It happened eighteen months ago, but I heard the news only yesterday: Henry Strzelecki died on December 30th, 2014, at the age of seventy-five. He was hit by a car on December 22nd, went into a coma and never recovered.
I remember him as the man who wrote the novelty song "Long Tall Texan". It was first recorded in 1959 by Henry's group, The Four Flickers. A second version was recorded by Jerry Woodward in 1960, but Murray Kellum gave us the very best version in 1963.
Original video here:
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