The Demented Song Almanac
Editor: David Tanny

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First Time a Song Reached the FF (1982 annual)

** Date:1982-01-03 Pos.5... Bars - Beery Newman & Pubway Army (first played 1981-11-01)
** Date:1982-01-03 Pos.3... Bomb In The Mail - Bob Tombasco (first played 1981-08-23)
** Date:1982-01-17 Pos.5... As Bad As This (excerpt with "Plexiglas Toilet") - Styx (released 1974, first played 1982-01-03)
Albums: The Serpant Is Rising
** Date:1982-01-24 Pos.5... Take Off - Bob & Doug McKenzie w/ Geddy Lee (first played 1982-01-03)
Albums: Wild & Crazy Tunes  / The Great White North  / Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box [Totally] 
** Date:1982-02-14 Pos.3... The Alphabet Song - The Three Stooges http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/threestooges.htm (first played 1975-06-08)
Albums: Nonsense Song Book  / Dr. Demento's Mementos
** Date:1982-02-21 Pos.1... Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia (first played 1982-01-03)
Albums: Pac-Man Fever  / Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box [Totally] 
** Date:1982-02-28 Pos.5... Asteroids - Damaskas (released 1981, first played 1982-01-03)
** Date:1982-03-07 Pos.5... O Superman (For Massenet) - Laurie Anderson (released 1981, first played 1982-01-10)
Albums: Sedated in the '80s, Vol. 3  / New Wave Hits: Just Can't Get Enough, Vol. 7 
** Date:1982-03-28 Pos.4... Bras On 45 - Ivor Biggun http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/biggun-ivor.htm & The D. Kups (first played 1982-01-10)
Albums: Fruity Bits of / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1982-03-28 Pos.5... Ice Box Man - George Carlin http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/carlin-george.htm (first played 1982-01-03)
Albums: A Place For My Stuff  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1982-04-25 Pos.5... It's Good To Be The King - Mel Brooks http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/brooks-mel.htm (first played 1982-01-10)
** Date:1982-05-02 Pos.5... Beatle Rap - The Qworymen (first played 1982-03-14)
Albums: Tales from the Rhino  / Beatle Songs / Greatest Flops
** Date:1982-05-02 Pos.3... The Beerhunter - Bob & Doug McKenzie (first played 1982-01-24)
Albums: The Great White North 
** Date:1982-05-16 Pos.4... Dolly Parton's Tits - Maclean & Maclean (first played 1982-02-14)
** Date:1982-05-23 Pos.5... Do The Donkey Kong - Buckner & Garcia (first played 1982-05-23)
Albums: Pac-Man Fever 
** Date:1982-05-23 Pos.4... Happy Birthday - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first played 1981-02-15)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1982-05-30 Pos.4... Cubic Refugee - Stevens & Grdnic (first played 1981-10-18)
** Date:1982-06-06 Pos.2... Valley Girl - Frank Zappa http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/zappa-frank.htm (w/ Moon Unit Zappa) (first played 1982-05-30)
Albums: Have I Offended Someone?  / Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box [Totally]  / Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch  / Strictly Commercial: The Best Of Frank Zappa  / New Wave Hits: Just Can't Get Enough, Vol. 5 
** Date:1982-06-06 Pos.5... Vampire Beavers - Joe Hall & The Continental Drift (first played 1982-02-21)
Albums: Best of Joe Hall
** Date:1982-06-20 Pos.5... The Chinese Waiter - Buddy Hackett (released 1955, first played 1980-05-18)
Albums: Original Chinese Waiter  / Crazy Guys: Gems of American Comedy 
** Date:1982-07-18 Pos.4... Dr. Who Theme - original BBC-TV soundtrack (first played 1982-06-13)
** Date:1982-07-18 Pos.5... I Get Weird - John W. Christensen & Hot Food To Go (first played 1982-04-11)
Albums: Dr. Demento's Mementos / Worse Than Slime No. 1
** Date:1982-07-18 Pos.3... I Love Rocky Road - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first played 1982-07-11)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The Food Album  / "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1982-08-08 Pos.5... Nice - Ronald Vomit (first played 1981-10-18)
** Date:1982-08-22 Pos.2... Hey, E.T. - Dickie Goodman http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goodman-dickie.htm (first played 1982-08-01)
Albums: Dickie Goodman's Greatest Fables 
** Date:1982-08-22 Pos.4... I Had Sex With Pac-Man - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (first played 1982-05-16)
** Date:1982-08-22 Pos.5... Stallone Again, Naturally - Barry Mitchell (first played 1982-05-30)
** Date:1982-08-29 Pos.4... My Daddy Is President - Little Joe (first played 1975-07-27)
** Date:1982-09-05 Pos.4... Those Two Dreadful Children - Cruella de Ville (first played 1982-06-20)
Albums: Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 11
** Date:1982-09-12 Pos.4... Fast Food - Stevens & Grdnic (first played 1982-07-04)
Albums: Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection  / Retail Comedy at Wholesale Prices
** Date:1982-09-19 Pos.5... I Had Sex With E.T. - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (first played 1982-07-25)
** Date:1982-09-26 Pos.5... I Like Food - The Descendants (first played 1982-05-16)
** Date:1982-09-26 Pos.4... Russian Bandstand - Spencer & Spencer w/ the Sonya Pryor Choir (released 1959, first played 1981-02-22)
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:1982-10-31 Pos.5... Video Veggie - The Scam (first played 1982-08-29)
** Date:1982-11-14 Pos.4... Bedrock Rap/Meet The Flintstones - Bruce Springstone (first played 1982-10-24)
Albums: Rerun Rock / Tales from the Rhino  / Dr. Demento Presents Greatest Novelty Songs Volume V: The 1980s
** Date:1982-11-21 Pos.5... The Scotsman - Bryan Bowers (written by Mike Cross http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cross-mike.htm) (first played 1982-08-01)
Albums: Best Of The Funny Stuff: Creme De La Cross  / Live and Kickin'  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1982-11-28 Pos.4... I Love Rock 'n Roll (medley) - Joe Piscopo http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/piscopo-joe.htm (first played 1982-11-21)
** Date:1982-11-28 Pos.5... Silicon Valley Guy - Don Data & The Res-Tones (first played 1982-10-10)
** Date:1982-12-12 Pos.5... Friends - The Police (released 1980, first played 1982-09-12)
** Date:1982-12-12 Pos.1... The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Bob & Doug McKenzie (released 1981, first played 1982-12-05)
Albums: Vol. 2-Rock N Roll Christmas  / The Great White North  / Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of All Time  / Comedy for Christmas  / Christmas Comedy Classics Vol 2  / Vol. 2-Rock N Roll Christmas 

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