A Chocolate Sunday on a Saturday Night (1947). Doris Day had the hit recording of "Chocolate Sundae" that year.
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Civilization (1947). "Civilization" (subtitled "Bongo Bongo Bongo") was a big hit for Danny Kaye and the Andrews Sisters.
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Music! Music! Music! (1950). Teresa Brewer and the Dixieland All Stars had a big hit with "Music! Music! Music!" in 1950. |
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy (1950). The B side of "Music! Music! Music!" and a song forever associated with Red Foley.
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Dancers in Love (instrumental) (1947). Two Ton was a lifelong admirer--and later good personal friend--of Duke Ellington. This is one of several Ellington compositions that he recorded.
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The Bicycle Song (1950)
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949). The title song of a Preston Sturges film that starred Betty Grable as the beautiful blonde.
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Ev'rybody Kissed the Bride (1949). A delightfully obscure novelty song.
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Ellie the Elegant Elephant (1949) |
I'm a Bigger Man That You (1949). Pairing Two Ton Baker and fellow Mercury recording artist Tiny Hill was a natural, as Hill also specialized in novelty songs--and he was as big as Two Ton!
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Looey the Local Locomotive (1949)
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You Gotta Be a Hero Nowadays, Parts 1 & 2 (1949). Gus the Gopher, played (but uncredited) by the radio and early TV actress Elmira Roessler, starred on two albums with Ton Ton.
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