Jerrold "Jerry" Laurence Samuels (May 3, 1938 – March 10, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and talent agent. Under the pseudonym Napoleon XIV, he achieved one-hit wonder status with the #3 hit novelty song "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" in 1966. Samuels occasionally revisited the Napoleon XIV character to record other songs, usually comedy records with an insanity theme. Under the name Scott David (his son's name), he cowrote "As If I Didn't Know" with... [more on Wikipedia]
Napoleon XIV began charting in 1966 with They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!.The artist placed 2 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, one of which reached the Top‑10.The artist scored 1 UK Top‑75 entries, including a single Top‑10 placement.
Top songs: #1: They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - #2: They're Coming to Take Me Away
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