What is the commonality of the U.S. released Beatles single Yesterday and the TV show Hee Haw?
Owens was famous to different crowds for different reasons. Many Boomers know him primarily as the performer of “Act Naturally,” which provided Ringo with one of his few vocal turns when the Beatles improbably covered the tune in 1965 (it was the flip side of “Yesterday,” literally and figuratively). Others knew him from his long stint on Hee-Haw, playing up the yokel routine that would ultimately obscure the impact of his musical legacy.
