Jerry & the Landslides — “Get Off My Roof [Santa]”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 24, 2023

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD

1,057) Jerry & the Landslides — “Get Off My Roof [Santa]”

Don’t get off of my cloud, get “off my roof, buddy”! ”Former radio DJ Jerry Worsham has a Santastic time with his [’65] Rolling Stones parody. Ho ho ho”. (Sids60sSounds, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjZc3y93ohs) ”A perfect parody!” (Estonius, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er5eLTUvo0A)

Joe Knapp tells us that:

Jay recorded this song while he was working in a recording studio in New York City. It was in that studio where he had a chance to work on a recording session with Jimi Hendrix about a year before he became famous. The backing instrumental track was laid down by some unnamed musicians from Long Island which, supposedly, never actually met Jay!

http://musicmasteroldies.com/2011/12/10/new-oldies-get-off-of-my-roof-by-jerry-and-the-landslides/

Oh, and Jerry himself says the song “had the potential to be a big Christmas hit record, but the producer, PPX, released it too late for enough national airplay. Radio stations in the greater Philadelphia area got the only promo copies, and the song did well.” (http://musicmasteroldies.com/2011/12/10/new-oldies-get-off-of-my-roof-by-jerry-and-the-landslides/)

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