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Merrily We Roll Along is a mish-mash of high energy lunacy, reverence, and irreverence for forgotten pop stars, love for Saturday morning cartoons, and exploration of the side of Bandcamp where I seem to be the only one purchasing. Bringing to you the odd and the upbeat from a growing collection of pre-rock novelties, classic and neo-Vaudeville, jug bands, polka, klezmer, and more at the convenient hour of 8-9 AM EST, Merrily We Roll Along starts the day off with a little light-hearted musical tomfoolery cut with an occasional comedy sketch. It's organic, free-range, cheese with the occasional onion thrown in.
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August 26, 2022: Merrily We Roll Along Episode 13 - "Everybody Eats When They Come to My House"
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Artist | Track | Year | Comments | Images | Approx. start time |
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MHLee | Merrily We Roll Along Theme | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |||
Cab Calloway | Everybody Eats When They Come to My House | 1942 | 0:00:58 (Pop-up) | ||
Music behind DJ: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra |
Star Dust |
1941 |
0:03:37 (Pop-up) |
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Elvis Presley | Ito Eats | 1961 | From Blue Hawaii and included on the Elvis' Greatest Shit bootleg. | ||
Rosemary Clooney | Mangos | 1957 | 0:06:01 (Pop-up) | ||
Monica Lewis with Orchestra | Chiquita Banana | 1947 | Sung and stylized around Carmen Miranda. This commercial was designed to also be informative about bananas. The animated commercial that played in movie theatres is easily found online. | 0:08:36 (Pop-up) | |
Eddie Layton | Apples and Bananas | 1966 | 0:09:37 (Pop-up) | ||
The Soft Boys | We Like Bananas | 1978 | aka I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) from the 1930s. | 0:11:33 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Harry James and His Orchestra |
Music Makers |
1941 |
0:14:30 (Pop-up) |
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Robert Johnson | They're Red Hot | 1937 | My favorite Robert Johnson recording, it shows a notable ragtime influence and is clearly a "dirty" blue song. | 0:16:18 (Pop-up) | |
Hank Williams | Jambalaya (On The Bayou) | 1952 | 0:19:14 (Pop-up) | ||
The Marx Brothers | Hard Boiled Eggs | 1935 | From "A Night At the Opera". | ||
Milford Perkins | The Duck Egg Walk | 197x | Song poem, released on the Preview Records' Country Time - U.S.A. album. I debated on including this as it sounds too modern for this show but is too weird not to include. | 0:23:50 (Pop-up) | |
Eileen Barton and the New Yorkers | If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake | 1950 | 0:26:20 (Pop-up) | ||
Music behind DJ: Benny Goodman and his Orchestra |
Jersey Bounce |
1942 |
0:28:57 (Pop-up) |
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McDonald's | McDonald's Is Our Kind of Place | 1967 | I'm not sure when this jingle appeared but it's iconic. | 0:29:56 (Pop-up) | |
Johnny Hicks & His Troubadors | Hamburger Hop | 1950 | 0:30:46 (Pop-up) | ||
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Saturday Night Fish Fry | 1949 | One of the songs fighting for the title of "First Rock 'N' Roll Song", I personally think it's a little late. | 0:33:05 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Woody Herman and His Orchestra |
Early Autumn |
1949 |
0:38:22 (Pop-up) |
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Grandpa Jones | Hey Grandpa, What's For Supper | From Hee-Haw | 0:40:06 (Pop-up) | ||
Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band | The Eggplant That Ate Chicago | 1966 | Featuring Norman Greenbaum of "Spirit in the Sky" fame. | 0:40:41 (Pop-up) | |
Dave Van Ronk with The Ragtime Jug Stompers | Diggin' My Potatoes | 1964 | 0:43:20 (Pop-up) | ||
Memphis Jug Band | Sugar Pudding | 1929 | B-side to "Lindberg Hop" aka "Oversea's Stomp". | 0:45:52 (Pop-up) | |
The Crow Quill Night Owls | I Grabbed That Chicken From the Pan | 2013 | 0:48:39 (Pop-up) | ||
Music behind DJ: Sqeek Steele |
Turkey In The Straw |
2000 |
0:53:59 (Pop-up) |
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American Dairy | Ice Cream Commercial | 1963 | Can be found on Youtube, had difficulty linking it. | 0:55:38 (Pop-up) | |
Tom Waits | Ice Cream Man | 1973 | Debut album Tom Waits was often compared to Randy Newman. There is a great version by Screamin' Jay Hawkins that is a little too intense for this show. | 0:56:41 (Pop-up) | |
Eddie Cantor | Merrily We Roll Along | 1935 | 0:59:34 (Pop-up) |
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