Happy July 4: The Wild, Wild World Of Novelty Songs
Dance and laugh around your computer to these classic novelty songs and music videos!
I’ve always loved novelty records especially when the joke is really funny and one of my favorites is Julie Brown’s MTV hit THE HOMECOMING QUEEN’S GOT A GUN. As time passed the song was censored, finally being removed from circulation. Here is the unedited version:
Here is a playlist of 22 novelty songs that pick and choose from or click on PLAY ALL for the full experience: Click here for NOVELTY SONGS PLAYLIST
Allan Sherman was king of novelty songs in the 60’s:
This was his biggest hit:
Before him there was Spike Jones, we did a entire post on Spike and his band:
DJ PsychoMike Presents SPIKE JONES! The Sex Pistols sang about anarchy, Spike WAS Anarchy!
Spike Jones played in classical music orchestras and was bored with playing the same music the same way every night, so he gathered together like-minded musicians and including instruments such as pots, pans, whistles and gunshots began murdering music. This was the first music film I saw of him and when I realized Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and so many of my fav cartoon characters I had to know more about Spike Jones. Mel by the way, is wearing the hat at the opening of the short and provides hiccups:
One of the most timeless and favorite novelty songs is Bobby Pickett singing MONSTER MASH:
Jim Stafford did a gender bender that was a huge international hit:
You can click here for a playlist of 22 novelty songs:
Click here for NOVELTY SONGS VIDEO PLAYLIST
Here are a few of the earliest novelty songs: OPEN THE DOOR, RICHARD:
Phil Harris does THE THING:
Let’s trip out with William Shatner singing LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS:
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