Multiplication Rock

by Bob Dorough

Multiplication Rock cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1973
  • Label: Capitol
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:35
  • Community rating: 4.05/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Multiplication Rock' collects the eleven songs Bob Dorough wrote to set the multiplication tables to music for advertising executive David McCall, among them 'Three Is a Magic Number'. Grady Tate sings 'Naughty Number Nine' and 'I Got Six' and Blossom Dearie takes 'Figure Eight', while the album preserves the full uncut versions later trimmed for the animated ABC segments.

Genres

Descriptors: witty, storytelling, melodic, accessible, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Elementary, My Dear (2's) (2:59)
  2. Three Is A Magic Number (3's) (3:18)
  3. The Four Legged Zoo (4's) (2:56)
  4. Ready Or Not, Here I Come (5's) (2:57)
  5. My Hero, Zero (0) (3:15)
  6. I Got Six (6's) (3:04)
  7. Lucky Seven Sampson (7's) (2:58)
  8. Figure Eight (8's) (3:00)
  9. Naughty Number Nine (9's) (2:58)
  10. The Good Eleven (11's) (3:05)
  11. Little Twelvetoes (12's) (3:05)

Credits

  • Bob Dorough - primary artist, composed by, music by, lyrics by, conductor [conducted by], vocals [sung by]
  • David B. McCall - concept by [based on an idea by]
  • George Newall - lyrics by [additional]
  • Grady Tate - vocals [sung by]
  • Blossom Dearie - vocals [sung by]
  • John Hoernle - art direction [art director]
  • Chuck Ames - design [album]
  • Don Henderson - engineer [recording]
  • Ed Rice - engineer [recording]
  • Tom Yohe - executive-producer
  • Neely Plumb - producer [produced by]

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