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  1. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (also called "The Magic Song") is a #noveltySong, written in 1948 by #AlHoffman, #MackDavid, and #JerryLivingston. Performed in the 1950 film #Cinderella, by actress #VernaFelton, the song is sung by the #FairyGodmother as she transforms an orange pumpkin into a white carriage, four brown mice into white horses, a gray horse into a white-haired coachman and a brown dog into a white-haired footman.
    youtube.com/watch?v=eCDO3vnNQWc

  2. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (also called "The Magic Song") is a #noveltySong, written in 1948 by #AlHoffman, #MackDavid, and #JerryLivingston. Performed in the 1950 film #Cinderella, by actress #VernaFelton, the song is sung by the #FairyGodmother as she transforms an orange pumpkin into a white carriage, four brown mice into white horses, a gray horse into a white-haired coachman and a brown dog into a white-haired footman.
    youtube.com/watch?v=eCDO3vnNQWc

  3. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (also called "The Magic Song") is a #noveltySong, written in 1948 by #AlHoffman, #MackDavid, and #JerryLivingston. Performed in the 1950 film #Cinderella, by actress #VernaFelton, the song is sung by the #FairyGodmother as she transforms an orange pumpkin into a white carriage, four brown mice into white horses, a gray horse into a white-haired coachman and a brown dog into a white-haired footman.
    youtube.com/watch?v=eCDO3vnNQWc

  4. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (also called "The Magic Song") is a #noveltySong, written in 1948 by #AlHoffman, #MackDavid, and #JerryLivingston. Performed in the 1950 film #Cinderella, by actress #VernaFelton, the song is sung by the #FairyGodmother as she transforms an orange pumpkin into a white carriage, four brown mice into white horses, a gray horse into a white-haired coachman and a brown dog into a white-haired footman.
    youtube.com/watch?v=eCDO3vnNQWc

  5. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (also called "The Magic Song") is a #noveltySong, written in 1948 by #AlHoffman, #MackDavid, and #JerryLivingston. Performed in the 1950 film #Cinderella, by actress #VernaFelton, the song is sung by the #FairyGodmother as she transforms an orange pumpkin into a white carriage, four brown mice into white horses, a gray horse into a white-haired coachman and a brown dog into a white-haired footman.
    youtube.com/watch?v=eCDO3vnNQWc

  6. "I've Been Everywhere" is a #noveltySong written by #Australian country singer #GeoffMack in 1959, and popularised by #LuckyStarr. A version of the song with different lyrics was popularised by #HankSnow in 1962. The song's lyrics as originally written comprise mainly the #placeNamestoponyms of various Australian towns visited by the singer. It was later adapted by Australian singer #RolfHarris with #British place names (1963).
    youtube.com/watch?v=jet7Ue743Do

  7. "Disco Duck" is a #satirical #disco #noveltySong performed by #RickDees and His Cast of Idiots. At the time, Dees was a #Memphis disc jockey. It became a number-one hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 for one week in October 1976 (and ranked #97 out of the 100 most popular songs of the year according to Billboard magazine). It also made the top 20 on the Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart, peaking at number 15.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ynWhozyOoZQ

  8. "Disco Duck" is a #satirical #disco #noveltySong performed by #RickDees and His Cast of Idiots. At the time, Dees was a #Memphis disc jockey. It became a number-one hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 for one week in October 1976 (and ranked #97 out of the 100 most popular songs of the year according to Billboard magazine). It also made the top 20 on the Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart, peaking at number 15.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ynWhozyOoZQ

  9. "Disco Duck" is a #satirical #disco #noveltySong performed by #RickDees and His Cast of Idiots. At the time, Dees was a #Memphis disc jockey. It became a number-one hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 for one week in October 1976 (and ranked #97 out of the 100 most popular songs of the year according to Billboard magazine). It also made the top 20 on the Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart, peaking at number 15.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ynWhozyOoZQ

  10. "Disco Duck" is a #satirical #disco #noveltySong performed by #RickDees and His Cast of Idiots. At the time, Dees was a #Memphis disc jockey. It became a number-one hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 for one week in October 1976 (and ranked #97 out of the 100 most popular songs of the year according to Billboard magazine). It also made the top 20 on the Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart, peaking at number 15.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ynWhozyOoZQ

  11. "Disco Duck" is a #satirical #disco #noveltySong performed by #RickDees and His Cast of Idiots. At the time, Dees was a #Memphis disc jockey. It became a number-one hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 for one week in October 1976 (and ranked #97 out of the 100 most popular songs of the year according to Billboard magazine). It also made the top 20 on the Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart, peaking at number 15.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ynWhozyOoZQ

  12. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (also called "The Magic Song") is a #noveltySong, written in 1948 by #AlHoffman, #MackDavid, and #JerryLivingston. Performed in the 1950 film #Cinderella, by actress #VernaFelton, the song is sung by the #FairyGodmother as she transforms an orange pumpkin into a white carriage, four brown mice into white horses, a gray horse into a white-haired coachman and a brown dog into a white-haired footman.
    youtube.com/watch?v=5dv6pOGeuGs

  13. "Junk Food Junkie" is a 1975 #noveltySong by #LarryGroce. It spent 15 weeks on the U.S. charts, reaching #9 on the #Billboard #Hot100. It was Groce's #onlySongToChart. "Junk Food Junkie" spent two weeks at #31 in Canada, and it was also a minor hit on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song is currently released on #KtelInternational.
    youtube.com/watch?v=RrGbMdcZBZ8

  14. "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" is a #doowop style #noveltySong from 1961 by the American songwriter #BarryMann, who wrote it with #GerryGoffin. It was originally released as a single on the #ABCParamount label (10237).
    youtube.com/watch?v=MmFSEP05yyg

  15. "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" is a Christmas #noveltySong written by #JohnRox and performed by 10-year-old #GaylaPeevey in 1953. The song peaked at number 24 on #Billboard magazine's pop chart in December 1953.
    youtube.com/watch?v=KwVSTFdAhfw

  16. "My Ding-a-Ling" is a #noveltySong written and recorded by #DaveBartholomew. It was covered by Chuck Berry in 1972 and became his only number-one #Billboard #Hot100 single in the #UnitedStates. Later that year, a longer version was included on the album #TheLondonChuckBerrySessions. Guitarist Onnie McIntyre and #RobbieMcIntosh, a drummer who later formed the #AverageWhiteBand, played on the single along with #NicPotter of the British band #VanDerGraafGenerator on bass.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Tr-YF_dTTZM

  17. "Coconut" is a #noveltySong written and first recorded by American singer-songwriter #HarryNilsson, released as the third single from his 1971 album, #NilssonSchmilsson. It was on the U.S. #Billboard charts for 14 weeks, reaching #8, and was ranked by Billboard as the #66 song for 1972. It charted in a minor way in the UK, reaching #42. "Coconut" did best in Canada, where it peaked at #5.
    youtube.com/watch?v=je98UffdN18

  18. "I've Been Everywhere" is a #noveltySong written by #Australian country singer #GeoffMack in 1959, and popularised by #LuckyStarr. A version of the song with different lyrics was popularised by #HankSnow in 1962. The song's lyrics as originally written comprise mainly the #placeNamestoponyms of various Australian towns visited by the singer. It was later adapted by Australian singer #RolfHarris with #British place names (1963).
    youtube.com/watch?v=ov4epAJRPMw

  19. "Why Don't We Get Drunk" is a #noveltySong written and performed by American singer-songwriter #JimmyBuffett. It was a B-side to "The Great Filling Station Holdup", the first #single from his 1973 album #AWhiteSportCoatAndAPinkCrustacean. A fan favorite, the song was almost always performed at Buffett's live concerts until 2007 Bama Breeze tour, after which it was only performed occasionally. Buffett wrote the song under the pseudonym Marvin Gardens.
    youtube.com/watch?v=zH-cPckntEY

  20. "I've Been Everywhere" is a #noveltySong written by #Australian country singer #GeoffMack in 1959, and popularised by #LuckyStarr. A version of the song with different lyrics was popularised by #HankSnow in 1962. The song's lyrics as originally written comprise mainly the #placeNamestoponyms of various Australian towns visited by the singer. It was later adapted by Australian singer #RolfHarris with #British place names (1963).
    youtube.com/watch?v=MInmh0jhm2A

  21. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (also called "The Magic Song") is a #noveltySong, written in 1948 by #AlHoffman, #MackDavid, and #JerryLivingston. Performed in the 1950 film #Cinderella, by actress #VernaFelton, the song is sung by the #FairyGodmother as she transforms an orange pumpkin into a white carriage, four brown mice into white horses, a gray horse into a white-haired coachman and a brown dog into a white-haired footman.
    youtube.com/watch?v=B7zyb-VV8ZM

  22. "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" is a #popular #noveltySong written by #BobMerrill and first registered on September 25, 1952, as "The Doggie in the Window". On January 27, 1953, its sheet music was published in #NewYork as "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window". The best-known version of the song was #theOriginal, #recorded by #PattiPage on December 18, 1952, and released in January 1953 by #MercuryRecords as catalog numbers 70070 (#78Rpm).
    youtube.com/watch?v=Aqwq4AgMiik

  23. "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" is a #noveltySong telling the story of a shy girl wearing a revealing #polkaDot #bikini at the beach. It was written by #PaulVance and #LeePockriss and first released in June 1960 by #BrianHyland, with an orchestra conducted by John Dixon. The Hyland version reached #numberOne on the #Billboard Hot 100, selling a million copies in the US, and was a worldwide hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ICkWjdQuK7Q

  24. "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" is a #noveltySong telling the story of a shy girl wearing a revealing #polkaDot #bikini at the beach. It was written by #PaulVance and #LeePockriss and first released in June 1960 by #BrianHyland, with an orchestra conducted by John Dixon. The Hyland version reached #numberOne on the #Billboard Hot 100, selling a million copies in the US, and was a worldwide hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ICkWjdQuK7Q

  25. "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" is a #noveltySong telling the story of a shy girl wearing a revealing #polkaDot #bikini at the beach. It was written by #PaulVance and #LeePockriss and first released in June 1960 by #BrianHyland, with an orchestra conducted by John Dixon. The Hyland version reached #numberOne on the #Billboard Hot 100, selling a million copies in the US, and was a worldwide hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ICkWjdQuK7Q

  26. "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" is a #noveltySong telling the story of a shy girl wearing a revealing #polkaDot #bikini at the beach. It was written by #PaulVance and #LeePockriss and first released in June 1960 by #BrianHyland, with an orchestra conducted by John Dixon. The Hyland version reached #numberOne on the #Billboard Hot 100, selling a million copies in the US, and was a worldwide hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ICkWjdQuK7Q

  27. "I've Been Everywhere" is a #noveltySong written by #Australian country singer #GeoffMack in 1959, and popularised by #LuckyStarr. A version of the song with different lyrics was popularised by #HankSnow in 1962. The song's lyrics as originally written comprise mainly the #placeNamestoponyms of various Australian towns visited by the singer. It was later adapted by Australian singer #RolfHarris with #British place names (1963).
    youtube.com/watch?v=1zJDJhfph30

  28. "Coconut" is a #noveltySong written and first recorded by American singer-songwriter #HarryNilsson, released as the third single from his 1971 album, #NilssonSchmilsson. It was on the U.S. #Billboard charts for 14 weeks, reaching #8, and was ranked by Billboard as the #66 song for 1972. It charted in a minor way in the UK, reaching #42. "Coconut" did best in Canada, where it peaked at #5.
    youtube.com/watch?v=BQYg8WnpBbo

  29. "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" is a #doowop style #noveltySong from 1961 by the American songwriter #BarryMann, who wrote it with #GerryGoffin. It was originally released as a single on the #ABCParamount label (10237).
    youtube.com/watch?v=lTLePdlTyB0

  30. "(The) Rock and Roll Waltz" is a #popular song with music by #ShortyAllen and lyrics by #RoyAlfred in 1955, although the original copyright assigned the lyrics to Alfred's mother, Jeanne, under the pseudonym 'Dick Ware'. As the title suggests, this #noveltySong is a #waltz in #tripleMetre, but it also contains a bass #riff that is reminiscent of typical #boogieWoogie and #rockAndRoll riffs.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Q7kdK_L_Yts

  31. "Brillo, Spit-Brillo", a filk of the song from Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Mikado", is now released as track 2 on my novelty song album "The Wreck of the Ella Fitzgerald". Please enjoy!

    music.futzle.com/wreck-of-the-

    #BrilloSpitBrillo #Filk #FilkDiaries #NoveltySong #NewMusic #SingerSongwriter #IndyMusic #Comedy #BigBoatStuck

  32. "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" is a #doowop style #noveltySong from 1961 by the American songwriter #BarryMann, who wrote it with #GerryGoffin. It was originally released as a single on the #ABCParamount label (10237).
    youtube.com/watch?v=kKpZe_X9hTs

  33. "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" is a #noveltySong telling the story of a shy girl wearing a revealing #polkaDot #bikini at the beach. It was written by #PaulVance and #LeePockriss and first released in June 1960 by #BrianHyland, with an orchestra conducted by John Dixon. The Hyland version reached #numberOne on the #Billboard Hot 100, selling a million copies in the US, and was a worldwide hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=N8dWvC7asAE

  34. "Coconut" is a #noveltySong written and first recorded by American singer-songwriter #HarryNilsson, released as the third single from his 1971 album, #NilssonSchmilsson. It was on the U.S. #Billboard charts for 14 weeks, reaching #8, and was ranked by Billboard as the #66 song for 1972. It charted in a minor way in the UK, reaching #42. "Coconut" did best in Canada, where it peaked at #5.
    youtube.com/watch?v=TsSuueEGQSM

  35. "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" is a #noveltySong written by #PhilGernhard and #DickHoller and recorded in 1966 by the Florida-based pop group #TheRoyalGuardsmen. The song was recorded at the Charles Fuller Productions studio in Tampa, Florida, and was released as a #single on #LaurieRecords. Debuting at #122 on the #BubblingUnderTheHot100 on December 10, 1966, the single skyrocketed to #30 on December 17, 1966, shot up again to #7 on December 24, 1966.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Oxzg_iM-T4E

  36. "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" is a #noveltySong written by #PhilGernhard and #DickHoller and recorded in 1966 by the Florida-based pop group #TheRoyalGuardsmen. The song was recorded at the Charles Fuller Productions studio in Tampa, Florida, and was released as a #single on #LaurieRecords. Debuting at #122 on the #BubblingUnderTheHot100 on December 10, 1966, the single skyrocketed to #30 on December 17, 1966, shot up again to #7 on December 24, 1966.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Oxzg_iM-T4E

  37. "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" is a #noveltySong written by #PhilGernhard and #DickHoller and recorded in 1966 by the Florida-based pop group #TheRoyalGuardsmen. The song was recorded at the Charles Fuller Productions studio in Tampa, Florida, and was released as a #single on #LaurieRecords. Debuting at #122 on the #BubblingUnderTheHot100 on December 10, 1966, the single skyrocketed to #30 on December 17, 1966, shot up again to #7 on December 24, 1966.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Oxzg_iM-T4E