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  • Trashmen's “Surfin’ Bird” storms the British charts for Christmas! (#3 song in the UK right now)

    12/17/2010 8:58:36 AM PST · by a fool in paradise · 40 replies
    Sundazed.com ^ | December 16, 2010 | no byline
    The Trashmen’s immortal rock ‘n’ roll classic “Surfin’ Bird” continues to demonstrate its timeless appeal this holiday season. The beloved 1963 garage-surf anthem is currently at the center of a successful grass-roots campaign in Britain to return the 47-year-old song to the upper reaches of the pop charts. This holiday season, a cadre of British rock ‘n’ roll fanatics—represented by a Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/birdbirdbirdistheword) that boasts over 620,000 members—has mounted an audacious campaign that has already pushed the song to the Number Three spot on the U.K. charts, alongside the likes of the Black Eyed Peas and Rihanna. The effort,...