JAGUARDOG’S 2nd ever Hosted Write-Off of “My Top-50 Favorite Novelty Songs of All-Time”
Mar 07 '07 (Updated Apr 12 '07)
The Bottom Line Please feel free to join this write-off but if Novelty songs are not your cup of tea that’s okay as well.
Well old Friends and New I am back to offer you-all a brand new write-off to please join in when you find the time to compile your list. This is a follow-up to my 1st ever write-off posting I made on 5 June 2005 titled: "JAGUARDOG's 1st ever Hosted Write-Off of My Favorite Musical Artists of All-Time A to Z". First let me apologize to everyone because I had originally planned to make a Musical Write-Off an Annual thing but the one for 2006 never got off the ground for many various reasons. The biggest of them was that I was in and out of the Hospital several different times. I had Major Surgery last year and also was in a Nursing/Re-Hab Center for a while. With the Hospital Stays, many Doctor appointments, Re-Hab and a lot of pain and terrible discomfort some days it was too hard to concentrate on anything for too long of a time. Anyway the last few months have been a lot better, only a little pain, very few appointments and a couple of small follow-up in-patient procedures. Anyway enough about what I have been up to or not up to, let's get on with the good stuff now.
This Write-Off is OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS of the site regardless if you were officially invited or not.
This write-off has basically the same rules as my first one in that there are no rules per say. My write-off is quite simple with a few suggested guidelines. I would like you to please make a list of your 50 favorite crazy/silly "Novelty" songs of all-time and the artist that recorded it if you can remember? Now for some of the suggested guidelines. Since some of you probably won't be able to come up with as many as 50 crazy/silly songs make a list as long as you can, 40, 30 etc. If you can come up with more than 50 then that's cool as well and by all means add in some extras if you feel the need to? There is no time-limit to post your entry by so you can post it tomorrow, next week, next month, next year when ever you feel like you have the time by all means please take your time. My last/1st write-off that I mentioned earlier received another entry this year (2 years later) thanks to my new Friend and Member Mike who goes by "henry_thoreau". So please do not feel rushed and anyone and everyone is cordially invited to please participate in some way even if we do not know each other please feel free to jump in with both feet.
Once again please remember there are NO RULES to this write-off so you can have a short list of crazy/silly songs or a you can have a long list, the 50 I previously mentioned is only a suggested guideline. The list you compile does not have to be in any order at all. Please feel free to constantly update your posting to add in ones you think of the next day, the next month or the next year. Please feel free to use songs from any decade and any genre such as some of the following:
Acid Rock
Adult Contemporary
Alternative
Arena Rock
Baroque
Big Band
Blue-Eyed Soul
Bluegrass
Blues
British Rock
Bubblegum
Cajun
Celtic
Children's
Christian
Classical (Probably is not even one in this category?)
Club/Dance
Contemporary
Country
Country-Rock
Disco
Easy Listening
Electronica
Europop
Folk
Funk
Fusion
Garage Rock
Glam
Gospel
Goth
Grunge
Hard Rock
Hawaiian
Heartland Rock
Heavy Metal
Hip-Hop
Holiday
House
Indie Rock
Industrial
Instrumental
Jazz
Latin
Merseybeat
Mod
New Age
New Wave
Oldies
Orchestra
Party
Polka
Pop
Pop/Rock
Progressive
Psychedelic
Pub Rock
Punk
R&B
Ragtime
Rap
Reggae
Religious
Rock & Roll
Rockabilly
Skiffle
Soft Rock
Soul
Soundtracks
Surf
Swamp Rock
Techno
Teen Pop
Tex-Mex
Thrash
Top 40
Traditional Rock
Urban
World
I'm sure I missed some genre’s but the sky's the limit so go crazy and use a lot of them. You may not recognize a lot of songs or artists or both on my list below but that’s okay. Most if not all of my song’s are considered Oldies but Goodies and in some cases we call the “Oldie Moldies” which is basically very old and way past there prime. Some of you are way to young to remember some of these but that’s not a problem either. Here’s a hint that may help you with your list a little bit. If you can only remember a few but want to have a bigger list then read other postings in the write-off first and maybe their lists of songs will jog your memory. Like this "Oh yeah, I remember that one, I had totally forgot about it till now". Well that's it for now, and a one, and a two and away we go.
1. Unicorn - The Irish Rovers (1968) #7 (OHW) (Please see the NOTE at the very Bottom)
1. Alley Oop - The Hollywood Argyles (1960) #1 (OHW), The Dyna-Sores (1960) #59, Dante & The Evergreens (1960) #15
2. Witch Doctor - David Seville (1958) #1 for 3 weeks
3. Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley (1958) #1 for 6 weeks
4. Haunted House - Jumpin' Gene Simmons (No relation to Gene Simmons of "Kiss" (1964) #11 (OHW)
5. Snoopy vs. The Red Baron - Royal Guardsmen (1966) #2
6. My Boomerang Won't Come Back - Charlie Drake (1962) #21 (OHW)
7. Does Your Chewing Gum Loose It's Flavor (On The Bedpost Over Night?) - Lonnie Donegan (1961) #5
8. Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport - Rolf Harris (1963) #3 (OHW)
9. Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) - Harry Belafonte (1957) #5
10. Martian Hop - The Ran-Dells (1963) #16 (OHW)
11. Iko Iko - The Dixie Cups (1965) #20, Dr. John (1972) #71, Belle Stars (1989) #14
12. The Flying Saucer - Dickie Goodman (1956) #3 Trivia - This was the 1st of close to 20 Novelty singles for Goodman
13. Lollipop - The Chordettes (1958) #2
14. Speedoo - The Cadillacs (1955) #17
15. Beep Beep - The Playmates (1958) #4
16. Alvin's Harmonica - The Chipmunks (1959) #3, (1961) #73, (1962) #87
17. Yummy, Yummy, Yummy - The Ohio Express (1968) #4
18. Ahab the Arab - Ray Stevens (1962) #5
19. Peanuts - Little Joe Cook & the Thrillers (1957) #22 (OHW)
20. Jolly Green Giant - The Kingsmen (1965) #4
21. Get A Job - The Silhouettes (1957) #1 for 2 weeks (OHW)
22. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash (1969) #2
23. Splish Splash - Bobby Darin (1958) #3
24. Monster Mash - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (1962) #1 for 2 weeks, (1970) #91, (1973) #10
25. Stranded in the Jungle - The Cadets (1956) #15 (OHW)
26. You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller (1966) #40
27. A Little Bit Of Soap - The Jarmels (1961) #12 (OHW), Paul Davis (1970) #52, Nigel Olsson (1979) #34
28. Mr. Custer - Larry Verne (1960) #1 (OHW)
29. Running Bear - Johnny Preston (1959) #1 for 3 weeks, Sonny James (1969) #94
30. Love Potion #9 - The Clovers (1959) #23, The Searchers (1964) #3, The Coasters (1972) #76
31. Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead - The Fifth Estate (1967) #11 (OHW)
32. Charlie Brown - The Coasters (1959) #2
33. They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV (1966) #3 (OHW) (Re-released in 1973) #87
34. Leader of the Laundromat - The Detergents (1964) #19 (OHW) - this song was a take-off on the big hit "Leader of the Pack" by "The Shangri-Las" (1964) #1
35. Ain't Got No Home - Clarence 'Frogman' Henry (1956) #20
36. Lil' Red Riding Hood - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs (1966) #2
37. Long Tall Texan - Murry Kellum (1963) #51
38. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hylan (1960) #1
39. Spiders & Snakes - Jim Stafford (1974) #3
40. Speedy Gonzales - Pat Boone (1962) #6
41. Short, Shorts - The Royal Teens (1957) #3 (OHW)
42. The Blob - The Five Blobs (1958) #33 (OHW)
43. Short Fat Fannie - Larry Williams (1957) #5
44. Black Denim Trousers - The Cheers (1955) #6 (OHW)
45. Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow - The Rivingtons (1962) #48
46. Rama Lama Ding Dong - The Edsels (1959) #21 (OHW)
47. Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann (1961) #7 (OHW)
48. The Name Game - Shirley Ellis (1965) #3
49. Transfusion - Nervous Norvus (1956) #8
50. Hot Rod Lincoln - Charlie Ryan (1959) #33 (OHW), Johnny Bond (1960) #26, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen (1971)
PLUS 5 More
51. Mule Skinner Blues - The Fendermen (1960) #5 (OHW)
52. White Lightning - George Jones (1959) #73
53. The Ballad Of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum (1958) #62, (1962) #65
54. Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce (1976) #9
55. Disco Duck - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (1976) #1 (OHW)
Honorable Mention
Along Came Jones - The Coasters (1959) #9, Ray Stevens (1969) #27
Ape Call - Nervous Norvus (1956) #24
Baby Talk - Jan & Dean (1959) #10
Bang-Shang-A-Lang - The Archies (1968) #22
Black Sheep - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs (1967) #68
Bread & Butter - The Newbeats (1964) #2
Bridget The Midget (The Queen Of The Blues) - Ray Stevens (1971) #50
Chewy Chewy - The Ohio Express (1968) #15
Chug-A-Lug - Roger Miller (1964) #9
Dang Me - Roger Miller (1964) #7
Dis-Gorilla - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (1977) #56
Don't Go Near The Eskimos - Sheb Wooley (1962) #62
Do-Wacka-Do - Roger Miller (1965) #31
Eat My Shoes - Rick Dees (1984) #75
Flying Saucer the 2nd - Dickie Goodman (1957) #18
Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five Piece Band) - Ray Stevens (1966) #99
Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins (1970) #9
Guitarzan - Ray Stevens (1969) #8
Harry the Hairy Ape - Ray Stevens (1963) #17
Juanita Banana - The Peels (1966) #59
Ju Ju Hand - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs (1965) #26
Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) - Edward 'Kookie' Byrnes & Connie Stevens (1959) #4 (OHW)
Kong - Dickie Goodman (1977) #48
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas (1974) #1 for 2 weeks
Like, Long Hair - Paul Revere & The Raiders (1961) #38
Little Egypt (Ying Yang) - The Coasters (1961) #23
Mah-Na-Mah-Na - Piero Umiliani (1969) #55
Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin (1959) #1 for 9 weeks
Monster's Holiday - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (1963) #30
Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman (1975) #4
My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry (1972) #1 for 2 weeks
My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died - Roger Miller (1966) #58
Oh! Susanna - The Singing Dogs (1955) #22
One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash (1976) #29
Peanut Butter - The Marathons (1961) #20, Bob Meyers & The Rivieras (DNC), The Olympics (DNC)
Poison Ivy - The Coasters (1959) #7
Ragtime Cowboy Joe - The Chipmunks (1959) #16
Ring Dang Do - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs (1965) #33
Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan (1956) #8, Johnny Cash (1970) #93
Rubber Duckie - Ernie (Jim Henson) (1970) #16
Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - Paul Evans (1959) #9
Smokey Joe's Café - The Robins (1955) #79
Snoopy For President - Royal Guardsmen (1968) #85
Swamp Witch - Jim Stafford (1973) #39
Telephone Man - Meri Wilson (1977) #18
Ten Little Bottles - Johnny Bond (1965) #43
The Bird's The Word - The Rivingtons (1963) #52
The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap) - Shirley Ellis (1965) #8
The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs (1966) #22
The Little Space Girl - Jesse Lee Turner (1959) #20
The Mummy - Bob McFadden & Dor (1959) #39
The Return of the Red Baron - Royal Guardsmen (1967) #15
The Streak - Ray Stevens (1974) #1 for 3 weeks
The Touchables In Brooklyn - Dickie Goodman (1961) #42
The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango (Mambo Cha Cha Cha) - Pat Boone (1959) #62
Timothy - The Buoys (1971) #17
Whip It - Devo (1980) #14
Wildwood Weed - Jim Stafford (1974) #7
Wooly Bully - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs (1965) #2
Yakety Yak - The Coasters (1958) #1
Yogi - The Ivy Three (1960) #8
Special Trivia selection:
Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green And Purple Pills - "Ray Stevens" (1961) #35 Trivia: At one time this song title was the longest ever recorded to make the Top 40 until 1981 when it was unseated by "Stars on 45" with "Medley: Intro 'Venus' / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I'll Be Back / Drive My Car / Do You Want to Know a Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going to Lose That Girl / Stars on 45" Which was the official complete title that showed on the Billboard weekly charts (1981)
Christmas Novelty songs
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - The Andrew Sisters, The Chipmunks, George Strait, Nat King Cole, The Platters, Sammy Kaye, Spike Jones & His City Slickers (Many, many others)
Christmas Eve Can Kill You - The Everly Brothers (DNC)
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy (1983) #1, (1998) #87 (OHW)
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayla Peevey (DNC)
I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas - Yogi Yorgesson (DNC)
Jingle Bells - The Singing Dogs (1972) #1 (OHW)
Nuttin' For Christmas - Stan Freberg (1956) #53
Santa And The Satellite - Dickie Goodman (1957) #32
Santa Claus & His Old Lady - Cheech & Chong (1972) #3
Santa Claus Is Watching You - Ray Stevens (1962) #45
Snoopy's Christmas - Royal Guardsmen (1967) #1 for 5 weeks
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas, Don't Be Late) - The Chipmunks (1958) #1 for 4 weeks, (1959) #41, (1960) #45, (1962) #39
The Happy Reindeer - Dancer, Prancer and Nervous (1959) #34
Key to my Music Madness:
(????) = Year of record release
# = Highest Ranking on the Billbord pop charts if not on pop charts highest ranking on mentioned chart
DNC = Did Not Chart
OHW = One Hit Wonder (Never had another hit on the U.S. Billboard Top 40 pop charts)
JAGUARDOG'S FINAL THOUGHTS
Those crazy/silly Novelty songs sometimes can bring back some great memories of yesteryear as I hope one of more did for you. In my list above I only listed my favorite by that artist and any others I like by them I placed in the Honorable Mention section. I did this so I could have a variety or artists and not have more than one song by anyone on the regular list. I also intentionally left off a few artists from my Top 50 5 on purpose such as "Alan Sherman", "Bill Cosby", "Cheech & Chong","Cledus T. Judd", "Frank Zappa", "Homer & Jethro", "The Mothers of Invention", "Phil Harris", "Spike Jones", "Stan Freberg", and "Weird Al Yankovich" just to name a few. I hope some if not most of you enjoyed this look backwards in time in Music History to do a little reminiscing?
I hope to get back to a semi-regular posting basics here at Epinions and try to at least post a minimum of once a month if everything goes according to plan? As always I wish to graciously thank everyone who dropped by to read and rate this piece and if you get a chance please also drop me a comment if you feel so inclined?
UPDATE: 9 MARCH 2007
I have an idea I would like to run up the flag pole to see if I can get any takers? Thanks to a recent comment from "Jordan" I come up with an alternate way to join in the fun without having to write/post a complete write-off entry. If you would like you can leave me a quick comment with the name of your favorite "Novelty" song from my list and if possible 1 "Novelty" song not on my list if you can think of one? Like I was reminded of Dead Skunk (In The Middle of The Road and the artist himself "Loudon Wainwright III" that I had totally forgot about. This song would definitely be on my list and in my top 20 at least.
NOTE:
New Update as of 6AM 031507
I added in a new #1 as I forgot totally about "The Unicorn" song, how absentminded of me? Good thing St. Patrick's Day is very near, because that's what made me remember it.
Thanks a million Pat for being the first to join in. You may be the only one that takes me up on this write-off?
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