Pussy - Harry Roy & His Bat Club Boys [1931]
Reefer Man - Cab Calloway [1932]
Mrs. Pettibone - Dwight Fiske [1933]
You're The Top - Ethel Merman [1934]
I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones - The Hoosier Hot Shots [1935]
Wah-Hoo - Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers [1936]
The Old Sow Song - Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees f/ Cyril Smith [1937]
Don't You Make Me High - Blue Lu Barker [1938]
Hold Tight - Fats Waller [1939]
Friendship - T. Dorsey Family (Mountain Branch) [1940]
Serenade To A Maid (A Bronx Serenade) - Teddy Powell & His Orchestra [1941]
Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones & His City Slickers [1942]
Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer - The Song Spinners [1943]
I'm A Cranky Old Yank - Bing Crosby [1943]
Mairzy Doats - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra [1944]
1945 Mother Goose Rhymes - Carson Robison [1945]
Anything You Can Do - Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton [1946]
Pico And Sepulveda (The Street Song) - Felix Figueroa & His Orchestra [1947]
Woody Woodpecker - The Sportsmen & Mel Blanc [1948]
Everybody Wants My Fanny - Benny Bell [1949]
The Thing - Phil Harris [1950]
Nincompoops Have All The Fun - Yogi Yorgesson [1950]
Black Strap Molasses - Danny Kaye, Jimmy Durante, Jane Wyman & Groucho Marx [1951]
It's In The Book (Parts 1 & 2) - Johnny Standley [1952]
St. George And The Dragonet - Stan Freberg [1953]
What It Was, Was Football - Andy Griffith [1954]
Pancho Lopez - Lalo Guerrero [1955]
Transfusion - Nervous Norvus [1956]
School Day - Chuck Berry [1957]
Ying Tong Song - The Goons [1957]
The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley [1958]
The Battle Of Kookamonga - Homer & Jethro [1959]
Mr. Custer - Larry Verne [1960]
Japanese Banana - David Seville [1961]
Monster Mash - Bobby (Boris) Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers [1962]
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp) - Allan Sherman [1963]
My Boyfriend Got A Beatle Haircut - Donna Lynn [1964]
The Vatican Rag (w/ intro) - Tom Lehrer [1965]
They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (Demented Mix) - Napoleon XIV [1966]
L. S. Bumblebee - Peter Cook & Dudley Moore [1967]
Loving You Has Made Me Bananas - Guy Marks [1968]
Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent - Jef Jaisun [1969]
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) - The Beatles [1970]
Boobs A Lot - The Holy Modal Rounders [1971]
Spam - Monty Python [1972]
Stoop Down Baby - Chick Willis [1972]
March Of The Cuckoos - The Roto Rooter Good Time Christmas Band [1973]
The Streak - Ray Stevens [1974]
Time Warp - The Rocky Horror Picture Show [1975]
Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce [1976]
Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band [1977]
Pencil Neck Geek (w/ epilogue) - Fred Blassie [1977]
Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes [1978]
Disco Sucks - Chuck Wagon & The Wheels [1979]
Shaving Cream (album version) - Dr. Demento [1980]
next week: Mother's Day w/ songs by Frank Zappa; interviews with John Hartford, Jerry Samuels, & Wild Man Fischer