Men's Quartets - Mellomen, The: Barbershop Melodies, Vol. 2

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Mellomen, The: Barbershop Melodies, Vol. 2

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The Mellomen with Thurl Ravenscroft:
Barbershop Melodies, Vol. 2

Note: These recordings include piano accompaniment.

Excerpts from the liner notes:
The Mellomen were a popular singing quartet from the late 1940s through the mid 1970s. The group was founded by Thurl Ravenscroft and Max Smith in 1948 and recorded under a variety of names: Big John & The Buzzards, The Crackerjacks, The Lee Brothers, and the Ravenscroft Quartet.

Thurl Ravenscroft himself is famously known as the voice of "Tony the Tiger" (they're GREAT!) and also for singing "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" in the original animated "How The Grinch Stole Christmas."

These recordings are from 1949 transcription records and exhibit the Mellomen singing in "barbershop" style, one of the many musical styles they worked in.

The members of The Mellomen at the time were Thurl Ravenscroft (bass), Bill Lee (baritone), Max Smith (2nd tenor) and Bob Hamlin (lead tenor).

Song List:
1. Sweet Genevieve
2. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
3. Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo-Eyes
4. Down Where the Cotton Blossoms Grow
5. In The Good Old Summertime
6. On A Sunday Afternoon
7. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?
8. Love's Old Sweet Song
9. Sailing, Sailing (Over the Bounding Main)
10. Everybody Works But Father
11. My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
12. Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay
13. Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie
14. My Gal Sal
15. Sweet Adeline
16. Will you Love Me In December?
17. Good-bye, Little Girl, Good-bye
18. I Want a Girl (Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)
19. Alexander's Ragtime Band
20. It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary
21. What's The Matter With Father?
22. Smiles
23. There's a Quaker Down in Quaker Town
24. Where Do We Go From Here?
25. Tenting On The Old Camp Ground
26. Home On The Range
27. The Battle Cry of Freedom