The 60s Craziest Songs
The Best Novelty Songs of All Time
Second to the fifties, the sixties had some of the craziest or best novelty songs of all time. Many of
these songs hit the top of the charts. Can you imagine that? Take a nostalgia trip and try to recall these 25 gems. They sure don't
make music like these anymore. Maybe that's a good thing?
- Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah (A Letter From Camp) (Alan
Sherman) (1961) peaked at #9
- The Ballad of Irving
(Frank Gallup) (1966) peaked at #34
- They're Coming To Take Me Away,
Ha-Haaa! (Napoleon XIV) (1966)
peaked at #3
- Surfin' Bird (The Trashmen) (1964) peaked
at #4
- Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers) (1962) peaked at #1
- Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its
Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight) (Lonnie
Donegan) (1961) peaked at #5
- Wooly Bully (Sam the Sham & The Pharohs) (1965)
peaked at #2
- Mr. Custer (Larry Verne) (1960) peaked
at #1
- If You Wanna Be Happy
(Jimmy Soul) (1963) peaked at #1
- Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)
(The Hombres) (1967) peaked at #12
- Haunted House (Jumpin' Gene Simmons) (1964) peaked at #11
- Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow (The Rivingtons) (1962) peaked
at #48
- Speedy Gonzales (Pat Boone) (1962) peaked at
#6
- Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash) 1969 peaked
at #2
- Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything is
Alright) (Bill Cosby) (1967) peaked at #4
- Mr. Bass Man (Johnny Cymbal) (1963) peaked
at #16
- Leader of the Laundromat
(The Detergents) (1964)
peaked at #19
- My Boomerang Won't Come Back
(Charlie Drake) (1962) peaked at #21
- Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
(Rolf Harris) (1963) peaked at #6
- Alley-Oop (The Hollywood Argyles) (1960) peaked at #1
- Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) (Barry
Mann) (1961) peaked at #7
- Dang Me (Roger Miller) (1964) peaked
at #7
- Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron
(The Royal Guardsmen) (1966)
peaked at #2
- Gitarzan (Ray Stevens) (1969) peaked at
#8
- Tip Toe Thru' The Tulips
(Tiny Tim) (1968) peaked at #17
Above information was researched in Billboard's Pop Annual.
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