Jackie Gleason's LONESOME ECHO, featuring a Dali cover

Walt Disney wasn't the only unlikely American entertainer that Salvador Dali collaborated with. Dali also illustrated the cover for Jackie Gleason's record album Lonesome Echo.

Yes, the Honeymooners star had a sideline as a musician... And a surprisingly successful one. He wrote the theme for The Honeymooners, among other songs, and recorded over 20 albums, with Music for Lovers Only selling over 500,000 copies.

I have no idea how Gleason hooked up with Dali, but this cover strikes me as a rather indifferent Dali composition, about as close as the famed surrealist came to "hacking it out".

The back cover features a photo of a grinning Gleason and a grim-looking Dali shaking hands. How is this image not for sale on a t-shirt already?

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