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Novelty songs were popular on radio through the 1980s, to the point where it was not uncommon for novelty songs to break into the top 40 ( for instance, Chuck Berry's " My Ding-a-Ling " went all the way to # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972 ).
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Dr. Demento was parodied in an episode of Mr. Show with Bob and David as " Dr Retarded: Novelty Record Collector and Chief Head of Surgery, Mass General " and is featured as an expert in songs about " paranormal monster parties ".
Novelty songs are often a parody or humor song, and may apply to a current event such as a holiday or a fad such as a dance.
Novelty songs, long a music industry staple, continued their popularity in the Rock and Roll medium with hits such as " Beep Beep.
He recorded his best known material 1933 to 1938, as Sol Hoopii's Novelty Trio, Novelty Quartette and Novelty Five on Decca Records and Brunswick Records labels, like the famous Hula Girl, Ten Tiny Toes, and many more brilliant Hawaiian hula and hapa-haole songs penned by the best Hawaiian composers like Johnny Noble and Sol Bright.
She went on to compose and publish " Richmond Rag ", " The Thriller ", " Buzzer Rag ," " Blue Ribbon Rag ", " A Totally Different Rag ," " Novelty Rag ", and " Dusty Rag ," plus a number of waltzes and other songs including " I'll Pledge My Heart To You ," and a song version of " A Totally Different Rag " with lyrics by Earle C. Jones.
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Two Class 86 locomotives 86214 Sans Pareil and 86235 Novelty were painted in a variation of the Large Logo Rail Blue livery where the BR logo was replaced by Rocket 150 motif on a yellow background.
These were generally larger and more robust than Novelty and differed in several details ( for example it is thought that a different design of blower was used which was an ‘ Induced Draught ’ type, sucking the gases from the fire ).
Of these eight structures, only the one on the west side of Novelty Lane and the one on the east corner of Parker Lane were not built by this family.
Entrepreneurs ( including Raff and Gammon, with their own International Novelty Co .) were soon running Kinetoscope parlors and temporary exhibition venues around the United States.
Although probably most remembered for her lead roles opposite her husband, Sara Adler also, for a time, set out on her own with the Novelty Theater in Brooklyn where she, like her husband, presented, in Yiddish, works of Ibsen and Shaw well before they were familiar to an English-language audience.
Novelty frames around Texas license plates were made illegal in Texas on 1 September 2003 by Texas Senate Bill 439 because they caused problems with ANPR devices.
Novelty recordings like " Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer " ( a Montgomery Ward jingle that became a book and later a classic children's movie ) and the fictional music group " The Chipmunks " were among the most commercially successful music ventures of the time.
These fire engines were known for their ability to raise steam quickly and looked very similar to Novelty.
There was no time to test Novelty in London before transportation, and following test runs at Rainhill before the trials, modifications were carried out with the help of Timothy Hackworth.
On Novelty, the cylinders were mounted vertically towards the rear of the engine ( to the right of the men in the illustration ).
Before it failed, the Stephensons were said to be seriously worried by Novelty, as it was well-suited to meet the conditions of the trial.
Once all the repairs were completed, Novelty made a number of successful demonstration runs but it was too late to have any effect on the competition.
These were generally larger and more robust than Novelty and differed in a number of details ( for example, it is thought that a different design of blower was used which was an ‘ Induced Draught ’ type, sucking the gases from the fire ).
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Novelty ties featuring icons from popular culture ( such as cartoons, actors, or holiday images ), sometimes with flashing lights, have enjoyed some popularity since the 1980s.
Novelty dances that have remained popular are no longer associated with a specific time period — they are timeless.
Other established characters in the TV series included The Man with the Stick, who wore a paper helmet daubed with drawings of what he had witnessed during the last week, and carried a stick with a mystery item attached to the end ; Graham Lister, Reeves ' nemesis who regularly entered the talent show, " Novelty Island ", with a series of dreadful acts ; Donald and Davey Stott, two brothers from the North East with high-pitched voices, who would recreate popular television game shows ; Tinker's Rucksack, a pair of ramblers, one of whom was conducting an affair with the other's wife ; and ' Judge Lionel Nutmeg ', a judge who presided over the " That's Justice " segment of the show.
A mere six years later, as leader of his own dance band, the " Novelty Orchestra ," Selvin released the biggest-selling popular song in the first quarter-century of recorded music.
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