Vocalists

Siamese cat song

Siamese cat song? You'll see the connection (tenuous) when you read the post. Photo copyright ChrissieWiz.

My competitor (on the Internet), Moggies.com, has a small article about the Siamese cat song, so I'll do the same! Anyway this song was co-authored by Peggie Lee and I have always liked her work and her voice. Her famous song, "Fever" comes to mind right away.

I didn't know, though, that she was a talented song writer as well as a talented singer. There are other well known women who are associated with cats. They are Bardot, Day and Hammond and all three are concerned with animal welfare.

I didn't have much of a clue as to what the Siamese cat song was. The Siamese cat song was written for the Walt Disney animated feature (cartoon film), "The Lady and the Tramp". It was released in the summer of 1955. The film is about 2 dogs, one a posh girl dog called "Lady" and the other a poor boy dog called "Tramp". It's a fine and successful film. Two Siamese cats are introduced into the story when the human "owners" of Lady go away for a few days and an aunt comes to baby sit. She brings with her two Siamese cats called Si and Am. {technical point - these would have been Traditional Siamese Cats!}.

As cats do, they explored their new environment, driven by their inquisitive natures and they predictably caused some problems. Si and Am took a fancy to the goldfish, the canary and the baby's milk! Lady intervened and barked and the aunt didn't like this. Peggy Lee sings...

Read more...