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Steve Allen in 1977
Steve Allen in 1977

This is a list of works by American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer Steve Allen.

Films

Shows

Songs

Comedic discography

  • Man in the Street (1963) (Signature 1004)
  • Funny Fone Calls (1963) (Dot 3472, re-issued as Casablanca 811-366-1-ML)
  • More Funny Fone Calls (1963) (Dot 3517, re-issued as Casablanca 811-367-1-ML)

Musical discography

  • Steve Allen's All Star Jazz Concert Vol. 1 with Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Billy Butterfield Jazz Band (Decca, 1954)
  • Steve Allen's All Star Jazz Concert Vol. 2 with Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Billy Butterfield Jazz Band (Decca, 1954)
  • Music for Tonight (Coral, 1955)
  • Jazz for Tonight (Coral, 1955)
  • Steve Sings (Coral, 1955)
  • The Steve Allen Show (Coral, 1955)
  • Allen Plays Allen (Coral, 1956)
  • The James Dean Story with Bill Randle (Coral, 1956)
  • Steve Allen Plays Benny Goodman (Coral, 1956)
  • Romantic Rendezvous with Neal Hefti(Coral, 1957)
  • Venetian Serenade (Coral, 1957)
  • Terry Gibbs, Captain with Terry Gibbs (Emarcy, 1958)
  • Steve Allen Plays Hi-Fi Music for Influentials (Coral, 1958)
  • The Poetry of Love (Coral, 1958)
  • What Is Subud with John Bennett (Hanover, 1958)
  • Steve Allen Plays Neal Hefti (Coral, 1958)
  • Man On the Street with Tom Poston, Don Knotts, Louis Nye (Signature, 1959)
  • The Discovery of Buck Hammer (Hanover, 1959)
  • Steve Allen Presents Carole Simpson - Singin' and Swingin' (Tops, 1959)
  • Steve Allen Presents Sandy Warner - Fair & Warner (Tops, 1959)
  • Poetry for the Beat Generation with Jack Kerouac (Hanover, 1959)
  • Steve Allen at the Roundtable (Roulette, 1959)
  • Swingin' & Dancin' with Gus Bivona (Mercury, 1959)
  • Steve Allen Plays (Dot, 1959)
  • Around the World (Dot, 1959)
  • Monday Nights (Signature, 1960)
  • Steve Allen Presents 12 Golden Hits (Dot, 1962)
  • Steve Allen Plays Bossa Nova Jazz (Dot, 1963)
  • Plays the Piano Greats (Dot, 1963)
  • Gravy Waltz and 11 Current Hits! (Dot, 1963)
  • Steve Allen Sings (Dot, 1963)
  • More (Theme from "Mondo Cane") (Dot, 1963)
  • Steve Allen's Funny Fone-Calls (Dot, 1963)
  • Some of My Favorites (Hamilton 1964)
  • Songs from the Steve Allen TV Show (Dot, 1964)
  • Poetry in Piano (Coral, 1964)
  • I Play for You (Dot, 1965)
  • His Piano & Orchestra (Dot, 1965)
  • Cool, Quiet Bossa Nova (Dot, 1967)
  • Do the Love with Bob Thiele (ABC, 1967)
  • Soulful Brass with Oliver Nelson (Impulse!, 1968)
  • A Man Called Dagger (Music from the Original Soundtrack) (MGM 1968)
  • Soulful Brass #2 (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
  • Soulful Brass #3 (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
  • Steve Allen Presents Linda Guymon (Dobre 1978)
  • Funny Fone Calls (Casablanca, 1983)
  • Steve Allen's More Funny Fone Calls (Casablanca, 1983)
  • Anthony Plays Allen with Ray Anthony (Capitol 1984)
  • Alice in Wonderland Original Cast Voice Track Recording (1985)
  • Steve Allen Presents Terry Gibbs at the Piano (Fresh Sound/Signature, 1960)
  • Steve Allen Plays Jazz Tonight (Concord Jazz, 1993)

Books

Year Title Notes Identifiers
1955 Steve Allen's Bop Fables illustrated by George Price OCLC 1006762
1955 Fourteen for Tonight short stories OCLC 1034835
1956 The Funny Men OCLC 329974
1956 Wry on the Rocks poems OCLC 1150685
1958 The Girls on the 10th Floor and Other Stories short stories OCLC 1131890; ISBN 0-8369-3608-6 (1970 printing)
1959 The Question Man... photographs by Gene Lester OCLC 1150647
1960 Mark It and Strike It: An Autobiography OCLC 25533614
1962 Not All of Your Laughter, Not All of Your Tears Steve's first novel OCLC 1626391
1964 Dialogues in Americanism transcript of three debates: Allen vs. William F. Buckley, Jr.; Robert M. Hutchins vs. L. Brent Bozell, and James MacGregor Burns vs. Willmoore Kendall OCLC 397431
1965 Letter to a Conservative OCLC 1150594
1966 The Ground is Our Table photographs by Arthur Dubinsky OCLC 358823
1967 Bigger than a Breadbox with commentary by Leonard Feather; illustrations by Rowland B. Wilson OCLC 717481
1969 A Flash of Swallows: New Poems poems ISBN 0-8375-6734-3; OCLC 5024
1972 The Wake ISBN 0-385-07608-8
1973 Princess Snip-Snip and the Puppy-Kittens illustrated by David Gantz
1973 Curses! or... How Never to Be Foiled Again illustrated by Marvin Rubin ISBN 0-87477-008-4
1974 What To Say When It Rains ISBN 0-8431-0357-4
1975 Schmock-Schmock! ISBN 0-385-09664-X
1978 Meeting of Minds ISBN 0-517-53383-9; 1989 printing: ISBN 0-87975-550-4
1978 Chopped-Up Chinese
1979 Ripoff: A Look at Corruption in America with Roslyn Bernstein and Donald H. Dunn ISBN 0-8184-0249-0
1979 Meeting of Minds, Second Series ISBN 0-517-53894-6; 1989 printing: ISBN 0-87975-565-2
1980 Explaining China ISBN 0-517-54062-2
1981 Funny People ISBN 0-8128-2764-3
1982 Beloved Son: A Story of the Jesus Cults ISBN 0-672-52678-6
1982 More Funny People ISBN 0-8128-2884-4
1986 How to Make a Speech ISBN 0-07-001164-8
1987 How to Be Funny: Discovering the Comic You with Jane Wollman ISBN 0-07-001199-0; 1992 printing: ISBN 0-87975-792-2; 1998 revised edition: ISBN 1-57392-206-4
1989 The Passionate Nonsmoker's Bill of Rights: The First Guide to Enacting Nonsmoking Legislation with Bill Adler, Jr. ISBN 0-688-06295-4
1989 "Dumbth": And 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter ISBN 0-87975-539-3; 1998 revised edition: ISBN 1-57392-237-4
1989 Meeting of Minds, Vol. III ISBN 0-87975-566-0
1989 Meeting of Minds, Vol. IV ISBN 0-87975-567-9
1990 The Public Hating: A Collection of Short Stories ISBN 0-942637-22-4
1990 Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion & Morality ISBN 0-87975-638-1
1992 Hi-Ho, Steverino: The Story of My Adventures in the Wonderful Wacky World of Television ISBN 0-942637-55-0; large-print edition: ISBN 1-56054-521-6
1993 More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion & Morality ISBN 0-87975-736-1
1993 Make 'em Laugh ISBN 0-87975-837-6
1994 Reflections ISBN 0-87975-904-6
1995 The Man Who Turned Back the Clock, and Other Short Stories ISBN 1-57392-002-9
1995 The Bug and the Slug in the Rug ISBN 1-880851-17-2
1996 But Seriously...: Steve Allen Speaks His Mind ISBN 1-57392-090-8
1999 Steve Allen's Songs: 100 Lyrics with Commentary ISBN 0-7864-0736-0
2000 Steve Allen's Private Joke File ISBN 0-609-80672-6
2001 Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio – Raising the Standards of Popular Culture ISBN 1-57392-874-7

Allen was the credited author of a series of mystery novels "starring" himself and wife Jayne Meadows as amateur detectives. The first one (The Talk Show Murders) was ghostwritten by Walter J. Sheldon; later volumes were ghostwritten by Robert Westbrook.

Skeptic magazine

As Allen was a supporter of the scientific skepticism movement, he worked to promote critical thinking, contributing many pieces to the American magazine Skeptic, which is published by the California-based Skeptics Society.

  • Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 1, "A Tribute to Isaac Asimov" (with Harlan Ellison and Martin Gardner)
  • Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 2
  • Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 3
  • Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 4
  • Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 1, "Genius" (with James Randi, Paul MacCready, Marilyn vos Savant, Elie Shneour, and David Alexander)
  • Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 2, "The Jesus Cults"
  • Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 3
  • Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 4
  • Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 1
  • Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 2
  • Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 3
  • Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 4
  • Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 1
  • Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 2
  • Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 3
  • Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 4
  • Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 1
    • "An Open Letter from Steve Allen to Heber Jentzsch, President, Church of Scientology"
    • "But Seriously … Steve Allen Speaks His Mind"
  • Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 2
  • Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 3, "Scientology Reply to Steve Allen"
  • Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 4[2]

References

  1. ^ "Steve Allen | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  2. ^ "Back Issues, volumes 1 through 5". Skeptic. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
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