The Demented Song Almanac
Editor: David Tanny

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First Time a Song Reached the FF (1981 annual)

** Date:1981-01-11 Pos.4... Carter Gets A Phone Call - The Zanies (first played 1981-01-11)
** Date:1981-01-11 Pos.5... Roger Boom - Lawrence Welk Presents Larry Hooper (released 1956, first played 1976-04-04)
** Date:1981-01-18 Pos.4... The Streak - Ray Stevens http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/stevens-ray.htm (released 1974, first played 1979-02-04)
Albums: The Ray Stevens Box Set  / Wild & Crazy Tunes  / Country Funnies  / World's Greatest Country Novelty Records  / Ray Stevens: All-Time Greatest Hits  / Misty: The Very Best of Ray Stevens by Empire / The Best Of Ray Stevens by Rhino / Dr. Demento's Country Corn  / Gitarzan  / Last Laugh  / Ray Stevens' Greatest Hits by MCA / Ray Stevens: 20 Comedy Hits Special Collection  / Ray Stevens: All Time Greatest Comic Hits / Ray Stevens: Collection  / Ray Stevens: His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits  / Ray Stevens: Live! 
** Date:1981-01-25 Pos.3... So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III) - Tom Lehrer http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/lehrer-tom.htm (released 1965, first played 1974-12-15)
Albums: The Remains Of Tom Lehrer  / That Was The Year That Was 
** Date:1981-02-08 Pos.4... Teenage Lobotomy - The Ramones http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/ramones.htm (released 1977, first played 1980-08-31)
Albums: Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology  / Ramones Mania [Best Of The Ramones]  / Rocket to Russia
** Date:1981-02-15 Pos.4... Hardcore Granola - Tom "T-Bone" Stankus (first played 1981-01-11)
** Date:1981-02-22 Pos.2... Cow Patti - Jim Stafford http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/stafford-jim.htm (first played 1981-01-11)
Albums: Jim Stafford's Greatest Hits 
** Date:1981-02-22 Pos.3... The Martian Boogie - Brownsville Station (released 1977, first played 1978-09-10)
Albums: Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection  / They Came From Outer Space  / Smokin' In The Boy's Room: The Best Of Brownsville Station 
** Date:1981-03-01 Pos.4... Banana Boat (Day-O) - Stan Freberg http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/freberg-stan.htm (released 1957, first played 1975-05-11)
Albums: Tip Of The Freberg  / The Very Best of Stan Freberg  / Stan Freberg Greatest Hits 
** Date:1981-03-08 Pos.2... (Your Love Is Like) Nuclear Waste - Tuff Darts (first played 1978-04-02)
** Date:1981-03-15 Pos.5... Bicycle Seat - Max Splodge (first played 1981-01-18)
** Date:1981-04-12 Pos.2... The Raspberry Song - The Goons http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goons.htm (first played 1981-01-25)
Albums: The World of the Goons
** Date:1981-04-19 Pos.5... Dallas Part One - The Dallas Idiots (first played 1981-03-29)
** Date:1981-05-03 Pos.5... Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces - Cheech and Chong http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cheechandchong.htm (released 1973, first played 1976-02-22)
Albums: Where There's Smoke There's Cheech and Chong  / Cheech and Chong's Greatest Hit  / Los Cochinos 
** Date:1981-05-03 Pos.2... Too Young to Date - D-Day (released 1979, first played 1980-11-16)
Albums: New Wave Hits: Just Can't Get Enough, Vol. 1 
** Date:1981-05-10 Pos.5... Seduced - Leon Redbone (first played 1981-03-29)
** Date:1981-05-10 Pos.2... Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce (first played 1981-04-05)
Albums: Australian Pop Classics: Novelty Songs of the 60s & 70s  / Novelty No. 1's 
** Date:1981-05-17 Pos.2... Big Balls - AC/DC http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/acdc.htm (released 1976, first played 1981-05-10)
Albums: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 
** Date:1981-05-31 Pos.1... Yoda - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first played 1981-05-03)
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:1981-06-14 Pos.5... I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me (Than A Frontal Lobotomy) - Randy Hanzlick, M.D. (Dr. Rock) (first played 1981-03-29)
Albums: Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1981-07-12 Pos.2... I Wanna Kiss Her - Tim Cavanagh http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cavanagh-tim.htm (first played 1981-05-31)
Albums: Sounds Like Fun
** Date:1981-07-12 Pos.5... Pocket Calculator - Kraftwerk (first played 1981-06-28)
Albums: Computer World
** Date:1981-07-19 Pos.2... Mr. President - Dickie Goodman http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goodman-dickie.htm (first played 1981-05-31)
Albums: Dickie Goodman's Greatest Fables 
** Date:1981-07-26 Pos.4... Harry's Jock Strap - Dickie Goodman http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goodman-dickie.htm (released 1962, first played 1981-06-21)
Albums: Dickie Goodman's Greatest Fables  / My Son the Copycat
** Date:1981-07-26 Pos.2... Rock & Roll Doctor - Travesty, Ltd. (first played 1981-03-22)
Albums: Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection  / Teen Comedy Party 2000 
** Date:1981-08-02 Pos.5... Acupuncture - Cheech and Chong http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cheechandchong.htm (first played 1980-07-13)
Albums: Let's Make a New Dope Deal / Where There's Smoke There's Cheech and Chong 
** Date:1981-08-30 Pos.5... I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first played 1981-08-16)
Albums: "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1981-09-06 Pos.5... General Hospi-Tale - The Afternoon Delights (first played 1981-08-02)
Albums: Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box [Totally] 
** Date:1981-09-13 Pos.4... Super-Duper Man - Dickie Goodman http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goodman-dickie.htm (LP) (first played 1981-08-02)
Albums: Greatest Hits
** Date:1981-09-13 Pos.5... The Rodeo Song - Garry Lee & Showdown (first played 1981-08-09)
Albums: Dr. Demento's Mementos
** Date:1981-09-20 Pos.2... Leader Of The Laundromat - The Detergents (released 1964, first played 1975-06-01)
Albums: Novelty Experience  / Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection  / Golden Age of American Rock'N'Roll: Special Novelty Edition  / Forty Nutty Novelty Records Of The '60s
** Date:1981-09-20 Pos.5... Marty Feldman Eyes - Bruce "Baby Man" Baum (first played 1981-08-16)
** Date:1981-11-01 Pos.5... The Take-Over - Buchanan, Shannon & Kaider (first played 1981-08-23)
** Date:1981-11-08 Pos.5... Commercials On 45 - Stevens & Grdnic (first played 1981-10-18)
Albums: Retail Comedy at Wholesale Prices
** Date:1981-11-15 Pos.5... I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/waitresses.htm (first played 1981-05-10)
Albums: The Best of the Waitresses  / New Wave Hits: Just Can't Get Enough, Vol. 5 
** Date:1981-12-06 Pos.4... Stop Draggin' My Car Around - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first played 1981-10-11)
Albums: "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1981-12-13 Pos.2... Shock Treatment - Richard O'Brien (first played 1981-09-13)
Albums: Shock Treatment Original Soundtrack
** Date:1981-12-20 Pos.4... Wreck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly - The Three Stooges http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/threestooges.htm (first played 1976-12-19)
Albums: Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time Volume VI: Christmas

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