The Demented Song Almanac
Editor: David Tanny

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First Time a FF Song Was Played (1988 annual)

** Date:1988-01-03... Reggae Popeye - Mark McCollum (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-02-14)
** Date:1988-01-17... Do the Freddy - The Elm Street Group (f/ Robert Englund) (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-01-31)
Albums: Freddie's Greatest Hits
** Date:1988-01-31... Just Say No - Woody DeMarco (first hit the Funny Five on 1989-06-11)
** Date:1988-01-31... Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-02-14)
Albums: Even Worse 
** Date:1988-01-31... The Way You Make Me Squeel - Bud LaTour (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-03-13)
** Date:1988-02-07... Nine Coronas - Killer Spam (aka John Mammoser) (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-02-14)
** Date:1988-02-07... The Contra Rap - Rich Little (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-03-06)
Albums: Ronald Reagan Slept Here
** Date:1988-02-14... She Grabbed My Coconuts - Barry & the Bookbinders http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/bookbinder-barry.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-03-20)
Albums: Triumphs and Tragedies: Hits and Misses from 1982-2002 
** Date:1988-02-21... The Second Week of Deer Camp - Da Yoopers http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/dayoopers.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1989-01-08)
Albums: Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection  / For Diehards Only Greatest Hits  / Last Frontier
** Date:1988-03-06... My Neighbor's Kids - The Duh (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-05-15)
** Date:1988-03-20... Bar Trek - Thomas Gauthier (first hit the Funny Five on 1990-04-22)
** Date:1988-03-20... Carmen Miranda's Ghost - Leslie Fish (first hit the Funny Five on 1994-10-23)
Albums: Dr. Demento's Hits From Outer Space  / Carmen Miranda's Ghost
** Date:1988-04-03... Spock Rap - The Neural-Paralyzers (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-06-05)
** Date:1988-04-17... Fat - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-04-24)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The Food Album  / Even Worse  / "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits 
** Date:1988-04-17... Lasagna - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-05-29)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The Food Album  / Even Worse  / "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits 
** Date:1988-04-24... I Think I'm a Clone Now - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-07-03)
Albums: Even Worse  / The Permanent Record: Al In The Box 
** Date:1988-06-05... Parents Just Don't Understand - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/prince.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-06-12)
Albums: Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's Greatest Hits  / He's the D.J., I'm the Rapper 
** Date:1988-06-05... You Always Poke My Eye - Bud LaTour (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-06-19)
** Date:1988-07-03... A Nightmare On My Street - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/prince.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-07-24)
Albums: Elvira Presents Monster Hits  / Dr. Demento Presents Spooky Tunes & Scary Melodies  / Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's Greatest Hits  / He's the D.J., I'm the Rapper 
** Date:1988-07-10... Doctorin' the Tardis - The KLF alias The Timelords (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-07-24)
Albums: Doctorin' the Tardis 
** Date:1988-07-17... Whip Me Santa Claus - Mucus & The Bloody Phlegm (first hit the Funny Five on 1989-12-24)
** Date:1988-07-24... Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-08-28)
Albums: Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box [Totally] 
** Date:1988-07-24... Hey Roger! - Whimsical Will http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/whimsicalwill.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-09-25)
Albums: Cutting Up w/ Whimsical Will CD: Summer Movie Adventures
** Date:1988-09-11... The Dangerous Toy - Dan Hart http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/hart-dan.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 2002-03-17)
** Date:1988-09-25... Cloud Nine Motel - Farquahr (first hit the Funny Five on 1989-06-18)
** Date:1988-09-25... Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen (released 1972, first hit the Funny Five on 2007-09-30)
Albums: Hot To Trot: Best Of Commander Cody / Spy Magazine Presents, Volume 2: White Men Can't Wrap / Country Comedy Classics  / Wacky Favorites: Weird & Wild 
** Date:1988-09-25... My Girlfriend is Inflatable - Killer Spam (aka John Mammoser) (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-10-02)
** Date:1988-10-02... The Sounds of Sinus - Mark Young (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-11-06)
** Date:1988-10-30... Full Moon - Elvira (first hit the Funny Five on 1989-10-29)
Albums: Elvira Presents Haunted Hits 
** Date:1988-11-20... I Saw Mr. Presley Tiptoeing Thru the Tulips - Tiny Tim http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/tinytim.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1992-08-16)
Albums: I Love Me 
** Date:1988-11-27... Rub-a-Dub-Dub - Hyapatia Lee (first hit the Funny Five on 1989-04-30)
** Date:1988-12-04... Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/prince.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1988-12-04)
Albums: Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's Greatest Hits 
** Date:1988-12-04... Wild Thing - Sam Kinison http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/kinison-sam.htm (first hit the Funny Five on 1992-05-10)
Albums: Have You Seen Me Lately? 
** Date:1988-12-11... Rudolph, The Brown-Nosed Reindeer - Rudy & The Reindeer (first hit the Funny Five on 1989-12-10)
** Date:1988-12-25... Rusty Chevrolet - Da Yoopers http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/dayoopers.htm (released 1986, first hit the Funny Five on 1990-12-09)
Albums: Holidays in Dementia  / For Diehards Only Greatest Hits  / Last Frontier

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