Roger and the Goosebumps – "Stairway to Gilligan's Island" (1978)

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale

A tale of a fateful trip . . .

So what did you did think about this year’s class of 2 OR 3 LINES “GOLDEN DECADE” HIT SINGLES HALL OF FAME selections?  Man, oh Manischewitz  . . . were those eleven great records or what?

You probably need a bit of a refractory period before we move on to this year’s inductees into the 2 OR 3 LINES “GOLDEN DECADE” ALBUM TRACKS HALL OF FAME – at least you male readers do . . . am I right or what?

Ergo, this post – think of it as a little amuse-bouche courtesy of your friends at 2 OR 3 LINES.

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Little Roger and the Goosebumps, who hailed from San Francisco, recorded their mashup of “Stairway to Heaven” and the Gilligan’s Island theme song in 1978.

Led Zeppelin’s attorneys promptly threatened to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against the band’s record label unless it agreed to destroy all copies of the record – which the label agreed to do.

Given how often Led Zeppelin took credit for songs that other artists wrote – “Dazed and Confused” (which was actually written by Jake Holmes, who recorded it over a year before Led Zeppelin released it on their debut album) is only one example – the band’s chutzpah was mind-boggling.

In 2004, Led Zeppelin lead vocalist Robert Plant told NPR that “Stairway to Gilligan’s Island” was his favorite cover of “Stairway to Heaven.”

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