playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show

The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - January 6, 1974 (6p-10p)

OPENING: Dr. Demento Theme - The Persuasions
Forty-Two - Rusty Draper

It Never Rains In Sunny California - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
It Looks Like Rain - Wendell Hall
Keeps On Rainin' - Bessie Smith

Beautiful Teamsters - Allan Sherman [skip in record in middle]
Truckin' My Blues Away - Blind Boy Fuller
Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves - Billy Strange
Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland

Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey - Tex Ritter
The Phantom White Stallion Of Skull Valley - Tex Ritter
High Noon - Tex Ritter
Deck Of Cards - Tex Ritter

An Account Of Haley's Comet - John Stewart
Be A Hobo - Moondog & His Friends
We Saw The Sea - Fred Astaire
On The Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple
The Noon Balloon To Rangoon - Nervous Norvus
Wong Song - Larry Vincent & His Look Out Boys

Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley [Dr. D v/os after every line, starting after 1st verse (reacting to the lyrics)]
Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr
Let's Do It - Noel Coward
A Song With A Peel - Spike Jones Jr.

Avocado - Andrews Sisters
The Garbage Collector In Beverly Hills - Irving Taylor
Popeye The Sailor Man - Billy Costello
Asleep In The Deep - Al Jolson
His Majesty The Policeman - Lord Buckley
Asleep In The Deep (brief in-studio performance) - Dr. Demento
I'm Popeye The Sailor Man (brief in-studio performance) - Dr. Demento

My Boomerang Won't Come Back - Charlie Drake
Airport Patrol - Deluxe Radio Theatre
Bumble Bee Invaded - Billy Mitchell
The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Possum/Rose & The Arrangement
Pico And Sepulveda (The Street Song) (brief in-studio vocalization) - Dr. Demento

Television - Red Foley
Tele-Vee-Shun (album version) - Stan Freberg
Along Came Jones - The Coasters
What Did You Do Before You Had TV - Mitchell Miller/The Sandpipers
Listening In On The Radio - Olsen Sisters

Beer Party Saturday Night - Harry "The Hipster" Gibson
Martian Gin - The Maffers
Ballad Of Rex - Doug Clark & The Hot Nuts
Piccolo Pete - Ted Weems
Betty Boop - Phil Spitalny orchestra

Roumania, Roumania - Aaron Lebedeff
Jones Polka - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Bar Room Polka - Russ Morgan/Rhythmaires
Ragged But Right - Riley Puckett

Laura - Spike Jones & His Other Orchestra [KMET off the air during part of this]
Boy Wonder I Love You - Burt Ward
Yogi - The Ivy Three

Little Red Fox - Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
Headin' For Hesperia - F. X. McDonald Jr.
Anoka Polka - Potato Bugs/Mullen Sisters
There Are Fairies At The Bottom Of My Garden - Beatrice Lillie
You Can't Judge A Book By Its Hair - Credibility Gap

New York New York - Robert Shaw conductor
Shuffle Off To Buffalo - Boswell Sisters/Dorsey Brothers
On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer
Pico And Sepulveda (The Street Song) - Felix Figueroa & His Orchestra
Buffalo - Milton Berle
Pico And Sepulveda (The Street Song) (brief in-studio performance) - Dr. Demento

#10 The Bears - The Fastest Group Alive
#9 Dragnet Goes To Kindergarten - Ricky Vera [w/ in-studio vocalization accompaniment at end by Dr. Demento]

#8 Boogie - John Hartford
#7 Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent - Jef Jaisun
EXTRA: Chew Tobacco Rag - Spade Cooley

#6 A Clean Song - Oscar Brand
#5 The Ballad Of Irving - Frank Gallop
#4 Deteriorata - National Lampoon
#3 The Last Blast Of The Blasted Bugler - Phil Cammarata, Sonny Gianotta, etc. [started at 33 1/3 rpm instead of 45 rpm]
EXTRA: Tuba Boogie - Wingy Manone [Dr. D vo several times]
EXTRA: Beans - Fletcher Peck Trio
#2 Shaving Cream - Paul Wynn

#1 Martian Hop - The Ran-Dells
CLOSING: Sugar Blues - Clyde McCoy