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Rick Benjamin's Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

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THE WHISTLER AND HIS DOG

THE recording played on "Main Street, U.S.A."
at Disneyland, Disney World, and Disneyland Paris!

The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra's second recording again features music from Arthur Pryor's (1870-1942) private archive of theater orchestra arrangements, as rediscovered in 1985. This CD includes some original Pryor compositions (including his most popular number, "The Whistler and His Dog") as well as favorites by the era's other leading pop composers - including Scott Joplin and W.C. Handy. This CD was produced by the Thomas Frost (a multi-Grammy winner most famous for his recordings of Horowitz and The Philadelphia Orchestra) in RCA's historic "Studio A." This is a fine disc, and one that you've probably already enjoyed - without knowing it - since the Walt Disney Co. has played it daily as the "audio loop" for Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland, Disney World, and Disneyland Paris for many years. Indeed, an estimated 500 million people have listened to this CD as they've happily strolled down Main Street in those magical kingdoms. And now you can enjoy this great vintage American music anytime, anywhere.


Whistler and His Dog cover

Newport Classics
NCD - 60069

SALE! $14.00 USD

THE WHISTLER AND HIS DOG  

    1. Dynamite Rag ("Trombone Troubles," 1913), Paul Biese and F. Henri Klickmann.
    2. Bring Me Back My Lovin' Honey Boy (Ragtime Song, 1913), Cobb & Alexander.
    3. Aviation Rag (March and Two Step, 1912), Mark Janya.
    4. Smiles (Slow Fox Trot, 1918), Lee S. Roberts.
    5. Pineapple Rag (1908), Scott Joplin.
    6. Triplets (Xylophone solo, ca. 1920), George Hamilton Green, Erik Charlston, soloist.
    7. The Love Kiss (Concert Waltz, 1908), Arthur Pryor.
    8. La Belle Parisienne (Maxixe, 1914), Mayhew Lester Lake.
    9. The Whistler and His Dog (Caprice, 1905), Arthur Pryor.
    10. Banana Peel Rag ("Some Slippery Number," 1913), Gus Winkler.
    11. A Symphonic Nightmare: Desecration Rag #1 (1914), Felix Arndt.
    12. The Jogo Blues (1913), William C. Handy.
    13. Black Rock (March, 1905), F. H. Losey.
    14. Oh You Drummer! (Characteristic solo, 1910), J. Leubrie Hill.
    15. I Wonder Whether I've Loved You All My Life? (Fox Trot, 1918), Louis A. Hirsch.
    16. Grizzly Bear Rag (1910), George Botsford.
    17. The Junk Man Rag (One Step, 1913), C. Luckyth Roberts.
    18. Old Chestnuts (Waltz Medley, 1920), Arr. M. L. Lake.
    19. Gold Dust Twins Rag (Two Step, 1913), Nat Johnson.

"Vibrantly revived music." - The Washington Post

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