Kachaka became known after recording "It is True", a popular novelty tune during the early 1990s.

Many novelty tunes, most influenced by 1920s dance music, were written specifically for the instrument.

Set to novelty tunes, the work, first performed in 1994, was conceived as a choreographic project for six dancers.

In a 1935 live stage performance, she harmonized with their unique banter to a novelty tune, "The Preacher and the Bear."

Classic standard or novelty tune, she had full command of the vocal art

His group also had a major hit with the novelty tune, "Three Little Fishes."

Porter wrote the song "Solomon" for Miss Welch, and the novelty tune became her signature.

He played original compositions, popular songs, and novelty tunes, and was a master of improvisation.

Though essentially a novelty tune, it was also a bold stroke at a time when black and white musicians were still not commonly heard side by side.

Berlin, born Israel Baline, had himself written several Jewish-themed novelty tunes.