Rubber Man Song

Barry from sauquoit ny on september 11th 1976 the spinners performed rubberband man on the abc tv program american bandstand.
Rubber man song. The rubberband man is a song recorded by the american vocal group the spinners. Hand me down my walkin cane hand me down my hat hurry now and don t be late cause we ain t got time to chat you and me we re goin out to catch the latest sound. The song written by producer thom bell and singer songwriter linda creed was about bell s son who was being teased by his classmates for being overweight intended to improve his son s self image the song eventually evolved from being about the fat man to the rubberband man. The rubberband man lyrics.
Brian from la mesa ca i never knew how appropriate the rubberband man was to john candy s character in stripes until i paid attention to the words of the song. Song information for rubber man cedar walton on allmusic. Rubber man mp3 song by steve hunter from the album swept away.