"Flowers On the Wall" by The Statler Brothers.

OK, boys and girls, back to the 60s: This Staunton, VA country/folk quartet started out in 1955 as Four Star Quartet and then The Kingsmen. In 1963, after rock band The Kingsmen had a massive hit with "Louie, Louie", they once again changed their name. By far, their biggest and most iconic hit was a 1965/66 quasi-autobiographic country/folk tune penned by their tenor, Lew DeWitt, who spent some time in a mental institution. A tongue-in-cheek post-breakup song about a man trying to convince his ex and himself that he's enjoying life, while spiraling into loneliness and despair. #2 Billboard Hot Country for four weeks, #4 Billboard Hot 100, #116 among Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time. Part of the "Pulp Fiction" and "Die Hard" soundtracks and parodied by The Muppets. Quartet? Song? Answer: "Flowers On the Wall" by The Statler Brothers. The first time I heard this song was in 1967, while attending the World Jamboree at Farragut State Park in Idaho. One of my fellow scouts had a 4-string banjo and he taught it to me. I've enjoyed it ever since. My dear friend and colleague, anesthesiologist Dr. Larry Davis, was a big Statlers Brothers fan and their music got a lot of play in the O.R. when he was in my room. Lew DeWitt left us in 1990. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByVYVvnYOiw&list=RDByVYVvnYOiw&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQrndDnW1UE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uIlNtonvr8&list=RD8uIlNtonvr8&start_radio=1