# Your help needed to identify a K-Tel album **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746 "2000-08-17T17:04:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/1 "2000-08-17T17:04:06Z")
Long ago, I had a K-Tel compilation album of novelty songs. This would have been circa 1977. I have looked at ebay and [ktel.com](http://ktel.com), but do not see this same album. Tracks included “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah,” “Ahab the Arab,” “Mr. Custer,” “Purple People Eater,” “Tie Me Kangaroo Down,” a song I think was called “Beep Beep,” and several other I can’t remember, but am sure I will recognize on sight. Can anybody help me identify this album? I would like to put a “Wanted” ad for it on ebay, or at least be able to search for it by title from time to time without having to search for “custer ahab” which is what I wind up doing. TIA ---
**Author:** ![Dylan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Dylan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dylan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/2 "2000-08-17T17:09:52Z")
I had alot of these songs on a compilation album entitled “Beach Blanket Biggies” but I casn’t remember if it was K-tel or not. don’t ask… ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/3 "2000-08-17T17:11:12Z")
“Funky Favorites” comes to mind. I think that was a K-tel album. ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/4 "2000-08-17T17:18:38Z")
Go to [http://www.ktel.com/](http://www.ktel.com/) They have a browse-o-matic. Check for wacky songs. Click on Wacky Wierdos. You can also create your own CD or contact KTEL. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/5 "2000-08-17T17:25:31Z")
Dylan: Thanks, but that’s not it. Dragwyr: Thanks and you’re close, but that’s not it either (I found that one on ebay once, and the song list isn’t right). Sn-man: Thanks, but as I said in the OP, I’ve checked [ktel.com](http://ktel.com) already. If I can obtain a complete list of the songs on the album, I may take advantage of the custom CD option, but (again, from the OP) I don’t have a complete list. I don’t want to sound like I’m running a trivia contest. I’m providing feedback just so other posters won’t read the thread and say, “Oh, I’m sure one of those is it.” Again, I’m 99% sure I’ll recognize the album title if I see it. I 95% sure I’ll be able to tell if a given song was on it or not. ---
**Author:** ![agehamil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@agehamil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agehamil)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/6 "2011-06-25T12:05:06Z")
The album you are looking for is Goofy Greats!!! my sister and i had all the lyrics memorized!! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/7 "2011-06-25T13:07:19Z")
> [@agehamil](#): > > The album you are looking for is Goofy Greats!!! my sister and i had all the lyrics memorized!! I hope he has found the answer in the last 11 years ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/8 "2011-06-25T13:18:37Z")
> [@agehamil](#): > > The album you are looking for is Goofy Greats!!! my sister and i had all the lyrics memorized!! And here I thought it was a record by **The Zombies**. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/9 "2011-06-25T14:46:37Z")
> [@Sn-man](#): > > Go to [http://www.ktel.com/](http://www.ktel.com/) They have a browse-o-matic. Check for wacky songs. Click on Wacky Wierdos. You can also create your own CD or contact KTEL. make your own album? SQUEEE \o/ ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/10 "2011-06-25T18:33:08Z")
Oh, I know that one! That’s “K-Tel’s Songs To Make Anamorphic Stab Himself In The Eye With An Icepick!”. Volume 2, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/11 "2011-06-25T19:40:39Z")
Seeing how this thread is over ten years old, I’m going to put it out of its misery. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/12 "2011-06-25T20:09:23Z")
On second thought, since it’s garnering more replies and interest now, I’ve decided to reopen it and move it to the correct forum. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/13 "2011-06-25T22:37:51Z")
The very first recorded music that I bought with my own money: K-Tel’s _Wings Of Sound_. Abba…Rupert Holmes…Little River Band…RAWK! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/14 "2011-06-25T22:50:19Z")
> [@agehamil](#): > > The album you are looking for is Goofy Greats!!! my sister and i had all the lyrics memorized!! [_Goofy Greats_](http://www.amazon.com/Goofy-Greats-Various-Artists/dp/B000000RM3) doesn’t list the songs in the OP. [_Wacky Weirdos_](http://www.amazon.com/Wacky-Weirdos-Oldies-Various-Artists/dp/B000000RM7/ref=pd_sim_m_2) does have _Ahab The A-Rab_, _Mr. Custer_, and _The Purple People Eater_. [_Silly Songs_](http://www.amazon.com/Silly-Songs-Oldies-Various-Artists/dp/B000000RM5/ref=pd_sim_m_1) has _Beep, Beep_. There’s something called [_100 Novelty 45’s_](http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=%22100+Novelty+45's%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) if you can find it. ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/15 "2011-06-25T23:03:29Z")
We had one called [40 Funky Hits](http://stevexs.tripod.com/comedy/recf/fortyfu.html) that had most of those. No “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah” though. It’s from 1974. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/16 "2011-06-26T00:15:55Z")
In case anyone REALLY wants to know, the album was Goofy Gold. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/17 "2011-06-26T00:16:06Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > The very first recorded music that I bought with my own money: K-Tel’s _Wings Of Sound_. > > Abba…Rupert Holmes…Little River Band…RAWK! I had that one! As soon as I read the name Wings Of Sound, I could picture the album cover, the outline of the bird in rainbow colors. Thanks for the flashback to 9th grade! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/18 "2011-06-26T00:53:20Z")
_Tracks included_ “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah,” here I am at Camp Grenada… Please, “Mr. Custer,” I don’t wanna go… It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ “Purple People Eater,” “Tie Me Kangaroo Down,” sport, tie me kangaroo down… “Beep Beep;” beep, beep, her car went beep, beep, beep. I am so ashamed of myself. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/19 "2012-05-23T20:18:39Z")
> [@The\_Surb](#): > > In case anyone REALLY wants to know, the album was Goofy Gold. Wow. I got back to this thread I started through Google, because I was starting to research it again. Never saw it zombified last year. But based on [this track listing](http://www.madmusic.com/album_details.aspx?AlbumID=7227), I believe we have a winner! _Goofy Gold_ both sounds right and appears to have the right track listing. Excellent! Thanks, **The Surb**! And, just to make sure I can find it again, the track listing is: Side A Monster Mash - Bobby Pickett Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs Running Bear - Johnny Preston Beep Beep - The Playmates Side B Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton Charlie Brown - The Coasters Pepino the Italian Mouse - Lou Monte Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean Yakety Yak - The Coasters Side C Alley Oop - Hollywood Argyles Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor - Lonnie Donegan Transfusion - Nrevous Norvus Mr. Custer - Larry Verne Western Movies - The Olympics Side D Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper King Kong (Your Song) - Pickett and Ferrara Hello Muddah! Hello Fadduh! - Allan Sherman Ahab, the Arab - Ray Stevens Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746/20 "2012-05-24T02:57:30Z")
::hangs head in shame, too:: I had the album. I think it cost about $5, circa 1975? Still it’s not as bad as my friend’s ABBA collection. Rock Me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-help-needed-to-identify-a-k-tel-album/29746.md?page=2)