Decca matrix 74164. Part 1: When you ride a bicycle ; Let the ball roll ; Johnny climbs fences ; and Johnny climbs walls ; Ice skating is nice skating ; When you are watching a parade / Frank Luther
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| Part 1: When you ride a bicycle ; Let the ball roll ; Johnny climbs fences ; and Johnny climbs walls ; Ice skating is nice skating ; When you are watching a parade (Primary title) | Ruppli Decca |
| Songs of safety (Session name) | Ruppli Decca |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Gerald Marks (composer) | |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Frank Luther (vocalist : tenor vocal) |
| Notes |
|---|
| Ruppli session personnel note: Frank Luther (vocals), with sounds effects and Orchestra. Music by Gerald Marks. (From Irving Caesar's "Sing a Song of Safety"). |
| Ruppli session note: 90042 (78 rpm) also issued as 9-90042 (45 rpm) in album 1-139. All titles also issued on Vocalion VL(7)-3683. |
| Documentation of Decca Records derives from Michel Ruppli's "The Decca labels: a discography" (Greenwood Press, 1996). Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/25/1947 New York, New York | [A] | Master | Decca 90042 | |
| 11/25/1947 New York, New York | [A] | Master | Decca 9-90042 | |
| 11/25/1947 New York, New York | [A] | Master | Vocalion VL7-3683 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix 74164. Part 1: When you ride a bicycle ; Let the ball roll ; Johnny climbs fences ; and Johnny climbs walls ; Ice skating is nice skating ; When you are watching a parade / Frank Luther," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302381/74164-Part_1_When_you_ride_a_bicycle_Let_the_ball_roll_Johnny_climbs_fences_and_Johnny_climbs_walls_Ice_skating_is_nice_skating_When_you_are_watching_a_parade.
Decca matrix 74164. Part 1: When you ride a bicycle ; Let the ball roll ; Johnny climbs fences ; and Johnny climbs walls ; Ice skating is nice skating ; When you are watching a parade / Frank Luther. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302381/74164-Part_1_When_you_ride_a_bicycle_Let_the_ball_roll_Johnny_climbs_fences_and_Johnny_climbs_walls_Ice_skating_is_nice_skating_When_you_are_watching_a_parade.
"Decca matrix 74164. Part 1: When you ride a bicycle ; Let the ball roll ; Johnny climbs fences ; and Johnny climbs walls ; Ice skating is nice skating ; When you are watching a parade / Frank Luther." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.
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