Roots Syndicate

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Mockin' Bird Hill 02:18 Tools
Mocking Bird Hill 03:05 Tools
Rock & Groove 04:46 Tools
217-roots_syndicate-mockin_bird_hill 04:46 Tools
What's New Pussycat (Take You To The Top) 03:32 Tools
We'll Meet Again 03:32 Tools
Roots Syndicate - Mockin' Bird Hill 03:32 Tools
What's New Pussycat 03:32 Tools
mockin bird hil 03:32 Tools
Mockin' Bird 03:32 Tools
Take you to the top 03:32 Tools
Sensi 03:32 Tools
Mackin' Bird Hill - Roots Syndicate 03:32 Tools
O Na Na Na 03:32 Tools
Lovers In The Dark 03:32 Tools
we can make it 03:32 Tools
Mocing' bird hill 03:32 Tools
Colours 03:32 Tools
Mockin' Bird Hill @ 4UOnly.biz 03:32 Tools
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Reggae band Roots Syndicate recorded their only hit "Mockin' Bird Hill" as a tune to a Dutch television commercial. The first version was already recorded in 1951, but producer Jaap Eggermont acknowledged the song's hit potential - even forty-plus years after of its initial recording. Roots Syndicate rushed to the top of the Dutch hit parade with the cheerful song and ended up being a typical one-hit wonder. The commercial for which "Mockin' Bird Hill" was recorded, known by the title "Hedgehog", is one of the most popular commercials issued by Centraal Beheer Achmea. It features a rastafari painting a white line on a mountain road with his three-wheeled vehicle. When the rastaman tries to avoid a hedgehog passing on the road, the line suddenly becomes oddly curved. Softdrink Sisi issued a similar themed commercial around the same time, featuring a rastafari man who accidently pushes over a van. The music in this commercial is a version of the evergreen "Sisi Rider". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.