A Pre History of the Bonzo’s
Songs the Bonzo Dog Band Taught Us
Various Artists
The Freak Emporium
Voice Print 2010

The Bonzo Dog Band (also known as The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Bonzo Dog Dada Band and, colloquially, as “The Bonzos”) are a band created by a group of British art-school denizens of the 1960s. Combining elements of music hall, trad jazz, psychedelic rock, and avant-garde art, the Bonzos came to the attention of a broader British public through a children’s television programme, “Do Not Adjust Your Set”. After three reunions read more ..

01 – Leslie Sarony & Jack Hylton – Jollity farm
02 – BBC Dance Orchestra – Micky’s son and daughter
03 – The Savoy Havana Band – I’m gonna bring a watermelon to my girl tonight
04 – Jack Hylton and his Orchestra – Button up your overcoat
05 – Percival Mackey and his Band – On her doorstep last night
06 – The Rythmic Troubadours – Ali baba’s camel
07 – Jack Hylton and his Orchestra – By a waterfall
08 – Hal Swain and his Band – Hunting tigers out in india
09 – Albert Whelan – My brother makes the noises for the talkies
10 – Jack Hylton’s Jazz Band – Laughing waltz
11 – Whispering Jack Smith – All by yourself in the moonlight
12 – Noel Coward – A room with a view
13 – Bebe Daniels & Ben Lyon – Little sir echo
14 – Jack Payne and his Dance Orchestra – Make yourself a happiness pie
15 – Jay Wilbur and his Band – We’ll all go riding on a rainbow
16 – Billy Cotton and his Band – Skirts
17 – The Continental Five – The sheik of araby
18 – Jack Hylton and his Orchestra – Bell bottom trousers
19 – Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Dr. jazz stomp
20 – Ray Starita and his Ambassadors – The flys crawled up the window
21 – Jay Whidden and his Band – I lift up my finger and I say ‘tweet tweet’
22 – The Savoy Havana Band – Masculine women and feminine men
23 – Leslie Sarony – Misery farm
24 – Roy Leslie – Omar khayam’s cave
25 – Jack Hodges the Raspberry King – Everything is fresh today
26 – The Savoy Havana Band – Last night on the back porch
27 – Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – I love to bumpity bump (on a bumpy road with you)