Novelty songs have become just that: a novelty. Back in the ’50s and ’60s, music was full of weird tunes from one-off artists who occasionally found their way on the charts, such as Boris Pickett’s ...

When most people think of novelty songs, they think of funny tunes with light lyrics. Classics like “The Purple People Eater,” “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” “The Streak,” and pretty much ...

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These new discs, made from polyvinyl chloride (a radical and thoroughly modern plastic alternative to shellac), were lighter yet more durable, and offered buyers higher-fidelity recordings of their ...

In the ’80s and ’90s, nothing was a bigger cultural tastemaker than MTV. Long before it became the home to endless reality shows, it played nothing but music videos 24 hours a day. If you wanted to ...