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American Novelties

American Novelties
American Novelties

It’s popular in just about every form…well, not so with gospel…but it’s tradition goes back to minstrelsy: the song that has a humorous hook or a running joke to share or maybe a bandleader who takes us into new a ridiculous territories. We’ve got a lot of novelty tunes of this nature to bring you this week on Deeper Roots… a bit of a departure from our normal fare but it’s all for the fun. We’ll hear country sounds from Johnny Cash and Roger Miller, tearjerkers and rock therapy from Mabel Scott, The Chips, and Tiny Hill, and some classic novelty sounds from Danny Kaye, Spike Jones (of course), and Fats Waller.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Cab Calloway The Scat Song Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure Amazon
3Slim & Slam Groove Juice Special Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3) Amazon
4Slim & Slam Sploghm Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2) Amazon
5The Ink Spots Mama Don't Allow Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
6Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1) Amazon
7Ella Mae Morse Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet The Morse Code [Disc 1] Amazon
8Danny Kaye Tchaikowsky (And Other Russians) Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
9Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy Bed Strings Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure Amazon
10Jimmy Durante Inka Dinka Doo Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure Amazon
11The Chips Rubber Biscuit The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
12Lonnie Johnson Wipe It Off Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops Amazon
13Tiny Hill and His Orchestra (Vocal Tiny Hill) Hot Rod Race (1951) Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life] Amazon
14Ross & Sargent Nellie the Nudist Queen Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
15Spike Jones Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai (Hawaiian War Chant) Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
16Spike Jones Der Fuhrer's Face Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure Amazon
17Loudon Wainwright III Dead Skunk Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection: Dementia 2000: Disc 2 Amazon
18John Prine With Melba Montgomery We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
19John Prine/Iris Dement In Spite of Ourselves In Spite of Ourselves Amazon
20Roger Miller Chug A Lug 20 Hits Amazon
21Johnny Cash A Boy Named Sue At Madison Square Garden Amazon
22Red Ingle and the Natural Seven (Vocal 'Cinderella G. Stump' (Jo Stafford) & Red Ingle) Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) (1947) Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life] Amazon
23Roy Newman I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants) Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp) Amazon
24Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants) Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep) Amazon
25Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
26Leon Redbone Your Feets Too Big Any Time Amazon
27Mabel Scott Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing Blues Women Amazon
28Hank Penny Catch 'Em Young, Treat 'Em Rough, And Tell 'Em Nothin' Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions Amazon
29Hank Penny The Freckle Song Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
30The Light Crust Doughboys Pussy Pussy Pussy Western Swing  40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1] Amazon
31Eddie Cantor Hungry Women grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
32Arthur Godfrey\The Too Fat Trio Too Fat Polka Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
33Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees When Yuba Plays The Rhumba on The Tuba gimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
34Cliff Edwards I'm No Fool The Collection Amazon
35Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly 20 Greatest Hits Amazon