The Demented Song Almanac
Editor: David Tanny

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All The Times a Song Reached #1 (1980 annual)

** Date:1980-01-06 Pos.1... Making Love In A Subaru - Damaskas (appearance #3)
Albums: Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale
** Date:1980-01-13 Pos.1... The Masochism Tango - Tom Lehrer http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/lehrer-tom.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer  / Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer  / The Remains Of Tom Lehrer  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-01-20 Pos.1... My Bologna - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #5)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The Food Album  / "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1980-01-27 Pos.1... Spam - Monty Python http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/montypython.htm (appearance #13)
Albums: The Final Ripoff  / Monty Python Sings  / Another Monty Python Record 
** Date:1980-02-03 Pos.1... Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!) - Cheech and Chong http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cheechandchong.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: But Seriously...The American Comedy Box Set  / Where There's Smoke There's Cheech and Chong  / Big Bambu  / Cheech and Chong's Greatest Hit 
** Date:1980-02-10 Pos.1... The Ballad of Irving - Frank Gallop (appearance #14)
Albums: When You're In Love The Whole World is Jewish / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-02-17 Pos.1... The Smoke-Off - Shel Silverstein http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/silverstein-shel.htm (appearance #4)
Albums: Songs and Stories  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1980-02-24 Pos.1... Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (appearance #7)
Albums: Zabagabee: Best of Barnes & Barnes  / Yeah-Essential Barnes & Barnes  / Voobaha  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-03-02 Pos.1... They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/napoleonthe14th.htm (appearance #18)
Albums: Novelty Experience  / Golden Age of American Rock'N'Roll: Special Novelty Edition  / 25 All Time Novelty Hits  / The Second Coming  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / Forty Nutty Novelty Records Of The '60s
** Date:1980-03-09 Pos.1... Mr. Bill - Meyer & Drake (appearance #1)
** Date:1980-03-16 Pos.1... The Lumberjack Song - Monty Python http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/montypython.htm (appearance #6)
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:1980-03-23 Pos.1... Punk Polka - The Toons (appearance #1)
Albums: Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale
** Date:1980-03-30 Pos.1... The Masochism Tango - Tom Lehrer http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/lehrer-tom.htm (appearance #3)
Albums: An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer  / Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer  / The Remains Of Tom Lehrer  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-04-06 Pos.1... The Lumberjack Song - Monty Python http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/montypython.htm (appearance #7)
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:1980-04-13 Pos.1... The Smoke-Off - Shel Silverstein http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/silverstein-shel.htm (appearance #5)
Albums: Songs and Stories  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1980-04-20 Pos.1... Disco Sucks - Chuck Wagon http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/wagon-chuck.htm & The Wheels (appearance #3)
Albums: The Best of and/or Worst of...
** Date:1980-04-27 Pos.1... Punk Polka - The Toons (appearance #2)
Albums: Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale
** Date:1980-05-04 Pos.1... Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/wainwright-loudon.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Dead Skunk: The Complete Columbia Collection  / Album III  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-05-11 Pos.1... Mr. Bill - Meyer & Drake (appearance #2)
** Date:1980-05-18 Pos.1... My Dead Dog Rover - Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank and their Aeolian Duo-Art Player Piano (appearance #6)
Albums: Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-05-25 Pos.1... Rock Lobster - The B-52s http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/b52s.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: One Step Beyond: The Best of New Wave  / Dance This Mess Around-Best of  / Nude On The Moon: The Anthology  / The B-52's  / Time Capsule: Songs For A Future Generation 
** Date:1980-06-01 Pos.1... Safari (a/k/a My Sister's Nose) - Peter Alsop http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/alsop-peter.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Silly Songs & Modern Lullabyes
** Date:1980-06-22 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 #10)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / Stuffed / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1980-06-29 Pos.1... Psycho Chicken - The Fools (appearance #1)
** Date:1980-07-06 Pos.1... The Smoke-Off - Shel Silverstein http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/silverstein-shel.htm (appearance #6)
Albums: Songs and Stories  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1980-07-13 Pos.1... Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (appearance #8)
Albums: Zabagabee: Best of Barnes & Barnes  / Yeah-Essential Barnes & Barnes  / Voobaha  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-07-20 Pos.1... Shaving Cream - Benny Bell (vocal by Paul Wynn), or Dr. Demento w/ The Benny Bell Orchestra or The Fabulous Five Inc. versions (appearance #11)
Albums: 25 All Time Novelty Hits  / Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-07-27 Pos.1... Psycho Chicken - The Fools (appearance #2)
** Date:1980-08-03 Pos.1... Who Shot J.R.? - Gary Burbank w/ Band McNally (appearance #1)
** Date:1980-08-10 Pos.1... Who Shot J.R.? - Gary Burbank w/ Band McNally (appearance #2)
** Date:1980-08-17 Pos.1... The Smoke-Off - Shel Silverstein http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/silverstein-shel.htm (appearance #7)
Albums: Songs and Stories  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1980-08-24 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 #11)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / Stuffed / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1980-08-31 Pos.1... Who Shot J.R.? - Gary Burbank w/ Band McNally (appearance #3)
** Date:1980-09-07 Pos.1... Stardrek - Bobby Pickett & Peter Ferrara (appearance #19)
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:1980-09-14 Pos.1... Existential Blues - Tom "T-Bone" Stankus (appearance #1)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-09-21 Pos.1... Kinko The Clown - The Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band f/ Bill Frenzer http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/frenzer-bill.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / The Obscurity File 
** Date:1980-09-28 Pos.1... Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie (appearance #8)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale / Volume IV: The 1970s
** Date:1980-10-05 Pos.1... My Sharona - The Chipmunks http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/chipmunks.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Chipmunk Punk
** Date:1980-10-12 Pos.1... It's Still Billy Joel to Me - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #1)
** Date:1980-10-19 Pos.1... Existential Blues - Tom "T-Bone" Stankus (appearance #2)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-10-26 Pos.1... Another One Rides the Bus - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / "Weird Al" Yankovic  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-11-02 Pos.1... Another One Rides the Bus - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / "Weird Al" Yankovic  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-11-09 Pos.1... Another One Rides the Bus - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #3)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / "Weird Al" Yankovic  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-11-16 Pos.1... Another One Rides the Bus - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #4)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / "Weird Al" Yankovic  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-11-23 Pos.1... Space Invaders - Uncle Vic (appearance #1)
Albums: Dr. Demento's Mementos
** Date:1980-11-30 Pos.1... Another One Rides the Bus - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #5)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / "Weird Al" Yankovic  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-12-14 Pos.1... Existential Blues - Tom "T-Bone" Stankus (appearance #3)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1980-12-21 Pos.1... Santa Claus & His Old Lady - Cheech and Chong http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cheechandchong.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of All Time  / Where There's Smoke There's Cheech and Chong  / Billboard Rock 'N' Roll Christmas 

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