The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET)

The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - April 23, 1972

This show has 9 parts:

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

Part 1

Original Dr. Demento theme	The Persuasions
The Jumpin' Jive (Hep! Hep!) [first known play]	Cab Calloway
Nicotine Scene [only known play]	The Captions
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [only known play]	The Platters

Part 2

Christopher Columbus	Fats Waller
Walk To The Moon (excerpt) [only known play]	Freddy Cannon
Henry Goes To The Moon (Part 1) [only known play]	Ruff n' Ready
The Astronaut (excerpt) [first known play]	Bill Dana
Henry Goes To The Moon (Part 2) [only known play]	Ruff n' Ready
Short Walk [only known play]	Sonny Knight

Part 3

That's The Way We Love [only known play]	The Paramours f/ Bill Medley
The Rat [only known play]	The Steward Brothers
Op [first known play]	The Honeycones

Part 4

Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo) [first known play]	Kay Kyser & His Orchestra f/ Sully Mason, Ishkabibble, & Ginny Simms
You'll Never Get Away [only known play]	Don Cornell & Teresa Brewer
Who's On First [first known play]	Abbott & Costello
Bagpipes - That's My Bag [first known play]	Ray Stevens

Part 5

Cops And Robbers [only known play]	Bo Diddley & Jerome Green
Calling All Cars [first known play]	The Four Aces (The Human Orchestra)
Framed [first known play]	The Robins
Prison Break [only known play]	The Paramours f/ Bill Medley

Part 6

Borneo Song [only known play]	Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra f/ Bix Beiderbecke
My Boomerang Won't Come Back (long version) [first known play]	Charlie Drake
They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!	Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels)
I'm Normal	The Emperor
I Live In A Split Level Head	Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels)
I'm Normal	The Emperor
They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!	Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels)
I'm Normal	The Emperor
26 Miles (Santa Catalina) [first known play]	The Four Preps

Part 7

Sissy Man [only known play]	Joshua White
Grandma And Grandpa [only known play]	Georgia White
Shake 'Em On Down [only known play]	Bukka White
Baby Please Don't Go [only known play]	Big Joe Williams
Can't Help But Cryin' Sometime [only known play]	Joshua White

Part 8

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Okie From Muskogee [first known play]	Merle Haggard
Roll Up Some Inspiration [first known play]	Augie Meyer
The Lovely Flower [only known play]	Bill Kenny
Marihuana Boogie [first known play]	Lalo Guerrero
Mellow Pot Blues [only known play]	Buster Bennett
Chant Of The Weed [first known play]	Andre Kostelanetz
Don't Bogart Me [first known play]	The Fraternity Of Man
Texas Tea Party [only known play]	Benny Goodman f/ Jack Teagarden
The Boston Tea Party [only known play]	The Chicago Rhythm Kings (The Tune Wranglers)
story of The Boston Tea Party [only known play]	Ronald Reagan
Nix On Those Lush Heads [only known play]	Blue Lu Barker
Reefer Head Woman [first known play]	Buster Bennett Trio
Monday [only known play]	Sonny & Cher
Mary Jane [first known play]	The Everly Brothers
That Acapulco Gold [first known play]	The Rainy Daze
Henry [first known play]	The New Riders of The Purple Sage
La Cucaracha [first known play]	Salvador y Consuelo Quiroz
La Cucaracha [only known play]	Xavier Cugat
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 [first known play]	Bob Dylan
Stoned Is [first known play]	Listening

Part 9

Dunkin' Bagel [first known play]	Slim Gaillard
Dip Your Brush In The Sunshine [first known play]	Ted Lewis & His Band
Cicilian Tarantella [only known play]	Rina's Orchestra
Eh, Cumpari [first known play]	Julius LaRosa
Pepino The Italian Mouse [first known play]	Lou Monte

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