The term “bubblegum” has long been used to describe things in popular culture. Indeed, the bubble in that way puts the pop in pop culture. The stuff is meant to be enjoyed, inflated and then discarded ...

Preparing for the next year in my “Once Upon a Year” series of programs — presented on the first Monday of each month at The Village at Good Samaritan at 10 a.m. and open to the public — I ...

To understand the history and meaning of “(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?” we must first dive into the history of novelty songs and their impact on the genre of rock ‘n’ roll, in general. In ...

This is the third and infal article in a three-part series on the history of holiday music. The first article described the origins of holiday music and the second covered the 19th-century reinvention ...

Novelty songs were a tough way to make a music career. Until one self-proclaimed Weird guy turned parodies into pop classics. We're sorry, but something went wrong ...