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Is there a music genre less respected than novelty music? Well, disco, but we weep not for the dead. The novelty song, which for our purposes here is defined as "a comical or nonsensical song," is ...

Novelty songs have become just that: a novelty. Back in the ’50s and ’60s, music was full of weird tunes from one-off artists who occasionally found their way on the charts, such as Boris Pickett’s ...

Country music covers multiple heavy and serious topics, including love, grief, heartbreak, infidelity, and much more. However ...

“Weird Al” Yankovic said he’s a massive fan of The Beatles’ songs and George Harrison‘s solo material. In addition, he said two of the Fab Four’s songs veer into novelty territory. Notably, one of the ...

In the ’80s and ’90s, nothing was a bigger cultural tastemaker than MTV. Long before it became the home to endless reality shows, it played nothing but music videos 24 hours a day. If you wanted to ...

As the University of Washington’s (UW) Husky football program kicks off its final Pac-12 season in Montlake tomorrow, it’s a perfect excuse to look and listen back to some old local novelty songs ...