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Way Out Wednesday: Jim & Tammy & Friends, “Oops! There Comes a Smile”
What's scarier than Tammy Faye Bakker in full "PTL Club" mode? Tammy Faye Bakker ... and puppets! Way Out Wednesday returns with "Oops! There Comes a Smile"
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: The Topsiders, “Rock Goes Folk”
So what did they call mashups before the term existed? Well, whatever you call it, this is one. The Topsiders decided to take popular hits of the day and rearrange them with a folk
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: “The Pickwick Children’s Chorus Sing ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ and Other Fun Songs of Today
Today’s selection is an album from the Pickwick Children’s Chorus. Was there an actual Pickwick Children’s Chorus? I don’t know but, unlike a lot of records like this, this at least sounds like the
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: “Danny Kaye Tells Six Stories From Faraway Places”
Danny Kaye was a great actor, singer, dancer and comedian. He also was a wonderful storyteller, as you’ll hear in the album I’m featuring today, Danny Kaye Tells Six Stories From Faraway Places. The
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: The Peter Pan Orchestra & Chorus, “I Believe: Songs of Devotion”
Our selection for this week is the Peter Pan Orchestra & Chorus’s I Believe: Songs of Devotion, an album of religious numbers presumably geared toward children. But this is quite a variety of songs. Here’s
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: Jodie Lyons, “Talkin’ Smokey”
One of the biggest American trends in the mid to late 1970s was CB radios. Originally used by truckers to communicate with each other, scads of other people decided to get into the act
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: The Peter Pan Pop Singers and Orchestra, “The Unicorn”
As you can see, this children’s album is performed by the Peter Pan Pop Singers and Orchestra, as opposed to just the Peter Pan Singers and Orchestra. I’m not sure when this came out.
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: “Things Go Better With …”
This is a fun album showing just how many recording artists were willing to plug a certain soft drink. It’s interesting to see the different approaches taken. The cuts are short, so I’m including
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: Matt Robinson, “My Name Is Roosevelt Franklin”
One of the most fondly remembered Muppets from the early days of Sesame Street was Roosevelt Franklin. He was voiced by Matt Robinson, who played Gordon on the show. (In fact, this album was
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: Father Guido Sarducci, “Breakfast in Heaven”
Comedian Don Novello has been portraying the part of chain-smoking priest Father Guido Sarducci ever since he bought the outfit for the character in 1974. Probably best known from his appearances on Saturday Night
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