# Who Is This 50"s Era Composer?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 7, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-50-s-era-composer/742393 "2016-01-07T04:35:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-50-s-era-composer/742393/1 "2016-01-07T04:35:01Z")

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I’m trying to remember the name of a composer:performer from the 50"s (ish) Thr [Somone] Orchestra. His songs had a whimsical, comical sound and used sound effects (phone ringing, "boing’ of a doorstopper). One song was named something like “Lonesome Road” and another something like “You’re the Tops.” Is this ringing a bell for anyone?

Note: it’s not Spike Jones

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-50-s-era-composer/742393/2 "2016-01-07T04:44:27Z")

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[Dean Elliott and his Swinging Big, Big Band?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Elliott)

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-50-s-era-composer/742393/3 "2016-01-07T04:54:56Z")

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[Esquivel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Garc%C3%ADa_Esquivel)? Examples include [Surfboard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NglD0H-cps) and [Sentimental Journey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ZGq-rNudk).

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-50-s-era-composer/742393/4 "2016-01-07T05:34:44Z")

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NM, **Ethilrist** already got it.

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-50-s-era-composer/742393/5 "2016-01-07T14:30:09Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> [Dean Elliott and his Swinging Big, Big Band?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Elliott)

That’s it! Thanks!