December 26, 2004: The Second-Ever Boxing Day 45 RPM Novelty Record-A-Rama
"45 RPM December" concludes with a program consisting exclusively of novelty records, as i assume most listeners are out of town.
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Arbogast & Ross
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Chaos Part I
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Liberty
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Ran-Dells
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Martian Hop
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Chairman
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Detergents
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Double-O-Seven
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Roulette
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Featuring Ron Dante, who was the singing voice of Archie on the Archies' "Sugar Sugar"
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Cindy & Lindy
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You Can't Mail an Elephant
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Coral
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Co-written by Bix Reichner
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Arbogast & Ross
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Chaos Part II
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Liberty
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Jim Bakus and Friend
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Delicious
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Jubilee
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[sic]
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Nutty Squirrels
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Uh! Oh! Part 1
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Hanover
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Fowls
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The Yanks Are the Champs
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Rotten Rat
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Chicago Cubs
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Pennant Fever
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Chess
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Roosevelt Grier
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Pizza Pie Man
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D-Town
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Singing Dogs
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Oh! Susanna
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RCA
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Singing Sheep
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Baa Baa Black Sheep
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Sheep
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Bill Saluga
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Dancin' Johnson (Part 1)
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A&M
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You can call him Ray, or you can call him Jay, et cetera, et cetera. But ya doesn't hasta call him Johnson!
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Irene "Granny" Ryan
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No Time At All
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Motown
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This actress, who played Daisy "Granny" Moses on The Beverly Hillbillies, is undoubtedly the most unlikely Motown recording artist ever.
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Ted Cassidy as Lurch
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The Lurch
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Capitol
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Vince Edwards
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Squeelin Parrot (Twist)
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Russ-Fi
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I've said it before, and i still maintain that "Squeelin Parrot (Twist)," by Vince Edwards, is the greatest song ever recorded!
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Señor Wences
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’S-All Right? ’S-All Right!
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Joy
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Proof that ventriloquism can work on a record
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Arnold Stang and Leroy Holmes
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Lotsa Luck, Charlie
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MGM
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Dedicated to Listener Carol
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T. Lance & the Coctails
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Abba-Dabba-Do Dance
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Telstar
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WFMU DJ Todd-O-Phonic Todd is involved with this recording in some capacity.
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Sea Monkeys
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Food Emporium
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Vital Music
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With WFMU's Dave the Spazz on lead vocals
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Vince Edwards
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Squeelin Parrot (Twist)
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Russ-Fi
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The only record i play more than once per show as a matter of course
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Spats
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The Roach
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Enith International
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A garage-rock cover of the Gene and Wendell classic
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Judge ’n Jury
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Roaches
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Verve
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Harmon Bethea
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Roaches
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Musicor
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The artist also known as the Maskman
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Barnstormers
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Bug Stompin' (Stomp That Roach)
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Capitol
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Manchesters
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I Don't Come From England
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Vee-Jay
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Written and performed by the great, great David Gates, later of Bread
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Senator Bobby
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Wild Thing
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Parkway
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This is not really sung by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY). This impersonation was credited to the Hardly Worthit Players.
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Peels
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Juanita Banana
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Karate
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Los Tres Sudamericanos
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Juanita Banana
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Belter
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Same song as the preceding one but sung in Miss Banana's native Spanish
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Freshies
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I Can't Get "Bouncing Babies" by the Teardrop Explodes
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Razz/MCA
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Inconceivables
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Hamburger Patti
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Columbia
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Mickey Katz
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Sixteen Tons
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Capitol
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Don & Juan
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Chicken Necks
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Big Top
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Susan Christie
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I Love Onions
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Columbia
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Teenage Filmstars
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I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape
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Fab Listening
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Featuring Edward Ball, formerly of Television Personalities, later of Creation recording artists the Times
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Big Loser (and Friends)
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This Is Monte
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Groove
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Timmie Rogers
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I Love Ya – I Love Ya – I Love Ya – I Love Ya
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Parkway
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Featuring his catchphrase, "Oh, yeaaah!"
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Stan Freberg
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Sh-Boom
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Capitol
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Jerry Landis
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The Lone Teen Ranger
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Amy
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He later achieved the pop stardom he should have attained for recording "Lone Teen Ranger" after reverting to his real name – Paul Simon.
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Nervous Norvus
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Transfusion
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Dot
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Legendary Stardust Cowboy
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Paralyzed
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Mercury
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins
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I Hear Voices
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Enrica
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BOX SCORE Number of songs: 42 • Number of discrete artists played: 40 • Percentage of songs from my personal collection: 100% • Ratio of songs by discrete artists with sung, spoken, barked or bleated vocals to instrumental songs: 40:0 • Ratio of songs by discrete artists with a human vocal component that contain solely male vocals to solely female vocals to mixed-sex vocals: 25:3:8 • Number of songs that feature a vocal performance by a real or imitated animal: 4 • Language percentages: English – 88%; Spanish – 2%; Yiddish – 2%; Dog – 2%; Sheep – 2%; Squirrel Scatting: 2% • Format breakdown: 7-inch vinyl – all • Longest song: 3:55 • Shortest song: 1:28 • Discrete artists by continent (defined by origin of artist, not where song was recorded): North America – 34; South America – 1; Europe – 5; Asia – 0; Africa – 0; Australia/Oceania – 0 • Number of songs played that have made the Billboard Top 40 chart: 4 • Highest chart position reached by a song played: No. 8 • Percentage of artists played who have appeared on an episode of Chico and the Man: 10% • Number of artists played who have performed with a disembodied talking head: 2 • Number of songs played that were performed by WFMU DJs with the Hoof & Mouth Sinfonia: 2
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