Funny Bones: First of two programmes in which Iain Burnside explores the world of comic songs, from Stephen Sondheim and Blossom Dearie to Monty Python and Kenneth Williams.

Playlist

Voices - Funny Bones
Composer Michael Palin arr. John Du Prez
Title Decomposing Composers
Performer Monty Python
Album Monty Python Sings Virgin Mont D1
Track 20

Composer Sheldon Harnick
Title The Ballad of the Shape of Things
Performer Blossom Dearie
Album Needlepoint Magic – Mastermix CDCHE3
Track 1

Composer Mussorkgsky
Title Gathering Mushrooms
Performer Galena Vichnievskaia Soprano / Mstislav Rostropovitch piano
Album Melodies and Romances – Erato 2292456432
Track CD1 track 23

Composer Sondheim
Title A Little Priest
Performer Angela Lansbury / Len Cariou
Album Sweeny Todd – RCA 33792 RC
Track CD1 track 21

Composer Kit & the Widow
Title People who like…….
Performer Kit & the Widow
Album Enfants du Parody – CRC 11072
Track CD2 track 12

Composer Trad / Marty Feldman / Barry Took
Title Song of the Australian Outlaw
Performer Kenneth Williams
Album The Best Comedy Album in the World Ever! Virgin VTDCD 332
Track CD1 track 2

Composer Braddock / Putnam
Title D.I.V.O.R.C.E
Performer Billy Connolly
Album The Pick of Billy Connolly – Polydor 8355312
Track 6

Composer Schubert
Title Epistel an Herrn Joseph Spaun
Performer Janet Baker / Gerald Moore
Album Schubert Lieder – EMI CZS5693892
Track 12

Composer Dudley Moore
Title Little Miss Britten
Performer Dudley Moore
Album Grieg Piano Concerto / Parodies EMI CDEMC3727
Track 7



Composer Eric Idle
Title The Penis Song (the Not Noel Coward Song)
Performer Eric Idle
Album Monty Python Sings – Virgin MONTD1
Track 4


Composer Cole Porter
Title You’re the Top
Performer Cole Porter
Album The Cole Porter Songbook – RCA 84132R
Track 7