The song written by producer thom bell and singer songwriter linda creed was about bell s son who was being teased by his classmates for being overweight.
The rubberband man song.
The spinners rate as one of the most fant.
One week earlier it entered billboard s hot top 100 chart at position 84.
The song written by producer thom bell and singer songwriter linda creed was about bell s son who was being teased by his classmates for being overweight intended to improve his son s self image the song eventually evolved from being about the fat man to the rubberband man.
The rubberband man lyrics.
Happiness is being with the spinners 1976 atlantic.
Rubberband man by the spinners.
Hand me down my walkin cane hand me down my hat hurry now and don t be late cause we ain t got time to chat you and me we re goin out to catch the latest sound.
Barry from sauquoit ny on september 11th 1976 the spinners performed rubberband man on the abc tv program american bandstand.
Brian from la mesa ca i never knew how appropriate the rubberband man was to john candy s character in stripes until i paid attention to the words of the song.