DCIDS Issue #16: The Wild Ones

He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
He had a hopped-up ‘sickle that took of like a gun
That fool was the terror of Highway 101

Or so went the lyrics of Lieber & Stoller’s “Black Denim Trousers,” which became a 1955 novelty hit for The Cheers (with 1970s game show staple Bert Convy on vocals)…