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    Barry Hansen
    Barry Hansen

    American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs. Hansen has a degree in ethnomusicology and has written magazine articles and liner notes on recording artists outside of the novelty genre. After graduating, he served briefly as a roadie for Spirit and for Canned Heat, before being hired as an A&R man for Specialty. He later worked for Warner Bros. Records.

    Born April 2, 1941 in Minneapolis, MN

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