What creature of American folklore is mentioned in Faron Young's first number one song?
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young was Faron Young's first number one song and his fifth consecutive top ten hit. It spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard country music charts in 1955. "This was a tune I detested," Faron said. "Ken Nelson made me record this song. I put it out and it was a big, big hit. Then I got to liking it." The song mentions a Wampus cat.
Old John Robertson "Old John Robertson" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by band members Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn, and included on their 1968 album "The Notorious Byrd Brothers". The song was also released as the B-side to the non-album "Lady Friend" single on July 13, 1967 in the United States and Europe, but in the United Kingdom the B-side was switched to "Don't Make Waves", another Hillman and McGuinn penned song. The version of "Old John Robertson" featured on the flip-side of "Lady Friend" is a substantially different mix from the version that would later appear on "The Notorious Byrd Brothers".