Biography: The Chipmunks, The City Boys, The Credibility Gap, The Detergents, The Doodlebops, The Duponts, The First Family, The Foursome, The Goons, The Hipwaders,

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The Chipmunks Biography, Photos, Pictures

Possibly the most popular TV and musical cartoon of all time, The Chipmunks enjoyed two periods of prosperity — the ’60s era of adolescent Baby Boomers and the ’80s, when the Boomers’ children were growing up

The City Boys Biography, Photos, Pictures

The City Boys are not a music group per se, but warrant an entry because their annual series of live performances have resulted in a group of CD releases under their banner Formed by three actors already well known in their own right: Saiki Shigeru, Otaku Makoto, and Kitaro (not the musician), the comedy troupe debuted in 1981 and set out to perform live only once or twice a year, usually during Golden Week, one of the biggest holidays in Japan

The Credibility Gap Biography, Photos, Pictures

Satirical comedy troupe the Credibility Gap didn’t enjoy significant popularity outside their native Southern California during their life span, but the group was a training ground for a number of major comic talents, including Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, and David L

The Detergents Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Detergents got a Top Twenty hit in early 1965 with one of the wittiest rock parodies ever heard to that point, “Leader of the Laundromat” The takeoff on the then-recent Shangri-Las’ smash “Leader of the Pack” turned the story around so that a guy was dating a leader of a laundromat, rather than being a tale of a tough chick dating a motorcycle gang chief

The Doodlebops Biography, Photos, Pictures

Combining music, dance, bright colors, and the intent of educating as well as entertaining preschoolers, the Doodlebops are a trio of Canadian actors who have their own children’s show both on CBC and Disney

Not to be confused with the r&b vocal group of the same name, where “Little Anthony” Gourdine first cut his teeth in the studio, these Duponts were a studio comedy-novelty act responsible for “Screamin’ Ball (At Dracula Hall),” a precursor to “The Monster Mash” and a remarkably similar record to a then-current horror-novelty single (“Dinner With Drac”) by John Zacherle

The First Family Biography, Photos, Pictures

JFK and the Kennedys were easy targets for the parodists, and these two First Family recordings, featuring Vaughn Meader as the President and Naomi Brussart as Jackie, rose to the top of the charts during the height of Camelot

The Foursome Biography, Photos, Pictures

Male vocal quartets were commonplace in the 1920s and ’30s, but there was nothing commonplace about the four young men from the Pacific Northwest who called themselves the Foursome

The second half of the 20th century would not have been as funny without these Goons The massive influence this group had on comedy is not to be underestimated Without the Goons, there would have been no Monty Python’s Flying Circus, no National Lampoon, no Saturday Night Live, no South Park, and so on and so forth, the possible yucks enjoyed by mankind dwindling like the last flames on a burned-out log

The Hipwaders Biography, Photos, Pictures

Self-proclaimed performers of “hip music for kids,” California pop/rock trio the Hipwaders are Tito Uquillas (vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboard), Chris Blubaugh (vocals, bass), and Nick Baca (vocals, drums)

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