Looking for song about onions

[Mike Swan]

When I was a kid in the sixties we had a 45 record of a song about onions.
It was sung by a female with a very feminine, soft, breathy Marilyn
Monroe-ish type voice. I don't remember the lyrics very well but it was
all about the wonderfulness of onions, and there was an interlude spoken by
a male that discussed some of their nutritional virtues. The only words I
remember are: (breathy voice:) ooooooh, I like onions" I have no idea why
I'm fixated on this song, and my husband thinks I'm certifiable, but I've
been singing it to him for the last fifteen years and want to prove I'm
not having auditory hallucinations. I'd like to add it to my collection of
songs about edible plants which includes "I like bananas (because they
have no bones)"--thanks Dr. D!)

Thanks in advance for any help!

[Mr. Charles G. Hill]

"Mike Swan" wrote on 22 Jul 1996 00:37:55 GMT:

>When I was a kid in the sixties we had a 45 record of a song about
>onions. It was sung by a female with a very feminine, soft, breathy
>Marilyn Monroe-ish type voice. I don't remember the lyrics very well
>but it was all about the wonderfulness of onions, and there was an
>interlude spoken by a male that discussed some of their nutritional
>virtues.

"...but is very, very tasty." Susan Christy, "I Love Onions".
Wonderful little piece of weirdness, and the good Doctor brings it out
on occasion.

"I don't like shoes that pinch your toes/Or people who squirt you with
a garden hose/But oooh, I love onions." Cue the kazoo....cgh :)

Charles G. Hill | cmf...@prodigy.com
Live at 9:14 PM in Dustbury, Oklahoma, USA
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[Art Rockwood]

In article <01bb7766$04e1d860$414e9ecf@goldswan>, "Mike Swan" <gold...@cyberramp.net> wrote:
> When I was a kid in the sixties we had a 45 record of a song about
> onions.
> It was sung by a female with a very feminine, soft, breathy Marilyn
>Monroe-ish type voice. I don't remember the lyrics very well but it was
>all about the wonderfulness of onions, and there was an interlude spoken by

>a male that discussed some of their nutritional virtues. The only words I
>remember are: (breathy voice:) ooooooh, I like onions" I have no idea why
>I'm fixated on this song, and my husband thinks I'm certifiable, but I've
>been singing it to him for the last fifteen years and want to prove I'm
>not having auditory hallucinations. I'd like to add it to my collection of
> songs about edible plants which includes "I like bananas (because they
>have no bones)"--thanks Dr. D!)
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
>

The song was "I Love Onions" by Susan Christie (who I believe was Lou
Christie's sister). Cute song. It is available on CD unfortunately I can't
remember which CD I've seen it on but I believe it was one of the Time/Life
Your Hit Parade series.
It was originally released in Canada on Columbia.

[Jeff Morris]

>The song was "I Love Onions" by Susan Christie (who I believe was Lou
>Christie's sister). Cute song. It is available on CD unfortunately I can't
>remember which CD I've seen it on but I believe it was one of the Time/Life
>Your Hit Parade series.

That would be Golden Goofers, HPD-40.

[dfort]

In article <01bb7766$04e1d860$414e9ecf@goldswan>, "Mike Swan" <gold...@cyberramp.net> says:
>
> When I was a kid in the sixties we had a 45 record of a song about onions.
> It was sung by a female with a very feminine, soft, breathy Marilyn
>Monroe-ish type voice. I don't remember the lyrics very well but it was
>all about the wonderfulness of onions, and there was an interlude spoken by
>a male that discussed some of their nutritional virtues. The only words I
>remember are: (breathy voice:) ooooooh, I like onions"

I remember hearing that song, possibly done by Carol Channing for a
Sesame Street episode with Oscar the Grouch.

[Jordan R. Young]

Well, there's "I'm a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch,"
popularized by Arthur Godfrey. But he doesn't sound much like Monroe
or Channing.

Jordan R. Young

[Jaz Beau]

The Good Doctor played a song remarkably like this in the past few months.
The refrain was, as I recall, "onions, onions, la la la". Check the
playlists.