50+ MusicApr 7
"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=jet7Ue743Do
Hank Snow - I've Been Everywhere (Audio)

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50+ MusicApr 1
"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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