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"Disco Duck" is a #satirical #disco #noveltySong performed by #RickDees and His Cast of Idiots. At the time, Dees was a #Memphis disc jockey. It became a number-one hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 for one week in October 1976 (and ranked #97 out of the 100 most popular songs of the year according to Billboard magazine). It also made the top 20 on the Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart, peaking at number 15.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynWhozyOoZQ
Rick Dees and his Cast of Idiots - Disco Duck TOTP ( 1976 )

This was a 70s hit for Rick Dees and his Cast of Idiots

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MrowsterMar 23

#NowPlaying #MondayCovers #HotRod #NoveltySong

#LongBeach, CA's own #DelNoahAndTheAraratFinks rescue this Leiber & Stoller jalopy outta the junkyard of the mid-1950s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-A1wlVymhw

Chicken

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50+ MusicMar 5
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (also called "The Magic Song") is a #noveltySong, written in 1948 by #AlHoffman, #MackDavid, and #JerryLivingston. Performed in the 1950 film #Cinderella, by actress #VernaFelton, the song is sung by the #FairyGodmother as she transforms an orange pumpkin into a white carriage, four brown mice into white horses, a gray horse into a white-haired coachman and a brown dog into a white-haired footman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dv6pOGeuGs
Verna Felton - Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song) (Extended) (From "Cinderella")

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50+ MusicFeb 23
"Junk Food Junkie" is a 1975 #noveltySong by #LarryGroce. It spent 15 weeks on the U.S. charts, reaching #9 on the #Billboard #Hot100. It was Groce's #onlySongToChart. "Junk Food Junkie" spent two weeks at #31 in Canada, and it was also a minor hit on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song is currently released on #KtelInternational.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrGbMdcZBZ8
1976 HITS ARCHIVE: Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce (stereo 45)

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50+ MusicFeb 16
"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" is a #doowop style #noveltySong from 1961 by the American songwriter #BarryMann, who wrote it with #GerryGoffin. It was originally released as a single on the #ABCParamount label (10237).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmFSEP05yyg
Who Put the Bomp (Alternate Take)

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50+ MusicJan 1
"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" is a Christmas #noveltySong written by #JohnRox and performed by 10-year-old #GaylaPeevey in 1953. The song peaked at number 24 on #Billboard magazine's pop chart in December 1953.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwVSTFdAhfw
Gayla Peevey "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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50+ MusicDec 2
"My Ding-a-Ling" is a #noveltySong written and recorded by #DaveBartholomew. It was covered by Chuck Berry in 1972 and became his only number-one #Billboard #Hot100 single in the #UnitedStates. Later that year, a longer version was included on the album #TheLondonChuckBerrySessions. Guitarist Onnie McIntyre and #RobbieMcIntosh, a drummer who later formed the #AverageWhiteBand, played on the single along with #NicPotter of the British band #VanDerGraafGenerator on bass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr-YF_dTTZM
Chuck Berry: My Ding-A-Ling (Original Studio Version)

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50+ MusicNov 8
"Coconut" is a #noveltySong written and first recorded by American singer-songwriter #HarryNilsson, released as the third single from his 1971 album, #NilssonSchmilsson. It was on the U.S. #Billboard charts for 14 weeks, reaching #8, and was ranked by Billboard as the #66 song for 1972. It charted in a minor way in the UK, reaching #42. "Coconut" did best in Canada, where it peaked at #5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je98UffdN18
Coconut. Harry Nilsson. (1972)

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50+ MusicOct 27
"I've Been Everywhere" is a #noveltySong written by #Australian country singer #GeoffMack in 1959, and popularised by #LuckyStarr. A version of the song with different lyrics was popularised by #HankSnow in 1962. The song's lyrics as originally written comprise mainly the #placeNamestoponyms of various Australian towns visited by the singer. It was later adapted by Australian singer #RolfHarris with #British place names (1963).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4epAJRPMw
J-O-H-N-N-Y C-A-S-H - I've Been Everywhere - With Lyrics

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50+ MusicOct 27
"Why Don't We Get Drunk" is a #noveltySong written and performed by American singer-songwriter #JimmyBuffett. It was a B-side to "The Great Filling Station Holdup", the first #single from his 1973 album #AWhiteSportCoatAndAPinkCrustacean. A fan favorite, the song was almost always performed at Buffett's live concerts until 2007 Bama Breeze tour, after which it was only performed occasionally. Buffett wrote the song under the pseudonym Marvin Gardens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH-cPckntEY
JIMMY BUFFETT - WHY DON'T WE GET DRUNK

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