Songs • "L'Anglais Avec Son Sang-froid" • "Follow Me" • "Love Isn't What it Used To Be" • "The Book" (
David Whitfield) • "
Lay Down Your Arms" (
Anne Shelton) (1956) • "Meet Me on the Corner" (
Max Bygraves) • "Pickin' a Chicken" (
Eve Boswell) • "Evermore" (
Ruby Murray) • "
Softly, Softly" (Ruby Murray) (1955) • "
Johnny Is the Boy for Me" • "It's a Boy" (
Lita Roza) • "That Dear Old Gentleman" • "Send For Me" • "The Three Galleons" • "Merry Christmas You Suckers" (released in the US as "And A Happy New Year") • "The Belle of Barking Creek" • "The Big Dee Jay" • "The Lavender Cowboy" • "The Ballad of Bethnal Green" –
Ivor Novello Awards winner (1959) • "Tattooed Lady" • "What's All This Fuss About Love" • "I Remember Tilly" • "Our Little Village" • "Auntie Bridget" • "I Love Mary" • "Country Girl"
Soundtrack songs • "Magic Carpet" (from "
No Time for Tears") • "You Are My First Love" (from ''
It's Great to Be Young'') • "I'm in Love for the Very First Time" (from
An Alligator Named Daisy) – Ivor Novello Award winner (1955) • "The Heart of a Man" (from
The Heart of a Man) (
Frankie Vaughan) • "Play Rough" (from
Violent Playground) • Several songs from
The Good Companions (1957) • "Give Me a Man" (from
To Dorothy a Son)
Albums •
Strictly for Grown Ups (1959) – No. 8
UK Decca LF 1322 •
Paddy Roberts Tries Again (1960) – No. 16 UK Decca LK 4358/SKL 4104 •
Paddy Roberts at the Blue Angel (1961) Decca LK 4410 •
Songs for Gay Dogs (1963) Decca LK 4560 •
...But Not in Front of the Children (1966) Decca LK 4774 •
Funny World (1967) Decca LK4964/SKL 4964 •
Doctor Dolittle – With Marty Wilde and others (1967) Marble Arch MAL 738 •
The Best of Paddy Roberts (1968) – Re-recordings MFP 1276 •
The World of Paddy Roberts (1969) – Compilation Decca PA 37/SPA 37 •
Paddy Decca DFE 6701
Notes: •
A Featuring recordings not issued on albums.
Discography notes Many of Roberts' recordings were made available in the United States. "Merry Christmas You Suckers" was issued with an alternative title of "And A Happy New Year". Although most of the albums were only issued in mono, it appears that the studio albums at least were recorded in stereo. The tracks from
Strictly For Grown Ups that are included on
The World of Paddy Roberts" are in stereo, leading to the assumption that the whole album was recorded that way (but never issued in this format).
Songs for Gay Dogs was issued in stereo for the first time in 2006 when released on CD, which indicated that
...But Not in front of the Children was also recorded that way. The musical director on most recordings was Dennis Wilson, the exceptions being
Songs For Gay Dogs (Peter Knight),
Funny World (Ronnie Aldrich),
Live at the Blue Angel (Barry Morgan) and
Doctor Dolittle (
Cyril Stapleton). The director for "Love Is A Wonderful Thing" / "Send For Me" was
Johnny Pearson. There is no director listed for his MFP album. All Decca material with the exception of
...But Not in front of the Children and
Funny World was produced by
Hugh Mendl.
CD releases •
Strictly For Grown Ups/Paddy Roberts Tries Again Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3022 •
Songs For Gay Dogs/Funny World Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3034
Strictly For Grown Ups has also been released without
Paddy Roberts Tries Again, but with various other Roberts compositions sung by others on MCSR 3046. ==Bibliography==