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