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unusual facts about A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich


A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich

The book was adapted into a film in 1978 starring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield and directed by Ralph Nelson.


Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent

The line "Ain't nothing goin' on now, but the rent-uh" appears in the 1972 James Brown hit Get on the Good Foot, Pt. 1.

Ain't Nothin' to Get Excited About

Although some tracks from the recording session were played by disc jockey Roger Scott on Capital Radio, to whom a tape was given, the fifteen-inch master tape was lost.

# "The Girl Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup) – 2:07

Good to Go Lover

The album spanned one big hit "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent", reaching number 1 on both the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts and number 42 on the pop chart.

It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues

It subsequently opened in New York at the New Victory Theater in March 1999 for a limited run, and then transferred to Broadway.

The Paramounts

Mundy committed suicide in 1972, but left his possessions to Trower, including a painting of an album cover for an imaginary album by 'Liquorice John Death', which Mundy had called Ain't Nothin' to Get Excited About.

This Ain't Nothin'

"This Ain't Nothin" is the title of a song written by Chris DuBois and Kerry Kurt Phillips, and recorded by American country music artist Craig Morgan.

Tom McIntosh

He wrote music for The Learning Tree, Soul Soldier, Shaft's Big Score, Slither, A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich, and John Handy.


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