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Whiffenpoofs '63 album digitized
Listen to the Whiffenpoofs of 1963 as recorded back in the day and digitized in 2017 from their original vinyl LP (see the album cover below). It's not high fidelity, but it's nostalgic. The gentleman songsters are identified below. Scroll down to the audio player and listen to the songs, thanks to Gerry Shea '64 who provided the 54-year-old album from his record collection. The clicks and noise are due to some rough handling over the years.
The 1963 Whiffenpoofs
John C. "Slide Trom" Bowen
Andrew L. "Pitchpipe" Clarke
R. Anthony "Popocatepetl" Elson
Walter C. "Bats in your Bel" Fraze
George W. "Sheriff of Notting" Hamlin
Henry H. "Skid" Hewitt
Warren M. "Irish Br" Hoge
Gordon E. "Winnie the" Pruett
William L. "Daiqui" Reed
Daniel B. "Rockin' 'n' " Rowland
Ronald G. "Tax Ex" Sampson
Charles F. "Whiskey" Sawyer
Curney "Whippoor" Williams
Seated (from left): Sawyer, Bowen, Elson, Clarke, Hoge, Sampson
The Songs
Click the "play" button to play the highlighted song. The succeeding songs will play automatically in succession. To download audio files for all the songs, click here.
- Aj, Lucka Lucka
- When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
- Scarlet Ribbons
- Cruisin' Around
- Lazy Afternoon
- Liberal Education
- There But For You Go I
- Slap That Bass
- Daddy Is a Yale Man
- Sunshine Girl
- Without a Song
- From This Moment On
- We're Saving Ourselves For Yale
- Two Sleepy People
- Down In The Old Cherry Orchard
- Coventry Carol
- Mountain Greenery
- Tear It Down
- Whiffenpoof Song