All I want for Chirstmas is My Two Front Teeth -- Spike Jones and his City Slickers [[1947)
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All I want for Chirstmas is My Two Front Teeth -- Spike Jones and his City Slickers [[1947)
[[Not Just) Knee Deep - Funkadelic
Thatś Amore -- Dean Martin
[[Not that silly, but so cute.)
Istanbul [[Not Constantinople) -- The Four Lads [[1953)
And She Was - Talking Heads
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life -- Monty Python
Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds -- The Beatles
Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads
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.
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 charts was that by Bing Crosby recorded on June 14, 1941, which briefly reached the No. 20 spot.
Jeremiah Was a Bullfrong [[Joy To The World) -- Three Dog Night [[2972)
Bein' Green" [[also known as "It's Not Easy Bein' Green") originally performed by Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog on both Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. It later was covered by Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, and other performers, such as Diana Ross and Tony Bennett.
The Chicken And The Hawk - Big Joe Turner
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.
I might add, The Streak by Ray Stevens. I remember my Mom being shocked when she heard this on the radio.
Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats [[and liddle lamzy divey) -- The Merry Macs [[1944)
[[Contribution from RalphT)
Wooly Bully - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
Money Honey -- Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters [[1953)
[[Ralph says the Sunliners played this song.)
Telephone Man - Meri Wilson
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.
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.
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...”
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh [[A Letter from Camp) -- Allan Sherman.
[[Crossover song from the ¨Mail¨ thread.)
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.
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
The Macerana -- Los del Rio [[1992) in Venezuela
The reworked "Macarena [[Bayside Boys remix)" spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart becoming one of the longest runs atop the Hot 100 chart in history.
Everybody Loves A Lover - The Shirelles
No they don't. Strange treatment to the Doris Day classic.
Let´s Call The Whole Thing Off -- written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin [[1937) It was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as part of a celebrated dance duet on roller skates.
I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby - Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Razzle Dazzle -- Jerry Orbach [[1975) in the Broadway play Chicago¨
Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work
Yes! We Have No Bananas -- [[1923) various artists, including Spike Jones and his City Slickers.
[[Contribution from RalphT)
Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan