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Shangri Las - Leader of the Pack Posted by: voxpopulai
Video duration: 190 seconds Possibly the greatest of the Brill Building classics. Someone put this up awhile back but it disappeared, so here it is again. Robert Goulet was just goofing around but Steve Allen put down rock and roll every chance he could. Well, he's gone now and Mary Weiss is still singing. So there. |
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Allan Sherman with Dean Martin and Vic Damone Posted by: voxpopulai
Video duration: 390 seconds From The Dean Martin Show, Oct. 7, 1965. They sing Pop Hates the Beatles and other parodies by Sherman. |
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Hanukkah in Santa Monica by Tom Lehrer Posted by: voxpopulai
Video duration: 108 seconds Whoever originally put this video together did a great job, but the audio was out of sync, so I fixed that, and changed a few slides, so I hope y'all like it. It's a modern classic by the great Tom Lehrer. |
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Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks Posted by: voxpopulai
Video duration: 349 seconds A sketch from their very first album, (introduced by a familiar face.) |
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Jim Carrey does Sammy Davis Jr. Posted by: voxpopulai
Video duration: 157 seconds The young Jim Carrey does this great impression, from way back in his stand-up days.... |
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Spike Jones featuring Mickey Katz (1947) Posted by: voxpopulai
Video duration: 218 seconds This clip gives us a rare and wonderful look at Spike Jones hilarity, with the added delight of seeing Mickey Katz (the short, bald guy playing clarinet) goofing around with the band and even doing his trademark "glugg-glugg". Mickey went on from there to write his Yiddish parodies and the rest is history, |
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Tom Lehrer (I Got It From Agnes) Posted by: voxpopulai
Video duration: 97 seconds From The Michael Parkinson Show in England, 4 Oct 1980. A super rare video of the master singing one of his lesser known songs. This goes out with thanks to 6funswede for sharing his Tom Lehrer treasure trove with us! |
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The 2000 Year Old Man Posted by: voxpopulai
Video duration: 166 seconds Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks. Comedy Trailblazers. |
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Peter Paul and Mary - When the Ship Comes In Posted by: voxpopulai
Video duration: 172 seconds An early Dylan classic. The opening song of a live concert on Australian TV, 14 June 1967. Brought to you by the good people at British Petroleum. |
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Annie Ross - Twisted (1959) Posted by: voxpopulai
Video duration: 180 seconds Actress and singer Annie Ross set some hipster jive to a Wardell Grey sax solo and Twisted became a jazz classic. Along with fellow singers Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks (who sit this one out) the trio Lambert Hendricks and Ross recorded a number of hit albums in the early 60s and is generally regarded as the greatest Jazz vocal group of all time. |
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Lambert Hendricks & Ross (1959) Posted by: voxpopulai
Video duration: 197 seconds LH&R with the Count Basie rhythm section. Scat singing doesn't get any better than this. |