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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> |
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| Name = 20 Comedy Hits |
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| Type = Compilation |
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| Artist = [[Ray Stevens]] |
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| Released = November 7, 1995 |
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| Genre = [[Novelty song|Novelty]], [[Comedy music|Comedy]], [[Country music|Country]] |
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| Length = 69:03 |
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| Label = [[Curb Records|Curb]] |
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| Reviews = |
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| Last album = ''[[Ray Stevens Live!]]''<br />(1995) |
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| This album = '''''Ray Stevens Live!'''''<br />(1995) |
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| Next album = ''[[Great Gospel Songs]]''<br />(1996) |
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'''''20 Comedy Hits''''' is a collection of previously recorded songs by [[Ray Stevens]], released in [[1995 in music|1995]]. The first, third, fourth, and fifth were included through the courtesy of [[Barnaby Records]], for whom Stevens recorded during the early seventies. The version of "[[Shriner's Convention]]" is a live version that was taken from the album ''[[Ray Stevens Live!]]''. The version of "[[Gitarzan]]" is the album version that begins with audience noises, and the version of "[[Ahab the Arab]]" is a re-recording by Stevens for his 1969 album ''[[Gitarzan (album)|Gitarzan]]''. The remaining tracks are selections that were recorded for [[Curb Records]]; of these selections, only two were released as singles ("Super Cop" and "The Motel Song") and the rest served as album cuts. |
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Inside the album cover is an essay by [[Barry Alfonso]] that covers Stevens' life and career from his year of birth to the time of the release of this collection. |
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==Track listing== |
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{{tracklist |
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| writing_credits = yes |
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| title1 = [[The Streak]] |
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| writer1 = [[Ray Stevens]] |
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| length1 = 3:16 |
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| title2 = [[Shriner's Convention]] |
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| writer2 = [[Ray Stevens]] |
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| length2 = 4:20 |
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| title3 = [[Gitarzan]] |
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| writer3 = [[Ray Stevens]], Bill Everette |
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| length3 = 3:14 |
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| title4 = [[Ahab the Arab]] |
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| writer4 = [[Ray Stevens]] |
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| length4 = 3:45 |
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| title5 = Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues) |
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| writer5 = [[Ray Stevens]] |
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| length5 = 3:38 |
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| title6 = Super Cop |
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| writer6 = C.W. Kalb, Jr., Glenn A. Fortner |
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| length6 = 4:36 |
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| title7 = The All-American Two Week Summer Family Vacation |
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| writer7 = C.W. Kalb, Jr. |
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| length7 = 3:23 |
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| title8 = The Ballad of Jake McClusky |
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| writer8 = C.W. Kalb, Jr., Glenn A. Fortner |
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| length8 = 3:42 |
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| title9 = The Motel Song |
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| writer9 = C.W. Kalb, Jr. |
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| length9 = 2:49 |
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| title10 = Teenage Mutant Kung Fu Chickens |
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| writer10 = C.W. Kalb, Jr. |
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| length10 = 3:19 |
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| title11 = Tabloid News |
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| writer11 = C.W. Kalb, Jr. |
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| length11 = 2:41 |
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| title12 = Back in the Doghouse Again |
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| writer12 = C.W. Kalb, Jr., Glenn A. Fortner |
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| length12 = 3:06 |
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| title13 = A Little Blue-Haired Lady |
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| writer13 = C.W. Kalb, Jr. |
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| length13 = 2:42 |
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| title14 = Sittin' Up With the Dead |
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| writer14 = C.W. Kalb, Jr. |
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| length14 = 3:52 |
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| title15 = Jack Daniels, You Lied to Me Again |
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| writer15 = Bruce Innes |
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| length15 = 2:33 |
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| title16 = [[Help Me Make It Through the Night]] |
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| writer16 = [[Kris Kristofferson]] |
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| length16 = 2:23 |
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| title17 = Used Cars |
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| writer17 = C.W. Kalb, Jr. |
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| length17 = 3:45 |
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| title18 = Barbeque |
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| writer18 = C.W. Kalb, Jr. |
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| length18 = 3:17 |
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| title19 = Where Do My Socks Go? |
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| writer19 = C.W. Kalb, Jr. |
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| length19 = 3:43 |
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| title20 = This Ain't Exactly What I Had in Mind |
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| writer20 = C.W. Kalb, Jr. |
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| length20 = 4:00 |
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==Album credits== |
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*All tracks except "Gitarzan" were produced and arranged by: Ray Stevens |
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*"Gitarzan" was produced and arranged by: Ray Stevens, Fred Foster and Jim Malloy |
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*Art Direction and Design: Neuman, Walker + Assoc. |
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*Illustration: Jill VonHartmann |
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*Album Coordination: Sarita Martin |
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[[Category:1995 compilation albums]] |
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[[Category:Ray Stevens albums]] |
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[[Category:Curb Records compilation albums]] |
