Wednesday, April 23, 2008

La La La Means Blah Blah Blah

On April Fool's Day, 2008, I posted an entry that contains every Top 100 song from 1950 to 1989 that has any variation of the word "Fool" in the title. That post was the result of a last-second change of plans "in honor" of that day. This was the post I had originally intended to post first.


The April Fool's Day post didn't require much work. This one did. In spite of that, and in spite of the fact that very few of these songs are "my type," it was fun, nostalgic and maybe even a bit "educational."


Why Did I Publish this List?
Answer (also be sure to refer to LL's comment of 8:11 AM, 4/24/08, and my reply): When I converted a Top 100 list from text files into database files (for MUCH easier referencing than always thumbing through my Billboard Top 100 book), I was continually (that's an understatement) seeing songs with gibberish titles. The endless procession of them was quite "impressive," so I decided it was a subject worthy of a blog post. Note: While I was creating the links to these songs, I discovered that many of them are of the "soul" and/or "Motown" variety. Songs with smiley faces at the end are what I consider to be somewhat humorous. I have also randomly labeled two or three as being "GOOD," even though it is the first time I had ever heard them (if I remember correctly).
The dates are those on which the songs peaked on the Cash Box charts. Their highest point on the charts is indicated in parentheses.

I encourage you to change your routine for once and actually listen to a few of these songs, especially the ones that you would normally never consider worthy of your time, and/or the ones that you think you've never heard before. Just remember that you are traveling back in time when you do this and are hearing songs that billions of ears have not heard since about the time they were released.



Links finally updated on May 15, 2012 (it took several hours of monotonous copying, searching, linking, etc.).


The List
01/14/50 - Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Good-Bye) - Art Mooney & Orchestra - (31)
02/04/50 -
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song) - Jo Stafford & Gordon Macrae - (7)**
06/10/50 -
Hoop-Dee-Doo - Perry Como - (4)
02/24/51 -
Zing Zing, Zoom Zoom - Perry Como - (10)
03/17/51 -
Tonda Wonda Hoy - Dean Martin - (33)
04/02/51 -
Aba Daba Honeymoon - Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter - (27)
03/21/53 -
Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams & Drifting Cowboys - (19)
09/05/53 -
Rub-A-Dub-Dub - Ralph Flanagan & Orchestra - (29)~~
09/12/53 -
Chicka Boom - Guy Mitchell - (16)~~
05/08/54 -
A Girl, A Girl (Zoom-Ba Di Alli Nella) - Eddie Fisher - (6)
06/19/54 -
Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenelle Bogen By The Sea - Four Lads - (28)
08/07/54 -
Sh-Boom - Crew-Cuts - (1)
10/02/54 -
Oop-Shoop - Crew-Cuts - (13)~~
01/22/55 -
Ling, Ting, Tong - Five Keys - (24)
06/18/55 -
Chee Chee-Oo Chee (Sang The Little Bird) - Perry Como & Jaye P. Morgan - (17)~~
07/30/55 -
Piddily Patter Patter - Patti Page - (25)
05/05/56 -
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo - Dick Hyman Trio (also Roger Williams) - (41)
06/16/56 -
Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison & Teen Kings - (48)
07/28/56 -
Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent & Blue Caps - (5)
09/22/56 -
Ka-Ding Dong - G-Clefs - (17)
10/20/56 -
Heeby-Jeebies - Little Richard - (50)
11/17/56 -
Chincherinchee - Perry Como - (44)
12/15/56 -
Tra La La - Georgia Gibbs - (36)
02/09/57 -
Wringle Wrangle - Fess Parker - (12)
05/11/57 -
Ring-A-Ding-A-Ding - Tommy Sands - (31)
06/29/57 -
Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am The Japanese Sandman) - Cellos - (46)
09/28/57 -
Zip Zip - Diamonds - (36)**
11/09/57 -
Be-Bop Baby - Ricky Nelson - (6)
02/01/58 -
La Dee Dah - Billy & Lillie - (4)
03/01/58 -
Click-Clack - Dickey Doo & Don'ts - (29)~~
03/08/58 -
Bop-A-Lena - Ronnie Self - (60)
05/03/58 -
Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu - Dicky Doo & Don'ts - (60)~~
07/19/58 -
Op - Honeycones - (65)
10/18/58 -
La-Do-Da Da - Dale Hawkins - (35)
12/27/58 -
Bimbombey - Jimmie Rodgers - (11)
02/28/59 -
Blah, Blah, Blah - Nicola Paone - (36) ;-) ;-) (a few seconds of another song plays first)
04/04/59 -
Boom-A-Dip-Dip - Stan Robinson - (75)
04/18/59 -
The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango (Mambo Cha Cha Cha) - Pat Boone - (61)
07/11/59 -
Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario - Jimmie Rodgers - (38)
10/10/59 -
Poco-Loco - Gene & Eunice - (73)~~
11/14/59 -
Woo-Hoo - Rock-A-Teens - (18) (GOOD!)
01/02/60 -
Coocoo-U - Kingston Trio - (72)
01/23/60 -
Do-Re-Mi - Mitch Miller & Orchestra - (48)
02/20/60 -
Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop - Little Anthony & Imperials - (21)
06/04/60 -
Ding-A-Ling - Bobby Rydell - (17)
06/04/60 -
Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Pt. 2) - Jessie Hill - (32)
07/02/60 -
The Yen Yet Song - Gary Cane & Friends - (93)
07/16/60 -
Be Bop A-Lula - Everly Brothers - (84)
08/20/60 -
Bongo Bongo Bongo - Preston Epps - (60)09/24/60 - Ta Ta - Clyde McPhatter - (23)
10/08/60 -
(I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy - Bobby Freeman - (55)
12/03/60 -
Ruby Duby Du - Tobin Matthews & Co. - (27)
10/28/61 -
The Hoochi Coochi Coo - Hank Ballard & Midnighters - (14)
02/18/61 -
Ja-Da - Johnny & Hurricanes - (88)
04/15/61 -
Ling-Ting-Tong - Buddy Knox - (95)~~
04/15/61 -
Shu Rah - Fats Domino - (34)~~
05/13/61 -
Bumble Boogie - B. Bumble & Stingers - (21) (GOOD)
06/10/61 -
Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It - Freddy Cannon - (35)
06/24/61 -
Rama Lama Ding Dong - Edsels - (21)
07/15/61 -
Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta - Ernie K-Doe - (43)
07/22/61 -
The Switch-A-Roo - Hank Ballard & Midnighters - (45)~~
07/29/61 -
Dum Dum - Brenda Lee - (4)
09/23/61 -
Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann - (7)
10/28/61 -
Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey - (8)
12/02/61 -
A-One A-Two A-Cha Cha Cha - Lawrence Welk & Orchestra - (94)
01/27/62 -
Do-Re-Mi - Lee Dorsey - (33)
03/10/62 -
Chip Chip - Gene McDaniels - (16)
04/21/62 -
Tra La La La La - Ike & Tina Turner - (55)
07/07/62 -
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker - (83)
07/21/62 -
The Wah Watusi - Orlons - (2)
08/11/62 -
Lolita Ya-Ya - Ventures - (100)
09/08/62 -
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow - Rivingtons - (35)
10/13/62 -
Hully Gully Baby - Dovells - (21)
11/03/62 -
Pop Pop Pop-Pie - Sherrys - (40)
11/24/62 -
The Cha-Cha-Cha - Bobby Rydell - (13)
11/24/62 -
Wiggle Wobble - Les Cooper & Soul Rockers - (21)
12/08/62 -
Diddle-Dee-Dum (What Happens When Your Love Has Gone) - Belmonts - (51)~~
01/05/63 -
Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah - Bob B. Soxx & Blue Jeans - (9)
02/09/63 -
Loop De Loop - Johnny Thunder - (9)
02/16/63 -
Puddin' N' Tain (Ask Me Again, I'll Tell You The Same) - Alley Cats - (49)
03/16/63 -
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo - Richard Chamberlain - (60)
06/15/63 -
Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) - Crystals - (4)
07/27/63 -
Hootenanny - Glencoves - (39)~~
08/17/63 -
Dum Dum De Dum - Johnny Cymbal - (81)
08/24/63 -
Surfin' Hootenanny - Al Casey - (39)
09/28/63 -
Wham! - Lonnie Mack - (28)
10/05/63 -
Eefananny - Ardells - (85) (Goofy and fun ;-).
12/21/63 -
Ally Ally Oxen Free - Kingston Trio - (60)~~
12/28/63 -
Drip Drop - Dion Di Muci - (5)
01/04/64 -
Bon-Doo-Wah - Orlons - (43)
01/18/64 -
Tra La La La Suzy - Dean & Jean - (36)~~
02/15/64 -
Wow Wow Wee (He's The Boy For Me) - Angels - (40)
02/15/64 -
Hooka Tooka - Chubby Checker - (16)
02/15/64 -
Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um - Major Lance - (4)
02/22/64 -
Shimmy Shimmy - Orlons - (62)
04/11/64 -
Sha-La-La - Shirelles - (59)
04/11/64 -
Hippy Hippy Shake - Swinging Blue Jeans - (23)
04/18/64 -
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) - Betty Everett - (6)
10/10/64 -
La La La La La - Blendells - (74)
10/17/64 -
Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann - (1)
10/24/64 -
Chug-A-Lug - Roger Miller - (6)
01/09/65 -
Boom Boom - Animals - (35)
01/09/65 -
Do-Wacka-Do - Roger Miller - (34)
01/16/65 -
Hey-Da-Da-Dow - Dolphins - (69)~~
01/23/65 -
Sha La La - Manfred Mann - (15)
05/15/65 -
Super-Cali-Fragil-Istic-Expi-Ali-Docious - Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke And Pearlies - (80)
05/22/65 -
Iko Iko - Dixie Cups - (19)
06/12/65 -
Boo-Ga-Loo - Tom & Jerrio - (43)
06/19/65 -
Wooly Bully - Sam The Sham & Pharaohs - (2)
07/17/65 -
Yakety Axe - Chet Atkins - (85)
08/28/65 -
Oowee, Oowee - Perry Como - (68)~~
11/20/65 -
Ring Dang Doo - Sam The Sham & Pharaohs - (28)~~
03/05/66 -
Smokey Joe's La La - Googie Rene Combo - (98)
04/02/66 -
La La La - Gerry & Pacemakers - (87)
05/28/66 -
Dum-De-Da - Bobby Vinton - (32) (Nice one)
06/11/66 -
S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song) - Joe Tex - (53)
07/09/66 -
Hanky Panky - Tommy James & Shondells - (1)
11/05/66 -
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) - Otis Redding - (38)
12/17/66 -
Alvin's Boo-Ga-Loo - Alvin Cash & Registers - (79)
01/28/67 -
Wack Wack - Young Holt Trio - (53)
03/04/67 -
Peek-A-Boo - New Vaudeville Band - (94)
03/25/67 -
Mairzy Doats - Innocence - (75)
06/24/67 -
The Oogum Boogum Song - Brenton Wood - (43)
11/04/67 -
Karate-Boo-Ga-Loo - Jerryo - (57)
11/04/67 -
Shout Bamalama - Mickey Murray - (49)
02/03/68 -
Zabadak - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - (56) (Great)
02/17/68 -
Itchycoo Park - Small Faces - (13)
03/30/68 -
La-La-Means I Love You - Delfonics - (4)
04/06/68 -
Tapioca Tundra - Monkees - (47)
05/25/68 -
Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Stevie Wonder - (7)
09/28/68 -
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly - (56) (Classic)
10/26/68 -
Do The Choo Choo - Archie Bell & Drells - (46)
11/23/68 -
Bang-Shang-A-Lang - Archies - (9)
12/07/68 -
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Paul Mauriat & Orchestra - (86)
01/18/69 -
Shake A Poo Poo - Chet "Poison" Ivey & Fabulous Avengers - (100)
01/18/69 -
Tit For Tat (Ain't No Taking Back) - James Brown - (50)~~
02/01/69 -
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Arthur Conley - (74)**
03/01/69 -
Witchi Tai To - Everything Is Everything - (61)
09/13/69 -
Keem-O-Sabe - Electric Indian - (18)
10/11/69 -
Mah-Na-Mah-Na - Piero Umiliani - (44) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)
11/08/69 -
Ooh Ooh Ooh - Sam & Dave - (98)
12/13/69 -
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam - (3)
01/17/70 -
La La La (If I Had You) - Bobby Sherman - (11)
01/24/70 -
Jingle Jangle - Archies - (8)
01/31/70 -
Look-Ka Py Py - Meters - (55)
05/02/70 -
Uhh - Dyke & Blazers - (85)~~
07/11/70 -
Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins - (7) ;-) ;-)
09/05/70 -
Hi-De-Ho - Blood, Sweat & Tears - (9)
09/19/70 -
Riki Tiki Tavi - Donovan - (40)
05/29/71 -
Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) - Daddy Dewdrop - (5)
06/19/71 -
Ooh Poo Pah Doo - Ike & Tina Turner - (37)
07/17/71 -
Crazy About The La La La - Smokey Robinson & Miracles - (49)~~
09/11/71 -
K-Jee - Nite-Liters - (39)
10/09/71 -
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Mac & Katie Kissoon - (18)
10/09/71 -
Co-Co - Sweet - (85)
10/23/71 -
Yo-Yo - Osmonds - (2)
03/11/72 -
Floy Joy - Supremes - (16)
05/06/72 -
Iko Iko - Dr. John - (52)
10/21/72 -
My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry - (1) ;-)
11/04/72 -
Deteriorata - National Lampoon - (88) ;-)
02/03/73 -
Tweedlee Dee - Little Jimmy Osmond - (49)
02/03/73 -
Hi, Hi, Hi - Wings - (6)
03/17/73 -
Boo, Boo, Don't 'Cha Be Blue - Tommy James - (40) (Nice)
04/28/73 -
Oh La De Da - Staple Singers - (35)
07/21/73 -
Shambala - Three Dog Night - (1)
02/09/74 -
Wang Dang Doodle - Pointer Sisters - (69)
02/16/74 -
Abra-Ca-Dabra - Defranco Family - (23)
02/23/74 -
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - Rolling Stones - (10)
06/29/74 -
Sho Nuff Boogie (Pt. 1) - Sylvia & Moments - (91)
11/30/74 -
La La Peace Song - Al Wilson - (46)
12/14/74 -
Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) - Al Green - (7)
02/08/75 -
Ding Dong; Ding Dong - George Harrison - (36)
02/08/75 -
Hot Dawgit - Ramsey Lewis & Earth, Wind & Fire - (72)~~
08/16/75 -
(Shu-Doo-Pa-Poo-Poop) Love Being Your Fool - Travis Wammack - (50)
09/25/76 -
Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang - Silver - (16) (A classic)
12/18/76 -
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Beatles - (47)
01/22/77 -
Dazz - Brick - (5)
02/19/77 -
Dis-Gorilla (Pt. 1) - Rick Dees & Cast Of Idiots - (81)
07/09/77 -
Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy - (1)
11/19/77 -
Dusic - Brick - (30)
02/18/78 -
Cocomotion - El Coco - (52)
09/16/78 -
Boogie Oogie Oogie - Taste Of Honey - (1)
01/17/81 -
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - Police - (13)
02/28/81 -
Ooo-Eee - Nicolette Larson - (85)
11/21/81 -
La La Means I Love You - Tierra - (64)
02/06/82 -
Abacab - Genesis - (40)
08/28/82 -
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band - (1)\
02/18/84 -
Yah Mo B There - James Ingram (With Michael Mcdonald) - (25)
04/14/84 -
Radio Ga-Ga - Queen - (14)
09/29/84 -
She Bop - Cyndi Lauper - (3)
03/02/85 -
Ooh Ooh Song - Pat Benatar - (35)
05/18/85 -
Oo-Ee-Diddley-Bop! - Peter Wolf - (67)
06/01/85 -
My Toot Toot - Jean Knight - (64)**
06/29/85 -
Sussudio - Phil Collins - (1)
08/17/85 -
Abadabadango - Kim Carnes - (70)~~
03/08/86 -
Bop - Dan Seals - (48)
06/21/86 -
Land Of La La - Stevie Wonder - (83)
10/11/86 -
Paranoimia - Art Of Noise With Max Headroom - (32)
05/09/87 -
Sela - Lionel Richie - (24)
06/11/88 -
Rooty Toot Toot - John Cougar Mellencamp - (70)
12/10/88 -
Peek-A-Boo - Siouxsie & Banshees - (60)
12/10/88 -
Hippy Hippy Shake - Georgia Satellites - (51)