JANET KLEIN & HER PARLOR BOYS
"Whoopee Hey Hey!"
Songs to Cheer in Tumultuous Times
2010 CD RELEASE and 7th CD

Whoopee Hey Hey!”, Tunes to Cheer In Tumultuous Times, is  Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys’

7th CD release and times couldn’t be more ripe for this vibrant and evocative bunch of rare and wonderful tunes from the 1920s and 1930s. Performed with freshness and zeal these long lost tunes become alive again with a fascinating charm.  The album is chock full (19 tracks) of rich and bold music, that have lyrics vivid with heady parlance of the period. The enchanting and effervescent Ms Klein’s singing on "Whoopee Hey Hey!" is sweeter than ever.......READ MORE
 

1. Honey Child
2. In My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms
3. Delta Bound
4. I Found A New Baby
5. Isn’t Love The Strangest Thing?
6. Shanghai Shuffle
7. Poppa’s Back With Momma Now
8. Baby
9. I’ll Never Be The Same
10. Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Love
11. Maybe She’ll Write Me
12. Under The Moon
13. A Little Bit Independent
14. Mississippi Mud
15. Ambling Along
16. Keko
17. A Room With A View
18. Bye Bye Blues

CDs are available at
www.amazon.com
www.cdbaby.com
www.worldsrecords.com
and
Canterbury Records, Pasadena
Amoeba Records, Hollywood
McCabes, West Los Angeles
   

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This is a little gentle and jolly film short we made with
our friend from Japan, Kazumi Yamazaki:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIyUKM55dXw

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Thursday February 2nd at 8:00pm
Steve Allen Theater
4773 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027-5333
www.steveallentheater.com

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Saturday Feb 18 7:30pm
Claremont Folk Music Center
(let's make Valentines Day last and last)
220 Yale Ave
Claremont, CA
show starts at: 7:30pm
Doors open at 7:00pm
Call for tickets: 909-624-2928

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Thursday March 1 at 8:00pm
Janet’s Birthday Show!
Steve Allen Theater
4773 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027-5333
www.steveallentheater.com

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Saturday , March 10th 7:00pm
“Backstage” at the Coffee Gallery
2029 N. Lake Altadena, Ca. 91001
For reservations : (626) 798-6236

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Janet Klein Ukulele instructional video
" Tonight You Belong to Me"

Trailer for the Steve Martin Classic - The Jerk.
Click Here & Enjoy

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And for a recent blog from Ann Magnuson
regarding Janet & the Boys and the Steve Allen Theatre

http://blogs.papermag.com/2006/09/08/janet-klein-is-the-real-deal/

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Please Support Our Residency at the Steve Allen Theatre
(aka Center for Inquiry)
Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys
are performing spirited, naughty & lovely tunes from the 1910-30’s,

It’s a Grand Time!
Bring Your Sweetie and Grab Your Pals!
Enjoy lots of inspired whoopee & beguiling music!

Shows include JERRY BECK’S rare & scintillating early film shorts!
Doors open at 7:30. 8:00 Show time. Theatre Information 323-666-4268

4773 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, (2 blocks west of Vermont)
To purchase tickets visit:
www.steveallentheater.com
or phone our new ticket service TIX: 800-595-4849

And for more information visit
the Steve Allen Theatre /Center For Inquiry website
www.cfiwest.org/theater

First Thursday of every month!
8:00 p.m.

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Proudly announcing that Janet will be a Bonus feature on the 26th Anniversary special DVD release of Steve Martin's "The Jerk". The new edition is due for release July 26th, 2005
Order Your Copy Today

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Be sure to have a peek of images and raves of our recent tour of Japan
The band had a fun time, especially in towns they had never been to before, like Kanazawa and Matsuyama.
Click Here For The Gallery

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See Janet and the Boys on Video
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Watch Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys perform "Yiddish Hula Boy"
film by Augusta


Watch "Yiddish Hula Boy"

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Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys
perform "Baltimore" at The Silverlake Lounge, 2001

Choose a streaming speed

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Playbills Past
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for a larger image.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 


Drawing of Janet and her Parlor Boys
by Christine Shields

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance Photos
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March 17&18, 2002
Janet and Her Parlor Boys play at the 75th anniversary of that famously elegant forest hideaway - The Awahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park.

 

 

May 5, 2001
Janet with R. Crumb & the Cheap Suit Serenaders at The Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, Ca.

 
 
Tom Marion
& R. Crumb
Robert Armstrong, JK & Terry Zwigoff

 

 

Serenading for the marriage of Chris & Rena Weisburg 2001 in Santa Barbara, Ca.

 

 

     
Salvation at the Silverlake Lounge
following the Asylum Street Spankers of Austin, Texas
at the Sliverlake Lounge, Ca - 2001

 

© 2004 Coeur de Jeanette Productions