Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats [[and liddle lamzy divey) -- The Merry Macs [[1944)
[[Contribution from RalphT)
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.
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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
Daisy Bell [[Bicycle Built for Two) -- originally recorded by 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
New Shoes - The Busboys
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¨
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.
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.
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".
The Ballad Of Irving - Frank Gallop [[1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD8EtvWW8nw
We Didn´t Start the Fire -- Billy Joel [[1989)
It´s Still Rock and Roll To Me -- Billy Joel [[1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eAQa4MOGkE
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.
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
My Male Curiosity - Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Charlie Brown - The Coasters
Jambalaya -- Hank Williams [[1954)
***** Fats Domino [[1961) ******
Kid Stuff - Twennynine feat. Lenny White
Sing -- The Carpenters [[1973), written for Sesame Street as its signature song.
¨Sing.
Sing a song.
Sing out loud, sing out strong.¨
Hot Diggity [[Dog Ziggity Boom) -- Perry Como [[1956)
¨Hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom what you do to me
When you're holding me tight¨
Who Let The Dogs Out - Baha Men
Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch -- Weird Al Jankovic
I´ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts -- Merv Griffin with Freddy Martin and his orchestra [[1950)
A Boy Named Sue -- Johnny Cash, written by Shel Silverstein [[1969)
Dog Talk - K-9 Corp feat. Pretty C
Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes
On the Good Ship Lollipop -- Shirley Temple [[1934)
The "ship" referred to in the song is an aircraft; the scene in Bright Eyes,
where the song appears, takes place on a taxiing American Airlines Douglas DC-2.
[[Cross posting to our sun, moon and stars thread.)
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Two Triple Cheese Side Order Of Fries - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Dentist -- Steve Martin [[1989) from Little Shop of Horrors
I Left My Wallet In El Segundo - A Tribe Called Quest
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life -- Eric Idle [[Monty Python) 1979
Funky Worm - Ohio Players
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