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The nose twitches like Samantha Stevens but that’s the one Hugh Hefner never caught.
01-01 Jill Corey – Coronet KS-134 – Make Like A Bunny, Honey (1957)
— yes, an Australian singer. Three more coming up, plus a New Zealander
01-02 Star Combo – Desperate Dallas Demos 107 – Honey Bunny Baby
— must have been a 45 single, but unable to find release info or date
01-03 Girls – Father Son Holy Ghost 01 – Honey Bunny (2011)
01-04 Catfish Keith – Blues At Midnight 103 – Jumpin’ Jack Rabbit (2020)
01-05 Buddy Guy – The Blues Don’t Lie 14 – Rabbit Blood (2022)
— much nicer song than the title suggests
01-06 Sonny James – Capitol F3198 – Let’s Go Bunny-Huggin’ (1955)
— the cocktail has no mixers, can’t imagine how horrible it must have been with gin out of a bathtub and literal rotgut whiskey
02-01 The Presidents – DeLuxe 127 – Peter Rabbit (1970)
02-02 King Creosote – Astronaut Meets Appleman 07 – Peter Rabbit Tea (2016)
— captivatingly cute
02-03 Dee Jay And The Runaways – Smash 2034 – Peter Rabbit (1966)
— lots of people recorded this, here it came down to Dee Jay or a version by The Gants
02-04 Peter Erskine – Transition 02 – The Rabbit In The Moon (1986)
— steel drums are always welcome
02-05 Spike Jones – RCA Victor 47-2894 – Ya Wanna Buy A Bunny? (1949)
02-06 The Beatles – Tales of Frankie Rabbit (1969-01-31)
— by this time they really hated each other, and it comes through in the song
02-07 The Taffys – Pageant 608 – Peter Cottontail (1963)
— greatest remake of an old song
02-08 Ray Moore – Play 213 – O’ My Father Had A Rabbit (1986)
— no idea what’s going on here
03-01 Peter Wells – Everything You Like Tries To Kill You 105 – Something For The Rabbit (1990)
— another Australian artist
03-02 Ann Jones & Her Western Sweethearts – Hit And Run 202 – Jack Rabbit (1961)
— if you’re loaded for bear, there’s not gonna be any rabbit left for stew
03-03 The Cash Box Kings – I-94 Blues 07 – Ain’t No Fun When The Rabbit Has The Gun (2010)
03-04 Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Doc At The Radar Station 03 – Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond (1980)
03-05 Rosemary Clooney – Peter Cottontail The First Easter Record For Children 203 – My Choc’late Rabbit (1966)
— this album has one by Gene Autry: “Bunny Round Up” which I had thought to pair with “Rabbit Proof Fence” by Peter Gabriel, but no extra time
03-06 Smoke Fairies – Darkness Brings The Wonders Home 07 – Chocolate Rabbit (2020)
04-01 Lawrence Welk Orchestra – The Bunny Hop (1953)
— Every time the local PBS station tries to cut the Lawrence Welk Show from the weekly programming, there is an inexplicable viewer revolt and it comes back. Here, a young Welk calls out the originator of the Bunny Hop, the Ray Anthony Quartet
04-02 DPOS!!! – Straight Outta Handicap Shithouse 13 – Carrot Rabbit Dildo Fuck (2010)
— death metal with a sense of humor! Bleeped parts are mostly along the lines of “I’d rather fuck my dog.”
04-03 Jerry Neal – Dot 15810 – I Hates Rabbits (1958)
— now that I think about it, should have sought the Elmer Fudd opera piece to follow this
04-04 Black Gryph0n – Little Bunny Foo Foo (2016)
— the video is great, and as a toddler this was a surefire way to make me fall over laughing
04-05 The Astronauts – Rarities 14 – My Little Beach Bunny (1963)
— was certainly released as a single, as it doesn’t appear on either of their LP albums, but unable to find the 45 release info
04-06 Hank Penny – Rabbits Don’t Ever Get Married
— included on multiple Hank Penny compilation albums, and found a purported ‘complete’ discography of him, but unable to find any release info for this, which is assumed to be a 78rpm. Jack Hart released a version in 1953 on the MGM label.
04-07 Tics & Peta Devlin – Group Therapy Project 08 – The Easter Bunny (2021)
04-08 St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Angels In Science Fiction 11 – Easter Bunny (2023)
05-01 Chas & Dav – Rockney 9 – Rabbit (1980)
— sure are a lot of Aussies and Kiwis this show!
05-02 Rabbit Muse – Muse Blues 103 – Rocking Chair Blues (1976)
— planned to include a second Rabbit Muse tune “Rabbit Stomp” as a bonus track for this show, but came up a minute short
05-03 Charles Douglas – Statecraft 116 – The Rabbit Never Gets The Carrot Part 2 (2017)
05-04 Frances Turner & Jerry Irby And His Texas Ranchers – Humming Bird 1003 – Happy, The Easter Bunny (1951)
05-05 Mitchell Torok – Abbott 156 – Edgar The Eager Easter Bunny (1954)
— just like his name, sounds like he should be fighting Conan The Barbarian
05-06 A.F.I. – Decemberunderground 13 – Rabbits Are Roadkill On Rt. 37 (2006)
— the bonus track on most versions of the CD
05-07 The Swamp Boys – Dark Country 02 – Rabbit In The Headlights (2020)
06-01 Jack Jaguar & His Rollers – Good Times 05 – Black Rabbit (2010)
06-02 Peter Posa And His Golden Guitar – W&G S-1735 – The White Rabbit (1963)
— called “The Greatest Kiwi Guitarist” by fellow New Zealanders
06-03 Peter Mulvey – Rapture 10 – Black Rabbit (1995)
06-04 George Benson – White Rabbit 101 – White Rabbit (1972)
— had a lot of versions to choose from, this one broke out of the crowd with that al-Andalus guitar
06-05 Mr. Safety – Bipolar Easter Bunny Song (2014)
— great video, apparently there is a sequel but have not seen it