Excellent, Fodda. Love these. Are you familiar with Leroy Shield who did the music for Hal Roach (Laurel and Hardy, Little Rascals et al). I have a CD somewhere of a modern group from Holland, named the Beau Hunks(after a Laurel/Hardy movie), they recreate in high fidelity the original music of Roy Shield. Worth a look.....err listen.
Ps spent 10 years in Bronx NY, parochial schools in the 50’s-60’s... hence the ‘Fodda’
The Beau Hunks did two CDs of the “Little Rascals” music, and several others of Leroy Shield’s, Ferdie Grofé’s, and Raymond Scott’s music, and Paul Whiteman swing arrangments.
The orchestrations of the Leroy Shield stuff originated with Vince Giordano, who still plays them live in New York at “Iguana,” a couple of nights a week.