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The Cool School

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Released
  
1960 (1960)

Producer
  
Bill Miller

Label
  
Capitol Records

The Cool School (1960)
  
Off-Beat (1960)

Recorded
  
Hollywood, California, September 1959

Genre
  
Vocal jazz, Children's music

The Cool School is a 1960 album by June Christy of songs sung by children the world over accompanied by the Joe Castro Quartet. June’s daughter Shay (then aged 5) was pictured on the LP/CD cover wearing a blue smock.

Contents

The album was re-issued in 2006 as a double-CD together with Do-Re-Mi.

Track listing

  1. “Give a Little Whistle” (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington)
  2. “Magic Window” (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
  3. “Baby’s Birthday Party” (Ann Ronell)
  4. “When You Wish upon a Star” (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington)
  5. “Baubles, Bangles, & Beads” (Robert Wright, Chet Forrest)
  6. “Aren’t You Glad You’re You” (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
  7. “Kee-mo, ky-mo” (Bob Hilliard, Roy Alfred)
  8. “Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)” (Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal)
  9. “Looking for a Boy” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
  10. “Small Fry” (Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser)
  11. “Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead” (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg)
  12. “Swinging on a Star” (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)

Personnel

  • June Christy - vocals
  • Joe Castro - piano
  • Howard Roberts - guitar
  • Leroy Vinnegar - bass
  • Larry Bunker - drums
  • References

    The Cool School Wikipedia