THE LENNON SISTERS... EASY TO REMEMBER

Hosted by the four Lennon Sisters

Compilation Special -1992

 

"It’s Easy to Remember"

The Lennon Sisters

"The Best Things in Life Are Free"

orchestra (as Peggy narrates)

"He"

The Lennon Sisters (1955 - first appearance)

"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"

The Lennon Sisters, their Dad and 3 uncles (1956 - second appearance)

   

COMEDY IN MUSIC SEGMENT

 

"London Bridge Is Falling Down"

Bill Page playing 9 different instruments

"The Sheik of Araby"

Buddy Hayes hamming it up on bass with violin section

"The Tiger Rag"

Bob Havens on trombone (with his foot!)

Untitled  

Rocky Rockwell with string section

"The Blue Tail Fly"

Larry Hooper, Bob Lido and 2 unidentified male vocalists

"Rock Around the Clock"

Buddy Merrill on electric guitar, Bob Lido on hot fiddle, Bill Page on clarinet, Barney Liddell on trombone, Buddy Hayes on bass and trombone section as bandmembers sing

"See You Later, Alligator"

Bob Lido (also on fiddle), Aladdin & Jack Martin

Unidentified Dixieland number 

Pete Fountain (1959)

"The South Rampart Street Parade"

Bill Page on clarinet, Johnny Klein on drums, Buddy Hayes on bass, Jerry Burke and Larry Hooper at the pianos with orchestra

"Thank Heaven for Little Girls"

Aladdin with the Lennon Sisters, Larry Dean and Maurice Pearson (1958 premiere)

   

MUSICAL FAMILY IN THE 50S

 

"Zip-a-dee-doo-"

Lennon Sisters

"How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?"

Lennon Sisters

"I Only Have Eyes for You"

Alice Lon

"Fascination"

Lawrence Welk dancing with Alice Lon

"I Could Have Danced All Night"

Alice Lon and Norma Zimmer (replacing Dianne), Alice dancing with Jimmy, Dick, Jack & Aladdin (all singing)

"Why Do I Love You?"

Norma Zimmer & Jimmy Roberts (their very first duet)

"A Bushel and a Peck"

Dianne Lennon & Larry Dean (Halloween 1958)

"Minnie the Mermaid"

Larry Hooper

"Oh Baby Mine"

Larry Hooper, Curt Ramsey, Jack Martin & Bob Lido

"Oh Happy Day"

Larry Hooper

"Gimme That Fourth-R Religion (Readin’, Ritin’, Rithmatic novelty song)"

Larry Hooper with the Lennon Sisters, Alice, Maurice, Jimmy, Jack M., Larry D., Joe

   

DODGE COMMERCIALS

 

"Oh You Beautiful Dodge"

Larry Dean, Alice Lon, Dick Dale

"Brand New Dodge Today" (sung to the tune of “Camptown Races”)

Alice Lon, Larry Hooper, Bob Lido

"There’s Never Been a Car Like Dodge"

The Lennon Sisters, Larry Dean

   

LENNON SEGMENT

 

"Swinging on a Star"

Lennon Sisters        

"Little One/Daddy Dear"

Aladdin & Janet Lennon

"Take a Tip from the Tulip"

Janet Lennon & Rocky Rockwell (also dancing)

   

DANCING SEGMENT

 

Waltz

Lawrence Welk dancing with lady from audience (1956)

Waltz

Lawrence dancing with daughter Donna

"Under Paris Skies (Sous les Toits de Paris)"

Lawrence Welk dancing with Peggy Lennon

"Polka"

Lawrence Welk dancing with Janet Lennon

Unidentified  

Jack Imel on marimba

"Hernando’s Hideaway"

danced by Jack Imel, Bo Wagner, Cubby O’Brien

"The Little Old Mill"

Lennon Sisters, Jack Imel dancing with Janet

   

PIANO SEGMENT

 

Unidentified

Big Tiny Little on the honky tonk piano

Unidentified 

Jerry Burke and Larry Hooper on pianos

"Just One of Those Things"

Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and Big Tiny Little on pianos

"Let’s Take an Old-Fashioned Walk"

Larry Hooper, Jo Ann Castle, Jerry Burke and Frank Scott on pianos

"Autumn Leaves"

Big Tiny Little at the piano with violin section (Dick Kesner, Bob Lido & Aladdin)

   

LENNON SEGMENT

 

"Goodbye MyConey Island Baby"

Lennon Sisters and Larry Welk (1991)

"On the Boardwalk inAtlantic City"

Larry H., Dick, Maurice, Larry D., the Lennon Sisters (June 1960)

"Harbor Lights"

Lennon Sisters (1991) then switching to 1960 clip of same song

"Little Darlin’/ Stand Up and Sing for Your Father an Old Time Tune/ Little Annie Rooney"

Lennon Sisters and Dick Dale

"Greensleeves"

Lennon Sisters

   

FAVORITE MOMENTS

 

"Come Josephine in My Flying Machine (in my new space machine)"

Dick Dale and Alice Lon, Larry Dean and Dianne Lennon (1958)

"Love and Marriage"

Dick Dale & Alice Lon

"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"

danced by Jack Imel & partly by Larry Dean

"My Wild Irish Rose"

Joe Feeney

"I Love Girls"

Rocky Rockwell (also on trumpet)

Unidentified Dixieland number 

Pete Fountain on clarinet

Unidentified waltz 

Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren on accordion

"Rhapsody in Blue"

orchestra

"Sentimental Journey/ You Made Me Love You/ A Summer Place"

 

Lennon Sisters (as montage is shown)