On this date in 1978, KING TUT by STEVE MARTIN & THE TOOT UNCOMMONS entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #57 (Jun 19, 1978) Nearly three months after it was featured in the skit, the novelty tune peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. Some of the backing musicians on the track, who called themselves the Toot Uncommons, were actually members of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The record, which paid homage to Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen, would go on to sell over a million copies. The song was also inclu

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