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He sang "The Mike Fink Boatman's Song
- Jeff joined co-stars Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen depicting fictional adventures of Davy Crockett. Jeff exercised regularly and dined on steaks and salads. He also possessed a resonant singing voice. In the Davy Crockett show, he sang "The Mike Fink Boatman's Song."
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Davy Crockett : That'd grow pink whiskers on a hound dog. [Fink sees the Bertha Mae crew singing] Mike Fink : Look at them clodhoppers, wouldja.
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York was cast opposite Fess Parker in the role. The first episode featured a memorable boasting contest and a keelboat race, with Fink's boat named The Gullywumper ; in the second, Crockett and Fink join forces to fight a band of river pirates who blame their depredations on local Indians.
Buddy Ebsen co-starred as George "Georgie" Russel, and Jeff York played legendary boatman Mike Fink. Archie Bleyer, the president of Cadence Records, heard the song on the ABC telecast (December 15, 1954) and called Bill Hayes that night to gauge his interest in recording it.
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates: Directed by Norman Foster. With Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York, Kenneth Tobey. Davy and his friends leave for New Orleans to sell some fur pelts.
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Keelboat Race
Tennessee frontiersman Davy Crockett and his best friend Georgie Russell are transporting pelts to Maysville, Kentucky after a successful season of trapping and hunting. On the Ohio River, they encounter Mike Fink, the self-proclaimed "king of the river". Fink refuses to take Crockett and Russell downriver on his keelboatunless they pay his toll, which they cannot afford. Fink challenges Crockett and Russell to a keelboat race to New Orleans, with the pelts and Fink's title as the stakes. Cro...
River Pirates
Fink drops Crockett and Russell off along the river, where they seek out Chickasaw traders to buy horses from. A Chickasaw hunting party captures them and takes them to their village, where they are preparing to go to war against white men for murdering Kaskaskiatribesmen. Crockett and Russell, having witnessed an earlier attack on Fink's keelboat but being told the Kaskaskia were driven out of the area prior, deduce that the attackers are in fact pirates masquerading as Native Americans. Cro...
Fess Parker as Davy CrockettJeff York as Mike Fink"The Ballad of Davy Crockett" – lyrics by Tom, music by George, sung by The Griffin Family"King of the River" – lyrics by Tom, music by Bruns, sung by Jeff"Yaller, Yaller Gold" – lyrics by Blackburn, music by Bruns, sung by Walter WellingtonDavy Crockett and the River Pirates at IMDbNov 7, 2023 · The song tells the story of Davy Crockett, a legendary frontiersman and folk hero who played a significant role in the early history of the United States. Let’s explore the meaning behind this timeless song and why it continues to resonate with audiences today.
Aug 22, 2016 · Still on the Ohio and racing keel-boats to New Orleans, Fink (Jeff York) and his crew play a trick on Cap’n Cobb (Clem Bevans) and his inexperienced crew led by Davy (Fess Parker) and Georgie (Buddy Ebsen), a big action scene in Walt Disney’s Davy Crockett And The River Pirates, 1956.
