Yakety Sax!

by Boots Randolph

Yakety Sax! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1963
  • Label: Monument
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 31:16
  • Community rating: 3.04/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Capitalizing on a phenomenally successful, highly energetic instrumental novelty hit, the saxophonist presents a collection of accessible studio performances. The distinctively frantic, staccato playing style became an instantly recognizable trope in mid-century popular culture.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Yakety Sax - Theme from The Benny Hill Show (2:01)
  2. Walk Right In (2:16)
  3. If You've Got the Money (2:03)
  4. Cotton Fields (2:21)
  5. Charlie Brown (2:29)
  6. Cacklin' Sax (1:57)
  7. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (3:15)
  8. I Can't Stop Loving You (3:03)
  9. Lonely Street (2:28)
  10. It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin' (2:24)
  11. I Fall to Pieces (2:33)
  12. I Really Don't Want to Know (4:21)

Credits

  • Boots Randolph - primary artist, tenor saxophone, written-by
  • James Rich - written-by
  • Erik Darling - written-by
  • Willard Svanoe - written-by
  • Jim Beck - written-by
  • Lefty Frizzell - written-by
  • Huddie Ledbetter - written-by
  • Leiber & Stoller - written-by
  • Fred Foster - producer

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