Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band! (1968) is the ninth album by Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby

William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show, I Spy. He later starred in his own series, the...

. This was his second studio album to feature his singing, and features less serious renditions (often with satirical lyrics written or improvised by Cosby) of then-current rock and soul hits. As on his previous, debut music album Silver Throat

Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings

Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings is the fifth album by Bill Cosby.-Background:This was Cosby's first album that was recorded in the studio, as well as his first album that showcased his singing, backed by the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band...

, he is backed by the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.

The title track is actually a parody set to the tune of Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...

's "Purple Haze

Purple Haze

"Purple Haze" is a song written in 1966 and recorded in 1967 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and released as a single in both the United Kingdom and the United States. It appeared on their 1967 album Are You Experienced...

", although Hendrix is not credited, while "Funky North Philadelphia" is also a parody of the Wilson Pickett

Wilson Pickett

Wilson Pickett was an American R&B/Soul singer and songwriter.A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100...

 song "Funky Broadway

Funky Broadway

"Funky Broadway" is a song written by Arlester "Dyke" Christian. It was originally recorded by his band, Dyke & the Blazers, in 1967, and was made into a hit by Wilson Pickett that same year....

".

Side one

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
   Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song)
   "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is a song written by Paul McCartney , and first recorded and released in 1967, on the The Beatles' album of the same name. The song appears twice on the album: as the opening track , and as "Sgt...
   
    (Lennon/McCartney
   Lennon/McCartney
   The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...
   
   ) – 2:20
2. Sunny (Hebb) – 3:26
3. Reach Out (I'll Be There) (Dozier, Holland) – 3:44
4. (I'm A) Road Runner (Dozier, Holland) – 3:33
5. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
   (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
   " Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Richards's throwaway three-note guitar riff — intended to be replaced by horns — opens and drives the song...
   
    (Jagger
   Mick Jagger
   Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
   
   /Richards
   Keith Richards
   Keith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
   
   ) – 2:41
6. Get Out of My Life, Woman (Toussaint
   Allen Toussaint
   Allen Toussaint is an American musician, composer, record producer, and influential figure in New Orleans R&B.Many of Toussaint's songs have become familiar through numerous cover versions, including "Working in the Coalmine", "Ride Your Pony", "Fortune Teller", "Play Something Sweet ", "Southern...
   
   ) – 2:50

Side two

1. Hooray for the Salvation Army Band (Cosby, Smith) – 3:06
2. Funky North Philadelphia (Lee) – 2:38
3. Hold On, I'm a Comin'
   Hold On, I'm Comin' (song)
   "Hold On, I'm Comin" is a 1966 single recorded by soul duo Sam & Dave, issued on the Atlantic-distributed Stax label in 1966.The song was written by the songwriting team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter, who came up with the title of the song...
   
    (Hayes
   Isaac Hayes
   Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
   
   , Porter
   David Porter (musician)
   David Porter is an American soul musician. Porter is best known as the songwriting and production partner of Isaac Hayes at Stax Records during the 1960s...
   
   ) – 2:36
4. Ursalena (Cosby, Smith) – 2:36
5. Time Brings About a Change (Carmichael, Cosby, Lee) – 3:12
6. Stop, Look & Listen (Lee, Telf) – 3:15