Little Orley Stories

Little Orley, Uncle Lumpy with Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 1, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Uncle Goose Music
• ASIN: B000055YUX
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,007 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #16 in Music > Children's Music > Stories
  • #16 in Music > Indie Music > Children's Music > General

Track Listings

1. Orley and the Leprechaun

2. Little Orley and the Bug Band

3. Orley and the Barn Dance

4. Little Orley and the Bookworm

5. Orley and the Bull Fiddle

6. Orley and the Parade

7. Little Orley and the Stranger

8. Little Orley and the Engine

9. Orley and the Love Bug

10. Orley and the Cloud

11. Little Orley and the Snowstorm

12. Orley and the Helpful Snowman

13. Orley and the Glee Club

14. Little Orley & the Sunday School Picnic

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Lumpy was originally from Illinois. His family later moved to Redlands, California where he attended Redlands University. Lumpy played string bass in the Marine Corp band and later as a member of Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians.

Lumpy created and narrated the "Little Orley" stories for Fred Waring's radio program of the late 1940s and was a scriptwriter for the Waring TV show in the 1950s. While the Orley stories were a weekly feature of the radio program, the stories were offered less and less often once Waring moved the program to television. The stories were later released on Decca Records (see discography).

In 1955, Lumpy joined the Captain Kangaroo show as Mr. Green Jeans. He remained with the show throughout the entire run, retiring to his home in the Poconos in 1984. He died on April 19, 1987.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old timey radio stories for new generation, April 13, 2005

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L. Meniketti "AIA" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Little Orley Stories (Audio CD)

My husband mentioned listening to Little Orley stories as a little kid and loving them. Now we have a 4 year old and I hunted the albums down for her as well as for my husband's nostalgia. They have been very popular in our family- especially for long car rides. In the 4 hour ride to the airport, our daughter picked Little Orley CD over DVD's. The stories are funny little fantasy vignettes about a little kid and the creatures or things around him that have a life of their own- like the poison ivy singing about catching Orley or the "yellow soap" that chants about coming to save him from ivy. There are little "morals" or punchlines to the stories which are generally still acceptable to a modern audience. There are a few things which date the stories, but nothing offensive or racist (unlike old Bugs Bunny and the like!). Our daughter has been happy listening to the stories repeatedly.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Building the Imagination with Little Orley's Adventures, September 23, 2003

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John F. Boylan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Little Orley Stories (Audio CD)

The art of storytelling is just that, an art. Television will NEVER foster the imagination like books (ie parents reading to their children and vise versa) and audio programs like Little Orley. As a child, television viewing was highly regulated by my parents. We didn't question thier authority to shut the boob-tube off. Audio programs and books were reigned free (with an occasional "What are you reading today?") in our home.

I recommend all parents give the gift of story telling to their children through books and audio media. Sure younger ones may lose attention within 5 minutes but consistancy and persistance on your part will keep them coming back for more.

There are many life lessons for kids (and reminders for adults) in the Little Orley series. The characters (dogs, cats, chickens, various farm animals, etc.) are all created by actual people along with other handmade "sound affects." As a child my brothers and sisters would mimic many of these sounds, even make up some of our own. I am sure your child will engage themselves in mimicing Little Orley and his many friends.

So, shut off the tube and turn your kids on to Little Orley. You will see a differance in their imagination (and attention span).

5.0 out of 5 stars The best, ever., March 16, 2011

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Michael R. Pouncey - See all my reviews

This review is from: Little Orley Stories (Audio CD)

There is no family musical recording I've ever heard that is as good as these. They are like "Norman Rockwell" on a CD. Good, clean fun. Some of them - like "Barn Dance," "Leprechaun," and "Haunted House" are sheer bliss - as good as "Dark Side of the Moon" or "Toccata & Fugue in D Minor" are in their genres. Buy them ALL, NOW. I can't give a better review than that. :) Heck, ask my kids - they've been raised on 'em and can recite half of 'em from memory...