''The Nutty Squirrels'' is a children's album by

Don Elliott Don Elliott Helfman (October 21, 1926 – July 5, 1984) was an American jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist, vocalist, and mellophone player. Elliott recorded over 60 albums and 5,000 advertising jingles throughout his career. Career Elliott played ...

and Granville Alexander "Sascha" Burland under the name

Nutty Squirrels ''Nutty'' was a British comic magazine that ran for 292 issues from 16 February 1980 to 14 September 1985, when it merged with ''The Dandy''. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, ''Nutty'' was an attempt to create a more lively and chaotic co ...

. The album was released in 1959 by Hanover, a label owned by

Bob Thiele Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. may refer to: Places *Mount Bob, New York, United States *Bob Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica People, fictional characters, and named animals * Bob (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Bob (surnam ...

and

Steve Allen Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer. In 1954, he achieved national fame as the co-cre ...

. The song "Uh! Oh! Part-2" reached the Top 20.

Track listing

Side one

#"Uh! Oh! Part-1" - 2:14 #"Uh! Oh! Part-2" – 2:19 #"Ding Dong" – 2:08 #"Something Like That" – 2:08 #"Jumping Bean" – 1:5 #"Nutty" – 2:15

Side two

#"Uh-Huh" – 2:29 #"Salt Peanuts" – 2:15 #"Eager Beaver" – 2:02 #"Bang!" – 2:02 #"Nutcracker" – 2:05 #"Zowee" – 2:05

Personnel

* Granville Alexander "Sascha" Burland *

Al Caiola Alexander Emil Caiola (September 7, 1920 – November 9, 2016) was an American guitarist, composer and arranger, who spanned a variety of music genres including jazz, country, rock, and pop. He recorded over fifty albums and worked with some of ...

– guitar * Don Arnone – guitar *

Jack Six Jack Six (July 26, 1930 – March 14, 2015) was an American jazz double-bassist and composer. Six was born in Danville, Illinois, and initially learned trumpet as a teenager before switching to bass. He studied at Juilliard in 1955–1956, then pl ...

– double bass *

Ronnie Bedford Ronnie Bedford (June 2, 1931 – December 20, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and professor. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bedford was one of the founders of the Yellowstone Jazz Festival held annually in Cody, Wyoming, and was the recipi ...

– drums

References

1959 albums Don Elliott albums The Nutty Squirrels albums {{1950s-jazz-album-stub