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"Shaving Cream" is a song written by Benny Bell in 1946, and originally sung by Paul Wynn. [1] It is a novelty song in which each verse ends with a mind rhyme of shit, the initial sh-segueing into the refrain, "Shaving Cream". An example of this can be found in the opening verse: "I have a sad story to tell you It may hurt your feelings a bit
Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941), [1] known professionally as Dr. Demento, is an American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present.
He continued recording and releasing records into the 1980s, but he remained little-known beyond New York City until the 1970s when "Shaving Cream" was played regularly on the Dr. Demento radio program, leading to its re-issue as a single in 1975 on the Vanguard Records label, along with a similarly titled album. [3]
This list of best Easter songs and albums, including favorites performed by contemporary Christian artists (plenty of Hillsong Worship and Chris Tomlin), gospel greats, world-renowned choirs, and ...
Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection is a release by radio disc jockey Dr. Demento to celebrate 25 years since the beginning of his radio career and novelty song show. It covers many of the novelty and comedy songs from the 1950s to the early 1990s, such as Shaving Cream by Benny Bell, to the then recent release of Smells Like Nirvana by "Weird Al" Yankovic, whose popularity was boosted by ...
A different, live in the studio version recorded the same year is on Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 7 "Baby Likes Burping" 1980 Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 11 [8] Parody of "Baby Talks Dirty" by The Knack [9] "You Don't Take Your Showers" 1980 Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 14 [8]
The latter recording was released as a single on their own Lumania Records in 1979 and remains their best-known song, as well as the most requested song in the history of The Dr. Demento Show. In 1978, Damaskas and Barnes & Barnes recorded "A Day in the Life of Green Acres," a song that combined the music of The Beatles " A Day in the Life ...
Most of his songs and programs are geared towards children. He is most noted for his song "Existential Blues," which heavily references the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie and was featured on the Dr. Demento: 20th Anniversary Collection. [1] [2] He is known to his audiences as "America's Musical Pied Piper", [3] and has been entertaining full-time ...