Werner Thomas

This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie provided the category and difficulty, made minor changes to the clue provided by Steve, and wrote the explanation.

publication date: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 (part of Winter 2017)

category: Music

clue: This composer of a traditional song at wedding receptions nearly caused me to cancel mine.

explanation: Thomas wrote the oompah band song that became known as the Chicken Dance. more…

difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, and Aaron Shurtleff

trivia: Steve West's wedding reception really was almost canceled over his insistence that the song not be played.

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