Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz

Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz
Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz
Studio album by Meco
Released	1978
Recorded	Disco; Tribute album; Novelty; Instrumental Pop
Length	17:53
Label	Millennium Records; RCA
Producer	Meco, Tony Bongiovi, Harold Wheeler
Meco chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz is an album by the American musician Meco, released in 1978.^[2] The album sold around 400,000 copies.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing[edit]

"Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (1:58)
"Cyclone" (George Bassman, Herbert Stohart, George Stoll) - (3:43)
"Munchkinland" - (1:19)
"Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (2:00)
"We're Off to See the Wizard" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (3:32)
"Poppies"
"The Spell"
"Optimistic Voices"
"The Merry Old Land Of Oz"
"The Haunted Forest" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (1:22)
"March of the Winkies" (Herbert Stohart) - (1:20)
"Dorothy's Rescue" (Herbert Stohart) - (1:11)
"If I Were King of the Forest" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (0:57)
"Over The Rainbow"
"The Reprise: Delirious Escape/Over The Rainbow/Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead/Munchkinland" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (3:17)

Charts[edit]

Album[edit]

Title	Release date	Chart positions
Title	Release date	US Pop	US R&B	AUS^[3]
"The Wizard Of Oz"	1978	#68	#49	#72

Singles[edit]

Year	Single	Chart Positions
Year	Single	US R&B	US Dance	US Pop	AUS
1978	"The Wizard Of Oz"	-	#35	#35	#72

References[edit]

^ "The Wizard of Oz Review by JT Griffith". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^ Gilday, Katherine (21 Oct 1978). "Disco". The Globe and Mail. p. P31.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 196. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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[AM-1] "The Wizard of Oz Review by JT Griffith". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[2] Gilday, Katherine (21 Oct 1978). "Disco". The Globe and Mail. p. P31.

[aus-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 196. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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