Get a Job, but the Silhouettes.
Glibby gloop gloopy Nibby Nabby Noopy La La La Lo Lo
Sabba Sibby Sabba Nooby abba Nabba Le Le Lo Lo
Tooby ooby walla nooby abba nabba
(Your spelling may vary.)
Good Morning Starshine from Hair
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Boom boom boom boom boom boom
Get a job!
Bob Dog cartoon from National Film Board of Canada, 10 minutes 37 seconds.
Uses this song, to teach how to Get A Job!
Cute cartoon video!
Small Faces - Sha la la la lee
Frank Sinatra - Strangers in the night - scooby dooby doo, da da da de dah
Goons - Ying tong song
Morecombe & Wise - Boom ooh ya ta ta ta
Hi De Ho, Blood, Sweat & Tears
Come Softly To Me, Fleetwoods (1959)…Dum Dum, Dumbedoodum…
Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Baby shark
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Ring Dang Doo.
Would the Sesame Street Martians sketches count as music, or just slapstick?
Sesame Street: Manamanah
Diane Kolby: Nah Me Nah
Do I detect a theme here?
Another Diane Kolby (an underrated performer, IMHO): Hi De Ho (not the same song as BST).
Does David Lee Roth count? “Bop, boze-de-boze-de-bop, se-de-bop” and “Humala bebuhla zeebuhla boobuhla Humala bebuhla zeebuhla bop”
Not the longest example, but my fave is Blue Moon
He got it from Louis Prima.
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da by The Police
I was maybe 4 years old when I first heard this song. It was easily 10 years later that I heard it again and still remembered every word and syllable. I can’t say that about any other song.
Sh Boom, Sh Boom - The Crewcuts
Hey nonny ding dong, alang alang alanga
Oh oh oh oh dip, a dibby dobby dip
Kid Rock has always been one of my “guilty pleasures”, so I’ll submit Bawitdatba:
Bawitdaba da bang da bang diggy diggy diggy
Shake the boogie said up jump the boogie
Although, those are the only nonsense syllables in an otherwise serious song. The same can be said for “Ba Ba Ba Ba” by The 77s and “Ob-la-di Ob-la-da” by The Beatles (though that one isn’t all that serious).
At the other end of the spectrum, we have “Ne Ne Na Na Na Na Nu Nu.”
Da Da Da by Trio got well known for a VW commercial. The original version in German and English had a little more in it, but not many words.
If you’re looking for numbers that have ONLY non-sense syllables and no non-nonsense syllables, take a listen to Clark Terry’s “Mumbles” (see Post #6 above). I defy you to find a syllable that you can even pronounce.