https://www.prettygoodamericansongbook.com/what-we-do daily 0.75 2014-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390513380961-PTHFXE5U2S1FJSLPXUSD/tumblr_mh1iruZWLf1rkz363o1_1280.jpg What We Do https://www.prettygoodamericansongbook.com/home daily 1.0 2024-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/24b5e6e8-4934-4df5-ab60-536f691117cf/FullSizeRender.jpeg Home These are my grandkids. Cute, right? I picked up the ukulele when my daughter got married so I could play these songs for my future grandkids. Well, the future is here. This project is dedicated to these four cuties, and to any others that show up along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1519493337131-9Y0BCJ4WN0EMG737UMU4/Headshot+-+LI.jpg Home This is me.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1519493915521-D2KBAP35M3DI7NYINZ7Y/Uke+Pic.JPG Home This is my axe (look it up)..... My amazing wife Leah bought it for me when I turned 50 and I am forever grateful. It changed my life! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/717de057-3e5b-44e1-91bd-7f8c97e032be/tabbysheetmusic.jpg Home In fact, you'll find more than one performance, starting with me - that's the deal.... You can always skip ahead! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1517924247946-K6D8FM8FM0DCKJWRZ513/Banner+Background.png Home https://www.prettygoodamericansongbook.com/songs daily 0.75 2024-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1523277654120-SNEJXHDRVLTKVBJFQU0Y/Mairzy+Doats+-+Cropped.jpg Songs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1521295711978-54NMLG555VOTH6FBMF4Q/My+Extra+Ordinary+Gal+-+Clean.jpg Songs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1523277780771-AIWGG9ZZ376U27FLCFRD/She+Don%27t+Wanna.jpg Songs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1521296087104-XO1HQ48SQEULNIDVB7UR/Sleepy+Head+-+Cropped.jpg Songs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1521296116181-CHCKL1BX6PM098WN2OGT/That%27s+My+Weakness+Now+-+Cropped.jpg Songs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1534008366987-G4ZP47M7PZVCLXN82AN6/Ukulele+Lady+-+Cropped.jpg Songs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/c7057a78-c8b5-495f-a2ce-4899ce9f8187/Forty+Second+Street+sheet+music.jpeg Songs - Shuffle Off To Buffalo Written in 1932 by Al Dubin and Harry Warren for the pre-code hit musical ‘42nd Street’, this playful yet scandalous song references the wearing of ‘panties’ and ‘scanties,’ sex on trains, babies, and getting a divorce in Reno ‘while he still has dough…’ Like I said, scandalous! This song, along with the tap dance step, also called ‘Shuffle Off To Buffalo’, is often referenced in cartoons, TV shows, and movies - including a very creepy version sung by Bette Davis in the 1965 thriller ‘Dead Ringer’. Stick around to the end of the video if you want to check it out. You’ll be glad you did! Added 11/30/24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1652621936069-IAOQD92C6RFQGNY0AUEF/A+-+You%27re+Adorable+Sheet+Music.jpeg Songs - Added 5/14 Written in 1948 by Sid Lipman, Buddy Kaye, and Fred Wise, 'A' You're Adorable uses the full alphabet to describe all the reasons why a young man loves a young woman. While Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters had the most famous version of the song, there are dozens of great covers, many of which are included in this playlist. Some of my favorites include The Muppets (of course), the ever-smarmy Dean Martin, and not one, but three video clips from The Lawrence Welk Show. By far the craziest version in the playlist is Captian Picard (aka Patrick Stewart) goofing around on the set of ‘Star Trek: Next Generation’ performing the song complete with hat and cane. And the best line in the song: "Alphabetically speaking, you're 'okay'.... Be sure to stick around to the end to see my ‘A’ - Adorable grandkids singing ‘We Hope You Liked The Music.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1596902408191-JOE3FTIPMVY457T7HVIU/Ain%27t+Nobody+Here+-+Cropped.jpg Songs - Added 8/8/20 As a young man, I remember my father-in-law often responding to my call of "Anyone home?" with "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens", which, until I heard this Louis Jordan song, made no sense at all. Part of what I love about this project is finding connections between popular songs from long ago that live on in the people who loved them, even if only in a single phrase. Written in 1946, 'Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens' was made famous by the hugely popular Louis Jordan, "King of the Jukebox", a performer who could play, swing, sing, and make you laugh with his sense of humor and love of chickens - he wrote more than one song about them. The playlist includes three recordings by Jordan (1946, 1957, and a live video from 1970), as well as covers that include B.B. King, The Muppets, and a great animated version by Asleep at the Wheel. Thanks for watching and please be safe! B-kawwwwwk! (that would be a chicken’s closing salutation) Added 8/8/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1595689002461-CHQFXP4HYPQURKWOB9OM/Are+You+Makin+Any+Money%3F+-+Cropped.jpg Songs - Added 7/25/20 Featured in the 1933 pre-code musical, Moonlight and Pretzels - which, of course, is about putting on a show, 'Are You Making Any Money?’ written by Herman Hupfeld is the song Lillian Miles sings for her audition. I’ve added a bit from Miles' performance at the end of the video so stick around! The second video in the playlist includes Mile’s full performance starting at the 2 minute mark. The video also includes a clip from the opening dance number of Gold Diggers of 1933 featuring choreography by Busby Berkley and Ginger Rogers in a coin-themed costume. Don't miss it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1521290872043-0LEMBWP7TTDR12JIBQT4/Banana+Split+-+Thumbnail.jpeg Songs - Added 6/16/18 Banana Split for My Baby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1563652093303-L5EJ48ZI8FJKBWT4CLJU/Booglie+Wooglie+Piggy+-+Cropped.jpg Songs - Added 7/21/19 The Booglie Wooglie Piggy by Roy Jacobs (1941) tells the story of a hep little piggy who boogie woogie’s all the way home. Be sure to check out the playlist which includes performance including The Andrews Sisters, Doris Day, Tex Beneke, and a frenetic performance by Sammy Davis Jr. complete with unfortunate mugging common for the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1627743577653-U6GH3GJ9R5A7Y41CEK57/Broken+Record+Sheet+Music+-+Trimmed.jpeg Songs - Added 7/31/21 If you were born in the age of the compact disc, or streaming music services, or brain implants (you know it's coming!) you may not be entirely sure what it means to 'sound like a broken record? This novelty song 'The Broken Record' from 1935 by Cliff Friend, Charlie Tobias, and Boyd Bunch, should help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1621691614513-UCVFLNEUHJ4AU96QE2H8/Brush+Up+Your+Shakespeare+%281%29.jpg Songs - Added 5/22/20 Written in 1949 by Cole Porter for the hit musical Kiss Me Kate, Brush Up Your Shakespeare makes the case that if you want to get the girls you should study Literature in college. Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore (yes, THE James Whitmore) are perfect as the singing and tap dancing gangsters and the original movie version. Be sure to check out Christopher Reeves on the Muppets and two truly questionable performances; one by Cybill Shepherd and another by Robert Goulet. Oh, man! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1585405486737-EP8PYBPZGYEA12PIWKWP/Comes+Love+-+Clean.jpg Songs - Added 3/28/20 Comes Love (1939) was featured in the long-forgotten musical Yokel Boy starring Buddy Ebsen and Phil Silvers. Before 'The Beverley Hillbillies' and 'Barnaby Jones', Ebsen was well known as a song and dance man on stage and screen. I hope you enjoy all the GIFs I found when searching on 'swoon', 'faint', and 'love'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1531573626447-AV20Z15PPAVDNSOXABGO/Crazy+Words+-+Cropped+-+SM.jpg Songs - Added 7/1/18 Written in 1927, Crazy Words, Crazy Tune tells the story of a man tormented by a ukulele enthusiast featuring historical cameos by George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Patrick Henry and, wait for it.... Donald Trump, which, of course, I took the liberty to add. The song also references The Black Bottom, a dance craze from the 1920's, which is illustrated in the third video of the playlist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1561144179122-5K798C6403GA1X5QN9KN/Get+Out%2C+Get+Under+The+Moon.jpg Songs - Added 6/21/19 Get Out And Get Under The Moon (1928) offers timeless advice on what to do when you're sitting at home alone feeling bored and blue: “Pick up your hat. Close up your flat. Get out and get under the moon!” Apparently this song was used in commercials promoting the Apollo space program in 1968. Be sure to check out the playlist which includes performance including Doris Day, Helen Kane, and Nat King Cole in a particularly unappealing arrangement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1532781442512-NUP86ETDOLFINCZ5KKS0/Give+ME+The+Moon+Over+Brooklyn+-+Sm.jpg Songs - Added 7/14/18 Published in 1946, this tune reminds us that whether you’re perambulatin’ on Flatbush Avenue or dancing with your gal at Coney Island, there’s no place like home - especially if you’re home is Brooklyn, NY! I am dedicating this one to my mom and dad who were raised in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn. Added 7/14/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1533395429473-MXF6QYGEWJWAM64PS19C/Hello+Muddah+-+JPG+-+SM.jpg Songs - Added 7/28/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1534005528705-64U7Z9KG7T36QFD4HTW3/Hello+Muddah+-+One+Year+Later.jpeg Songs - Added 8/4/18 As promised we are back at Camp Granada one year later and things are at least a little better for our protagonist. Written and performed in 1964 for the Johnny Carson show, this little known gem by Allan Sherman is worth a listen: “And I’m writing, you this letter. Just to say my compound fracture’s getting better.” Such great writing. The playlist includes a TV commercial promoting a Camp Granada board game produced by Sherman's "Uncle Milton Bradley". Lyrics and chords are available for download in the YouTube description and on the Stuff page. Enjoy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1589722415634-RMGIVGRRD4PP0IJDI3N5/Hold+Tight+-+JPG.jpg Songs - Added 5/16/20 Hold Tight is either about seafood or sex; you decide. Originally recorded by Sidney Bechet, the Andrews Sisters recorded a toned-down version - five days later! - that was a huge hit. Personally, I think both versions are quite mild and probably about sex. Leonard Ware, Bechet's guitarist, wrote the song, with help from two session singers, and Bechet himself apparently made a contribution. The playlist includes the original Bechet and Andrews Sisters versions along with Fats Waller, Tommy Dorsey, Mel Torme, and the modern Andrews Sisters cover groups, The Puppini SIsters and The Swing Dolls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1552694709478-CBDFJT9NFU4MP9AOW55W/I+Scream+-+Cropped.jpg Songs - Added 3/15/19 Everyone has heard the expression "I Scream. You Scream. We all Scream for Ice Cream!” but few people know it comes from a 1927 song that tells the story of a fictitious Eskimo college football team, it’s cheerleader, and the school's fight song. Of course it does! Please forgive the cultural insensitivities common of this era and try to focus on the remarkable fact that to this day people still say: "I Scream. You Scream. We all Scream for Ice Cream!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1591453144548-2OCX90M6UMEWNIOU8MFH/I%27m+In+The+Mood+For+Love.jpg Songs - Added 6/6/20 Written by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields, this classic song from 1935 was originally sung by Frances Langford in 'Every Night at Eight' but for me will forever be the love song Alfalfa sang to Darla, albeit horribly and comically out of tune, in The Our Gang shorts. So many great covers to choose from for this playlist but my favorites are both of the live Dean Martin shorts, Peaches & Herb, Esther Philips, and Tina Louis from Gilligan's Island. Download the lyrics and chords: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DnbS6mZZnyG709FswQt7MXWBUzwXMp1m/view?usp=sharing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1642943398365-QJRVE4BLEYIA8R0UUWM9/I+Don%27t+Want+To+Live+On+The+Moon+-+Sheet+Music+Proxy.png Songs - Added 1/22/22 Jeff Moss wrote 'I Don't Want to Live on the Moon' in 1978 for Sesame Street. Sung by Ernie - of Bert and Ernie fame - the song is a sweet and touching tribute to the importance of family and friends. A few of my favorite covers included in this playlist are Aaron Neville and Ernie performing together, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and a punk version by The Queers. The video includes footage of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon plus a song and dance moment from Apollo 17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1567252556709-FH7282VPM3WJV6VIR0HI/I+Found+-+JPG.jpg Songs - Added 8/32/19 Written in 1931 by Billy Rose, Mort Dixon, and Harry Warren, I Found A Million Dollar Baby tells the story of finding accidental love in a Five and Dime, a precursor to the dollar store. The video features clips and images of Alice White, an actress/starlet of the pre-code era. This playlist includes a wide ranging collection of covers including by Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Bobby Darin doing his finest Elvis impersonation, and Ken Dileo of The Lawrence Welk Show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1545996133168-HJQS2GX0FQ056O973C9L/I%27ve+Got+the+Yes%21+Banana+Blues+-+Cropped.jpg Songs - Added 12/28/18 Sometimes hit songs are so overplayed they become annoying to the point of driving the listener to distraction - a small town near Des Moines. I’ve Got The ‘Yes! We Have No Bananas’ Blues’, was written in 1923 in response to, obviously, Yes! We Have No Bananas, a big hit for the era that was, apparently, played and sung everywhere by everyone. “Bananas! Bananas! I wish I could break up a million pianas!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1535204894920-L5X05CS4YBS21B1WRN9O/Java+Jive+-+Cropped.jpg Songs - Added 8/18/18 Grab a cup of Joe and take a listen to this gently swinging song from 1940 about the joys of caffeine and cuttin’ a rug. This tune was popularized by The Ink Spots who, despite their very unfortunate name, was one of the finest vocal groups of the time. I’ve always loved the fact nearly all Ink Spots' recordings have the exact same instrumental opening. Early acoustic branding! The playlist includes two Ink Spots originals, a vintage video of Al Donahue and the King Singers, and a more modern live performance by Manhattan Transfer. Download the lyrics and chords on the Stuff Page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1542414054831-M2VVAWUUJC2102GUPBF4/Sheet+Music+Image.jpeg Songs - Added 11/17/19 ‘Like The Fella Once Said’ from the Kay Kaiser film "You’ll Find Out” (featuring the all-star horror team of Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre!) offers listeners some fun new break-up lines to use from the 1940’s. Whether you need to ‘give someone air’ or 'leave them flat”, your newly minted ex will surely be tickled by the cute vintage phrase you use to say it’s over. Stick around for the second video in the playlist, which features the Ol’ Perferssor, Kay Kaiser himself, Ish Kabibble, Ginny Simms and Sully Mason performing this gem in the movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1549725998220-NXVV1TY4LPRIJQ683234/Love+Bug+Will+Bit+You.jpg Songs - Added 2/9/19 This 1937 novelty love song by Pinky Tomlin, warns that the bite of the Love Bug will make you sing and shout; whether it's 'Da-de-da-de-da', or ‘Noodlie-doodlie-do!’ This is only one of two songs I’ve encountered that mentions vaccination, a truly romantic reference. Tomlin wrote this hit song in college for his sweetheart who became his wife. He had a remarkable career in music and movies and eventually gave it up to focus on his family. The end of my video includes a short excerpt of Tomlin singing 'The Object of My Affection', his other big hit, in 1958 as a surprise celebrity contestant Groucho Marx’s ‘You Bet Your Life.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1534620210652-S2NCOYO66CRUFQO54KTG/Knock+Me+a+Kiss.jpg Songs - Added 8/4/18 In this 1941 classics by Louis Jordan a young fella tells his girl all the things he'd give up if only she'd knock him a kiss. Cake. Pie. Jam. Ice Cream! Now that's true love! The playlist includes Jordan's original and a vintage video of Ina Ray Hutton singing and "conducting" a swing band - fun! Other performances feature trumpeter Roy Eldridge on vocals, Jimmy Rushing, B.B. King, Ida James, Ella Fitzgerald and Willie Smith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1582390500483-CR45WDD2506W1499CA9K/Lydia+The+Tattooed+Lady.jpg Songs - Added 2/22/20 Written in 1936 for 'At the Circus', arguably one of the worst Marx Brothers movies (tied perhaps with 'Big Store'), 'Lydia The Tattooed Lady' is a Groucho classic that sings the praises of Lydia and her many tattoos. There are lots of obscure references in this song so I’ve tried to illustrate the lyrics with vintage graphics and, where possible, actual tattoos. Stick around to the end where I’ve added a post-script verse to the song about Claudia, Lydia’s granddaughter. Be sure to check out the playlist featuring the original Groucho version as well as renditions by Kermit and Miss Piggy, Rudy Vallee, Burl Ives, Robin Williams, and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1606499853346-V39TBFJYA72AXZUPPIS9/Mean+to+Me.jpg Songs - Added 11/27/20 Mean To Me was written in 1929 by Roy Turk and Fred Ahlert and has been covered by many of the greats, including Helen Morgan, Ruth Etting, Doris Day as Ruth Etting in the biopic 'Love Me Or Leave Me,” Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and many more. This video is something of an homage to Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont, a comedy match made in heaven. She was the perfect foil for his unique style of insult humor, meeting all his jokes with an aloof smile and air of disregard that somehow put them on an even footing. Dumont said of her work with Groucho: I'm a straight lady, the best in Hollywood. There is an art to playing the straight role. You must build up your man, but never top him, never steal the laughs. Groucho referred to Dumont as practically the fifth Marx Brother. There are so many great Groucho/Dumont moments that I decided to include some of the best at the very, very end of the video, literally after the ’The End’ graphic. I encourage you to stick around. Please leave comments, but only, as I say in the video, if you aren’t mean to me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1574951402533-I55GU1G23WEGTKIRSEX1/Mister+Five+By+Five.jpg Songs - Added 11/29/19 Written for Jimmy Rushing, the original 'Mister Five By Five', by Don Rae and Gene DePaul, this 1942 classic sings the praises of a 'real cool cat' who is 'slightly plump on the solid side'. Featured in the video are clips from two movie shorts featuring Jimmy Rushing and Count Basie and Cotten Club hoofer Winnie Johnson. The playlist includes performances by Ella Mae Morse, The Andrews Sisters, Jimmy Rushing, (and me!) (*Added 12/29/29) *The day after Thanksgiving when we’re all feeling a little Five By Five! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1678024340773-8TUHP0FH3UKEF2JTTPZ0/Murder+She+Says+-+SheeT+GOOGLE+SEARCH.jpg Songs - Added 11/5/22 'Murder He Says,' written in 1943 by Jimmy McHugh and Frank Loesser for the musical 'Happy Go Lucky', bemoans the plight of a romantically inclined young woman whose cool cat boyfriend chooses the wrong time to be hep to the jive, Jackson! The clips of the irrepressible Betty Hutton - best known for her role as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun - are from a filmed broadcast of the Command Performance radio program recorded at Camp Roberts, California. Copies of the film were sent around the world to entertain the troops. For this video, I swapped the gender and updated some of the lyrics accordingly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1688475769064-XD5XNNSQ6R87HFV6N68A/Screen+Shot+2023-07-04+at+6.02.32+AM.png Songs - Added 7/4/23 My Little Grass Shack was written in 1933 by Tommy Harrison, Bill Cogswell, and Johnny Noble as part of Kona’s 4th of July Independence Day celebration canoe races held annually at Kealakekua Bay in Kona, Hawaii. The song became a #1 hit for bandleader Ted Rito Fio and remains one of the most performed tunes in the Hapa Haole style - just ask anyone with a ukulele! The popularity of the song led to the opening of a little grass shack gift shop in Kona and during WWII soldiers stationed in Hawaii who were not allowed to write letters home would send photographs of themselves in front of the shop to let their families know where they were. Take a listen even if just to learn about the song My Little Grass Shack was based on. I, for one, had no idea! The Playlist includes a wide variety of covers from the amazing Roy Smeck, Sol Hoopii, The Mills Brothers, and Leon Redbone, to the not-so-amazing-but-definitely-need-to-listen-to versions by Annette Funicello, Martin Denny, and Ray Conniff. And then there’s the head-scratchingly ridiculous musical soundie from 1940. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1558181267538-ZSXLD5DX8CQ3RMYUUGRA/My+Sugar+-+Cover+Google.jpg Songs - Added 5/17/19 Written in 1946 by Sydney Lippman and Sylvia Dee and made famous by Johnny Mercer and Pied Pipers, My Sugar Is So Refined, is a playful barely post-war song that hints at the cool jazz style to come. It’s relaxed and sophisticated just like the protagonist’s girl who’s so refined that 'she doesn’t wear a hat, she wears a chapeau. Goes to see the cinema, but never a show!” Be sure to check out the playlist which includes a live performance with rich vocal jazz harmonies by the Hi-Lo’s performed on the Nat King Cole Show in 1957. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1519491684947-0HARXE3XD9Z6GFMHZ12Y/My+Whole+Day+is+Spoiled+-+Clean.jpg Songs - Added 6/16/18 My Whole Day Is Spoiled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1521510187412-UEKHYLHU2P2325WVXLGH/Peasie+Weasie+Thumbnail.jpg Songs - Added 6/16/18 Peasie Weasie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1616849927437-194WDAMMN4BDRTSGIRPY/Pessmistic+Character+-+From+eBay.jpg Songs - Added 3/27 Written in 1940 by Johnny Burke and James V. Monaco, 'The Pessimistic Character with the Crab Apple Face’ was featured in the Bing Crosby/Gloria Jean movie 'If I Had My Way’. The song is about, well, a pessimistic character with a crab apple face, and includes probably the meanest lyric ever penned (at least until 1940): “Why do we want him in the human race? The pessimistic character with the crab apple face.” Wow….. While I know the Three Stooges aren’t universally loved, I must admit to watching plenty of their movie shorts on TV in the 1960s and still find them ridiculous and funny. I included some clips in this video that hopefully show their unique form of comedy genius for any doubters out there. Be sure to watch the second video in the playlist; the incomparable Bing Crosby and company from 'If I Had My Way.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1616850107948-FKLBB1DM86HB4GWI0N62/Practice+Makes+Perfect+Cover+Scan.jpg Songs - Added 2/13/21 Practice Makes Perfect (1940) by Don Roberts and Ernest Gold reminds us that anything worth doing is worth doing right - so practice, practice, practice! I encourage you to stick around to the very end for a peek behind the scenes of the recording session for this video (if you can call it a recording session… sounds so serious) that demonstrates exactly why practicing is so important. Fear not, I’ve beeped out all the profanity so as to make it safe for all my pre-school fans, of which there are three that I know of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1678024059103-UILH35NJCYTPALXQ00N9/Ragtime+Cowby+Sheet+Music.jpeg Songs - Added 3/4/23 Ragtime Cowboy Joe, by Grant Clarke, Lewis F. Muir, and Maurice Abrahams, was a major hit in 1912 and lives on as a staple of the ukulele sing-along crowd. This tune literally sings the praises of that iconic western character, the singing cowboy, and Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger are featured throughout this video. The clip of the man dancing ‘the bullet dance’ comes from the 1902 silent movie, The Great Train Robbery. There are some remarkable covers in the playlist, including Alvin & The Chipmunks, James Stewart w/Dean Martin, Lucille Ball from I Love Lucy, The Osmond Brothers, and a nearly unrecognizable pop version by Cher & Teri Garr from an episode of the Cher Show, which aired in 1975. Ragtime Cowboy Joe is also the University of Wyoming fight song! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1535805680550-ZWOL20B2X5GXFHAWN671/Rubber+Duckie.jpg Songs - Added 8/25/18 This 1970 ode to bath time’s 'cute and yellow and chubby' companion (aka Rubber Duckie) was written by Jeff Moss and preformed by Jim Henson (aka Ernie). The playlist also includes performances by Little Richard, David Deegs, The Pentatonix, and others. Download the lyrics and chords on the Stuff Page. Oh, and take a bath with a duck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1540642114094-TC9IUJEUD3FBRSUFD2HQ/Save+The+Bones+Thumbnail.jpeg Songs - Added 9/29/18 Written in 1953 by New Orleans legend Danny Barker, Save the Bones for Henry Jones was first recorded by Nat King Cole and Johnny Mercer for Capitol Records (co-founded by Mercer). While completely missing the point of being a vegetarian, the song has endured with recordings by Ray Charles, The Pointer Sisters, The Jackson Sisters (featuring a very young Janet Jackson) and Dr. John, all included on the playlist. First up on the playlist however is Mercer and Cole performing the song live on Cole’s TV show followed by two performances by Barker himself, including a live performance at a private party. Added 9/29/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1573307971914-LBKZLFUEXY81SCFOZAWO/Shaving+Cream.jpg Songs - Added 9/9/19 Written in 1946 by Benny Bell, Shaving Cream is a classic example of the ‘Party Song’; off-color tunes that were only available in record stores and intended for parties that I, for one, would like to have been invited to. It wasn’t until the 1970’s when the influential Dr. Demento (the man responsible for discovering ‘'Weird Al’ Yankovic!) featured the song on his popular radio show reviving interest and turning it into a hit that reached #30 on the Billboard Charts. I first discovered this song in Jr. High School (of course) and have loved it ever since. Download the lyrics and chords: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k6UUHBjtlG_WPckNYbhIe8G98YHuPQNS/view?usp=sharing Links of Interest: -Benny Bell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Bell -Shaving Cream: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaving_Cream_(song) -Dr. Demento: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Demento -Weird Al Yankovic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1658577735239-H7JY2YQX5JUJF8B02NMC/Astor+Sheet+Music+Scan.jpg Songs - Added 7/23/22 Written in 1939 by Don Raye and Hughie Prince, this novelty song tells the story of young Minnie who went to her first big party at the Hotel Astor in New York and despite her mother's warnings, lost something very, very important - and it wasn't the keys to her flat! “They questioned all the bellboys and the Porter. The chef appeared to be the guilty guy. The doorman also acted quite suspicious; but he coyly said: “It surely wasn’t I!” No spoiler alert here. You'll just have to listen to the end... There are only a few recordings of this song, including the intentionally awful Mrs. Miller and a piano roll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1599921498164-V1P2XMUGXJVN9THOWYLA/Shine+On+Harvest+Moon+2.jpg Songs - Added 9/12/20 The term “Harvest Moon" refers to the full, bright moon that occurs closest to the start of autumn and dates from the time before electricity, when farmers depended on the moon's light to harvest their crops late into the night - and, according to the lyrics of Shine On Harvest Moon, young couples relied on the same moonlight to ‘stay outdoors and spoon!’ Scandalous! This popular song was penned in 1908 by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth, the married Vaudeville couple, and was debuted by them in the Ziegfeld Follies of the same year. Shine On Harvest Moon has been recorded and performed by countless artists, but the incomparable Leon Redbone remains my favorite. I hope you enjoy this version, complete with clips from a 1933 'following-the-bouncing-moon' cartoon sing-a-long by Dave Fleischer. The next Harvest Moon will appear on October 1st, so mark your calendars! Thank you for listening, watching, sharing, learning, playing, etc. Shine on! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1538239108988-Y5CTNTUYJFUD6EAY2X5H/Show+Me+The+Way+To+Go+Home.jpg Songs - Added 9/1/18 Written in 1925, "Show Me The Way To Go Home" is said to have been born on a long train ride from London by James Campbell and Reginald Connelly under the pen name Irving King. They were tired from the the long trip and had a few drinks along the way. In addition to wildly different renditions from The California Ramblers, Julie London, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Rufus Thomas, and others, this playlist also includes examples from more recent popular culture such as brief appearances in both Jaws and Family Guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1732978953769-9QP4OUEPL1ATBBGST4DM/Forty%2BSecond%2BStreet%2Bsheet%2Bmusic.jpg Songs - Added 11/30/24 Written in 1932 by Al Dubin and Harry Warren for the pre-code hit musical ‘42nd Street’, this playful yet scandalous song references the wearing of ‘panties’ and ‘scanties,’ sex on trains, babies, and getting a divorce in Reno ‘while he still has dough…’ Like I said, scandalous! This song, along with the tap dance step, also called ‘Shuffle Off To Buffalo’, is often referenced in cartoons, TV shows, and movies - including a very creepy version sung by Bette Davis in the 1965 thriller ‘Dead Ringer’. Stick around to the end of the video if you want to check it out. You’ll be glad you did! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1724590394803-MNSHW7VHBV67YR06RKBE/sheet1.jpeg Songs - Added 8/24/24 If you’ve ever used the wrong fork at The Stork in New York; or maybe felt that none of you fits with the wits at The Ritz, this one’s for you! A song for people who don't feel like they quite fit in with the fancy set, A Square in the Social Circle (1945) by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston was performed by the frenetically talented and very funny Betty Hutton in Paramount Pictures ‘The Stork Club’. The full Butty Hutton performance is included in the playlist and is worth a watch. And if you’re wondering what the heck a Goop is, you’re not alone. I had to look it up, so you can too! (Hint: There’s a link in the YouTube description). Enjoy the song and don't forget to let your little fingers relax while drinking soup from a bowl… you know, so they won't be conspicuous! Thank you, Emily Post! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1701609988835-Q46ZSLOI2Y355OWX197O/tabbysheetmusic.jpg Songs - 11/19/23 Written in 1944 by Harold Dickinson and Howard Gibbeling, ‘Tabby The Cat’ is a swinging tribute to hepcats everywhere that includes references to Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, and my favorite, ‘The Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens’! Cartoon cats of the 1940s were often featured as jazz-playing, zoot-suit-wearing, alley cats, and several are featured here. The playlist features some gems, including my favorites, a Soundie from 1944, a laid-back cover by 1950s jazz singer Lucy Reed, and a country swing version by Roy Lanham and the Whoopporwills. Stay cool all you hepcats! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1598710438309-62N6W055RZI78GKPSNG4/T%27Ain%27t+No+Sin+-+Clean.jpg Songs - Added 8/29/20 Written in 1929 and made famous by the incredible Lee Morse, T’Ain’t No Sin is an ode to staying cool on hot days. The dancing skeletons in the video come from Disney's very first Silly Symphony, Dancing Skeletons, also from 1929! I have a strong personal connection to the song since my grandpa Seymour, a very funny man who ended every joke with, “That’s a joke, son!” would say: “When it get’s to hot for comfort and you can’t get ice cream cones, T’aint no sin to take off your skin and dance around in your bones!” It wasn’t until many, MANY years later when my good friend Janet Klein, also a performer of vintage tunes, told me during a visit that this was from a song and played the Lee Morse version for me from a cassette she happened to have in her car. What a moment! I love how songs, or just parts songs, travel through time connecting generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1540641936183-ZZGTRWDHUA4WIP8X0JE5/Windows+-+Sheet+Music.jpg Songs - Added 10/27/18 George Formby was a major British star in the 1920’s and 30’s and 'When I’m Cleaning Windows (1937), his biggest hit, demonstrates his ability to sing naughty songs with such clueless innocence that it’s nearly impossible to be offended. It was only after Formby told the BBC that Queen Mary quite enjoyed the song that they agreed to play it on the air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1604764417689-K6CNG1H873A0SIABFFGE/Fake+Cherry+Blossom+Time+Sheet+Music.png Songs - Added 11/7/20 Written in 1944 by Sylvia Fine for Danny Kaye’s first movie, 'Up In Arms', the song fragment 'When It’s Cherry Blossom Time In Orange, New Jersey' is part of the famous Lobby Scene, which I’ve included as the second video in this playlist. Watch it! The man was a master of physical comedy. Sylvia Fine was Danny Kaye’s wife and they collaborated on many projects including their daughter Dena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1603043922477-O3V5CMEO5EHBI3KWD2P3/Whole+Dam+Family+Sheet+Music+Cover.jpg Songs - Added 10/18/20 In 1905, The Dam Family was quite the popular fad. There were postcards, tobacco tins, clay pipes, and two silent movie shorts - including one by The Edison Co! There were also several Dam Family songs, including this one, 'The Whole Dam Family' by George Totten-Smith and Albert von Tilzer, who also wrote 'Take Me Out To The Ballgame’. I like to think about the people of the era gathered around their hand-cranked Victrola blushing or laughing, or both, as the word ‘Dam’ was sung over and over again! WARNING: Sometimes I like to add my own verses to these old songs and 'The Whole Dam Family' was begging for a final verse to wrap up the story, so, I wrote one. So if you are a Tin Pan Alley purists who might be offended by this, I have one thing to say: 'I don’t give a Dam! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1571488250874-XJLZDUI40T1A8X52YY4I/Why+Don%27t+You+Practice+What+You+Preach.jpg Songs - Added 10/19/19 If you've ever realized late-in-the-game that you are in a hopelessly one-sided relationship, then "Why Don't You Practise What You Preach" is for you. Listen as the protagonist tells it like it is: "You tell me I'm your Sugar Pie. Yeah? You swear you'll never tell I lie. Yeah!?! You even say you hope to die. Yeah!?!! Well, how come you say it with your fingers crossed!?!!" Words and Music: Maurice Sigler, Al Goodhard, and Al Hoffman Wikipedia: -Aimee Semple McPherson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_S... -Blossom Seeley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blossom... -Benny Fields: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_F... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1544248260591-SG4CQB0EUQSA4891SIGC/Yes%21+We+Have+No+Bananas.jpg Songs - Added 12/8/18 1920’s America was a country of immigrants and "Yes! We Have No Bananas", written by two Jewish-American songwriters, Frank Silver and Irving Cohn, is about a Greek-American produce merchant still finding his way around the English language. As the story goes, Silver was in Long Island with his orchestra and went to a fruit stand where the owner answered every inquiry with a resounding “Yes!” For example, if asked: "Do you have any bananas?”, he’d answer: "Yes! We have no bananas.” The song was a huge hit and has been part of American pop culture ever since. The playlist includes performances The Pied Pipers in full technicolor glory, a Max Fleischer animation, and Sesame Street's Swedish Chef having a grand tie at the grocery store. Please share with any banana loving friends! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1601135497568-BC6NHPNIPGNJ4DQVI7DC/You+Must+Have+Been+A+Beautiful+Baby+-+Clean.jpg Songs - Added 9/26/20 'You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby' was written in 1938 by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer. As much as I love this song, I still marvel that there was a time when no one thought twice to write lyrics about a kindergartner who ‘drove the little boys wild.’ Yikes! If you’re wondering who the babies/actresses are in the video, they are, in order: Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Natalie Wood, Veronica Lake, Margaret O'Brien, Shirley Temple, Heddy Lamar, and Rita Hayworth. Be sure to stay to the end where there’s a really great TV clip from 1963 of Perry Como and Dinah Shore really having fun with the song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1522210400134-L9SH3ECSYCLL0G46GAQJ/Your+Socks+Thumbmnail+-+No+Click.jpeg Songs - Added 6/16/18 Your Socks Don't Match https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1517924399669-R2C73V9AHQLC7M6T6Y5S/Banner+Background.png Songs https://www.prettygoodamericansongbook.com/contact daily 0.75 2018-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1521338459389-EBUDE21HAEIRXI19JL56/Banner+Background.png Contact https://www.prettygoodamericansongbook.com/music daily 0.75 2019-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1521908604239-NNB3T66TZ69G9A41BX0D/Black+Bottom+Image.gif Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - The Black Bottom Do the black bottom! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1521910438361-8E59V5Q5B7HN5W68N1F0/Nicholas+Bros+-+Pic.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Nicholas Brothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1521919914952-V673OBQUHWH01E73L2N7/whiteys+lindy+hoppers.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Whitey's Lindy Hoppers Despite some unfortunately stereotyped costumes, these are some of the most amazing lindy hop video's I've ever seen! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1521920926889-L5GROIMJUJ0GUZQJWCKO/Astaire+on+Skates.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Astaire/Rogers Skating While singing Let's Call the Whole Thing Off. Impressive! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1576067720454-DCB6OJLD3L37WHFOBDAV/Tex_Beneke%402x.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Tex Beneke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1523450010180-RLPRHU4R519TDP984LDD/cab-calloway-c32-whitetails-1a-crop12.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Cab Calloway Videos from the 1930's to the 1980's of this masterful icon of the Cotton Club era jazz scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1528287104879-9N1K6SV3Z1MQROR88SLB/Durante%2Bon%2BNBC.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Jimmy Duarante From vaudeville to radio and TV, the Schnozz was a force. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1522266288922-GUTXL8XB9WXMAN2M7LZP/Ukulele+Ike.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) A virtuoso performer with a strum I can't even come close to master! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1535546150540-RKPQDE2PAW6G6H6Y8CY3/Etting+-+3.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Ruth Etting With over 60 hits in the 20’s and 30’s, Ruth Etting, “America’s Sweetheart of Song”, was a star of radio, stage and screen. This playlist features her singing in 11 clips from movies and other short films. Eating was married to gangster and promoter Moe “The Gimp” Snyder who both helped propel her to stardom and also hampered her career with his aggressive ways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1522671020726-ZAP0KW0BJ5VFIONZAO3I/George+Formby.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - George Formby British superstar of the ukulele and banjolele singing songs full of double meaning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1585049690055-VHNSRXHMITOGOWX8DZI8/BennyGoodman1.png Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Benny Goodman With his flawless technique and ability to attract great sidemen regardless of race (Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson, Harry James, Lionel Hampton, etc.), Benny 'Goodman could swing with the best of them, which is why he was known as 'The King of Swing'. Be sure to watch the fully choreographed Sing, Sing, Sing and don't miss Disney's animated version of Goodman's After You've Gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1543067904254-YV6L4FOR9LBTP8VU9IRA/Hi-Los.png Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - The Hi-Los Formed in 1953, The Hi-Lo's, represent the best of the male jazz vocal quartets along with The Four Freshmen. With incredibly dense jazz harmonies, these boys could sing. Their name comes from both the group's vocal range and physiucal heights. This playlist includes performances with Rosemary Clooney and Benny Goodman, and..... Boris Karloff! While I find their overly sincere performane style to be endearing it's not for everyone so, if that's you, just close yours and enjoy the singing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1535081413499-X08129LNSEKFSAHPH5OZ/Spots+-+1.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Ink Spots The Ink Spots enjoyed international fame in the 30’s and 40’s and continued performing well into the 50’s and beyond with 100’s of imposter groups performing under the same name. Their unique style featured the soaring tenor of Bill Kinney and spoken interludes by bassist Orville ‘Hoppy’ Jones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1523192062277-R172BTXMWMJLNPNNF7VH/LouisJordan.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Louis Jordan Louis Jordan was a pioneering American musician, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", he was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the later years of the swing era. My favorite? Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens. Novelty Songs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1523112060859-8X6YNJQZVPGRI3P6ADGM/helen-kane.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Helen Kane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1522848600791-GPQ6QDFWNDRYOI85EYCC/Janet+Klein.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Janet Klein & Her Parlour Boys Janet is a friend, amazing performer of live and recorded vintage music - and a fellow anachronist. She certainly influenced my love of this music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1523111131425-0EPVHYHH3LI0PH08DV6Y/Nick+Lucas.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Nick Lucas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1583077697507-RG0JIBWX0J2H34FSTTQL/Virginia+O%27Brien+Thumbnail.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Virginia O'Brien My first exposure to Virginia O’Brien was a short cameo in the Marx Brothers’ 1941 film Big Store, and I’ve never forgotten it; possibly because it was the funniest moment in the movie. As a salesclerk in the children’s department, O’Brien demonstrates a bassinet to a customer by singing 'Rock-a-Bye Baby' that burst into a hilarious deadpan swing. It’s a short bit but perfectly highlights O’Brien trademark deadpan comedy that made her a staple of MGM Musicals. This playlist includes the 'Big Store' came as well as ‘Salome', 'Did I Get Stinkin’ At The Savoy', and the creepily hilarious 'Say We’re Sweethearts Again'; and, of course, many more. Take a gander and share this comedy gem with friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1528288975245-V6L9PKCT1HLLSEGIEP6S/Mills_Brothers_and_guitarist_Norman_Brown_1956.JPG Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Mills Brothers The Mills Brothers, or Four Boys and a Guitar, were an enduring group that brought improvised vocal “instrumental” solos into their amazing swinging performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1522265153657-6U39TKY4079R5OUEKK1Z/Leon+Redbone.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Leon Redbone I first heard Leon Redbone perform on Saturday Night Live accompanied only by a tuba and have been a life-long fan ever since. There are sooo many great performance on YouTube, but here a some of my favorites! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1539438417372-0YM5QAQNHBD9FCH1VWQ1/Schoolhouse+Rocks+Image.png Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Schoolhouse Rocks! The idea for Schoolhouse Rock! came from advertising executive David McCall who noticed his son couldn’t remember his times tables but new all the words to pop songs. These animated educational musical shorts aired on ABC in the 1970s between Saturday morning childrens' programming and helped the youth of America learn about grammar (Conjunction Junction), math (My Hero Zero), Social Studies (I’m Just a Bill), and more. Vocalists include Bob Dorough (who also wrote many of the songs), trumpeter Jack Sheldon, Blossom Dearie, Grady Tate and Essra Mohawk were all enlisted to contribute. This playlist is just a few of my favorites. Complete seasons can be found on YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1529496617240-8PN8E9SB1NKY2QIDV5CO/KCEA+-+2.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - KCEA - Music & Memories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1529496425743-TSPHTISPCI20PN8G4ZNR/disumuke.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Radio Dismuke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1521901731426-8UFE2GSZFLAFOQ436NSP/whos_on_first.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Who's on First Who's On First https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1521920198000-YIBEABSPW3KCXAB56FIU/FIelds+Juggling.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - W.C. Fields Juggling Includes cigar box juggling that defies grafity! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1523714696486-BSSTWHIB7NTBO58GICXZ/Spike+JOnes.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Spike Jones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1523635376181-I0LQMASL10P5W9F24MD5/Tom+Lehrer.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Tom Lehrer A national musical comedic treasure and professor of Math and Theater, Tom Lehrer was one of the sharpest voices of the 1960's. This play list features mostly clips from a live 1967 performance in Copenhagen plus a handful of songs written and performed for the Electric Company, which I didn't know existed until I researched this playlist, and a promotional movie for Dodge! Keywords: Satire. Novelty. Comedy. Song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7616ac80bd5e8c5c3eb117/1522751385981-30N801OSICT4OKZSXCPS/chico_marx.jpg Music-Radio-Comedy-Dance-Movies - Chico Marx at the Piano Chico's unique approach to piano entertains both musically and comically. 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