‘Weird Al’ Yankovich’s Rise to the Big Leagues While the sound quality isn’t amazing, it shows the latent ability that Hansen saw within Yankovic’s music. You can listen to “Belvedere Cruisin’” in the below YouTube video from Rarities Archive. This was just the beginning of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s massively successful career in parody music. Demento, whose real name is Barry Hansen, who identified Yankovic’s huge potential in the lyrics of the song. The song was about driving around in his family’s Plymouth Belvedere. It was then that he took his tape recorder and accordion and recorded his very first song, “Belvedere Cruisin’” when he was 16. It was too late though, ‘Weird Al’ had discovered that his two passions, music and comedy, could thrive together. His mother caught him listening to it one night and told him it was inappropriate so he wasn’t allowed to listen anymore. Demento that played novelty music by legends and nobodies. However, it was late one Sunday that Yankovic discovered a radio show from Dr. These choices were all harmless in his parent’s heads. Throughout his early teen years, ‘Weird Al’ discovered how much he loved humor from Monty Python to Mad Magazine. This was until his growing love for comedy overtook his subdued demeanor. He listened and did what they asked of him. Growing up, ‘Weird Al’ lived a very sheltered life with strict parents, yet he never rebelled against them. He took lessons, learned how to read sheet music, and even figured out how to play songs by ear. In 1966, right before his seventh birthday, Yankovic’s parents bought him an accordion to learn how to play. And, in order to understand his rise to success, you also have to understand his relationship with music. ‘Weird Al’ has had a fairly interesting life, to say the least. You can read more below about the ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s rise to fame in his early years. It was during University that his first big parody song ‘My Bologna’ landed him a deal with Capitol Records. The parody song was about driving around in his family’s Plymouth Belvedere. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s first song was ‘Belvedere Cruisin’’ and it aired in 1976 on Dr. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovich’s career parodying songs by other artists has spanned over four decades and gained him infamy in every generation.
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