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Summary:

Novelty records were the court jesters of rock'n'roll, brightening up the Hot 100 and putting a smile on everybody's face.

Table of Contents:

• Martian hop (The Ran-Dells) (2:14)
• Mr. Bass Man (Johnny Cymbal) (2:33)
• I want my baby back (Jimmy Cross) (3:21)
• Baby sittin' boogie (Buzz Clifford) (2:01)
• Yogi (The Ivy Three) (2:35)
• Ape call (Nervous Norvus) (2:34)
• Delicious! (Jim Backus & friend) (3:04)
• Long Tall Texan (Murry Kellum) (2:03)
• Mr Custer (Larry Verne) (3:05)
• The purple people eater (Sheb Wooley) (2:12)
• The flying saucer, Part 1 (Buchanan & Goodman) (2:34)
• Rip Van Winkle (The Devotions) (2:17)
• Witch doctor (David Seville) (2:20)
• Russian band stand (Spencer & Spencer) (1:48)
• Beep beep (The Playmates) (2:28)
• More money for you and me (The Four Preps) (4:47)
• The mummy (Bob McFadden & Dor) (1:58)
• The blob (The Five Blobs) (2:39)
• The little space girl (Jesse Lee Turner) (2:50)
• Kookie, Kookie (lend me your comb) (Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens) (2:03)

• Itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow ploka dot bikini (Brian Hyland) (2:21)
• Who put the bomp (in the bomp, bomp, bomp) (Barry Mann) (2:42)
• Psycho (Bobby Hendricks) (2:27)
• Ahab, the Arab (Ray Stevens) (2:49)
• Haunted House (Gene Summons) (2:32)
• Alley-oop (The Dyna-Sores) (2:32)
• The old payola roll blues side 1 (Stan Freberg) (4:23)
• Ambrose part 5 (Linda Laurie) (2:33)
• Leader of the laundromat (The Detergents) (3:10)
• They're coming to take me away, Ha-haa! (Napoleon XIV) (2:12).

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Contributors:

Cymbal, Johnny, 1945-1993 , performer

Cross, Jimmy, 1938-1978 , performer

Clifford, Buzz , performer

Backus, Jim , performer

Kellum, Murry , performer

Nervous Norvus, 1912-1968 , performer

Verne, Larry , performer

Wooley, Sheb, 1921-2003 , performer

Seville, David , performer

McFadden, Bob , performer

Dor, 1933-2005 , performer

Turner, Jesse Lee , performer

Byrnes, Edd, 1933-2020 , performer

Stevens, Connie, 1938- , performer

Hyland, Brian , performer

Mann, Barry , performer

Hendricks, Bobby , performer

Stevens, Ray, 1939- , performer

Freberg, Stan , performer

Laurie, Linda, 1941-2009 , performer

Napoleon XIV , performer

Simmons, Gene, 1933-2006 , performer

Ran-Dells (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Ivy Three (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Buchanan and Goodman , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Devotions (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Spencer and Spencer , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Playmates (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Four Preps (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Five Blobs (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Dyna-Sores (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Detergents (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Rock music — To 1961

Rock music — 1961-1970

Popular music — 1951-1960

Popular music — 1961-1970

To 1970

Popular music

Rock music

Genres:

Rock music

Popular music

Performers:

Various artists.

General Notes:

From the collection of Wayne and Kathy Zatopek.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 157,133

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 029667198028
Publisher Number, Ace: CDCHD 980

OCLC Numbers:

1011802501