The Goon Show music: Difference between revisions
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| [[w: | | [[w:Milton Delugg|Milton De Lugg]]<br>[[w:Willie Stein|William Stein]] | ||
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | | The Ray Ellington Quartet | ||
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|''[[w: | |''[[w:That's My Desire|That's My Desire]]'' | ||
|'' | |''All for the Love of Lil''}} | ||
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|[[w: | |[[w:Carroll Loveday|Carroll Loveday]]<br>[[w:Helmy Kresa|Helmy Kresa]] | ||
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|rowspan=2|[[The Case of the Vanishing Room]] | |rowspan=2|[[The Case of the Vanishing Room]] | ||
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| ''[[w: | | ''[[w:Somebody Stole My Gal|Somebody Stole My Gal]]'' | ||
| [[w: | | [[w:Leo Wood|Leo Wood]] | ||
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | | The Ray Ellington Quartet | ||
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|'' | |''Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider'' | ||
|'' | |''I Wish I Were Twins''}} | ||
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|[[w: | |[[w:Eddie Leonard|Eddie Leonard]]<br>Eddie Munson | ||
|[[w: | |[[w:Eddie DeLange|Edgar DeLange]]<br>[[w:Frank Loesser|Frank Loesser]]<br>[[w:Joseph Meyer (songwriter)|Joseph Meyer]]}} | ||
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|rowspan=2|[[The Great Ink Drought of 1902]] | |rowspan=2|[[The Great Ink Drought of 1902]] | ||
| Max Geldray | | Max Geldray | ||
| '' | | ''[[w:April in Paris|April in Paris]]'' | ||
| [[w:Vernon Duke|Vernon Duke]]<br>[[w:Yip Harburg|E.Y. Harburg]] | |||
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | | The Ray Ellington Quartet | ||
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| [[w: | |''[[w:Don't Blame Me (Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh song)|Don't Blame Me]]'' | ||
|''You Are My Lucky Star''}} | |||
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|[[w:Jimmy McHugh|Jimmy McHugh]] | |||
|[[w:Nacio Herb Brown|Nacio Herb Brown]]<br>[[w:Arthur Freed|Arthur Freed]]}} | |||
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|rowspan=2|[[The Greatest Mountain in the World]] | |rowspan=2|[[The Greatest Mountain in the World]] | ||
| Max Geldray | | Max Geldray | ||
| '' | | ''Carnivalito'' | ||
| | | Edmundo P Zaldivar | ||
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | | The Ray Ellington Quartet | ||
| '' | | ''[w:(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo|I Got a Girl in Kalamazoo]]'' | ||
| | | [[w:Mack Gordon|Mack Gordon]]<br>[[w:Harry Warren|Harry Warren]] | ||
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|rowspan=2|[[The Collapse of the British Railways Sandwich System]] | |rowspan=2|[[The Collapse of the British Railways Sandwich System]] | ||
| Max Geldray | | Max Geldray | ||
| '' | | ''Blue Pacific Blues (Sadie Thompson's Song)'' | ||
| | | [[w:Ned Washington|Ned Washington]] (lyrics)<br>[[w:Lester Lee|Lester Lee]] (music) | ||
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | | The Ray Ellington Quartet | ||
| ''[[w:Hank Thompson (musician)#Singles|Rub-a-Dub-Dub]]'' | |||
|''[[w: | | [[w:Hank Thompson (musician)|Hank Thompson]] | ||
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|rowspan=2|[[The Silent Bugler]] | |rowspan=2|[[The Silent Bugler]] | ||
| Max Geldray | | Max Geldray | ||
| '' | | ''[[w:You're Driving Me Crazy|You're Driving Me Crazy]]'' | ||
| [[w:Walter Donaldson|Walter Donaldson]] | |||
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | | The Ray Ellington Quartet | ||
| ''[[w:Lover, Come Back to Me|Lover, Come Back to Me]]'' | |||
| [[w:Sigmund Romberg|Sigmund Romberg]] (music) / [[w:Oscar Hammerstein II|Oscar Hammerstein]] (lyrics) | |||
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|rowspan=2|[[Western Story]] | |rowspan=2|[[Western Story]] | ||
| Max Geldray | | Max Geldray | ||
| '' | | ''[[w:Tenderly|Tenderly]]'' | ||
| [[w:Walter Gross (musician)|Walter Lloyd Gross]]<br>[[w:Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]] | |||
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | | The Ray Ellington Quartet | ||
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|''[[w: | |''[[w:The Very Thought of You|The Very Thought of You]]'' | ||
|''[[w: | |''[[w:Jeepers Creepers (song)|Jeepers Creepers]]''}} | ||
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| | |[[w:Ray Noble|Ray Noble]] | ||
|[[w: | |[[w:Harry Warren|Harry Warren]]<br>[[w:Johnny Mercer|Johnny Mercer]]}} | ||
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|rowspan=2|[[The Saga of the Internal Mountain]] | |rowspan=2|[[The Saga of the Internal Mountain]] | ||
| Max Geldray | | Max Geldray | ||
| '' | | ''[[w:The Lady Is a Tramp|The Lady is a Tramp]]'' | ||
| [w:Richard Rodgers|Richard Rodgers]]<br>[[w:Lorenz Hart|Lorenz Hart]] | |||
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | | The Ray Ellington Quartet | ||
| ''Schooldays'' | |||
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| Max Geldray | | Max Geldray | ||
| '' | | ''[[w:When You're Smiling|When You're Smiling]]'' | ||
| [[w: | | [[w:Mark Fisher (songwriter)|Mark Fisher]]<br>Joe Goodwin<br>[[w:Larry Shay|Larry Shay]] | ||
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | | The Ray Ellington Quartet | ||
| ''[[Any Old Iron (song)|Any Old Iron]]'' (pre-recorded) | |||
|''[[ | | [[w:Charles Collins|Charles Collins]]<br>Fred E Terry<br>EA Sheppard | ||
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|rowspan=2|[[The Great Bank of England Robbery]] | |rowspan=2|[[The Great Bank of England Robbery]] | ||
| Max Geldray | | Max Geldray | ||
| '' | | ''Hot Toddy'' | ||
| [[w: | | [[w:Ralph Flanagan|Ralph Flanagan]]<br>[[w:Herb Hendler|Herb Hendler]] | ||
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | | The Ray Ellington Quartet | ||
| ''[[w:Such a Night|Such a Night]]'' | |||
| [[w:Lincoln Chase|Lincoln Chase]] | |||
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| Max Geldray | | Max Geldray | ||
| '' | | ''[[w:Crazy Rhythm|Crazy Rhythm]]'' | ||
| [[w: | | [[w:Joseph Meyer (songwriter)|Joseph Meyer]]<br>[[w:Roger Wolfe Kahn|Roger Wolfe Kahn]]<br>[[w:Irving Caesar|Irving Caesar]] | ||
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | | The Ray Ellington Quartet | ||
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|'' | |''My Very Good Friend the Milkman'' | ||
|''[[w: | |''[[w:It's a Sin to Tell a Lie|It's a Sin to Tell a Lie]]'' (pre-recorded)}} | ||
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|[[w:Harold Spina|Harold Spina]]<br>[[w:Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] | |||
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Revision as of 18:49, 4 November 2022
The Goon Show used a lot of music...
Series: 1
| Episode # | Show | Artist | Song 1 | Song 2 | Writer(s) Song 1 |
Writer(s) Song 2 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Max Geldray | If I Had You | Jimmy Campbell Reginald Connolly |
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet & The Stargazers | Old Mother Hubbard | Babe Wallis/ Ray Ellington |
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| 3 | Show 3 | The Stargazers | How High the Moon | Morgan Lewis | ||
| The Ray Ellington Quartet | Barnyard Boogie | Wilhelmina Grey Louis Jordan |
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| 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 |
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| Max Geldray | My Blue Heaven | Walter Donaldson | ||||
| 5 | Show 5 | The Stargazers | This Can’t Be Love | Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Max Geldray & Ray Ellington | Max’s Blues | Max Geldray | ||||
| The Ray Ellington Quartet & The Stargazers | Row Row Row | Jimmie V Monaco William Jerome |
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| 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| |
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| 8 | Show 8 | The Stargazers | Lover | Richard Rodgers [w:Lorenz Hart|Lorenz Hart]] |
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | Let the Good Times Roll | Louis Jordan | ||||
| Max Geldray | Bubble Bubble Bubble (Pink Champagne) | George Forrest Robert Wright |
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet & The Stargazers | Shine | Cecil Mack Lew Brown Ford Dabney |
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| 9 | Show 9 | The Stargazers | Button Up Your Overcoat | Ray Henderson BG DeSylva Lew Brown |
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven | Timmy Rogers Albert Fields Tom Delaney |
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| Max Geldray | Jealousy | Jacob Gade | ||||
| The Ray Ellington Quartet & The Stargazers | Get Out and Get Under | Maurice Abrahams Grant Clarke Edgar Leslie |
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| 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 |
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| Max Geldray | Tea for Two | Vincent Youmans | ||||
| The Ray Ellington Quartet | Smokey Mountain Boogie | Tennessee Ernie Ford Cliffie Stone |
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| 12 | Show 12 | The Stargazers | Hiawatha’s Mittens | Dwight Latham Moe Jaffe |
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| Max Geldray | Old Man River | Jerome Kern | ||||
| The Ray Ellington Quartet | Little Girl | Madeline Hyde Francis Henry |
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| 13 | Show 13 | The Stargazers | Somebody Loves Me | George Gershwin Ballard MacDonald BG DeSylva |
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| Max Geldray | The Loveliest Night of the Year | Juventino Rosas Adapted by Irving Aaronson |
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends | Bob Carter Mack Gordon Louis Jordan |
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| 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 |
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| 15 | Show 15 | The Stargazers | Truckin’ | Rube Bloom Ted Koehler |
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| Max Geldray | My Blue Heaven | Walter Donaldson | ||||
| The Ray Ellington Quartet | Teddy Bears' Picnic | John W. Bratton Jimmy Kennedy |
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| 16 | Show 16 | The Stargazers | Mademoiselle de Paris | Paul Durand Henri Contet Mitchell Parish |
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| Max Geldray | Max’s Blues | Max Geldray | ||||
| The Ray Ellington Quartet | Come on-a My House | Ross Bagdasarian William Saroyan |
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| 17 | Show 17 | Harry Secombe | Be My Love | Sammy Cahn Nicholas Brodszky |
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| The Stargazers | I Don’t Want a World | Johnny Lange Hy Heath |
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| The Stargazers | My Heart Cries For You | Carl Sigman Percy Faith |
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| Marie Benson and The Stargazers | I Don’t Want a World | Johnny Lange Hy Heath |
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| The Ray Ellington Quartet | That’s My Girl | Joe McKiernan Harry D. Kerr |
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| 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
Series: 3
Series: 4
Note
- ^ Booklet 2 that comes with Compendium 14 states that the song "It Had to Be You" is written by "John Lindsay". This is incorrect, as the song is written by the team of Isham Jones and Gus Khan[1]
Series: 5
Series: 6
Series: 7
Series: 8
Series: Vintage Goons
Series: 9
Series: 10
| Episode # | Show | Artist | Song | Writer(s) |
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| 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 |
References
- ^ "It Had to Be You (song)". Retrieved 2022-10-09.
