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A Trip to the Circus sung by Chirpy Cricket.
Pinky Tomlin (1907 – 1987), who wrote the 1930’s hit ”The Object of My Affection” toured for more than a decade with his own band, writing along the way such songs as ”The Love Bug Will Bite You if You Don’t Watch Out” and ”If It Wasn’t for the Moon.”
Country Boy on Arvee. Cover design: Jac Brahm / Cover photo: Carlyle Blackwell / Car: AC-Ford Cobra / Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle
Mark Murphy’s Hip Parade (1959). Capitol Records. Arranged and conducted by Bill Holman. From the liner notes by Peggy Lee: “He phrases at times like a horn; and a horn with a modern sound. As the expression goes, you might say, ‘He blows.'”
I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Coca-cola
C-o-l-a cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said lola
L-o-l-a lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said dear boy wont you come home with me
Well Im not the worlds most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my lola
Oscar Peterson, Piano; Ray Brown, Bass; Barney Kessel, Guitar and Alvin Stoller, Drums. Cover by David Stone Martin. Recorded 1952 in Los Angeles for Verve.