Recorded in 1946; vocal by Paul Wynn (see notes below)
Australian singles chart:
A re-release of Shaving Cream entered the Kent Music Report charts on 21 April 1975 and peaked at #57.
Album:
The song is on the 1975 Benny Bell album Shaving Cream.
Songwriter:
Benny Bell
Producer:
Benny Bell
Record label of Australian 1975 release:
Astor
Wikipedia:
Shaving Cream was written by Benny Bell in 1946, and originally sung by Paul Wynn. It is a novelty song in which each verse ends with a mind rhyme of shit, the initial “sh…” transitioning into the refrain, “Shaving Cream”.
The original version of Shaving Cream was issued on Bell’s Cocktail Party Songs record label in 1946, with Phil Winston on vocals under the pseudonym Paul Wynn.
After the song began to be played on the Dr. Demento US radio show in the 1970s, disc jockey Bruce Morrow on WNBC radio in New York also played it. Vanguard Records re-issued the song in 1975 and it became a hit, peaking at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The same year, the single was released on the Astor label in Australia, peaking at #57.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaving_Cream_(song)
Lyrics:
I have a sad story to tell you
It may hurt your feelings a bit
Last night when I walked into my bathroom
I stepped in a big pile of shh…
…shaving cream
Be nice and clean
Shave every day and you’ll always look keen
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