This 2 CD set, from the Good Music Record Co., released in 1989, is currently available, but not easy to find. It contains a collection of "fun songs" of the 1940s (the earliest track is actually from 1939, the most recent from 1951).
If you are of my generation (a World War II baby), these are the "funny" tunes we heard when we were kids, and Mom still ruled the radio dial, listening to mainstream "pop" programs like Martin Block's Make Believe Ballroom. Fun stuff and memories of our childhood days, even if some of them may not be exactly politically correct nowadays.
Dates shown are first dates on the Billboard charts, as reported in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories.
Not available everywhere, but worth the quest.
Track Listing:
Disc 1 -
1. Mairzy Doats - Merry Macs (Decca #18588) 19 Feb 1944
2. Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) - Danny Kaye & the Andrews Sisters (Decca #23940)
22 Nov 1947
3. Across The Alley From The Alamo - Mills Brothers (Decca #23863) 10 May 1947
4. Woody Woodpecker - Mel Blanc & the Sportsmen (Capitol #15145) 17 Jul 1948
5. Buttons And Bows - Dinah Shore (Columbia #38284) 18 Sep 1948
6. I'm My Own Grandpa - Guy Lombardo (Decca #24288) 24 Mar 1948
7. Ma�ana - Peggy Lee (Capitol #15022) 24 Jan 1948
8. Cement Mixer (Put-ti Put-ti) - Alvino Rey (Capitol #248) 20 Apr 1946
9. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley (Decca #46205) 21 Jan 1950
10. Rag Mop - Ames Brothers (Coral #60140) 14 Jan 1950
11. Ragtime Cowboy Joe - Jo Stafford (Capitol #710) 17 Sep 1949
12. Huggin' And Chalkin' - Hoagy Carmichael (Decca #23675) 23 Nov 1946
13. Mule Train - Frankie Laine (Mercury #5345) 12 Nov 1949
14. Twelfth Street Rag - Pee Wee Hunt (Capitol #15165) 26 Jun 1948
15. Personality - Johnny Mercer (Capitol #230) 26 Jan 1946
16. Cruising Down The River - Russ Morgan (Decca #24568) 26 Feb 1949
17. I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover - Art Mooney (MGM #10119) 24 Jan 1948
18. Aba Daba Honeymoon - Carleton Carpenter & Debbie Reynolds (MGM #30282) 3 Feb 1951
19. Too Fat Polka - Arthur Godfrey & the Too Fat Trio (Columbia #3791) 1 Nov 1947
20. Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) - Red Ingle with Cinderella G. Stump (Jo Stafford) (Capitol #412)
14 Jun 1947
21. Bell Bottom Trousers - Jerry Colonna (Capitol #204) 26 Jul 1945
22. If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd 'Ve Baked A Cake - Eileen Barton (National #9103) 11 Mar 1950
23. Pistol Packin' Mama - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters (Decca #23277) 6 Nov 1943
24. A Little Bird Told Me - Evelyn Knight (Decca #24514) 20 Nov 1948
Disc 2 -
1. Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Betty Hutton (Capitol #220) 1 Dec 1945
2. Doin' What Comes Naturally - Dinah Shore (Columbia #36976) 1 Jun 1946
3. I Never See Maggie Alone - Kenny Roberts (Coral #64012) 10 Sep 1949
4. Managua, Nicaragua - Guy Lombardo (Decca #23782) 25 Jan 1947
5. I'm A Lonely Little Petunia (In An Onion Patch) - Two-Ton Baker & His Music Makers
(Mercury #5066) 29 Nov 1947
6. A-Feudin' And A-Fightin' - Dorothy Shay (Columbia #37189) 12 Jul 1947
7. Three Little Fishies - Kay Kyser & his Orchestra (Brunswick #8368) 6 May 1939
8. Chickery Chick - Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra (Victor #1726) 20 Oct 1945
9. The Thing - Phil Harris (RCA Victor #3968) 25 Nov 1950
10. Open The Door, Richard - Count Basie (Victor #2127) 8 Feb 1948
11. The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade) - Freddy Martin & his Orchestra (Bluebird #11147)
31 May 1941
12. "A" You're Adorable - Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters (RCA Victor #78-3381) 8 Apr 1949
13. Daddy - Sammy Kaye & the Kaye Choir (Victor #27391) 24 May 1941
14. Beer Barrel Polka - Will Glahe (Victor #V-710) 6 May 1939
15. Cocktails For Two - Spike Jones & his City Slickers (Victor #1628) 27 Jan 1945
16. Deep In The Heart Of Texas - Alvino Rey & his Orchestra (Bluebird #11391) 14 Feb 1942
17. I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Cocoanuts - Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with Merv Griffin
(RCA Victor #78-3554) 29 Oct 1949
18. Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Tex Beneke & the Glenn Miller Orchestra (RCA Victor #1859) 25 May 1946
19. The Maharajah Of Magadore - Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra with Ziggy Talent
(RCA Victor #2851) 26 Jun 1948
20. All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - Spike Jones & his City Slickers (Victor #3177)
27 Nov 1948
