Publisher's Synopsis
A Jimmy Durante Festival is a collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities of "The Great Schnozzola" entertainer with the gruff voice--written, produced, and performed by Joe Bev. Bonus tracks feature remastered audio from classic radio, TV, and cartoons.
Included in this set:
Who Gets All Da Mackerel?My Little Worm is Lost!A Possum's Tail wit' a Crow CameoDoggy Daddy's Dude RanchDurante Eats Kellogg's CornflakesHappy Fadder's Day, Dear Ol' Dad!Alias Jack GeronimoDurante Meets Bogie & BacallDesi Arnaz Teaches Durante SpanishDurante Makes a Movie with Lucille BallDurante & DinoGood Night, Mrs. Calabash!James Francis Durante (February 10, 1893-January 29, 1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, Lower East Side Manhattan accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s.
