The Demented Song Almanac
Editor: David Tanny

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All The Times a Song Reached #1 (1979 annual)

** Date:1979-01-07 Pos.1... My Dead Dog Rover - Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank and their Aeolian Duo-Art Player Piano (appearance #2)
Albums: Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-01-14 Pos.1... Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Zabagabee: Best of Barnes & Barnes  / Yeah-Essential Barnes & Barnes  / Voobaha  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-01-21 Pos.1... The Smoke-Off - Shel Silverstein http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/silverstein-shel.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Songs and Stories  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1979-01-28 Pos.1... Dead Puppies - The Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band f/ Bill Frenzer http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/frenzer-bill.htm (appearance #8)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / Stuffed / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1979-02-04 Pos.1... King Tut - Steve Martin http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/martin-steve.htm & The Toot Uncommons (appearance #6)
Albums: A Wild and Crazy Guy  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / Voices For Gilda 
** Date:1979-02-11 Pos.1... My Dead Dog Rover - Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank and their Aeolian Duo-Art Player Piano (appearance #3)
Albums: Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-02-18 Pos.1... Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: Zabagabee: Best of Barnes & Barnes  / Yeah-Essential Barnes & Barnes  / Voobaha  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-02-25 Pos.1... My Dead Dog Rover - Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank and their Aeolian Duo-Art Player Piano (appearance #4)
Albums: Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-03-04 Pos.1... Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (appearance #3)
Albums: Zabagabee: Best of Barnes & Barnes  / Yeah-Essential Barnes & Barnes  / Voobaha  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-03-11 Pos.1... Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (appearance #4)
Albums: Zabagabee: Best of Barnes & Barnes  / Yeah-Essential Barnes & Barnes  / Voobaha  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-03-18 Pos.1... Dead Puppies - The Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band f/ Bill Frenzer http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/frenzer-bill.htm (appearance #9)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / Stuffed / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1979-03-25 Pos.1... Rubber Biscuit - The Blues Brothers http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/bluesbrothers.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: A Briefcase Full of Blues  / Best Of The Blues Brothers  / The Definitive Collection 
** Date:1979-04-01 Pos.1... Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (appearance #5)
Albums: Zabagabee: Best of Barnes & Barnes  / Yeah-Essential Barnes & Barnes  / Voobaha  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-04-08 Pos.1... Titties and Beer (Bleepers & Beer) - Frank Zappa http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/zappa-frank.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Zappa In New York  / Have I Offended Someone? 
** Date:1979-04-15 Pos.1... Cocktails For Two - Spike Jones http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/jones-spike.htm & His City Slickers (f/ Carl Grayson) (appearance #1)
Albums: Spike Jones' Greatest Hits!  / Strictly For Music Lovers  / Musical Depreciation Revue: The Spike Jones Anthology  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / Wacky World of Spike Jones and His City Slickers  / Best Of Spike Jones and His City Slickers  / Dinner Music For People Who Aren't Very Hungry  / Musical Depreciation  / Musical Mayhem  / People Are Funnier Than Anybody  / Spike Jones Transcribed  / V-Disc Recordings  / Very Best of Spike Jones and His City Slickers  / Very Worst of Spike Jones  / Not Your Standard Spike Jones Collection 
** Date:1979-04-22 Pos.1... The Smoke-Off - Shel Silverstein http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/silverstein-shel.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: Songs and Stories  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1979-04-29 Pos.1... My Dead Dog Rover - Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank and their Aeolian Duo-Art Player Piano (appearance #5)
Albums: Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-05-06 Pos.1... Dancin' Fool - Frank Zappa http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/zappa-frank.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Sheik Yerbouti  / Strictly Commercial: The Best Of Frank Zappa  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-05-13 Pos.1... My Name is Larry - Wildman Fischer http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/fischer-wildman.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale / Wildmania 
** Date:1979-05-20 Pos.1... The Smoke-Off - Shel Silverstein http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/silverstein-shel.htm (appearance #3)
Albums: Songs and Stories  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1979-05-27 Pos.1... In the Mood - Ray Stevens http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/stevens-ray.htm & The Henhouse Five Plus Too (appearance #1)
Albums: All Time Greatest Comic Hits / Bah! Humbug!  / The Best Of Ray Stevens by Rhino / Ray Stevens: All Time Greatest Comic Hits / Ray Stevens' Greatest Hits, Vol 2 [MCA]  / Ray Stevens: Cornball  / Ray Stevens: His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits 
** Date:1979-06-03 Pos.1... The Ballad of Irving - Frank Gallop (appearance #13)
Albums: When You're In Love The Whole World is Jewish / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-06-10 Pos.1... Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie (appearance #5)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale / Volume IV: The 1970s
** Date:1979-06-17 Pos.1... The Lumberjack Song - Monty Python http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/montypython.htm (appearance #5)
Albums: Monty Python Live at City Center  / Monty Python Live at Drury Lane  / Best Comedy Album in the World...Ever!  / And Now For Something Completely Different / The Monty Python Instant Record Collection [U.S. version]  / Monty Python Sings  / The Final Ripoff  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-06-24 Pos.1... Three Drunk Newts - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Voobaha 
** Date:1979-07-01 Pos.1... Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie (appearance #6)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale / Volume IV: The 1970s
** Date:1979-07-08 Pos.1... Sweet Transvestite - The Rocky Horror Picture Show f/ Tim Curry as Frank N Furter or from Rocky Horror Picture Show Audience Participation soundtrack versions (appearance #2)
Albums: The Rocky Horror Picture Show 
** Date:1979-07-15 Pos.1... Someone Ate the Baby - Shel Silverstein http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/silverstein-shel.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Songs and Stories 
** Date:1979-07-22 Pos.1... Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp) - Allan Sherman http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/sherman-allan.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: My Son, The Box  / Best Comedy Album in the World...Ever!  / My Son the Nut / My Son the Greatest: The Best of Allan Sherman  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / Forty Nutty Novelty Records Of The '60s
** Date:1979-07-29 Pos.1... Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie (appearance #7)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale / Volume IV: The 1970s
** Date:1979-08-05 Pos.1... Kindergarten of the Stars - Robin Williams http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/williams-robin.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Reality, What a Concept!!
** Date:1979-08-12 Pos.1... Kindergarten of the Stars - Robin Williams http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/williams-robin.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: Reality, What a Concept!!
** Date:1979-08-19 Pos.1... Disco Sucks - Chuck Wagon http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/wagon-chuck.htm & The Wheels (appearance #1)
Albums: The Best of and/or Worst of...
** Date:1979-08-26 Pos.1... Do You Think I'm Disco? - Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation (appearance #1)
** Date:1979-09-02 Pos.1... The 400 Mile Gas Line - Jim Zippo & Popular Demand (appearance #1)
** Date:1979-09-09 Pos.1... Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (appearance #6)
Albums: Zabagabee: Best of Barnes & Barnes  / Yeah-Essential Barnes & Barnes  / Voobaha  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-09-16 Pos.1... Disco Sucks - Chuck Wagon http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/wagon-chuck.htm & The Wheels (appearance #2)
Albums: The Best of and/or Worst of...
** Date:1979-09-23 Pos.1... Do You Think I'm Disco? - Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation (appearance #2)
** Date:1979-09-30 Pos.1... Do You Think I'm Disco? - Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation (appearance #3)
** Date:1979-10-07 Pos.1... Who's on First? - Abbott & Costello (appearance #7)
Albums: Crazy Guys: Gems of American Comedy  / But Seriously...The American Comedy Box Set  / Baseball's Greatest Hits 
** Date:1979-10-14 Pos.1... My Bologna - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The Food Album  / "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1979-10-21 Pos.1... My Bologna - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The Food Album  / "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1979-10-28 Pos.1... Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers (appearance #2)
Albums: Wackiest Album In The Universe, Vol.1  / Elvira Presents Monster Hits  / Wild & Crazy Tunes  / Novelty No. 1's  / Box of Funny Wacky Favorites  / Halloween Hits  / Elvira Presents Haunted Hits  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1979-11-04 Pos.1... Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life - Monty Python http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/montypython.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Life of Brian [Original Soundtrack]  / Monty Python Sings  / Best Comedy Album in the World...Ever! 
** Date:1979-11-11 Pos.1... Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life - Monty Python http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/montypython.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: Life of Brian [Original Soundtrack]  / Monty Python Sings  / Best Comedy Album in the World...Ever! 
** Date:1979-11-18 Pos.1... My Bologna - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #3)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The Food Album  / "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1979-11-25 Pos.1... Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life - Monty Python http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/montypython.htm (appearance #3)
Albums: Life of Brian [Original Soundtrack]  / Monty Python Sings  / Best Comedy Album in the World...Ever! 
** Date:1979-12-02 Pos.1... My Bologna - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #4)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The Food Album  / "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1979-12-09 Pos.1... Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life - Monty Python http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/montypython.htm (appearance #4)
Albums: Life of Brian [Original Soundtrack]  / Monty Python Sings  / Best Comedy Album in the World...Ever! 
** Date:1979-12-16 Pos.1... Stardrek - Bobby Pickett & Peter Ferrara (appearance #18)
Albums: They Came From Outer Space  / Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection  / Dr. Demento's Hits From Outer Space  / Star Trek Comedy: The Unofficial Album
** Date:1979-12-23 Pos.1... A Christmas Carol - Tom Lehrer http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/lehrer-tom.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: Christmas Comedy Classics Vol 2  / An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer  / Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer  / The Remains Of Tom Lehrer  / Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of All Time 

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