Box Under the Bed (1997)

About this title: The title for this album comes about because the songs come mostly from previous releases by cabaret performer, D. C. Anderson. The masters for these releases were in a box under his bed, ergo The Box Under the Bed. Over his years as a performer, Anderson has traveled coast to coast, working in such musicals as Candide, Pippin, and a lengthy association with the Andrew Lloyd Webber smash The Phantom of the Opera. The play list is very broad. There's "Mississippi Mud," which brought Bing Crosby to public attention. Anderson re-creates himself through dubbing, singing in the same syncopated ... read more

Tracks:

1. If I Only Had a Brain [Arlen/Harburg]
2. Sister Clarissa [Smith]
3. What a Little Moonlight Can Do [Woods]
4. Moonbathing [Osborn]
5. Orbiting Jupiter [Wheeler/Ian/Janis]
6. I'm Pretty Made [Landau/Anderson]
7. Mississippi Mud [Barris/Cavanaugh]
8. Wake Up Screaming [Lauderdale/Leventha]
9. Thinkin' of Leavin'/Long Honeymoon [Wheeler/Costello]
10. Paralyzed [Cash]
11. That Lonesome Road [Taylor/Grolnick]
12. From the Heart [Simon]
13. Pajamas [Taylor]
14. New Words [Yeston]
15. 75 Septembers [Wheeler]
16. Waiting for the Train to Come In [Skylar/Block]
17. You're Driving Me Crazy/Undecided [Donaldson/Robin/Sha]
18. Bonny Portmore [Traditional]
19. Your Father and I Have Been Talking [Landau/Anderson]
20. Can't Help Falling in Love [Creatore/Peretti/We]
21. Fly Me to the Moon [Howard]
22. Bird on a Wire [Cohen]
23. My Life [DeMent]

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