Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time gathers two discs' worth of highlights from the five-volume Dr. Demento Presents series, as well as some of the good doctor's other favorite novelty singles. Anyone familiar with Demento's show will instantly recognize the Firm's "Star Trekkin'," Barnes & Barnes' ...
Crackin' Up! is exactly what you'll be doing the minute this Ray Stevens gem comes on -- instant classics like "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex," "I'm My Own Grandpaw" and "Three Legged Man" don't just make you laugh, they make you think, too. God bless you, Ray Stevens! ~ Chuck Donkers, All Music Guide
The eclectic career of gospel/country/comedy artist Ray Stevens creates a big challenge for anyone attempting to make a representational "best-of" album. He jumped from genre to genre as often as he switched labels, leaving compilers with mountains of unrelated song subjects and complicated licensing issues. When the 2005 Box Set was announced, ...
PGD Special Markets' 1995 budget-priced Ray Stevens collection All Time Hits features novelty classics like "Ahab the Arab," "Harry the Hairy Ape," and "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green and Purple Pills," but the lack of later hits like "Everything Is Beautiful" and the "Streak" makes the ...
#1 with a Bullet collects ten tracks recorded during Ray Stevens' tenure with Curb Records in the late '80s and early '90s, including the original versions of "Teenage Mutant Kung Fu Chickens," "Working for the Japanese," and "Power Tools." This collection is a good bargain for the budget-conscious, but does not feature any of his classic novelty ...
His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits contains ten of Ray Stevens' most popular novelty numbers from the '70s and '80s, including "The Streak," "Shriner's Convention," "Gitarzan," "In the Mood," "It's Me Again, Margaret," "Ahab the Arab," and "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex." Though it doesn't have country-pop hits like "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty," ...
Oldies but Goodies, Vol. 3 collects 17 memorable pop and rock hits spanning three decades including the Monkees' "I'm a Believer," Lesley Gore's "It's My Party," the Beach Boys' "Surfin' Safari," the Penguins' "Memories of El Monte," and Tony Orlando & Dawn's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree." Equally strong chart-toppers by the ...
For their 12th go at '70s hits and kitsch, Rhino delivers a beefy selection of indelible radio fare to prove just how strange and wide-open that decade's music was. From the MOR pop end of things, smashes like Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the Sun" and Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling" qualify as prime examples of the one-hit wonder retirement plan, ...
The ten-track Greatest Hits collection covers three decades of Ray Stevens' most successful novelty records. These original hits include "The Streak," "It's Me Again, Margaret," and "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival," along with his straight country hits "Everything Is Beautiful," "Misty," and "Turn Your Radio On." ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide
Originally issued on the Barnaby imprint in 1970, Everything Is Beautiful and Unreal!!! showcase a developing Ray Stevens that wasn't so caught up in trying to be a zany humorist with his music. Everything Is Beautiful not only showcases his more somber and melancholic side, but also sports the title track, which is easily regarded as his most ...
Classic Ray Stevens isn't an accurate title for this nine-track collection. There are no hits here, only re-recorded versions of such novelties as "If Ten Percent Is Good Enough for Jesus (It Oughta Be Enough for Uncle Sam)," "The Higher Education of Ole Blue," "Super Cop," "If You and Yo' Folks Like Me and My Folks," "The All-American Two Week ...
Jukebox Hits of 1969, Vol. 1 collects some of the year's most memorable pop and rock hits, including the Archies' "Sugar Sugar," Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye," Three Dog Night's "One," Canned Heat's "Going up the Country," and Motherlode's "When I Die." Songs by Frankie Laine, Tommy Roe, the Grass Roots, and Mama Cass complete this ...
Unlike the Dumb Ditties albums of old, this disc is only partially made up of the actual ditties you remember. The balance are new versions that just don't cut it. ~ Jim Worbois, All Music Guide
AM Gold: Pop Treasures collects pop hits from the '70s, including Ricky Nelson's "Garden Party," Ray Stevens' "Everything Is Beautiful," Climax's "Precious and Few," Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love," and Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye." An eclectic, concise collection of diverse sounds from the '70s. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
This is a well-rounded compilation of R&B, rock & roll, pop, and rocking instrumentals (the Ventures and Santo & Johnny). Aretha Franklin is elegant on "Winter Wonderland," and while Stevie Wonder and the Supremes represent "The Motown Sound." Roy Orbison is in top form on "Pretty Paper," and Bobby "Boris" Pickett would make the Grinch smile with ...
#1 Hits of 1970-1974 includes 14 tracks that epitomize AM radio favorites of the period, including original recordings by Rod Stewart "Maggie May," Bill Withers "Lean on Me," Jim Croce "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," the 5th Dimension "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In," and Gladys Knight & the Pips "Midnight Train to Georgia," This is an inexpensive way to ...
The kings of novelty deliver a king-sized holiday novelty record with Holidays in Dementia. Rhino may throw in a couple of obvious choices, such as Ray Stevens' "Santa Claus Is Watching You," Spike Jones' "Happy New Year," and Jona Lewie's minor masterpiece "Stop the Cavalry," but for the most part, Holidays in Dementia contains a selection of 17 ...
The final entry in K-Tel's five-volume set of novelty tunes features a higher quotient of original versions than their other packages. This time, the only two ringers in the bunch are new stereo recuts of Sheb Wooley's "Purple People Eater" and Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash." The other selections ("Witch Doctor" by David Seville, "Ahab, ...
Rhino's The Best of Ray Stevens is a thorough overview of the vocalist/comedian's peak, containing 20 tracks recorded between 1961 and 1977. All of his best-known songs, from "The Streak" to "Everything Is Beautiful," are included on this single disc, making it the one definitive Ray Stevens compilation. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Time-Life Music's Wacky Favorites: Weird and Wild features 12 novelty hits, including "Short Shorts" by the Royal Teens, "Auctioneer" by Leroy Van Dyke, "Mr. Bass Man" by Johnny Cymbal, "Hot Rod Lincoln" by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" by Brian Hyland and "Transfusion" by Nervous ...
The second volume of Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day is very heavily weighted toward 1970-vintage hits that originated in locales other than the United States, beginning with a Tony Macaulay-co-authored hit, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)," credited to the group Edison Lighthouse and featuring Tony Burrows, an ex-member of the ...
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