THE LENNON SISTERS... EASY TO REMEMBER
Hosted by the four Lennon Sisters
Compilation Special -1992
"It’s Easy to Remember" |
The Lennon Sisters |
"The Best Things in Life Are Free" |
orchestra (as Peggy narrates) |
"He" |
The Lennon Sisters (1955 - first appearance) |
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" |
The Lennon Sisters, their Dad and 3 uncles (1956 - second appearance) |
COMEDY IN MUSIC SEGMENT |
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"London Bridge Is Falling Down" |
Bill Page playing 9 different instruments |
"The Sheik of Araby" |
Buddy Hayes hamming it up on bass with violin section |
"The Tiger Rag" |
Bob Havens on trombone (with his foot!) |
Untitled |
Rocky Rockwell with string section |
"The Blue Tail Fly" |
Larry Hooper, Bob Lido and 2 unidentified male vocalists |
"Rock Around the Clock" |
Buddy Merrill on electric guitar, Bob Lido on hot fiddle, Bill Page on clarinet, Barney Liddell on trombone, Buddy Hayes on bass and trombone section as bandmembers sing |
"See You Later, Alligator" |
Bob Lido (also on fiddle), Aladdin & Jack Martin |
Unidentified Dixieland number |
Pete Fountain (1959) |
"The South Rampart Street Parade" |
Bill Page on clarinet, Johnny Klein on drums, Buddy Hayes on bass, Jerry Burke and Larry Hooper at the pianos with orchestra |
"Thank Heaven for Little Girls" |
Aladdin with the Lennon Sisters, Larry Dean and Maurice Pearson (1958 premiere) |
MUSICAL FAMILY IN THE 50S |
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"Zip-a-dee-doo-" |
Lennon Sisters |
"How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?" |
Lennon Sisters |
"I Only Have Eyes for You" |
Alice Lon |
"Fascination" |
Lawrence Welk dancing with Alice Lon |
"I Could Have Danced All Night" |
Alice Lon and Norma Zimmer (replacing Dianne), Alice dancing with Jimmy, Dick, Jack & Aladdin (all singing) |
"Why Do I Love You?" |
Norma Zimmer & Jimmy Roberts (their very first duet) |
"A Bushel and a Peck" |
Dianne Lennon & Larry Dean (Halloween 1958) |
"Minnie the Mermaid" |
Larry Hooper |
"Oh Baby Mine" |
Larry Hooper, Curt Ramsey, Jack Martin & Bob Lido |
"Oh Happy Day" |
Larry Hooper |
"Gimme That Fourth-R Religion (Readin’, Ritin’, Rithmatic novelty song)" |
Larry Hooper with the Lennon Sisters, Alice, Maurice, Jimmy, Jack M., Larry D., Joe |
DODGE COMMERCIALS |
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"Oh You Beautiful Dodge" |
Larry Dean, Alice Lon, Dick Dale |
"Brand New Dodge Today" (sung to the tune of “Camptown Races”) |
Alice Lon, Larry Hooper, Bob Lido |
"There’s Never Been a Car Like Dodge" |
The Lennon Sisters, Larry Dean |
LENNON SEGMENT |
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"Swinging on a Star" |
Lennon Sisters |
"Little One/Daddy Dear" |
Aladdin & Janet Lennon |
"Take a Tip from the Tulip" |
Janet Lennon & Rocky Rockwell (also dancing) |
DANCING SEGMENT |
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Waltz |
Lawrence Welk dancing with lady from audience (1956) |
Waltz |
Lawrence dancing with daughter Donna |
"Under Paris Skies (Sous les Toits de Paris)" |
Lawrence Welk dancing with Peggy Lennon |
"Polka" |
Lawrence Welk dancing with Janet Lennon |
Unidentified |
Jack Imel on marimba |
"Hernando’s Hideaway" |
danced by Jack Imel, Bo Wagner, Cubby O’Brien |
"The Little Old Mill" |
Lennon Sisters, Jack Imel dancing with Janet |
PIANO SEGMENT |
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Unidentified |
Big Tiny Little on the honky tonk piano |
Unidentified |
Jerry Burke and Larry Hooper on pianos |
"Just One of Those Things" |
Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and Big Tiny Little on pianos |
"Let’s Take an Old-Fashioned Walk" |
Larry Hooper, Jo Ann Castle, Jerry Burke and Frank Scott on pianos |
"Autumn Leaves" |
Big Tiny Little at the piano with violin section (Dick Kesner, Bob Lido & Aladdin) |
LENNON SEGMENT |
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"Goodbye My |
Lennon Sisters and Larry Welk (1991) |
"On the Boardwalk in |
Larry H., Dick, Maurice, Larry D., the Lennon Sisters (June 1960) |
"Harbor Lights" |
Lennon Sisters (1991) then switching to 1960 clip of same song |
"Little Darlin’/ Stand Up and Sing for Your Father an Old Time Tune/ Little Annie Rooney" |
Lennon
Sisters and Dick Dale |
"Greensleeves" |
Lennon Sisters |
FAVORITE MOMENTS |
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"Come Josephine in My Flying Machine (in my new space machine)" |
Dick
Dale and Alice Lon, Larry Dean and Dianne Lennon (1958) |
"Love and Marriage" |
Dick Dale & Alice Lon |
"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" |
danced by Jack Imel & partly by Larry Dean |
"My Wild Irish Rose" |
Joe Feeney |
"I Love Girls" |
Rocky Rockwell (also on trumpet) |
Unidentified Dixieland number |
Pete Fountain on clarinet |
Unidentified waltz |
Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren on accordion |
"Rhapsody in Blue" |
orchestra |
"Sentimental Journey/ You Made Me Love You/ A Summer Place"
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Lennon
Sisters (as montage is shown) |