This fine instrument's most serious and enthusiastic exponent (there are those who say he overdid it) must surely have been Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker). Ok, so he was better known as a massively influential blues guitarist, but with a kazoo in his hands and mouth, who needed a horn section?

His almost obsessive affection for the instrument is hard to avoid on his earlier recordings but is not well reflected in what's made it on to Youtube. But here's one example: You better let my gal alone.

For a much finer earful of Tampa Red in full flow, go to the Amazon website where you can listen to a generous clip from his classic parody When I take my vacation in Harlem. Tragically the clip cuts off before the inevitable kazoo obligato, but by then you'll have been persuaded to shell out 99 cents for the whole track, or even to buy the album.