Earliest use of the Oedipal compound noun in commercially released music?

[foxwelljsly]

I know Steely Dan owned '****' with Showbiz kids, but what about it's close relative 'Mother****er'?

I am disqualifying 'The Weird World of Blowfly' and Johnny Otis's 'Snatch and The Poontangs' on the basis that they're comedy/novelty records.

That given, the earliest I can find is on spaced folky Keith Christmas's 'Robin Head', released in 1974, but performed for years before that.

Anyone know of an earlier appearance?

I've got a bunch of old 'dirty' blues records, but they all stop short of going full MF.

 

[Naimlover]

I know Steely Dan owned '****' with Showbiz kids, but what about it's close relative 'Mother****er'?

I am disqualifying 'The Weird World of Blowfly' and Johnny Otis's 'Snatch and The Poontangs' on the basis that they're comedy/novelty records.

That given, the earliest I can find is on spaced folky Keith Christmas's 'Robin Head', released in 1974, but performed for years before that.

Anyone know of an earlier appearance?

I've got a bunch of old 'dirty' blues records, but they all stop short of going full MF.

 

[Naimlover]

'Kick out the Jams' by the MC5 (1969) ?

 

[kendo]

1968

 

[martin clark]

Not the noun, but the whole in context of popular song form completely explained on record: yes - the inimitable Tom Lehrer c 1964:

 

[Graham H]

Perhaps not the earliest, but certainly the most seriously playful. Sun Ra approached Sony to release this as a single, and was perplexed when they showed no interest:

 

[paulfromcamden]

1972 opus 'Motherfuckers GmbH & Co KG' by krazy krautrockers Xhol is an early use in a album title.

EUR 300 for a nm- copy on Discogs!

 

[foxwelljsly]

'Kick out the Jams' by the MC5 (1969) ?

Ah, how could I forget!

 

[Mal45]

Ah, how could I forget!

"We can be together" with the "Up against the wall MF" lyrics from Airplane's Volunteers album was also 1969. May have been a bit later than MC5 though.

 

[Woodface]

Apparently Louis Armstrong sang a MF littered version of the star spangled banner in the 50s as a protest against segregation. I doubt it was commercially released even though he did record a lot of his performances.

 

[Paul R]

The Clovers, recorded 1953

YouTube + nuy45DmCyeM

Can't seem to make a link and hide the YouTube preview, which may cause simple minds offence.

 

[Graham H]

1972 opus 'Motherfuckers GmbH & Co KG' by krazy krautrockers Xhol is an early use in a album.

Paul - how do you rate Xhol alongside the likes of Faust, Can and Neu? I’ve only ever heard tracks by them on samplers.

 

[paulfromcamden]

Paul - how do you rate Xhol alongside the likes of Faust, Can and Neu? I’ve only ever heard tracks by them on samplers.

Honestly not my area of expertise I'm afraid Graham.