Musical Interludes

When the Goon Show first aired in 1951 there were strict rules at the BBC defining categories of programme. The Goon Show, originally called Crazy People, was deemed to be variety, and had to comply with rules that required there to be musical interludes and, indeed, how many minutes there could be between the musical interludes. Even when these restrictions were eased, the Goons continued to have two musical interludes per show.

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Series 1 – 1951
Show no.The StargazersMax GeldrayRay Ellington
1/1 Let Yourself Go
Honey I Love You But…
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Keep Off the Grass
1/2 Great Day! If I Had You The Teddy Bears’ Picnic / Old Mother Hubbard
1/3 How High the Moon My Melancholy Baby Barnyard Boogie / The Three Bears
1/4 Kerry Dance My Blue Heaven Dry Bones / Beware (Brother, Beware) / Five Guys Named Moe
1/5 This Can’t Be Love After You’ve Gone Time Will Take Care of Everything / Beans and Cornbread
1/6

Christopher Columbus Max’s Blues Beware (Sister, Beware) / Row, Row, Row
1/7 Jezebel
Life Is So Peculiar
Sabre Dance Dark Eyes
1/8 Lover Pink Champagne Let the Good Times Roll / Shine
1/9 Button Up Your Overcoat Jealousy Ev’rybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) / He’d Have to Get Under, Get Out and Get Under to Fix Up His Automobile
1/10 Cherokee My Resistance Is Low That’s My Girl
1/11 My Heart Cries for You Tea for Two Smoky Mountain Boogie
1/12 Hiawatha’s Mittens Ol’ Man River Little Girl
1/13 Somebody Loves Me The Loveliest Night of the Year Don’t Burn the Candle at Both Ends
1/14 The Cry of the Wild Goose The Syncopated Clock The Blacknote Serenade
1/15 Truckin’ My Blue Heaven The Teddy Bears’ Picnic
1/16 Mademoiselle de Paree Max’s Blues Come On-a My House
2/17My Heart Cries for You / Don’t Want the World with a Fence Around It (with Marie Benson)
1/SP
Cinderella
The cast in various combinations sang/played:
Dream Lover, The Baron, the Butler and the Bobbajee, Lover, Cinderella, Stay in My Arms, Wunderbar.
Series 2 – 1952
Show no.Secombe / GoonsThe StargazersMax GeldrayRay Ellington
2/1 Longing for You Never Was Loved by Anyone Else Three Little Words Boom
2/2 The World Is Mine Tonight Rolling Stone Jealousy Sally
2/3 Vesti la Giubba Belle, Belle, Liberty Belle Undecided Sonny Boy
2/4 Tell Me Tonight There’s Always Room at Our House Allentown Jail In a Shady Nook by a Babbling Brook
2/5 Ma Belle Marguerite Night and Day Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
2/6 Button Up Your Overcoat I Can’t Give You Anything But Love I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)
2/7 Beggar in Love My Yiddishe Momme The Donkey Serenade
2/8 You Are Love Unforgettable The Aba Daba Honeymoon
2/9 Granada Oh, You Beautiful Doll Minnie the Moocher
2/10 My Heart and I Tea for Two Cry
2/11 With a Song in My Heart St. Louis Blues If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)
2/12 Pink Champagne My Mother’s Eyes / Hurry On Down
2/13 My Melancholy Baby Little Red Riding Hood / The Three Bears
2/14Ride a Cock Horse / It Happened in Monterey / El Cumbanchero / Tico Tico no fubá Adios Muchachos Some of These Days / My Yiddishe Momme
2/15 Vive la Companie The Trolley Song Boom
2/16Funiculi, Funicula / Lucia di Lammermoor / Habanera / Largo al Factotum / La Donna é Mobile / A Brindisi / Jezebel Indian Love Call Louise Can-Can Polka
2/17 You Are My Sunshine Pennies from Heaven The Continental
2/18 When I Take My Sugar to Tea Ain’t Misbehavin’ / It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
2/19 Blue Tango Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day / Pennies from Heaven
2/20Sospan Fach Dinah Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin’ All the Time) / I Feel So Smoochie / ‘Deed I Do
2/21 Trust In Me I’ll Be Seeing You
2/22 Largo al Factotum St. Louis Blues A-Tisket A-Tasket / Oh, Lady, Be Good!
2/23 Cocktails for Two Ol’ Man River The Cock Linnet Song
2/24 Hi-diddle-dee-dee (an actor’s life for me) The Donkey Serenade Ain’t Misbehavin’ / It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
2/25 Heart of a Clown My Blue Heaven The Teddy Bears’ Picnic
Series 3 – 1952/53
Show no.Show TitleMax GeldrayRay Ellington
3/1 Fred of the Islands Liza Cry Baby Boogie
3/2 The Egg of the Great Auk Embraceable You Stop, Relax, Think
3/3 I Was a Male Fan Dancer When I Take My Sugar to Tea Bim Bam Baby
3/4 The Saga of HMS Aldgate Pennies from Heaven Takes Two To Tango
3/5 The Expedition for Toothpaste The Lady is a Tramp Got a Bran’ New Suit
3/6 The Archers Slow Train Blues Five Guys Named Moe
3/7 Robin Hood ** Carole Carr sang Lazy Countryside Pink Champagne Woe! Is Me (I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You Rascal You
3/8 Where Does Santa Claus Go in the Summer? Oh, Lady, Be Good! Blues in Advance
3/9 The Navy, Army, and Air Force That Old Black Magic Bone Dry
3/10 The British Way of Life The Glow-Worm Lady of Spain
3/11 A Survey of Britain You’re Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) Little Girl
3/12 Flint of the Flying Squad Everything I Have Is Yours Boom
3/13 Seaside Resorts in Winter My Blue Heaven I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)
3/14 The Tragedy of Oxley Towers Tea for Two All For the Love of Lil
3/15 The Story of Civilisation Adios Muchachos One Mint Julep
3/16 The Search for the Bearded Vulture All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Shine
3/17 The Mystery of the Monkey’s Paw For Me and My Gal Ain’t Misbehavin’ / It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
3/18 The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill You’re Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) A Beautiful Waste of Time
3/19 Where Do Socks Come from? Side by Side Lullaby of Broadway
3/20 The Man Who Never Was The Lady is a Tramp My Mother’s Eyes / Hurry On Down
3/21 The Building of the Suez Canal Ol’ Man River That’s My Desire You Are My Lucky Star
3/22 The De Goonlies Make It Soon Lady of Spain
3/23 The Conquest of Space Ruby Little Red Monkey
3/24 The Ascent of Mount Everest Slow Train Blues Don’t Blame Me / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
3/25 The Story of the Plymouth Hoe Armada All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Pretend / In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town
3/SP Coronation EditionWoe Is Me You Rascal You / The Jitterbug Waltz / Hot Toddy
Series 4 – 1953/54
Show no.Show TitleMax GeldrayRay Ellington
4/1 The Dreaded Piano Clubber Look at That Girl Ding Dong Boogie
4/2 The Man Who Tried to Destroy London’s Monuments Hot Toddy Any Old Iron
4/3 The Ghastly Experiments of Dr. Hans Eidelburger You’re Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) Look at that Girl
4/4 The Building of Britain’s First Atomic Cannon Side by Side Bim Bam Baby
4/5 The Gibraltar Story Adios Muchachos Lullaby of Broadway
4/6 Through the Sound Barrier in an Airing Cupboard Somebody Stole My Gal Believe It, Beloved,
4/7 The First Albert Memorial to the Moon Boom
4/8 The Missing Bureaucrat Oh, Lady, Be Good! Lover, Come Back to Me
4/9 Operation Bagpipes The Glow-Worm I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
4/10 The Flying Saucer Mystery St. Louis Blues The Continental
4/11 The Spanish Armada I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Ol’ Man River
4/12 The British Way ‘Way Down Yonder in New Orleans The Best Man
4/13 The Giant Bombardon Sweet Lorraine The Creep
4/14 Ten Thousand Fathoms Down in a Wardrobe After You’ve Gone In a Shady Nook
4/15 The Missing Prime Minister ‘Deed I Do Woe Is Me / (I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You Rascal You
4/16 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Crun The Carioca When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful / Hurry On Down
4/17 The Mummified Priest My Blue Heaven Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby / Nagasaki
4/18 The History of Communications Buckets and Spades Kiss Me Again 7 ‘S Wonderful
4/19 The Kippered Herring Gang It Had to Be You Don’t Ever Leave Me / That’s My Weakness Now
4/20 The Toothpaste Expedition Orange Colored Sky That’s My Desire / All For the Love of Lil
4/21 The Case of the Vanishing Room Somebody Stole My Gal Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider / I Wish I Were Twins (So I Could Love You Twice as Much)
4/22 The Great Ink Drought of 1902 April in Paris Don’t Blame Me / You Are My Lucky Star
4/23 The Greatest Mountain in the World Carnavalito I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
4/24 The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System Sadie Thompson’s Song Rub-a-Dub-Dub
4/25 The Silent Bugler You’re Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) Lover, Come Back to Me
4/26 Western Story Tenderly The Very Thought of You / Jeepers Creepers
4/27 The Saga of the Internal Mountain The Lady is a Tramp School Days
4/28 The Invisible Acrobat When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles at You) Any Old Iron
4/29 The Great Bank of England Robbery Hot Toddy Such a Night
4/30 The Siege of Fort Knight Crazy Rhythm My Very Good Friend, the Milkman / It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
Series 5 – 1954/55
Show no.Show TitleMax GeldrayRay Ellington
5/1 The Whistling Spy Enigma I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do) ABC Boogie
5/2 The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte) Rag-Time Cowboy Joe I’m an Errand Boy for Rhythm
5/3 The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea) They Were Doin’ the Mambo Ol’ Man River
5/4 The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton) I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me Skokiaan
5/5 The Affair of the Lone Banana You’re Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) A Sky-Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Tie
5/6 The Canal C-Jam Blues Sometimes I’m Happy
5/7 Lurgi Strikes Britain! Pink Champagne My Very Good Friend, the Milkman / It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
5/8 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Solved) St. Louis Blues ABC Boogie
5/9 The Last Tram (from Clapham) Truckin’ I Can’t Tell a Waltz from a Tango
5/10 The Booted Gorilla (found?) The High and the Mighty Mr. Sandman / I Ain’t Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me)
5/11 The Spanish Suitcase I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles Bim Bam Baby
5/12 Dishonoured, or the Fall of Neddie Seagoon A Sky-Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Tie Pam-Pou-De
5/13 Forog Star Dust One Mint Julep
5/14 Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest Oh, Lady, Be Good! Framed
5/15 Nineteen Eighty-Five It Had to Be You Shake, Rattle and Roll
5/16 The Case of the Missing Heir All of Me Give Me Your / Word Three Little Words
5/17 China Story You’re the Cream in My Coffee Lover, Come Back to Me
5/18 Under Two Floorboards–A Story of the Legion Happy Days and Lonely Nights The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane
5/19 The Missing Scroll I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me Mambo Italiano
5/20 Nineteen Eighty-Five It Had to Be You Shake, Rattle and Roll
5/21 The Sinking of Westminster Pier Brazil Lean Baby
5/22 The Fireball of Milton Street Sweet Georgia Brown Kokomo (I Love You So)
5/23 The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street The Cat from Goose Bay Mr. Sandman / I Ain’t Got Nobody
5/24 Yehti Mobile Make Yourself Comfortable / Ready, Willing and Able
5/25 The White Box of Great Bardfield Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Sally
5/26 The End Happy Days and Lonely Nights I Can’t Tell a Waltz from a Tango
5/SP The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea) I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me The Woodpecker Song
Series 6 – 1955/56
Show no.Show TitleMax GeldrayRay Ellington
6/1 The Man Who Won the War You Go to My Head Razzle Dazzle
6/2 The Secret Escritoire Someone to Watch Over Me Play It, Boy
6/3 The Lost Emperor The Peanut Vendor Lover, Come Back to Me
6/4 Napoleon’s Piano Ain’t Misbehavin’ Bloodshot Eyes
6/5 The Case of the Missing CD Plates The Lady is a Tramp Cloudburst
6/6 Rommel’s Treasure Charmaine Love Me or Leave Me
6/7 Foiled by President Fred Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue?) The Birth of the Blues
6/8 Shangri-La Again Pete Kelly’s Blues Wrap Your Troubles in Drums
6/9 The International Christmas Pudding For Me and My Gal The Crocodile Crawl
6/10 The Pevensey Bay Disaster One, Two, Button Your Shoe I Want You to Be My Baby
6/11 The Sale of Manhattan Baia I Love to Ride
6/12 The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu Exactly Like You We’ll All Go Riding on a Rainbow
6/13 The Lost Year Blue Star Believe It, Beloved / Got a Bran’ New Suit
6/14 The Greenslade Story One, Two, Button Your Shoe Jingle Bells
6/15 The Hastings Flyer – Robbed Love Is a Many-splendored Thing I Want You to Be My Baby
6/16 The Mighty Wurlitzer I’m in the Mood for Love Late Night Final
6/17 The Raid of the International Christmas Pudding April in Paris Sally
6/18 The Tales of Montmartre Jeepers Creepers One Alone
6/19 The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Three-handed Woman
6/20 The House of Teeth St. Louis Blues Who’s Got the Money?
6/21 Tales of Old Dartmoor Who’s Sorry Now? The Tender Trap
6/22 The Choking Horror ‘S Wonderful Cloudburst
6/23 The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal
6/24 The Treasure in the Lake I’m Beginning to See the Light I Changed My Mind a Thousand Times / Who’s Sorry Now?
6/25 The Fear of Wages Side by Side Pink Champagne
6/26 Scradje Sweet Lorraine Hold Me Tight
6/27 The Man Who Never Was Rock Candy Baby One Alone
6/SP3 China Story You’re Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) Left Hand Boogie
Series 7 – 1956/57
Show no.Show TitleMax GeldrayRay Ellington
7/1 The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles at You) Stranded in the Jungle
7/2 Drums Along the Mersey Mountain Greenery Giddy-Up a Ding Dong
7/3 The Nadger Plague John’s Idea The Green Door
7/4 The MacReekie Rising of ’74 Jump for Me Lulu’s Back in Town
7/5 The Spectre of Tintagel Doggin’ Around Alright, Okay, You Win
7/6 The Sleeping Prince Hoedown Rag Time Takes Care of Everything
7/7 The Great Bank Robbery How About You? Razzle Dazzle
7/8 Personal Narrative This Can’t Be Love That’s Right
7/9 The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons Boo-Dah It’s All Right with Me
7/10 What’s My Line? C-Jam Blues Roll ‘Em Pete
7/SP1 Robin Hood You’re the Cream in My Coffee Three-handed Woman Stompin’ at the Savoy
7/11 The Telephone Ain’t Misbehavin’ Singing the Blues
7/12 The Flea Oh, Lady, Be Good! You Do Something to Me
7/SP2 Operation Christmas Duff Sweet Lorraine Ol’ Man River
7/13 Six Charlies in Search of an Author When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along From the Bottom of My Heart
7/14 Emperor of the Universe Exactly Like You Boom
7/15 Wings Over Dagenham Cheek to Cheek Rockin’ and Rollin’ Man
7/16 The Rent Collectors Lulu’s Back in Town Old Mother Hubbard
7/17 Shifting Sands Isn’t This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain) All of You All of Me
7/18 The Moon Show Tenderly Is This the Way?
7/19 The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker Can’t We Be Friends? The Banana Boat Song
7/20 see 7/6.
7/21 ‘Round the World in Eighty Days Duke’s Joke Marianne
7/22Insurance – the White Man’s Burden I Like to Recognize the Tune I Reckon It’s Love
7/23 Africa Ship Canal Once in Love with Amy Wrap Your Troubles in Drums
7/24 Ill Met by Goonlight Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Basin Street Blues
7/25 The Missing Boa Constrictor Boo-Dah The Watermelon Song
7/26 The Histories of Pliny the Elder Get Happy You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It) / This Can’t Be Love
7/SP3 The Reason Why
Series 8 – 1957/58
Show no.Show TitleMax GeldrayRay Ellington
8/1 Spon Sonny Boy It Happened in Monterey
8/2 The Junk Affair It’s Only a Paper Moon Don’t Burn Me Up with Anything Else but Kisses
8/3 The Burning Embassy This Can’t Be Love I’ve Got a Rose Between My Toes
8/4 The Great Regent’s Park Swim No One Ever Tells You Swaller-tail Coat
8/5 Treasure in the Tower Nice Work If You Can Get It How Will I Know
8/6 The Space Age Limehouse Blues Satin Doll
8/7 The Red Fort Sonny Boy Will You Still Be Mine?
8/8 The Missing Battleship Up Above My Head (There’s Music in the Air) Button Up Your Overcoat
8/9 The Policy Button Up Your Overcoat You Better Know It
8/10 King Solomon’s Mines Lady of Spain (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
8/11 The Stolen Postman There Will Never Be Another You Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
8/12 The Great British Revolution Just for a Thrill Fascinating Thing
8/13 The Plasticine Man Duke’s Joke Jack the Bear
8/14 African Incident Don’t Get Around Much Any More Jack the Bear
8/15 The Thing on the Mountain My Heart Stood Still Long Black Nylons
8/16 The String Robberies Don’t Worry ’bout Me Living Doll
8/17 The Moriarty Murder Mystery Once in Love with Amy Stomp, Look and Listen
8/18 The Curse of Frankenstein I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
8/19 The White Neddie Trade Melodie d’Amour The Wah Wah Song
8/20 Ten Snowballs that Shook the World I Can’t Get Started Buona Sera
8/21 The Man Who Never Was Makin’ Whoopee Will You Still Be Mine?
8/22 World War One Sometimes I’m Happy Beep Beep
8/23 The Spon Plague Mambo with Me Lady of Spain
8/24 Tiddlywinks I Can’t Give You Anything But Love I Only Have Eyes for You
8/25 The Evils of Bushey Spon Lulu’s Back in Town You Better Know It
8/26 The Great Statue Debate It’s Only a Paper Moon Lady Mac
Vintage Goons – 1957/58
Show no.Show TitleMax GeldrayRay Ellington
V/1 The Mummified Priest It Had to Be You Little Darlin’
V/2 The Greatest Mountain in the World ‘Deed I Do Run Joe
V/3 The Missing Ten Downing Street ‘S Wonderful Lover, Come Back to Me
V/4 The Giant Bombardon Crazy Rhythm Cuban Carnival
V/5 The Kippered Herring Gang C-Jam Blues Blues in G
V/6 The Vanishing Room One, Two, Button Your Shoe Will You Still Be Mine?
V/7 The Ink Shortage Duke’s Joke Fascinating Thing
V/8 The Mustard and Cress Shortage Just for a Thrill Stomp, Look and Listen
V/9 The Internal Mountain Mountain Greenery Buona Sera
V/10 The Silent Bugler I Kiss Your Hand, Madame I’m Beginning to See the Light
V/11 The Great Bank of England Robbery Once in Love with Amy It’s All Right with Me
V/12 The Dreaded Piano Clubber I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Lady Mac
V/13 The Siege of Fort Night Makin’ Whoopee I Only Have Eyes for You
V/14 The Albert Memorial Lady Mac You’re Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)
Series 9 – 1958/59
Show no.Show TitleMax GeldrayRay Ellington
9/1 The Sahara Desert Statue Don’t Take Your Love from Me When I Grow Too Old to Dream
9/2 I Was Monty’s Treble There Will Never Be Another You Sunday
9/3 The £1,000,000 Penny Please Be Kind That’s My Girl
9/4 The Pam’s Paper Insurance Policy I Cried for You (Now It’s Your Turn to Cry Over Me) Odd Man Out
9/5 The Mountain Eaters It’s All in the Game There Will Never Be Another You
9/6 The Childe Harolde Rewarde But Not For Me That Old Black Magic
9/7 The Seagoon Memoirs I Kiss Your Hand, Madame The Late, Late Show
9/8 Queen Anne’s Rain The Birth of the Blues Too Marvelous for Words
9/9 The Battle of Spion Kop This Can’t Be Love Mr. Success
9/10 Ned’s Atomic Dustbin Love Is Here to Stay Get Me to the Church on Time
9/11 Who Is Pink Oboe? It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) Run Joe
9/12 The Call of the West A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square You Better Know It
9/13 Dishonoured–Again It’s Only a Paper Moon From This Moment On
9/14 The Scarlet Capsule I Can’t Give You Anything But Love After You’ve Gone
9/15 The Tay Bridge Once in Love with Amy Is You Is or Is You Ain’t Ma’ Baby
9/16 The Gold Plate Robbery Duke’s Joke What Else Can You Do with a Drum?
9/17 The £50 Cure I’ll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time ‘Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That’Cha Do It)
Series 10 – 1959/60
Show no.Show TitleMax GeldrayRay Ellington
10/1 A Christmas Carol Jingle Bells Bring Out the Beast in Me
10/2 The Tale of Men’s Shirts Night Bird I Want a Little Girl
10/3 The Chinese Legs Chinatown, My Chinatown Sunday
10/4 Robin’s Post Bye Bye Blackbird ‘Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That’Cha Do It)
10/5 The Silver Dubloons Love Walked In This Can’t Be Love
10/6 The Last Smoking Seagoon What More Do You Want? Too Marvelous for Words
The Last Goon Show of All – 1972
Show TitleMax GeldrayRay Ellington
The Last Goon Show of All The Carioca The Tennessee Waltz

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