
Colonel Tom Parker was born Andreas Cornelius Van Kuijk in Breda, Holland in 1909. He was not a real colonel but is thought to have gotten his name from a captain in the Army named Tom Parker.
He was an employee of a circus and came up with the idea of having chickens dance on a plate which had a concealed hot plate under it so the chickens danced fast to the tune of Turkey in the Straw.
Parker would be designated an honorary colonel by Jimmie Davis the governor of Louisiana in 1948 explaining why he was known as the colonel.
Und der Jimmie Davis war wiederum dieser singende Gouverneur, dem wir "You are my Sunshine" zu verdanken haben. Ist des schee!
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