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Spike Jones
Very Best of
Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Pop

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. I Dream of Brownie With the Light Blue Jeans - Spike Jones, Jones, ?
2. Chloe - Spike Jones, Kahn, Gus
3. Hawaiian War Chant - Spike Jones, Freed, ?
4. Cocktails for Two - Spike Jones, Coslow, Sam
5. You Always Hurt the One You Love - Spike Jones, Fisher,
6. Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy - Spike Jones, Hoefle, ?
7. Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Jeep - Spike Jones, Browne, ?
8. The Man on the Flying Trapeze - Spike Jones, Lee, Peggy [1]
9. Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma - Spike Jones, Berie, ?
10. Old McDonald Had a Farm - Spike Jones, Brown, ?
11. Our Hour (The Puppy Love Song) - Spike Jones, Hoffman, ?
12. A Serenade to a Jerk - Spike Jones, Hoefle, ?
13. William Tell Overture - Spike Jones, Rossini, Gioachino
14. Hotcha Cornia (Black Eyes) - Spike Jones, Traditional
15. Blue Danube - Spike Jones, Strauss, ?
16. Popcorn Sack - Spike Jones, De Plessis, ?
17. Holiday for Strings - Spike Jones, Rose, David [1]
18. That Old Black Magic - Spike Jones, Arlen, Harold
19. Clink, Clink, Another Drink - Spike Jones, Carling, ?
20. Liebestraum - Spike Jones, Liszt, Franz
21. Behind Those Swinging Doors - Spike Jones, Allan, ?
22. The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along - Spike Jones, Heath, Hy
23. Red Wing - Spike Jones, Chattaway, ?
24. I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia - Spike Jones, Crago, Bill

CD Details

All Artists: Spike Jones
Title: Very Best of
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Empress
Release Date: 2/26/1999
Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Pop
Styles: Swing Jazz, Comedy & Spoken Word
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

Synopsis

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Sure, you'll laugh at the zany sound effects (gunshots, auto horns, and sounds that can only be described as semiflatulent) and delightfully loopy monologues from the great Doodles Weaver (his absurd horse-race call on "The William Tell Overture" is classic). But Jones and his City Slickers display impressive musical chops as well. Just how easy can it be to play "Dance of the Hours" on a cowbell, anyway? "Der Fuehrer's Face" has huge historic interest, but the faux earnestness of the vocal is just as funny today as when it was recorded. An icon of irreverence, Jones turns the bland tunes of the day into infectious outbursts of madcap craziness. --Heidi MacDonald

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CD Reviews

You always hurt (*CRACK-BOOM* EGAH!) the one you love

Lenore Armstrong | 07/28/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Who else could gargle his way through the William Tell Overture, I ask you, than Spike Jones? This CD was first my grandmother's, then my mother's and now it's mine, and let me tell you, I am very proud to be in this hereditary line of musical insanity (strange as its existance is)! This is amazing stuff-HILARIOUS, innovative, imaginative (to say the least!), and gloriously over-the-top. I promise you, dear readers, my child will be humming Dance of the Hours before they know how to read, car-horns and all!"

Great nostalgia

smodoh | Sydney | 08/23/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"My Dad shared this one with me and now I am enjoying sharing it with my son. A wonderfully esoteric piece of music history."