The Touchables In Brooklyn
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The Touchables In Brooklyn is a novelty
single by Dickie Goodman
released on Mark-X Records in 1961.
The record is a sequel to Goodman's previous single The Touchables
. The single fared slightly better on the singles charts, coming in at #42.
The B-side is "Mystery", the same track that appears on the B-side of The Banana Boat Story
by Buchanan & Goodman.
Novelty song
A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its comical effect. Humorous songs, or those containing humorous elements, are not necessarily novelty songs. The term arose in Tin Pan Alley to describe one of the major divisions of popular music. The other two divisions...
single by Dickie Goodman
Dickie Goodman
Richard Dorian "Dickie" Goodman was an American music producer.-Career:In June 1956 Goodman created his first record, "The Flying Saucer", which he co-wrote with his partner Bill Buchanan, and featured a four-minute rewriting of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio show...
released on Mark-X Records in 1961.
The record is a sequel to Goodman's previous single The Touchables
The Touchables
"The Touchables" is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Mark-X Records in 1961.The record is a parody of the hit TV show The Untouchables...
. The single fared slightly better on the singles charts, coming in at #42.
The B-side is "Mystery", the same track that appears on the B-side of The Banana Boat Story
The Banana Boat Story
"The Banana Boat Story" is the third single by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman, under the name Buchanan & Goodman, released on Luniverse Records in 1957. This was the first break-in single to sample commercial jingles, rather than rock 'n' roll songs...
by Buchanan & Goodman.
Songs
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