Big Ben Banjo Band Strummin On The Old Banjo CD

The concept of a 'family sing song' may nowadays seem positively antique - but in the pre-rock 'n' roll, pre-TV early 1950s, gathering together and belting out a ditty or two was a regular weekend occurrence for any family with a piano or record player in their parlour. Sing-a-long medleys were guaranteed to shift shellac and vinyl. And few who recorded such things sold more records than the Big Ben Banjo Band, a group of seasoned studio musicians brought together by one of the leading UK record producers of the 50s and early 60s - Norrie Paramor. Some of the leading studio men of the day appeared on BBBB sessions, including guitarists Billy Bell, Judd Proctor and Bert Weedon and trombonist George Chisholm. The BBBB was a regular fixture in the UK charts until rock 'n' roll took hold - particularly around Christmas time, when parties were in full swing. Even after it did, their albums and EPs were in great demand throughout the 60s and well into the 1970s.

1. I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover 2. The Japanese Sandman 3. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody 4. Bye Bye Blackbird 5. How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree?) 6. Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home 7. Underneath the Arches 8. Swanee 9. Peg O' My Heart 10. Goodbye Blues 11. Roll Out the Barrel 12. Paddlin' Madelin Home 13. Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me) 14. Who's Sorry Now 15. Tip Toe Thru' the Tulips 16. Painting the Clouds with Sunshine 17. Moonlight Bay 18. My Sweetie Went Away 19. I'll String Along with You 20. When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose 21. Jeepers Creepers 22. I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad) 23. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles 24. Let Me Call You Sweetheart 25. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now 26. Three Little Words 27. Whose Baby Are You 28. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight 29. Exactly Like You 30. Pasadena 31. On the Sunny Side of the Street 32. Shine on Harvest Moon 33. Pretty Baby 34. You Made Me Love You 35. Deep in the Heart of Texas 36. You Are My Sunshine 37. Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet 38. Let Bygones Be Bygones 39. I'll Be Your Sweetheart 40. Let the Rest of the World Go By 41. Little White Lies 42. Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feeling 43. I Ain't Got Nobody and Nobody Cares for Me 44. I Lift Up My Finger and I Say 'Tweet Tweet' 45. Nobody's Sweetheart 46. Smile Darn Ya Smile 47. I'm Just Wild About Harry 48. April Showers 49. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody 50. Swanee 51. The Darktown Strutters' Ball 52. For Me and My Gal 53. Oh! You Beautiful Doll 54. Yes Sir! That's My Baby 55. California Here I Come 56. Back Home in Tennessee 57. Carolina in the Morning 58. Are You from Dixie 59. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee 60. Coal Black Mammy 61. When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbing Along 62. Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye 63. Strummin' on the Old Banjo 64. Big Ben's Banjo Band