''Scouse the Mouse'' is a children's album released in the UK in 1977. It featured the vocals of Ringo Starr and others.

Story and recording

Starr appears as the album's main character, Scouse the Mouse, who emigrates from

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to the

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is a word for things from Liverpool. Other characters are played by

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(“Bonce the Mouse”) and

Barbara Dickson Barbara Ruth Dickson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer and actress whose hits include 'I Know Him So Well', 'Answer Me' and ' January February'. Dickson has placed fifteen albums on the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a ...

(“Molly Jolly”). The album was written, directed and narrated by

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. Most of the songs performed on the album were composed by Roger Brown. Starr's tracks ("I Know a Place", "S.O.S.", "A Mouse Like Me", "Living in a Pet Shop", "Scouse's Dream", "Running Free", "Boat Ride" and "Scouse the Mouse") were recorded in July 1977, produced by Hugh Murphy, at Berwick Street Studios.

Release

An animated television version of the story was planned for airing on ITV, but it was delayed due to a strike and ultimately shelved.Chip Madinger & Mark Easter, Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium (Chesterfield, MO: 44.1 Productions, 2000), 514. ''Scouse the Mouse'' was released on 9 December 1977 in the UK by

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. The album, which was the third and final release in Starr's three-album deal with

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, was not issued in the United States.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Roger Brown, except where noted.

References

; Footnotes ; Citations {{Authority control 1977 albums Ringo Starr albums Polydor Records albums Children's music albums by British artists