Novelty records
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Mel Blanc, Pat Boone: Boone Changes Style Again
Report by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 28 July 1962
IT LOOK A bit of the old rock 'n' roll, a screaming female, and a voice that takes you back to the sordid cartoon theatres ...
Rolf Harris: The Zany 'Kangaroo Man' Is Back
Report and Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 8 September 1962
TWO YEARS ago, 'Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport' hit the British charts with all the fury of an aboriginal war dance. So did Rolf Harris, ...
Cassius Clay: Clay Wins: Columbia Swings
Report by uncredited writer, Billboard, 7 March 1964
NEW YORK — The upset victory of Cassius Clay over Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing championship last week (25) also upset the operational procedures ...
The Chipmunks: He Is Those Chipmunks
Interview by Maureen Cleave, The San Francisco Examiner, 29 November 1964
Ross Bagdasarian's Electronic Creatures Are Vastly Real ...
The New Vaudeville Band: Band Plays, But Didn't Cut 'Cathedral'
Profile and Interview by Rochelle Reed, KRLA Beat, 31 December 1966
DID YOU SEE the New Vaudeville Band on television? Or maybe catch a personal appearance? ...
Review by Robot A. Hull, Creem, December 1974
I've decided to give up surfing and become a homo. — Les Crammer from Surfing Comedy Annual '74 ...
Review by Colin Irwin, Melody Maker, 1 March 1975
Elton gets lost ...
Disco-Tex and his Sex-O-Lettes: Disco Tex: Boogoo Boogoo to Choo
Interview by David Hancock, Record Mirror, 24 May 1975
Sir Monti talks to David Hancock ...
C.W. McCall: Wilderness (Polydor)
Review by Richard Riegel, Creem, July 1976
LET'S FACE it. 'Convoy' was probably the one moment of pure inspiration C.W. McCall's adcopy-blighted brain will ever enjoy, and those fans hoping for a ...
Interview by Robin Katz, Record Mirror, 1 October 1977
"I'VE BEEN singing 'Telephone Man' for years," explained a very chatty Meri Wilson in a flirtatious southern lilt. ...
Jive Bunny: Where are they now? Jive Bunny
Interview by Martin Aston, Q, May 1997
The guy who works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis. And the woman on the M&S tights counter might well be Tanita Tikaram. ...
The Baha Men, Hampton and the Hampsters: I Still Want a Hula Hoop: Hampton and the Hampsters
Comment by Metal Mike Saunders, The Village Voice, 17 October 2000
OK, HERE'S THE hamster scoop: Last fall a U.K. indie-artsy outfit named the Cuban Boys took note of the wacky hamster sample (manipulated from the ...
Ray Parker Jr.: Who you gonna call? 118 118
Comment by Johnny Sharp, The Guardian, 4 April 2009
Ray Parker Jr is the latest ad/pop crossover. Johnny Sharp wants more ...
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