Alex Pangman is seen in Toronto restaurant The Swan on April 13, 2011.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail
Billed alliteratively as the "sensational stammering song success sung by the soldiers and sailors," the First World War ditty K-K-K-Katy was quite a mouthful. The Geoffrey O'Hara-written tune was published in 1918, and now it's been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. Although set to a sweet, upbeat melody, K-K-K-Katy was actually a goodbye song, about a girl whose "hair of gold" brought all the boys to her yard. The song's stammer would be not be politically correct today, but apparently the multiple Ks were okay back in the day. As for how the hit stands up musically, check out the chanteuse Alex Pangman's spirited version here.
Brad Wheeler