Novelty Style Overview

Novelty Music Description

Comical or nonsensical songs with light, lilting melodies, performed principally for their comical effect and typically telling a brief story. Novelty songs achieved great popularity during the 1920s and 1930s, and had a resurgence of interest in the 1950s and 1960s. Ray Stevens is noted for his novelty songs such as "Guitarzan" and "The Streak".

Humorous songs, or songs containing humorous elements, are not necessarily novelty songs.

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  Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
  Zappa*
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  Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention
  Frank Zappa
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  Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine
  The Beatles
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  Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy
  David Bowie & Bing Crosby
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  A Christmas Together
  John Denver And The Muppets
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  Flight Of The Conchords
  Flight Of The Conchords
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  Mickey Mouse Disco
  Walt Disney Productions

Novelty Artists

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  Rolf Harris
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  Spike Jones And His City Slickers
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  Ray Stevens
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  David Seville
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  The Chipmunks
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  Hoosier Hot Shots
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  Ruth Wallis

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  Rufus Rastas Johnson Brown (What You Going To Do When The Rent Comes 'Round)
  Arthur Collins
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  The Poor Old Man
  Bob Roberts (9)
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  L'Enfant De La Foret Noire / Les Deux Amis
  Mme. Rollini*
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  Heinie
  Len Spencer and Ada Jones
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  Turkey In The Straw
  Billy Golden
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  Mandy And Her Man
  Miss Jones* And Mr. Spencer*
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  Departure Of A Troopship
  Mr. Russell Hunting*

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  The Sensational 70s
  Various
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  Polonäse Blankenese (Hier Fliegen Gleich Die Löcher Aus Dem Käse)
  Gottlieb Wendehals
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  Guten Morgen Liebe Sorgen
  Jürgen Von Der Lippe
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  Rabbit / Sideboard Song
  Chas And Dave
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  The World's Worst Record Show
  Kenny Everett
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  Chipmunk Punk
  The Chipmunks
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  60 Songs From The Cramps’ Crazy Collection: The Incredibly Strange Music Box
  Various