A Novelty- A Cricket Wants to be a Beatle
Sonny Curtis of the Crickets’ novelty record about the Beatles (above) is one of many novelty Beatles records.
Part of the fun in collecting Beatles items is that there are many areas where collectors can decide to concentrate on. For example, many people love to collect Beatle novelty records or 45s. Here are a few items from my collection of novelty 45s and a brief sentence about why they hold a particular fascination for me.
Paul Is Dead Record
Jose Feliciano’s novelty record (below) about the Paul is Dead hoax. Jose uses the pseudonym
Werbley Finster
Cher
A Beatles novelty record produced and partially written by Phil Spector and sung by none other than Cher using the name Bonnie Jo Mason.
Two Virgins Too Far
“John, You Went Too Far This Time” by the group Rainbo featured the actress Sissy Spacek singing about her frustrations with John Lennon doing the nude album cover with Yoko called “Two Virgins,” on this Roulette 45.
Buzz
