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1962 single by Ray Stevens
"Ahab the Arab"
Single by Ray Stevens
from the album 1,837 Seconds of Humor
B-side
"It's Been So Long"
Released
May 1962
Genre
Novelty
Length
2:47 (single version) 3:45 (album version)
Label
Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Ray Stevens
Producer(s)
Shelby Singleton
Ray Stevens singles chronology
"Scratch My Back (I Love It)" (1961)
"Ahab the Arab" (1962)
"Furthermore" (1962)
Music video
Listen to "Ahab the Arab" (Official Music Video) on YouTube
"Ahab the Arab" (also written "Ahab, the Arab") is a novelty song written and recorded by Ray Stevens in 1962.
"AhabtheArab" (also written "Ahab, theArab") is a novelty song written and recorded by Ray Stevens in 1962. In the song, Arab is pronounced /ˈeɪræb/...
2007–2008 4Tour. The band performed the song as "Killing an Ahab" with lyrics inspired by Herman Melville on 2011's Reflections Tour. During the band's 40th...
ISBN 0-264-66457-4, Mowbray, Oxford 1979 Recordings 1962, "AhabtheArab" with Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Decca, F11493 (single) "Jimmy Savile abuse claims:...
earlier ("Gitarzan" and "AhabtheArab") and later ("The Streak") recordings, which were comedy/novelty songs. The success of the record would allow Stevens...
known for such novelty hits as "AhabtheArab", "Gitarzan", and "Mississippi Squirrel Revival", had a #1 hit with "The Streak" in 1974. Comedy act Cheech...
The discography of the American country, pop, and novelty artist Ray Stevens consists of 50 studio albums, 125 singles, 3 live albums, 67 compilation albums...
producing many hit records, including Leroy Van Dyke's "Walk On By"; "AhabtheArab" by Ray Stevens; and "Wooden Heart" by Joe Dowell. Singleton also acted...
with audience noises, and "AhabtheArab" is a re-recording of his 1962 hit for his album Gitarzan (released in 1969). The remaining tracks are selections...
Records label producer Shelby Singleton – noted for producing the Ray Stevens' hit "AhabtheArab" in 1962, and later Jeannie C. Riley's 1968 hit single "Harper...
Businessman" is the single release. "Gitarzan" is the album version that begins with an audience cheering and applauding. "AhabtheArab" is the original recording...
worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible. In...
Records, where he re-recorded "Funny Man," "Harry the Hairy Ape" and his previous hit "AhabtheArab." His re-recording of "Funny Man" was included on...
– Joe Brown "AhabtheArab" w.m. Ray Stevens "Blowin' in the Wind" w.m. Bob Dylan "Bossa Nova Baby" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller "The Boys' Night Out"...
Latin: Athalia) was the daughter of either king Omri, or of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel, the queen consort of Judah as the wife of King Jehoram...