The Goon Show music

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Series: 1

Main article: The Goon Show series 1

Series: 1

Episode #	Show	Artist	Song 1	Song 2	Writer(s) Song 1	Writer(s) Song 2
1	Show 1	The Stargazers	Let Yourself Go	Honey, I Love You But	Irving Berlin	Conrad
		Ray Ellington Quartet	Keep off the Grass		Don Raye Gene de Paul
		Max Geldray	I Can’t Give You Anything but Love		Jimmy McHugh
2	Show 2	The Stargazers	Great Day		Vincent Youmans
		Ray Ellington Quartet	Teddy Bear’s Picnic		John W Bratton Jimmy Kennedy
		Max Geldray	If I Had You		Jimmy Campbell Reginald Connolly
		Ray Ellington Quartet & The Stargazers	Old Mother Hubbard		Babe Wallis/ Ray Ellington
3	Show 3	The Stargazers	How High the Moon		Morgan Lewis
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Barnyard Boogie		Wilhelmina Grey Louis Jordan
		Max Geldray	My Melancholy Baby		Ernie Burnett
		Ray Ellington Quartet	Three Bears		Bobby Troup
4	Show 4	The Stargazers	Kerry Dance		James Lynam Molloy
		Ray Ellington	Dry Bones	Beware	Will Osborne Dick Rogers	Morry Lasco Fleecie Moore Richard Adams
		Ray Ellington & The Stargazers	Five Guys Named Moe		Larry Wynn Jerry Bresler
		Max Geldray	My Blue Heaven		Walter Donaldson
5	Show 5	The Stargazers	This Can’t Be Love		Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart
		Ray Ellington	Time Takes Care of Everything	Beans and Cornbread	Al Fields Timmie Rogers Nat King Cole	Freddie Clark Fleecie Moore
		Max Geldray	After You’ve Gone		Henry Creamer Turner Layton
6	Show 6	The Stargazers	Christopher Columbus (The World Ain’t Big Enough For Me)		Terry Gilkyson
		Ray Ellington	Beware, Sister Beware		Morry Lasco Fleecie Moore Richard Adams
		Max Geldray & Ray Ellington	Max’s Blues		Max Geldray
		Ellington & Stargazers	Row Row Row		Jimmie V Monaco William Jerome
7	Show 7	The Stargazers	Jezebel		Wayne Shanklin
		Ray Ellington	Black Eyes		traditional
		Max Geldray	Sabre Dance		Aram Khachaturian
		Ellington & Stargazers	Life is So Peculiar		Jimmy Van Heusen Johnny Burke|
8	Show 8	The Stargazers	Lover		Richard Rodgers [w:Lorenz Hart|Lorenz Hart]]
		Ray Ellington	Let the Good Times Roll		Louis Jordan
		Max Geldray	Bubble Bubble Bubble (Pink Champagne)		George Forrest Robert Wright
		Ellington & Stargazers	Shine		Cecil Mack Lew Brown Ford Dabney
9	Show 9	The Stargazers	Button Up Your Overcoat		Ray Henderson BG DeSylva Lew Brown
		Ray Ellington	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven		Timmy Rogers Albert Fields Tom Delaney
		Max Geldray	Jealousy		Jacob Gade
		Ellington & Stargazers	Get Out and Get Under		Maurice Abrahams Grant Clarke Edgar Leslie
10	Show 10	The Stargazers	Cherokee		Ray Noble
		Max Geldray	My Resistance is Low		Hoagy Carmichael
		Ray Ellington	That’s My Girl		Joe McKiernan
11	Show 11	The Stargazers	My Heart Cries For You		Carl Sigman Percy Faith
		Max Geldray	Tea for Two		Vincent Youmans
		Ray Ellington	Smokey Mountain Boogie		Tennessee Ernie Ford Cliffie Stone
12	Show 12	The Stargazers	Hiawatha’s Mittens		Dwight Latham Moe Jaffe
		Max Geldray	Old Man River		Jerome Kern
		Ray Ellington	Little Girl		Madeline Hyde Francis Henry
13	Show 13	The Stargazers	Somebody Loves Me		George Gershwin Ballard MacDonald BG DeSylva
		Max Geldray	The Loveliest Night of the Year		Juventino Rosas Adapted by Irving Aaronson
		Ray Ellington	Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends		Bob Carter Mack Gordon Louis Jordan
14	Show 14	The Stargazers	The Cry of the Wild Goose		Terry Gilkyson
		Max Geldray	The Syncopated Clock		Leroy Anderson
		Ray Ellington	Black Note Serenade		Benny Litchfield Harry Bolton
15	Show 15	The Stargazers	Truckin’		Rube Bloom Ted Koehler
		Max Geldray	My Blue Heaven		Walter Donaldson
		Ray Ellington	Teddy Bears' Picnic		John W. Bratton Jimmy Kennedy
16	Show 16	The Stargazers	Mademoiselle de Paris		Paul Durand Henri Contet Mitchell Parish
		Max Geldray	Max’s Blues		Max Geldray
		Ray Ellington	Come on-a My House		Ross Bagdasarian William Saroyan
17	Show 17	Harry Secombe	Be My Love		Sammy Cahn Nicholas Brodszky
		The Stargazers	I Don’t Want a World		Johnny Lange Hy Heath
		The Stargazers	My Heart Cries For You		Carl Sigman Percy Faith
		Marie Benson and The Stargazers	I Don’t Want a World		Johnny Lange Hy Heath
		Ray Ellington	That’s My Girl		Joe McKiernan Harry D. Kerr
Sp	Cinderella	Lizabeth Webb and the Stargazers	Dream Lover		Victor L Schertzinger Clifford Grey
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	The Baron, The Butler and The Bobbajee		Jimmy Grafton
		Max Geldray & Ray Ellington	Lover		Richard Rodgers
		Harry Secombe	Cinderella, Stay in My Arms		Jimmy Kennedy Michael Carr
		Harry Secombe, Lizbeth Webb and the Stargazers	Wunderbar		Cole Porter

Series: 2

Main article: The Goon Show series 2

Series: 2

Episode #	Show	Artist	Song 1	Song 2	Writer(s) Song 1	Writer(s) Song 2
1	'Adventures of Handsome Harry Secombe'	Harry Secombe	Longing for You		Walter Dana Bernard Jansen
		The Stargazers	I Never Was Loved by Anyone Else		Cy Coben
		Max Geldray	Three Little Words		Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Boum!		Charles Trenet
2	'Story of the Trans Siberian Express'	Harry Secombe	The World is Mine Tonight		George Posford Holt Marvell
		The Stargazers	Rollin’ Stone		Irving Gordon
		Max Geldray	Jealousy		Jacob Gade
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Gracie Fields	Sally		Will E. Haines Harry Leon Leo Towers
3	Captain Pureheart Builds the Crystal Palace'	The Stargazers	Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle		Bob Merrill
		Harry Secombe	Vesti la giubba from Pagliacci		Ruggero Leoncavallo
		Max Geldray	Undecided		Sid Robin Charlie Shavers
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Al Jolson	Sonny Boy		Ray Henderson BG DeSylva Lew Brown
4	Show 21	Harry Secombe	Tell Me Tonight		Mischa Spoliansky
		Max Geldray	Allentown Jail		Irving Gordon
		The Stargazers	There’s Always Room at Our House		Bob Merrill
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Donald Peers	In a Shady Nook by a Babbling Brook		Harry Pease Ed G Nelson
5	Show 22	Harry Secombe	Ma Belle Marguerite		Vivian Ellis AP Herbert
		Max Geldray and the Stargazers	Night and Day		Cole Porter
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Let’s Try It		John Gaise
6	Show 23	The Stargazers	Button Up Your Overcoat		Ray Henderson BG DeSylva Lew Brown
		Max Geldray	I Can’t Give You Anything but Love		Jimmy McHugh w:Dorothy Fields
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Carmen Miranda	I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)		Harry Warren Mack Gordon
7	Show 24	Harry Secombe	A Beggar in Love		Bob Merrill
		Max Geldray	My Yiddishe Momme		Jack Yellen Lew Pollack
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Allan Jones	In a Shady Nook		Rudolf Friml Herbert Stothart Bob Wright Chet Forrest
8	Show 25	Harry Secombe	You Are Love		Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein II
		Max Geldray	Unforgettable		Irving Gordon
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Aba Daba Honeymoon		Arthur Fields Walter Donovan
9	Show 26	Harry Secombe	Granada		Agustin Lara
		Max Geldray	Oh, You Beautiful Doll		Nat D Ayer Seymour Brown
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Danny Kaye	Minnie the Moocher		Cab Calloway Irving Mills
10	Show 27	Harry Secombe	My Heart and I		Richard Tauber Fred Tysh
		Max Geldray	Tea for Two		Vincent Youmans
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Johnnie Ray	Cry		Churchill Kohlman
11	Show 28	Harry Secombe	With a Song in My Heart		Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers
		Max Geldray	Saint Louis Blues		WC Handy
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Eddie Cantor	If You Knew Susie		BG De Sylva Joseph Meyer
12	Show 29	Max Geldray	Bubble, Bubble, Bubble (Pink Champagne)		Robert Wright George Forrest
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Nellie Lutcher	My Mother’s Eyes	Hurry On Down	Abel Baer Wolfe Gilbert	Nellie Lutcher
		The Goons	Parody Number
13	Show 30	Max Geldray	My Melancholy Baby		Ernie Burnett George A. Norton
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Ray Ellington (!)	Little Red Riding Hood	The Three Bears	Olav Fermelin	Bobby Troup
		The Goons sing Jimmy Grafton’s parodies	The Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid	Friendship	Johnny Mercer	Cole Porter
14	Show 31	Max Geldray	Adiós muchachos		Julio Cesar Sanders
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Sophie Tucker	Some of These Days	My Yiddishe Momme	Shelton Brooks	Jack Yellen Lew Pollack
		The Goons sing Jimmy Grafton’s parodies	Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross	I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)	traditional	Harry Warren Mack Gordon
15	Show 32	Max Geldray	The Trolley Song		Hugh Martin Ralph Blane
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Boum!		Charles Trenet
		The Goons sing Jimmy Grafton’s parodies	String Quartet in E	Vive La Compagnie	Luigi Boccherini	traditional
16	Show 33	The Goons sing Jimmy Grafton’s parodies	Funiculì, Funiculà Chi mi frena in tal momento Habanera	Largo al factotum La donna è mobile Libiamo ne’ lieti calici	Luigi Denza Gaetano Donizetti Georges Bizet	Gioachino Rossini Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi
		Max Geldray	Indian Love Call		Rudolf Friml Herbert Stothart
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Louise	Infernal Galop	Richard A. Whiting Leo Robin	Jacques Offenbach
17	Show 34	Max Geldray	Pennies from Heaven		Arthur Johnston Johnny Burke
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Ginger Rogers	The Continental		Con Conrad Herb Magidson
		The Goons	Goon Welsh Number Operatic Sequence		Jimmy Grafton Wally Stott
18	Show 35	Max Geldray	When I Take My Sugar to Tea		Sammy Fain Irving Kahal Pierre Norman
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Fats Waller	Ain’t Misbehavin’	It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie	Fats Waller Harry Brooks Andy Razaf	Billy Mayhew
		The Goons sing the Jimmy Grafton’s parody	We Saw the Sea		Irving Berlin
19	Show 36	Max Geldray	Blue Tango		Leroy Anderson
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Bing Crosby	Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)	Pennies from Heaven	Bing Crosby Roy Turk Fred E Ahlert	Arthur Johnston (music) Johnny Burke (lyrics)
		The Goons sing Jimmy Grafton’s parodies	Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl Oh No, John! Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be?		traditional traditional traditional
20	Show 37	Max Geldray	Dinah		Harry Akst (music) Sam M. Lewis (lyrics) Joe Young (lyrics)
		The Goons sing Jimmy Grafton’s parodies	Widecombe Fair		traditional
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Lena Horne	Stormy Weather I Feel So Smoochie 'Deed I Do		Ted Koehler Harold Arlen Phil Moore Fred Rose Walter Hirsch
21	Show 38	Max Geldray	Trust in Me		Ned Wever Milton Ager Jean Schwartz
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Vera Lynn	I'll Be Seeing You		Irving Kahal Sammy Fain
22	Show 39	Harry Secombe & Peter Sellers	Jimmy Grafton’s parody of Largo al factotum		Gioachino Rossini
		Max Geldray	Saint Louis Blues		WC Handy
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Ella Fitzgerald	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	Oh, Lady Be Good!	Ella Fitzgerald Al Feldman	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin
23	Show 40	Max Geldray	Old Man River		Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein II
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Marie Lloyd	My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)		Fred W. Leigh Charles Collins
24	Show 41	The Goons sing Jimmy Grafton’s parody	Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor’s Life for Me)		Leigh Harline Ned Washington Oliver Wallace
		Max Geldray	Donkey Serenade		Rudolf Friml Herbert Stothart
		The Ray Ellington Quartet pays tribute to Fats Waller	Ain’t Misbehavin’	It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie	Fats Waller Harry Brooks Andy Razaf	Billy Mayhew
25	Story of the Green Eyed Little Yellow God	Harry Secombe	Heart of a Clown		Francis Kane Steve Nelson Jack Rollins
		Max Geldray	My Blue Heaven		Walter Donaldson George A. Whiting
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Teddy Bear’s Picnic		John W Bratton Jimmy Kennedy

Series: 3

Main article: The Goon Show series 3

Series: 2

Episode #	Show	Artist	Song(s)	Writer(s)
1	Fred of the Islands	Max Geldray	Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)	George Gershwin
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Cry Baby Boogie	Hughie Prince Dick Rogers Will Osborne
2	The Egg of the Great Auk	Max Geldray	Embraceable You	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Stop, Relax, Think	Ray Ellington
3	I Was a Male Fan Dancer	Max Geldray	When I Take My Sugar to Tea	Sammy Fain
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Bim Bam Baby	Sammy Mysels
4	The Saga of HMS Aldgate	Max Geldray	Pennies from Heaven	Arthur Johnston
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Takes Two To Tango	Al Hoffman Dick Manning
5	The Expedition for Toothpaste	Max Geldray	Lady is a Tramp	Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Got a Brand New Suit My Very Good Friend, the Milkman	Howard Deitz / Arthur Schwartz Johnny Burke
6	The Archers	Max Geldray	Slow Train Blues	Bob Anthony
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Five Guys Named Moe	Jerry Bresler Larry Wynn
7	The Goons Pantomime No 2: Robin Hood	Max Geldray	Bubble Bubble Bubble (Pink Champagne)	George Forrest Robert Wright
		The Goons	The Robbers’ Chorus	Jimmy Grafton Frederic Norton
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Woe! is Me I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead (You Rascal You)	James Cavanaugh Dick Sanford Bob Emmerich Sam Theard
		The Cast	Life is so Peculiar	Johnny Burke Jimmy van Heusen
8	Where Does Santa Claus Go in the Summer?	Max Geldray	Oh, Lady Be Good!	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Blues in Advance	Nell Drummond
9	The Navy, Army and Air Force	Max Geldray	That Old Black Magic	Harold Arlen Johnny Mercer
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Bone Dry	Bernard Zee Libby Zee Walt Barrows
10	The British Way of Life	Max Geldray	The Glow-Worm	Johnny Mercer
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Lady of Spain	Tolchard Evans Erell Reaves
11	Survey of Britain	Max Geldray	You’re Driving Me Crazy	Walter Donaldson
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Little Girl	Madeline Hyde Francis Henry
12	Flint of the Flying Squad	Max Geldray	Everything I Have Is Yours	Burton Lane Harold Adamson
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Boum!	Charles Trenet
13	Seaside Resorts in Winter	Max Geldray	My Blue Heaven	Walter Donaldson
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)	Mack Gordon Harry Warren
14	The Tragedy of Oxley Towers	Max Geldray	Tea for Two	Vincent Youmans
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	All for the Love of Lil	Larry Wynn Jerry Bresler
15	The Story of Civilization	Max Geldray	Adios	Julio Cesar Sanders
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	One Mint Julep	Rudy Toombs
16	The Search for the Bearded Vulture	Max Geldray	All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm	Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn Bronisław Kaper
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Shine	Cecil Mack Lew Brown Ford Dabney
17	Mystery of the Monkey’s Paw	Max Geldray	For Me and My Gal	George W. Meyer Edgar Leslie E. Ray Goetz
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Ain’t Misbehavin’ It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie	Fats Waller Harry Brooks Andy Razaf Billy Mayhew
18	Mystery of the Cow on the Hill	Max Geldray	Old Man River	Jerome Kern
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	That’s My Desire You Are My Lucky Star	Helmy Kresa Carroll Loveday Nacio Herb Brown Arthur Freed
19	Where Do Socks Come From?	Max Geldray	Side by Side	Harry Woods
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Lullaby of Broadway	Harry Warren Al Dubin
20	The Man Who Never Was	Max Geldray	Lady is a Tramp	Richard Rodgers (music) Lorenz Hart
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	My Mother’s Eyes Hurry on Down	Abel Baer Wolfe Gilbert Nellie Lutcher
21	The Building of the Suez Canal	Max Geldray	Old Man River	Jerome Kern
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	That’s My Desire You Are My Lucky Star	Helmy Kresa Carroll Loveday Nacio Herb Brown Arthur Freed
22	The De Goonlies	Max Geldray	Make It Soon	Maurice Pon/Henri Salvador/William Engvick
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Lady of Spain	Tolchard Evans Erell Reaves
23	Conquest of Space	Max Geldray	Ruby	Heinz Eric Roemheld w:Mitchell Parish
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Little Red Monkey	Stephen Gale Jack Jordan
24	The Ascent of Mount Everest	Max Geldray	Slow Train Blues	Bob Anthony
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Don't Blame Me I Can’t Give You Anything but Love	Dorothy Fields Jimmy McHugh Jimmy McHugh
25	The Story of Plymouth Ho & the Armada	Max Geldray	All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm	Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn Bronisław Kaper
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Pretend In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town	Dan Belloc Lew Douglas Cliff Parman Frank Levere Ira Schuster Jack Little Joe Young
Special	Special Coronation Edition	The Ray Ellington Quartet	Woe! is Me I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead (You Rascal You) Jitterbug Waltz Hot Toddy	James Cavanaugh Dick Sanford Bob Emmerich Sam Theard Fats Waller Ralph Flanagan/Herb Hendler

Series: 10

Series: 1

Episode #	Show	Artist	Song	Writer(s)
1	A Christmas Carol	Max Geldray	Jingle Bells	traditional; arranged by Wally Stott
		Ray Ellington	The Beast in Me	Robert Gould Dolores Claman
2	The Tale of Men's Shirts	Max Geldray	Night Bird	Max Geldray
		Ray Ellington	I Want a Little Girl	Murray Mencher Billy Moll
3	The Chinese Legs	Max Geldray	Chinatown	Jean Schwartz William Jerome
		Ray Ellington	Sunday	Ned Miller Chester Conn Benny Krueger Jule Styne
4	Robin's Post	Max Geldray	Bye Bye Blackbird	Ray Henderson Mort Dixon
		Ray Ellington	'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)	Melvin Oliver James Young
5	The Silver Dubloons	Max Geldray	Love Walked In	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin
		Ray Ellington	This Can't Be Love	Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart
6	The Last Smoking Seagoon	Max Geldray	What More Do You Want?	Joan Whitney Alex Kramer Hy Zaret
		Ray Ellington	Too Marvelous for Words	Richard Whiting Johnny Mercer