City Slickers
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1941 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | PBS-061517 | 10-in. | 8/8/1941 | Red wing | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-061518 | 10-in. | 8/8/1941 | Barstool cowboy from old Barstow | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-061519 | 10-in. | 8/8/1941 | Behind those swinging doors | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-061520 | 10-in. | 8/8/1941 | The covered wagon rolled right along | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072020 | 10-in. | 1/12/1942 | The wild, wild women (are making a wild man of me) | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072021 | 10-in. | 1/12/1942 | Clink, clink, another drink | Mel Blanc ; Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and hiccups | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072022 | 10-in. | 1/12/1942 | Beautiful eggs | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072023 | 10-in. | 1/12/1942 | Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag (and smile, smile, smile) | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072236 | 10-in. | 4/7/1942 | Siam | City Slickers ; Carl Grayson ; King Jackson ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solos and trio | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072237 | 10-in. | 4/7/1942 | Little Bo-Peep has lost her jeep | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter ; Willie Spicer | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and "Collidophone" | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072238 | 10-in. | 4/7/1942 | Come, Josephine, in my flying machine | Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; King Jackson ; Spike Jones | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072239 | 10-in. | 4/7/1942 | Pass the biscuits, Mirandy | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072524 | 10-in. | 7/28/1942 | Hotcha cornia (Black eyes) | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Willie Spicer | Jazz/dance band, with sneezaphone (sound effects) | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072525 | 10-in. | 7/28/1942 | Der Fuehrer's face | City Slickers ; Carl Grayson ; Spike Jones ; Willie Spicer | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and birdaphone (sound effects) | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072526 | 10-in. | 7/28/1942 | Oh! By jingo! (Oh! By gee! By gosh, by gum, by juv) | Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter ; Willie Spicer | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and anvilaphone (sound effects) | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072527 | 10-in. | 7/28/1942 | The sheik of Araby | City Slickers ; Carl Grayson ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter ; Willie Spicer | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet and hiccuphone (sound effects) | Musical group | |
| Victor | PBS-072528 | 10-in. | 7/28/1942 | I wanna go back to West Virginia | Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter ; Willie Spicer | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and trainaphone (sound effects) | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-457 | 10-in. | 2/11/1947 | Ugga ugga boo ugga boo boo ugga | Ding Bell ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D4AB-1057 | 10-in. | 11/29/1944 | Holiday for strings | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
| Victor | D4AB-1058 | 10-in. | 11/29/1944 | Leave the dishes in the sink, ma | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1010 | 10-in. | 1/13/1945 | A serenade to a jerk | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Female-male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1011 | 10-in. | 1/13/1945 | Chloe | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1012 | 10-in. | 1/13/1945 | Drip, drip, drip (sloppy lagoon) | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1127 | 10-in. | 9/10/1945 | That old black magic | City Slickers ; Carl Grayson ; Spike Jones | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1128 | 10-in. | 9/10/1945 | You always hurt the one you love | City Slickers ; Carl Grayson ; Red Ingle ; Spike Jones | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1129 | 10-in. | 9/10/1945 | The blue Danube | Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; Carl Grayson ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Male vocal duet, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1130 | 10-in. | 9/10/1945 | Liebestraum | City Slickers ; Red Ingle ; Spike Jones ; Dick Morgan | Male vocal solo, with narration and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1131 | 10-in. | 9/10/1945 | Hawaiian war chant (Ta-hu-wa-hu-wai) | Spike Jones ; Wacky Wakakians | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal chorus, narration, sound effects, and vocal solos | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1134 | 10-in. | 9/27/1945 | The little girl's dream | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Vocal solos, with vocal chorus, sound effects, and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1135 | 10-in. | 9/28/1945 | Land of the sugar plum fairy | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Vocal solos, with vocal chorus, sound effects, and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1136 | 10-in. | 9/28/1945 | The fairy ball | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Vocal solos, with vocal chorus, sound effects, and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1137 | 10-in. | 9/28/1945 | The mysterious room | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Vocal solos, with vocal chorus, sound effects, and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1138 | 10-in. | 9/29/1945 | Back to the fairy ball | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Vocal solos, with vocal chorus, sound effects, and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D5VB-1139 | 10-in. | 9/29/1945 | End of the little girl's dream | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Susan Scott | Vocal solos, with vocal chorus, sound effects, and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D6VB-2024 | 10-in. | 2/11/1946 | I dream of Brownie with the light blue jeans | Barefooted Pennsylvanians ; City Slickers ; Carl Grayson ; Spike Jones | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D6VB-2025 | 10-in. | 2/11/1946 | Mother Goose medley | Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Animal sound effects, with vocal chorus and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D6VB-2026 | 10-in. | 2/11/1946 | The glow worm | Aileen Carlisle ; City Slickers ; Red Ingle ; Spike Jones | Female-male vocal duet, with vocal chorus and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D6VB-2027 | 10-in. | 2/11/1946 | Old MacDonald had a farm | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Vocal chorus, with instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D6VB-2063 | 10-in. | 5/6/1946 | Jones polka | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Mickey Katz | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D6VB-2064 | 10-in. | 5/6/1946 | Laura | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Other Orchestra [Spike Jones] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, sound effects, and comic interjections | Musical group | |
| Victor | D6VB-2163 | 10-in. | 9/28/1946 | The Jones laughing record | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Laughter, with trombone and piano | Musical group | |
| Victor | D6VB-2175 | 10-in. | 10/7/1946 | My pretty girl | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Male vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band and whistling | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-0357 | 10-in. | 3/24/1947 | The man on the flying trapeze | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Doodles Weaver | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-0455 | 10-in. | 2/10/1947 | Love in bloom | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Chorus, with instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-0456 | 10-in. | 2/10/1947 | Blowing bubble gum | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-1113 | 10-in. | 10/30/1947 | Down in jungle town | City Slickers ; Head Hunters ; Spike Jones ; Paul Judson ; Freddy Morgan | Male vocal duet, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-1140 | 10-in. | 11/5/1947 | People are funnier than anybody | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Dick Morgan ; Freddy Morgan | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-1163 | 10-in. | 11/13/1947 | I'm getting sentimental over you | Barefooted Pennsylvanians ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-1303 | 10-in. | 7/15/1947 | Pop corn sack | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Male vocal ensemble, with comic dialogue and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-1304 | 10-in. | 7/15/1947 | Our hour (the puppy love song) | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Vocal ensemble, with instrumental ensemble, sound effects, and vocal solos | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-1367 | 10" | 10/7/1947 | My old flame | City Slickers ; Paul Frees ; Spike Jones ; Paul Judson | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-1368 | 10-in. | 10/7/1947 | William Tell overture | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Doodles Weaver | Comic monologue with instrumental ensemble and sound effects | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-2341 | 10-in. | 12/4/1947 | I kiss your hand madame | Ben Ghost Singers ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Paul Judson | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-2342 | 10-in. | 12/4/1947 | All I want for Christmas (is my two front teeth) | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; George Rock | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Victor | D7VB-2409 | 10-in. | 12/23/1947 | Happy New Year | City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal refrain | Musical group | |
| Victor | D9VB-0501 | 10-in. | 1/6/1949 | MacNamara's band | City Slickers ; I. W. Harper and the Four Fifths ; Spike Jones | Male vocal group with jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
| Victor | D9VB-0502 | 10-in. | 1/6/1949 | Knock knock (who's there?) | City Slickers ; Sir Frederick Gas ; I. W. Harper and the Four Fifths ; Spike Jones ; Dick Morgan ; Freddy Morgan ; George Rock ; Doodles Weaver | Vocal ensemble, with jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
| Victor | D9VB-0503 | 10-in. | 1/6/1949 | Ya wanna buy a bunny? | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; George Rock | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | Musical group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "City Slickers," accessed April 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104458.
City Slickers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104458.
"City Slickers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 April 2024.
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LCNAR: City Slickers - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84011265
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