The Flying Saucer (song)

"The Flying Saucer" (also known as "The Flying Saucer Parts 1 & 2") is a novelty record, the first of a series of break-in records released by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman (credited simply as "Buchanan & Goodman"). The song is considered to be an early (perhaps the earliest) example of a mashup, featuring segments of popular songs intertwined with spoken "news" commentary to tell the story of a visit from a flying saucer.

Bill Buchanan plays the radio announcer, stating that the spacemen are attacking Earth. Dickie Goodman plays reporter John Cameron-Cameron (a play on the broadcaster John Cameron Swayze). Goodman would re-visit this character in several other 'Flying Saucer' records.

The song was also the duo's (and Goodman's) highest charting hit on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at No. 3, just behind Elvis Presley's double-sided hit "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" and the Platters' "My Prayer."