- During the season (1972-1973) that he was on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967), he had a hit single with "Daisy a Day", which went to #14 in Billboard in early '73.
- On the Apollo 17 lunar mission, a tape copy of his hit single "Daisy A Day" was brought along by the astronauts, making it the first recorded song ever played on the moon.
- After leaving show business, he started a business restoring antique airplanes. He died in a crash while test-flying one of the planes he was restoring.
- Ran for the Maine senate in 1970, losing by only one vote.
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