The Demented Song Almanac
Editor: David Tanny

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First Time a FF Song Was Played (1980 annual)

** Date:1980-02-03... Punk Polka - The Toons (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-03-02)
Albums: Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale
** Date:1980-02-10... Constantinople - The Residents http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/residents.htm (released 1978, first hit the Funny Five on 1980-03-16)
Albums: Duck Stab/Buster & Glen 
** Date:1980-02-24... Disco Toilet - Hersh & Chipkin (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-03-30)
** Date:1980-02-24... Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goodman-dickie.htm (released 1975, first hit the Funny Five on 1980-02-24)
Albums: 25 All Time Novelty Hits  / Dickie Goodman's Greatest Fables 
** Date:1980-03-02... Shriner's Convention - Ray Stevens http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/stevens-ray.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1987-04-26)
Albums: The Ray Stevens Box Set  / Ray Stevens: All Time Greatest Comic Hits / Last Laugh  / Ray Stevens' Greatest Hits by MCA / Ray Stevens: 20 Comedy Hits Special Collection  / Ray Stevens: All-Time Hits  / Ray Stevens: Collection  / Ray Stevens: His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits  / The Best Of Ray Stevens by Rhino / Ray Stevens: Live!  / Shriner's Convention / World's Greatest Country Novelty Records 
** Date:1980-03-09... No Anchovies, Please - The J. Geils http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/geils-j.htm Band (released 1980, first hit the Funny Five on 1980-04-20)
Albums: Love Stinks 
** Date:1980-03-09... Psycho Chicken - The Fools (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-05-11)
** Date:1980-03-16... Clancy Lowered the Boom - Dennis Day (first hit the Funny Five on 2006-03-12)
** Date:1980-03-30... Sunday Driving - Jerry Lewis w/ Billy May & His Orchestra (released 1953, first hit the Funny Five on 1983-02-13)
Albums: Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time Volume II: The 1950s
** Date:1980-03-30... The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) - Tom Waits http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/waits-tom.htm (released 1976, first hit the Funny Five on 1989-11-26)
Albums: Small Change 
** Date:1980-04-06... Bubbling Brain Cells - The Fizzies (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-06-01)
** Date:1980-04-20... I Don't Wanna Get Drafted - Frank Zappa http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/zappa-frank.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-06-22)
Albums: The Lost Episodes 
** Date:1980-05-18... The Chinese Waiter - Buddy Hackett (released 1955, first hit the Funny Five on 1982-06-20)
Albums: Original Chinese Waiter  / Crazy Guys: Gems of American Comedy 
** Date:1980-06-01... Whip It - Devo http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/devo.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-09-21)
Albums: Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box [Totally]  / Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo  / Devo's Greatest Hits [BMG]  / Devo's Greatest Hits [Warner Brothers]  / E-Z Listening Disc  / Essentials  / Freedom of Choice  / Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo  / Now It Can Be Told  / Oh No It's Devo/Freedom Of Choice  / Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology  / Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo/Devo Live  / One Step Beyond: The Best of New Wave  / New Wave Hits: Just Can't Get Enough, Vol. 2 
** Date:1980-06-22... Let's Make a New Dope Deal - Cheech and Chong http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cheechandchong.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-08-03)
Albums: Let's Make a New Dope Deal / Where There's Smoke There's Cheech and Chong 
** Date:1980-06-22... Please, Mr. Carter - Spider's Legacy (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-09-21)
** Date:1980-06-22... Who Shot J.R.? - Gary Burbank w/ Band McNally (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-06-29)
** Date:1980-07-13... Acupuncture - Cheech and Chong http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cheechandchong.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-08-02)
Albums: Let's Make a New Dope Deal / Where There's Smoke There's Cheech and Chong 
** Date:1980-07-13... Chicken of the County - Rod Hart (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-11-02)
** Date:1980-07-20... Existential Blues - Tom "T-Bone" Stankus (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-08-31)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-08-24... It's Still Billy Joel to Me - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-08-31)
** Date:1980-08-31... Teenage Lobotomy - The Ramones http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/ramones.htm (released 1977, first hit the Funny Five on 1981-02-08)
Albums: Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology  / Ramones Mania [Best Of The Ramones]  / Rocket to Russia
** Date:1980-09-07... How I Spent My Summer Vacation, or A Day At The Beach with Pedro and Man Part One - Cheech and Chong http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cheechandchong.htm (released 1975, first hit the Funny Five on 1983-08-07)
Albums: Where There's Smoke There's Cheech and Chong  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-09-21... Space Invaders - Uncle Vic (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-10-26)
Albums: Dr. Demento's Mementos
** Date:1980-09-21... Turning Japanese - The Vapors http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/vapors.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-10-26)
Albums: Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box [Totally]  / New Wave Hits: Just Can't Get Enough, Vol. 2  / The Vapors Anthology  / Vaporized 
** Date:1980-10-05... Another One Rides the Bus - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-10-12)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / "Weird Al" Yankovic  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-10-05... My Sharona - The Chipmunks http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/chipmunks.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-10-05)
Albums: Chipmunk Punk
** Date:1980-10-12... I Like Chinese - Monty Python http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/montypython.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-11-30)
Albums: The Final Ripoff  / Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album  / Monty Python Sings 
** Date:1980-10-26... Cemetery Girls - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1984-12-02)
Albums: Zabagabee: Best of Barnes & Barnes  / Voobaha 
** Date:1980-11-16... Too Young to Date - D-Day (released 1979, first hit the Funny Five on 1981-05-03)
Albums: New Wave Hits: Just Can't Get Enough, Vol. 1 
** Date:1980-12-07... It's Halloween - The Shaggs http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/shaggs.htm (released 1969, first hit the Funny Five on 1986-10-26)
Albums: Philosophy Of The World  / The Shaggs 
** Date:1980-12-21... What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb?) - The Star Wars http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/starwars.htm Intergalactic Droid Choir & Chorale (Meco) (first hit the Funny Five on 1980-12-21)
Albums: Christmas In The Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album 

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