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01-01 Mills Brothers – Brunswick 6197 – Tiger Rag (1931)
— always my favorite version, becuase of that “hmm”. Turns out, the acapella Mills Bros were trying to faithfully represent a trombone not in the 1918 version by Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Victor 18472).
01-02 Jim Nesbitt – Chart 1165 – A Tiger In My Tank (1964)
— Years ago, with a fill-up Exxon stations would give you a tiger tail to hang off your gas cap.
01-03 Thor – Keep the Dogs Away 103 – Catch A Tiger (1977)
— definition of “cockrock”.
01-04 Katy Perry – Prism 01 – Roar (2013)
— song of the year, a dozen of them ago.
01-05 The Drin – Elude The Torch 105 – Tigers Cage (2024)
— nice! in 2024, a vinyl-only release!
02-01 Dan Bern – Fifty Eggs 01 – Tiger Woods (1998)
— small dogs?
02-02 Cledus T. Judd – Cledus T. Judd 07 – Tiger By The Tail (The Tale Of Tiger Woods) (2012)
— Cledus loves a good fight, witness his cover tune “Merry Xmas From The Whole Fam Damily”.
02-03 Paul Winchell – Disneyland 3813 – The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers (1974)
— from just before Winchell turned the voicing of Tigger over to his successor.
02-04 Richmond Tigers Theme Song
— Go Tiges, think that’s pronounced “tigeys”.
02-05 Marc Almond – The Dancing Marquis 03 – Tasmanian Tiger (2014)
— after they bring back the wooly mammoth, this lost mammal has to be next.
02-06 El Ten Eleven – Transitions 06 – Tiger Tiger (2012)
— whole album is intrumentals but doesn’t wear thin.
03-01 Sparkle Moore & Dan Belloc And His Orchestra – Fraternity 766 – Tiger (1957)
— great sharp corners on her vowels.
03-01b Neko Case – The Tigers Have Spoken 12 – Tigers Are Noble (2004)
— just a live spoken intro to the title track.
03-02 The Romeos – Amy 840 – The Tiger’s Wide Awake (1962)
— “answer songs” were the most fun anybody had, before The Beatles.
03-03 Buck Carney And Buz Whittica – Lone Star Ranch Records R-1 – Tiger (1965)
— actually, the ranch was in Indiana.
03-04 Bonzo Dog Band – Tadpoles 101 – Hunting Tigers Out In Indiah (1969)
— reviving a 1930 original.
03-05 Nick Todd – London 8902 – Tiger (1958)
— “floatin like an onion in a Polish stew” is the line of the night. Nick had a big brother: Pat Boone.
04-01 Connie Francis – Rocksides (1957-64) 103 – The Tiger And The Mouse
— this track unreleased so not sure of the year, this compilation came out in 1987.
04-02 Lulu – Columbia DB 8500 – I’m A Tiger (1968)
— To Sir With Claws?
04-03 The Tigermen – Buff 1006 – Tiger Girl (1966)
— out of Olean New York, they recorded two singles then called it quits when the left high school for college, or the Vietnam draft.
04-04 Claude King – Columbia 4-43298 – Tiger Woman (1965)
— backing vocals are some of the greatest little interjections ever interjected.
04-05 Mud – RAK 166 – Tiger Feet (1973)
— early single, this tune only made it onto their first album in 1974 as part of a medley.
04-06 Helene Yorke & Vincent Pastore & Nick Cordero & The Atta Girls Ensemble – Bullets Over Broadway OBC 02 – Tiger Rag (2014)
— “you know good pussy”, oh my! Film version is better, it has Jennifer Tilly.
05-01 St. Vincent – Strange Mercy 11 – Year Of The Tiger (2011)
— signature epic feel of St. Vincent.
05-02 Jah Wobble – The Inspiration Of William Blake 04 – Tyger Tyger (1996)
— post-punk London gadabout takes a whack at the classics.
05-03 Tangerine Dream – Tyger 01 – Tyger (1987)
— good excuse to play TD outside of a full-on progrock show.
05-04 Terry Allen & Caravan – Amerasia OST 07 – Lucy’s Tiger Den (1987)
— this is a loose cover of a 1985 original by Tony Miles, which is naughtier but has beans.
06-01 Django Reinhardt & le Quintette du Hot Club de France – Swing 242 – Django’s Tiger (1946)
— trading licks with gypsy fiddle.
06-02 April Stevens – Imperial X5626 – Teach Me Tiger (1959)
— by the end, she’s not waiting for the lesson to conclude.
06-03 Mrs. Elva Miller – The Country Soul Of Mrs. Miller 101 – I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail (1967)
— well-earned, was her spot in the Rhino’s Worst Records compilation.
06-04 T. Rex – EMI Marc-18 – Tame My Tiger (1977)
— single-only release, fans had to wait a long three years for it to make an album.
06-05 The Legendary Stardust Cowboy – Rock-It To Stardom 201 – Shadow Of A Tiger (1984)
— skittish nutball when his meds wear off.
06-06 Abba – Arrival 204 – Tiger (1976)
— Benny wedged the girls out of royalties as if they were ‘hired help’. Huumpf, if he’d tried to sing this himself, today we’d still be calling it the “Rapiest Song Of The Seventies”
06-07 Geek Music – The Best Children’s Television Themes Vol2 13 – Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Theme Song (2012)
— won’t you be my neighbor?
… and a bonus track…
07-01 Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger 101- Eye Of The Tiger (1982)
— Sly Stallone was good for 2 things in the 1980’s: shooting people and slugging people. Here’s the latter.