The Movie Actors (Part 2): Comedy and Horror Songs that refer to Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Charlie Chaplin, among others...and then there's a quick visit to the land of Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price. Bob Hope meets Norman Bates...it's a laugh riot!
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Performer [Composer]
Song
Album [Format]
Misc
Misc –
REQ:Request
BED:Bed
NEW:New Release
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Comment:
Background music, in order: (1) The Band of the Black Watch - "Dance of the Cuckoos (The "Laurel & Hardy" Theme)" (Single A-Side b/w "Caribbean Honeymoon," Spark 1975) (2) The John Plonsky Quintet With Betty Ann Blake - "Laurel and Hardy" ("Cool Man Cool," Golden Crest 1957) (3) Los Pájaros Locos - "Stan Laurel Y Oliver" ("Stan Laurel Y Oliver" EP, Iberofon (SP) 1962) (4) Stéphane Grappelly - "How About You" ("Django," Barclay 1962) (5) Bill Evans - "How About You?" ("Conversations With Myself," Verve 1963) (6-7) Harpo Marx - "I'm Daffy Over You ("Monkey Business," Paramount Pictures 1931) / "Everyone Say I Love You," ("Horse Feathers," Paramount Pictures1932) (8) Bernhard Kaun - "Frankenstein (Main Title)" ("Frankenstein," Universal Pictures 1931) (9) RTE Concert Orchestra - "The Ghost of Frankenstein (Main Title)" ("The Ghost of Frankenstein," Universal Pictures 1942) (10) Michael J. Lewis - "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" ("Theater of Blood," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists 1973)
Also mentions besides GROUCHO (yikes!): Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Fred Clark, Michael Constantine, Frank Gorshin, John Philip Law, Peter Lawford, Burgess Meredith, George Raft, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney...and there's more lesser knowns, but we'll stop here
