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...
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...
They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
¨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
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Along Came Jones - The Coasters
Monster Mash - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers
Mama Will Bark - Frank Sinatra and Dagmar
IT AIN'T SANITARY...THE COASTERS-[with the classic line]THERE'S AN EPIDEMIC GOING AROUND!
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane -- The Ames Brothers [[1954)
I'm A Nut - Leroy Pullins
Ray Stevens' "The Streak" and for that matter, quite a few of his others.
Aba Daba Honeymoon -- Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter [[1950)
You Can´t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd -- Roger Miller [[1965)
Loving You Has Made Me Bananas - Guy Marks
Ever See A Diver Kiss His Wife While The Bubbles Bounce About Above The Water? - Shirley Ellis
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
So when were silly records ever like picking high hanging fruit...?
My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry
And I think it is your Birthday tomorrow?.....sing lots of silly songs...
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Never. R&B has a long happy history of making some of the silliest lyrics imaginable.
Love Potion No. 9 - The Clovers
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 for the four weeks encompassing the
Christmas holidays that year.
Backing vocalists on the recording included Graham Nash [[of The Hollies),
Elton John [[then Reg Dwight), and Tim Rice; while Jack Bruce [[of Cream)
played the bass guitar.
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The Unicorn -- The Irish Rovers [[1968)
Bibbidi-Bobbidy-Boo -- originally in Cinderella movie in 1948 recorded by various artists, including Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, Perry Como and Jo Stafford.
Winchester Cathedral -- The New Vaudeville Band [[1966)
Who Put The Bomp - Barry Mann
Disco Duck - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots
Love Stinks - J. Geil Bands
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland
Do-Wacka-Do -- Roger Miller [[1965)
Just about anything by Roger Miller makes ya laugh.
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Beep Beep -- The Little Nash Rambler The Playmates [[1958)
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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¨
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Choo'n Gum -- Teresa Brewer -[[1950)
Alley-Oop - The Hollywood Argyles
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.
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.
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Maxwellś Silver Hammer -- The Beatles [[1969)
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Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen
>>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.
Clancy Lowered the Boom -- made famous by Dennis Day on Jack Benny's radio program
briefly charted in the No. 23 spot in the Billboard charts in 1949.
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Gimme Dat Ding - The Pipkins, 1970
[[UK #6; Cash Box #7; Billboard #9)
Mr. Custer - Larry Verne
Tutti Frutti -- Little Richard [[1955)
Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green And Purple Pills - Ray Stevens
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
Making Love to You is Just Like Eating Peanuts by Sue Thompson
Dang Me -- Roger Miller [[1964)
Money Money Money -- Abba [[1976)
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Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour [[On The Bedpost Overnight?) - Lonnie Donegan, 1959
UK #3; Billboard #5, Cashbox #6
Boney Maroni -- Larry Williams [[1957)
#4 [[U.S. BillboardR&B)
#14 [[U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
Great Balls of Fire -- Jerry Lee Lewis [[1958)
one of the best-selling singles in the United States, as well as one of the world's best-selling singles of all time
Ralph says that some of these are just plain rock and roll songs. I say, if it makes you smile, it counts.
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...
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<<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.)
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