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Due to its success, the Crazy Otto Medley became synonymous with Maddox in the United States, who became nicknamed "Crazy Otto", the same nickname already used by Schulz-Reichel.
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on February 5, 1955, and spent 20 weeks, peaking at #2 for seven weeks. It also became the first million-selling ragtime record in the United States since
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under the pseudonym of "Der schräge Otto" aka "Crazy Otto". The best-known version is a
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medley, originally arranged and recorded by the German comic performer
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and Jack Elliott. The closing song is "Play a Simple Melody" by
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Ragtime and Honky-Tonk of the 1950s: Sorting Out the Players
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The Maddox recording of the Crazy Otto Medley entered the
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song "Ramble on Rose" contains a line about Crazy Otto.
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1955
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