The Demented Song Almanac
Editor: David Tanny

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First Time a Song Reached the FF (1988 annual)

** Date:1988-01-03 Pos.4... Rock Rap (using "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel) - Whimsical Will http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/whimsicalwill.htm (first played 1987-12-06)
Albums: Cutting Up with Whimsical Will Cassette Vol 2
** Date:1988-01-31 Pos.5... Do the Freddy - The Elm Street Group (f/ Robert Englund) (first played 1988-01-17)
Albums: Freddie's Greatest Hits
** Date:1988-02-14 Pos.1... Nine Coronas - Killer Spam (aka John Mammoser) (first played 1988-02-07)
** Date:1988-02-14 Pos.5... Reggae Popeye - Mark McCollum (first played 1988-01-03)
** Date:1988-02-14 Pos.4... Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first played 1988-01-31)
Albums: Even Worse 
** Date:1988-03-06 Pos.1... The Contra Rap - Rich Little (first played 1988-02-07)
Albums: Ronald Reagan Slept Here
** Date:1988-03-13 Pos.5... The Way You Make Me Squeel - Bud LaTour (first played 1988-01-31)
** Date:1988-03-20 Pos.3... She Grabbed My Coconuts - Barry & the Bookbinders http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/bookbinder-barry.htm (first played 1988-02-14)
Albums: Triumphs and Tragedies: Hits and Misses from 1982-2002 
** Date:1988-03-27 Pos.4... You People Are Fat - The Frantics http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/frantics.htm (first played 1987-07-05)
Albums: Boot to the Head 
** Date:1988-04-17 Pos.5... There's a Hole in the Bucket - Harry Belafonte & Odetta (released 1960, first played 1976-11-21)
Albums: Harry Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall 
** Date:1988-04-24 Pos.3... Fat - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first played 1988-04-17)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The Food Album  / Even Worse  / "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits 
** Date:1988-05-01 Pos.5... The Trouble with Klingons - Dennis Williams (first played 1982-05-30)
** Date:1988-05-15 Pos.5... My Neighbor's Kids - The Duh (first played 1988-03-06)
** Date:1988-05-29 Pos.1... Lasagna - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first played 1988-04-17)
Albums: The Permanent Record: Al In The Box  / The Food Album  / Even Worse  / "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits 
** Date:1988-06-05 Pos.5... Spock Rap - The Neural-Paralyzers (first played 1988-04-03)
** Date:1988-06-12 Pos.3... Parents Just Don't Understand - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/prince.htm (first played 1988-06-05)
Albums: Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's Greatest Hits  / He's the D.J., I'm the Rapper 
** Date:1988-06-19 Pos.3... Kick Ass U.S.A. - Milo Tremley (first played 1987-12-06)
** Date:1988-06-19 Pos.5... You Always Poke My Eye - Bud LaTour (first played 1988-06-05)
** Date:1988-07-03 Pos.1... I Think I'm a Clone Now - "Weird Al" Yankovic http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/yankovic-alfred.htm (first played 1988-04-24)
Albums: Even Worse  / The Permanent Record: Al In The Box 
** Date:1988-07-24 Pos.3... Doctorin' the Tardis - The KLF alias The Timelords (first played 1988-07-10)
Albums: Doctorin' the Tardis 
** Date:1988-07-24 Pos.2... A Nightmare On My Street - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/prince.htm (first played 1988-07-03)
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:1988-08-28 Pos.5... Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin (first played 1988-07-24)
Albums: Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box [Totally] 
** Date:1988-09-04 Pos.5... Either Way Is Fine With Me - Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre (f/ Randee Of The Redwoods) (first played 1987-01-04)
Albums: Born To Be Tiled
** Date:1988-09-25 Pos.5... Hey Roger! - Whimsical Will http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/whimsicalwill.htm (first played 1988-07-24)
Albums: Cutting Up w/ Whimsical Will CD: Summer Movie Adventures
** Date:1988-10-02 Pos.3... My Girlfriend is Inflatable - Killer Spam (aka John Mammoser) (first played 1988-09-25)
** Date:1988-10-30 Pos.5... Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon (first played 1978-02-19)
Albums: Excitable Boy  / Elvira Presents Revenge of the Monster Hits  / Dr. Demento Presents Spooky Tunes & Scary Melodies 
** Date:1988-11-06 Pos.5... The Sounds of Sinus - Mark Young (first played 1988-10-02)
** Date:1988-12-04 Pos.5... Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/prince.htm (first played 1988-12-04)
Albums: Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's Greatest Hits 
** Date:1988-12-25 Pos.4... Christmas Dragnet (Yulenet) - Stan Freberg http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/freberg-stan.htm w/ Daws Butler & Orchestra (released 1953, first played 1974-12-22)
Albums: Tip Of The Freberg  / Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of All Time 

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