The Golden Age of Comedy

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Showcase of Golden Stars
2▶CD: Magical Moments
3▼CD: Favourites Forever!
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Laughing Policeman
Charles Penrose2:35
2Peaceful Street
Ernest Butcher3:19
3The Woman Improver
Max Miller3:11
4The Lion and Albert
Stanley Holloway4:20
5Over the Gate
Bernard Miles3:57
6Shirley's Girl Friend
Joyce Grenfell4:38
7Triplets
Danny Kaye2:13
8The Spaniard That Blighted My Life
Bing Crosby & Al Jolson3:16
9Auntie Rotter
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
performer:
Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
recording of:
Auntie Rotter
writer:
Ron Goodwin (English composer) and Bob Monkhouse
Peter Sellers3:08
10Mock Mozart
Peter Ustinov & Anthony Hopkins2:47
11The Old Dope Peddler
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (on 1953-01-22)
producer:
Tom Lehrer
piano:
Tom Lehrer (on 1953-01-22)
vocals:
Tom Lehrer (on 1953-01-22)
recording of:
The Old Dope Peddler (on 1953-01-22)
lyricist and composer:
Tom Lehrer
parody version of:
The Old Lamp Lighter (1946 song)
part of:
Tomfoolery
Tom Lehrer1:27
12John and Marsha
Stan Freberg2:32
13I Know an Old Lady
Burl Ives2:43
14The Hippopotamus Song
Ian Wallace3:07
15The Gnu Song
recording of:
The Gnu Song
lyricist:
Michael Flanders (English actor and singer)
composer:
Donald Swann
Michael Flanders & Donald Swann2:49
16The Ying Tong Song
spoken vocals:
Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter)
vocals:
Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
recording of:
Ying Tong Song (in 1956)
writer:
Spike Milligan (in 1956)
named after artist:
Harry Edgington
The Goons3:30
17Inflationary Language
Victor Borge3:19
18The Bricklayer
Gerard Hoffnung6:57
19The Wife
Al Read3:21
20Balham Gateway to the South
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
vocals:
Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
recording of:
Balham - Gateway to the South
writer:
Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Peter Sellers6:05
21Lobachevsky
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (on 1953-01-22)
producer:
Tom Lehrer
piano:
Tom Lehrer (on 1953-01-22)
vocals:
Tom Lehrer (on 1953-01-22)
recording of:
Lobachevsky (on 1953-01-22)
lyricist and composer:
Tom Lehrer
named after artist:
Nikolai Lobachevsky
is based on:
Stanislavsky
part of:
The Physical Revue ("a music-drama in one scene")
Tom Lehrer3:10
22Phoney Folk Lore
Peter Ustinov3:19
23Banana Boat (Day-o)
Stan Freberg3:33
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