Monster Rally

Monster Rally is a 1959 album of comedy and novelty songs capitalizing on the late 50s/60s pop culture craze for monsters and sci-fi, preceding "Monster Mash" by four years. The primary performers, with four songs each, were prominent character actors Hans Conried (the voice of Captain Hook in Peter Pan and later Snidely Whiplash on The Bullwinkle Show) and Alice Pearce. Conried had co-starred as a scientist in 1957's The Monster That Challenged the World, while Pearce would play nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched two years later.
The remaining songs were performed by a vocal group credited only as "The Creatures," with musical direction by "Frank N. Stine." Nine of the tunes were co-written by Joel Herron, who was musical director on Jimmy Dean's 1957-1959 TV series, pre-Rowlf. The distinctive cover art was by Jack Davis, who continued his association with monsters by designing the characters in the Rankin/Bass movie Mad Monster Party.
Several songs were used on Sam and Friends. Additional titles on Jim Henson's song list, which may or may not have been used on the show or other appearances, are "The Purple People Eater" and "What Do You Hear from the Red Planet Mars" (both performed by Conried).Shemin, Craig. Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show. p. 532-533
==Recordings used==
*March 20, 1959: "The Thing" (cover of Phil Harris song), performed by Alice Pearceibid. p. 353
*March 25, 1959: "The Invisible Man," performed by Alice Pearceibid. p. 355
*April 3, 1959: "Monster Rally," by the Creaturesibid. p. 358
*April 23, 1959: "Mostly Ghostly," the Creaturesibid. p. 365
*May 19, 1959: "Flying Saucer," by Hans Conriedibid. p. 374
*October 28, 1959: "The Invisible Man," performed by Alice Pearceibid. p. 403
*November 29, 1960: "The Thing," by Alice Pearceibid. p. 477
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