In 1983, I heard a parody song on KHTR. When the DJ back announced it, I thought,"What did he say? 'Ricky," which spoofs Toni Basil's 'Mickey,' is by Weird Alley Ankles? That can't be right."
A few weeks later, I learned it was by Weird Al Yankovic, Alas, in pre-Internet times, before you saw a reference to an artist in a newspaper or magazine, saw it in a record store, or called a radio station and found out who it was, you had to live with your uncertainty.
