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- Artist
- Bull & the Matadors
- Year
- 1968
- Song
- The Funky Judge
- Chart
- 39
Bull & the Matadors was a short-live R&B group from Chicago back in the 1960s. They made their debut with the novelty song "The Funky Judge", which broke into Top40 territory in 1968. Unfortunately, all of their following songs were flops and they quietly disbanded the following year.
- Artist
- Pigmeat Markham
- Year
- 1968
- Song
- Here Comes The Judge
- Chart
- 19
Pigmeat Markham was a well-known comedy musician during the 1960s. He also found some success with his novelty records. The song about a low tolerance judge titled "Here Comes the Judge" became a Top20 hit in 1968 - regarded as one of the earliest rap records. He tried to follow the song's success, but could not do so. Markham soon turned back to his old comedian career.
- Artist
- Shorty Long
- Year
- 1968
- Song
- Here Comes The Judge
- Chart
- 8
Frederick Earl Long, better known as Shorty Long, was one of the funkiest artists ever signed to Motown. In 1968, his funk version of "Here Comes the Judge" went to Top10 position on Billboard pop chart. Unfortunately, just about his career started to turn out for the better, Lang died in a boat accident on the Detroit river on June, 1969.
- Artist
- Bonzo Dog Band
- Year
- 1968
- Song
- I'm the Urban Spaceman
- Chart
- UK 5
British Bonzo Dog Band was one of the most successful comedy rock in the late '60s. They finally broke into the national chart with their one and only hit "I'm the Urban Spaceman". This funny song, produced by Beatles' Paul McCartney himself, became a Top5 hit in UK in 1968. Sadly, their following, more serious music singles went nowhere and they disbanded soon after that.
- Artist
- Tiny Tim
- Year
- 1968
- Song
- Tip-Toe Through the Tulips With Me
- Chart
- 17
Surely one of the oddest characters in the Sixties' entertinment business. Tiny Tim gained his brief celebrity status in the late 1960s with his falsetto version of "Tip-Toe Through the Tulips With Me". This fruitless lullaby became a surprise Top20 hit in 1968. Unfortunately, his popularity quickly faded and he quietly withdrew from the scene. He died from heart attack in 1996.
- Artist
- Harlow Wilcox & the Oakies
- Year
- 1969
- Song
- Groovy Grubworm
- Chart
- 30
Harlow Wilcox was an American session musician who rose to national recognition by the end of 1960s. The funny sound of his instrumental pieces "Groovy Grubworm" push the record into the Top40 territory in 1969 and earned him a Grammy nomination. Two albums soon followed but quickly forgotten. Wilcox had not released anything else until his death in 2002.
- Artist
- The Pipkins
- Year
- 1970
- Song
- Gimme Dat Ding
- Chart
- 9
This pipkins was a one-time band formed by songwriter Roger Greenaway and the one-hit king of the 70s, Tony Burrows. The nonsensical, boogie dance singles "Gimme Dat Ding" quickly became a children favorite and shot to no.9 on Billboard chart in 1970. Their success was followed by an LP and two more singles - but all were flops. The duo soon parted way.
- Artist
- Ernie (from Sesame Street)
- Year
- 1970
- Song
- Rubber Duckie
- Chart
- 16
Sesame Street is a long-running children television show of entirely puppet characters, called the muppets, which has gained huge popularity since its premier in 1969. Many songs from the program became children's favorites, and one of them "Rubber Duckie" by one of the show's comic duo, Ernie, became a hit singles in 1970.
- Artist
- Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
- Year
- 1970
- Song
- Tennessee Bird Walk
- Chart
- 23
Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan were a famous country duo who scored many country hits during the early 1970s. Their biggest hit was "Tennessee Bird Walk", a hilarious song about how birds would react without their instinct, managed to break into pop chart, as well as no.1 on country chart. It was their only success in the pop world.
- Artist
- Benny Hill
- Year
- 1971
- Song
- Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
- Chart
- UK 1
Benny Hill was a famous English comedian who was best known for "The Benny Hill Show" from 1969 to 1989. He also had some chart singles in UK and one of them "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)" reached the top of the chart in 1971. He never repeat similar success again.
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