Novelty Records

The definition of a novelty record is somewhat vague, so let's just
say these records were unique and made us smile (or cringe).
We've included YouTube links where available (For more examples, see Wikipedia.)

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	(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?
	A Boy Named Sue
	Ahab the Arab
	The Ballad of Davy Crockett
	The Battle of New Orleans
	Beep, Beep
	Ben Crazy
	Chicken Fat 3 member comments
	The Chipmunk Song
	Dead Skunk
	Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour
	Gitarzan
	Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh
	I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat
	I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman 1 member comment
	Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
	Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)
	Leader of the Laundromat
	Martian Hop
	Monster Mash
	Mr. Custer
	My Ding-a-Ling
	The Name Game
	Old Rivers
	On Top of Spaghetti
	The Purple People Eater
	Ringo
	Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat)
	Sink the Bismark
	Snoopy vs. The Red Baron
	Speedy Gonzales
	Telstar
	They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
	The Thing
	Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
	Tiptoe Through the Tulips
	Transfusion
	Witch Doctor

There are 7 general comments for this gallery.

Posted by Rivvy at 11:44 pm (PDT) on Sun May 6, 2012
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida...and not only that classic mystery "lyric", but also, way too long...another example of "penny wise, pound foolish" Studio time, then, not that hard to cover! For the time spent on that, they could have done a retake!...of course it was supposed to be "In the Garden of Eden" Chick in the booth here! Still, I'm kinda fond of it that way!
Posted by GlenEllyn at 2:35 pm (PDT) on Sun June 17, 2012
"The Streak" by Ray Stevens, or how about The Pipkins' song, "Gimme Dat Ding."
Posted by RonM at 4:05 am (PDT) on Tue April 9, 2013
Two that immediately come to my mind are The Martian Hop by the Ran-Dells and, maybe not so much a one hit wonder, but Old Rivers sung, or actually spoken by, Walter Brennan.
Posted by Duff at 3:48 pm (PDT) on Tue April 9, 2013
Dickie Goodman's "Ben Crazy" used short clips from several records. If I'm not mistaken, that Walter Brennan record was one of them.
Posted by RonM at 7:41 am (PDT) on Thu April 11, 2013
Just thought of another song that was very popular in the day: Seven Little Girls (Sittin' in the Back Seat).
Posted by Duff at 7:30 pm (PDT) on Mon April 15, 2013
Thanks, RonM. All three are here now. I'd never heard "Martian Hop" before, nor the full version of "Old Rivers" -- and I had nearly forgotten "Seven Little Girls".
Posted by Duff at 8:08 pm (PDT) on Tue May 14, 2013
I owned only a dozen or so 45s as a kid. Almost all of them were novelty records, and most (if not all) of them are in this gallery.

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