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Buckner & Garcia are the duo of Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia. In 1982 they released the novelty album Pac-Man Fever, consisting entirely of songs about arcade video games. The title track became a #8 hit in the United States.

Other songs, and the games they're based on


  1. "Froggy's Lament" (Frogger)
  2. "Ode to a Centipede" (Centipede)
  3. "Do the Donkey Kong" (Donkey Kong)
  4. "Hyperspace" (Asteroids)
  5. "The Defender" (Defender)
  6. "Mousetrap" (Mouse Trap)
  7. "Goin' Berzerk" (Berzerk)

Trivia


When the Pac-Man Fever album was re-released on CD in 2001, Buckner and Garcia were not allowed access to their original recordings from 1982. The CD re-release instead contains modern sound-alike re-recordings of all their songs.

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American musical groups

Buckner & Garcia

 

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