theOzman/Soundcloud
Let’s take a moment and listen to this song about Dig Dug, as sung by Chubby Checker.
Uploaded to Soundcloud earlier this week by user Matt Osborne, the rendition of the throwback rock ‘n roll number performed by the father of “The Twist” seems to have been recorded for use in a commercial for the arcade game, developed by Namco and released in the U.S. by Atari in 1982.
“My father, Don Osborne, was Vice President of ATARI at the time and he brought this home one day for us to listen to,” Osborne said, as reported on game historian Frank Cifaldi’s new Video Game Preservation Dump blog. “I remember my father being extra excited that Chubby was involved in the project and had great things to say about having met him.”
Checker’s delivery of the song is significantly more passionate and soulful than one would expect from the soundtrack to a ridiculous television commercial. Actually, I can’t stop replaying it.
Osborne says he doesn’t know why Checker’s vocals were not used in the final commercial, but speculates that it may be that the 50′s legend no longer appealed to a youthful arcade-going audience.
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