playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show

The Dr. Demento Show #25-30 - July 26, 2025

Special Topic: flashback to October 4, 1981 (the origins of the magic phrase "rock 'n' roll")
Mr. Custer - Larry Verne
Cubic Refugee - Stevens & Grdnic

Dave - Cheech & Chong
The Phantom Windbreaker - Red Bovine
Ape Call - Nervous Norvus
The Irish Ballad (live) - Tom Lehrer

Mr. Ghost Goes To Town - Jon Schwartz
Classical Rap - Bernard K. Bassoonski
The Martins And The Coys - Ted Weems & His Orchestra f/ Elmo Tanner

This Ole House - Rosemary Clooney
In The River (Part I) - Dr. J. Paul Goodbreath & The Dr. J. Paul Goodbreath Choir
A Sailor's Life - Pee-Wee Herman w/ Phil Hartmann
Seven Old Ladies Locked In A Lavatory - Oscar Brand
Yas, Yas, Yas - Three Bits Of Rhythm
Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express
Conehead - Frank Zappa
Sit On My Face - Monty Python
I Had But Fifty Cents - R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders

My Man Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) - Trixie Smith & The Jazz Masters
Rock And Roll - Boswell Sisters
Rockin' Rollin' Mama - Buddy Jones
We're Gonna Rock - Wild Bill Moore

Kiddy Rock 'n Roll Party (excerpt) - Judy James & Bobby Colt
The Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr w/ Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus
Rock And Roll Sermon (edit) - Elder Beck

The Old Payola Roll Blues - Stan Freberg
Don't Be A Singer - Wild Man Fischer
Julida - Brave Combo
The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica) - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
She's Got Colonel Sanders Thighs - Rotunda
Lizzie Borden - Chad Mitchell Trio
I'm Just A Little Baby - Norman Temple
next week: continuing my retrospective series (the first half of the 1990s)