Verified listings:
- Little Blue Riding Hood - Stan Freberg
- Little Blue Riding Hood - Stan Freberg w/ Orchestra
other performers:
- Daws Butler
- June Foray
- Walter Schumann (orchestra conductor)
- Hy Averback (announcer)
Written by:
- Stan Freberg & Daws Butler (script)
- Walter Schumann (music)
Recorded:
- August 26, 1953
Recording location:
- Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Available on (*):
- 1953 45 rpm single St. George And The Dragonet (Capitol F2596, September 21, 1953)
- 1985 LP Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time Volume II: The 1950s (Rhino RNLP 821, plus RNBC 490 box set)
- 1998 CD The Very Best Of Stan Freberg (Collectables COL-CD-2733; reissue of 1990 CD The Capitol Collector's Series)
- 1999 CD set Tip Of The Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 (Rhino R2 75645, August 3, 1999)
General type of music:
- comedy sketch
Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
- Dragnet radio/TV series
- police
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- take-off on Jack Webb's popular "Dragnet" radio/TV series combined with the childrens' fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood"
Chart information:
- #9 1953 (single)
general information about Stan Freberg
Also credited as:
- Stan Freberg w/ Daws Butler & Orchestra
- Stan Freberg w/ Orchestra
- Stan Freberg & Daws Butler
- Stan Freberg w/ The Toads & Orchestra Conducted By Billy May
- Stan Freberg w/ The Toads & Billy May's Music
- Stan Freberg & His Sniffle Group
Common misspellings:
- Stan Freeberg
- Stan Freburg
- Stan Freeburg
- Stan Frieberg
- Stan Freidberg
General type of music:
- satire
Real name:
- Stanley Victor Freberg
Based in:
- southern California
Also recorded with:
- Cliffie Stone
- Daws Butler
- June Foray
- Jesse White
- Marvin Miller
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- one of the most requested artists in the history of "The Dr. Demento Show"
- has spent most of his career in advertising since the late 1950s
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