Child's Garden of Freberg

About this title: Stan Freberg was a real phenomenon in the early to mid-'50s, cranking out single after single of inspired parodies of whatever style of music happened to be popular at the time. After a few years it finally dawned on someone that maybe some of those singles should be collected onto an album for those who hadn't managed to pick the songs up on 45. The album pulled together most of his best-known early tracks, including skewerings of "The Great Pretender," "Yellow Rose of Texas," and "Heartbreak Hotel," in addition to his dead-on radio detective parody "St. George and the Dragonet" and the faux ... read more

Tracks:

1. St. George and the Dragonet [Rozsa/Schumann]
2. C'Est Si Bon [Betti/Hornez/Seelen]
3. Try [Freberg/Raksin]
4. Wide-Screen Mama Blues
5. Heartbreak Hotel [Axton/Durden/Presle]
6. Rock Around Stephen Foster [Freberg/Foster]
7. Yellow Rose of Texas [Traditional]
8. John & Marsha [Freberg/Liebert]
9. The Great Pretender [Ram]
10. That's My Boy [Freberg]
11. Rock Island Line [Leadbelly]
12. Sh-Boom [Edwards/Feaster/Fea]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.