Donkey Serenade

Music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart,

with lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forest , 1937

G. Schirmer Music ASCAP

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Arrangements by Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews

Produced by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro

Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

Final Recording Time 2:43

Recorded April 16th, 1959 ~ Matrix No. K2PB-2314 Take 8 - 6

SESSION MUSICIANS

April 16, 1959

Produced by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro

Orchestra

Leader: Mitchell Ayres

Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross

Sax ~ Harry Terrill

Sax ~ Bernard Kaufman

Sax ~ Sid Jekowsky

Sax ~ Philip Zolkind

Sax ~ Romeo Penque

Trumpet ~ James Maxwell

Trumpet ~ Bernie Glow

Trumpet ~ James Milazzo

Trumpet ~ John Lawson

Trombone ~ Robert Byrne

Trombone ~ John D'agostino

Trombone ~ Richard Hixon

Trombone ~ Jack Satterfield

Violin ~ Sylvan Shulman

Violin ~ Jack Zayde

Violin ~ Raoul Poliskin

Violin ~ Felix Orlewitz

Violin ~ Tosha Samaroff

Violin ~ Mac Ceppos

Violin ~ Harry Melnikoff

Violin ~ Harry Glickman

Violin ~ Samuel Rand

Violin ~ Max Hollander

Violin ~ Charles Fleischmann

Violin ~ Marc Brown

Viola ~ Howard Kay

Viola ~ Isadore Zir

Viola ~ Leon Frengut

Cello ~ Maurice Brown

Cello ~ Abram Borodkin

Cello ~ Charles McCracken

Piano ~ Henry Rowland

Guitar ~ Anthony "Tony" Mottola

Guitar ~ Danny Perri

Drums ~ Terry Snyder

Drums ~ Sol Gubin

Bass ~ Robert Haggart

Australia Single release: RCA-45RPM-10839 ( K2PW-0736 )

Single Flip Side: "Dance Only with Me "

Album issue: RCA-LP12 "Como Swings" LSP-2010 STEREO SEPTEMBER 1959

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Notes: ~ originally a piano solo titled "Chanson" to which words were added in 1927 by Dailey Paskman, Sigmund Spaeth and Irving Caesar and re-titled "Chansonette." The final version with new title, lyrics, and some music changes, was introduced by Allan Jones in the 1937 Hollywood musical "Firefly." Allan Jones, with whom the song is most associated, recorded it for Victor. The song was also heard in Hollywood musicals "Crazy House," 1943, and "Anchors Aweigh" in 1945.