*RTH* Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus

**sokratikos** 06.01.23 18:29

[04-01-2023]

Op 4 januari 1863 maakt James L. Plimpton maakt zijn nieuwe vervoermiddel wereldkundig: de rolschaats. Hij vraagt er meteen octrooi op aan.

Daarom ranken we een nummer dat te vinden is in toplijstjes van rolschaatsliedjes

Franklyn Leon Smith (29 januari 1940–8 maart 2019) was een Amerikaanse funk-muzikant en R&B/soul-songwriter. Hij was vooral bekend door zijn nu te ranken hit-single "Double Dutch Bus". Dit nummer piekte in 1981 op #30 in de USA, #19 in de Belgische Ultratop 50 en stond 10 weken in de NLse Top 40, waarin het piekte op #8 in de weken 22 en 23 van 1981.

Wiki schreef:Smith went to college in Tennessee for elementary education with a minor in music. He became a writer for funk and soul artists such as the O'Jays and The Spinners. In 1972 he would record for Paramount, releasing a single called "Double Dutch" under the name Franklin Franklin, but it failed to become a hit. He was also influential in the careers of the rappers Tone Loc, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg.

With his 1981 single "Double Dutch Bus", released by WMOT Records, Smith popularized a nonsensical form of slang (from his song "Slang thang", 1981 WMOT, Records), in which "iz" is placed in the middle of a word (for example, the word "place" becomes "plizace"), or the last letters of a word are replaced with "-izzle" ("sure" becomes shizzle). A type of infix, it found greater popularity later on in hip hop and rap with its usage by Snoop Dogg.

Frankie Smith - Wikipedia
Double Dutch Bus - Wikipedia

Mirrr 07.01.23 14:31

Oh ja dit was wel grappig, 7 haha Very Happy

**Grafmat** 16.01.23 15:54

Holy moly. Dit soort muziek is er om de hele hordes sentimentele nostalgici erop te wijzen dat vroeger écht niet alles beter was.

Grappig of niet: het is vooral behoorlijk slecht, haha.

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