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Biography
Other uses|Big Daddy (disambiguation)!Big DaddyInfobox musical artist| background = group_or_band| name = Big Daddy| image =| caption =| years_active = 1975–2005| origin = California , United States | genre = Rock music , Comedy rock | label = Oglio Records , Rhino Records | Founding_members =| past_members = 1991 line-up Allmusic|class=artist|id=big-daddy-p12351 Bob Wayne Marty Kaniger Tom Lee Don Raymond John Hatton Norman A. Norman Bob Sandman Danmon D. Grignon Big Daddy was an United States|American satire / parody musical ensemble|band , that was among the first groups to create Mashup (music)|mashup s - in this case, of oldies and modern pop music|pop songs.
History
Big Daddy was formed as an oldies cover band in Southern California in the 1970s as "Big Daddy Dipstick and the Lube Jobs". They later started playing mashups, which were released on Rhino Records .
As with "Weird Al" Yankovic , the band had its first breakthrough on the Doctor Demento radio programming|radio show . They twice placed on Stereophile 's 'Records to Die For' list of album s, in 1994 and 1995.
Discography
Albums
1983: ''Big Daddy aka What Really Happened To The Band Of '59
1994: Chantmania (as The Benzedrine Monks of Santo Domonica)
2000: The Best Of Big Daddy
EPs
Dancing in the Dark ( Extended play|EP ) - 1985 - UK Singles Chart|UK #21
*" I Write The Songs ", " Bette Davis Eyes ", " Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song)|Dancing in the Dark ", " Eye of the Tiger|Eye of the Tiger - Making Waves "
References
reflist|refs=cite book |first=David |last=Roberts |title=British Hit Singles &Albums |page=57 |edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |year=2006 cite web |first=Charles G. |last=Hill |publisher=Dustbury.com |title=The legend of Big Daddy |url= http://www.dustbury.com/music/bigdaddy.html |date=March 6, 2009 |accessdate=January 17, 2012 cite web |first=Charles G. |last=Hill |publisher=Dustbury.com |title=The Big Daddy discography, annotated and HTMLed |url= http://www.dustbury.com/music/bigdad2.html |date=October 25, 2011 |accessdate=January 17, 2012 cite news |work= Stereophile |title=1994 Records To Die For |page=9 |url= http://www.stereophile.com/content/1994-records-die-page-9 |date=February 19, 1994 |accessdate=January 12, 2012 cite news |work= Stereophile |title=1995 Records To Die For |page=15 |url= http://www.stereophile.com/content/1995-records-die-page-15 |date=February 6, 1995 |accessdate=January 12, 2012
cite web |publisher=Doctor Demento database |title=Details for Big Daddy |url= http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo_view.pl? SYN042416 |accessdate=January 12, 2012
cite web |title=Official website |url= http://www.bigdaddy59.com/ | accessdate=May 7, 2012
Category:Musical groups from California Category:Parody musicians Category:Parodists Category:Rock music groups from California Category:American covers musical groups
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