The Demented Song Almanac
Editor: David Tanny

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All The Times a Song Reached #1 (1983 annual)

** Date:1983-01-09 Pos.1... They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/napoleonthe14th.htm (appearance #20)
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:1983-01-16 Pos.1... Harry's Jock Strap - Dickie Goodman http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goodman-dickie.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: Dickie Goodman's Greatest Fables  / My Son the Copycat
** Date:1983-01-23 Pos.1... Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (appearance #14)
Albums: Zabagabee: Best of Barnes & Barnes  / Yeah-Essential Barnes & Barnes  / Voobaha  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1983-01-30 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 #24)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / Stuffed / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1983-02-06 Pos.1... Bras On 45 - Ivor Biggun http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/biggun-ivor.htm & The D. Kups (appearance #2)
Albums: Fruity Bits of / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1983-02-13 Pos.1... Ice Box Man - George Carlin http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/carlin-george.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: A Place For My Stuff  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1983-02-20 Pos.1... Earache My Eye Featuring Alice Bowie - Cheech and Chong http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cheechandchong.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / Where There's Smoke There's Cheech and Chong  / Wedding Album  / Up in Smoke Soundtrack  / Cheech and Chong's Greatest Hit 
** Date:1983-02-27 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 #25)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / Stuffed / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1983-03-06 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 #5)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / The Obscurity File 
** Date:1983-03-13 Pos.1... Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Tom Lehrer http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/lehrer-tom.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: The Remains Of Tom Lehrer  / An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer  / Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1983-03-20 Pos.1... Harry's Jock Strap - Dickie Goodman http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/goodman-dickie.htm (appearance #3)
Albums: Dickie Goodman's Greatest Fables  / My Son the Copycat
** Date:1983-03-27 Pos.1... The Scotsman - Bryan Bowers (written by Mike Cross http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cross-mike.htm) (appearance #1)
Albums: Best Of The Funny Stuff: Creme De La Cross  / Live and Kickin'  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1983-04-03 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 #26)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / Stuffed / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1983-04-10 Pos.1... Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/barnesandbarnes.htm (appearance #15)
Albums: Zabagabee: Best of Barnes & Barnes  / Yeah-Essential Barnes & Barnes  / Voobaha  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1983-04-17 Pos.1... Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie (appearance #10)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale / Volume IV: The 1970s
** Date:1983-04-24 Pos.1... The Alphabet Song - The Three Stooges http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/threestooges.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Nonsense Song Book  / Dr. Demento's Mementos
** Date:1983-05-01 Pos.1... Ice Box Man - George Carlin http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/carlin-george.htm (appearance #3)
Albums: A Place For My Stuff  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1983-05-08 Pos.1... They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/napoleonthe14th.htm (appearance #21)
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:1983-05-15 Pos.1... Ricky - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (& Tress MacNeille) (appearance #1)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The TV Album  / "Weird Al" Yankovic  / "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits 
** Date:1983-05-22 Pos.1... Ricky - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (& Tress MacNeille) (appearance #2)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The TV Album  / "Weird Al" Yankovic  / "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits 
** Date:1983-05-29 Pos.1... Ricky - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (& Tress MacNeille) (appearance #3)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The TV Album  / "Weird Al" Yankovic  / "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits 
** Date:1983-06-05 Pos.1... Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie (appearance #11)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale / Volume IV: The 1970s
** Date:1983-06-12 Pos.1... Rock & Roll Doctor - Travesty, Ltd. (appearance #3)
Albums: Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection  / Teen Comedy Party 2000 
** Date:1983-06-19 Pos.1... Rock & Roll Doctor - Travesty, Ltd. (appearance #4)
Albums: Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection  / Teen Comedy Party 2000 
** Date:1983-06-26 Pos.1... Yoda - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #17)
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:1983-07-03 Pos.1... Yoda - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #18)
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:1983-07-10 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 #6)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / The Obscurity File 
** Date:1983-07-17 Pos.1... I Love Rocky Road - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #7)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The Food Album  / "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1983-07-24 Pos.1... Rock & Roll Doctor - Travesty, Ltd. (appearance #5)
Albums: Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection  / Teen Comedy Party 2000 
** Date:1983-07-31 Pos.1... I Love Rocky Road - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #8)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The Food Album  / "Weird Al" Yankovic 
** Date:1983-08-07 Pos.1... Yoda - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #19)
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:1983-08-14 Pos.1... Yoda - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #20)
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:1983-08-21 Pos.1... Yoda - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #21)
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:1983-08-28 Pos.1... Rock & Roll Doctor - Travesty, Ltd. (appearance #6)
Albums: Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection  / Teen Comedy Party 2000 
** Date:1983-09-04 Pos.1... They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/napoleonthe14th.htm (appearance #22)
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:1983-09-11 Pos.1... Existential Blues - Tom "T-Bone" Stankus (appearance #11)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1983-09-18 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 #7)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / The Obscurity File 
** Date:1983-09-25 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 #8)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / The Obscurity File 
** Date:1983-10-02 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 #27)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / Stuffed / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1983-10-09 Pos.1... Another One Rides the Bus - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (appearance #15)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / "Weird Al" Yankovic  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1983-10-16 Pos.1... Boogie in Your Butt - Eddie Murphy http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/murphy-eddie.htm (appearance #1)
Albums: Eddie Murphy 
** Date:1983-10-23 Pos.1... Boogie in Your Butt - Eddie Murphy http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/murphy-eddie.htm (appearance #2)
Albums: Eddie Murphy 
** Date:1983-10-30 Pos.1... Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers (appearance #4)
Albums: Wackiest Album In The Universe, Vol.1  / Elvira Presents Monster Hits  / Wild & Crazy Tunes  / Novelty No. 1's  / Box of Funny Wacky Favorites  / Halloween Hits  / Elvira Presents Haunted Hits  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1983-11-06 Pos.1... Boogie in Your Butt - Eddie Murphy http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/murphy-eddie.htm (appearance #3)
Albums: Eddie Murphy 
** Date:1983-11-13 Pos.1... Marvin, I Love You - Marvin The Paranoid Android (Stephen Moore) (appearance #1)
Albums: The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
** Date:1983-11-20 Pos.1... Ice Box Man - George Carlin http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/carlin-george.htm (appearance #4)
Albums: A Place For My Stuff  / Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1983-11-27 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 #28)
Albums: Mower Of The Ogden Edsl  / Stuffed / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento 
** Date:1983-12-04 Pos.1... Beatle Barkers Medley (Can't Buy Me Love/She Loves You/Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out/I Want To Hold Your Hand) - The Woofers And Tweeters Ensemble (appearance #1)
** Date:1983-12-11 Pos.1... Existential Blues - Tom "T-Bone" Stankus (appearance #12)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection 
** Date:1983-12-18 Pos.1... They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/napoleonthe14th.htm (appearance #23)
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:1983-12-25 Pos.1... Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/drelmo.htm (original or remake) or The Rovers versions (appearance #3)
Albums: Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of All Time 

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