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Peter Sellers
Greatest Comedy Cuts
Compil. UK 2004 on EMI Gold label
Spoken Word and Pop (Interview, Dialogue, Parody)
Excerpt from sleeve notes: "In 1959, Peter Sellers released two albums: The Best of Peter Sellers and Songs for Swinging Sellers. To many people's surprise, these were huge hits, even reaching UK's top 3. This compilation includes many of the funniest tracks from them, including his hilarious senior citizen styles version of "All the things you are" and "My old Dutch". It also includes the travelogue to end all travelogue's "Balham - Gateway to the South" as well as "The whispering Giant" (which features much loved British character actress Irene Handl) and Sellers' unique interpretation of My Fair Lady's showstopper "Wouldn't it be lovely". The latter track was the first time that his long time producer George Martin had used Indian instruments in the studio, even before using sitar successfully with The Beatles. In 1960, Peter Sellers decided it would be a good idea to record with Sophia Loren, his co-star in the film " Millionairess". Their album spent four months in the top 20 and spawned the two hits featured on this compilation. On "Goodness gracious me", Sellers uses the voice of the Indian doctor he played in the film. The song was recently used in a TV advert for Walker's Sensations crisps. His last hit single, "A hard day's night", combined Shakespeare with The Beatles and was again produced by George Martin, who had also produced the original version." Track 15, listed below as "Peter Sellers Sings Rudolph Friml", is actually Peter Sellers' version of "Only A Rose".
Musicians
 | Peter Sellers voc, 1925-1980 GB album by |
 | Herbert Kretzmer , *1925 GB lyrics by |
 | Sophia Loren voc, *1934 IT vocals, featuring |
 | Max Schreiner , voice actor, written by |
 | Oscar Hammerstein II voc, 1895-1960 US lyrics by |
| E.A. Sheppard , lyrics by |
 | Charles Collins , 1874-1923 composed by, percussion, melodic spoons |
 | Denis Norden , *1922 GB written by, script, dialogues |
 | Frank Muir , GB written by, script, dialogues |
 | Hal David , 1921-2012 US lyrics by |
 | Albert Chevalier voc, 1861-1923 GB lyrics by |
 | Lennon-McCartney , songwriter |
 | Frederick Loewe voc, 1901-1988 DE lyrics by |
 | Brian Hooker , 1880-1946 lyrics by |
 | Arthur Freed , 1894-1973 US lyrics by |
 | Irene Handl , GB voice actor |
 | Al Dubin , 1891-1945 CH lyrics by |
 | Irving Kahal , 1903-1942 US lyrics by |
Producers
| Dave McAleer other, sleevenotes |
| The Hollies backing band |
Composers
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodness Gracious Me | Peter Sellers | Dave Lee, Herbert Kretzmer | 3:04 |
| 2 | Face To Face | Peter Sellers | Ron Goodwin, Max Schreiner | 2:13 |
| 3 | All The Things You Are | Peter Sellers | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | 2:10 |
| 4 | Party Political Speech | Peter Sellers | Max Schreiner | 3:01 |
| 5 | Any Old Iron | Peter Sellers | Fred Terry, E.A. Sheppard, Charles Collins | 2:54 |
| 6 | So Little Time (Script Only) | Peter Sellers | Denis Norden, Frank Muir | 6:37 |
| 7 | Balham - Gateway To The South | Peter Sellers | Denis Norden, Frank Muir | 6:03 |
| 8 | After The Fox | Peter Sellers | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 2:19 |
| 9 | Common Entrance | Peter Sellers | Denis Norden, Frank Muir | 5:06 |
| 10 | Bangers And Mash | Peter Sellers | Dave Lee, Herbert Kretzmer | 2:36 |
| 11 | The Critics | Peter Sellers | Max Schreiner | 6:35 |
| 12 | My Old Dutch | Peter Sellers | Charles Ingle, Albert Chevalier | 2:52 |
| 13 | A Hard Day's Night | Peter Sellers | 1:51 | |
| 14 | Wouldn't It Be Lovely | Peter Sellers | Al Lerner, Frederick Loewe | 6:02 |
| 15 | Peter Sellers Sings Rudolph Friml | Peter Sellers | Rudolf Friml, Brian Hooker | 0:55 |
| 16 | Singin' In The Rain | Peter Sellers | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | 2:15 |
| 17 | The Whispering Giant | Peter Sellers | 12:46 | |
| 18 | I Haven't Told Her, She Hasn't Told Me | Peter Sellers | Sammy Fain, Al Dubin, Irving Kahal | 1:15 |
| 19 | We'll Let You Know | Peter Sellers | 3:06 | |
| 20 | Fare Thee Well | Peter Sellers | Robert Fisher, Herbert Kretzmer | 3:49 |
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