The Demented Song Almanac
Editor: David Tanny

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First Time a FF Song Was Played (1981 annual)

** Date:1981-01-11... Carter Gets A Phone Call - The Zanies (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-01-11)
** Date:1981-01-11... Cow Patti - Jim Stafford http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/stafford-jim.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-02-22)
Albums: Jim Stafford's Greatest Hits 
** Date:1981-01-11... Hardcore Granola - Tom "T-Bone" Stankus (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-02-15)
** Date:1981-01-18... Bicycle Seat - Max Splodge (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-03-15)
** Date:1981-01-25... The Birds and the Bees - Rowan & Martin (released 1964, first hit the Funny Five on 1984-05-13)
** Date:1981-01-25... The Raspberry Song - The Goons http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goons.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-04-12)
Albums: The World of the Goons
** Date:1981-02-15... Happy Birthday - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1982-05-23)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1981-02-22... Russian Bandstand - Spencer & Spencer w/ the Sonya Pryor Choir (released 1959, first hit the Funny Five on 1982-09-26)
Albums: Golden Age of American Rock'N'Roll: Special Novelty Edition  / Greatest Fables Vol. 2  / Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time Volume II: The 1950s
** Date:1981-03-22... Rock & Roll Doctor - Travesty, Ltd. (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-07-26)
Albums: Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection  / Teen Comedy Party 2000 
** Date:1981-03-22... Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/daniels-charlie.htm (released 1973, first hit the Funny Five on 1993-06-20)
Albums: Classic Country: More Great Story Songs  / The Ultimate Charlie Daniels Band  / A Decade of Hits 
** Date:1981-03-29... Dallas Part One - The Dallas Idiots (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-04-19)
** Date:1981-03-29... I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me (Than A Frontal Lobotomy) - Randy Hanzlick, M.D. (Dr. Rock) (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-06-14)
Albums: Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1981-03-29... Seduced - Leon Redbone (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-05-10)
** Date:1981-04-05... Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-05-10)
Albums: Australian Pop Classics: Novelty Songs of the 60s & 70s  / Novelty No. 1's 
** Date:1981-05-03... Yoda - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-05-31)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits, Volume II / Dare To Be Stupid  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1981-05-10... Big Balls - AC/DC http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/acdc.htm (released 1976, first hit the Funny Five on 1981-05-17)
Albums: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 
** Date:1981-05-10... I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/waitresses.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-11-15)
Albums: The Best of the Waitresses  / New Wave Hits: Just Can't Get Enough, Vol. 5 
** Date:1981-05-31... I Wanna Kiss Her - Tim Cavanagh http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cavanagh-tim.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-07-12)
Albums: Sounds Like Fun
** Date:1981-05-31... Mr. President - Dickie Goodman http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goodman-dickie.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-07-19)
Albums: Dickie Goodman's Greatest Fables 
** Date:1981-06-21... Duck Butter - Skrooz Lewis (first hit the Funny Five on 1996-05-12)
Albums: Best of Skrooz
** Date:1981-06-21... Harry's Jock Strap - Dickie Goodman http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goodman-dickie.htm (released 1962, first hit the Funny Five on 1981-07-26)
Albums: Dickie Goodman's Greatest Fables  / My Son the Copycat
** Date:1981-06-21... My Baby's Got Rabies - The Piggys (first hit the Funny Five on 1997-08-31)
** Date:1981-06-28... Pocket Calculator - Kraftwerk (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-07-12)
Albums: Computer World
** Date:1981-08-02... General Hospi-Tale - The Afternoon Delights (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-09-06)
Albums: Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box [Totally] 
** Date:1981-08-02... Super-Duper Man - Dickie Goodman http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goodman-dickie.htm (LP) (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-09-13)
Albums: Greatest Hits
** Date:1981-08-09... The Rodeo Song - Garry Lee & Showdown (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-09-13)
Albums: Dr. Demento's Mementos
** Date:1981-08-16... I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-08-30)
Albums: "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1981-08-16... Marty Feldman Eyes - Bruce "Baby Man" Baum (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-09-20)
** Date:1981-08-16... Peter the Meter Reader - Meri Wilson (first hit the Funny Five on 1993-03-28)
Albums: Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1981-08-23... Bomb In The Mail - Bob Tombasco (first hit the Funny Five on 1982-01-03)
** Date:1981-08-23... A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request - Steve Goodman http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goodman-steve.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 2003-11-09)
Albums: Baseball's Greatest Hits  / No Big Surprise: Anthology  / Affordable Art
** Date:1981-08-23... The Take-Over - Buchanan, Shannon & Kaider (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-11-01)
** Date:1981-09-13... Shock Treatment - Richard O'Brien (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-12-13)
Albums: Shock Treatment Original Soundtrack
** Date:1981-09-20... Goblin Girl - Frank Zappa http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/zappa-frank.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 2001-10-21)
Albums: You Are What You Is  / Have I Offended Someone? 
** Date:1981-10-11... Stop Draggin' My Car Around - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-12-06)
Albums: "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1981-10-18... Commercials On 45 - Stevens & Grdnic (first hit the Funny Five on 1981-11-08)
Albums: Retail Comedy at Wholesale Prices
** Date:1981-10-18... Cubic Refugee - Stevens & Grdnic (first hit the Funny Five on 1982-05-30)
** Date:1981-10-18... Nice - Ronald Vomit (first hit the Funny Five on 1982-08-08)
** Date:1981-11-01... Bars - Beery Newman & Pubway Army (first hit the Funny Five on 1982-01-03)
** Date:1981-11-01... We Are Dead - Dale Gonyea (first hit the Funny Five on 1983-10-30)
Albums: Songs My Next-Door Neighbor Knows By Heart

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