Some of the Very Worst Rock and Roll Songs Ever
Title | "Artist" | Year |
| The Twist | Chubby Checker | 1960 |
| Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds | William Shatner | 1968 |
| Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | Neil Sadaka | 1962 |
| Somewhere (pop not rock) | Barbra Streisand | 1985 |
| You're Having My Baby | Paul Anka | 1974 |
| My Daddy Is President* | Jo Ann Morse | 1962 |
| My Heart Will Go On (pop) | Celine Dion | 1998 |
| Little Deuce Coupe | The Beach Boys | 1963 |
| It's My Party | Leslie Gore | 1964 |
| Sugar, Sugar | The Archies | 1969 |
| Massachusetts | The BeeGees | 1967 |
| Dead Man's Curve | Jan and Dean | 1963 |
| The Hustle | Van McCoy | 1975 |
| Share the Land | the Guess Who | 1970 |
| Boogie Oogie Oogie | A Taste of Honey | 1978 |
| Blue Christmas | Elvis Presley | 1958 |
| Travelin' Man | Ricky Nelson | 1960 |
| Cherish | The Association | 1966 |
| Brand New Key | Melanie | 1971 |
| Jingle Bell Rock | Bobby Helms | 1957 |
| You Light Up My Life | Debbi Boone | 1977 |
| Thank God I'm a Country Boy | John Denver | 1974 |
| Car Wash | Rose Royce | 1977 |
| Power of Love | Huey Lewis and the News | 1985 |
| Walk Like an Egyptian | The Bangles | 1986 |
| Baby I Love Your Way | Peter Frampton | 1976 |
| -- from the "Frampton Comes Alive" LP | ||
| * This song is so bad it has to be heard to be believed -- Jo Ann Morse is pretending to be Caroline Kennedy -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGUFsgGprYE | ||
Although i agree with your list, some of them definitely have humorous value and are enjoyable for this reason, such as the Bill Shatner cover of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and The Archies Sugar Sugar.
ReplyDeleteThere is a long and honorable tradition of goofy "novelty" songs from "Mairsy Doats" to "Living la Vida Loca." Some of the songs on my list above ARE funny, but I am guessing it is unintentional humor. This can be and should be mined for laughs -- on a related note -- I'm glad Beavis and Butthead have been brought back to make us laugh at the current crop of unintentionally funny videos.
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