Welcome to
Mark’s Musical May Mondays!
Every
Monday this month we’ll have a new musical compilation for your delectation ...
This week’s
madcap montage of May-hem (get it?) is a musical mishmash of songs about space.
01 - By Rocket to the Moon - Raymond Scott Quintet
with the Gene Lowell Chorus 1950 (6:08)
02 - Gonna Ride that Satelite - Jimmy Gartin with The
Highlanders 1958 (2:04)
03 - Teeny Weeny Man - Jimmy Wolford 1958 (2:25)
04 - Santa Claus Rocket Ship - Phyllis Hamilton 1959 (1:44)
05 - Ham the Space Monkey - Ray Allen & The
Embers 1961 (2:20)
06 - The Float - Hank Ballard and the
Midnighters 1961 (2:56)
07 - Please Mister Scientist - The Redwoods 1962 (2:36)
08 - Two Crazy Scientists - Lee Collins & The
Orbits 1963 (2:40)
09 - The Astro-Mice (No Cheese on
the Moon) - Miss
L L Louise Lewis 1964 (2:16)
10 - There's a UFO Up There - Travis Wammack 1966 (2:21)
11 - Spacey! Santa's Space Ship - Johnny Collins &
The Caravans featuring Doreen Allen 1967 (2:06)
12 - The Man from Mars - Jack Metnick 1968 (1:59)
13 - Moon Rider - Up with People 1977 (4:59)
14 - UFO - Caution 1980 (5:31)
15 - Rapture - Blondie 1981 (5:37)
16 - Rocket Ride - The Elektrics 1981 (3:19)
17 - 2000 Light Years - Threshold 1982 (3:54)
18 - The Noah Plan - Peter Schilling 1982 (4:22)
19 - UFO - The Explosives 1982 (2:20)
20 - A Space Traveler's Manifesto - Phil 'n' the Blanks 1983 (3:23)
21 - Spacewalkin' the Dog - Toni Basil 1984 (4:17)
22 - Satellites - Rhythm Corps 1991 (4:06)
23 - Song of the Astronauts - Gary Rue 2005 (2:33)
24 - No Such Thing as Aliens - Sparks 2006 (2:54)
They’re in chronological
order by date of release, and I hope at least some of the tunes will send you
out of this world!
Our cover art is adapted from the 1955 speculation, Who Pilots the Flying Saucers?, by Gordon Cove.
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