Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts

Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts, also known as Doug Clark and his Hot Nuts, The Hot Nuts and, since the death of Doug Clark in 2002, Doug Clark's Hot Nuts, is a rhythm and blues, rock and novelty band that has played party and club dates for more than fifty years. Starting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, they became famous on the college circuit in the southeastern United States in the early 1960s for their risqué song lyrics and jokes, and for allegedly performing in various states of undress. Their signature song was Hot Nuts. Other songs that they were known by included: My Ding-a-Ling (later a hit record by Chuck Berry), Big Jugs (based on Big Bad John), He's Got the Whole World by the Balls, Baby Let Me Bang Your Box, The Bearded Clam (is a delicacy that won't be found in the deep blue sea), Gay Caballero and Two Old Maids. It has been said that the Hot Nuts were the inspiration for the Otis Day and the Knights group in the movie Animal House. Regardless, the Hot Nuts played a role in the later popularity of rhythm and blues with white college audiences. Their first album had a picture of the band on the cover, with Doug Clark "flipping the bird" to the audience. All of the Hot Nuts albums were on the "Gross" label, a subsidiary of Jubilee Records created solely for the band. Even though Jubilee published a line of "party" records with risqué material, the Jubilee name did not appear anywhere on the Gross albums. Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts influenced contemporary artists such as Too Short, Ol' Dirty Bastard and Toy Tiger.

Discography
  • 1961 Nuts to You (Gross)
  • 1963 On Campus (Gross)
  • 1963 Homecoming (Gross)
  • 1964 Rush Week (Gross)
  • 1965 Panty Raid (Gross)
  • 1966 Summer Session (Gross)
  • 1967 Hell Night (Gross)
  • 1968 Freak Out (Gross)
  • 1969 With a Hat On (Gross)

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