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After Spike left RCA Victor, he moved to Liberty Records and, determined to stick it to his former label, came up with this parody of their then-popular 50 Years of Music America Loves Best series, right down to a painting of Jones on all fours in front of a gramophone, just like RCA's Nipper. This was Jones' later orchestra, "The Band That Plays For Fun," a tamed-down version of the City Slickers, and the music herein reflects this change. Everything gets the Jones satirical needle injected into it here, from rock & roll and teenagers ("Pimples and Braces," "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb") to novelty tunes ("Mairzy Doats," "Three Little Fishes," "Hut Hut Song") to polka bands ("Strip Polka," "Melody of Love"). An interesting album from the last days of the bandleader's career, and for almost anyone else dabbling in musical parodies and send-ups, this collection would be a major concept album. But in the recorded history of Spike Jones, this simply does not stand up against his best work from the 1940s and early '50s.
© Cub Koda /TiVo
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Sam M. Lewis, Composer - Young, Composer - FRITZ ROTTER, Composer - Spike Jones, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Erwin, Composer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Morris, Composer - Lopez, Composer - Tyson, Composer - Spike Jones, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Henry Davies, Composer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Mort Dixon, Composer - Harry M. Woods, Composer - Spike Jones, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Taylor, Composer - Spike Jones, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carl E. Brandt, Composer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
HARRY OWENS, Composer - Spike Jones, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ted McMichael, Composer - Kash Killion, Composer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Mercer, Composer - Spike Jones, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Milton Drake, Composer - Al Hoffman, Composer - Jerry Livingston, Composer - Spike Jones, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
H. Cannon, ComposerLyricist - Traditional, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Marshall, Arranger, Work Arranger - Arranged By, Arranger, Work Arranger - Spike Jones, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D. Cavanaugh, ComposerLyricist - Jonah Jones, ComposerLyricist - William Hills, Composer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Spike Jones, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Carolyn Davies, Composer - Hans Englemann, Composer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Saxie Dowell, Composer - Spike Jones, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucie Bender Sokole, Composer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Taylor, Composer - Spike Jones, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
After Spike left RCA Victor, he moved to Liberty Records and, determined to stick it to his former label, came up with this parody of their then-popular 50 Years of Music America Loves Best series, right down to a painting of Jones on all fours in front of a gramophone, just like RCA's Nipper. This was Jones' later orchestra, "The Band That Plays For Fun," a tamed-down version of the City Slickers, and the music herein reflects this change. Everything gets the Jones satirical needle injected into it here, from rock & roll and teenagers ("Pimples and Braces," "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb") to novelty tunes ("Mairzy Doats," "Three Little Fishes," "Hut Hut Song") to polka bands ("Strip Polka," "Melody of Love"). An interesting album from the last days of the bandleader's career, and for almost anyone else dabbling in musical parodies and send-ups, this collection would be a major concept album. But in the recorded history of Spike Jones, this simply does not stand up against his best work from the 1940s and early '50s.
© Cub Koda /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:27:59
- Main artists: Spike Jones
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1960 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
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