Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band

Bill Cosby | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 28, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B000EGDBG0
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,894 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #90 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Classic Comedy

Track Listings

1. Mothers and Fathers

2. The Wife

3. The Grandfather

4. Dogs and Cats

5. 200 M.P.H.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Guess who walked in., October 13, 2009

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band (Audio CD)

Back in 1967, after Bill Cosby's great success with comedy albums, Warner Brothers graciously allowed him to record a singing album. That album, called Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings, was a moderate success, mostly because it included a hit single called "Little Ole Man". So, to the disappointment of many, Bill's next album was also a singing album. There were no hit songs this time around, although two of the songs were released as singles ("Hooray For the Salvation Army Band" and "Funky North Philly"). The previous album was 3/4 serious songs and 1/4 comedy songs, but the ratio is reversed this time, with 3/4 comedy songs and 1/4 serious songs. Unfortunately, he sings the "straight" songs badly, and the jokes in the "comedy" songs aren't very funny. This is probably the worst album Bill Cosby ever put out, but fans of bad celebrity singing will find it amusing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hooray For Bill Cosby!, May 6, 2007

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Alec Cullen (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band (Audio CD)

I've owned the vinyl version of this album since it was released in the year dot and given it quite a hammering,so I was delighted to get hold of the CD.

It's still one of the all time great funk outings, with the Watts 103rd Street Band simultaneously raw and ultra tight...and Bill Cosby wailing deceptively funny lyrics.If you like funk and fun, this is the one!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Stick to comedy, not in your hands, May 15, 2006

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D. S. Crommie (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band (Audio CD)

If you love William Shatner singing Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, or Leonard Nimoy's take on Proud Mary, or perhaps Andy Griffith doing House of the Rising Sun - then this one's for you! Bill Cosby isn't really a singer - or is he? Some of this is kind of funny, whether he means for it to be or not. I mean, Sunny for instance, sounds as if it was phoned in from home first thing in the morning - before the first cup of coffee. Hooray for the Salvation Army Band's title track is definitely a spoof on Purple Haze, and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts' Club Band is just plain weird - he really just shouts out the lyrics. Sheesh, I dunno - good for a couple of laughs.