- Various Artists
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Vintage Children's Favourites
- The Laughing Policeman Time: 2:11
- The Prune Song Time: 2:41
- The Wedding of the Painted Doll Time: 2:15
- Barnacle Bill the Sailor Time: 2:38
- The Runaway Train Time: 2:37
- The Teddy Bears' Picnic Time: 2:22
- Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Time: 2:14
- Grandfather's Clock Time: 2:42
- I'm Popeye the Sailorman Time: 2:03
- Ragtime Cowboy Joe Time: 2:21
- The Owl and the Pussy Cat Time: 1:47
- Heigh-Ho Time: 2:16
- Balloons Time: 2:13
- The Dicky Bird Hop Time: 2:10
- The Bee Song Time: 2:12
- Three Little Fishes Time: 2:40
- We're off to See the Wizard Time: 2:06
- Run, Rabbit, Run Time: 2:15
- Christopher Robin at Buckingham Palace Time: 2:00
- Swinging on a Star Time: 2:04
- The Woody Woodpecker Song Time: 1:48
- The Thing Time: 1:51
- Tubby the Tuba Time: 7:04
- Little Man (You've Had a Busy Day) Time: 2:37
- Goodnight, Children, Everywhere Time: 2:35
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1. THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN
(Grey)
Charles Penrose; with orchestra
conducted by Stan Greening
WA 3197-1, London, April 22, 1926
2. THE PRUNE SONG
(Crumit, De Costa)
Frank Crumit; with violin, accordion, piano & guitar
BVE 43536-1, New York, April 5, 1928
3. THE WEDDING OF THE PAINTED DOLL
(Brown, Freed)
Layton & Johnstone; Turner Layton - piano; Rudy Starita - dulcitone
WA 9137-1, London, June 10, 1929
4. BARNACLE BILL THE SAILOR
(Robison, Luther)
Frank Luther & Carson Robison; with instrumental accompaniment
Brunswick 4371, New York, June 1929
5. THE RUNAWAY TRAIN
(Massey, Robison)
Vernon DaIhart
WAR 593; London, March 1931
6. THE TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC
(Bratton, Kennedy arr. Hall, Gillis)
Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra; Val Rosing - vocal
CA 13051-1, London, September 28, 1932
7. WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF?
(Ronell, Churchill)
Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra; Les Allen - vocal
CA 14060; London October 16, 1933
8. GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK
(Work)
Harold Williams; The BBC Male Chorus; Ernest Lush - piano
CA 14113-1, London, October 31, 1933
9. I'M POPEYE THE SAILORMAN
(Lemer)
Billy Costello ("Popeye, the Paramount film star"); with orchestra
17393-1, New York, April 27, 1935
10. RAGTIME COWBOY JOE
(Muir, Clarke, Abrahams)
The Hill Billies
CAR 3436, London, May 1935
11. THE OWL AND THE PUSSY CAT
(Hely-Hutchinson, Lear)
Stuart Robertson; with orchestra
conducted by Victor Hely-Hutchinson
OEA 1982-1, London, September 27, 1935
12. HEIGH-HO
(Churchill, Morey) from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Seven Dwarfs (Roy Atwell, Billy Gilbert, Scotty Mattraw, Otis
Harlan, Pinto Colvig)
PBS 09850-2, Hollywood, November 1937
13. BALLOONS
(Shawn, Magine)
The Ovaltineys & Monte Rey; Sidney Torch & his Orchestra
CTP 6147-1, London, April 9, 1938
14. THE DICKY BIRD HOP
(Gourley, Sarony)
Grade Fields; Ben Frankel & his Orchestra
OGF 1, London, November 1938
15. THE BEE SONG
(Blain)
Arthur Askey; Kenneth Blain - piano
OEA 6295, London, April 28, 1938
16. THREE LITTLE FISHES
(Dowell)
Maurice Denham; The Three In Harmony; The Three Ginx; Brian Lawrance &
his Lansdowne Orchestra
R 3623-1, London, June 5, 1939
17. WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD
(Arlen, Harburg) from The Wizard of Oz The Ken Darby Singers; Victor
Young & his Orchestra
DLA 1849-A, Los Angeles, July 1939
18. RUN, RABBIT, RUN
(Gay, Butler)
Flanagan & Allen; Harry Bidgood & his Orchestra
DR 3894-2A, London, September 29, 1939
19. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
(Fraser-Simson, Milne)
Ann Stephens; The New Mayfair Orchestra; Clifford Greenwood
OEA 8645-1, London, July 1940
20. SWINGING ON A STAR
(Van Heusen, Burke)
Bing Crosby; John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra
L 3307-A, Hollywood, February 7, 1944
21. THE WOODY WOODPECKER SONG
(Tibbies, Idris)
Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters; The Harmonica Gentlemen
WL 4838, Los Angeles, June 4, 1948
22. THE THING
(Grean)
Phil Harris & his Orchestra Radio broadcast, Los Angeles, 1950
23. TUBBY THE TUBA
(Kleinsinger, Tripp)
Danny Kaye; Victor Young & his Orchestra
LX 4424/5, Hollywood, May 13, 1947
24. LITTLE MAN, YOU'VE HAD A BUSY DAY
(Wayne, Hoffman, Sigler)
Paul Robeson; The New Mayfair Orchestra;
Ray Noble
OB 7423-2, London, June 27, 1934
25. GOODNIGHT, CHILDREN, EVERYWHERE
(Rogers, Phillips)
Vera Lynn; Ambrose & his Orchestra
DR 4161-1, London, January 2, 1940
Original mono recordings from 1926-1950
Compiled by Ray Crick & Peter Dempsey
Transcribed from original 78s by Peter Dempsey
Audio restoration for CD by Martin Haskell
Designed by Studio B, The Creative People
Cover courtesy of Mary Evans Picture Library