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Vinyl LP + CD Copy of the album.
Exotica, novelty rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, doo wop, rockabilly, calypso and jive from the fifties and early sixties. Rare cuts that all have one thing in common: apes in the jungle! Artists like crazy Nervous Norvus (whose 1956 novelty hit “Transfusion” was followed up by “Ape Call”), Cleveland soul sisters the Ebonettes and their “Wild Man Walk”, Bert Convey (of one-hit wonders The Cheers, and later a well-known gameshow host) and his “The Gorilla”, and everyone’s favorite Italian American gigolo, the King of Swing, Louis Prima with his “Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)”. Prima would go on to become the well-known voice of the orangutan “King Louie” in Disney’s The Jungle Book.
SIDE A:
1. Blind Blake And The Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos – Monkey Song
2. Nervous Norvus – Ape Call
3. The Ebonettes – Wild Man Walk
4. The Big Bopper - Monkey Song (You Made A Monkey Out Of Me)
5. The Cadets – Stranded In The Jungle
6. Johnny Parker And The Zirkons – Oongawa!
7. Bert Convy – The Gorilla
8. Hank Mizell – Jungle Rock
SIDE B:
1. Tarantula Ghoul And Her Gravediggers – King Kong
2. Kip Tyler – Jungle Hop
3. Chuck Berry – Too Much Monkey Business
4. Ray Sharpe – Monkey’s Uncle
5. Big “T” Tyler – King Kong
6. Dave Bartholomew – The Monkey
7. The Valiants – Don’t Wanna Leave The Congo
8. Louis Prima – Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)
