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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 Kahn[1]
Series: 5
Notes
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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
| Episode # | Show | Artist | Song(s) | Writer(s) |
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| 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 |
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| 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
- ^ 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
Series: 8
Series: Vintage Goons
| Episode # | Show | Artist | Song(s) | Writer(s) |
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| 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
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
| 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.
- ^ Fred Ahlert music credit mistake.
- ^ Incorrect music name.
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-4084-1044-8.
