Various Artists - Three Decades of Classic Novelty Hits (CD)

Details: Novelty songs, spoken-word recordings, topical songs, parodies - these were the records that made you stop what you were doing and look at the radio in amazement. The ones that made you exclaim, "How do they come up with this stuff?" 3; Now Complete 60s has gathered 30+ years' worth of the best and hardest-to-find novelties on a 28-track package called Three Decades Of Classic Novelty Hits. It offers more than just laughs, though: You'll find plenty of funny songs - like Guy Marks' "Loving You Has Made Me Bananas" and Susan Christie's "I Love Onions" - but also a number of oddball hits that are just plain different. We have tearjerkers, like Jimmy Dean's Mother's Day classic, "I.O.U." We have the utter insanity of The Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird" (in first-time stereo!) and Napoleon XIV's "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" We even included the complete, super hard-to-find Stars on 45 Original #1 Medley from 1981 that features not only 10 spot-on impressions of famous hits but also the longest song title in the history of the Billboard charts! As Mel Blanc might say, that's not all, folks! Also included is The Carefrees' "We Love You Beatles" - the only Beatles tribute record to crack the U.S. Top 40. And great parodies, like Frank Gallop's "The Ballad Of Irving" and Homer & Jethro's "The Battle Of Kookamonga." And much, much more.

Tracklist:

1. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Tex Williams
2. I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts Freddy Martin ; His Orchestra
3. Shaving Cream Benny Bell
4. Rare on CD I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat Mel Blanc
5. The Hokey Pokey Ray Anthony ; His Orchestra
6. Come On-A My House Rosemary Clooney
7. The Doggie in the Window Patti Page
8. Rare on CD the Ballad of Davy Crockett Fess Parker
9. The Battle of Kookamonga Homer ; Jethro
10. Rare on CD Hot Rod Lincoln Charlie Ryan
11. Rare on CD Auctioneer Leroy Van Dyke
12. Old Rivers Walter Brennan
13. Rare on CD the Old Philosopher Eddie Lawrence
14. Jeremiah Peabody's... Green and Purple Pills Ray Stevens
15. Rare on CD the Blob the 5 Blobs
16. Teach Me Tiger April Stevens
17. Rare on CD Poisoning Pigeons in the Park Tom Lehrer
18. Rare on CD Lizzie Borden the Chad Mitchell Trio
19. Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport Rolf Harris
20. Single Version Debut on Top of Spaghetti Tom Glazer ; the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus
21. U.S. CD Debut We Love You Beatles the Carefrees
22. Rare on CD the Ballad of Irving Frank Gallop
23. Des Stereo Debut! Surfin' Bird the Trashmen
24. They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa! Napoleon XIV
25. Rare on CD I Love Onions Susan Christie
26. Rare on CD Loving You Has Made Me Bananas Guy Marks
27. Rare on CD I.O.U. Jimmy Dean
28. Rare on CD Medley #1 (Original Hit) Stars on 45