Career
Weird Al has released many parodies some are "Eat it", "Another One Rides the Bus", "White and Nerdy" and many others. He has made lots of youtube music videos. One of his most famous parodies is "White and Nerdy" which is from the "Straight Outta Lynwood" album which was his first top ten album on the billboard.
He has earned the following awards:
Weird Al was first promoted by Dr. Demento, who he gave a homemade tape when he was in school. Demento later put it on the air. Weird Al later made another live recording of another song "Another One Rides the Bus," . From that song he met Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz who became his drummer. He performed in a night club in Phoenix, Arizona where Jon Levey was impressed. Levey held tryouts for Weird Al, Jon Jay became Al's Bass Player. Jay's friend, Jim West played the guitar. He later released "Eat it" which was his second highest charting single, "White and Nerdy" being his first.
He has earned the following awards:
- 6 platinum records
- 4 gold records
- 3 Grammy Awards out of 9 nominations
Weird Al was first promoted by Dr. Demento, who he gave a homemade tape when he was in school. Demento later put it on the air. Weird Al later made another live recording of another song "Another One Rides the Bus," . From that song he met Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz who became his drummer. He performed in a night club in Phoenix, Arizona where Jon Levey was impressed. Levey held tryouts for Weird Al, Jon Jay became Al's Bass Player. Jay's friend, Jim West played the guitar. He later released "Eat it" which was his second highest charting single, "White and Nerdy" being his first.