EGYPTIAN SHUMBA - The Tammys

Some people in the music biz say that this is the greatest “girl group“ song of the entire 1960s. This is a wild musical romp, by the Tammys (a group of three girls who had recently graduated from high school in Pennsylvania, none of whom were named Tammy). Their performance of “Egyptian Shumba“ was probably just about as wild as you could get in 1964 (without getting arrested). The song almost defies description. It seems to go out of its way to be noisy, crazy and fun. It is a perfect co