kelly Curtis

Actress

Director

June 17, 1956 – May 30, 2026

Credits:

Biography (2001–2003); Celebrity Profile (1998–2001); Checkpoint (1987); Christmas with the Kranks (2004); Curling in Stanley (2019); Ex-Cop (1993); False Arrest (1991); Freaky Friday (2003); Hello Actors Studio (1988); Hollywood Greats (2002); Hunter (1991); Judging Amy (1999); June (1998); Kojak: Ariana (1989); LateLine (1999); Magic Sticks (1987); Marby Jets Are Go (2018); Mixed Blessings (1998); Search and Rescue (1994); Silk Stalkings (1992); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993); Tales from the Mist: Inside 'the Fog' (2002); Thanksgiving Day (1990); The 10th Annual American Cinema Awards (1994); The 24th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1999); The Equalizer (1986–1988); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); The Night She Came Home!! (2013); The Renegades (1983); The Sect (1991); The Sentinel (1996); The Vikings (1958); Trading Places (1983); You Again (2010).

On this day in movie history - A Kiss Before Dying (1956):

A Kiss Before Dying

directed by Gerd Oswald,

written by Lawrence Roman,

based on the novel by Ira Levin,

was released in the United States on June 12, 1956.
Music by Lionel Newman.

Cast:

Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, Mary Astor, George Macready, Robert Quarry, Howard Petrie, Bill Walker, Molly McCart, Marlene Felton, Albert Cavens, Robert Ivers, Mickey Martin, Joe McGuinn, Edwin Rochelle, Jack Stoney.

On this day in movie history - While the City Sleeps (1956 movie & novel):

While the City Sleeps

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Casey Robinson,

based on the novel The Bloody Spur by Charles Einstein,

was released in France on May 30, 1956.
Inspired by the true 1946 case the Chicago serial killer William Heirens.
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.

Cast:

Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Howard Duff, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, John Drew Barrymore, James Craig, Ida Lupino, Robert Warwick, Mae Marsh, Ralph Peters, Sandra White, Larry J. Blake, Celia Lovsky, Ed Hinton, Pitt Herbert, Vladimir Sokoloff, David Andrews, Eddie Baker, Ralph Brooks, Leonard Carey, Russell Custer, John Damler, Sayre Dearing, George DeNormand, Joe Devlin, Sam Finn, Mike Lally, Andrew Lupino, Ralph Manza, Mickey Martin, Joey Ray, Cosmo Sardo, Charles Sherlock, Olan Soule, Bert Stevens, Carleton Young.

Recommended reading:

The Bloody Spur

By Charles Einstein.

Filmed as While the City Sleeps (1956), directed by Fritz Lang.

Inspired by the true 1946 case of the Chicago serial killer William Heirens.

Published by Black Curtain Press.
First published 1953.
ISBN-10: 1627551158
ISBN-13: 9781627551151

Description:

HELP ME FOR GOD’S SAKE.
Later the doctors would use these words to decipher the riddle of a perverted killer.
Right now, the lipstick scrawl signaled the start of New York's greatest manhunt.

On this day in movie history - The Searchers (1956 movie & books):

The Searchers

directed by John Ford,

written by Frank S. Nugent,

based on the novel by Alan Le May,

was released in the United States on May 26, 1956.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood, John Qualen, Olive Carey, Henry Brandon, Ken Curtis, Harry Carey Jr., Antonio Moreno, Hank Worden, Beulah Archuletta, Walter Coy, Dorothy Jordan, Pippa Scott, Patrick Wayne, Lana Wood, Gertrude Astor, Pipe Line Begishe, Exactly Sonnie Betsuie, Danny Borzage, Ruth Clifford, Carmen D'Antonio, Tommy Doss, Pete Grey Eyes, Feather Hat Jr., Nacho Galindo, Chuck Hayward, Jack Tin Horn, Harry Black Horse, Away Luna, Robert Lyden, Cliff Lyons, Peter Mamakos, Mae Marsh, Frank McGrath, Bob Many Mules, Jack Pennick, Lloyd Perryman, Prince (dog), Chuck Roberson, Smile White Sheep, Many Mules Son, Percy Shooting Star, William Steele, Chief Thundercloud, Terry Wilson, Billy Yellow.

Recommended reading:

The Searchers

By Alan Le May.

Filmed as The Searchers (1956), directed by John Ford.

Published by Harper & Brothers.
First published 1954.
ISBN-10: 0843961724
ISBN-13: 978-0843961720

Description:

On the Texas frontier, a Comanche war party attacks the Edwards ranch and kills all the inhabitants, except for the two girls carried away with them. In the name of civilization, a group of pioneers take off in hot pursuit, into a savage world of unexpected dangers, false hopes, and darkest despair.

The Searchers

By Edward Buscombe.

Published by British Film Institute.
Published 2022.
ISBN-10: 1839024690
ISBN-13: 978-1839024696

Description:

“The Searchers is an insightful analysis … Replete with a wealth of information on the production of The Searchers, and graced with thought-provoking commentary, Buscombe's book is a stimulating introduction to a great American film.” – Journal of American Culture.

John Ford's masterpiece The Searchers (1956) was voted the seventh greatest film of all time in Sight & Sound's most recent poll of critics. Its influence on many of America's most distinguished contemporary filmmakers, among them Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, and John Milius, is enormous. John Wayne's portrait of the vengeful Confederate Ethan Edwards gives the film a truly epic dimension, as does his long and lonely journey into the dark heart of America. Edward Buscombe's insightful study provides a detailed commentary on all aspects of the film, drawing on material in the John Ford archive at Indiana University, including Ford's own memos and the original script, which differs in vital respects from the film he made, to offer new insights into the film's production history.