#Post • THE BEATLES: Official Fan Club Christmas Records Coming This Season! /

by KingoftheHits | Dec 6, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Holiday Hits, Novelty, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists

Advertisement For seven straight holiday seasons, from 1963, during the beginning of their rise to fame, to 1969, just prior to the group’s breakup, The Beatles released a specially recorded Christmas greeting available exclusively for the members of their...

#OnThisDay… November 30, 1996 • TINY TIM: ‘Tip-Toe Thru’ The Tulips’ Singer Died [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 30, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, American Artists, Novelty, Oldies, Pop, Top 40

Advertisement November 30, 1996 60’s ukulele-playing pop singer Tiny Tim died on this day. He was born Herbert Khaury in Brooklyn, NY on April 12, 1930, the son of a Polish Jewish mother and Lebanese Catholic father. •   When growing up, Tiny Tim became a...

#OnThisDay… November 23, 1964 • THE SHANGRI-LAS: Leading The Pack + The Novelty Parody Song [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 23, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, American Artists, Novelty, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40

November 23, 1964 The girl group The Shangri-Las were cruising at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on this day with their classic song Leader Of The Pack. The second hit record in a row by the quartet from Queens, New York – and only single to sell one...

#OnThisDay… October 20, 1962 • BOBBY (Boris) PICKETT: Billboard “Shells Out” to the ‘Monster Mash’ [AUDIO+DEEPTRAX] /

by KingoftheHits | Oct 20, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, American Artists, Novelty, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40

October 20, 1962 The #1 position on the Hot 100 music chart was shelled out by Billboard on this date to the seasonal Halloween hit Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett. Basing his persona on horror movie stars Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, Pickett made...

#OnThisDay… October 18, 1972 • CHUCK BERRY: His ‘Ding-A-Ling’ Hung from the Top [AUDIO+DEEPTRAX] /

by KingoftheHits | Oct 18, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 70's, American Artists, Novelty, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40

October 18, 1972 One of rock’n’roll’s greatest pioneers, Chuck Berry, was perched atop the music world with his novelty hit My Ding-A-Ling – hanging at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks. It ended a one-week stay for Michael...

#OnThisDay… October 11, 1976 • RICK DEES: Disco Duck ‘Quacks’ the Top of the Billboard Hot 100 [AUDIO] /

by KingoftheHits | Oct 11, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 70's, American Artists, Novelty, Oldies, Pop, Top 40

October 11, 1976 The #1 song on this day in 1976 was the novelty hit recorded by radio DJ Rick Dees called Disco Duck. Astoundingly, almost 40 years later, it’s the last true novelty hit to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100. • Besides on the radio that year, the...