NRR Project: 'The Churkendoose' (1947)

 

NRR Project: “The Churkendoose”

Composed by Alec Wilder; lyrics by Ben Ross Berenberg

Performed by Ray Bolger

Recorded 1947

An amusing and sweet children’s record I’d never heard of. Read Holly Van Leuven’s essay on it at the National Recording Registry.

The National Recording Registry Project tracks one writer’s expedition through all the recordings in the National Recording Registry in chronological order. Next time: Four Saints in Three Acts.”