Scotty MacGregor

Probably one of the most nonconforming children’s performers ever to get country wide airplay, Scotty MacGregor stayed true to his own eyesight for six years. Although better referred to as a pop songwriter and radio maker, MacGregor also produced unusual tunes for kids that still possess relevance today. MacGregor was raised in the Philadelphia region, and it had been there that he do his first carrying out, as a disk jockey, documenting engineer, and vocalist/guitarist. MacGregor performed Scottish, folk, and novelty tunes, with an intermittent children’s song tossed in. After establishing a radio train station in Daytona, FL for Military Special Solutions, MacGregor returned to greatly help with the delivery of tv in NEW YORK. He was the grasp of ceremonies and performer on the children’s program known as Scrapbook. Concerning this period, MacGregor created about 200 novelty information, like a Record from your Easter Bunny. The recordings had been created on cardboard acetate and offered through the Woolworth range store string for 25 cents apiece. MacGregor became a member of ASCAP and made up several pop ballads aswell, documented by Rosemary Clooney, the Four Aces, Teddy Wilson, as well as others. In the first ’70s, MacGregor produced three albums. The easy guitar and tone of voice recordings had been outshone with the wacky lyrics within. Quantity One, known as Folk Tracks for Kiddies, got an email on the trunk having said that “This record was made by Martin Braunstein due to a company belief it definitely could end up being the most valuable album in virtually any collection.” With tracks like “Sneezy the Polar Keep” and “Big Surprise in a Bath tub,” the record was nothing beats the saccharine productions from the main labels. Quantity Two, Tops in Pops for Kiddies, included such gems as “Three Jolly Apes,” about primates who make a nut famine, and “Aged Body fat Froggie,” who bounces apples from the minds of kids. The 3rd volume, Command Efficiency for Kiddies, included another dozen first tracks, including “THERE IS NO Area in the Gadget Container Anymore” and “Don’t Capture Those Weapons Anymore.” MacGregor’s solid emotions about commercialism and assault in regards to kids were gently pressured through his tracks. From his viewpoint, “Viewed through the perspective of younger era, the globe around them bears small resemblance to Disneyland.” While not broadly distributed, the three amounts still received airplay nationally on open public r / c. In old age, MacGregor worked well to re-release these albums (aswell as much of his singles) on cassette, and held track of a big collection of traditional children’s albums.