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The foremost music parodist from the MTV era, “Weird Al” Yankovic carried the torch of music laughter more proudly and more successfully than any performer since Allan Sherman. In the wonderful world of novelty information — a genre mentioned for its intensive back again catalog of flashes-in-the-pan and one-hit miracles …

Lexington, KY, local Elmo Shropshire is way better referred to as Dr. Elmo, the whimsical personality who has offered a lot more than ten million copies of the vacation novelty music “Grandma Got STEPPED ON with a Reindeer.” After making a veterinary medication level in Kentucky, Elmo journeyed along the …

He was created Barret Hansen, getting the proud owner of the master’s level in music from UCLA under that moniker, but he’s much better known to an incredible number of radio listeners while “Doctor Demento.” In 1995, he celebrated his 25th wedding anniversary of broadcasting the best novelty records ever, …

The morning-show DJ for Seattle’s KISW, Bob Streams began recording Strange Al-type song parodies in 1984 using the American Comedy Network’s “SPLITTING UP Is Hard you (Don’t Take Ma Bell From Me personally).” Sung towards the tune of Neil Sedaka’s “SPLITTING UP Is Difficult to do,” the monitor eased its …