Track Listing

1. I've Gone and Lost My Little Yo-Yo - Billy Cotton & His Band, Billy Cotton
2. With My Little Ukulele in My Hand - George Formby
3. Guy What Takes His Time - Mae West
4. She Was Only a Postmaster's Daughter, But...
5. Nellie the Nudist Queen
6. My Private Affair - Dawn Davis
7. What's It? - Jimmie Rodgers
8. He Hadn't Up 'Til Yesterday - Sophie Tucker
9. Winnie the Worm - Ronald Frankau
10. I'm a Bear in a Lady's Boudoir - Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards
11. Everyone's Got Sex Appeal for Someone - Ronald Frankau
12. All Poshed Up With My Daisies in My Hand - Charlie Higgins, Charlie Higgins
13. Pu-Leeze! Mister Hemingway! - Elsie Carlisle
14. Let's All Be Fairies
15. I'm Going to Give It to Mary With Love - Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards
16. Physician - Gertrude Lawrence
17. No Wonder She's a Blushing Bride - Art Fowler
18. Flora McDonald - Douglas Byng
19. Or Anything Else I've Got!
20. And So Does He - Dawn Davis

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #107305 in Music
• Released on: 1992-09-30
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

What a hoot !!!
Listen To The Banned: 20 Risqué Songs Of The 20s and 30s offers quite a collection of shameless tunes from the 1920s and the 1930s. These songs were banned from being broadcast by the BBC; however in retrospect they are actually rather humorous. The playful and romantic nature of these songs also makes them timeless not simply because they are funny and amusing but also because romance and $exuality are universal human experiences.

The CD boasts many songs with great musical arrangements and strong performances. I especially like Sophie Tucker singing "He Hadn't Up Till Yesterday;" Cliff Edwards' "I'm A Bear In A Lady's Boudoir" and "I'm Going To Give It To Mary With Love" as well as Ross and Sargent performing "Nellie, The Nudi$t Queen." Excellent!

There are more daring songs on this CD that would rattle some people even today. The Durium Dance Band performs "Let's All Be Fairie$;" "I've Gone And Lost My Yo-Yo" by Billy Cotton and his band and Randolph Sutton chuckles all the way through "Or Anything Else I've Got!"

The sound reproduction from the 78s is rather good although of course there is some surface noise. Brian Rust contributes an essay in the liner notes about censorship in the 1920s and the 1930s. The cover art work design is by Phil Duffy at P. D. Graphics Ltd.

I enjoyed every minute of this CD! I recommend it for anyone who likes nostalgic pop vocals from the 1920s and the 1930s. These are not just silly songs by unknowns; in fact you will be especially pleased as Sophie Tucker, Gertrude Lawrence, Mae West and Cliff Edwards are all represented here. Get this CD and have fun listening over and over again!

Hilarious
If you like comedy, sex and jazz (and who doesn't?) this is a must-have album.

Gertrude Lawrence's rendition of "The Physician" is worth the cost of the disc, but "Nellie tne Nudist Queen" is also brilliant.

A lot of fun
Songs from an almost-forgotten era of music. Lots of songs, better sound quality than I expected, and surprisingly "modern" lyrics. I'm really enjoying this CD.