The Greatest Novelty Songs

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At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, " Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" (set to the tune of British Army bandmaster F. As with the 1950s, nobody worth their salt sang under their real name – then it was the era of Tommy Steel and Billy Fury.

The unit fought during the German invasion of Greece but surrendered after fighting a rear-guard action near the Corinth canal.Well, here with the dictionary definition of the phrase ‘careful what you wish for’, is Danish beauty Whigfield, and her ode to the penultimate night of the week. Cheesy lyric: “We had to get a man who could make all Scotland proud, he’s our Muhammad Ali, he’s Alistair MacLeod. The official title of the track was; “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. The Lumberjack Song was written by two members of the Monty Python comedy troupe: Terry Jones, Michael Palin; and Fred Tomlinson. And that’s a word I heard on Radio 4 the other day… I knew the 1990s would see morals and standards loosen (God, I sound like Mary Whitehouse), but I though it would be gradual.

The Streak, written by Ray Stevens was released in March 1974, the first single from his 16th album Boogity Boogity. The Floaters’ slick and smooth soul gem ‘Float On’ reached Number 1 on the UK singles chart in 1977, but follow-ups including a cover of Dusty Springfield’s ‘You Don't Have to Say You Love Me’ didn’t fare so well.A novelty song is a type of song built upon some form of novel concept, such as a gimmick, a piece of humor, or a sample of popular culture. The result was " Mama Will Bark", a novelty song performed by Sinatra with interspersed spoken statements by Dagmar, saying things like "mama will bark", "mama will spank", and "papa will spank". New Case for Old 'Napster'; Dickie Goodman's Son Reveals Father's Legacy in Book and Fights for It in Lawsuit".

For the other, non-edited mixes reveal this to be the filthiest number one single we’ve heard so far on this countdown. A book on achieving an attention-grabbing novelty single is The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way), written by The KLF. The Trashmen reached the top 5 with " Surfin' Bird", a surf rock medley of two novelty songs originally recorded by The Rivingtons. For three weeks in the early 90s, the UK Singles Chart was topped by a three and a half minute anthem about a man in a large, clumsy, pink and yellow spotted costume.Written by vocalist and guitarist Doug Fieger in just 15 minutes in homage to his close friend Sharona Alperin, The Knack’s infectious debut single ‘My Sharona’ peaked at Number 6 in the UK in 1979.

Back in the charts of 1994 though, and I’d have to say that the spring of this year has thrown up a run of fairly flash-in-the-pan, forgotten hits: ‘Doop’, ‘The Real Thing’, ‘Inside’, and now this. Religious songs and spirituals such as “Amazing Grace“, “Little Drummer Boy“, “Mary’s Boy Child“, “She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain” not included. citation needed] When "Best Comedy Album" was reinstated in 2004, "Weird Al" Yankovic won for Poodle Hat. I suppose I got to know this hit novelty song as an "oldie" since it was recorded when I was an infant but I'm sure it still gets airplay today as an oldie from the '60s. In case you’re wondering whatever happened to Sharona Alperin, she went on to become a successful estate agent in Los Angeles.In fact, if you were in the right mood, the moment where the horns come in could be downright jubilant. In 1963 Allan Sherman took a classical music composition (Dance of the Hours) and added words that described the letters of a young boy writing home to his parents about the dreadful conditions at his summer camp. Lieutenant Pigeon were a novelty band formed in 1972 in Coventry, England – a spin-off from an experimental band which went by the name of Stavely Mackpeace. Gershon tells a slightly different story saying, in 1969 he was listening to a popcorn machine and thought he could make a tune out of it. From the television series came touring stage shows, films, numerous albums, several books, and a stage musical.