Yakety Sax

"Yakety Sax"
Single by Boots Randolph
from the album Yakety Sax!
B-side"I Really Don't Want to Know"
Released1963
StudioPhillips Recording, Nashville, Tennessee[1]
GenreNovelty, pop
Length2:00
LabelMonument Records
Songwriter(s)Spider Rich
Boots Randolph
Producer(s)Fred Foster
Music video
Boots Randolph - Yakety Sax (Audio) on YouTube

"Yakety Sax" is a pop novelty instrumental jointly composed by James Q. "Spider" Rich and Boots Randolph.[2][3][4][5]

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  2. ^ Otfinoski, Steven (2000). The Golden Age of Novelty Songs. Billboard Books. p. 204. ISBN 9780823076949.
  3. ^ Gould, Elizabeth (2015). "A Jazz Funeral in Music Education". In Cathy Benedict; Patrick K. Schmidt; Gary Spruce; Paul Woodford (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Social Justice in Music Education. Oxford University Press. p. 147. ISBN 9780199356157.
  4. ^ DiMartino, Dave (April 15, 2016). Music in the 20th Century. Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 9781317464303.
  5. ^ Lindemeyer, Paul (1996). Celebrating the Saxophone. Hearst. p. 77. ISBN 9780688135188.