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Back in 1979, I made the decision to accept Dr Demento as my personal savior. Since then, with the help of his apostles Spike, Al, Stan and Black-Eyed Susan Brown, I have made it my mission to spread the Gospel of the Firesign and the Word of the Waller. Please join me and my fellow seekers as we find the Wisdom we crave and the Rapture we deserve. A new sermon every Tuesday (and NO collection plate!).
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Happiness Boys
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AS A PORCUPINE PINES FOR ITS PORK
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Billy Jones (Tenor) & Ernie Hair (Baritone)were the highest paid radio performers of their time (like $1250 a week). Took their name from the candy store chain that sponsored them.
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Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
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I CARRIED WATER FOR THE ELEPHANT
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Carr (piano) died mysteriously at age 35. Blackwell (guitar) was shot in an unsolved mugging.
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George Olson & His Music
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DOIN THE RACCOON
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George and the boys cash in on the collegiate raccoon coat craze of the 20s. I got a boatload of racoons here at Addlewood Studios, let's make a deal.
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Bing Crosby + Louis Jordan
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YOUR SOCKS DON'T MATCH
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One side of the only record these two made together (other side follows)
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Bing Crosby + Louis Jordan
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HEP HEP-DE-HOOTIE
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The other side of their partnership. The record reached #17 on the White charts, but didn't even show up on the Race charts.
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5 Jones Boys
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MR GHOST GOES TO TOWN
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Originally came from Carbondale, IL, to LA to seek their fortune. Flip side of "Doing the Suzi Q" on Variety (#522) recorded April of 1937. Later teamed up with the Four Blackbirds (see below) for a few records (including two with Cliff Edwards)
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4 Blackbirds
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BLACK-EYED SUSAN BROWN
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Out of Jefferson HS in Louisiana, recorded this in May of 1935 on Vacalion (#2943). It was this very record that pushed KBC over the hill to become the deranged, obsessive collector that he later became. History can indeed be made in 3-minute clumps.
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Spike Jones & His City Clickers
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TENNESSEE WALTZ
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Let's just get this out of the way once and for all right now: Born Lindley Armstrong Jones on December 14, 1911 and died on May 1, 1965 at age 53 (he was a chronic chain-smoker). He is buried in Culver City CA, which is also the home of the Dr Demento Show. Coincidence? I think not.
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Red Ingle + Natural 7
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HE CAME TO TOWN AS HOT AS A $2.00 PISTOL
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Ernest Jansen Ingle (1906-65) played with the Goldkette & Weems orchestras and later joined Spike's band as the frontman. He's responsible for most of the artwork used by Spike at the time. Quit the City Slickers in 1946 in a salary dispute and thus began the age of the Natural 7.
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Red Ingle + Natural 7
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PEARLY MAUDE
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Harry Humphries
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SANTA CLAUS HIDES IN YOUR PHONOGRAPH
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No info on Harry, but if I were a kid back then, I'd be scared shitless. Later done by Ernest Hair.
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Jerry Colonna
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CAN'T YOU HEAH ME CALLIN CAROLINE?
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You've seen him lots of times: with his trademark handlebar mustaches and bug-eyes. Discovered on Bing Crosby's Kraft Music Hall (which also gave us Victor Borge and Spike Jones). Appeared in a Monkees episode then promptly had a stroke. For more, see WFMU's Beware of the Blog Feb 4, 2007 post by Listener Kliph Nesteroff.
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Ada Jones
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WILHEM THE GROCER
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Born in Lancashire, England in 1893 and died in 1922 at age 48. Noted for her clear voice and many dialects (especially Irish) and did many duets with the likes of Billy Murray and Len Spencer. For more, see mainspringpress.com.
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Billy Murray and Ada Jones
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WHEN PRISCILLA TRIES TO HIT HIGH C
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Billy Murray was a product of Philadelphia. Noted for his clear tenor voice (which was perfect for shouting into a megaphone, which is how they made records a century ago)
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Billy Murray
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I LOVE A PIANO
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Billy Murray
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I LOVE ME
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Billy Murray
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CHILI BEAN
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Billy Murray
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SHE'S GOT GREAT IDEAS
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Billy Murray
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HE'D HAVE TO GET UNDER ...
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Full title "He'd Have to Get Under, Get Out and Get Under, to Fix Up His Automobile" See, in those days, you could actually fix your own car without a PhD
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Billy Murray
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WHICH SWITCH IS THE SWITCH, MISS, FOR IPSWITCH?
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They had orperators for their cell phones then and you couldn't dial yourself. (also cell phones weighed 35 pounds!)
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Billy Murray and Ada Jones
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OH, YOU MYSTERIOUS MOON
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Try to imagine this on a Vaudeville stage.
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Woody Herman
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OOCH! OOCH! A GOON ATTACH!
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A weird take on another familiar tune (listen closely)
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Music behind DJ:
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If you like this sort of thing, don't forget about Mac's Antique Phonograph Program, which alternates with Surface Noise on the WFMU podcast pages.
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