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The Dr. Demento Show #10-20 - May 16, 2010
Topic: The golden era of novelty hit singles (the years from 1956 to 1966)

This show has 9 parts:

Audio for this show has been disabled at the request of Dr. Demento. Visit drdemento.com to listen.

Part 2
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Boston Tea PartyStan Freberg
Never Tell A Woman Yes  [first known play]The Monkees
Be PreparedTom Lehrer
- With Whimsical Will
Part 4
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Charlie BrownThe Coasters
The ClassChubby Checker
Ski King  [first known play]E.C. Beaty
Russian Band StandSpencer & Spencer
Alley OopThe Hollywood Argyles
Psycho  [first known play]Bobby Hendrix
Part 5
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Who Put The BompBarry Mann
The Big Draft  [first known play]The Four Preps
The John Birch SocietyThe Chad Mitchell Trio
SpeedballRay Stevens
Lone Teen Ranger  [first known play]Jerry Landis
Part 7
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They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!Napoleon XIV
Part 8
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Blah Blah Blah [online version only]  [only known play]Nicola Paone
Ahab The Arab [online version only]Ray Stevens
Don't Go Near The Eskimos [online version only]Ben Colder
Speedy Gonzales [online version only]Pat Boone
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport [online version only]Rolf Harris
Pepino The Italian Mouse [online version only]Lou Monte
Part 9
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Messages about the show: "The Dr. Demento Show #10-20 - May 16, 2010"

Tim P. Ryan   Offline  -  Participant, MP3  -  05-27-10 10:18 AM  -  14 years ago
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This relates to conversations/forum thread we have elsewhere.
Basicly this show spends over an hour playing songs from 44 to 55 years old. I enjoyed it. Great to hear some of the pop radio fun and funny tunes.
However, if in 1985 Dr. Demento dedicated half a show to playing tunes 44 to 55 years old, 1930 to 1941, I don't think the national stations or KMET would have been happy. While the audience liked the occasional trip back in time, I don't think the audience would have liked it either. (I would have dug it.) Is it from the Boomers holding onto their old music longer? I think part of it is the fidelity gap that separates 1930 from 1960, while 1960 records easily play on 2010 radio, while 1970 records are very much part of 2010 radio.

Would an earlier era have been The Bronze Age of novelty hit singles. Would 1967-1977 have come in to win the Silver?
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