The table below contains all known Mouseketeer Fun With Music Day musical numbers and skits appearing during the second season of the original Mickey Mouse Club, by order of appearence. If you find that your favorite number doesn't appear here, it might have been an Anything Can Happen Day skit.
Storylines and dialogue writing credits for the skits may be assumed to be the same as those listed for the songs, except where noted. Only original broadcast appearences are listed; reruns are excluded. Note that some musical numbers might be incorrectly assigned to a particular show. While all shows are listed, the songs and other credits for them are incomplete.
Most of the information below was extracted from original research done by Bill Cotter, however, any errors of fact or mistakes in interpretation are my own.
Season 2 (1956-57)
Amusement Park
Oct 1, 1956
Lead: Darlene Gillespie, Bobby Burgess
With: Charley, Lonnie, Larry, Dennis, Jay-Jay, Mellowmen (voice only)
Song: All Alone at Coney Island (Tom Adair/Buddy Baker)
The second season opener was a surprise for touching on teen romance and even more so for celebrating a non-Disney amusement park.
The Malt Shop
Oct 8, 1956
Lead: Jimmie, Cubby
Solo: Darlene, Bobby, Lonnie, Doreen, Jay-Jay, Sharon, Eileen, Karen
With: Ensemble
Song: Sweetshop Rock (Jimmie Dodd)
Hey Cubby Boy (Jimmie Dodd)
Despite it's name, Sweetshop Rock was more swing than rock. Terrific staging and choreography made this a real treat.
Western Band
Oct 15, 1956
Lead: Unknown
With: Unknown
Song: Unknown
No idea what this particular show was about.
The Sound Effects Department
Oct 22, 1956
Lead: Ensemble
Song: Get Out of the Way (Gil George/Paul Smith)
A true ensemble piece, with just about everyone getting in on the action. The kids wander into the Sound Effects room and try out the equipment, the sort of foray that got the Rooney boys canned in the first season. Later Jimmie leads the Mouseketeer's Sound Effects Orchestra in a rendition of a von Suppé overture.
Music Room
Oct 29, 1956
Lead: Jimmie, Darlene, Tommy, Bobby
Solo: Lonnie, Sharon, Larry, Annette, Jay-Jay, Doreen, Cheryl
With: Roy
Song: The Leprechaun with the Flute (Sid Miller/Tom Adair)
Erin Dear Erin (Traditional)
Starts off in the Mousekamusic room with Jimmie as teacher and Cheryl reading the lesson, then goes to a 19th Century Irish village for songs by Darlene and Tommy.
Day's End
Nov 5, 1956
Lead: Doreen, Jimmie
Solo: Margene, Lonnie, Larry, Bobby, Jay-Jay
With: Sharon, Darlene, Dennis, Charley
Song: Banjo Joe (Tom Adair/Gil George/Paul Smith)
Roll Up the Rug (Tom Adair/Gil George/Paul Smith)
The songs and photo go together, but may not belong to this day's show.
Get Acquainted Calypso
Nov 12, 1956
Lead: Jimmie
Solo: Lonnie, Bobby, Tommy, Doreen
With: Ensemble
Song: Get Acquainted Calypso (Sid Miller/Tom Adair)
Misc traditional songs in Calypso style
Lonnie, Bobby, Tommy, Doreen, Eileen, and Cheryl play visitors to Trinidad, where they get acquainted with the locals through calypso music.
Tramp Ballet
Nov 19, 1956
Lead: Ensemble
Solo: Karen, Cubby
With: Lonnie, Doreen, Sharon, others
Song: Tramp Ballet (Sid Miller)
What the Well-Dressed Tramp is Wearing (Sid Miller/Tom Adair)
A Rolling Stone (Sid Miller/Tom Adair)
Karen and Cubby sing the last song as a duet; the other mice stage a tramp fashion show.
Paris
Nov 25, 1956
Lead: Jimmie
Solo: Darlene, Annette
With: Ensemble
Song: Bon Jour Paree (Frances Jeffords Adair/Tom Adair)
Annette (Jimmie Dodd)
A song by Darlene and a dance by Annette pretty well sums up this skit.
Switzerland
Dec 3, 1956
Lead: Jimmie, Roberta Shore, Cubby, Karen
Solo: Lonnie, Sharon, Larry, Darlene, Bobby, Doreen, Jay-Jay, Cheryl
With: Charley, Margene, Dennis
Song: Edelweiss Polka (Adair/Gyldmark/Skaarup)
Teach Me to Yodel (Rudy Burkhalter)
Both numbers was also performed during the serial Adventure in Dairyland. Roberta taught the kids yodelling and sang as well.
Holiday in Hawaii
Dec 10, 1956
Lead: Jimmie
Solo: Sherry
With: Ensemble
Song: Dance Me a Story
Holiday in Hawaii (Larry Orenstein/Ray Brenner)
Walt showed up for this photo, but I'm not sure he was in the filming. Sherry wore a long black wig and did the hula dancing.
Westward Ho!
Dec 17, 1956
Lead: Jimmie Dodd
Solo: Darlene, Doreen, Karen, Cubby, Tommy
With: Bobby, Lonnie, Eileen, Margene, Jay-Jay, Sharon
Song: Pioneer's Prayer (Gil George/Paul Smith)
Westward Ho, the Wagons! (Tom Blackburn/George Bruns)
Promotional skit to publicize the Disney movie Westward Ho, the Wagons, released the same week.
Land-of-Me-Oh-My
Dec 24, 1956
Lead: Pamela Beaird
With: Larry, Margene, Lonnie, Sharon, Jay-Jay, Cheryl, Eileen, Dennis
Song: In the Land of Me Oh My (Iris Burton Miller/Sid Miller)
Pamela was a talent roundup winner, and later replaced Cheryl Holdridge as Wally Cleaver's girlfriend on Leave It to Beaver. The title song was co-written by Sid Miller's first wife, who much later became a big-time talent agent for child stars.
Basketball Ballet
Dec 31, 1956
Lead: Darlene, Larry, Doreen, Bobby, Margene, Lonnie, Cheryl, Dennis, Sharon, Jay-Jay
With: Eileen
Song: Problem Such As This (Sid Miller/Larry Orenstein)
An entertaining pre-Title IX number. No idea what the other song may have been.
An Evening with Darlene
Feb 4, 1957
Lead: Darlene Gillespie
Solo: Doreen, Margene, Larry, Lonnie, Bobby
With: Ensemble
Song: Hop Scotch Hop (Tom Adair/Jimmie Dodd/E.Penner)
Sometimes I'm Happy (Irving Caesar/Vincent Youmans)
Darlene drove everyone on the set nuts with her Ed Sullivan imitations, so Sid Miller built a whole show around it. She also did Marilyn Monroe, Red Skelton, and Jimmy Durante.
1925 Sweetshop
Feb 11, 1957
Lead: Bob Amsberry
Solo: Bobby, Margene, Lonnie, Eileen, Larry, Sharon, Dennis, Doreen
With: Darlene, Cheryl
Song: 1925 (Sid Miller/Tom Adair)
Polka-Dot Waltz (Gil George/Paul Smith)
Skit starts in 1955, then has flashbacks to 1925 and 1895. Margene as a flapper and Bob waltzing with Doreen are highlights.
Scribbletown
Feb 18, 1957
Lead: Jimmie Dodd, Roy Williams
With: Cubby, Sherry, others
Song: Scribble Town (Larry Orenstein/Ray Brenner)
Not much information on this; from the evidence of the photo this was filmed Sept 14, 1956.
Fun with Fish
Apr 15, 1957
Lead: Bobby, Lonnie, Larry, Sharon, Karen, Sherry
Solo: Jay-Jay
With: Cheryl, Doreen, Dennis, Annette, Tommy, Charley, Margene, Cubby
Song: A Whale of a Sailor (Larry Orenstein/Ray Brenner)
A swinging jazz dance number by the three guys was the highlight. The first part was a song by the three younger girls while fishing from the pier.
Horseless Carriage
Apr 22, 1957
Lead: Jay-Jay, Jimmie Dodd
With: Bobby, Doreen, Lonnie, Cubby, Karen, Roy, Charley and others
Song: Horseless Carriage (Larry Orenstein)
Jimmie and his farm family take a vacation, where they are entertained by Herman's German Band. JJ Solari says he remembers singing the title song of this solo.
County Fair
Apr 29, 1957
Lead: Doreen, Bobby, Jimmie
Solo: Bob, Darlene
With: Cheryl, Sharon, Tommy, Jay-Jay, Larry, Eileen, Margene
Song: Lulu (Ray Brenner)
Going to the County Fair (Ray Brenner)
The mice take their pig Lulu Belle to the county fair. Darlene, Jimmie, and Bob play judges. Filmed Aug 29, 1956.