Serendipity Singers

2nd version

By Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank

SESSIONS

4/5 December 1963 Soundmakers Studio, New York City – The Serendipity Singers (Jon Arbenz [vcl/gt], Mike Brovsky [vcl/gt], Diane Decker [vcl/tambourine], H. Brooks Hatch [vcl/gt/ banjo/ congo], John Madden [vcl/12-string gt/ drums/ tnr sax], Bryan Sennett [vcl/gt],  Tommy e. Tiemann [vcl/gt], Lynne Weintraub [vcl/tambourine], Bob Young [vcl/bass/ piano]

001 2-30820 CLOUDY, SUMMER AFTERNOON Philips PHS 600115  534 401-2

002 2-30821 BOOTS AND STETSONS (THE LILLIES GROWN HIGH) Philips PHS 600115  SRW 16352 534 401-2

003 2-30822 WAGONER LAD Philips PHS 600115 Wing SRW 16352   

004 2-30823 unknown title

005 2-30824 unknown title

006 2-30825 FREEDOM STAR unissued

007 2-30826 SING OUT unissued

008 2-30827 GOIN' HOME Philips PHS 600115 

December 1963 Soundmakers Studio, New York City – The Serendipity Singers (Jon Arbenz [vcl/gt], Mike Brovsky [vcl/gt], Diane Decker [vcl/tambourine], H. Brooks Hatch [vcl/gt/ banjo/ congo], John Madden [vcl/12-string gt/ drums/ tnr sax], Bryan Sennett [vcl/gt],  Tommy e. Tiemann [vcl/gt], Lynne Weintraub [vcl/tambourine], Bob Young [vcl/bass/ piano]

009 2-30849 DON'T LET THE RAIN COME DOWN (CROOKED LITTLE MAN)  Philips 40175/PHS 60115 Wing SRW 16352 534 401-2

12/13 December 1963 Soundmakers Studio, New York City – The Serendipity Singers (Jon Arbenz [vcl/gt], Mike Brovsky [vcl/gt], Diane Decker [vcl/tambourine], H. Brooks Hatch [vcl/gt/ banjo/ congo], John Madden [vcl/12-string gt/ drums/ tnr sax], Bryan Sennett [vcl/gt],  Tommy e. Tiemann [vcl/gt], Lynne Weintraub [vcl/tambourine], Bob Young [vcl/bass/ piano]

010 2-30864 SUNSHINE SPECIAL [*SIX WHEEL DRIVER] Philips PHS 600115  Wing SRW 16352* 534 401-2*

011 2-30865 FREEDOM'S STAR Philips 40175/PHS 60115 Wing SRW 16352 534 401-2

012 2-30866 SING OUT Philips PHS 600115 Wing SRW 16352  

013 2-30867 SAILIN‘ AWAY 40198/PHS 60115 Wing SRW 16352 534 401-2

014 2-30868 SINNER MAN Philips PHS 600115  Wing SRW 16352

015 2-30869 JIMMY-O Philips PHS 600115 Wing SRW 16352 534 401-2 

13 December 1963 Soundmakers Studio, New York City – The Serendipity Singers (Jon Arbenz [vcl/gt], Mike Brovsky [vcl/gt], Diane Decker [vcl/tambourine], H. Brooks Hatch [vcl/gt/ banjo/ congo], John Madden [vcl/12-string gt/ drums/ tnr sax], Bryan Sennett [vcl/gt],  Tommy e. Tiemann [vcl/gt], Lynne Weintraub [vcl/tambourine], Bob Young [vcl/bass/ piano]

016 2-30907 MUD Philips PHS 600115 

Ca March 1964 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

017 2-31224 SIX FOOT SIX Philips PHS 600134 534 401-2

018 2-31225 GIRLS DON'T SING OR DANCE Philips PHS 600134

019 2-31226 SOON IT'S GONNA RAIN unissued

020 2-31227 BEANS IN MY EARS 40198/PHS 600134 534 401-2

021 2-31228 LET ME FLY (ZION) Philips PHS 600134 534 401-2

022 2-31229 MOVIN‘ IN MY HEART unissued

Ca March 1964 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

023 2-31280 MOVIN' IN MY HEART Philips PHS 600134

024 2-31281 FAST FREIGHT Philips PHS 600134

025 2-31282 SOON IT'S GONNA RAIN PHS 600134

026 2-31283/2-32404* DOWN WHERE THE WINDS BLOW Philips PHS 600134 [ed.*:] 40215

027 2-31284 LOOK AWAY OVER YONDRO Philips PHS 600134

028 2-31285 HI-LILI-HI-LO Philips PHS 600134

029 2-31286 THE NEW FRANKIE AND JOHNNY SONG 40215/PHS 600134

030 2-31287 YOU DON'T KNOW Philips PHS 600134

Ca September 1964 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

031 2-33867 LITTLE BROWN JUG 40246/PHS 600151 534 401-2

032 2-33868 TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF Philips PHS 600151

033 2-33869 SAME OLD REASON Philips 40236/PHS 600151 534 401-2

Ca September 1964 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

034 2-33918 WHALE OF A TALE Philips PHS 600151 534 401-2

035 2-33919 SOBBIN' WOMEN Philips PHS 600151

036 2-33920 THAT'S MY HOME Philips PHS 600151

037 2-33921 AUTUMN WIND  Philips 40236/PHS 600151 534 401-2 534 401-2

038 2-33922 LAZY AFTERNOON unissued

Ca September 1964 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

039 2-33962 SPRING Philips PHS 600151

040 2-33963 RIDER Philips 40293/PHS 600151 

041 2-33964 FOGHORN Philips PHS 600151  534 401-2

042 2-33965 HIGH NORTH STAR Philips 40246/PHS 600151

043 2-33966 LAZY AFTERNOON Philips PHS 600151

Ca February 1965 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

044 2-34391 THEIR HEARTS WERE FULL OF SPRING Philips PHS 600180

045 2-34392 MY HEART KEEPS FOLLOWING YOU Philips 40273/PHS 600180 534 401-2

Ca February 1965 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

046 2-34418 WALKIN’WITH MY BABY

047 2-34419 BORN FREE Philips PHS 40410/600180

048 2-34420 AND I LOVE HER Philips PHS 600180

049 2-34421 TOBACCO ROAD PHS 600180

Ca February 1965 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

050 2-34762 WHAT CAN I DO unissued

051 2-34763 PASS ME BY unissued

052 2-34764 LITTLE BROTHER 40309/PHS 600180 534 401-2

1965 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

053 2-35086 WE BELONG TOGETHER Philips 40292/PHS 600180

054 2-35087 BABY, THE RAIN MUST FALL Philips PHS 600180

055 2-35088 RUN, RUN CHICKEN RUN Philips 40292/PHS 600180 534 401-2

1965 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

056 2-35115 KNOCK ON WOOD Philips PHS 600180

057 2-35116 SEVEN DAFFODILS Philips PHS 600180

1965 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

058 2-36269 BELLS OF RHYMNEY 40309/PHS 600180

059 2-36270 WILLOWY, BILLOWY LAND Philips PHS 600190

Ca Summer 1965 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

060 2-36346 MODERN TALK Philips PHS 600190

Ca Summer 1965 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

061 2-36360 SOME DAYS Philips PHS 600190  534 401-2

062 2-36361 EVERYTIME Philips PHS 600190

063 2-36362 IF YOU COME BACK IN SUMMER Philips 40356/PHS 600190 534 401-2

064 2-36363 LITTLE SALLY SAUCER Philips PHS 600190

065 2-36364 BELLS OF RHYMNEY unissued

066 2-36365 THE MONKEY AND THE ELEPHANT Philips PHS 600190

067 2-36366 PLASTIC Philips 40331/PHS 600190 534 401-2

068 2-36367 WHEN PEACHES GROW ON LILAC TREES Philips 40331/PHS 600190

069 2-36368 MUDDY OLD RIVER Philips PHS 600190

070 2-36369 THE FLYING FESTOON Philips PHS 600190

071 2-36370 BOA CONSTRICTOR Philips PHS 600190

072 2-36371 THE CLAM Philips PHS 600190

073 2-36372 THE SLITHEREE-DEE Philips PHS 600190

074 2-36373 THE BEANSTALK Philips PHS 600190

075 2-36374 THE LION Philips PHS 600190 

1 March 1966 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

076 2-37910 THE PHOENIX LOVE THEME (SENZA FINE) 40356

077 2-37911 SOMEWHERE MY LOVE

15 June 1966 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

078 2-38136 THE ANOTHER SIDE OF THIS LIFE [THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS LIFE] 40385/534 401-2

079 2-38137 MAYBE BABY 40385 /534 401-2

1966 unknown – The Serendipity Singers

080 2-38804 AUTUMN BOUND 40410/534 401-2

081 2-38805? SHADOWS ON A FOGGY DAY 534 401-2

Early 1967 [soundtrack Hawaii] unknown  – The Serendipity Singers

082 ZTSP-123414 HAWAII [main theme]  UA 50137

083 ZTSP-123415 THE WISHING DOLL UA 50137

1967 [soundtrack The Way West]  unknown  – The Serendipity Singers

084 THE WAY WEST UA 50166/UAS 5149

085 MERCY MC BEE UAS 5149

086 FINALE UAS 5149

1967 unknown  – The Serendipity Singers

087 LOVE TO LOVE UA 50166/UAS 6619

088 ZTSP 123476 THE BOAT THAT I ROW UA 50168/UAS 6619

089 ZTSP 123477 SIGNS OF LOVE UA 50168/UAS 6619

1967-1968 unknown  – The Serendipity Singers

090 I'D STUMBLE AND FALL  UAS 6619 

091 IT AIN'T NECESSARILY BYRD AVENUE  UAS 6619 

092 ZTSP 140426 RAIN DOLL  UA 50317/UAS 6619  

093 DANCE TIL' YOUR SHOES FALL OFF  UAS 6619 

094 ZTSP 140427 LOVE IS A STATE OF MIND UA 50317/ UAS 6619 

095 BEVERLY BELIEVER  UAS 6619 

096 IT'S ALWAYS SOMEWHERE ELSE  UAS 6619

1968 unknown  – The Serendipity Singers featuring Nick Holmes

097 UA 140506 WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE CHILD  UA 50457

098 UA 140507 ILLUSIOS UA 50457

Ca March 1969 unknown  – The Serendipity Singers

099 3773 COME SOFTLY TO ME UA 50532

100 3774 THE COTTONMOUTH RIVER UA 50532

Serendipity Singers recorded after 1969, for info see album and video section

ALBUMS

Philips PHM 200-115/PHS 600-115 The Serendipity Singers: Wagoner Lad; Crooked Little Man; Sunshine Special; Mud; Freedom's Star; Sailin' Away; Sing Out; Jimmy-O; Sinner Man; Cloudy, Summer Afternoon; Boots And Stetsons; Goin' Home - 64

Philips PHM 200-134/PHM 600-134 The Many Sides of the Serendipity Singers: Let Me Fly (Zion); Beans In My Ears; Soon It's Gonna Rain; Girls Don't Sing Or Dance; Look Away Over Yondro; The New Frankie And Johnny Song; You Don't Know; Down Where The Winds Blow; Movin' In My Heart; Six Foot Six; Hi-Lili-Hi-Lo; Fast Freight - 05-64

Philips PHM 200-151/PHM 600-151 Take Your Shoes Off with the Serendipity Singers: That's My Home; Same Old Reason; Autumn Wind; Sobbin' Women; Spring; Take Your Shoes Off; Little Brown Jug; High North Star; Lazy Afternoon; Whale Of A Tale; Foghorn; Rider – 10-64    

Philips PHM 200-180/PHM 600-180 We Belong Together: Run, Run Chicken Run; Baby, The Rain Must Fall; We Belong Together; And I Love Her; Seven Daffodils; My Heart Keeps Following You; Bells Of Rhymney; Born Free; Tobacco Road; Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring; Little Brother; Knock On Wood - 65

Philips PHM 200-190/PHM 600-190  The Serendipity Singers Sing of Love, Lies, and Flying Festoons: Little Sally Saucer; When Peaches Grow On Lilac Trees; The Monkey And The Elephant; Modern Talk; Everytime; The Clam; The Beanstalk; The Slitheree-Dee; Some Days; Muddy Old River; Willowy, Billowy Land; Plastic; If You Come Back In Summer; The Flying Festoon; Boa Constrictor; The Lion – 12-65

Philips [NED] 652 076BL The Serendipity Singers On Tour: Sing Out; Sunshine Special; Let Me Fly; Soon It's Gonna Rain; Movin' In My Heart; The New "Frankie And Johnnie" Song; Waggoner Lad; Sinner Man; Down Where The Winds Blow; Beans In My Ears; Don't Let The Rain Come Down; Goin' Home - 65 (Philips, 1965)

United Artists UAS 5149 The Way West: The Way West (Serendipity Singers); Overture (Main Title); Lige Celebrates; We're Crossing First; Flowers For Mr. Mack; I Killed Him (Execution); Water and Billy's Death; Mercy MC Bee (Serendipity Singers); Buffalos And Indians; Becky's Theme; One To Crystal City; Reluctant Mercy; Finale (Serendipity Singers)

- 67 soundtrack, Bronislaw Kaper/Andre Previn

Wing SRW 16352 The Serendipity Singers Wagoner Lad; Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man); Six Wheel Driver; Freedom's Star; Sailing Away; Sing Out; Jimmy-O; Sinner Man; Boots And Stetsons (The Lilies Grow High); Goin' Home  - 68

United Artists UAS 6619 Love Is a State of Mind: I'd Stumble And Fall; It Ain't Necessarily Byrd Avenue; Rain Doll; Love To All; Signs Of Love; Dance Til' Your Shoes Fall Off; Love Is A State Of Mind; Beverly Believer; It's Always Somewhere Else; The Boat That I Row – 68

Empire ERS 2948 The Serendipity Singers Play the Palace: Crooked Little Man; If We Only Have Love; Fiddler On The Roof. Medley; Brother Love; Send A Little Love My Way; Free To Be You And Me; Cloudy Summer Afternoon / Sunday Morning Song; Rose Of Washington Square; American Trilogy. Medley - 74 (live TV show, Palace Of Fire Arts, San Francisco)

Empire ERS 2949 Musical Postcard From Vail: (tracks unknown) - 74 (TV soundtrack)

United Int. UIR 12880 Serendipity Gold: I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing; Amazing Grace; Everybody Loves Saturday Night; Today; Duelin' Banjos; Serendipity Overture: Sing Out / Green Green / Cloudy Summer Afternoon / Love Can Move A Mountain / Baby The Rain Must Fall / Crooked Little Man / Walk Right In / Beans In My Ears / This Land Is Your Land; Delta Dawn; Where Have All The Flowers Gone?; Peter, Paul And Mary Medley. Five Hundred Miles / Puff The Magic Dragon / Blowin' In The Wind / The Hammer Song; Guantanamera; The American Trilogy. Dixie / All My Trials / Battle Hymn Of The Republic - 80

Mercury 314 534 401-2 The Best of the Serendipity Singers: Don't Let The Rain Come Down: Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man);  Six Wheel Driver (Sunshine Special); Jimmy-O; Freedom's Star; Boots And Stetsons (The Lillies Grow High); Cloudy Summer Afternoon; Sailing Away; Let Me Fly (Zion); Beans In My Ears; Six Foot Six; Autumn Wind; Little Brown Jug; Foghorn; Whale Of A Tale; Same Old Reason; Little Brother; My Heart Keeps Following You; Run, Run, Chicken Run; If You Come Back In Summer; Some Days; Plastic; Another Side Of This Life; Maybe Baby; Autumn Bound;  Shadows On A Foggy Day - 98

VHS/DVD

Fries Home Video ? Family Favorites: A Christmas Music Celebration With The Serendipity Singers: Sleigh Ride; Let It Snow; Toyland; We Wish You A Merry Christmas; The Christmas Song; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; The First Noel; Good King Wenceslas; Deck The Halls - 90 VHS

Crysta Ent. ? A Musical Yuletide Celebration With The Serendipity Singers: Deck The Halls; Frost The Snowman; Jingle Bells; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; Toyland; Silent Night; Santa Claus Is Coming To Town; The First Noel; Joy To The World - 07 DVD

EPS

Philips [FRA]

452050 The Serendipity Singers Chantent en Français: La route de la liberte (Waggoneer lad); Et je l'aime (And I love her) / Des hommes sur les amandiers (When Peaches grow on lilac trees); Il pleut dans ma maison - 65

SINGLES

Philips

40175 Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) / Freedom's Star – 02-64 (rev. Feb. 15)

40198 Beans In My Ears / Sailin' Away – 05-64 (rev. June 6)

40215 Down Where The Wind Blows (Chilly Winds) / The New Frankie And Johnny Song – 07-64 (rev. July 18)

40236 Same Old Reason / Autumn Wind – 10-64 (rev. Oct. 17)

40246 Little Brown Jug / High North Star – 12-64 (rev. Dec. 12)

44012 Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) / Beans In My Ears – 01-65 (Double Hit series)

40273 My Heart Keeps Following You / Rider – 03-65

40292 Run, Run, Chicken, Run / We Belong Together – 05-65

40309 Bells Of Rhymney / Little Brother – 07-65

DJP-8 Bells Of Rhymney / Bells Of Rhymney – 07-65 (promo)

40331 Plastic / When Peaches Grow On Lilac Trees – 10-65

40356 The Phoenix Love Theme (Senza Fine) / If You Come Back In Summer – 03-66

40385 Maybe Baby / The Other Side Of This Life – 07-66

40410 Autumn Bound/  Born Free - 11-66 (rev. Nov. 5)

United Artists

UA 50137 Hawaii / The Wishing Doll – 16-02-67 (rev. Feb. 18)

UA 50166 Love To Love / Way West – 05-67

UA 50168 The Boat That I Row / Signs Of Love – 05-67 (rev. May 27)

UA 50317 Rain Doll / Love Is A State Of Mind – 06-68 (rev. June 22)

UA 50457 Illusios / What Will We Do With The Child – 09-68 (rev. Sept. 28)

UA 50532 Come Softly To Me / The Cottonmouth River – 05-69 (rev. May 24)