Manka Music Group - Catalogue

MANKA MUSIC GROUP - BACK CATALOGUE

2000s

Mac McCord (1990s-Present) - Grand Ol' Opry nominee Mac McCord exploded onto the country music scene in the early 1990s and he hasn't stopped since. Classic albums include "Go In There And Get You Some", "Pouridise", and "Drunken Prison Rain".

Seamus (1990s-Present) - Irish ballad singer that really brings ya down. Really, really heart-wrenching Irish songs of death and loneliness.

Alice Cooper's Songs of the Sea (2008) - New recordings of sea shanties gathered and sung by Alice Cooper.

Killen M'Softly (2000s) - Irish rapper.

unou12 (2000s) - Manka's hot new boy band.

2Gud2BTru (2001-2003) - Manka's classic hot boy band broke up in 2003 [but we're told JX and MT have recently met for coffee - so a reunion could be close].

1990s

Candles In The Wind (1999) - Compilation album. 15 favorite Manka artists cover Elton John's classic "Candle In The Wind."

Karaoke Party '98 (1998) - Features "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Strawberry Wine", "My Heart Will Go On" (From Titanic!) and many more!

Karaoke Party '97 (1997) - Features "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Strawberry Wine", "Desperado" and many more.

A Manka Bros. Thanksgiving (1995) - Top Manka Bros. recording artists sing traditional and new Thanksgiving songs.

G's Us (1994) - Christian Rap group.

Rabbid (early 1990s) - Ground-breaking Jewish metal band.

Tammy Brice (1990s) - Country music star (also host of Manka Bros. cooking show Brice Pilaf).

Jackson Pollock (1990s) - Popular bar band with an appeal to college students.

In My Own Words (1990s) - Neil Berskowitz's best guesses as to the origin and meaning of the songs of the Beatles. (Features several clips of actual Beatles music!)

Floating Mound Of Fire Ants (1990s) - Garage band (featuring a killer version of "Ohio" by Neil Young).

Anus - The Broadway Album (1993) - Underground shock rockers Anus tackle Broadway standards.

Tone Def (1992) - Rap group.

Augustus Gloop (early 1990s) - Alternative band.

Rolling Pile Of Humanity (1990s) - Alternative rock band.

Pinto: Your Songs (1991) - Love songs and standards played by Pinto, the flute playing chicken.

1980s

More Pinto (1989) - Songs inspired by the Manka Gems motion picture La Pollo Flautist.

Pinto (1988) - Soundtrack from the Manka Gems film La Pollo Flautist featuring Pinto, the flute playing chicken.

Busboys At The Bluebird (1987) - Compilation country album by the busboys and dishwashers at the famous Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.

Grateful Dead Concert (1986) - Live recording at Red Rocks, Colorado by one of the Manka Records employees.

Rocking Chairs (1985) - Formed in an old folks home, with its youngest member 73 years old, this Top 40 band scored with it's Live At Wonderland concert.

Deviated Septum (1984-1986) - Hair metal band with several top 100 hits on the Billboard Metal charts.

Lick Stamps (1983) - Satanic band's first album "Singing Pentagrams" hit the charts in Scandinavia.

ibrau (1980s) - German techno-rock band.

The White Cliffs Of Dover (1980s) - English do-wap band.

Basket Of Hands (mid-1980s) - Garage band (killer version of "Sweet Home Alabama").

V.L.G. (Very Large Genitals) (mid-1980s) - Wildly popular hair band.

Sniff - Lock Up The Children (1980) - Groundbreaking new wave band.

1970s

Jean Deaux - Blood In The Seine (1970s) - French New Wave band's first album in English!

Second Best (mid-1970s) - After feuding with Seals and Crofts, this band was formed by several studio musicians to compete directly with their old bosses.

Ramsey McCak (mid-1970s) - Gentle folk singer.

Crosby, Stills Nash & Youngman (1973) - Charity album that was made just for fun (features Suite Judy Blue Eyes and some hilarious ad libs from Henny Youngman).

The Eeekees (1970s) - Popular bubblegum pop group formed by several former members of Buffalo Springfield.

Bra Burners (1970s) - Female folk group.

10,000 Lakes (1970s) - One of the great "mullet" bands from the 70s. Their "Minnesota" sound really took off during the summer of 1974.

Space Men (1970s) - Acid rock band.

1960s

Crawford, Raines, Peterson, Jones, Templeton, Turner & Co. (1960s) - One of great folk groups of the late 1950s and early 1960s. [The band is currently still touring under the name of "Raines".]

Staff Sergeant Daryl Bennett (1960s) - Performed military songs. Also did a Top 40 comeback album during the 1980s.

The Hummingbirds (1960s) - Pop band. (Performed the songs from the Manka Bros. movie Hula-The Movie.

The Plagiarists (1960s) - Beatles-style band with surprisingly similar songs to the Beatles.

Le Grand Yodelisque (1960s) - Two yodelers, 45 albums, 45 gold records.

The Cellist & Maggie (1960s) - Folk duo combining classical music and early hippie folk. [They broke up after The Cellist refused to play at Woodstock because of the smell.]

1950s

Jack Kerouac's Brother - There's More Than One Road (1959) - Jack Kerouac's Brother reads from his unpublished novel.

Carl Henky - Please Baby, Hold Me Tight (1955) - Blind rockabilly sensation. Music from the Manka Bros. movie Please Baby, Hold Me Tight. Features the hit title song as well as "See Me, Touch Me," "Shake Me Loose," and "(Come Be My) Hugabaloo".

The 4 Sures (1950s) - One of the first star groups on Manka Bros. Records, this classic doo-wop quartet hit the scene with such songs as "Doo You Wop?", "Sir Billingsly's Car Goes Doo-Wop".

1940s

War Sounds (1943) - Manka Bros. Records first release. This frightening recording from the front lines of World War II included actual battles scenes that so horrified and scared the nation it was pulled off the shelves by direct order of FDR.

1920s

Van "The Tap" Dubois (1920s) - Blues singer/tap dancer.