(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection

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

Tracklist

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1Come Josephine in My Flying Machine
vocals:
Boys in the Backroom (vocalists for Spike Jones and His City Slickers) (in 1943) and King Jackson (vocalist for Spike Jones and His City Slickers) (in 1943)
recording of:
Come Josephine, in My Flying Machine (in 1943)
lyricist:
Alfred Bryan (US songwriter)
composer:
Fred Fisher
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Co. (ASCAP affiliated) and Shapiro & Bernstein Co., Inc.
2:32
2Love for Sale
instrumental recording of:
Love for Sale (in 1943)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
2:42
3Moanin’ Low
vocals:
King Jackson (vocalist for Spike Jones and His City Slickers) (in 1943)
recording of:
Moanin’ Low (in 1943)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
2:27
4Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up
vocals:
Boys in the Backroom (vocalists for Spike Jones and His City Slickers) (in 1943)
recording of:
Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up (in 1943)
writer:
Walter Hirsch and Bert Kaplan
2:03
5Yankee Doodler
vocals:
Boys in the Backroom (vocalists for Spike Jones and His City Slickers) (in 1943)
recording of:
Yankee Doodler (in 1943)
writer:
Phil Boutelje and Foster Carling
2:55
6Down in Jungle Town
vocals:
Del Porter (in 1944)
recording of:
Down in Jungle Town (in 1944)
lyricist:
Edward Madden (in 1908)
composer:
Theodore F. Morse (in 1908)
2:27
7Whittle Out a Whistle
vocals:
Mixed Quartette (vocalists with Spike Jones and His City Slickers) (in 1944)
recording of:
Whittle Out a Whistle (in 1944)
writer:
Carl Hoefle and Del Porter
2:01
8By the Beautiful Sea
vocals:
Del Porter (in 1944)
recording of:
By the Beautiful Sea (in 1944)
lyricist:
Harry Carroll
composer:
Harold Atteridge
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
2:16
9At Last I’m First With You
vocals:
Mixed Quartette (vocalists with Spike Jones and His City Slickers) (in 1944)
recording of:
At Last I’m First With You (in 1944)
writer:
Del Porter and Country Washburne
2:44
10Liebestraum
vocals:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers (in 1944)
recording of:
Liebestraum (Spike Jones version) (in 1944)
lyricist:
Del Porter
composer:
Franz Liszt
arranger:
Spike Jones and Del Porter
is based on:
Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As-Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”
3:23
11City Slicker Polka
vocals:
The Nillson Twins (in 1944)
recording of:
City Slicker Polka (in 1944)
writer:
Foster Carling and Phil Ohman
3:11
12Red Grow the Roses
vocals:
Mixed Quartette (vocalists with Spike Jones and His City Slickers) (in 1944)
recording of:
Red Grow the Roses (in 1944)
writer:
Del Porter and Country Washburne
2:22
13Jamboree Jones
vocals:
The Nillson Twins (in 1944)
recording of:
Jamboree Jones (in 1944)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mercer
2:45
14Down by the O‐Hi‐O
vocals:
Baure Gard (in 1944)
recording of:
Down by the Ohio (in 1944)
writer:
Abe Olman and Jack Yellen
1:57
15Casey Jones
vocals:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers (in 1944) and Country Washburne (in 1944)
recording of:
The Ballad of Casey Jones (in 1944)
lyricist:
Wallace Saunders (songwriter) and T. Lawrence Seibert
composer:
Eddie Newton (songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3247)
1:59
16The Glow Worm
vocals:
Aileen Carlisle (Comedy music singer who also performed with Spike Jones) (in 1945) and Red Ingle (in 1945)
recording of:
The Glow Worm (original 1905 translation) (in 1945)
composer:
Paul Lincke
translator:
Lilla Cayley Robinson
translated version of:
Lysistrata: „Glühwürmchen, Glühwürmchen flimm're” (Glühwürmchen-Idyll)
3:12
17Red Wing
vocals:
Del Porter (in 1942)
recording of:
Red Wing (in 1942)
lyricist:
Thurland Chattaway
composer:
Kerry Mills
is based on:
Album für die Jugend, op. 68: X. Fröhlicher Landmann
2:22
18Row, Row, Row
vocals:
Del Porter (in 1945)
recording of:
Row, Row, Row (Ziegfield Follies of 1912) (in 1945)
writer:
William Jerome and James V. Monaco
part of:
Oh, What a Lovely War! (stage musical)
2:11
19Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile
vocals:
Boys in the Backroom (vocalists for Spike Jones and His City Slickers) (in 1942)
recording of:
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag (in 1942)
lyricist:
George Asaf (in 1915)
composer:
Felix Lloyd Powell (in 1915)
lyrics quoted on:
Pack Up
part of:
Oh, What a Lovely War! (stage musical)
2:29
20They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me
performer:
Del Porter (in 1944)
recording of:
They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me (in 1944)
lyricist:
Joseph McCarthy (lyricist, 1885–1943)
composer:
Fred Fisher
part of:
Irene (the musical)
2:04
21Oh! By Jingo
vocals:
Boys in the Backroom (vocalists for Spike Jones and His City Slickers) (in 1942) and Del Porter (in 1942)
recording of:
Oh! By Jingo! Oh by Gee! (in 1942)
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Albert Von Tilzer
3:02
22It Had to Be You
vocals:
Mixed Quartette (vocalists with Spike Jones and His City Slickers) (in 1944)
recording of:
It Had to Be You (in 1944)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:
Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)
1:53
23When Buddha Smiles
instrumental recording of:
When Buddha Smiles (in 1942)
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
1:58
24Paddlin’ Madelin’ Home
vocals:
Beauregard Lee (in 1944)
recording of:
Paddlin’ Madeleine Home (in 1944)
lyricist and composer:
Harry Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
2:08
25Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Jeep
vocals:
Del Porter (in 1941)
recording of:
Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Jeep (in 1941)
writer:
Jerry Browne and Frank De Vol
2:04
26Sailor With the Navy Blue Eyes
vocals:
Boys in the Backroom (vocalists for Spike Jones and His City Slickers) (in 1943)
recording of:
The Sailor With The Navy Blue Eyes (in 1943)
writer:
Al Hoffman, Vic Mizzy and Irving Taylor
2:40

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Release

ASIN:US: B00007JR3K [info]