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Whiffenpoofs '64 album digitized

Listen to our Whiffenpoofs of 1964 as recorded back in the day and digitized in 2011 from the original LP (see the album cover below). It's not high fidelity, but it's nostalgic. The gentleman songsters are identified in the next section. Links to the songs are at the bottom of the page.

The 1964 Whiffenpoofs

Nick "Chicken in the" Baskey
Steve "Annie O' " Clay
John "Odds Or" Evans
Don "Zig Z' " Haggerty
Keith "Creamp" Huffman
Jon "Will Ya Be" McBride
Jack "The Wizard of" Ostrich
Jamie "Handy Six" Park
Al "Pitchpipe" Rossiter
Jim "Hamburger Spe" Schulz
Gerry "Popocatepetl" Shea
Roger "Abomic" Thompson
Buck "Jet Prop" Wilson

Standing (from left): Thompson, Wilson, Haggerty, Huffman, Schulz, Ostrich, Clay
Seated (from left): Baskey, Park, Shea, Rossiter, McBride, Evans

The Songs

Click a song title to play it. The following songs will play automatically in succession. Or right-click a title and select "Save target as ..." to save an MP3 file for use on an iPod or whatever.

Aj, Lucka Lucka
McNamara's Band (solo: Shea)
Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair
A Quiet Girl (solo: Schulz)
Cruisin' Around (solo: Ostrich)
I Get Along Without You Very Well (solo: Park)
Through a Long and Sleepless Night
Le Sommeil de L'Enfant Jésus (solo: Haggerty)
My Cutie's Due
Mandy (duet: Evans & Ostrich)
When Sunny Gets Blue (solo: Clay)
Slide Trombone
Pretty Saro (solo: Wilson; duet: Wilson & Schulz)
There But For You Go I (solo: Schulz)
Cheek to Cheek (solo: Ostrich)
Let's Fall in Love
Granuaile (solo: Baskey)
Tear It Down (solo: McBride)
The Whiffenpoof Song