Fri. 10/07 - When Novelty Halloween Songs Ruled The Billboard Charts
What the heck is a flying purple people eater and why did that song about one stick around for so long? Plus, remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? Eight years later, we’ve got a look at just how big a difference it made. But is the new ALS treatment the challenge helped fund as great as it seems?
What the heck is a flying purple people eater and why did that song about one stick around for so long? Plus, remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? Eight years later, we’ve got a look at just how big a difference it made. But is the new ALS treatment the challenge helped fund as great as it seems?
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Links:
- ‘The Purple People Eater’: Sheb Wooley’s Hit Novelty Song (UDiscover Music)
- Purple People Eater History: A Dumb Joke Turned Into a Cultural Icon (Tedium)
- Sheb Wooley Is Dead at 82; Sang of Purple People Eater (NY Times)
- Jack's recommended starter pack of Halloween oldies from the best oldies curator on the web (Jake Westbrook, YouTube)
- Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? It Ended Up Funding a New ALS Drug (Futurism)
- ALS drug's approval draws cheers from patients, questions from skeptics (NPR)
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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