The Manhattan Transfer Meets Tubby the Tuba

The Manhattan Transfer Meets Tubby The Tuba is a children's studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer

The Manhattan Transfer

The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal music group. There have been two manifestations of the group, with Tim Hauser being the only person to be part of both...

in 1995 on the Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

label. It features music by George Kleinsinger

George Kleinsinger

George Kleinsinger was an American composer from San Bernardino, California, best known for his collaboration with Paul Tripp on the 1940s children's song "Tubby the Tuba". He also wrote the music for the phonograph record Archy & Mehitabal and the Broadway musical based on the record, Shinbone...

and stories by Paul Tripp

Paul Tripp

Paul Tripp was a musician, author and television and film actor born in New York City. He was a partner of fellow composer George Kleinsinger. Tripp was the creator of 1945's "Tubby the Tuba", a children's song that has become his best-known work. Early in his career, he was the host of CBS' Mr....

. This is the group's only children's recording, offering a rendition of the 1945 children's classic

Tubby the Tuba (song)

"Tubby the Tuba" is the title of a 1945 song, whose lyrics were written by Paul Tripp and music composed by George Kleinsinger. The original recording, released on the Decca label, was sung by Danny Kaye....

that teaches the important lesson: "Be yourself; you can't be anybody else!"

Track listing

Tubby The Tuba (13:55)
Tubby At The Circus (10:59)
Tubby Meets A Jazz Band (11:37)
The Further Adventures Of Tubby The Tuba (16:23)

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