On this day in Music History - August 5, 1978 Steve Martin's novelty tune "King Tut" peaks at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, nearly three months after it was featured in a skit on TV's Saturday Night Live. Some of the backing musicians on the track, who called themselves the Toot Uncommons, were actually members of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The record, which paid homage to Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen, would go on to sell over a million copies. "King Tut" is a novelty song by comedian and actor

King Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered on Nov. 4, 1922, when a 12-year-old Egyptian boy tripped over a stone while fetching water. Its discovery has gripped the world for the last 100 years | Reuters