“Youthquake in the Sixties!” Sounds of the Now Generation. Word Records WST-8413-LP, 1968.

This is actually the sounds that parents wished was the sound of the “Now” Generation. I’m not kidding when I say that most of these songs sound like they are from a 1940s-1950s musical. Full orchestration and singers. What clued me in to the possibility that this was not “Now” was the clarinet on the cover. On one song I thought I heard a guitar. Two numbers sound like Louis Armstrong style jazz (nothing wrong with that). One of those is by Phil Driscoll, who played trumpet for Joe Cocker and sounds like Cocker quite a bit when he sings, but he isn’t singing on this album. The very last song could almost be in the style of the Kingston Trio. That’s about as hip as this album from Campus Life gets. And the liner notes talk about how youth “…play, sing, write, work, listen and march with enthusiasm and vigor. And we demand that our music be the same!” Perhaps, but this album ain’t it. However, I do like the front and back covers.

I wish I could post a song from it. If someone wants to donate money toward that cause (a USB turntable or such), I promise to use it to get more sounds on my posts.

AS SEEN ON TV! Goofy Greats, K-tel NU 9030, 1975; Funky Favorites, Ronco (I don’t see any numbers) 1977; Looney Tunes, K-tel NU 9140, 1976.

Well loved albums of my childhood. So how many of you knew that Ronco did not only cheap kitchen gadgets, but also record albums?

K-tel released another album called Goofy Greats in 1982 with many different songs. That’s the one that’s in the Amazon MP3 ad below, as well as some other albums called by that name in the top Amazon ad. Remember (like you already knew), you can’t copyright a title, so anyone can use it.

This is a LONG post, I should have done each album separate.

Song Listings.

Goofy Greats: This particular album has a warp and a few songs won’t play. I’ve scratched them out on front and put an X by them on the back.

• Snoopy vs the Red Baron – The Royal Guardsmen
• Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini – Brian Hyland
• Bread and Butter – Newbeats
• Mule Skinner Blues – Fendermen
• Rockin’ Robin – Bobby Day (One of the all-time best songs ever)
• Alley-Oop – Hollywood Argyles
• Loop De Loop – Johnny Thunder
• Yummy, Yummy, Yummy – Ohio Express
• Little Green Bag – George Baker Selection
• The Lion Sleeps Tonight – Tokens
• Surfin’ Bird – Trashmen (One of the all-time best songs ever)
• Chewy, Chewy – Ohio Express
• Ahab the Arab – Ray Stevens (I just noticed that Guitarzan by Ray Stevens is on the cover of the album, but the song is not on the record!)
• The Name Game – Shirley Ellis
• Green Tamborine – Lemon Pipers
• Simon Says – 1910 Fruitgum Company
• Mah-Na-Mah-Na – Piero Umiliani
• See you Later Alligator – Bill Haley and the Comets
• Beep Beep – Playmates
• The Birds and the Bees – Jewel Akens
• Nashville Cats – Lovin’ Spoonful
• Mr. Custer – Larry Verne
• Bony Maronie – Larry Williams
• 1-2-3 Redlight – 1910 Fruitgum Co.

If you sign up with Lala (I don’t get nothin’ out of it) you can hear each song once. If you don’t sign up, you can hear a 30-second spot. If anyone knows of a better way to this (without spending money or ripping the album which I can’t do yet) let me know.

Funky Favorites, you’ll notice several duplicates:

• Monster Mash – Bobby Pickett
• Beep Beep – The Playmates
• Ya Ya – Lee Dorsey
• Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron – The Royal Guardsmen
• Simon Says – 1910 Fruitgum Co.
• Leader of the Laundrymat – The Detergents
• Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini – Brian Hyland
• Charlie Brown – The Coasters
• My Ding-a-Ling – Chuck Berry
• Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah – Alan Sherman (Allan is misspelled)
• Junk Food Junkie – Larry Groce
• Lil Red Riding Hood – Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (One of the all time best songs ever)
• Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
• Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop – Little Anthony and the Imperials
• Yummy, Yummy, Yummy – Ohio Express
• On Top Of Spaghetti – Tom Glazer and the Children’s Chorus (I LOVE to sing this song)
• Speedo – The Cadillacs
• Spiders and Snakes – Jim Stafford (I HATE this song)

Looney Tunes:

• They’re Coming to Take Me Away – Jerry Samuels aka Napoleon XIV
• Along Came Jones – The Coasters
• Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah – Alan Sherman (once again Allan is misspelled!)
• The Bird’s the Word – The Rivingtons (this song is a lousy version of Surfin’ Bird)
• Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) – Edward Byrnes
• The Witch Doctor – David Seville (of the Chipmunks fame)
• Baby Sittin’ Boogie – Buzz Clifford
• Transfusion – Nervous Norvus
• Little Effin Annie – Joe Perkins
• Haunted House – Jumpin’ Gene Simons (NOT the guy from KISS)
• My Boomerang Won’t Come Back – Charlie Drake
• The Streak – Ray Stevens
• Rubber Duckie – Harv Norman (yes, this is the song Ernie sings on Sesame Street)
• Tip-Toe Through the Tulips with Me – Tiny Tim
• Charlie Brown – The Coasters
• Ape Call – Nervous Norvus
• Shaving Cream – The Hustlers (I can’t belive this is on a record marked to kids. Listen to it below, even the first 30 seconds. It’s the same song, same singer, but different group)
• Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow – The Rivingtons (they took Surfin’ Bird and made it into two songs)
• My Old Man’s A Dustman – Lonnie Donegan
• Little Red Riding Hood – Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (One of the all time best songs ever)
• Dinner with Drac – John Zacherle
• I Love Onions – Susan Christie
• Mother-in-Law – Ernie K. Doe
• Chipmunk Song – David Seville
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