Ian Whitcomb Discography
SINGLES:
SOHO/BONEY MORONIE (Jerden #735, released: 1964)
THIS SPORTING LIFE/FIZZ (Jerden #747, released: 1965)
THIS SPORTING LIFE/FIZZ (Tower #120, released: 1965)
YOU TURN ME ON (Turn On Song)/POOR BUT HONEST (Tower #134, released: 1965)
N-E-R-V-O-US! /THE END (Tower #155, released: 1965)
18 WHITCOMB STREET/FIZZ (Tower #170, released as an instrumental: 1965)
NO TEARS FOR JOHNNY/BE MY BABY (Tower #189, released: 1965)
GOOD HARD ROCK/HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (Tower, #192, released: 1965)
YOUR BABY HAS GONE DOWN THE PLUG-HOLE/LOVER'S PRAYER (Tower #212, released: 1965)
DON'T THINK TWICE IT'S ALRIGHT/AS TEARS GO BY (Jerden # 788, released as "Bluesville", 1965)
LOUIE LOUIE/WALK RIGHT IN (Tower #216, released as "Sir Arthur", 1965)
YOU WON'T SEE ME/PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME ON THE SHELF (Tower #251, released: 1966)
YOU REALLY BENT ME OUT OF SHAPE/ROLLING HOME WITH GEORGEANNE (Tower #336, released: 1966)
LUCKY JIM/I'VE BEEN ILL (Stateside/EMI #SS2014, released: 1967
YAAKA HULA HICKEY DULA/THEY GO WILD, SIMPLY WILD OVER ME (United Artists # XW 162-W, released: 1973)
SOMEWHERE IN VIRGINIA IN THE RAIN/PANCHO (Warner Brothers #8180, released: 1976)
YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME/I'M A HOORAY WITH A CANE (Warner Brothers #K17018, released: 1977)
LONG PLAYING ALBUMS:
YOU TURN ME ON (Tower #T 5004, released: 1965)
IAN WHITCOMB'S MOD, MOD MUSIC HALL (Tower #T 5042, released: 1966)
YELLOW UNDERGROUND (Tower #ST 5071, released: 1967)
SOCK ME SOME ROCK (Tower # SDT 5100, released: 1968)
ON THE PIER (World Record Club/EMI # ST 1010, released: 1970)
UNDER THE RAGTIME MOON (United Artists #UAS 29403, released: 1972)
YOU TURN ME ON (Ember Records #NR 5065, released: 1973)
HIP HOORAY FOR NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN! (Argo/Decca #2DA 162, released: 1974)
CROONER TUNES (First American #7704, released: 1976)
TREASURES OF TIN PAN ALLEY (Audiophile #AP 115, released: 1976)
IAN WHITCOMB'S RED HOT BLUE HEAVEN (Warner Bros. #K56347, released: 1977)
IAN WHITCOMB: THE ROCK & ROLL YEARS (First American #FA 7729, released: 1979
AT THE RAGTIME BALL (Audiophile #AP 147, released: 1980)
INSTRUMENTALS (First American # FA 7751, released: 1980
PIANOMELT (Sierra Briar #SRAS 8708, released: 1980)
IN HOLLYWOOD! (First American FA 7789, released: 1981)
DON'T SAY GOODBYE, MISS RAGTIME (With Dick Zimmerman) (Stomp Off # SOS 1017, released: 1982)
MY WIFE IS DANCING MAD (With Dick Zimmerman) (Stomp Off # SOS 1049, released: 1983)
THE BOOGIE WOOGIE JUNGLE SNAKE (ITW Records #01, released: 1983)
RAG ODYSSEY (Meteor Records #MTM-006, released: 1984)
ON THE STREET OF DREAMS (ITW Records #03, released: 1984)
THE BEST OF IAN WHITCOMB (Rhino Records # RNLP 127, released: 1986
OCEANS OF LOVE (ITW Records #04, released: 1986)
STEPPIN' OUT (Audiophile #AP 225, released: 1987)
IAN WHITCOMB'S RAGTIME AMERICA (Premier #PMP 1017, released: 1987)
ALL THE HITS PLUS MORE (Prestige/BBC #PRST 005, released: 1990)
PICTURE SLEEVE SINGLES:
WHERE DID ROBINSON CRUSOE GO WITH FRIDAY ON SATURDAY NIGHT? /POOR LITTLE BIRD (Tower #274, released: 1966)
SALLY SAILS THE SKY/GROOVY DAY (Tower #385, released 1967)
DOWN ON THE FARM/SANDCASTLE (Capitol/Pathe Marconi # C 006-92448, released: 1968)
EXTENDED PLAY 45s:
IAN WHITCOMB----The Sporting Life, Fizz, You Turn Me On, Poor But Honest (Pathe Marconi # EAP 1-60002, released: 1965)
IAN WHITCOMB—N-e-r-v-o-u-s!, Sugar Babe, Be My Baby, River Of No Return (Pathe Marconi EAP 1-22004, released: 1965)
IAN WHITCOMB----Good Hard Rock, You Burn Me Up, Kingfish Of The Loving Pack, My Life Has No Reason (Pathe Marconi # EAP –122008)
BLUESVILLE---This Sporting Life, Dance Again, You Turn Me On, Too Many Cars On The Road (Big Beat # SW 84, released: 1980?
ALBUMS PRODUCED BY IAN WHITCOMB
MAE WEST—GREAT BALLS OF FIRE (MGM RECORDS # SE 4869, released: 1972)
CALIFORNIA COUNTRY KLASSIX (ITW Records/Ace #2, released: 1982)
COMPACT DISCS
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN (Audiophile #ACD 242, released: 1988)
IAN WHITCOMB’ RAGTIME AMERICA (ITW #009, released: 1992)
LOTUSLAND—A NEW KIND OF OLD-FASHIONED MUSICAL COMEDY (Audiophile # ACD 283, released: 1995)
LET THE REST OF THE WORLD GO BY (Audiophile # ACD 267, released: 1996)
THE GOLDEN AGE OF LOUNGE (Varese Sarabande #VSD 5821, released: 1997)
IAN WHITCOMB: YOU TURN ME ON! / MOD MOD MUSIC HALL (Sundazed # SC 11044, released: 1997)
SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS (Audiophile # ACD 249, released: 1998)
TITANIC TUNES—A SING-A-LONG IN STEERAGE (The Musical Murrays conducted by Ian Whitcomb) (Varese Sarabande # 5965, released: 1998)
SONGS FROM THE TITANIC ERA (The New White Star Orchestra)
(Varese Sarabande # VSF 5966)
COMEDY SONGS (Audiophile #ACD 163, released: 1999)
SENTIMENTALLY YOURS (Woodpecker Records, released: 2001)
DANCE HALL DAYS (ITW Records, released: 2002)
OLD CHESTNUTS & RARE TREATS (ITW Records, released: 2005)
WORDS & MUSIC (ITW Records, released: 2005)
LONE PINE BLUES (Vivid Sound #NACD3229, released: 2006)
COMPACT DISCS PRODUCED BY IAN WHITCOMB:
LET ME SING AND I’M HAPPY—AL JOLSON AT WARNER BROS.
(Rhino #R2 72544, released: 1996)
MURDER IS MY BEAT—Classic Film Noir Themes And Scenes
(Rhino # R2 72466, released: 1997)
TITANIC—Music As Played On The Fateful Voyage (The White Star Orchestra) (Rhino # R2 72821, released: 1997)
THE CAT’S MEOW (RCA Victor #09026-63822-2, released: 2001)
SONGS/MUSIC IN MOVIES—Features, Documentaries, TV movies.
BUGS BUNNY—SUPERSTAR
L.A—MY HOME TOWN
COLD SASSY TREE
BLOODY MOVIE
ENCINO MAN
GRASS
STANLEY’S GIG
SLEEP EASY HUTCH RIMES
MAN OF THE CENTURY (End title vocal)
AFTER THE STORM
THE CAT’S MEOW
LAST CALL
LONESOME JIM
FIDO
OPEN HOUSE
SURVIVING EDEN
CALIFORNIA AT WAR
CHRISTOPHER & DON
MY DINNER WITH JIMI
BOOKS
AFTER THE BALL—Pop Music From Rag To Rock (Allen Lane/Penguin, 1972)
20th CENTURY FUN (Essex Music, 1973)
TIN PAN ALLEY: A Pictorial History (Paddington Press, 1975)
LOTUSLAND: A Story of Southern California (Wildwood House) (1979)
WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Scrapbook (Arrow, 1982)
ROCK ODYSSEY: A Chronicle of the Sixties (Doubleday/Anchor, 1983)
IRVING BERLIN & RAGTIME AMERICA (Arrow, 1986)
RESIDENT ALIEN (Century, 1990)
THE BECKOMNING FAIRGROUND: Notes Of A British Exile (California Classics, 1994)
TREASURES OF TIN PAN ALLEY (Mel Bay Publications, 1994)
VAUDEVILLE FAVORITES (Mel Bay, 1995)
THE BEST OF VINTAGE DANCE (Mel Bay, 1996)
SONGS OF THE RAGTIME ERA (Mel Bay, 1997)
THE TITANIC SONGBOOK (Mel Bay, 1998
TITANIC TUNES (Mel Bay, 1998)
SONGS OF THE JAZZ AGE (Mel Bay, 1998))
UKULELE HEAVEN (Mel Bay, 1999)
UKE BALLADS (Mel Bay, 2001)
THE CAT’S MEOW (Mel Bay, 2003)
THE IAN WHITCOMB SONGBOOK (Mel Bay, 2007)
CONTRIBUTIONS:
THE RISE OF THE CROONERS (Introduction) (Scarecrow Press, 2001)
WHAT WAS THE FIRST ROCK ‘N” ROLL RECORD? (Chapter) (Faber & Faber, 1992)
ROCK AROUIND THE CLOCK—The Record That Started The Rock Revolution! (Chapter) (Backbeat Books, 2005)
DVD
TURNED ON ALLEY—Ian Whitcomb and The Bungalow Boys (Aix Records #80024, released: 2003)
PLUS: Articles published in The Los Angeles Times, Radio Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, London Magazine, In Touch, The Sunday Mail, The Oldie, etc.
DAILY JOURNALS (1972---)—archived at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
LETTER FROM LOTUSLAND (1996----)—archived at The Huntington Library and at The Bodleian Library, Oxford, England.
COMPLETE LIST OF IAN WHITCOMB’S PUBLISHED SONGS AND INSTRUMENTALS:
Broadcast Music Inc (BMI)
SCREEN APPEARANCES:
CONTACT
STANLEY’S GIG
OPEN HOUSE
TELEVISION:
THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS
SHINDIG
HOLLYWOOD A GO GO
SHIVAREE
WHERE THE ACTION IS
THE PAT BOONE SHOW
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON
THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW
TODAY
TOMORROW
THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST
THE LATE LATE SHOW
L.A –MY HOME TOWN
DON’T SAY GOOD BYE, MISS RAGTIME
(For details see the Independent Movie Data Base on the Internet)
RADIO:
THE IAN WHITCOMB SHOW: from 1982 to 1995 on KROQ, KCRW, and KPPC (Los Angeles). Archived on cassette and CD at The Huntington Library.
WEEKLY SERIAL, KPPC: “THE TUFNELL TAPES”—archived at The Huntington Library.
CONCERTS:
THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
THE MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL
THE OREGON FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN MUSIC
THE SCOTT JOPLIN RAGTIME FESTIVAL
THE SACRAMENTO RAGTIME FESTIVAL