FLASH!!! New quarantine amusement.

[ralpht]

You guys tore it up on the Save Our
Post Office thread. Give this one a shot.

SILLY SONGS THAT MADE IT..........No campfire songs...

[westgrandboulevard]

They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV

[9A]

¨Purple People Eater¨ -- Sheb Wooley [[1958)

I said Mr Purple People Eater, what's your line?
He said eating purple people, and it sure is fine
But that's not the reason that I came to land
I wanna get a job in a rock 'n roll band

[calvin]

Along Came Jones - The Coasters

[westgrandboulevard]

Monster Mash - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers

[westgrandboulevard]

Mama Will Bark - Frank Sinatra and Dagmar

[arr&bee]

IT AIN'T SANITARY...THE COASTERS-[with the classic line]THERE'S AN EPIDEMIC GOING AROUND!

[9A]

The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane -- The Ames Brothers [[1954)

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm A Nut - Leroy Pullins

[daviddesper]

Ray Stevens' "The Streak" and for that matter, quite a few of his others.

[9A]

Aba Daba Honeymoon -- Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter [[1950)

[9A]

You Can´t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd -- Roger Miller [[1965)

[westgrandboulevard]

Loving You Has Made Me Bananas - Guy Marks

[westgrandboulevard]

Ever See A Diver Kiss His Wife While The Bubbles Bounce About Above The Water? - Shirley Ellis

[Jerry Oz]

https://vitalifit.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/low-fruit.jpg
That's like picking low hanging fruit. I could add most of Louis Jordan's and the Coasters' records and keep this going for weeks. And with that being said:

Poison Ivy - The Coasters

[westgrandboulevard]

So when were silly records ever like picking high hanging fruit...?:confused:

My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry


And I think it is your Birthday tomorrow?.....sing lots of silly songs...:D

[Jerry Oz]

Never. R&B has a long happy history of making some of the silliest lyrics imaginable.

Love Potion No. 9 - The Clovers

[9A]

Lily the Pink -- The Scaffold [[1968) also The Irish Rovers [[1968)

The Scaffold's record, released in November 1968, became No. 1
in the UK Singles Chart [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart) for the four weeks encompassing the
Christmas holidays that year.

Backing vocalists [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backing_vocalist) on the recording included Graham Nash [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Nash) [[of The Hollies [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollies)),
Elton John [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John) [[then Reg Dwight), and Tim Rice [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Rice); while Jack Bruce [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bruce) [[of Cream [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_[[band)))
played the bass guitar [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar).

[9A]

The Unicorn -- The Irish Rovers [[1968)

[9A]

Bibbidi-Bobbidy-Boo -- originally in Cinderella movie in 1948 recorded by various artists, including Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, Perry Como and Jo Stafford.

[9A]

Winchester Cathedral -- The New Vaudeville Band [[1966)

[Jerry Oz]

Who Put The Bomp - Barry Mann

[sophisticated_soul]

Disco Duck - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots

[Jerry Oz]

Love Stinks - J. Geil Bands

[sophisticated_soul]

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland

[9A]

Do-Wacka-Do -- Roger Miller [[1965)
Just about anything by Roger Miller makes ya laugh. :D

[9A]

Beep Beep -- The Little Nash Rambler The Playmates [[1958)

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=358bcd287e&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r4334550897141533090&th=1742aaff6debd8ed&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_iUBs6zLsMKYITW3vSRnS2GlRN-PH3QN19OrU23azdyXY0OC1FCY5OaKpSg2DNjZ_1X-XUWXrnOA-ymYSHhp5FRSkK9N0fDTYGO1eMtOnrzsv4EdxpSnvnl-M&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kebc7so11

[9A]

Witch Doctor -- by David Seville [[Ross Bagdasarian) 1958
........................creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks

¨Ooh Eeh Ooh Ah Aah Ting Tang Walla Walla Bing Bang
Ooh Eeh Ooh Ah Aah Ting Tang Walla Walla Bing Bang¨

[9A]

Choo'n Gum -- Teresa Brewer -[[1950)

[sophisticated_soul]

Alley-Oop - The Hollywood Argyles

[Jerry Oz]

I Put A Spell On You* - Screamin' Joe Hawkins

*Not a silly song in concept but Screamin' Joe's drunken interpretation is easily the funniest thing ever put to wax.

[9A]

Ralph and I would like to know which of you actually heard these songs on the radio back when they were big hits? You might have had it on an album. Inquiring minds would like to know ....

BTW -- Ralph generally remembers the artist and I tend to remember the lyrics. He played many of these songs while in the Sunliners.

[9A]

Maxwellś Silver Hammer -- The Beatles [[1969)

[sophisticated_soul]

Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen

[westgrandboulevard]

Ralph and I would like to know which of you actually heard these songs on the radio back when they were big hits? You might have had it on an album. Inquiring minds would like to know ....

BTW -- Ralph generally remembers the artist and I tend to remember the lyrics. He played many of these songs while in the Sunliners.

9A, I generally only ever bought Motown records.

All others were either heard on UK radio from around the time of their release dates, until the present time - or via the internet.

[9A]

>>I generally only ever bought Motown records.
All others were either heard on UK radio from around the time
of their release dates, until the present time - or via the internet.>>

Way to go, Westgrandblvd.

[9A]

Clancy Lowered the Boom -- made famous by Dennis Day [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Day) on Jack Benny [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Benny)'s radio program
briefly charted in the No. 23 spot in the Billboard charts in 1949.

[westgrandboulevard]

Gimme Dat Ding - The Pipkins, 1970

[[UK #6; Cash Box #7; Billboard #9)

[sophisticated_soul]

Mr. Custer - Larry Verne

[9A]

Tutti Frutti -- Little Richard [[1955)

[sophisticated_soul]

Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green And Purple Pills - Ray Stevens

[Jerry Oz]

Ralph and I would like to know which of you actually heard these songs on the radio back when they were big hits? You might have had it on an album. Inquiring minds would like to know ....

BTW -- Ralph generally remembers the artist and I tend to remember the lyrics. He played many of these songs while in the Sunliners.I bought my first album after I got my license and first job in 1978. Some of the songs I post here and in other threads were recorded since then but probably 70% of the music I reference was heard on Mom and Dad's console in the '60s/'70s or on oldies radio.

Beans and Corn Bread - Louis Jordan

[daviddesper]

Making Love to You is Just Like Eating Peanuts by Sue Thompson

[9A]

Dang Me -- Roger Miller [[1964)

[9A]

Money Money Money -- Abba [[1976)

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcR-5VTQuMjZ6s4Vb4NzVIWdCzdY7Vx2oK9htQ&usqp=CAU

[westgrandboulevard]

Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour [[On The Bedpost Overnight?) - Lonnie Donegan, 1959

UK #3; Billboard #5, Cashbox #6

[9A]

Boney Maroni -- Larry Williams [[1957)

#4 [[U.S. Billboard [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_[[magazine)) R&B [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs))
#14 [[U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100))

[9A]

Great Balls of Fire -- Jerry Lee Lewis [[1958)

one of the best-selling singles in the United States [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_in_the_United_States), as well as one of the world's best-selling singles of all time [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles)

Ralph says that some of these are just plain rock and roll songs. I say, if it makes you smile, it counts.

[westgrandboulevard]

Absolutely, 9A.

All in the process of cheering up ourselves, and others.

Some of the classical music which is considered 'intelligent' could plunge you into a real depression...:[[

[9A]

<<Some of the classical music which is considered 'intelligent' could plunge you into a real depression...:[[ >>

Like compositions by Mahler? Don´t know much, but I know what I don´t like.

[[Even Ralph is having fun. We sometimes listen to some of the oldies or weird ones on Youtube. Notice he locked our threads onto the top two spots.)

[9A]

What a Wonderful World -- Sam Cooke [[1960) and Herman´s Hermits [[1965)

¨Don´t know much about history ...¨

[westgrandboulevard]

Oh yes indeed 9A, Mahler [[!) and others similar.

A certain sad mood in music can be just fine, a melancholy tone too, should the occasion call for it..

But if you are not feeling depressed at the opening of some of those slow, mournful classical pieces which can seem never-ending, there's a risk of being so by the time the finale is reached. And then you're expected to applaud after being made sad....:rolleyes:

Each to their own, of course - but, for me, Happy People produce Happy Music, for other Happy People.

[Jerry Oz]

It's Not Funny - Run D.M.C.

[9A]

Little Boxes [[on the Hillside) Pete Seger [[1963)

[9A]

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da -- Recorded by the Beatles [[1968) in The White Album.

Single charted in many countries by Scottish group Marmalade -- not originally released in US or UK . Reached No. 1 in many countries by one group or the other.

[9A]

Puff the Magic Dragon -- Peter, Paul and Mary [[1962)

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSmu802Nj__kub3LRufFw8CRfG15g3 YRYbcZA&usqp=CAU

[9A]

Lady Marmalade -- Patti LaBelle [[1974)

[9A]

Tiptoe Through the Tulips -- Tiny Tim [[1968)

[9A]

M.T.A. -- Kingston Trio [[1959)

Protest song about fare increase of Bostonś Metropolitan Transit Authority.


Did he ever return?
No he never returned
And his fate is still unlearn'd
He may ride forever
'neath the streets of Boston
He's the man who never returned.

[9A]

Note: I´ve degenerated into ¨novelty¨ songs that I like -- whether silly or not.
They have such interesting stories on Wikipedia.

When I´m Sixty-Four -- The Beatles [[1967) Written by McCartney when he was 16.

McCartney's children recorded a special version of "When I'm Sixty-Four" at Abbey Road Studios [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road_Studios) as a surprise present for McCartney's 64th birthday in June 2006, and played it for him at his birthday party.

[9A]

Brand New Key -- Melanie [[1971)

¨ I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key¨

[9A]

Short People -- Randy Newman [[1977)

[ralpht]

Looks like 9a [[Nina) has done her homework. Would you guys like a new game?

[9A]

The Thing -- Phil Harris [[1950)

Charted for fourteen weeks, peaking at No. 1.

[9A]

Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy´s Chowder? -- originally recorded by Edward M. Favor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_M._Favor) in 1901, later recorded by Bing Crosby [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby) on December 6, 1945

[144man]

Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat - Paul Evans & the Curls, The Avons

[Jerry Oz]

Doo Wah Ditty [[Blow That Thing) - Roger Troutman

[9A]

Y.M.C.A. -- The Village People [[1978)

[9A]

I have to tell you guys -- frequently, when I don´t recognize a song title, I play it on Youtube. Usually, I recognize the song. Ralph says he played about half of them while in the Sunliners. Great toe tappers.

[Jerry Oz]

Ralph stipulate "songs that made it". Imagine if we posted obscure silly records.

Ling Ting Tong - The Five Keys

[9A]

Ralph stipulate "songs that made it". Imagine if we posted obscure silly records.

Ling Ting Tong - The Five Keys

A good many of these are obscure to many younguns, even though they charted.

[Jerry Oz]

Silly me... I hit 58 last week and I'm probably one of the younger SDF members. :rolleyes:

Run Joe - Louis Jordan

[9A]

You are just a kid. We had rock and roll and doo-wop as teenagers. Music was music.
Keeping it silly -- Lovely Rita [[Meter Maid) -- The Beatles

[Jerry Oz]

Lola - The Kinks

[9A]

Sh-Boom -- The Chords, also The Crew Cuts [[1954)

¨Sh-boom sh-boom Ya-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da
Sh-boom sh-boom Ya-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da
Sh-boom sh-boom Ya-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da, sh-boom¨

[Jerry Oz]

D.W. Washburn - The Coasters

[9A]

Hernando´s Hideaway -- Archie Bleyer [[bandleader), Johnnie Ray, Ella Fitzgerald and others [[1954)

[Jerry Oz]

Along Came Jones - The Coasters

[9A]

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus -- The Jackson 5, or even funnier,

I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus -- Twisted Sister

[Jerry Oz]

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy

[9A]

All I want for Chirstmas is My Two Front Teeth -- Spike Jones and his City Slickers [[1947)

[Jerry Oz]

[[Not Just) Knee Deep - Funkadelic

[9A]

Thatś Amore -- Dean Martin

[[Not that silly, but so cute.)

[9A]

Istanbul [[Not Constantinople) -- The Four Lads [[1953)

[Jerry Oz]

And She Was - Talking Heads

[9A]

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life -- Monty Python

[Jerry Oz]

Norwegian Wood - The Beatles

[9A]

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds -- The Beatles

[Jerry Oz]

Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads

[144man]

Save the Best for Last - Vanessa Williams

"Sometimes the snow comes down in June
Sometimes the sun goes round the moon..."

If the sun ever goes round the moon, I just don't want to be there at the time.

[9A]

Oh My Darling, Clementine -- American western folk ballad [[1863), numerous variations

It is unclear when, where and by whom the song was first recorded in English, but the first version to reach the Billboard [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_[[magazine)) charts was that by Bing Crosby [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby) recorded on June 14, 1941, which briefly reached the No. 20 spot.

[144man]

Oh My Darling, Clementine -- American western folk ballad [[1863), numerous variations

It is unclear when, where and by whom the song was first recorded in English, but the first version to reach the Billboard [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_[[magazine)) charts was that by Bing Crosby [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby) recorded on June 14, 1941, which briefly reached the No. 20 spot.

The Bobby Darin version really brings out the silliness.

[9A]

The Bobby Darin version really brings out the silliness.

Thanks for recommending that. It was terrific. Reminiscent of Mack The Knife. Bobby Darin was truly talented. Taken way too young.

[9A]

Jeremiah Was a Bullfrong [[Joy To The World) -- Three Dog Night [[2972)

[9A]

Bein' Green" [[also known as "It's Not Easy Bein' Green") originally performed by Jim Henson [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Henson) as Kermit the Frog [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_the_Frog) on both Sesame Street [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street) and The Muppet Show [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppet_Show). It later was covered by Ray Charles [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles), Frank Sinatra [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra), and other performers, such as Diana Ross and Tony Bennett.

[sansradio]

Bein' Green" [[also known as "It's Not Easy Bein' Green") originally performed by Jim Henson [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Henson) as Kermit the Frog [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_the_Frog) on both Sesame Street [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street) and The Muppet Show [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppet_Show). It later was covered by Ray Charles [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles), Frank Sinatra [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra), and other performers, such as Diana Ross and Tony Bennett.

I wouldn't consider "Bein' Green" a silly song at all. It's a powerful song about difference and self-acceptance.

[Jerry Oz]

The Chicken And The Hawk - Big Joe Turner

[9A]

I wouldn't consider "Bein' Green" a silly song at all. It's a powerful song about difference and self-acceptance.

I totally agree. That is why so many big artists chose to sing it. I would call it ¨charming¨ since it was first sung by a frog puppet. Much of Sesame Street, and the Muppets, was written for the adults watching. Jim Henson was a true genius. I read that Big Bird sang this song at his funeral.

[sansradio]

I totally agree. That is why so many big artists chose to sing it. I would call it ¨charming¨ since it was first sung by a frog puppet. Much of Sesame Street, and the Muppets, was written for the adults watching. Jim Henson was a true genius. I read that Big Bird sang this song at his funeral.

Yes, indeed. His work really made a difference in my life. Who says one person can't change the world?:o

[thommg]

I might add, The Streak by Ray Stevens. I remember my Mom being shocked when she heard this on the radio.

[9A]

Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats [[and liddle lamzy divey) -- The Merry Macs [[1944)

[[Contribution from RalphT)

[sophisticated_soul]

Wooly Bully - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs

[9A]

Money Honey -- Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters [[1953)

[[Ralph says the Sunliners played this song.)

[Jerry Oz]

Telephone Man - Meri Wilson

[144man]

Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats [[and liddle lamzy divey) -- The Merry Macs [[1944)

[[Contribution from RalphT)

A kiddleydivey too, wouldn't you?
If we're going that route, how about "Chickery Chick", a song my mother used to sing. There's a version on YouTube by the Andrews Sisters.
I once had lines at school and proceeded to fill in the blank sheet of paper with the lyrics to "Chickery Chick".
The schoolmaster returned it to me with a red line through it, and the word "Rubbish" written in great big red letters.
I showed this to my mother, and of course she just burst out laughing.

[9A]

A kiddleydivey too, wouldn't you?
If we're going that route, how about "Chickery Chick", a song my mother used to sing. There's a version on YouTube by the Andrews Sisters.
.

That is exactly what we were after, 144man. Perfect depiction of the Andrews Sisters.
Would have made a great ad for Chicklets gum. Remember that?

We are now accepting novelty songs that may just be charming, too.

[144man]

Okay, how about Mel Torme's or the King Sisters' revival of "The Hut-Sut Song [[A Swedish Serenade)"?

"Hut-sut rawlson on the rillerah and a brawla brawla sooit" indeed.

[sansradio]

The Frim Fram Sauce - The King Cole Trio/Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

“...I want the frim-fram sauce with the ussinfay with the shafafa on the side...”

[9A]

Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh [[A Letter from Camp) -- Allan Sherman [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Sherman).

[[Crossover song from the ¨Mail¨ thread.)

[144man]

Remember what the Shirelles' did to "Everybody Loves A Lover", what Inez Foxx did to "Mockingbird", what Baby Jane & the Rockabyes did to "How Much Is That Doggie In the Window?", what Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans did to "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah", all contenders to be here in their own right.

Well, in 1967, British duo David and Jonathan [[talented composers Roger Cook & Roger Greenaway), attempted to give the same treatment to the Four Lads'/ Max Bygraves "Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer, Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea". I'll leave it to you to decide whether they pullled it off or not. On YouTube.

[9A]

Remember what the Shirelles' did to "Everybody Loves A Lover", what Inez Foxx did to "Mockingbird", what Baby Jane & the Rockabyes did to "How Much Is That Doggie In the Window?", what Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans did to "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah", all contenders to be here in their own right.

Well, in 1967, British duo David and Jonathan [[talented composers David Cook & David Greenaway), attempted to give the same treatment to the Four Lads'/ Max Bygraves "Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer, Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea". I'll leave it to you to decide whether they pullled it off or not. On YouTube.

Those are all duly qualified, 144man, and ought to be posted one at a time to keep our number of replies rolling. Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer, et al, was once a popular song. :cool:

[144man]

In the entire history of popular music, there is only one comedy record that stands repeated plays:

The Old Payola Roll Blues [[Part 1) - Stan Freberg

[9A]

The Macerana -- Los del Rio [[1992) in Venezuela

The reworked "Macarena [[Bayside Boys remix [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix))" spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100) singles chart becoming one of the longest runs atop the Hot 100 chart in history.

[144man]

Everybody Loves A Lover - The Shirelles

No they don't. Strange treatment to the Doris Day classic.

[9A]

Let´s Call The Whole Thing Off -- written by George Gershwin [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin) and Ira Gershwin [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gershwin) [[1937 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_in_film)) It was introduced by Fred Astaire [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Astaire) and Ginger Rogers [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Rogers) as part of a celebrated dance duet on roller skates.

[Jerry Oz]

I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby - Kid Creole & the Coconuts

[9A]

Razzle Dazzle -- Jerry Orbach [[1975) in the Broadway play Chicago¨

[Jerry Oz]

Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work

[9A]

Yes! We Have No Bananas -- [[1923) various artists, including Spike Jones and his City Slickers.

[[Contribution from RalphT)

[Jerry Oz]

Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan

[9A]

Daisy Bell [[Bicycle Built for Two) -- originally recorded by Dan W. Quinn [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_W._Quinn) in 1893

Additional verses having been penned, ranging from the mildly humorous to the outright obscene. For example, the same year the song was published, an "answer" chorus appeared:


Michael, Michael,
Here is my answer true!
You're half crazy,
If you think that that will do!
If you can't afford a carriage,
There won't be any marriage,
'Cause I'll be switched if I'll get hitched
On a bicycle built for two

[Jerry Oz]

New Shoes - The Busboys

[9A]

Good Morning Starshine -- from the Broadway musical ¨Hair¨ [[1967)

¨Gliddy glup gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy la la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla nooby abba nabba
Early morning singing song¨

[144man]

Mockingbird - Inez Foxx

How silly to think you can have a hit based on a children's lullabye. The result left Inez and brother Charlie laughing all the way to the bank. Covered on album by Martha & Vandellas.

[144man]

How Much Is That Doggie In the Window - Baby Jane & the Rockabyes

The silly Patti Page hit gets the slow, plenty of bass treatment transforming it into a different sounding song completely. Baby Jane sounds like the sort of girl you wouldn't want to babysit.

[144man]

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans

Another novelty song given the slow, heavy-bass treatment courtesy of Phil Spector. Everything about this record is a lot more than just "satisfactual".

[Jerry Oz]

Mockingbird - Inez Foxx

How silly to think you can have a hit based on a children's lullabye. The result left Inez and brother Charlie laughing all the way to the bank. Covered on album by Martha & Vandellas.
A-Tisket A-Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald

[oldiesmusicfan]

The Ballad Of Irving - Frank Gallop [[1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD8EtvWW8nw

[9A]

We Didn´t Start the Fire -- Billy Joel [[1989)

[9A]

It´s Still Rock and Roll To Me -- Billy Joel [[1980)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eAQa4MOGkE

[9A]

Waltzing Matilda -- The Australian poet Banjo Paterson wrote the words [[1895) to a tune played on a zither or autoharp.

The song has never been the officially recognised national anthem in Australia. Unofficially, however, it is often used in similar circumstances.

[9A]

The Happy Wanderer -- 1953, original lyrics written in the 18th Century

¨Val-eri, val-dera
Val-deri, val-dera
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Ha
Val-era
Come join my happy song¨

[[RalphT played this on the accordian in the Glo Worms

[Jerry Oz]

My Male Curiosity - Kid Creole & the Coconuts

[Jerry Oz]

Charlie Brown - The Coasters

[9A]

Jambalaya -- Hank Williams [[1954)

***** Fats Domino [[1961) ******

[Jerry Oz]

Kid Stuff - Twennynine feat. Lenny White

[9A]

Sing -- The Carpenters [[1973), written for Sesame Street [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street) as its signature song [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_signature_songs).

¨Sing.
Sing a song.
Sing out loud, sing out strong.¨

[9A]

Hot Diggity [[Dog Ziggity Boom) -- Perry Como [[1956)

¨Hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom what you do to me
When you're holding me tight¨

[Jerry Oz]

Who Let The Dogs Out - Baha Men

[9A]

Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch -- Weird Al Jankovic

[9A]

I´ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts -- Merv Griffin with Freddy Martin and his orchestra [[1950)

[9A]

A Boy Named Sue -- Johnny Cash, written by Shel Silverstein [[1969)

[Jerry Oz]

Dog Talk - K-9 Corp feat. Pretty C

[calvin]

Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes

[9A]

On the Good Ship Lollipop -- Shirley Temple [[1934)

The "ship" referred to in the song is an aircraft [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft); the scene in Bright Eyes,
where the song appears, takes place on a taxiing American Airlines [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines) Douglas DC-2 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-2).

[[Cross posting to our sun, moon and stars thread.)

[Jerry Oz]

Two Triple Cheese Side Order Of Fries - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen

[9A]

Dentist -- Steve Martin [[1989) from Little Shop of Horrors

[Jerry Oz]

I Left My Wallet In El Segundo - A Tribe Called Quest

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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life -- Eric Idle [[Monty Python) 1979

[Jerry Oz]

Funky Worm - Ohio Players

[calvin]

Gangnam Style - PSY

[Jerry Oz]

Humpty Dance - Digital Underground

[calvin]

I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred

[Jerry Oz]

Shoppin' For Clothes - The Coasters

[9A]

King Tut -- Steve Martin [[1978)

[Jerry Oz]

What's The Use Of Getting Sober [[When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again) - Louis Jordan

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Stranded in the Jungle -- The Cadets and also The Jay Hawks [[1956)

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Open the Door Richard -- charted in 1947 by Jack McVea, Count Basie, Dusty Fletcher, The Three Flames and Louis Jordan.

[[This song was patterned after a black vaudeville routine and fourteen
different recordings were made, some with modified lyrics. I remember
hearing the song on the radio, as a child, with its funny musical riff. It
was a huge hit. In today´s world, it would probably be offensive.)

[9A]

Flat Foot Floogie -- "Slim" Gaillard and ¨Slam¨ Stewart [[1938)
With a Floy Floy ..... .... also recorded by Louis Armstrong and The Mills Brothers

Slim & Slam's first and biggest hit song.Their version was one of the top records of 1938, peaking at number two on US charts.

[[Sadly, Ralph and I remember this big hit, Don´t know where or when.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFVeJ4wHWdQ

[Jerry Oz]

Charlie Brown - The Coasters

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Cement Mixer -- "Slim" Gaillard and ¨Slam¨ Stewart [[1938)
[[Put-Ti-Put-Ti)

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Potato Chips -- Slim Gauillard and His Baker´s Dozen [[1952)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFpztcGHAog

[9A]

Crime After Crime -- Jen Houston[[2019)

Trump Song Parody Blasts the President’s Many Misdeeds

[[Lyrics appear at the bottom of video.)

Sorry, not-so-funny!

https://youtu.be/gnFQ4s5MQzY

[9A]

The Thing -- Phil Harris [[1950) Novelty song. Other versions were recorded by Arthur Godfrey [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Godfrey), The Ames Brothers [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ames_Brothers), Danny Kaye [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Kaye), Ray Charles [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles), Teresa Brewer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Brewer), Adam West [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_West)

[9A]

Don't Cry for Me Quarantina [[Political Parody)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_WYDeezqXY [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_WYDeezqXY)

and

Don't Cry For Me White House Staffers [[Political Parody)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN_lalMpqaQ

[9A]

Sweet Zoo -- Barbra Streisand [[1965)

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Wear a Mask -- Various Disney Characters [[2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltjBT_TuUVA

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Ja-Da [[Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing, Jing, Jing!) -- Written in 1918. Reditions by Al Hirt, Louis Armstrong, Frank Siantra and Peggy Lee, Frankie Valli​ and the Four Seasons, etc.

[PhillyKen]

The Rivingtons Papa Oom Mow Mow followed up by Mama Oom Mow Mow.

[Jerry Oz]

I'm A Hog For You, Baby - The Coasters

[9A]

Barney Google With the Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes -- Ernest Hare and Billy Jones [[1923) recorded by such artists as Eddie Cantor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cantor) and The Happiness Boys [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happiness_Boys), The Andrews Sisters [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andrews_Sisters), and Spike Jone [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jones)s.