Freberg R.I.P. from May 12, 2015

May 12, 2015, 01:00 PM

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  • "THREE LITTLE BOPS" [Looney Tunes 1957. Written by Stan. Trumpet, music written by Shorty Rogers]
  • "Meadowgold Milk: Beat Poet" [1960]
  • "Chun King: New for 1966" [1966]
  • "ST GEORGE & THE DRAGONET" [With June Foray & Daws Butler. Walter Schumann Orchestra 1953]
  • "Pittsburgh Paint: Moby Dick" [1970]
  • "Irving Bell Story: the Understudy" [With Phil Leeds, Jesse White & Paul Stewart 1968]
  • "WIDE SCREEN MAMA" [1953] Music behind DJ: Chuck Berry - "WOODPECKER"

  • "Chun King: Handles on the Can" [1964]

  • "GOOD HUMOR" [with Daws Butler, June Foray & more. About 1956-7]

  • "Mars Junior Bars: the Witch" [with June Foray]

  • "OLD PAYOLA ROLL BLUES" [With Jesse White 1960]

  • "Butternut Coffee: Beatnik" [Probably 1958]

  • "HIGH FIDELITY FORUM OF THE AIR" [With June Foray, Daws Butler & Bill Thompson 1956]

  • "Radio: Theater of the Minid" [with Donovan Freberg 1992]

  • "ROCKIN STEPHEN FOSTER" [Intro bit from Freberg's USA: with Naomi Lewis, David Ogden Stiers & Harry Shearer. Song 1955]

  • "Esskay: Schluderberger & Kurdle" [1966]

  • "WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE" [George Burns & Orchestra. Banjos: Dick Roberts & Red Roundtree 1952]

  • "Contadina: Empire State Building" [With Phil Leeds 1956]

  • "PERSON TO PEARSON" [With Daws Butler 1954]

  • "McGovern-Hatfield Amendment: End the War" [1971]

  • "YA GOT TROUBLE" [Billy May Orchestra & Jud Conlan Singers 1958]

  • "Jacobsen Lawn Mowers: Sheep Test" [With Paul Condylis & Charlie Smith 1965]

  • "DO-IT-YOURSELF DRAGNET" [One of thousands of internal advertising pieces that we'll never see]

  • "Sunshine Powdered milk" [Australia 1959]

  • "HONEY EARTHERS" [With Daws Butler & June Foray 1955]

  • "Cheerios, a Terribly Adult Cereal" [With Naomi Lewis]

  • "Alka Seltzer: Some Spicy Meatball" [Written by Stan, who doesn't appear. 1969. And you remember this one.] [Most of the time, the announcer is Hy Averback] http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/60660