Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)
- Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)
"Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)" is a 1967 single recorded and released by comedian Bill Cosby, released as a single off the entertainer's first musical comedy album, "".
A comedic parody which Cosby narrated about "a little ole man" who he discovers twice, first getting hit by a train, and later being run over by elephants. The musical instrumental and accompanying background vocals were based on the Stevie Wonder classic, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)".
The single became an unexpected hit for Cosby charting as high as number four on the Billboard Hot 100 making Cosby one of the first comedians to have a charted hit single on the "Billboard" music charts. Fellow comics like Steve Martin and parody musician Weird Al Yankovic later followed him on the Billboard charts with their comedy records.
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