December 4, 1990, was a special day for anyone on the ground floor of The Simpsons fandom. Two months after the premiere of season two, the show’s first album, The Simpsons Sing the Blues, dropped just in time for Christmas. If anyone needs their memory refreshed, this album produced the lead single “Do the Bartman”, which quickly became a cultural phenomenon.

The entire album went double Platinum in the U.S. after just two weeks. Additionally, “Do the Bartman” topped the U.K. singles chart in 1991 for a handful of weeks. The concept of a fictional animated family making a hugely popular album sparked a run of copycats in the industry. Barbie, the Mario Bros., the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, even Sebastian from The Little Mermaid. Anyone with some sort of animated franchise wanted in on

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