Country music is full of serious songs about life, love, loss, and several other topics. However, the genre has a lighter side as well. Some of country music’s biggest artists have recorded a novelty ...

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 ...

When most people think of novelty songs, they think of funny tunes with light lyrics. Classics like “The Purple People Eater,” “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” “The Streak,” and pretty much ...

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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Anyone who tunes in to U.S. radio stations that specialize in regional Mexican music will hear more than the usual love songs and corridos these days. Upbeat, danceable songs ...

Best known for novelty songs like "King of the Road," Miller was also a serious songwriter who wrote ballads for artists such as Ray Price. Miller's '70 album A Trip in the Country is newly available.