Musical Mayhem

~ Release by Spike Jones and His City Slickers (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia
recording of:
I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia
writer:
Bill Crago and Grace Shannon
3:13
2Der Fuehrer’s Face
cover recording of:
Der Fuehrer’s Face
lyricist and composer:
Oliver Wallace (English composer and conductor, Walt Disney Studios)
2:40
3Behind Those Swinging Doors
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1941-08-08)
vocals:
Del Porter (on 1941-08-08)
orchestra:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers (on 1941-08-08)
recording of:
Behind Those Swinging Doors (on 1941-08-08)
lyricist and composer:
Fleming Allan
3:09
4Cocktails for Two
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-11-29)
vocals:
City Slickers and Carl Grayson (on 1944-11-29)
orchestra:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers (on 1944-11-29)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 939 (2))
recording of:
Cocktails for Two (on 1944-11-29)
lyricist:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
composer:
Sam Coslow
43:00
5Clink, Clink Another Drink
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1942-01-12)
other vocals and other vocals [hickups]:
Mel Blanc (on 1942-01-12)
vocals:
Del Porter & The Boys in the Backroom (on 1942-01-12)
orchestra:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers (on 1942-01-12)
recording of:
Clink Clink Another Drink (on 1942-01-12)
writer:
Foster Carling and Phil Ohman
2:24
6Chloë (Song of the Swamp)
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-01-03)
vocals:
Red "Swamphead" Ingle (on 1945-01-03)
orchestra:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers (on 1945-01-03)
recording of:
Chloë (Song of the Swamp) (on 1945-01-03)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1927)
composer:
Gus Kahn and Charles N. Daniels (in 1927)
3:14
7My Old Flame
vocals:
Paul Frees and Paul Judson
orchestra:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers
recording of:
My Old Flame (on 1947-10-07)
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
3:36
8Liebestraum
arranger:
Spike Jones and Del Porter
recording of:
Liebestraum (Spike Jones version)
lyricist:
Del Porter
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
arranger:
Spike Jones and Del Porter
is based on:
Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As‐Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst” (Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum in A flat major “Dream of Love”, for piano)
3:10
9None but the Lonely Heart
solo violin:
Dick Gardner
vocals:
Helen Grayco and Spike Jones
orchestra:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers
recording of:
None But the Lonely Heart (Spike Jones version) (on 1947-12-30)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
arranger:
Edward A. Brandt and Spike Jones
is based on:
6 Romances, op. 6, no. 6: None but the Lonely Heart (Нет, только тот, кто знал) (6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. None but the Lonely Heart, original for voice and piano)
3:18
10William Tell Overture
spoken vocals [commentary]:
Doodles Weaver
orchestra:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers
recording of:
William Tell Overture (Spike Jones version) (on 1947-10-07)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
arranger:
Spike Jones and Doodles Weaver
is based on:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (William Tell: Overture)
3:21
11I Kiss Your Hand Madame
cover recording of:
I Kiss Your Hand Madame (From the eponymous film)
lyricist:
Fritz Rotter (Austrian composer and lyricist)
composer:
Ralph Erwin
translator:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
is based on:
Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame
3:39
12Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Jeep
recording of:
Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Jeep
writer:
Jerry Browne and Frank De Vol
2:25
13That Old Black Magic
cover recording of:
That Old Black Magic
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1942)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1942)
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:25
14Holiday for Strings
arranger:
Spike Jones and Del Porter
instrumental cover recording of:
Holiday for Strings
lyricist:
Sammy Gallop
composer:
David Rose (songwriter, pianist and orchestra leader)
3:15
15Love In Bloom
recording of:
Love in Bloom
writer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1934 nominee)
3:26
16You Always Hurt the One You Love
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-09-10)
vocals:
Carl Grayson (on 1945-09-10) and Red Ingle (on 1945-09-10)
orchestra:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers (on 1945-09-10)
cover recording of:
You Always Hurt the One You Love (on 1945-09-10)
lyricist:
Allan Roberts (songwriter)
composer:
Doris Fisher
publisher:
Doris Fisher Music Corp.
2:55
17Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma
recording of:
Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma
writer:
Milton Berle, Gene Doyle and Spike Jones
2:55
18Laura
cover recording of:
Laura (1945 song)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1945)
composer:
David Raksin (in 1944)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corp., Twentieth Century Music Corp. and United Partnership Ltd.
version of:
Laura (original 1944 film theme)
3:00
19Hotcha Cornia (Black Eyes)
arranger:
Spike Jones
recording of:
Dark Eyes (with English lyrics)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Florian Hermann (composer)
translated version of:
Очи чёрные (Dark Eyes, original version by Y. Hrebinka)
2:29
20The Blue Danube
recording of:
The Blue Danube (Spike Jones version)
lyricist:
Sol Meyer
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
arranger:
Spike Jones and Del Porter
is based on:
An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 314)
2:54
21The Man on the Flying Trapeze
vocals:
Spike Jones and Doodles Weaver
orchestra:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers
arranger:
Spike Jones and Doodles Weaver
recording of:
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (on 1947-03-24)
lyricist:
George Leybourne
composer:
Lyle Gaston
arranger:
Alfred Lee
publisher:
Heatherfield Music
33:07
22A Serenade to a Jerk
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-01-13)
vocals:
Judy Manners (on 1945-01-13) and Red "Jerk" Ingle (on 1945-01-13)
orchestra:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers (on 1945-01-13)
recording of:
A Serenade to a Jerk (on 1945-01-13)
writer:
Carl Hoefle and Del Porter
3:18
23The Glow Worm
arranger:
Spike Jones
recording of:
The Glow Worm (original 1905 translation)
composer:
Paul Lincke
translator:
Lilla Cayley Robinson
translated version of:
Lysistrata: „Glühwürmchen, Glühwürmchen flimm're” (Glühwürmchen-Idyll)
3:10
24Hawaiian War Chant (Ta‐Hu‐Wa‐Hu‐Wai)
recording of:
Hawaiian War Chant (Ta‐Hu‐Wa‐Hu‐Wai)
composer:
Ralph Freed, Prince Leleiohoku and Johnny Noble
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc.
2:46

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ASIN:UK: B01AXLLP5O [info]