6 LP
Released 1976
Cat No.: RDM9201-6 RD Code : LIT (GLIT-6A on Box)
"The British sense of humour is famous around the world - although to be fair it baffles many foreigners as to just why! Perhaps more than any other source, comedy songs have reflected this sense of humour most accurately and the songs we have collected together in this collection underline the fact. To some older listeners, it will be a magical journey down memory lane, to the younger folk, an insight into what made British comedy the finest and funniest in the world. - Paddy Roberts"
1 - You Look Dapper From Your Napper To Your Feet
1 - Dan Leno - The Huntsman
2 - Little Tich - The Best Man
3 - Harry Champion - Boiled Beef And Carrots
4 - Harry Champion - I'm Henry The Eighth
5 - Alfred Lester - Ours Is A Nice 'ouse, Ours Is
6 - Billy Merson - The Night I Appeared In Macbeth
7 - Billy Williams - When Father Papered The Parlour
8 - Whit Cunliffe - Tight Skirts Have Got To Go
9 - Davy Burnaby - A Little Bit Of This, And A Little Bit Of That
10 - Lily Morris - Don't Have Any More, Missus Moore
11 - Harold Hemsley - Thomas A Becket
12 - Dorrie Dene - And He Likes It
13 - Marie Lloyd Jnr - It's A Bit Of A Ruin That Cromwell Knocked About A Bit
14 - Claude Hulbert, Enid Trevor - Raspberries
15 - Stainless Stephen - In 1930
2 - Sally, Sally, Pride Of Our Alley
16 - Stainless Stephen - We've Heard Of Him On The Wireless
17 - Leonard Henry - Oh, Alice Where Art Thou?
18 - Mable Constanduros, Michael Hogan - Grandma And The Weather Announcer
19 - George Robey - It's The First Time I've Ever Done That
20 - Charles Penrose - Laughing Policeman Again
21 - George Robey - A Little Idea Of My Own
22 - Cicely Courtneidge - Plink, Plonk, I Pluck My Guitar
23 - Gillie Potter - The Truth About The BBC
24 - Leslie Sarony - Rhymes
25 - Leslie Holmes - Wheezy Anna
26 - Billy Danvers - Kiss Me
27 - Leslie Sarony - Ain't It Grand To Be Blooming Well Dead
28 - Gracie Fields - He's Dead But He Won't Lie Down
29 - Leslie Sarony - I Lift Up My Finger And Say "Tweet Tweet"
30 - George Formby - Chinese Laundry Blues
3 - Can I Do You Now, Sir
31 - Reginald Purdell - Mad Dogs And Englishmen
32 - Jeanne De Casalis, Gordon Harker - Engaging A Servant
33 - Lew Stone - Little Nell
34 - Wee Georgie Wood - The Black Hand Gang
35 - Randolph Sutton - You Ought To Know Better, A Big Girl Like You
36 - Charlie Higgins - I'm A Daddy At 63
37 - Charlie Higgins - Down In The Fields Where The Buttercups Grow
38 - George Jackley - We All Went Up, Up, Up The Mountain
39 - Billy Bennett - League Of Nations
40 - Randolph Sutton - Every Little Girl Likes That
41 - Naughton And Gold - In Search Of The Loch Ness Monster
42 - Tommy Handley - The General And The Private
43 - Tessie O'Shea - Nobody Loves A Fairy When She's Forty
44 - Western Brothers - It Wa Bound To Happen In The End
45 - Nellie Wallace - The Blasted Oak
4 - It's People Like You That Get Me A Bad Name!
46 - Reginald Gardiner - Trains
47 - Roy Barbour - With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm
48 - Elsie Carlisle - No, No, A Thousand Times No
49 - Tessie O'Shea - It All Belongs To Me
50 - Anona Winn - Gertie The Girl With The Gong
51 - Gracie Fields - Turn 'Erbert's Face To The Wall
52 - Douglas Byng - Boadicea
53 - Sammy Gay - You Can't Do That There 'Ere
54 - Gracie Fields - I Never Cried So Much In All My Life
55 - Max Miller - Confessions Of A Cheeky Chappie
56 - Gracie Fields - The Biggest Aspidistra In The World
57 - Cyril Fletcher - Dreamin' Of Thee
58 - Billy Russell - On Behalf Of The Working Classes
59 - Suzette Tarri - My Daughter's Wedding Day
60 - Flanagan And Allen - Run Rabbit Run
5 - I've Got A Lover - ly Bunch of Cokernuts
61 - Sandy Powell - Presenting Sandy
62 - Elsie And Doris Waters - Knees Up Mother Brown
63 - Francis Day And Bud Flanagan - But In The Morning, No!
64 - Elsie Carlisle - Why Don't We Do This More Often
65 - Joyce Grenfell - The End Of The News
66 - Charlie Chester - The Old Bazaar In Cairo
67 - Graham Payne - Uncle Harry
68 - George Formby - When I'm Cleaning Windows
69 - Billy Cotton - Roll Me Over
70 - Arthur Askey - The Seaside Band
71 - Billy Cotton - The Marrow Song
72 - Billy Cotton - It Ain't The Cough That Carries You Off
73 - The Goons - The Ying Tong Song
74 - Hylda Baker - She Knows Y'Know
75 - Kenneth Williams / Peter Reeves - Buy British
6 - The Englishman With His Usual Bloody Cold!
76 - Paddy Roberts - Ballad Of Bethnal Green
77 - Tommy Steele - What A Mouth
78 - Kenneth Williams / Lance Percival - Hand Up Your Sticks
79 - Frankie Howard - At The Establishment (Extract)
80 - Hattie Jacques - The Bird On Nellie's Hat
81 - Peter Cook - The Man Who Invented The Wheel
82 - Peter Cook - Man's Best Friend
83 - Peter Cook / Dudley Moore - Tramponuns
84 - Danny La Rue / Barbara Windsor - Assassinating Rhythm
85 - Peter Cook / Dudley Moore - A Bit Of A Chat (Extract)
86 - Marty Feldman - The Five To Eleven Waltz
87 - Marty Feldman - Please Let Me Love You
88 - Marty Feldman - The Back Of Your Neck
89 - Stanley Holloway - The Lion And Albert
90 - Tommy Steele - Flash, Bang, Wallop!
What was the criteria used to decide upon which if these songs would be used in the later "Bring Me Sunshine" compilation?
ReplyDeleteThere was no 'criteria', The 'Bring Me Sunshine' set was compiled by a different compiler whose restrictions were based on what record companies would license material to RD at the time. The track listing was compiled without reference to this set.
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