Album:"Weird Al" Yankovic

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Album: "Weird Al" Yankovic

Released: April 1983

Recorded: March 1982 - February 1983

Total Running Time: 32:34

Contents 1 Tracks 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts 5 Awards 6 Trivia

[edit] Tracks

1. Ricky
2. Gotta Boogie
3. I Love Rocky Road
4. Buckingham Blues
5. Happy Birthday
6. Stop Draggin' My Car Around
7. My Bologna
8. The Check's In The Mail
9. Another One Rides The Bus
10. I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead
11. Such A Groovy Guy
12. Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung

[edit] Personnel

• "Weird Al" Yankovic - Accordion and lead vocals
• Rick Derringer - Guitars
• Steve Jay - Bass
• Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - Drums and percussion
• Richard Bennett - Banjo, ukulele, and guitar solo on "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead"
• William K. Anderson - Saxophone and hermonica
• Joel Miller - Bongos
• "Musical Mike" Kieffer - Musical Hands
• Dorothy Remsen - Harp
• Tress MacNeille - Voice of Lucy
• Dawn Smithey, Zaidee Cole, and Joan Manners - Female Backing Vocals
• Al, Rick, Steve, Jon, Jay Levey, Damaskas, Jake, and the Doctor - Male Backing Vocals
• Jay Levey Associates, Los Angeles, CA - Management

[edit] Production

• Producer - Rick Derringer
• Management - Jay Levey Associates

[edit] Charts

[edit] Awards

USA
Gold Certification

[edit] Trivia

• This is Weird Al's first official album.
• Many of the items on the cover are references to songs on the album. There is a school bus (Another One Rides The Bus), I Love Lucy on the TV (Ricky), an I Love Rocky Road sticker and the ice-cream itself (I Love Rocky Road), a man in an iron lung (Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung), a man holding a steering wheel (Stop Draggin' My Car Around), bologna everywhere (My Bologna) and a mail box (The Check's In The Mail).
• This is the only album without a polka song on it.