The Tom Lehrer post brought to mind the period in my youth of the late 50s and early 60s when there were a lot of novelty records on the radio charts. Some of them are classics in their own right:
Larry Verne - Please Mr. Custer (I Don't Want To Go)
Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater
David Seville and The Chipmunks - Witch Doctor
Charlie Drake - My Boomerang Won't Come Back
They're Coming To Take Away, Ha!, Ha! - Napoleon XIV (Kim Fowley)
Alley Oop - The Hollywood Argyles
The Rivingtons - Papa Oom Mow Mow
The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9
The Playmates - Beep Beep (The Little Nash Rambler)
Alan Sherman - Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah
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