(Save yourselves – it’s too late for me, do not listen to the entire track)
October 1, 1977 –
Meco’s (real name Domenico Monardo) song Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band was the No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, on this date.
Fans with a keen ear will notice that many of the musical leitmotifs for each of the major characters are covered in this song as well. Impress your friends or not with this bit of trivia – the “Cantina theme” actually has its own name – it’s called Mad About Me according to Wookieepedia. This is the jazzy little tune played by the quartet of fish-headed aliens (their in-script name is Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes) when Luke and Obi-Wan enter the “wretched hive of scum and villainy” to hire a ride off Tatooine.
The Haus of Dcaligari 