he was a long-time songwriter, but achieved his greatest notoriety under the stage name Napoleon XIV.
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Jerry Samuels, the Northeast Philly artist behind the 1966 hit novelty song ‘They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!,’ has died at 84
Mr. Samuels performed the unusual song under the stage name Napoleon XIV. It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Napoleon XIV (1938–2023), sang They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
Napoleon XIV, They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha–Haaa! singer, died Friday of complications from dementia and Parkinson’s disease at a Pennsylvania hospital at the age of 84.
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