MGM had several childrens series over the years. They started with children's records in the main
series and in the Lion reissue series in the late 1950s, then switched to a new CH-100 children's series
in 1962. This shifted to the CH-500 series in 1963-64, then a special label, Leo the Lion (CH-1000
series) in 1965-1968. In 1966, a few albums were issued on the King Leo label, and in the 1970s, MGM
issued records under the "Young Directional Series". A large number of the albums after the initial series
were reissues of earlier albums.
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MGM ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY, PART 13
Number - Title - Artist [Release Date] Contents
MGM Children's CH-100 Series (1962):
CH-100 - TV Storytime with Tom & Jerry - Bret Morrison [1962] Reissue of Lion L70074.
Johann Mouse/Charlie the Choo Choo Train/Old MacDonald's Barnyard Band/Robin Hood
CH-101 - Mother Goose Sing-Along: 20 All-Time Favorites - Donald Dame/Betty Martin
[1962] Reissue of Lion L70075. Medley: Good Morning-Mary Sunshine-Jack & Jill-Simple Simon-3 Little
Kittens-Mistress Mary-Humpty Dumpty-Little Tommy Tucker-Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush-
Hickory Dickory Dock-Little Jack Horner-Little Miss Muffett-Rock-A-Bye Baby-Twinkle Twinkle Little
Star/Medley: Mulberry Bush-Did You Ever See a Lassie-Looby Lou/Medley: Farmer in the Dell-Little Bo
Peep-Hey Diddle Diddle-London Bridge Is Falling Down/Baa! Baa! Black Sheep
CH-102 - Rip Van Winkle/Johnny Appleseed - Lionel Barrymore/Kate Smith [1962]
Reissue of Lion L70078.
CH-103 - The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales - Robert Q. Lewis [1962] Reissue of Lion
L70080. Pinocchio/Little Mermaid/Sleeping Beauty/Steadfast Tin Soldier/Thembelina/Pied Piper/Little
Boy/Little Girl/Jack & the Beanstalk/Rapunzel/Ugly Duckling/Rumpelstiltskin/Beauty & the Beast/Wizard
of Oz
CH-104 - Tom Thumb (Soundtrack) - Muir Mateison [1962] Reissue of Lion L70084.
After All These Years/Tom Thumb's Tune/Talented Shoes/Yawning Song
CH-105 - 60 All-Time Favorites: Community Sing-Along - Robert Q. Lewis [1962]
Reissue of Lion L70085. Medley: Sing a Song With Me-A-Hunting We Will Go-Alouette-Bobby
Shaftoe-Dixie-Did You Ever See a Lassie?-Dooda Dooda-Hey Diddle Diddle/Medley: London
Bridge-Hickory Dickory Dock- Alphabet Song-Old Gray Mare-Oh Were Has My Little Dong Gone-Ride a
Cock Horse-Pussy Cat Pussycat-Mary Had a Little Lamb/Medley: Old MacDonald Had a
Farm-Polly-Wolly-Doodle-Polly Put the Kettle On-Jack Horner-Baa! Baa! Black Sheep-I Love Little
Pussy-Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be/Medley: Jack & Jill-Go In & Out the Window-Lazy Mry-Little
Boy Blue-Looby-Loo-Jingle Bells-Down in the Valley-Oh Suzanna/Medley: Farmer in the Dell-Aunt
Rhody-Sing a Song of Sixpence-Skip To My Lou-10 Little Indians-Twinkle Twinkle Little Star-A Tisket A
Tasket-Mistree Mary Quite Contrary/Medley: Mulberry Bush-For He's a Jolly Good Fellow-Row Row Row
Your Boat-Frere Jacques-Billy Boy-Little Bo Peep-Pop! Goes the Weasel/Medley: Yankee Doodle-3
Little Kittens-Rockabye Baby-Oats Peas Beans & Barley Grow-3 Blind Mice-She'll Be Comin' Round the
Mountain-Muffin Man-Ring Around a Rosy/Medley: My Lod Kentucky Home-Sailing Sailing-My Bonnie
Lies Over the Ocean-My Little Nut Tree-Old Folks at Home-Baby Bunting-Cradle Song-Sing a Song With
Me
CH-106 - More TV Storytime with Tom & Jerry - Bret Morrison [1962] Reissue of Lion
L70087. Fire Engine/Rocket Ship To the Moon/In the Wild West/Down On the Farm/Meet Santa
Claus/Aladdin's Lamp
CH-107 - Bible Stories for Children - Arlene Francis [1962] Reissue of Lion L70101.
Noah & the Great Flood/Abraham/Wife For Issac/Joseph & His Brothers/Moses/10
Commandments/Samson/Shadrach, Meshack & Abednego/Ruth & Noami/David & Goliath/24th & 100th
Psalms
CH-108 - The Magic World of Circuses and Clowns - Robert Q. Lewis [1962] Reissue of
Lion L70104. Entry of the Gladiators/Circus Clowns/Circus Band/Under the Double Eagle/Circus
Elephants/Bombasto/Lion Tamer March/King Cotton/Circus Kids/Washington Post March/Circus
Acrobats/Our Director March/Traveling With the Circus/Capitan March/Circus Side Show/Manhattan
Beach March
CH-109 - Favorite Marches for Children - Children's Marching Chorus & Toyland Band
[1962] Reissue of Lion L70105. Medley: On the Mall-Marines' Hymn-Betty Coed-Whistler's Song/Medley:
Yankee Doodle March-Dixie-Jingle Bells March/Medley: Hail Columbia-America-Columbia the Gem of
the Ocean/Medley: U.S. Air Force/Lassus Trombone-Stein Song-Pomp & Circumstance-Mr.
Man/Medley: Caissons Go Rolling Along-Dixieland Style March-Stars & Stripes Forever/Medley: When
Johnny Gomes Marching Home-I've Been Working on the Railroad-Pop! Goes the Weasel/Medley:
Semper Fidelis- Thunderer-Invercargill/Medley: Camptown Races-Mulberry Bush March/Medley:
America the Beautiful- Star Spangled Banner
CH-110 - Terrytoon's Mighty Mouse TV Playhouse - Tom Morrison [1962] Reissue of
Lion L70115. Green Line/Date For Dinner/Watchdog/Sultan's Birthday Party/Smokey Joe/Angry Volcano
CH-111 - Tubby the Tuba/The Story of Celeste - Jose Ferrer/Rosemary Clooney [1962]
Reissue of MGM E-3709.
CH-112 - A Christmas Carol/Beloved Christmas Hymns & Carols - Lionel Barrymore &
Richard Hale/Canterbury Choir [1962] Reissue of Lion L70124.
CH-113 - The Bear That Wasn't/Drippy (The Runaway Raindrop)/Fantissimo - Keenan
Wynn [1962] Reissue of Lion L70076.
CH-114 - Horton Hatches the Egg/Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves - Betty Garrett/Lionel
Barrymore [1962]
CH/CHS-500 Childrens' Series (1963-1964):
CH/CHS-501 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs/Sleeping Beauty/Rumplestiltskin [1963]
Someday My Prince Will Come/Heigh Ho/Sleeping Beauty/Rumplestilskin
CH/CHS-502 - Cinderella/Hansel & Gretel [1963]
CH/CHS-503 - Pinocchio/Tom Thumb/The Gingerbread Boy [1963]
CH/CHS-504 - Mother Goose Nursery Rhimes - Judy Valentine [1963] Medley: 3 Little
Kittens-Mistress Mary-Humpty Dumpty/Medley: Jack & Jill-Simple Simon-Little Tommy Tucker-Mulberry
Bush/Medley: Hickory Dickory Dock-Little Jace Horner-Little Miss Muffet-Little Bo Peep/Looby
Loo/Farmer In the Dell/Did You Ever See a Lassie?/Baa! Baa! Black Sheep/Good Morning Mary
Sunshine/Medley: hey Diddle Diddle-London Bridge-Twinkle Twinkle/Rockabye-Baby/Mary Had a Little
Lamb
CH/CHS-505 - Peter and the Wolf/The Story of Celeste/Tubby the Tuba [1963]
CH/CHS-506 - Bambi/Dumbo [1963]
CH/CHS-507 - The Little Engine That Could/Little Toot/The Little Red Caboose [1963]
CH/CHS-508 - Peter Pan/Alice in Wonderland [1963]
CH/CHS-509 - Jack in the Beanstalk/Three Little Pigs/Little Red Riding Hood [1963]
CH/CHS-510 - The Wizard of Oz/Babes in Toyland [1963]
CH/CHS-511 - Ali Baba and the Forty Theives/Aladdin's Lamp [1964]
CH/CHS-512 - The Ugly Duckling/The Brementon Musicians/Goldilocks and the Three Bears
[1964]
CH/CHS-513 - Gulliver's Travels/Rapunsel/Puss 'N Boots [1964]
CH/CHS-514 - The Pied Piper/The Shoemaker and the Elves/The Fisherman and His Wife
[1964]
CH/CHS-515 - Robin Hood/The Prince and the Pauper [1964]
CH/CHS-516 - Flipper's New Adventure [1964]
CH/CHS-517 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas/The Little Firetree/The Night the Animals
Talked [1964]
LEO THE LION LABEL
C/CH-1000 - 4 Musical Adventures of TVs Favorite Cat and Mouse: Tom & Jerry - Bret
Morrison [1965] Reissue of MGM CH-100.
C/CH-1001 - Flipper, The King of the Sea [1965] Reissue of MGM CH-516.
C/CH-1002 - Mighty Mouse to the Rescue! - Tom Morrison [1965] Reissue of MGM CH-
110.
C/CH-1003 - Meet Merry Mother Goose - Betty Martin/Donald Dame [1965] Reissue of
MGM CH-101.
C/CH-1004 - This Old Man (Great Parade Marches and Songs) - MGM Marching Band &
Chorus [1965] Reissue of MGM CH-109.
C/CH-1005 - Tubby the Tuba/Gulliver's Travels [1965]
C/CH-1006 - The Wizard of Oz/Babes in Toyland [1965] Reissue of MGM CH-510.
C/CH-1007 - Cinderella/Hansel & Gretel [1965] Reissue of MGM CH-502.
C/CH-1008 - The MGM Treasury of Bedtime Stories [1966]
C/CH-1009 - Grimm's Fairy Tales - Robert Q. Lewis & MGM Players [1965]
C/CH-1010 - Little Red Riding Hood [1965] Reissue of MGM CH-509.
C/CH-1011 - French Spoken Here [1966]
C/CH-1012 - ABC, 1-2-3: Counting Rhymes, Alphabet Songs, Riddles and Tongue Twisters -
Lande, Denning and MGM Orchestra [1966]
C/CH-1013 - Horton Hatches the Egg/Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves [1965]
C/CH-1014 - Smokey and His Friends - Smokey Bear [1966]
C/CH-1015 - [unissued]
C/CH-1016 - Dinosaurs! - Basil Rathbone [1966]
C/CH-1017 - Jolly Doctor Dollywell/Horatio, The Horsie-O [1966]
C/CH-1018 - The Songs of G.I. Joe [1966]
C/CH-1019 - The Official Adventures of Batman and Robin [1966]
C/CH-1020 - Teddy Bear's Picnic/The Bear That Wasn't [1966]
C/CH-1021 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [1967] Reissue of MGM CH-501.
C/CH-1022 - The Official Adventures of Superman [1966]
C/CH-1023 - The Amazing TV Themes - Milton DeLugg/Wade Denning/Ron Marshall
[1966]
C/CH-1024 - Let's Play School - Kay Lande [1966]
C/CH-1025 - Curtain Going Up - Richard Kiley & Julie Harris [1966]
C/CH-1026 - Old Mother Hubbard (A Collection of 20 Play Party Songs) - Peppermint Nine &
MGM Orchestra [1966]
C/CH-1027 - More Official Adventures of Batman and Robin [1966]
C/CH-1028 - The Official Adventures of Flash Gordon - Buster Crabbe [1966]
C/CH-1029 - The Green Berets: Their Story and Heritage [1966]
C/CH-1030 - The Official Adventures of the Green Hornet [1966]
C/CH-1031 - Mowgli's Brothers/Tiger! Tiger! - Richard Kiley [1967]
C/CH-1032 - The MGM Treasury of Fairy Tales - MGM Players [1967]
C/CH-1033 - Curious George - Jimmy Blaine [1967]
C/CH-1034 - Johnny Appleseed/The Story of Celeste - Kate Smith/Rosemary Clooney
[1967]
C/CH-1035 - Noah's Ark and Other Wondrous Bible Stories - Arlene Francis [1967]
Reissue of MGM CH-107.
C/CH-1036 - The Magic Fishbone/The Happy Prince/The Potted Princess - Julie Harris &
Richard Kiley [1967]
C/CH-1037 - Peter Pan - Robert Q. Lewis/Keenan Wynn [1967]
C/CH-1038 - The Farmer in the Dell - Robert Q. Lewis [1967] Reissue of MGM CH-105.
C/CH-1039 - Smitty the Clown - Robert Q. Lewis [1967] Reissue of MGM CH-108.
C/CH-1040 - The Official Adventures of Aquaman/The Green Lantern/The Flash [1967]
C/CH-1041 - The Official Adventures of The Phantom/Mandrake the Magician [1967]
C/CH-1042 - Canada (A History in Story and Song) - Sidney Paul [1967]
C/CH-1043 - Daktari (Soundtrack) - Original TV Cast [1967]
C/CH-1044 - Maya (TV Soundtrack) - TV Cast [1967]
C/CH-1045 - Space Stories and Sounds - Bill Stern [1967] Reissue of Lion L70086.
C/CH-1046 - Pinocchio [1968] Reissue of MGM CH-503.
C/CH-1047 - The Official Adventures of Prince Valiant [1968]
C/CH-1048 - The Official Adventures of The Shadow [1968]
C/CH-1049 - Tom Thumb [unissued]
C/CH-1050 - Story Hour with Shirley Booth - Shirley Booth [1968]
C/CH-1051 - The Walrus and the Carpenter/Carnival of the Animals [unissued]
C/CH-1052 - Goodnight, Moon: The Stories of Margaret Wise Brown - Margaret Wise
Brown [unissued]
C/CH-1053 - Peter and the Wolf/Alice in Wonderland [1968]
KING LEO LABEL
LE/LES-900 - You're a Good Man Charlie Brown - Original Album Musical [1966]
LE/LES-901 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (TV Soundtrack) - Original TV
Soundtrack [1966]
LE/LES-902 - Tarzan (TV Soundtrack) - Ron Ely & Cast [1966]
LE/LES-903 - Children's Songs - Connie Francis & Kids Next Door [1966]
MGM YOUNG DIRECTIONAL SERIES
YDS-301 - Goody Two Shoes - Efram Zimbalist, Jr.
YDS-302 - The Adventures of Raggedy Ann - Ann Rutherford
YDS-303 - The Robin Hood of El Dorado - Lorne Greene
YDS-304 - The Astronauts: True Adventures in Space - Astronauts [unissued]
YDS-305 - Batman '71 [unissued]
YDS-306 - French Spoken Here [unissued]
YDS-307 - [number not assigned?]
YDS-308 - Dinosaurs' Journey
YDS-309 - ABC, 1-2-3 [unissued]
YDS-310 - The Ugly Duckling [unissued]
Thanks to Rebecca McCroskey.
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