Buckner & Garcia Lyrics

Buckner & Garcia are the duo of Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia. In 1982 they released the novelty album Pac-Man Fever, consisting entirely of songs about arcade video games. The title track became a #8 hit in the United States. Other songs include the novelty tune, "Merry Christmas in the NFL", about Howard Cosell as Santa Claus. This reached #82, despite limited airplay after Cosell found the song offensive. In 1980, they charted a sentimental country song called "Footprints in the Sand".Garcia provided lead and background vocals, cowbell, string polyensemble, and "Jason's space gun", while Buckner provided keyboards, string polyensemble, and background vocals.The rest of their band consisted of Ginny... read more