The Very Best of Stan Freberg (1998)

About this title: Combining Tom Lehrer with Spike Jones (would that make Tom Jones?) and Nichols and May with Joe Friday (a May weekend perhaps?), musical comedian Stan Freberg skewers everyone from Walt Disney to Cole Porter. Mumbling through "Sh-Boom," Freberg drags "The Great Pretender" snarling to "The Heartbreak Hotel," snares "The Yellow Rose of Texas," and takes Harry Belafonte's famous "Banana Boat" sniffling down Lonnie Donnegan's "Rock Island Line." Along the way, he reveals Little Red Riding Hood's true colors, turns Chicken Little over to a shrink, arrests a dragon for overacting (a "dragonet" -- ... read more

Tracks:

1. John & Marsha [Freberg/Stone/Liebe]
2. I've Got You Under My Skin [Porter]
3. That's My Boy [Freberg]
4. Try [Freberg/Raksin]
5. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise [Seitz/Lockhart]
6. St. George and the Dragonet [Freberg/Butler/Schu]
7. Little Blue Riding Hood [Freberg/Butler/Schu]
8. Christmas Dragnet (Yulenet), Pt. 1 [Freberg/Butler/Schu]
9. Christmas Dragnet (Yulenet), Pt. 2 [Freberg/Butler/Schu]
10. C'Est Si Bon [Seelen/Hornez/Betti]
11. A Dear John & Marsha Letter [Freberg/Liebert/Bar]
12. Sh-Boom [Feaster/Keyes/Feast]
13. The Yellow Rose of Texas [George]
14. The Great Pretender [Ram]
15. Heartbreak Hotel [Axton/Durden/Presle]
16. Rock Island Line [Leadbelly]
17. The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) [Freberg]
18. Tele-Vee-Shun [Freberg]
19. Wun'erful, Wun'erful (Side Uh-One): Bubbles in the Wine/Thank ... [Jones/Freberg/Whiti]
20. Wun'erful, Wun'erful (Side Uh-Two): Moonlight & Shadows/Bubbles in The [Hollander/Robin/Jon]
21. Green Chri$Tma$ [Freberg]

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