The schoolyard rhyme "Three six nine..." was used in "The Clapping Song" by Shirley Ellis in 1965, reaching the top ten in the US and the UK.

NPR had a story this week on the 40th anniversary of an Italian hit song in gibberish fake English. "Prisencolinensinainciusol" went to No. 1 all over...

Regarding polkadodge, a teacher back in the 60s called it The Alphonse-Gaston Routine, referring to two overly-polite French cartoon characters, who w...