Elvis/Fred Flintstone song search help

[Tim Purvis]

Dear C&W listers,
I am in need of your collective knowledge. I am looking for a C&W song
and I don't know the artist or the title!!

All I know is that the song is one of those great "She left me and now I'm
going to drink" songs and it has some mention of drinking booze from a bottle
shaped like Elvis and pouring the stuff into a mason jar shaped like Fred
Flintstone - I believe the line is "I pulled the head off Elvis and filled
Fred to his pelvis, Elvis is gone and so are you." Or something like that.

If anyone has any idea who recorded this masterpiece I would be very
appreciative. I'm hoping its George Jones but have no idea.

Thank's in advance for any help.

Tim Purvis

ti...@transport.com

[Ranger Rita]

In <5i5ls4$8bv$1...@news.transport.com> ti...@transport.com (Tim Purvis)
writes:

>All I know is that the song is one of those great "She left me and now
I'm
>going to drink" songs and it has some mention of drinking booze from a
bottle
>shaped like Elvis and pouring the stuff into a mason jar shaped like
Fred
>Flintstone - I believe the line is "I pulled the head off Elvis and
filled
>Fred to his pelvis, Elvis is gone and so are you." Or something like
that.

Tim, it's sung by George Jones on his 1989 album, "One Woman Man." The
song was originally titled "Yabba-Dabba Doo," but after a threatened
lawsuit from Hanna-Barbera, the song was changed to "The King is Gone."
Good luck in finding it. My copy is on vinyl. In 1989, most albums
were issued in three formats: cd, cass, and lp. It was also issued as a
12-inch single, for radio play. So if you still have a real record
player, you may be luckier than you think.
Ranger Rita
rri...@ix.netcom.com

Yabba Dabba Doo: the King is gone and so are you.

[Alice Lacour]

Correct it was George Jones,,, but cannt think of the correct title,
Hanna Barbarra got real upset about it, but it was a cute song think
it was in an album just before
cd s came in
lonnie
country music before it went up town

Home page : http://www.geocities.com/broadway/4707/

[Floyd T. Gentry]

"I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"-live song and George Jones
walks out on stage at the end. Whewn did Barbara Mandrell get upset
about this?? You know she is going to an acting part on a popular T.V.
seried this fall. Can not remember the name. Floyd

[Bridget Erin Burris]

Tim Purvis wrote:
>
> Dear C&W listers,
> I am in need of your collective knowledge. I am looking for a C&W song
> and I don't know the artist or the title!!
>

> All I know is that the song is one of those great "She left me and now I'm
> going to drink" songs and it has some mention of drinking booze from a bottle
> shaped like Elvis and pouring the stuff into a mason jar shaped like Fred
> Flintstone - I believe the line is "I pulled the head off Elvis and filled
> Fred to his pelvis, Elvis is gone and so are you." Or something like that.
>

> If anyone has any idea who recorded this masterpiece I would be very
> appreciative. I'm hoping its George Jones but have no idea.
>
> Thank's in advance for any help.
>
> Tim Purvis
>
> ti...@transport.com

As others have replied, the song "The King is Gone (And So Are You)" was
sung by George Jones. I have this song on CD, but I had to buy a 3-CD
set to get it. The set came out on the Sony Music record label 2 or 3
years ago, and it's called "George Jones: 36 All-Time Greatest Hits!".
If you like many of George's songs, you might consider looking fot it.
It's a great collection!

[EBC]

The name of this George Jones tune is actually "Ya Ba Da Ba Do (So Are
You). It was released on the cd, "One Woman Man". It was released by
Epic, #EK44078. Written by R. Ferris.
Hope this helps.

[Tony Richards]

Alice Lacour wrote:
>
> Correct it was George Jones,,, but cannt think of the correct title,
> Hanna Barbarra got real upset about it, but it was a cute song think
> it was in an album just before
> cd s came in
> lonnie
> country music before it went up town
>
> Home page : http://www.geocities.com/broadway/4707/

The original title was "Yabba Dabba Doo...the king is gone and so are
you"

tr

[Bridget Erin Burris]

Actually, that WAS the name of the song, at least until Hanna Barbera
threw a fit about it. Then, they changed the name of it, and on the
newer CD's, it's called "The King Is Gone (And So Are You)."

Bridget

[R.L. Kirkland]

Tim Purvis <ti...@transport.com> wrote in article
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> Dear C&W listers,
> I am in need of your collective knowledge. I am looking for a C&W
song
> and I don't know the artist or the title!!
>
> All I know is that the song is one of those great "She left me and now
I'm
> going to drink" songs and it has some mention of drinking booze from a
bottle
> shaped like Elvis and pouring the stuff into a mason jar shaped like Fred

> Flintstone - I believe the line is "I pulled the head off Elvis and
filled
> Fred to his pelvis, Elvis is gone and so are you." Or something like
that.
>
> If anyone has any idea who recorded this masterpiece I would be very
> appreciative. I'm hoping its George Jones but have no idea.
>
> Thank's in advance for any help.
>
> Tim Purvis
>
> ti...@transport.com
>

The song you are looking for is "Elvis is gone and so are you" originally
sung by George Jones and also Pinkard and Bowden.

[gqd7...@gmail.com]

Me and Elvis and Fred Elvis is a whiskey decanter and it's a Fred Flintstone jelly jar