Buckner & Garcia
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Buckner & Garcia are the duo of Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia. In 1982 they released the novelty album Pac-Man Fever, consisting entirely of songs about arcade video games. The title track became a #8 hit in the United States.
Other songs, and the games they're based on
- "Froggy's Lament" (Frogger)
- "Ode to a Centipede" (Centipede)
- "Do the Donkey Kong" (Donkey Kong)
- "Hyperspace" (Asteroids)
- "The Defender" (Defender)
- "Mousetrap" (Mouse Trap)
- "Goin' Berzerk" (Berzerk)
Trivia
When the Pac-Man Fever album was re-released on CD in 2001, Buckner and Garcia were not allowed access to their original recordings from 1982. The CD re-release instead contains modern sound-alike re-recordings of all their songs.External links
- [Official website]
- [Buckner and Garcia appearance] on [Jawbone Radio]. The show includes the songs "ET, I Love you" and "Mr. T".
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