You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.:
The Okeh Laughing Record,
a novelty recording, was first released in 1923 and rose to #8 on the Billboard charts, becoming the highest ranking
anonymous* recording ever. It's
history and provenance is completely unknown**. It has since appeared as the soundtrack to
cartoons, on Dr. Demento and on Jean Shepard's radio show.
*At least one YouTube poster claims that one of the voices is German comedian
Karl Valentin who, strangely enough, generally played the straight man in his routines.
**It may have been inspired by a Rudy Vallee outtake of
(Drunkard's Song) There is a Taven in the Town where the singer cracks up in the middle of the song.
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