For Swingin' Livers Only!

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Studio album by
Released 1964
Genre Comedy Music
Length35:30
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Jimmy Hilliard
Allan Sherman chronology
Peter and the Commissar
(1964)
For Swingin' Livers Only!
(1964)
My Name is Allan
(1965)
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For Swingin' Livers Only! is the sixth and final studio album by Allan Sherman, released by Warner Brothers Records in 1964. The title is a play on the 1956 Frank Sinatra album Songs for Swingin' Lovers! and Jackie Gleason's 1954 mood music album Music for Lovers Only .

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Grow, Mrs. Goldfarb" ("The Glow-Worm")
  2. "Your Mother's Here to Stay" ("Our Love Is Here to Stay")
  3. "Pills" ("Smiles")
  4. "Shine On, Harvey Bloom" ("Shine On, Harvest Moon")
  5. "J.C. Cohen" ("Casey Jones") (For John Charles Cohen)

Side two

  1. "Pop Hates The Beatles" ("Pop Goes the Weasel")
  2. "Beautiful Teamsters" ("Beautiful Dreamer")
  3. "Kiss of Myer" and "Whatever Meyer Wants"("Kiss of Fire" and "Whatever Lola Wants")
  4. "America's a Nice Italian Name" ("Funiculì, Funiculà")
  5. "The Twelve Gifts of Christmas" ("The Twelve Days of Christmas")
  6. "Bye Bye Blumberg" ("Bye Bye Blackbird")

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (21 August 1965). "Allan Sherman: For Swinging Livers Only" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 232. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.