Mister Whiskers: Monkey Business

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Mister Whiskers: Monkey Business
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Studio album by
Released1999
RecordedSully Studios, Melbourne
Label Franciscus Henri
Producer Franciscus Henri
Franciscus Henri chronology
Mister Whiskers: My Favourite Nursery Rhymes
(1998)
Mister Whiskers: Monkey Business
(1999)
Board of Studies "Street Sense" – Road Safety Songs
(1999)

Mister Whiskers - Monkey Business was released in 1999, under ABC Music's on CD. It was nominated for the 2000 ARIA Music Award for Best Children's Album but lost to Hi-5's Jump and Jive with Hi-5.

Track listing

  1. Monkey Business (F. Henri)
  2. That's What Monkeys Do (F. Henri)
  3. The Tiger (Z.R. McHenry)
  4. Lots of Animals (Trad. - F. Henri)
  5. Monkey Band (F. Henri)
  6. This is The Way (Trad. - F. Henri)
  7. Vegetable Rhyming Song (F. Henri)
  8. Boom, Boom (Trad. - F. Henri)
  9. Spring Song (Z.R. McHenry)
  10. Smiggy Goes Walkies (F. Henri)
  11. Wash Your Dirty Face (Trad. - F. Henri)
  12. Blow Wind Blow (F. Henri)
  13. The Bear (Z.R. McHenry)
  14. Monkey Holiday (F. Henri)
  15. The Camel (Z.R. McHenry)
  16. Tell Me Yes, Tell Me True (F. Henri)
  17. Five Coconuts (Trad. - F. Henri)
  18. Hush-a-bye (F. Henri)
  19. 1,2,3,4,5 (Trad. - F. Henri)
  20. Smiggy Goes Pop (F. Henri)
  21. Don't Believe a Word I Say (F. Henri)
  22. Water in My Shoe (F. Henri)
  23. Picture in a Frame (Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan)
  24. Swinging on a Star (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)

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