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|rowspan=2|[[The Dreaded Piano Clubber]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Dreaded Piano Clubber]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
|''[[w:Look at That Girl|Look at That Girl]]''
|''[[w:Look at That Girl|Look at That Girl]]''
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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
| ''Hot Toddy''
| ''Hot Toddy''
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|rowspan=2|[[The Ghastly Experiments of Dr Hans Eidelburger]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Ghastly Experiments of Dr Hans Eidelburger]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:You're Driving Me Crazy|You're Driving Me Crazy]]''
| ''[[w:You're Driving Me Crazy|You're Driving Me Crazy]]''
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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:Side by Side (1927 song)|Side by Side]]''
| ''[[w:Side by Side (1927 song)|Side by Side]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[The Gibraltar Story]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Gibraltar Story]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Adiós muchachos (song)|Adios, Muchachos]]''
| ''[[w:Adiós muchachos (song)|Adios, Muchachos]]''
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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
| ''[[w:Somebody Stole My Gal|Somebody Stole My Gal]]''
| ''[[w:Somebody Stole My Gal|Somebody Stole My Gal]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[The First Albert Memorial to the Moon]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The First Albert Memorial to the Moon]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Ruby (Ruby Gentry theme)|Ruby]]''
| ''[[w:Ruby (Ruby Gentry theme)|Ruby]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[The Missing Bureaucrat]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Missing Bureaucrat]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Oh, Lady Be Good!|Oh, Lady Be Good!]]''
| ''[[w:Oh, Lady Be Good!|Oh, Lady Be Good!]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[Operation Bagpipes]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Operation Bagpipes]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:The Glow-Worm|Glow-Worm]]''
| ''[[w:The Glow-Worm|Glow-Worm]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[The Flying Saucer Mystery]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Flying Saucer Mystery]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Saint Louis Blues (song)|Saint Louis Blues]]''
| ''[[w:Saint Louis Blues (song)|Saint Louis Blues]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[The Spanish Armada]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Spanish Armada]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby|I Can't Give You Anything But Love]]''
| ''[[w:I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby|I Can't Give You Anything But Love]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[The British Way]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The British Way]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Way Down Yonder in New Orleans|Way Down Yonder in New Orleans]]''
| ''[[w:Way Down Yonder in New Orleans|Way Down Yonder in New Orleans]]''
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!rowspan=2|Special <!-- Row Start -->
|rowspan=2|[[Christmas Crackers]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Christmas Crackers]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
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| —
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|rowspan=2|[[The Giant Bombardon]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Giant Bombardon]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Sweet Lorraine|Sweet Lorraine]]''
| ''[[w:Sweet Lorraine|Sweet Lorraine]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[Ten Thousand Fathoms Down in a Wardrobe]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Ten Thousand Fathoms Down in a Wardrobe]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:After You've Gone (song)|After You've Gone]]''
| ''[[w:After You've Gone (song)|After You've Gone]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[The Missing Prime Minister]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Missing Prime Minister]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:'Deed I Do|'Deed I Do]]''
| ''[[w:'Deed I Do|'Deed I Do]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Crun]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Crun]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Carioca (1933 song)|Carioca]]''
| ''[[w:Carioca (1933 song)|Carioca]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[The Mummified Priest]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Mummified Priest]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:My Blue Heaven (song)|My Blue Heaven]]''
| ''[[w:My Blue Heaven (song)|My Blue Heaven]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[The History of Communications]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The History of Communications]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''Buckets and Spades''
| ''Buckets and Spades''
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|rowspan=2|[[The Kippered Herring Gang]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Kippered Herring Gang]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:It Had to Be You (song)|It Had to Be You]]''
| ''[[w:It Had to Be You (song)|It Had to Be You]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[The Toothpaste Expedition]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Toothpaste Expedition]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Orange Coloured Sky|Orange Coloured Sky]]''
| ''[[w:Orange Coloured Sky|Orange Coloured Sky]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[The Case of the Vanishing Room]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Case of the Vanishing Room]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Somebody Stole My Gal|Somebody Stole My Gal]]''
| ''[[w:Somebody Stole My Gal|Somebody Stole My Gal]]''
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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:April in Paris|April in Paris]]''
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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''
| ''Carnivalito''
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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)''
| ''Blue Pacific Blues (Sadie Thompson's Song)''
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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:You're Driving Me Crazy|You're Driving Me Crazy]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[Western Story]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Western Story]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Tenderly|Tenderly]]''
| ''[[w:Tenderly|Tenderly]]''
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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:The Lady Is a Tramp|The Lady is a Tramp]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[The Invisible Acrobat]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Invisible Acrobat]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:When You're Smiling|When You're Smiling]]''
| ''[[w:When You're Smiling|When You're Smiling]]''
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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''
| ''Hot Toddy''
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|rowspan=2|[[The Siege of Fort Knight]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Siege of Fort Knight]]''
| Max Geldray
| Max Geldray
| ''[[w:Crazy Rhythm|Crazy Rhythm]]''
| ''[[w:Crazy Rhythm|Crazy Rhythm]]''
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!rowspan=2|Special <!-- Row Start -->
|rowspan=2|[[Archie in Goonland]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Archie in Goonland]]''
| [[w:BBC Radio Orchestra#History|BBC Variety Orchestra]]
| [[w:BBC Radio Orchestra#History|BBC Variety Orchestra]]
| conducted by<br>Paul Fenoulet
| conducted by<br>Paul Fenoulet
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!rowspan=2|Special <!-- Row Start -->
|rowspan=2|[[The Starlings]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Starlings]]''
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Revision as of 16:09, 6 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 Lover, Come Back to Me Sigmund Romberg (music) Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)
9 Operation Bagpipes Max Geldray Glow-Worm Johnny Mercer
The Ray Ellington Quartet (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo Mack Gordon (lyrics)
Harry Warren (music)
10 The Flying Saucer Mystery Max Geldray Saint Louis Blues WC Handy
The Ray Ellington Quartet The Continental Con Conrad (music)
Herb Magidson (lyrics)
11 The Spanish Armada Max Geldray I Can't Give You Anything But Love Jimmy McHugh
The Ray Ellington Quartet Ol' Man River w:Jerome Kern
12 The British Way Max Geldray Way Down Yonder in New Orleans John Turner Layton, Jr (music)
Henry Creamer (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet The Best Man Roy Alfred (music)
Fred Wise (lyrics)
Special Christmas Crackers Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
13 The Giant Bombardon Max Geldray Sweet Lorraine Cliff Burwell (music)
Mitchell Parish (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet The Creep Andy Burton (in reality
Ken Mackintosh)
Brian Fahey
14 Ten Thousand Fathoms Down in a Wardrobe Max Geldray After You've Gone Turner Layton (music)
Henry Creamer (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet In a Shady Nook Harry Pease (music)
Ed G Nelson (lyrics)
15 The Missing Prime Minister Max Geldray 'Deed I Do (Walter Hirsch (music)
Fred Rose (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. James Cavanaugh
    Dick Sanford
    Bob Emmerich
  2. Sam Theard
16 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Crun Max Geldray Carioca Vincent Youmans
Edward Eliscu
Gus Kahn
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful
  2. Hurry On Down
17 The Mummified Priest Max Geldray My Blue Heaven Walter Donaldson
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Walter Donaldson (music)
    Gus Kahn (lyrics)]]
  2. Harry Warren (music)
    Mort Dixon (lyrics)
18 The History of Communications Max Geldray Buckets and Spades John Lindsay
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Tommie Connor (music)
    Johnny Reine (lyrics)
  2. George Gershwin (music)
    Ira Gershwin (lyrics)
19 The Kippered Herring Gang Max Geldray It Had to Be You Isham Jones (music)
Gus Kahn (lyrics)[nb 1]
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Max Nesbitt
    Harry Nesbitt
    Rod Arden
  2. Bud Green (lyrics)
    Sam H. Stept (music)
20 The Toothpaste Expedition Max Geldray Orange Coloured Sky Milton De Lugg
William Stein
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. That's My Desire
  2. All for the Love of Lil
21 The Case of the Vanishing Room Max Geldray Somebody Stole My Gal Leo Wood
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider
  2. I Wish I Were Twins
22 The Great Ink Drought of 1902 Max Geldray April in Paris Vernon Duke
E.Y. Harburg
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Don't Blame Me
  2. You Are My Lucky Star
23 The Greatest Mountain in the World Max Geldray Carnivalito Edmundo P Zaldivar
The Ray Ellington Quartet I Got a Girl in Kalamazoo]] Mack Gordon
Harry Warren
24 The Collapse of the British Railways Sandwich System Max Geldray Blue Pacific Blues (Sadie Thompson's Song) Ned Washington (lyrics)
Lester Lee (music)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Rub-a-Dub-Dub Hank Thompson
25 The Silent Bugler Max Geldray You're Driving Me Crazy Walter Donaldson
The Ray Ellington Quartet Lover, Come Back to Me Sigmund Romberg (music) / Oscar Hammerstein (lyrics)
26 Western Story Max Geldray Tenderly Walter Lloyd Gross
Jack Lawrence
The Ray Ellington Quartet
27 The Saga of the Internal Mountain Max Geldray The Lady is a Tramp Richard Rodgers]]
Lorenz Hart
The Ray Ellington Quartet Schooldays Robinson
28 The Invisible Acrobat Max Geldray When You're Smiling Mark Fisher
Joe Goodwin
Larry Shay
The Ray Ellington Quartet Any Old Iron (pre-recorded) Charles Collins
Fred E Terry
EA Sheppard
29 The Great Bank of England Robbery Max Geldray Hot Toddy Ralph Flanagan
Herb Hendler
The Ray Ellington Quartet Such a Night Lincoln Chase
30 The Siege of Fort Knight Max Geldray Crazy Rhythm Joseph Meyer
Roger Wolfe Kahn
Irving Caesar
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. My Very Good Friend the Milkman
  2. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (pre-recorded)
Special Archie in Goonland BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by
Paul Fenoulet 		—
— — —
Special The Starlings — — —
— — —

Note

  1. ^ 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 Kahn[1]

Series: 5

Main article: The Goon Show series 5
Series: 5
Episode # Show Artist Song(s) Writer(s)
1 The Whistling Spy Enigma Max Geldray I Don't Know Why Roy Turk
Fred Ahlet
The Ray Ellington Quartet ABC Boogie Max Spickol
Al Russell
2 The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte) Max Geldray Ragtime Cowboy Joe Maurice Abrahams
The Ray Ellington Quartet I'm an Errand Boy for Rhythm Nat King Cole
3 The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea) Max Geldray They Were Doing the Mambo Sonny Burke
Don Raye
The Ray Ellington Quartet Ol' Man River Jerome Kern
4 The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton) Max Geldray I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me Clarence Gaskill
Jimmy McHugh
The Ray Ellington Quartet Skokiaan August Msarurgwa
5 The Affair of the Lone Banana Max Geldray You're Driving Me Crazy Walter Donaldson
The Ray Ellington Quartet Sky Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Jack Berch
John Redmond
6 The Canal Max Geldray C-Jam Blues Duke Ellington
The Ray Ellington Quartet Sometimes I'm Happy Vincent Youmans
Irving Caesar
7 Lurgi Strikes Britain Max Geldray Pink Champagne George Forrest
Robert Wright
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. My Very Good Friend the Milkman
  2. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
  1. Charles Trenet
  2. Billy Mayhew
8 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (solved) Max Geldray St Louis Blues WC Handy
The Ray Ellington Quartet ABC Boogie Max Spickol
Al Russell
9 The Last Tram (from Clapham) Max Geldray Truckin' Rube Bloom
Ted Koeler
The Ray Ellington Quartet I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango Al Hoffman
Dick Manning
10 The Booted Gorilla (found?) Max Geldray The High and the Mighty Dimitri Tiomkin
The Ray Ellington Quartet
11 The Spanish Suitcase Max Geldray I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles John W Kellette
The Ray Ellington Quartet Bim Bam Baby Sam Mysels
12 Dishonoured
(or The Fall of Neddie Seagoon) 		Max Geldray A Sky-Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Tie Jack Berch
John Redmond
The Ray Ellington Quartet Pam-Poo-Dey L Gaste
B Michel
S Miller
13 Forog Max Geldray Stardust Hoagy Carmichael
The Ray Ellington Quartet One Mint Julep Rudy Toombs
14 Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest Max Geldray Oh, Lady Be Good George Gershwin
The Ray Ellington Quartet Framed! Mike Stoller
Jerry Lieber
15 1985 Max Geldray It Had to Be You Isham Jones
Gus Kahn (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Yes Sir, That's My Baby Jesse Stone
16 The Case of the Missing Heir Max Geldray All of Me Gerald Marks
Seymour Simons
The Ray Ellington Quartet
17 China Story Max Geldray You're the Cream in My Coffee Ray Henderson (music)
Buddy DeSylva (lyrics)
Lew Brown (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Lover, Come Back to Me Sigmund Romberg (music)
Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)
18 Under Two Floorboards Max Geldray Happy Days and Lonely Nights Fred Fisher
The Ray Ellington Quartet The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane Sid Tepper
Roy C Bennett
19 The Missing Scroll Max Geldray I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me Clarence Gaskill / Jimmy McHugh
The Ray Ellington Quartet Mambo Italiano Bob Merrill
20 1985 Max Geldray I Don't Know Why Fred Ahlert[fa 1] / Roy Turk
The Ray Ellington Quartet Shake, Rattle and Roll Jesse Stone
21 The Sinking of Westminster Pier Max Geldray Brazil Ary Barroso
The Ray Ellington Quartet Lean Baby Billy May
22 The Fireball of Milton Street Max Geldray April in Paris Vernon Duke
E.Y. Harburg
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Forest Gene Wilson (music)
    Jake Porter (music)
    Eunice Levy (lyrics)
  2. Kenneth Casey
    Ben Bernie
    Maceo Pinkard
23 The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street Max Geldray The Cat From Goose Bay Kavanagh
The Ray Ellington Quartet
24 Yehti Max Geldray Mobile Bob Wells
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Make Yourself Comfortable
  2. Ready, Willing and Able
25 The White Box of Great Bardfield Max Geldray Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Louiguy
The Ray Ellington Quartet Sally Leo Towers
Harry Leon
Will E Haines
26 The End
(aka Confessions of a Secret Senna Pod Drinker) 		Max Geldray Happy Days and Lonely Nights Fred Fisher
The Ray Ellington Quartet I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango Al Hoffman
Dick Manning

Notes

  1. ^ In the sleeve notes for this music track in Booklet 2 of Compendium Vol 2 the first credit for I Don't Know Why is given as 'Fred E Albert' rather than the correct Fred Ahlert.[2]
  2. ^ In the CD notes in Compendium Vol 2 this song name is given as 'Ko Ko Ko' rather than the correct 'Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)'[3]

Series: 6

Main article: The Goon Show series 6
Series: 6
Episode # Show Artist Song(s) Writer(s)
1 The Man Who Won the War
(a.k.a. Seagoon MCC) 		Max Geldray You Go to My Head J Fred Coots
Haven Gillespie
The Ray Ellington Quartet Razzle Dazzle Charles Calhoun
2 The Secret Escritoire Max Geldray Someone to Watch Over Me George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
The Ray Ellington Quartet Play It, Boy Matt Dubey
Harold Karr
3 The Lost Emperor Max Geldray The Peanut Vendor arr: Moisés Simons
The Ray Ellington Quartet Lover Come Back to Me Sigmund Romberg
Oscar Hammerstein II
4 Napoleon's Piano Max Geldray Ain't Misbehavin' Harry Brooks
Fats Waller / Andy Razaf
The Ray Ellington Quartet Bloodshot Eyes Hank Penny
Ruth Hall
5 The Case of the Missing CD Plates Max Geldray The Lady is a Tramp Richard Rodgers
Lorenz Hart
The Ray Ellington Quartet Cloudburst Claude Cloud
arr. Bill McGuffie
6 Rommel's Treasure Max Geldray Charmaine Erno Rapee
Lew Pollack
The Ray Ellington Quartet Love Me or Leave Me Walter Donaldson (music)
Gus Kahn (lyrics)
7 Foiled by President Fred Max Geldray Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)? Peter De Rose
William J. Hill (as George Brown)
The Ray Ellington Quartet The Birth of the Blues Ray Henderson
Buddy G. DeSylva
Lew Brown
8 Shangri-La Again Max Geldray Pete Kelly's Blues Ray Heindorf
Sammy Cahn
The Ray Ellington Quartet Rap Your Troubles in Drums George Shearing
9 The International Christmas Pudding Max Geldray Me and My Gal George W. Meyer
Edgar Leslie
E. Ray Goetz
The Ray Ellington Quartet The Crocodile Crawl Sam Coslow
10 The Pevensey Bay Disaster Max Geldray One, Two, Button Your Shoe Johnny Burke (lyrics)
Arthur Johnston (music)
The Ray Ellington Quartet I Want You To Be My Baby Jon Hendricks
11 The Sale of Manhattan (a.k.a. The Lost Colony) Max Geldray Baia Ary Barroso
The Ray Ellington Quartet I Love to Ride Campbell
12 The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu Max Geldray Exactly Like You Dorothy Fields
Jimmy McHugh
The Ray Ellington Quartet We'll All Go Riding On a Rainbow Harry M. Woods
Special The Missing Christmas Parcel Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
13 The Lost Year Max Geldray Blue Star Victor Young
The Ray Ellington Quartet
  1. Believe it Beloved
  2. Got a Bran' New Suit
  1. W. George Whiting
    Nat Schwartz
  2. Arthur Schwartz
    Howard Dietz
14 The Greenslade Story Max Geldray One, Two, Button Your Shoe Arthur Johnston (music)
Johnny Burke (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Jingle Bells (a.k.a. One Horse Open Sleigh[jb 1] James Lord Pierpont
15 The Hastings Flyer — Robbed Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
16 The Mighty Wurlitzer Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
17 The Raid of the International Christmas Pudding Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
18 Tales of Montmartre Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
19 The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
20 The House of Teeth Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
21 Tales of Old Dartmoor Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
22 The Choking Horror Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
23 The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
24 The Treasure in the Lake Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
Special The Goons Hit Wales Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
25 The Fear of Wages Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
26 Scradje Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
27 The Man Who Never Was Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —
Special China Story Max Geldray — —
The Ray Ellington Quartet — —

Note

  1. ^ Because of the seasonal nature of the Quartet number, on the Transcription Reissue this was replaced by ABC Boogie (Max Spickol/Al Russell) taken from The Whistling Spy Enigma or The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (solved).[4]

Series: 7

Main article: The Goon Show series 7

Series: 8

Main article: The Goon Show series 8

Series: Vintage Goons

Main article: Vintage Goons
Series: Vintage Goons
Episode # Show Artist Song(s) Writer(s)
1 The Mummified Priest Max Geldray It Had to Be You Isham Jones (music)
Gus Kahn (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Little Darlin' Maurice Williams
2 The Greatest Mountain in the World Max Geldray 'Deed I Do Walter Hirsh (music)
Fred Rose (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Run Joe Louis Jordan
3 The Missing Ten Downing Street Max Geldray 'S Wonderful George Gershwin (music)
Ira Gershwin (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Lover Come Back to Me Sigmund Romberg
Oscar Hammerstein II
4 The Giant Bombardon Max Geldray Crazy Rhythm Joseph Meyer (music)
Roger Wolfe Kahn (music)
Irving Caesar (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Cuban Carnival Pete Rugolo
5 The Kippered Herring Gang Max Geldray C Jam Blues Duke Ellington
The Ray Ellington Quartet Blues in G Ray Ellington
6 The Vanishing Room Max Geldray One, Two, Button Your Shoe Johnny Burke (lyrics)
Arthur Johnston (music)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Will You Still Be Mine? Tom Adair (music)
Matt Dennis (lyrics)
7 The Ink Shortage Max Geldray The Duke's Joke Alan Clare
The Ray Ellington Quartet Fascinatin' Thing Harry A. Edgington
8 The Mustard and Cress Shortage Max Geldray Just for a Thrill Lil Harding Armstrong (music)
Don Raye (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Stomp, Look and Listen Duke Ellington
9 The Internal Mountain Max Geldray Mountain Greenery Richard Rodgers (music)
Lorenz Hart (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Buona Sera Carl Sigman (lyrics)
Peter de Rose (music)
10 The Silent Bugler Max Geldray I Kiss Your Hand, Madame Ralph Irwin
Samuel M Lewis
Fritz Rotter
The Ray Ellington Quartet I'm Beginning to See the Light Don George
Johnny Hodges
Duke Ellington
Harry James
11 The Great Bank of England Robbery Max Geldray Once in Love with Amy Frank Loesser
The Ray Ellington Quartet It's All Right with Me Cole Porter
12 The Dreaded Piano Clubber Max Geldray I Can't Give You Anything but Love Jimmy McHugh (music)
Dorothy Fields (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet Mambo With Me Tito Puente
13 The Siege of Fort Night Max Geldray Makin' Whoopee Walter Donaldson (music)
Gus Kahn (lyrics)
The Ray Ellington Quartet I Only Have Eyes for You Harry Warren
Al Dublin
14 The Albert Memorial The Ray Ellington Quartet Lady Mac Duke Ellington
Max Geldray You're Driving Me Crazy Walter Donaldson

Series: 9

Main article: The Goon Show series 9
Series: 9
Episode # Show Artist Song(s) Writer(s)
1 The Sahara Desert Statue Max Geldray When I Grow Too Old to Dream Henry Nemo
The Ray Ellington Quartet Razzle Dazzle Sigmund Romberg (music)
Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)
2 I Was Monty's Treble Max Geldray There Will Never Be Another You Harry Warren
Mack Gordon
The Ray Ellington Quartet Sunday Benny Krueger
Jule Stein
Ned Miller
Chester Cohn
3 The ₤1,000,000 Penny Max Geldray Please Be Kind Saul Chaplin
Sammy Cahn
The Ray Ellington Quartet That's My Girl Barbara Tobias
Ray Ellington
4 The Pam's Paper Insurance Policy Max Geldray I Cried for You Arthur Freed
Gus Arnheim
Abe Lyman
The Ray Ellington Quartet Odd Man Out Al J Neiburg
Al Frisch
5 The Mountain Eaters Max Geldray It's All in the Game Charles Dawes
Carl Sigman
The Ray Ellington Quartet There'll Never Be Another You Peter Tinturin
Al Jacobs
6 The Childe Harolde Rewarde Max Geldray But Not For Me George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
The Ray Ellington Quartet That Old Black Magic Harold Arlen
Johnny Mercer
7 The Seagoon Memoirs Max Geldray I Kiss Your Little Hand, Madame Ralph Erwin
Fritz Rotter
The Ray Ellington Quartet The Late Late Show Roy Alfred
Murray Berlin
8 Queen Anne's Rain Max Geldray The Birth of the Blues Ray Henderson
Buddy G. DeSylva
Lew Brown
The Ray Ellington Quartet Too Marvelous for Words Richard Whiting
Johnny Mercer
9 The Battle of Spion Kop Max Geldray This Can't Be Love Richard Rodgers
Lorenz Hart
The Ray Ellington Quartet Mr. Success Edwin Grienes
Hank Sanicola
Frank Sinatra
10 Ned's Atomic Dustbin Max Geldray Our Love is Here to Stay George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
The Ray Ellington Quartet Get Me to the Church on Time Frederick Loewe
Alan Jay Lerner
11 Who is Pink Oboe? Max Geldray It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Duke Ellington
Irving Mills
The Ray Ellington Quartet Run Joe Joe Willoughby
Louis Jourdan
Walt Merrick
12 The Call of the West Max Geldray A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Manning Sherwin
Eric Maschwitz
The Ray Ellington Quartet You Had Better Know It Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington
13 Dishonoured — Again Max Geldray It's Only a Paper Moon Harold Arlen
Yip Harburg
Billy Rose
The Ray Ellington Quartet From This Moment On Cole Porter
14 The Scarlet Capsule Max Geldray I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby Jimmy McHugh
Dorothy Fields
The Ray Ellington Quartet After You've Gone Turner Layton
Henry Creamer
15 The Tay Bridge Max Geldray Once in Love with Amy Frank Loesser
The Ray Ellington Quartet Is You Still My Baby Now? Brocon
16 The Gold Plate Robbery Max Geldray The Duke's Joke Alan Clare
The Ray Ellington Quartet What Else Can You Do with a Drum? Duke Ellington
Billy Strayhorn
17 The ₤50 Cure Max Geldray (I'll Be with You) In Apple Blossom Time Albert van Tilzer
The Ray Ellington Quartet 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) Melvin Oliver
James Young

Playouts

By this time, the usual closing sig was either Harold Arlen's Ding, Dong, The Witch is Dead, from the film The Wizard of Oz, or Karl Teike"s Old Comrades (Alte Kameraden), and frequently both. Vincent Youmans' I Want To Be Happy also appears here and there, as does the old favourite, Crazy Rhythm. The jazz standard There Will Never Be Another You, by Harry Warren, turns up for the only time as playout on The Gold Plate Robbery.

Series: 10

Main article: The Goon Show 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

References

  1. ^ "It Had to Be You (song)". Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  2. ^ Fred Ahlert music credit mistake.
  3. ^ Incorrect music name.
  4. ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-4084-1044-8.
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