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==Series: 4==
==Series: 4==
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|rowspan=2|[[The Dreaded Piano Clubber]]
|rowspan=2|[[The Dreaded Piano Clubber]]
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
|''[[w:Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)|Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)]]''
|''[[w:Look at That Girl|Look at That Girl]]''
| [[w:George Gershwin|George Gershwin]]
| [[w:Bob Merrill|Bob Merrill]]
|-
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| ''Cry Baby Boogie''
| ''Ding Dong Boogie''
|[[w:Hughie Prince|Hughie Prince]]<br>[[w:Dick Rogers|Dick Rogers]]<br>[[w:Will Osborne (singer)|Will Osborne]]
|[[w:Charles Singleton (songwriter)|Charles Singleton]]<br>[[w:Teddy McRae|Teddy McRae]]


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|rowspan=2|[[The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Monuments]]
|rowspan=2|[[The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Monuments]]
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Embraceable You|Embraceable You]]''
| ''Hot Toddy''
| [[w:George Gershwin|George Gershwin]]<br>[[w:Ira Gershwin|Ira Gershwin]]
| [[w:Ralph Flanagan|Ralph Flanagan]] (music)<br>[[w:Herb Hendler|Herb Hendler]] (lyrics)
|-
|-
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| ''Stop, Relax, Think''
| '''[[Any Old Iron (song)|Any Old Iron]]''
| [[Ray Ellington]]
| [[w:Charles Collins|Charles Collins]]<br>Fred E. Terry<br>E.A. Sheppard
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!rowspan=2| 3
|rowspan=2|[[The Ghastly Experiments of Dr Hans Eidelburger]]
|rowspan=2|[[The Ghastly Experiments of Dr Hans Eidelburger]]
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''When I Take My Sugar to Tea''
| ''[[w:You're Driving Me Crazy|You're Driving Me Crazy]]''
| [[w:Sammy Fain|Sammy Fain]]
| [[w:Walter Donaldson|Walter Donaldson]]
|-
|-
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| ''Bim Bam Baby''
| ''[[w:Look at That Girl|Look at That Girl]]''
| Sammy Mysels
| [[w:Bob Merrill|Bob Merrill]]


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|rowspan=2|[[The Building of Britain's First Atomic Cannon]]
|rowspan=2|[[The Building of Britain's First Atomic Cannon]]
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Pennies from Heaven (song)|Pennies from Heaven]]''
| ''[[w:Side by Side (1927 song)|Side by Side]]''
| [[w:Arthur Johnston (composer)|Arthur Johnston]]
| [[w:Harry M. Woods|Harry Woods]]
|-
|-
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| ''[[w:Takes Two To Tango (song)|Takes Two To Tango]]''
| ''Bim Bam Baby''
| [[w:Al Hoffman|Al Hoffman]]<br>[[w:Dick Manning|Dick Manning]]
| Sammy Mysels
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|rowspan=2|[[The Gibraltar Story]]
|rowspan=2|[[The Gibraltar Story]]
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Lady is a Tramp|Lady is a Tramp]]''
| ''[[w:Adiós muchachos (song)|Adios, Muchachos]]''
| [[w:Richard Rodgers|Richard Rodgers]]<br>[[w:Lorenz Hart|Lorenz Hart]]
| Julio César Sanders
|-
|-
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
| [[w:Lullaby of Broadway (song)|Lullaby of Broadway]]
|''Got a Brand New Suit''<br>
|[[w:Harry Warren|Harry Warren]]<br>[[w:Al Dubin|Al Dubin]]
|''My Very Good Friend, the Milkman''}}
| {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|[[w:Howard Deitz|Howard Deitz]] / [[w:Arthur Schwartz|Arthur Schwartz]]
|[[w:Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]]}}
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|rowspan=2|[[Through the Sound Barrier in an Airing Cupboard]]
|rowspan=2|[[Through the Sound Barrier in an Airing Cupboard]]
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''Slow Train Blues''
| ''[[w:Somebody Stole My Gal|Somebody Stole My Gal]]''
| Bob Anthony
| [[w:Leo Wood|Leo Wood]]
|-
|-
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| ''[[w:Five Guys Named Moe (song)|Five Guys Named Moe]]''
| {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
| [[w:Jerry Bresler|Jerry Bresler]]<br>Larry Wynn
|''[[w:Tenderly|Tenderly]]''
|''[[w:'S Wonderful|'S Wonderful]]''}}
|  {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|[[w:Walter Gross (musician)|Walter Gross]]<br>[[w:Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]]
|[[w:George Gerswin|George Gerswin]] (music)<br>[[w:Ira Gerswin|Ira Gerswin]] (lyrics)}}
|-
|-


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!7
|rowspan=4|[[The First Albert Memorial to the Moon]]
|[[The First Albert Memorial to the Moon]]
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''Bubble Bubble Bubble (Pink Champagne)''
| ''[[w:Ruby (Ruby Gentry theme)|Ruby]]''
| [[w:George Forrest (author)|George Forrest]]<br>[[w:Robert Wright (musical writer)|Robert Wright]]
| [[w:Heinz Eric Roemheld|Heinz Eric Roemheld]] (music)<br>[[w:Mitchell Parish|Mitchell Parish]] (lyrics)
|-
| The Goons
| ''The Robbers’ Chorus''
| [[Jimmy Grafton]]<br>Frederic Norton
|-
|-
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
| ''[[w:Boum!|Boum!]]''
|''Woe! is Me''
| [[w:Charles Trenet|Charles Trenet]]
|''[[w:You Rascal You|I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead (You Rascal You)]]''}}
| {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|[[w:James Cavanaugh (songwriter)|James Cavanaugh]]<br>Dick Sanford<br>Bob Emmerich
|[[w:Sam Theard|Sam Theard]]}}
|-
| The Cast
| ''Life is so Peculiar''
| [[w:Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]]<br>[[w:Jimmy van Heusen|Jimmy van Heusen]]
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|rowspan=2|[[The Silent Bugler]]
|rowspan=2|[[Western Story]]
| Max Geldray
| ''All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm''
| [[w:Walter Jurmann|Walter Jurmann]]<br>[[w:Gus Kahn|Gus Kahn]]<br>[[w:Bronisław Kaper|Bronisław Kaper]]
|-
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|''[[w:Pretend (1952 song)|Pretend]]''
|''[[w:In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town|In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town]]''}}
|  {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|Dan Belloc<br>[[w:Lew Douglas|Lew Douglas]]<br>Cliff Parman<br>Frank Levere
|[[w:Ira Schuster|Ira Schuster]]<br>[[w:Jack Little (songwriter)|Jack Little]]<br>[[w:Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]]}}
|-<!-- Row End -->
 
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|rowspan=2|[[The Saga of the Internal Mountain]]
| Max Geldray
| ''All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm''
| [[w:Walter Jurmann|Walter Jurmann]]<br>[[w:Gus Kahn|Gus Kahn]]<br>[[w:Bronisław Kaper|Bronisław Kaper]]
|-
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|''[[w:Pretend (1952 song)|Pretend]]''
|''[[w:In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town|In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town]]''}}
|  {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|Dan Belloc<br>[[w:Lew Douglas|Lew Douglas]]<br>Cliff Parman<br>Frank Levere
|[[w:Ira Schuster|Ira Schuster]]<br>[[w:Jack Little (songwriter)|Jack Little]]<br>[[w:Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]]}}
|-<!-- Row End -->
 
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|rowspan=2|[[The Invisible Acrobat]]
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm''
| ''All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm''
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|-<!-- Row End -->


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!rowspan=2|29 <!-- Row Start -->
|rowspan=2|[[The Silent Bugler]]
|rowspan=2|[[The Great Bank of England Robbery]]
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm''
| ''All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm''
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|-<!-- Row End -->


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|rowspan=2|[[The Siege of Fort Knight]]
| Max Geldray
| ''All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm''
| [[w:Walter Jurmann|Walter Jurmann]]<br>[[w:Gus Kahn|Gus Kahn]]<br>[[w:Bronisław Kaper|Bronisław Kaper]]
|-
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|''[[w:Pretend (1952 song)|Pretend]]''
|''[[w:In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town|In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town]]''}}
|  {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|Dan Belloc<br>[[w:Lew Douglas|Lew Douglas]]<br>Cliff Parman<br>Frank Levere
|[[w:Ira Schuster|Ira Schuster]]<br>[[w:Jack Little (songwriter)|Jack Little]]<br>[[w:Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]]}}
|-<!-- Row End -->
|-<!-- Row End -->


!rowspan=2|Special <!-- Row Start -->
|rowspan=2|[[Archie in Goonland]]
| Max Geldray
| ''All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm''
| [[w:Walter Jurmann|Walter Jurmann]]<br>[[w:Gus Kahn|Gus Kahn]]<br>[[w:Bronisław Kaper|Bronisław Kaper]]
|-
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|''[[w:Pretend (1952 song)|Pretend]]''
|''[[w:In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town|In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town]]''}}
|  {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|Dan Belloc<br>[[w:Lew Douglas|Lew Douglas]]<br>Cliff Parman<br>Frank Levere
|[[w:Ira Schuster|Ira Schuster]]<br>[[w:Jack Little (songwriter)|Jack Little]]<br>[[w:Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]]}}
|-<!-- Row End -->


!rowspan=2|Special <!-- Row Start -->
|rowspan=2|[[The Starlings]]
| Max Geldray
| ''All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm''
| [[w:Walter Jurmann|Walter Jurmann]]<br>[[w:Gus Kahn|Gus Kahn]]<br>[[w:Bronisław Kaper|Bronisław Kaper]]
|-
| The Ray Ellington Quartet
| {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|''[[w:Pretend (1952 song)|Pretend]]''
|''[[w:In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town|In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town]]''}}
|  {{ordered list | style=margin-left: -2em
|Dan Belloc<br>[[w:Lew Douglas|Lew Douglas]]<br>Cliff Parman<br>Frank Levere
|[[w:Ira Schuster|Ira Schuster]]<br>[[w:Jack Little (songwriter)|Jack Little]]<br>[[w:Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]]}}
|-<!-- Row End -->
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Revision as of 13:19, 4 November 2022

The Goon Show used a lot of music...

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
The 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
The Ray Ellington Quartet Teddy Bear’s Picnic John W Bratton
Jimmy Kennedy
Max Geldray If I Had You Jimmy Campbell
Reginald Connolly
The 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
The Ray Ellington Quartet Three Bears Bobby Troup
4 Show 4 The Stargazers Kerry Dance James Lynam Molloy
The Ray Ellington Quartet 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
The Ray Ellington Quartet 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
The Ray Ellington Quartet Beware, Sister Beware Morry Lasco
Fleecie Moore
Richard Adams
Max Geldray & Ray Ellington Max’s Blues Max Geldray
The Ray Ellington Quartet & The Stargazers Row Row Row Jimmie V Monaco
William Jerome
7 Show 7 The Stargazers Jezebel Wayne Shanklin
The Ray Ellington Quartet Black Eyes traditional
Max Geldray Sabre Dance Aram Khachaturian
The Ray Ellington Quartet & The Stargazers Life is So Peculiar Jimmy Van Heusen
Johnny Burke|
8 Show 8 The Stargazers Lover Richard Rodgers
[w:Lorenz Hart|Lorenz Hart]]
The Ray Ellington Quartet Let the Good Times Roll Louis Jordan
Max Geldray Bubble Bubble Bubble (Pink Champagne) George Forrest
Robert Wright
The Ray Ellington Quartet & The Stargazers Shine Cecil Mack
Lew Brown
Ford Dabney
9 Show 9 The Stargazers Button Up Your Overcoat Ray Henderson
BG DeSylva
Lew Brown
The Ray Ellington Quartet Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven Timmy Rogers
Albert Fields
Tom Delaney
Max Geldray Jealousy Jacob Gade
The Ray Ellington Quartet & The 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
The Ray Ellington Quartet 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
The Ray Ellington Quartet 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
The Ray Ellington Quartet 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
The Ray Ellington Quartet 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
The Ray Ellington Quartet Black Note Serenade Benny Litchfield
Harry Bolton
15 Show 15 The Stargazers Truckin’ Rube Bloom
Ted Koehler
Max Geldray My Blue Heaven Walter Donaldson
The Ray Ellington Quartet 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
The Ray Ellington Quartet 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
The Ray Ellington Quartet 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 & The Ray Ellington Quartet 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
  1. Funiculì, Funiculà
  2. Chi mi frena in tal momento
  3. Habanera
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
  1. Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl
  2. Oh No, John!
  3. Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be?
  1. traditional
  2. traditional
  3. 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
  1. Stormy Weather
  2. I Feel So Smoochie
  3. 'Deed I Do
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: 3
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
  1. Got a Brand New Suit
  2. My Very Good Friend, the Milkman
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
  1. James Cavanaugh
    Dick Sanford
    Bob Emmerich
  2. 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
  1. Ain’t Misbehavin’
  2. It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
18 Mystery of the Cow on the Hill Max Geldray Old Man River Jerome Kern
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. That’s My Desire
  2. You Are My Lucky Star
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
21 The Building of the Suez Canal Max Geldray Old Man River Jerome Kern
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. That’s My Desire
  2. You Are My Lucky Star
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
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
  1. Dan Belloc
    Lew Douglas
    Cliff Parman
    Frank Levere
  2. Ira Schuster
    Jack Little
    Joe Young
Special Special Coronation Edition The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Woe! is Me
  2. I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead (You Rascal You)
  3. Jitterbug Waltz
  4. Hot Toddy
  1. James Cavanaugh
    Dick Sanford
    Bob Emmerich
  2. Sam Theard
  3. Fats Waller
  4. Ralph Flanagan/Herb Hendler

Series: 4

Main article: The Goon Show series 4
Series: 4
Episode # Show Artist Song(s) Writer(s)
1 The Dreaded Piano Clubber Max Geldray Look at That Girl Bob Merrill
The Ray Ellington Quartet Ding Dong Boogie Charles Singleton
Teddy McRae
2 The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Monuments Max Geldray Hot Toddy Ralph Flanagan (music)
Herb Hendler (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet 'Any Old Iron Charles Collins
Fred E. Terry
E.A. Sheppard
3 The Ghastly Experiments of Dr Hans Eidelburger Max Geldray You're Driving Me Crazy Walter Donaldson
The Ray Ellington Quartet Look at That Girl Bob Merrill
4 The Building of Britain's First Atomic Cannon Max Geldray Side by Side Harry Woods
The Ray Ellington Quartet Bim Bam Baby Sammy Mysels
5 The Gibraltar Story Max Geldray Adios, Muchachos Julio César Sanders
The Ray Ellington Quartet Lullaby of Broadway Harry Warren
Al Dubin
6 Through the Sound Barrier in an Airing Cupboard Max Geldray Somebody Stole My Gal Leo Wood
The Ray Ellington Quartet
7 The First Albert Memorial to the Moon Max Geldray Ruby Heinz Eric Roemheld (music)
Mitchell Parish (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Boum! Charles Trenet
8 The Missing Bureaucrat Max Geldray Oh, Lady Be Good! George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
The Ray Ellington Quartet Blues in Advance Nell Drummond
9 Operation Bagpipes Max Geldray That Old Black Magic Harold Arlen
Johnny Mercer
The Ray Ellington Quartet Bone Dry Bernard Zee
Libby Zee
Walt Barrows
10 The Flying Saucer Mystery Max Geldray The Glow-Worm Johnny Mercer
The Ray Ellington Quartet Lady of Spain Tolchard Evans
Erell Reaves
11 The Spanish Armada Max Geldray You’re Driving Me Crazy Walter Donaldson
The Ray Ellington Quartet Little Girl Madeline Hyde
Francis Henry
12 The British Way Max Geldray Everything I Have Is Yours Burton Lane
Harold Adamson
The Ray Ellington Quartet Boum!
 Charles Trenet
Special Christmas Crackers 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
13 The Giant Bombardon 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 Ten Thousand Fathoms Down in a Wardrobe Max Geldray Tea for Two Vincent Youmans
The Ray Ellington Quartet All for the Love of Lil Larry Wynn
Jerry Bresler
15 The Missing Prime Minister Max Geldray Adios Julio Cesar Sanders
The Ray Ellington Quartet One Mint Julep Rudy Toombs
16 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Crun 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 The Mummified Priest Max Geldray For Me and My Gal George W. Meyer
Edgar Leslie
E. Ray Goetz
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Ain’t Misbehavin’
  2. It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
18 The History of Communications Max Geldray Old Man River Jerome Kern
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. That’s My Desire
  2. You Are My Lucky Star
19 The Kippered Herring Gang Max Geldray Side by Side Harry Woods
The Ray Ellington Quartet Lullaby of Broadway Harry Warren
Al Dubin
20 The Toothpaste Expedition Max Geldray Lady is a Tramp Richard Rodgers (music)
Lorenz Hart
The Ray Ellington Quartet
21 The Case of the Vanishing Room Max Geldray Old Man River Jerome Kern
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. That’s My Desire
  2. You Are My Lucky Star
22 The Great Ink Drought of 1902 Max Geldray Make It Soon Maurice Pon/Henri Salvador/William Engvick
The Ray Ellington Quartet Lady of Spain Tolchard Evans
Erell Reaves
23 The Greatest Mountain in the World Max Geldray Ruby Heinz Eric Roemheld
w:Mitchell Parish
The Ray Ellington Quartet Little Red Monkey Stephen Gale
Jack Jordan
24 The Collapse of the British Railways Sandwich System Max Geldray Slow Train Blues Bob Anthony
The Ray Ellington Quartet
25 The Silent Bugler Max Geldray All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Walter Jurmann
Gus Kahn
Bronisław Kaper
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Dan Belloc
    Lew Douglas
    Cliff Parman
    Frank Levere
  2. Ira Schuster
    Jack Little
    Joe Young
26 Western Story Max Geldray All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Walter Jurmann
Gus Kahn
Bronisław Kaper
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Dan Belloc
    Lew Douglas
    Cliff Parman
    Frank Levere
  2. Ira Schuster
    Jack Little
    Joe Young
27 The Saga of the Internal Mountain Max Geldray All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Walter Jurmann
Gus Kahn
Bronisław Kaper
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Dan Belloc
    Lew Douglas
    Cliff Parman
    Frank Levere
  2. Ira Schuster
    Jack Little
    Joe Young
28 The Invisible Acrobat Max Geldray All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Walter Jurmann
Gus Kahn
Bronisław Kaper
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Dan Belloc
    Lew Douglas
    Cliff Parman
    Frank Levere
  2. Ira Schuster
    Jack Little
    Joe Young
29 The Great Bank of England Robbery Max Geldray All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Walter Jurmann
Gus Kahn
Bronisław Kaper
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Dan Belloc
    Lew Douglas
    Cliff Parman
    Frank Levere
  2. Ira Schuster
    Jack Little
    Joe Young
30 The Siege of Fort Knight Max Geldray All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Walter Jurmann
Gus Kahn
Bronisław Kaper
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Dan Belloc
    Lew Douglas
    Cliff Parman
    Frank Levere
  2. Ira Schuster
    Jack Little
    Joe Young
Special Archie in Goonland Max Geldray All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Walter Jurmann
Gus Kahn
Bronisław Kaper
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Dan Belloc
    Lew Douglas
    Cliff Parman
    Frank Levere
  2. Ira Schuster
    Jack Little
    Joe Young
Special The Starlings Max Geldray All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Walter Jurmann
Gus Kahn
Bronisław Kaper
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Dan Belloc
    Lew Douglas
    Cliff Parman
    Frank Levere
  2. Ira Schuster
    Jack Little
    Joe Young

Series: 5

Series: 6

Series: 7

Series: 8

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Series: 9

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
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