Gayla Peevey

Gayla Peevey

female, 66 years old
Columbia, hippopotamus, Oklahoma City Zoo, noveltysongs, Columbia Records, From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma…Novelty song
Gayla Peevey (born 1943) is perhaps best known for her song, "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" (Columbia, 1953). A child star from Oklahoma...
Lito Camo

Lito Camo

male
musician, noontime, noveltysongs, interviews, Wowowee, Bayani Agbayani
Lito Camo is a Filipino songwriter known for his commercially-successful novelty songs, which are mostly made up of catchy melodies interspersed...
Max Surban

Max Surban

male
singer, King of Visayan Song, Bol-anon, noveltysongs, Visayan languages, Visayan
Maximo Surban, better known as Max Surban is a Cebuano singer. He has been given the monicker "King of Visayan Song". Like his fellow Visayan, the...
Mike Cross

Mike Cross

male
folk music, comedic, acoustic instrument, from the Triangle, North Carolina, blues, Venue…noveltysongs
Mike Cross (b. 1946) is an American singer and a guitar- and fiddle-player. Born in Maryville, Tennessee, he first took up guitar during his...
Roger Alan Wade

Roger Alan Wade

male
record label, All Likkered Up, steel-string acoustic guitar, noveltysongs, stereotypes, redneck
Roger Alan Wade is an American singer-songwriter known for writing humorous novelty songs in the country music medium. According to his website,...
Corn Mo

Corn Mo

male
Jon Cunningham, circus music, John Cunningham, On and Off Broadway, noveltysongs, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Player
Corn Mo is a the stage name of Jon Cunningham, a Brooklyn-based musician. Corn Mo sings, plays the accordion, keyboards, and sometimes performs as...
Bob Lido

Bob Lido

male, deceased (2000)
musician, from New Jersey, ukelele, saxophone, country music, banjo…noveltysongs
Bob Lido (born September 21, 1914 - died August 9, 2000) was an American musician and singer who was a regular member of television's "The Lawrence...
Eddie Blazonczyk

Eddie Blazonczyk

male
Polish-American, The Versatones, Bel-Aire Records, Lucky Four Records, Another Polka Celebration, noveltysongs
Eddie Blazonczyk is a polka musician and leader of the band The Versatones. Their album "Another Polka Celebration" won the 1986 Grammy in the...
Jean Havez

Jean Havez

male
comedian, silent era, noveltysongs, comedy, American, Assistant Director
Jean Havez (December 24, 1869 - February 11, 1925), was an American writer of novelty songs and silent era comedy films. In his film career, Havez...