Show 7: “Today is a Birthday”

This week’s show features a number of records celebrating birthdays. Some of them you may have heard before, but there’s one that deserves special attention because it hasn’t been heard in more than 50 years.

Big Jon & Sparkie’s Birthday Song was sung every Saturday morning on their ABC radio show “No School Today.” After years of searching, I have not been able to find any recordings of this program, let alone the Birthday Song.

The Birthday Song might have been lost forever, except that I seem to have remembered every single word and every single note. This year, I recorded it with guitarist John Messer and it will soon be available on my new CD. But you don’t have to wait. Hear it now on Treasure Ivan Show 7, and let me know if it rings a bell or resonates with a deep memory of birthdays long past.

Let’s Have a Party
Guy Lombardo & the Royal Canadians

The Birthday Party Record
Frank Luther

Baby Snooks

Baby Snooks, courtesy of Kiddie Records Weekly

Baby Snooks Learns About Crossing Streets & Table Manners
Fanny Brice

Burl Ives

Burl Ives

Little White Duck
Burl Ives

Little White Duck
Ivan Ulz

Daffy Duck

Daffy Duck's Feathered Friend

Daffy Duck’s Feathered Friend
Mel Blanc

Dennis Day

Dennis Day

A Very Merry Unbirthday
Dennis Day

The Birthday Party Record
(Happy Birthday Chowder Head)

Big Jon & Sparky

Big Jon & Sparky

Big Jon & Sparkie’s Birthday Song
Ivan Ulz

Sheriff John

Sheriff John

Sheriff John’s Birthday Cake Polka
Ivan Ulz

Phil Harris

Phil Harris

Minnie the Mermaid
Phil Harris

Let’s Pretend: The Little Mermaid

Swimmy Swim
Woody Guthrie

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