25 All Time Novelty Hits
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Brand: 25 ALL-TIME NOVELTY HITSEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-04-23
Music Label: Varese Sarabande
Soundtracks:
- Flying Saucer, Pts. 1-2
- Western Movies
- Baby Talk
- The All-American Boy
- The Ballad of Davy Crockett [Original Single Version]
- Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat
- Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu
- Got a Match?
- Shaving Cream
- Hot Rod Lincoln
- Alley-Oop
- Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight
- Mr. Custer
- Yogi
- The Mummy
- Surfin' Bird
- The Jolly Green Giant
- Juanita Banana
- Martian Hop
- Gitarzan [Original Mono Single]
- Junk Food Junkie
- Gimme Dat Ding
- Telephone Man
- Mr. Jaws
- They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!
Free Music Notes for 25 All Time Novelty Hits
Free Music Review: Not "THE" Greatest - But Certainly 25 Of The Best
Hit: 5 Stars
I think one of the other reviewers missed the point on this excellent package from Varèse Sarabande: it doesn't claim to be THE 25 all-time novelty hits - just 25 of a number that have an enduring dearness for those of us who appreciated a break from R&R, pop, C&W, disco, Soul, R&B or whatever during the 1950s through 1970s.
It even reaches back to 1946 for Shaving Cream by Benny Bell [real name Ben Samberg], a sensation at that time for its suggestive lyrics, and revived in 1975 thanks to Dr. Demento.
That reviewer is bang on, however, in saying that this offers some really hard-to-find ORIGINAL hits like The Daddy-O's catchy 1958 instrumental Got A Match? to The Jolly Green Giant, a 1965 hit for The Kingsmen that is more often-than-not presented on compilations as a re-make. The same applies to Lonnie Donegan's classic Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On The Bedpost Over Night). Thank you Varèse Sarabande for not only giving us the originals, but for the excellent quality of each and every track.
Six pages of liner notes by NYC DJ Andy Anderson provide a wealth of information on each track [the reverse shows labels and numbers and chart performances] and the artist concerned, interspersed with LP/picture sleeve reproductions. In the notes he mentions the law suit that faced Buchanan & Goodman when they first brought out The Flying Saucer in 1956 using cuts from the hit records of the day. The judge's ultimate decision was in itself a classic, as you will see when you read it. And, fittingly, the entire package is dedicated to the memory of Dickie Goodman, who committed suicide back on November 6, 1989.
While there are countless other great novelty hits covering that span I cannot find fault with this offering, either for its content or presentation. How about a Volume 2 Varèse Sarabande?? And then a Volume 3? Great stuff.
25 All Time Novelty Hits Poster
This compilation contains many sought-after novelty hits on CD for the first time, including 'Got A Match', 'by the Daddy-O's 'Yogi' by The Ivy Three and 'Juanita Banana' by The Peels. 2002.Country Music CDs
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