The Demented Song Almanac
Editor: David Tanny

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First Time a Song Reached the FF (1987 annual)

** Date:1987-01-04 Pos.2... Addicted to Spuds - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first played 1986-11-23)
Albums: Polka Party  / "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits  / The Food Album  / The Permanent Record: Al In The Box 
** Date:1987-01-04 Pos.4... Tales From Mother Bruce - Ken Johnson & Jim Tofte (first played 1986-12-14)
** Date:1987-01-11 Pos.5... Let's Blow Up the Tow Truck - Krypton (first played 1986-12-14)
** Date:1987-01-11 Pos.3... Ronnie's Rapp - Ron & The D.C. Crew (released 1986, first played 1987-01-04)
** Date:1987-01-18 Pos.4... Dentist! - Steve Martin http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/martin-steve.htm (w/ Bill Murray) (first played 1987-01-04)
Albums: Little Shop of Horrors 
** Date:1987-01-25 Pos.5... Time Warp - Riff Raff, Columbia, Magenta, Narrator & The Transylvanians (first played 1987-01-25)
** Date:1987-02-01 Pos.3... I Love Chocolate - Chris Wallace (first played 1986-08-10)
** Date:1987-02-01 Pos.4... Polka Party! - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first played 1986-10-19)
Albums: Polka Party 
** Date:1987-02-15 Pos.5... Hip To Be Bare - Wally Wingert http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/wingert-wally.htm & The Nudes (first played 1987-02-08)
Albums: Parody Hearty
** Date:1987-03-01 Pos.3... Mean Green Mother From Outer Space - Levi Stubbs (first played 1987-02-15)
Albums: Little Shop of Horrors 
** Date:1987-03-01 Pos.4... The Frozen Embryo Song - Three Guys from Hollywood (first played 1985-07-21)
** Date:1987-03-08 Pos.2... (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) - Whimsical Will http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/whimsicalwill.htm (released 1987, first played 1987-03-01)
Albums: Cutting Up with Whimsical Will Cassette Vol 2
** Date:1987-03-08 Pos.5... The Gipper Gate Blues - Barbara Dane (first played 1987-02-15)
** Date:1987-04-05 Pos.5... Vanna, Pick Me a Letter - Dr. Dave (first played 1987-03-29)
** Date:1987-04-12 Pos.2... Hey Rocky! - Boris Badenough (first played 1987-03-29)
** Date:1987-04-26 Pos.4... Beastie Wrap - The Utensils (first played 1987-04-12)
** Date:1987-04-26 Pos.2... Shriner's Convention - Ray Stevens http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/stevens-ray.htm (first played 1980-03-02)
Albums: The Ray Stevens Box Set  / Ray Stevens: All Time Greatest Comic Hits / Last Laugh  / Ray Stevens' Greatest Hits by MCA / Ray Stevens: 20 Comedy Hits Special Collection  / Ray Stevens: All-Time Hits  / Ray Stevens: Collection  / Ray Stevens: His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits  / The Best Of Ray Stevens by Rhino / Ray Stevens: Live!  / Shriner's Convention / World's Greatest Country Novelty Records 
** Date:1987-05-10 Pos.5... Bikini Full Of Trouble - Stevens & Grdnic w/ Richard Levinson's Unchartables (first played 1987-04-05)
** Date:1987-05-17 Pos.5... Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian - John Prine http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/prine-john.htm (first played 1987-05-03)
Albums: German Afternoons 
** Date:1987-05-17 Pos.2... Squirrels - The Beastly Boys (first played 1987-04-05)
** Date:1987-05-24 Pos.4... Would Jesus Wear a Rolex - Ray Stevens http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/stevens-ray.htm (first played 1987-05-17)
Albums: Ray Stevens: All Time Greatest Comic Hits / Crackin' Up  / Ray Stevens' Greatest Hits by Curb / Ray Stevens: Collection  / Ray Stevens: His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits  / Ray Stevens' Greatest Hits, Vol 2 [MCA] 
** Date:1987-05-31 Pos.5... The Ballad of Jim & Tammy - Zot Theater (first played 1987-05-17)
** Date:1987-07-05 Pos.4... La Isla Gilligan - The Iceman (first played 1987-06-21)
** Date:1987-07-05 Pos.5... Ti Kwan Leep/Boot to the Head - The Frantics http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/frantics.htm (first played 1987-06-21)
Albums: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Boot to the Head 
** Date:1987-08-09 Pos.5... Surfin' Bird - Pee-Wee Herman (first played 1987-07-19)
Albums: Back To The Beach
** Date:1987-08-23 Pos.5... Bitchin' Camaro - The Dead Milkmen http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/deadmilkmen.htm (released 1985, first played 1987-03-08)
Albums: Big Lizard In My Backyard / Cream Of The Crop: Best Of The Dead Milkmen  / Death Rides A Pale Cow...The Ultimate Collection 
** Date:1987-08-23 Pos.3... I Want Your Sox - The Iceman (first played 1987-07-19)
** Date:1987-08-30 Pos.5... Hangover - Krypton (first played 1987-07-05)
** Date:1987-08-30 Pos.3... Star Trekkin' - The Firm (first played 1987-08-02)
Albums: Novelty No. 1's  / Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection  / The Very Best of Dr. Demento  / Dr. Demento's Hits From Outer Space 
** Date:1987-09-20 Pos.5... Elvis is Everywhere - Mojo Nixon http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/nixon-mojo.htm & Skid Roper (first played 1987-09-13)
Albums: Bo-Day-Shus!!!
** Date:1987-11-08 Pos.5... I'm A Boinger - Billy & The Boingers (first played 1987-10-18)
Albums: Bootleg
** Date:1987-12-06 Pos.4... I Wanna Be A Flintstone - The Screaming Blue Messiahs (first played 1987-11-15)
Albums: Bikini Red
** Date:1987-12-06 Pos.3... Puka - Bud LaTour w/ Scott Childers (first played 1987-08-30)
** Date:1987-12-13 Pos.4... Let's Have a Drug-Free Christmas - Tim Cavanagh http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/cavanagh-tim.htm (first played 1987-11-22)
Albums: Sounds Like Fun
** Date:1987-12-13 Pos.5... A Totally Ridiculous The Twelve Days Of Christmas, or, A Cat Caught In A Pear Tree - Frank Welker w/ The John Bahler Singers (first played 1986-11-30)
** Date:1987-12-20 Pos.3... Wreck The Malls - Bob Rivers http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/rivers-bob.htm Comedy Corp (first played 1987-12-06)
Albums: Twisted Christmas  / Twisted Christmas-Boxed Set 

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