"popular songs in the 1950s and 1960s, mocking the musical conventions of the day, such as Elvis Presley's ""Heartbreak Hotel"". The bandleader and pianist Paul Weston and his wife, singer Jo Stafford, created the musical duo, ""Jonathan and Darlene Edwards"", as a parody of bad cabaret acts. The British group The Barron Knights became famous for their parodies of pop performers in the 1970s. Parodists with differing techniques have included ""Weird Al"" Yankovic, who has generally put new lyrics to largely unchanged music, and Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine or The Lounge Kittens keeps the lyrics intact but"
"throughout the United States as people tried to identify the act, with Time Magazine reporting that Margaret and Harry Truman were strong contenders, before identifying the couple in the article. The 1957 album was followed by an album of ""pop standards"" on which the pair put their own interpretation on popular songs. It proved to be a commercial and critical success, becoming the first commercially successful musical parody album. The Westons brought the Edwardses to television in 1958 for a Jack Benny ""Shower of Stars"", and to ""The Garry Moore Show"" in 1960. ""Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris"" was"
"Harpers Bizarre Harpers Bizarre was an American sunshine pop band of the 1960s, best known for their Broadway/sunshine pop sound and their remake of Simon & Garfunkel's ""The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)."" Harpers Bizarre was formed out of the Tikis, a band from Santa Cruz, California, that had some local successes with Beatlesque songs in the mid 1960s. The Tikis had been signed to Tom Donahue's Autumn Records from 1965 to 1966 and had released two singles on that label. In 1967, record producer Lenny Waronker got hold of the Simon & Garfunkel song ""The 59th Street Bridge"
"The Cryan' Shames, Ides of March, The Mauds, Mason Proffit, H.P. Lovecraft, most notably The Buckinghams, among others. The Buckinghams topped the Hot 100 charts in 1966 with their song 'Kind of a Drag'. The Shadows of Knight's cover of Van Morrison's ""Gloria"" is still a classic 40 years later. The Ides of March (band) topped the chart with ""Vehicle"". This was a great period during the 1960s where Chicago was a very happening place both musically and nationally with the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the Sly and the Family Stone riot. This fad died with the growth of"
"covers were instrumentals, ""Love at first sight"", after the original was banned; the first version by a British group named Sounds Nice (featuring Tim Mycroft on keyboard) became a top 20 hit. (The group's name ""sounds nice"" actually represents the two words Paul McCartney said when he heard this instrumental cover of the song). The first parody was written in 1970 by Gainsbourg himself and . Titled ""Ça"", it was recorded by Bourvil and , Bourvil's last release before his death. Other comedy versions were made by Frankie Howerd and June Whitfield, Judge Dread, and Gorden Kaye and Vicki Michelle,"
"and playing it in the styles of Mozart, Brahms, Wagner, Beethoven and others. He would also parody two compositions simultaneously by finding common melody notes and using them for transitioning one composition into another, the most famous example being ""Moonlight Sonata"" transitioning into ""Night and Day"" (or a minor version of ""Happy Birthday to You""). The 1957 Broadway musical ""Jamaica"" parodied the then very fashionable commercial variety of Calypso music. A musical using heavy parody was the 1959 show ""Little Mary Sunshine"", which poked fun at old-fashioned operetta. Stan Freberg created parodies of popular songs in the 1950s and 1960s,"
"rock groups of the 1960s. The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and Simon & Garfunkel developed their early styles by performing Everly songs. The Bee Gees, The Hollies, The Marmalade, and other rock and roll groups that feature harmony singing were also influenced by the Everlys. The music of the Everly Brothers influenced the Beatles, who referred to themselves as ""the English Everly Brothers"" when Paul McCartney and John Lennon went hitchhiking south to win a talent competition. They based the vocal arrangement of ""Please Please Me"" on ""Cathy's Clown."" Keith Richards called Don Everly ""one of the finest rhythm players."""
"Beatlemania. Also painted with the Beatlemania brush was British pop group Duran Duran. Dubbed ""The Fab Five"", this group is recognized as pioneers in the then relatively new area of music video, that started with the Monkees in the 1960s. Their exotic videos, such as Hungry Like the Wolf, being fixtures on cable channel MTV coupled with their exposure in teen magazines instilled them as teen idols in America and around the world though the majority of the 80s. Another British pop band Culture Club were dubbed teen idols, with Boy George's androgynous outfits that were copied by his teen"
"it would be at the same time, and so abruptly."" Yankovic is well known for creating parodies of contemporary radio hits, typically which make up about half of his studio releases. Unlike other parody artists such as Allan Sherman, Yankovic and his band strive to keep the backing music in his parodies the same as the original, transcribing the original song by ear and re-recording the song for the parody. In some cases, in requesting the original band to allow for his parody, the band will offer to help out with the recreation: Dire Straits members Mark Knopfler and Guy"
"1960s included the Byrds, Sonny & Cher, the Hollies, Peter, Paul and Mary, the Association, Manfred Mann and the Turtles. Most attempted a pop feel and rhythm, while Dylan and Baez performed them mostly as sparse folk songs. The covers became so ubiquitous that CBS promoted him with the slogan ""Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan"". ""Mixed-Up Confusion"", recorded during the ""Freewheelin""' sessions with a backing band, was released as a single and then quickly withdrawn. In contrast to the mostly solo acoustic performances on the album, the single showed a willingness to experiment with a rockabilly sound. Cameron Crowe described"
"releasing original (although strongly inspired) compositions, like ""The Cousins"" (Kiliwatch, 1960), ""The Jokers"" (Cecilia, 1963), ""The Shakespears"" (Shake it over, 1965), ""The Pebbles"" (Seven horses in the sky, 1968), ""The Wallace Collection"" (Daydream, 1969). Other noticeable artist have evolved from previously well established musical genres, including blues and folk like the Antwerps protest singer ""Ferre Grignard"" (Ring Ring, Drunken Sailor, 1966). After this ""mimicing"" rock and roll era, indie rock band like TC Matic or De Kreuners, and many punk rock-dark wave like ""Nacht und Nebel"", ""The Paranoiacs"" and Siglo XX meet significant audience, starting to release songs in their"
"husband of nearly 60 years, had died on August 28, 2010, at the age of 88. Joyce DeYoung Murray, who replaced LaVerne from late 1966-1968, died in March 2014 at the age of 87. The Andrews Sisters were the most imitated of all female singing groups and influenced many artists, including Mel Tormé, Les Paul and Mary Ford, The Four Freshmen, The McGuire Sisters, The Manhattan Dolls, The Lennon Sisters, The Pointer Sisters, The Manhattan Transfer, Barry Manilow, The Beverly Belles, and Bette Midler. Elvis Presley was a fan. The imitation occurred internationally, for instance The Harmony Sisters, a popular"
"the 1960s was the emergence of the performer-producer. As pop acts like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and The Kinks gained expertise in studio recording techniques, many of these groups eventually took over as (frequently uncredited) producers of their own work. Many recordings by acts such as The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Who are officially credited to their various producers at the time, but a number of these performers have since asserted that many of their recordings in this period were, either wholly self-produced (e.g. The Rolling Stones' Decca recordings) or collaborations between the group"
"who have recorded the song include Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Tormé, Della Reese, Betty Carter, Django Reinhardt, Peggy Lee, and Lester Young. A version by The Temperance Seven made number one in the UK Singles chart in 1961. The song has also been performed in the movies including: A cover version by The Temperance Seven, described as an art school band ""who were retro before most of pop was even original,"" was recorded in 1961, reaching number 1 on the UK Singles Chart that May. Their version is a pastiche on"
"kind of musical parody that still continues. For instance, Bob Dylan took the tune of the old slave song ""No more auction block for me"" as the basis for ""Blowin' in the Wind"". In the 1940s Spike Jones and his City Slickers parodied popular music in their own way, not by changing lyrics, but adding wild sound effects and comedic stylings to formerly staid old songs. The 1957 Broadway musical ""Jamaica"" parodied the then very fashionable commercial variety of Calypso music. A musical using heavy parody was the 1959 show ""Little Mary Sunshine"", which poked fun at old-fashioned operetta. Parodists"
"Parody mass A parody mass is a musical setting of the mass, typically from the 16th century, that uses multiple voices of another pre-existing piece of music, such as a fragment of a motet or a secular chanson, as part of its melodic material. It is distinguished from the two other most prominent types of mass composition during the Renaissance, the cantus firmus and the paraphrase mass. ""Parody"" often has nothing to do with humor, as in the modern sense of the word; while in some cases bawdy secular songs were indeed used in composition of masses, equally often non-liturgical"
"with the same name (1963–67) from Tacoma, Washington. They were part of the Pacific North West sound of the early 1960s. The Regents (doo-wop band) The Regents were an American doo-wop vocal group from New York, operating in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They are best known for recording the hit ""Barbara-Ann"" in 1958, which was released in 1961 and reached on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. (It was covered by the Beach Boys in 1965 on their album, ""Beach Boys' Party!""; this version when released as a single made .) The Regents also had a second chart hit"
"now for 40 years, I sing the song now with a different attitude onstage. ... I’ve become educated. I play it now with a different projection. It’s a different song now. I’m different now."" Critic Kurt Wolff wrote that Haggard always considered what became a redneck anthem to be a spoof, and that today fans—even the hippies that are derided in the lyrics—have taken a liking to the song and find humor in some of the lyrics. Cover versions of the song were recorded by such countercultural acts as the Grateful Dead, The Beach Boys, Phil Ochs, The Flaming Lips,"
"self-parody -- the ""ai-ya-yi-yai-yai-ya""'s or the ""wella-wella""'s -- which may be why The Diamonds' version is superior. On the Pop Chronicles, host John Gilliland claimed that their version was in fact a parody of the genre. Nonetheless, Little Darlin' (primarily the Diamonds' version, but to some extent the Gladiolas' version) remains an all-time rock 'n roll R&B classic. Little Darlin' ""Little Darlin'"" is a popular Top 40 song, made famous by the Diamonds. It was written by Maurice Williams with both melody and doo-wop accompaniment strongly emphasizing the clave rhythm. It was first recorded by Excello Records in January 1957"
"1966 recording of the song is ""that genuine rarity, a Dylan cover to match the original."" After Van Morrison left the band in 1966, Them spinoff group, The Belfast Gypsies, recorded a cover of the song on their 1967 album, ""Them Belfast Gypsies"". Them's interpretation of the song, with Morrison as vocalist, became influential during the years 1966 and 1967, with several garage rock bands, including The Chocolate Watchband and The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, recording versions of the song that were indebted to Them's cover version. Beck used a sample of Them's 1966 recording of ""It's All"
"other musicians, with Edna Bejarano now being the lead singer.) The Rattles The Rattles are a German rock band, formed in Hamburg in 1960, most prominently known for their 1970 psychedelic hit single, ""The Witch"". The Rattles performed in Hamburg, and played at the same venues as The Beatles on several occasions in 1962. In 1964 the group recorded ""Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"", which charted in the UK. In 1968 they recorded their first version of ""The Witch"", with vocals by Henner Hoier. The band's records sold well in Germany during the 1960s. Their second version of ""The Witch"" in 1970, this time"
"for their parodies of pop songs in the 1970s. The song ""A Little Green Rosetta"" from the Frank Zappa album ""Joe's Garage"" lampoons Steve Gadd's status as one of the highest-paid session drummers in popular music. The music parodies a number of styles including reggae and lounge jazz. A successful parodist is ""Weird Al"" Yankovic, now in his fourth decade of writing song parodies. He got his start sending tapes to be played by Barret Hansen, AKA Dr. Demento, on his nationally syndicated radio show. Seattle, WA-based disc jockey and longtime parodist Bob Rivers records parodies of hit songs from"
"with bubblegum. Garage and bubblegum groups were also both generally singles acts. Several garage punk bands, including Shadows of Knight, later recorded bubblegum tracks, while Ohio Express, one of the major 1960s bubblegum bands, began their recording career with punk-rooted tunes. Between those two camps emerged Florida group The Royal Guardsmen, who scored a US No. 2 hit in 1966 with their novelty hit ""Snoopy vs. the Red Baron"", and The Fifth Estate, whose 1967 song ""Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"" reached No. 11 in the US. Tommy James and the Shondells are also seen as a major influence, with"
"The Nutty Squirrels The Nutty Squirrels were a scat singing virtual band formed in imitation of Alvin and the Chipmunks. They had a Top 40 hit in late 1959 with the song ""Uh-oh"". The Squirrels preceded the Chipmunks on television in an animated cartoon but had less success. After the Chipmunks' initial success in 1958, plans were almost immediately made to make them into an animated cartoon series. Unfortunately, there were some initial art direction snags (specifically with the character designs) and the show was delayed. This gap resulted in a race between the Chipmunks and an imitative group created"
"with ""Double-O-Seven"" a lament by a teenager whose girlfriend is neglecting him to see James Bond movies; the track reached #89 in the spring of 1965""."" The Detergents again spoofed the Shangri-Las by recording ""I Can Never Eat Home Any More,"" a parody of the Shangri-La's hit ""I Can Never Go Home Any More."" Dante himself would go on to produce many of Barry Manilow's greatest hit recordings of the seventies. The Detergents The Detergents were an American music group consisting of Ronnie (Ron) Dante, Danny Jordan, and Tommy Wynn. The group's speciality was parody songs, as with their first"
"the years. On occasion, a cover can become more popular than the original, such as Elvis Presley's version of Carl Perkins' original ""Blue Suede Shoes"", Santana's 1970 version of Peter Green's and Fleetwood Mac's 1968 ""Black Magic Woman"", Johnny Cash's version of Nine Inch Nails' ""Hurt,"" Whitney Houston's versions of Dolly Parton's ""I Will Always Love You"" and of George Benson's ""The Greatest Love of All"", Glenn Medeiros's version of George Benson's ""Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"" or Jimi Hendrix's version of Bob Dylan's ""All Along the Watchtower"". The Hendrix recording, released six months after Dylan's original, became"
"in the 1920s, and Dada after the early 20th-century art movement. In the early 1960s comedic pop records by artists such as Charlie Drake, Bernard Cribbins and Spike Milligan were very popular in the UK and enjoyed chart success alongside pop music parodies by pop cabaret acts such as The Barron Knights, and this fledgling version of the Bonzos was already slowly turning its style from more orthodox music towards the comedy-tinged 1920s popular jazz-style sound of groups such as The Alberts and The Temperance Seven. This original lineup (centred around Stanshall, Slater, Wilkes, Brown, Parkinson, Jennings, saxophonist Claude Abbo"
"The Searchers (band) The Searchers are an English Merseybeat group, who emerged in the 1960s along with The Beatles, The Hollies, The Fourmost, The Merseybeats, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry and the Pacemakers. The band's hits include a remake of the Drifters' 1961 hit, ""Sweets for My Sweet""; remakes of Jackie DeShannon's ""Needles and Pins"" and ""When You Walk in the Room""; an original song written for them, ""Sugar and Spice""; a cover of The Orlons' ""Don't Throw Your Love Away""; and a cover of The Clovers' ""Love Potion No. 9"". With The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Searchers tied"
"Townshend. The Beatles went on to become the most prominent commercial exponents of the ""psychedelic revolution"" (e.g., ""Revolver"", ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" and ""Magical Mystery Tour"") in the late 1960s. In the United States, bands that exemplified the counterculture were becoming huge commercial and mainstream successes. These included The Mamas & the Papas (""If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears""), Big Brother and the Holding Company (""Cheap Thrills""), Jimi Hendrix (""Are You Experienced""), Jefferson Airplane (""Surrealistic Pillow""), The Doors (""The Doors"") and Sly and the Family Stone (""Stand!""). Bands and other musicians, such as the Grateful Dead,"
"target of many spoofs and several spoof bands have gone on to have hit records, for example Spinal Tap in the U.S., and The Hee Bee Gee Bees and Bad News in the UK. The band Steel Panther has become a fixture on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip with their parody of 80s glam metal and their success has opened the doors for other spoof bands such as The Jimi Homeless Experience. Other spoof bands such as Dread Zeppelin, Beatallica and Those Darn Accordions rely on unusual or intentionally contrasting genre-mixing for comic effect. Comedy rock duo Ninja Sex Party,"
"the top of both the R&B and US pop charts in early 1959. His version was ranked number 456 on ""Rolling Stone""s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, and also reached number 7 on the UK singles chart. Price also recorded a toned-down version of the song that changed the shooting to an argument between two friends for his appearance on Dick Clark's ""American Bandstand"". The song was covered by Pat Boone, and other versions were recorded in the 1960s by Ike and Tina Turner, The Righteous Brothers, James Brown, Wilson Pickett (whose version made number 22 on the"
"in 1966, which made them, arguably, the only American rock or pop act that could rival The Beatles. By the end of 1962 British beat groups like The Beatles were drawing on a wide range of American influences including soul music, rhythm and blues and surf music. Initially, they reinterpreted standard American tunes, playing for dancers doing the twist, for example. These groups eventually infused their original compositions with increasingly complex musical ideas and a distinctive sound. During 1963, The Beatles and other beat groups, such as The Searchers and The Hollies, achieved popularity and commercial success in Britain. British"
"music by Queen: Playing music by The Ramones Playing music by The Rolling Stones: Playing music by The Smiths: Playing music by Styx: Playing music by George Strait Playing music by Sublime: Playing music by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Playing music by The Who Playing music by Frank Zappa: Some groups have played and recorded music that parodies a specific artist or band, either by performing the original songs with modified lyrics or doing more general stylistic parodies. Examples include The Rutles and Zombeatles (for The Beatles), Beatallica (for The Beatles and Metallica), Take Fat (for Take That), 2"