This week, the week of March 28- April 1, 2016, we will be funny songs!

We call it:  "April Fools Week"

March 28, 2016

As we march toward April 1st let's take a look at some silly songs this week.

Anyone who knows me knows I have a slightly twisted sense of humor and novelty songs have always been attractive to my ear.  I spent many a Sunday night listening (and recording) the Dr. Demento show and devouring whatever "fun" songs I could.

Picking just FIVE songs that amuse me would be impossible, but I'll try my best and probably end up revisiting this theme a few times!

The seeds for that though come from cutting my teeth on golden oldies of the 50's and 60's and finding the humorous songs in my mom and dad's collections of LP's. 

So let's start there!

Any song that was offbeat or out of the norm was a hit to me.  Songs like "Speedo" or "Ya Ya" may not have been "novelty" songs in the purest sense of the term but I loved them.

Today's song was one I learned as I got older.  It spent 14 weeks on the Hot 100 and went all the way to #1 in 1961!

It was Ernie K. Doe's only top 40 hit.

~ Glenn