Novelty songs
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Name (Hebrew)
שירי שעשוע
Name (Latin)
Novelty songs
Name (Arabic)
أغان مبتكرة
See Also From tracing topical name
Humorous songs
Popular music
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1151663
Library of congress:
sh 99012891
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 99050263: Otfinoski, S. The golden age of novelty songs, 2000(genre peaked in popularity on the charts ca. 1956-1969; line between novelty and mainstream pop remains hazy)
- White, D. Dict. pop. mus. styles of the world, c1998:under United States (novelty song)
- All-music guide WWW site, October 1, 1999(novelty songs; written most often with a humorous gesture; so named because they tell a brief story, sometimes complete and sometimes episodic, with light, lilting, memorable melodies)
- Encyc. of rock, 1988(novelty records)
- Pickering, D. Cassell companion to 20th-century music, 1998(novelty record [cites examples of U.S. and British artists and hits])
- Collins, A. Disco duck and other adventures in novelty music, 1998(novelty songs [book primarily devoted to U.S. artists and songs, but at least one British hit is cited])