List of songs featured in The Cattanooga Cats Show

Cattanooga Cats is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera for ABC. It aired from 6 September 1969 through 4 September 1971.

The Cattanooga Cats in a music sequence

The series depicted the adventures of a fictitious rock band, similar to the Archies and the Banana Splits, populated by anthropomorphic hillbilly cats:

• Lead singer/guitarist Country (voiced by Bill Callaway)
• Singer/dancer Kitty Jo (voiced by Julie Bennett)
• Bassist Scoots (voiced by Jim Begg)
• Drummer Groove (voiced by Casey Kasem)

Country (lead singer/guitarist)

Scoots (bassist)

Groove (drummer)

A fifth member, a mouse keyboardist named "Cheesie", was storyboarded but cut out of the series. The group traveled around in a van nicknamed 'Gashopper'. They were chased by a female cat groupie named Chessie the "Autograph Hound" (also voiced by Julie Bennett), who, as her nickname implies, would stop at nothing to obtain the Cat's autographs. Kitty Jo also owned a big blue dog named "Teeny Tim" who only appears in the music videos and several comedy shorts. The singing vocals for the Cattanooga Cats were performed by Michael Lloyd and Peggy Clinger.

In addition to nine of their own episodes, the Cats also appeared in various "bumpers" between the other cartoons, but were best remembered for their animated musical segments that happened twice an episode. These music videos showed a strong psychedelic and op-art influence.

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The Cattanooga Cats LP (Forward ST-F-1018)

An album was released featuring eleven songs featured in the series:

• Side One
  • "Mother May I" (2:20)
  • "How Did I Ever Get So Lucky" (2:00)
  • "Wait a Minute for Country" (1:55)
  • "My Group Has Too Many Cavities" (2:00)
  • "Alle Alle Oxen Free" (2:20)
• Side Two
  • "Cattanooga Cats Theme" (1:15)
  • "Country Carnival" (1:50)
  • "Johnny Johnny Jump-Up" (2:00)
  • "My Girlfriend Is a Witch" (1:55)
  • "My Birthday Suit" (1:40)
  • "Merry-Go-Round" (2:30)

Other Songs

Other songs never saw an album release, each lasting one minute and forty-five seconds:

• "She's the Right One"
• "Listen to the Sound"
• "Super Love"
• "Sittin' by the Fireside"
• "Love Won't Stay Away"
• "The Story of My Life"
• "Hoot Hoot Owl"
• "I Wish I Was a Fire"
• "Do You Dig the Music?"
• "It's Summertime"
• "Incompatible"
• "Give Your Love to Me"
• "Pretty as a Picture"
• "Go"
• "My Magic Machine"
• "Come Back, Baby"
• "Children Understand It"
• "I Never Knew"
• "She Sure Got Soul"
• "Guess What I Have Done"
• "I Wanna Sleep Tonight"
• "Sing a Song of Sixpence"
• "I Don't Belong to Anybody Else but You"
• "My Honey"

Recycled Footage

Starting with Episode 10, music videos from the Cattanooga Cats show tend to reuse animation from previous music videos; some reuse the entire animation.

The following music videos recycle footage from several previous videos:

• "Do You Dig the Music?" (animation recycled from "My Group Has Too Many Cavities", "She's the Right One", "Listen to the Sound", "My Birthday Suit", "Super Love", and "Sittin' by the Fireside")
• "Pretty as a Picture" (animation recycled from "Alle Alle Oxen Free", "She's the Right One", "Super Love", and "Mother May I")
• "Go" (animation recycled from "Alle Alle Oxen Free", "Wait a Minute for Country", "She's the Right One", "Country Carnival", "Listen to the Sound", and "Mother May I")
• "I Never Knew (animation recycled from "How Did I Ever Get So Lucky" and "Mother May I")
• "She Sure Got Soul" (animation recycled from "How Did I Ever Get So Lucky", "My Group Has Too Many Cavities", "Alle Alle Oxen Free", "Wait a Minute for Country", "Country Carnival", "Listen to the Sound", and "Mother May I")
• Guess What I Have Done (animation recycled from "My Group Has Too Many Cavities", "Alle Alle Oxen Free", "Wait a Minute for Country", "She's the Right One", "Listen to the Sound", and "Mother May I")
• "I Wanna Sleep Tonight (animation recycled from "Wait a Minute for Country", "She's the Right One", "Country Carnival", "Super Love", "Mother May I", "Merry-Go-Round", "The Story of My Life", and "Hoot Hoot Owl")
• "I Don't Belong to Anybody Else but You" (animation recycled from "Alle Alle Oxen Free", "She's the Right One", "Country Carnival", "Super Love", "Mother May I", and "The Story of My Life")

The following music videos, however, reuse the complete animation from a previous music video:

• "It's Summertime" (animation recycled from "Country Carnival")
• "Incompatible" (animation recycled from "Super Love")
• "Give Your Love to Me" (animation recycled from "She's the Right One")
• "My Magic Machine" (most of the animation recycled from "The Story of My Life")
  • In the video for "The Story of My Life", the clip starts with a purple background with the words "the story of my life" all over it, with a yellow book entitled My Diary coming towards the screen. When the footage was reused for "My Magic Machine", this scene was replaced by the Cats playing their instruments. The color is also a bit darker here than it was in "The Story of My Life"
• "Come Back, Baby" (animation recycled from "Love Won't Stay Away")
• "Children Understand It" (animation recycled from "Johnny Johnny Jump-Up)
• "Sing a Song of Sixpence" (animation recycled from "My Girlfriend Is a Witch")
• "My Honey" (animation recycled from "My Birthday Suit")