Back to one of my father’s favorite trumpet players. This time, a little later in his career. It’s as if the years have slightly mellowed his sound, and he blends in more with the band.

But there’s almost never any trouble recognizing when this musician is front and center, because he had one of the smoothest sounds around.

So, get ready to hear one of the best known and easily recognized trumpet players ever in Volume 197: Jazzy James.

More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 

Credits and copyrights

Harry James And His Orchestra – Jazz Session Label: Columbia – CL 669, Columbia – CL-669 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Hollywood Pressing Released: 1955 Genre: Jazz Style: Big Band

Marchin' Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Pat Chartrand Written-By – Harry James and Louis Bellson

I'll Remember April Written-By – Don Raye, Gene DePaul and Patricia Johnson

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) Written-By – Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen

(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66! Vocals – Gordon Polk Written-By – Bobby Troup

Stealin' Apples Written-By – Andy Razaf and Fats Waller

Queen Of The Mambo Written-By – Tony Martinez

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

Today, the day this episode drops, would have been my mom’s 87th birthday. Earlier today, I dropped ten roses on her gravestone to signify how many of those birthdays we have had without her.

I’ve said this before, that my mom’s spirit is within this album collection just as much as my dad’s, and it’s artists like this that I know she enjoyed very much.

My parents did get to see him once in concert. He is one of the world’s most recognized tenors, even years after he has been gone. 

So get ready to hear Luciano sing to celebrate my mother’s birthday in Volume 196: Pavarotti for Pauline. 

More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 

Credits and copyrights

Luciano Pavarotti – Verismo Arias Label: London Records – LDR 10020 Series: London Digital Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo Released: Dec 1980 Genre: Classical Style: Opera

The portrait reproduced for the cover was done by Gerrit Greve, and was one of Pavarotti's favorites.

We will hear 10 of the 15 songs on this album.

Amor Ti Vieta (Fedora) Composed By – Umberto Giordano

Dai Campi, Dai Prati (Mefistofele) Composed By – Arrigo Boito

La Dolcissima Effigie (Adriana Lecouvreur) Composed By – Francesco Cilea

L'Anima Ho Stanca or My Soul Is Tired (Adriana Lecouvreur) Composed By – Francesco Cilea

Apri La Tua Finestra! (Iris) Composed By – Pietro Mascagni

Colpito Qui M'Avete.....Un Di All 'Azzurro Spazio (Andrea Chénier) Composed By – Umberto Giordano

Come Un Bel Di Di Maggio (Andrea Chénier) Composed By – Umberto Giordano

Ch'Ella Mi Creda (La Fanciulla Del West) Composed By – Giacomo Puccini

Ma Se Vi Talenta.....Tra Voi, Belle (Manon Lescaut) Composed By – Giacomo Puccini

Ah! Non Y'Avvicante! (Manon Lescaut) Bass Vocals – Neil Howlett Composed By – Giacomo Puccini

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

Like I’ve mentioned before, my dad liked his cowboy music too. So, we’ll go back to a box set where we’ll pull out the fourth of its seven records.

The title of each of these sides is Deep in the Heart of Texas and Western Landscapes, hence the mashup title of this episode.  

Four songs from side one were all big hits and reference our second biggest state. The selections from side two are lesser known but paint a beautiful picture of the old west. 

So get ready to hear what is really Tumbling Tumbleweeds part 4 in Volume 187: Texas Landscapes.

More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 

Credits and copyrights

Various – Tumbling Tumbleweeds Label: Reader's Digest – RDA-229 / A Format: 7 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Box Set Released: 1982 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Country

We will be listening to record 4, sides 1 and 2. We will hear 7 of the 11 tunes from this disk.

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Deep In The Heart Of Texas written by Don Swander, June Hershey

George Hamilton IV - Abilene written by John D. Loudermilk, Bob Gibson and Lester Brown

Gene Autry - The Yellow Rose Of Texas It's a traditional song with lyrics added by Don George

Jerry Reed - El Paso  written by Marty Robbins

The Sons Of The Pioneers - Moonlight On The Colorado written by Billy Moll, Robert King

Jimmy Wakely - The Call Of The Canyon written by Billy Hill

Hank Snow - Cross The Brazos At Waco written by Kay Arnold

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

It was the dance of a generation and well beyond. It was the dance of my parents’ youth and one they continued to do for decades. It is the Jitterbug. So get ready for Fred Astaire Dance Studio approved numbers in Volume 99: Time To Dance.

Credits and copyrights

Various – Perfect For Dancing Jitterbug Or Lindy Label: RCA Victor – LPM-1071, RCA Victor – LPM 1071 Series: Perfect For Dancing Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Released: 1955 Genre: Jazz, Pop Style: Swing

Produced and prepared under the direction of The Fred Astaire Dance Studios

Photography By [Cover Photograph] – David Hecht

Erskine Hawkins And His Orch.– John Henry Blues Arranged By – Frederick Lowe Written-By – W C Handy Recorded January 10, 1950.

Ralph Flanagan And His Orch.– Hot Toddy Written-By – Ralph Flanagan Recorded in December of 1952

Boots Brown And His Blockbusters– Block Buster Written-By – Shorty Rogers Recorded in December of 1952

Ralph Flanagan And His Orch. – Palladium Punch Written-By – Ralph Flanagan  Recorded in 1952

Artie Shaw And His Orch.*– Donkey Serenade Written-By – George Forrest, Herbert Sothard, Robert Craig Wright*, Rudolph Friml Recorded in 1939

Boots Brown And His Blockbusters– Short'nin' Bread Written-By – Shorty Rogers Recorded in December of 1952

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

This is probably the most played album in my dad's collection and not just because of the woman on the front cover wearing a pile of dessert topping like a dress. It fully represents the fun, trumpet-led pop jazz music that filled the house on a regular basis. So get ready for a record the Vaccariello household heard on a weekly basis for years with Volume 98: Whipped Alpert.

Promised link: https://www.billboard.com/music/features/herb-alpert-whipped-cream-other-delights-story-behind-album-cover-50-years-later-7370623/

Credits and copyrights

Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass – Whipped Cream & Other Delights Label: A&M Records – SP 4110 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1965 Genre: Jazz, Latin, Pop Style: Latin Jazz

A Taste Of Honey Written-By – Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow

El Garbanzo Written-By – Sol Lake

Butterball Written-By – Mike Henderson

Peanuts Written-By – Luis Guerrero

Ladyfingers Written-By – Toots Thielemans

Lollipops And Roses  Written-By – Tony Velona

Whipped Cream Written-By – Naomi Neville

Love Potion No. 9 Written-By – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

During this singer’s half century career, he hosted and performed on television. He recorded 22 albums and 147 singles. He was famous for his relaxed vocals, cardigan sweaters and television Christmas specials. So get ready for the singer who Bing Crosby said was “the man who invented casual” in Volume 97: Como By Request. Promised link: https://www.colorado.edu/amrc/perry-como-local-barber-legendary-crooner

Credits and copyrights

Perry Como – Sylvania Presents Perry Como By Special Request Label: RCA – DPL1-0193 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue Released: 1976 Genre: Jazz Style: Easy Listening

Magic Moments - The time the floor fell out when I put the clutch down...lol music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David in  Originally recorded by Como December 3, 1957 with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers

Just Born (To Be Your Baby) Written by Billy Dawn Smith, Luther Dixon First released by Perry in October 1957 with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers

You Alone (Solo Tu) written by Al Stillman, Robert Allen released in September 1953 with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus

No Other Love written by Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers Released in May 1953 with Henri René's Orchestra & Chorus

Seattle composed by Hugo Montenegro with lyrics by Jack Keller and Ernie Sheldon. It was used as the theme for the 1968–1970 ABC-TV United States television show Here Come the Brides,[1] which was set in 19th-century Seattle, Washington. became a Top 40 hit for Perry Como on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in early 1969.

Mandolins In The Moonlight written by Aaron Schroeder, George David Weiss Released September 29, 1958 with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

It’s a 78 RPM Sunday, the last one for the year. This is one of the longer symphony performances in my dad’s collection. It was written by someone who remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music conducted by a long-tenured Russian turned American director. So get ready for Sergei conducting Ludwig in Beantown with Volume 96: Beethoven From Boston.

Credits and copyrights

Ludwig van Beethoven, Koussevitsky, Boston Symphony – Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55 ("Eroica") Label: RCA Victor Red Seal – DM 1161 Format: 6 x Vinyl, 12", 78 RPM, Album, Mono Country: US Released: 1947 Genre: Classical Style: Romantic

First Movement: Allegro Con Brio (Part 1)

First Movement: Allegro Con Brio (concluded)

Second Movement: Marcia Funebre: Adagio Assai (concluded)

Third Movement: Scherzo And Trio: Allegro Vivace

Fourth Movement: Finale: Allegro Molto (Part 1)

Fourth Movement: Finale: Poco Andante; Presto (concluded)

Liner Notes – David Hall

Cover – S. Greco

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

While we have heard recordings where this trumpet player was part of the group, we have never played music where he is the featured instrumentalist. Plus we really take the tempo of the music you are used to listening to on this show down a notch or three. So get ready for the relaxed, easy-going sound of a horn player you may never have heard of in Volume 95: Bobby Gets Mellow. The promised link: https://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu/?q=program/sweet-hot-salute-cornetist-bobby-hackett

Credits and copyrights

Bobby Hackett – In A Mellow Mood Label: Capitol Records – T 575, Capitol Records – T-575 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Country: US Released: 1955 Genre: Jazz Style: Easy Listening

Serenade In Blue composed by Harry Warren, introduced in the 1942 film Orchestra Wives

Deep Night melody composed in 1929 by Charles E. Henderson

In A Sentimental Mood composition by Duke Ellington from 1935

All Through The Night written by Cole Porter for his 1934 musical Anything Goes

You're My Thrill composed by Jay Gorney, was introduced in the film Jimmy and Sally (1933)

Lazy River written by Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin published in 1930

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

We once again will reach into one of my favorite collections that my dad had. Not only because of the great big band music on it, but because of the album cover itself. So get ready to hear from a bandleader who has been called the father of modern military music from an album I used to trip over as a kid in Volume 94: Glenn Miller Collection Part 3.

Credits and copyrights

Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – Second Pressing Label: RCA Victor – LPT 6700 Series: Collector's Issue Series Format: 5 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Canada Released: 1956 Genre: Jazz Style: Big Band, Swing

Rainbow Rhapsody Written-By – Benny Carter

Little Brown Jug Written-By – Traditional

Chip Off The Old Block Written-By – Al Young

One O'clock Jump Written-By – Count Basie

Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree Vocals – Dorothy Claire, Tex Beneke, The Modernaires Written-By – Charles Tobias, Lew Brown, Sam Stept

The Hop Written-By – Ray Coniff

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

We turn our ears to yet another singer who gained popularity during the big band era. A star in radio, recording, film, and TV. So get ready for the journey that  started in Winchester Tennessee and ended up in Beverly Hills with Volume 93: Dinah Indeed.

Credits and copyrights

Dinah Shore – Dinah, Yes Indeed! Label: Capitol Records – T-1247, Capitol Records – T 1247 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1959 Genre: Jazz, Pop Style: Easy Listening, Vocal, Swing

It All Depends On You Written-By – Buddy DeSylva-Lew Brown- and Ray Henderson

Falling In Love With Love Written-By – Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart

Sentimental Journey Written By – music was written by Les Brown and Ben Homer, and the lyrics were written by Bud Green

I'm Old Fashioned Written-By – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer

Taking A Chance On Love Written-By – John Latouche, Ted Fetter, Vernon Duke

Yes Indeed! Written-By – Sy Oliver

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

It’s been a while since we’ve pulled out this collection. We are going to hear some memorable comedians and some historical moments from just one of the six records in this Jack Benny hosted box set. So get ready for a severe contrast as we hear about our country at war and the comedians who kept us laughing during it with Volume 92: Golden Memories of Radio Part 3.

Credits and copyrights

Jack Benny – Golden Memories Of Radio Label: Longines Symphonette Society – none Format:6 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set Country: US Released: 1969 Genre: Non-Music Style: Radioplay

The Great Radio Comedians "Allen's Alley" With Fred Allen, Senator Claghorn, Titus Moody, And Mrs. Nusbaum

Radio Reports World War II - "D" Day To Final Victory: Dwight D. Eisenhower Announces "D" Day/FDR On "D" Day/"Live" Report From Landing Ship/Iwo Jima Invaded FDR Death/ Arthur Godfrey At Funeral

Baron Munchausen, Featuring Jack Pearl Fibber McGee And Molly, With Mr. And Mrs. Jim Jordan

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

Finishing up unofficial Franklin Mint Month we come across another influential cornet player. In fact, he influenced my dad’s favorite cornet player. So get ready for the musician and bandleader who helped make Dixieland music popular outside of Dixie in Volume 91: Oliver is King.

Credits and copyrights

Jelly Roll Morton / King Oliver / Sidney Bechet – Kings Of New Orleans Jazz Label: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 017, The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 018, The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 019, The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 020 Series: The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time, Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection Format: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Vinyl and Box Box Set Country: Sweden Released: 1983 Genre: Jazz

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Canal Street Blues Composed by King Oliver and Louis Armstrong

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dipper Mouth Blues Composed by King Oliver and Louis Armstrong

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Frog-I-Moore written by Jelly Roll Morton

King Oliver's Jazz Band - Riverside Blues written by Richard M. Jones

King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators - Snag It Composed by King Oliver 

King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators - Aunt Hagar's Blues written by W. C. Handy and J Tim Brymn

King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators - Wa Wa Wa Don't know

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

Moving on with unofficial Franklin Mint Month we come across another extremely talented and influential saxophone player. His tragic life may have mirrored another sax player featured in a past episode, but Lester’s playing was all his own. So get ready to hear the musician Billie Holiday nicknamed Prez in Volume 90: Sax Master Young.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/08/billie-holiday-and-lester-young-friendship-between-lady-day-and-prez

Credits and copyrights

Various – Jazz Masters Of The Sax Label: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 014 Series: Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection, The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time Format: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Vinyl Box Set Country: Sweden Released: 1983 Genre: Jazz

Jones-Smith Inc. – Shoe Shine Boy Written by Saul Chaplin Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young Trumpet – Carl "Tatti" Smith Piano - Count Basie String Bass - Walter Page Drums - Jo Jones Recorded Autumn 1936 Released on Vocalion Records

Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra – I Can't Get Started Music by Vernon Duke and lyrics by Ira Gershwin Trumpet - Buck Clayton Trombone - Dicky Wells  Piano – Margaret "Queenie" Johnson Guitar - Freddie Greene String Bass - Walter Page Drums - Jo Jones Vocals – Billie Holiday Tenor Sax Lestor Young Recorded September 15, 1938 Released on Columbia Records

Count Basie & His Orchestra– Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! written by Billy Rose, Ballard MacDonald and Joseph Meyer Alto Saxophone – Earle Warren Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jack Washington Trombone – Dickey Wells, Benny Morton, and Dan Minor Trumpet – Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison and Shad Collins Guitar - Freddie Greene String Bass - Walter Page Drums - Jo Jones Piano - Count Basie Alto Sax - Lester Young Recorded August 4, 1939 Released on Vocalion Records

Young Quartet– I Never Knew written by Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito Piano - Johnny Guarnieri String Bass - Slam Stewart Drums - Sid Catlett Alto Sax - Lester Young Recorded on December 28, 1943 Released on Kenote Records

Young Quintet– Lester Blows Again Written by Lester Young Trombone – Vic Dickenson Piano - Dodo Marmarosa Guitar - Freddy Greene String Bass - Red Callendar Drums - Henry Tucker Green Alto Sax - Lester Young Recorded in October 1945 Released on Alladin

Young Quartet– Neenah Could not find the composer on this one Acoustic Bass – Joe Shulman Drums – Bill Clarke Piano – John Lewis Recorded in July of 1950 Released on Clef Records

Young-Cole-Rich Trio – I Want To Be Happy written by Vincent Youmans, Otto Harbach, Irving Caesar Piano - Nat King Cole Drums – Buddy Rich Alto Sax - Lester Young Recorded in December 1945 Released on Clef Records

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

We're going to take a little side road along our musical journey for this episode. It's not something I often do, especially in my youth, but I'm going to make a big deal out of my birthday this year, since it actually falls on a day I publish my episodes.

62 is not a milestone. There is no special celebration with my high school classmates, since next year we'll be celebrating at our 45-year reunion. In fact, I better get busy and call a meeting since I am currently the chair of the reunion committee.

In that vein, I am going to pull out an album filled with plenty of songs you've already heard on this show, but they all appear on this one disk.

I keep circling back to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Back to the music that made my household so much fun to grow up in. Back to an album that was permanently in the To Play pile next to the living room record player.

So, get ready to hear the entire album of music that always went along well with my mom's lasagna, a house full of friends, and bocce ball in the backyard and help me celebrate with some favorite memories in Volume 186: Best of TJB (Happy Birthday to Me).

More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 

Include links to previous spinning My Dad's Vinyl episodes featuring the TJB: Volume 6: Herb Alpert Lonely Bull Volume 33: Tijuana Brass Going Places Volume 54: Alpert's Ninth Volume 98: Whipped Alpert Volume 129: Brass' Beat for Father's Day Volume 156: Christmas Herb

Credits and copyrights

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Greatest Hits Label: A&M Records – SP-4245 Series: Greatest Hits (8) Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing Released: 1970 Genre: Jazz, Latin Style: Latin Jazz

Liner Notes – Charles Champlin Cover Photography – Jim McCrary Producer – Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss

Comes in a "UniPak" styled gatefold cover with a inner pocket to house LP. We will hear all 12 songs in the order they appear.

Lonely Bull Written-By – Sol Lake Appeared on The Lonely Bull Released in 1964

Spanish Flea Written-By – Julius Wechter Appeared on Going Places released in 1967

Getting Sentimental Over You Written-By – George Bassman Appeared on Going Places released in 1967

Love Potion #9 (first time I came across an actress by the name of Sandra Bullock...it's hilarious.) Written-By – Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Appeared on Whipped Cream and other Delights Released in 1965

Never On Sunday Written-By – Billy Towne and Mano Hadjidakis Appeared on The Lonely Bull Released in 1964

Mexican Shuffle Written-By – Sol Lake Appeared on South of the Border Released in 1964

Taste Of Honey Written-By – Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow Appeared on Whipped Cream and other Delights Released in 1965

Tijuana Taxi Written-By – Ervan Coleman Appeared on Going Places released in 1967

South Of The Border Written-By – Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr Appeared on South of the Border Released in 1964

America Written-By – Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim Appeared on America Released in 1969

Whipped Cream Written-By – Naomi Neville Appeared on Whipped Cream and other Delights Released in 1965

Zorba The Greek Written-By – Mikis Theodorakis Appeared on Going Places released in 1967

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

We continue with my unofficial naming of September as Franklin Mint Month since there is so much good music in this collection, The Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time. And back to the keyboards we go for a talent whose technical ability was regarded by fellow musicians as extraordinary. So get ready for the greatest piano virtuoso Jazz has known in Volume 89 : Tatum on Keys.

Credits and copyrights

Various – Jazz Masters Of The Keyboard Vol. I Label: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 010 Series: The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time, Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection Format: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Box and Vinyl Box Set Country: Sweden Released: 1982 Genre: Jazz

Tea For Two 1924 song composed by Vincent Youmans

I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm written in 1937 by Irving Berlin

Tiger Rag Nick La Rocca, Eddie Edwards, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, and Larry Shields.

Indiana composed by James F. Hanley in 1917

How High The Moon music by Morgan Lewis in 1940.

Cocktails For Two written by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow in 1934

Makin' Whoopee Composed by Walter Donaldson in 1928

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

We now enter the unofficial Franklin Mint Month. Unofficial, because I just made it up in order to get through all of the records that make up this special section of my Dad’s collection. So, get ready for some sweet vocal performances in Volume 88: Greatest Jazz Singers Part 1.

Credits and copyrights

Taken from the Franklin Mint Box Set Various – The Jazz Singers Label: The Franklin Mint Record Society – The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 007 Series: The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time, Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection Format: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Box and Vinyl Box Set Country: Sweden Released: 1982 Genre: Jazz

Ethel Waters– Guess Who's In Town Piano – James P. Johnson

The Boswell Sisters– It's The Girl Double Bass – Joe Tarto Piano – Arthur Schutt Trumpet – Mannie Klein Violin – Joe Venuti Vocals – Connie, Helvetia, Martha Boswell, the Boswell Sisters

Mildred Bailey– All Too Soon Double Bass – Frenchy Covetti Drums – Jimmy Hoskins Guitar – Dave Barbour Piano – Herman Chittison Vocals – Mildred Bailey

Ivie Anderson– Big Butter And Egg Man Drums – Lee Young Guitar – Irving Ashby Piano, Arranged By – Phil Moore Tenor Saxophone – Lucky Thompson Trumpet – Karl George Vocals – Ivie Anderson

orchestra playing so light behind her. Maxine Sullivan With Claude Thornhill's Orchestra– Blue Skies Alto Saxophone – Pete Brown  Clarinet – Buster Bailey Double Bass – John Kirby Drums – O'Neil Spencer Piano, Arranged By – Claude Thornhill Tenor Saxophone – Babe Russin Trumpet – Frankie Newton Vocals – Maxine Sullivan

Julia Lee– My Sin Alto Saxophone – Benny Carter Cornet – Red Nichols Double Bass – Red Callender Drums – Baby Lovett Guitar – Jack Marshall Tenor Saxophone – David Cavanaugh Trombone – Vic Dickenson Vocals, Piano – Julia Lee Xylophone – Red Norvo Anita O'Day– Honeysuckle Rose Trombone – Joe Howard, Lloyd Elliott, Milt Bernhardt, Si Zentner

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

It’s a 78 RPM Sunday. This time we head to Cuba and get treated to the latin beat that was so popular in the first half to middle of the 20th century and a rhythm that still rules some of the best music in the world. So, get ready to hear both sides of all four records in Volume 87: Rumba Rhapsody.

Credits and copyrights

Caney – Rumba Rhapsody Cuarteto Caney - Rumba Rhapsody album cover More images

Label: Decca – A-238 Series: 21M Series, Serie Hispana Format: 4 x Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, Album, Repress Released: 1942 Genre: Jazz, Latin Style: Rumba, Latin Jazz, Cubano

We will hear all eight sides of this collection.

Rumba Rhapsody Written-By – Rafael Audinot Pare Cochero Written-By – Marcelino Guerra, Miguel A. Banguela El Mondonguero Written-By – F. Bauzá Un Brujo De Guamabacoa Written-By – H. Cárdenas Paran Pan Pin Written-By – Luciano Pozo (Chano) Oye El Carbonero Written-By – Iván Fernández Mis Cinco Hijos Se Casaron Written-By – Osvaldo Farrés Con Un Solo Pie Written-By – B.J. Gutierrez

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

My dad’s taste seemed to refine over the years. Many were the days late in his life when I would catch him listening to opera when he wasn’t listening to old country or one of the members of the rat pack. But it wasn’t just any old opera. So, get ready for one of the most popular contemporary vocal performers in the world with Volume 86: Pavarotti's Greatest Part 1.

Credits and copyrights

Luciano Pavarotti – Pavarotti's Greatest Hits Label: London Records – PAV 2003-4 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Gatefold Released: 1980 Genre: Classical Style: Opera

We are listening to Record One of the two record set and we will hear 6 of the 13 songs on the album.

Turandot: Nessun Dorma Composed By – Puccini* Conductor – Zubin Mehta Orchestra – The London Philharmonic Orchestra

La Bohème: Che Gilida Manina Composed By – Puccini* Conductor – Herbert von Karajan Orchestra – The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra*

La Danza Composed By – Rossini* Conductor – Richard Bonynge Orchestra – Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna

Torna A Surriento Composed By – de Curtis* Conductor – Gian Carlo Chiaramello* Orchestra – The National Philharmonic Orchestra*

Carmen: Flower Song Composed By – Bizet* Conductor – Leone Magiera Orchestra – The Vienna Volksoper Orchestra*

Il Trovatore: Di Quella Pira Chorus – The Vienna Opera Chorus* Composed By – Verdi* Conductor – Nicola Rescigno Orchestra – The Vienna Opera Orchestra* Soprano Vocals – Gildis Flossmann

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

The voice you will hear on this episode probably best represents what the music in our family was all about. Fun and funny…with an Italian twist. And this album is filled with all of that. So get ready for our Sunday dinner tour d'Italia taken from music played around the world with Volume 85: Monte's Bull.

Credits and copyrights

Lou Monte – The Mixed Up Bull From Palermo Label: Reprise Records – R-6155 Format: Vinyl, LP Released: 1964 Genre: Jazz Style: Big Band

We'll hear 8 or the 16 songs on this record.

The Mixed Up Bull From Palermo Think It Over Skinny Lena (translation...I think) Hello, Dolly! (Italian Style) Too Fat Polka (Italian Style) Who Stole My Provolone My Paisan's Across The Way Hootennany Italian Style

Ray Allen, Wandra Merrell, Marie Scaglione, Arthur Richardson, Ross MacLean, and Jerry Herman 

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

Back to Dixieland, but this time the music has a more laid-back, sophisticated style. And while I may have mentioned this trumpet player in a past episode, Red Nichols has not been featured on one of my dad’s records so far. So get ready for an entree that’s always on my dad’s menu with Volume 84: Dixieland for Dinner.

Credits and copyrights

Red Nichols And The Five Pennies – Dixieland Dinner Dance Label: Capitol Records – ST-1297 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Released: 1960 Genre: Jazz Style: Dixieland

We'll hear 6 of the 10 songs on the album.

Cornet – Red Nichols Bass Saxophone – Joe Rushton, Jr. Clarinet – Bill Wood Trombone – Pete Beilmann, Sr. Drums – Rollie Culver Piano – Bobby Hammack Producer – Bill Miller Artwork – Frank Page

Johnson Rag Written-By – Guy Hall, Henry Kleinkauf, Jack Lawrence My Funny Valentine Written-By – Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart Satan Takes A Holiday Written-By – Larry Clinton Baby Won't You Please Come Home Written-By – Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams Stop, Look And Listen Written-By – George Van Eps, Johnny Van Eps, Ralph Freed American Patrol Arranged By, Adapted By – Henry Beau, Red Nichols

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It’s a 78 RPM Sunday and back to the time of Shakespeare we go. The music was conceived due to the composer’s love of an actress. The orchestra recorded here was assembled to lure the conductor out of Italy. So, get ready to hear excerpts from one of the most famous love stories in history with Volume 83: Toscanini Conducts Berlioz.

Credits and copyrights

NBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Arturo Toscanini – Romeo And Juliet Opus 17, Dramatic Symphony Excerpts Label: RCA Victor Red Seal – DM-1160 Format: 3 x Shellac, 12", 78 RPM, Album Released:  Genre: Classical Style: Romantic

Rome Seul, Tristesse, Concert Et Bal, Grand Fete Chez Capulet (Part 1) Rome Seul, Tristesse, Concert Et Bal, Grand Fete Chez Capulet (Part 2) Rome Seul, Tristesse, Concert Et Bal, Grand Fete Chez Capulet (Concluded) Scene D'Amour (Part 1) Scene D'Amour (Part 2) Scene D'Amour (Concluded)

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I’m not sure there are enough superlatives available when describing the career of Bob Newhart. From early comedy and TV, through movie voiceovers and more TV, to being one of the most memorable regulars on a recent popular show. So get ready to hear The most celebrated new comedian since Attila (The Hun) with Volume 82: Button Down Bob.

Credits and copyrights

Bob Newhart – The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart Label: Warner Bros. Records – W 1379 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Released: 1960 Genre: Non-Music Style: Comedy

Recorded live at The Tidelands Club, Houston, Texas

Abe Lincoln Vs. Madison Avenue Merchandising The Wright Brothers Driving Instructor (Pilot Script For A New TV Series) Nobody Will Ever Play Baseball

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I’ve been familiar with Bobby Darin ever since I heard Splish Splash for the first time. I’ve been familiar with Johnny Mercer because he’s written at least a couple dozen of the songs we’ve heard on this show so far. So get ready for a couple singer songwriters who were born 27 years apart in Volume 81: Two of a Kind.

Credits and copyrights

Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May And His Orchestra – Two Of A Kind Label: ATCO Records – 33-126 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Shelley Press Released: 1961 Genre: Jazz, Pop Style: Big Band, Vocal

Two Of A Kind Written-By – Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer -  Indiana Written-By – Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley

Ace In The Hole - Funny interplay with one of them imitating other stars Written-By – George Mitchell (4), James Dempsey

East Of The Rockies Written-By – Lou Singer*, Sid Robin

I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jellyroll Written-By – Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams

Who Takes Care Of The Caretaker's Daughter Written-By – Chick Endor, Paul Specht

Two Of A Kind Written-By – Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer

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The voice you will hear is someone I’ve been a big fan of for years. The violinist you will hear is someone I’ve never heard of. But they’re on the same album compiled from songs recorded in 1935. So get ready to hear a couple of amazing jazz clowns in Volume 80: Hi-Fi Lootin'.

Credits and copyrights

Joe Venuti And Louis Prima – Hi-Fi Lootin' Label: Design Records – DLP 54 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1958 Genre: Jazz

I'm Confessin' That I Love You Confessin' by Louis Prima's New Orleans Gang (1936) written by Al J. Neiburg, Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Sterling Grant, Chris Smith

Doin' Things written by Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang and released in 1928

Hoagie Carmicheal Medley Rockin Chair, Georgia On My Mind, Lazy River

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans written by Henry Creamer, Turner Layton

Basin Street written by Spencer Williams

Monday Date written by Earl Hines

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Let’s jump back into one of my favorite box sets from my dad’s collection. We will listen to selections from both sides of the second to last record in this six-disk set.

I have often said I would have loved to have been around in the early days of radio. There was such a pioneering spirit in the way to entertain and inform. I know this technology made the world a smaller place. It was also basically just the newest way to sell the latest product.

So, gather around your home receiver and get ready to hear drama in both the theatrical and athletic forms in Volume 185: Golden Memories of Radio Record 5.

More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 

Promised link to CNN article.

Credits and copyrights

Jack Benny – Golden Memories Of Radio Label: Longines Symphonette Society – none Format: 6 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Maroon Labels Box Set Released: 1969 Genre: Non-Music Style: Radioplay

We are listening to selections from record five, which is side 5 and side 8, thanks to being numbered for the automatic changing spindle.

Jack Armstrong The Lone Ranger Gene Tunney vs. Jack Dempsey Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling Jesse Owen In The 1936 Olympics Whirl-A-Way Wins The Kentucky Derby Bobby Thomson Home Run The Shadow

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Back to the birthplace of jazz we go. To a concert that took place about 60 years ago in some unidentified club on some unidentified date. It featured a lot of great Dixieland musicians, but none more famous than one of the greatest jazz clarinet players there ever was. So get ready for more of that fun New Orleans music we heard around the house on a regular basis with Volume 79: Fountain Comes Alive.

Credits and copyrights:

Pete Fountain and other All-star Dixielanders – Dixieland (Live Performance In New Orleans) Label: RCA Camden – CAS 727(e) Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Released: 1962 Genre: azz Style: Dixieland

When The Saints Go Marching In Written-By – Traditional Farewell Blues Written-By – Elmer Schoebel, Leon Roppolo, Paul Mares Darktown Strutters' Ball Written-By – Shelton Brooks Muskrat Ramble Written-By – Edward Ory 12th Street Rag Written-By – Euday L Bowman Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey Written-By – Hughie Cannon

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It's a 78 RPM Sunday. This 5-record album of 10 inch shellac disks has some of the great Irving Berlin music re-recorded for a 1946 movie, which starred a couple of characters. So get ready for Vaudeville partners vying for the same beautiful woman on Volume 78: Berlin's Blue Skies.

Credits and copyrights:

Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire ‎– Blue Skies Label: Decca – A-481 Format: 5x shellac 10” 78 RPM Disks in a bound book Year: 1946 Genre: soundtrack, Jazz, Pop Style: Vocal, Swing

All music written by Irving Berlin Blue Skies I'll See You In Cuba (Running Around In Circles) Getting Nowhere Everybody Step A Couple Of Song And Dance Men Puttin' On The Ritz

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It’s Fathers Day…I miss my dad very much. He’s been gone two and half years now leaving us with this magnificent record collection. The trumpet was the biggest musical connection I had with my dad. And I know this is the kind of record he probably pulled out very often. So get ready for seven more trumpet players I have yet to introduce you to in Volume 77: Trumpets for Father's Day.

Credits and copyrights:

Various – Man With A Horn: Trumpet Solos By Famous Jazzmen Label: Decca – DL 8250 Format: Vinyl, LP, Promo, Mono Released: 1954 Genre: Jazz Style: Big Band, Ragtime, Dixieland, Swing

Randy Brooks And His Orchestra - The Man With The Horn Featuring – Randy Brooks Music by Jack Jenney and Bonnie Lake. Lyrics by Eddie DeLange. 

Jimmy McPartland And His Jazz Band -  Singin' The Blues Till My Daddy Comes Home Featuring – Jimmy McPartland by Con Conrad, Sam Lewis, J. Russel Robinson, Joe Young

Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra - Memories Of You Featuring – Sonny Dunham by Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf

Muggsy Spanier And His Ragtimers - Hesitating Blues Featuring – Muggsy Spanier A traditional tune meaning no known composer.

Bunny Berigan And His Blue Boys - You Took Advantage Of Me Featuring – Bunny Berigan by Richard Rodgers

Andy Kirk And His Orchestra - McGhee Special Featuring and written by Howard McGhee

Ralph Mendez - Hora Staccato composed and originally performed by Jascha Heifetz, Grigoras Dinicu in 1906

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I think the Ray Conniff Singers were exactly what Ray Hamm had in mind for the sound when he invented the Music of Your Life Radio Format in the late 1970s. Soft luxurious arrangements of popular hits. So, get ready to hear plenty of chart-topping movie music from a chart-topping group in Volume 76: My Song.

Credits and coptyrights:

Ray Conniff And The Singers – This Is My Song And Other Great Hits Label: Columbia – CS 9476 Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo Released: 1970 Genre: Jazz Style: Easy Listening

This Is My Song Written-By – C. Chaplin Mame Producer – Jack Wiedenmann Written-By – J. Herman Sunrise, Sunset Lyrics By – S. Harnick Music By – J. Bock Cabaret Lyrics By – F. Ebb Music By – J. Kander Producer – Jack Wiedenmann Georgy Girl Lyrics By – J. Dale Music By – T. Springfield Born Free Lyrics By – D. Black Music By – J. Barry

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I think he had Rat Pack Company Badge number 2. He was always so smooth whether delivering a tune or a punchline, still never spilling his drink. He tied his wagon to a goofy comedian, and put out hit after hit. So, get ready to hear from the King of Cool in Volume 75: Everybody Loves Dean.

Credits and copyrights:

Dean Martin – Everybody Loves Somebody Label: Reprise Records – R-6130 Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono Released: 1964 Genre: Jazz Style: Easy Listening

We will hear 6 of the 12 songs from the album.

Everybody Loves Somebody by Irving Taylor and Ken Lane Your Other Love by Mort Shuman and Doc Pomus Shutters And Boards by Audie Murphy and Scott Turner Things by Bobby Darin Corrine Corrina by Armenter "Bo Carter" Chatmon Siesta Fiesta by Marcus Barkan and Ben Raleigh

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It’s a 78RPM Sunday. So far, when we've played these extra old records, they've come in an album with several records tied around one theme. But my dad had a ton of shellac records with no covers just lying around in stacks. After sorting them by record label, I thought you might like to hear from the most popular label in this part of my dad’s collection. So get ready for lots of high speed hiss but fun tunes two-at-a-time with Volume 74: 8 Sides from Columbia.

Credits and Copyrights:

Kay Kyser And His Orchestra - Woody Woodpecker Kay Kyser's Kampus Kowboys - When Veronica Plays the Harmonica Modernaires - Juke Box Saturday Night Modernaires - Glen Miller Tribute Rosemary Clooney, Jose Ferrer - AY AY Who’s the Guy Rosemary Clooney, Jose Ferrer -A Bunch of Bananas Harry James and His Orchestra - The Carnival of Venice Harry James and His Orchestra - Flight of the Bumblebee

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es, my parents loved their musicals and got to see many shows. Mostly at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, but they saw their share in New York City. This popular musical tells the tale of 1912 River City, Iowa in a Tony AND Grammy-winning musical from 1957.  So, get ready for Trouble with a capital "T" which rhymes with "P" that stands for pool in Volume 73: The Music Man.

Credits and Copyrights

Meredith Willson – The Music Man - Original Broadway Cast Label: Capitol Records – WAO-990 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold Released: Jan 20, 1958 Genre: Stage & Screen Style: Soundtrack, Musical

We'll hear 7 of the 18 tracks from this album on this episode.

Overture/Rock Island Trouble Goodnight My Someone Seventy-Six Trombones Shipoopi Till There Was You Finale

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Back to one of my favorite composers/arrangers/conductors, Henry Mancini. And this recording has him boiling the music down to the essence of jazz. So, get ready for an interesting take on some classic tunes with Volume 72: Blues and the Beat.

Credits and copyrights:

Henry Mancini – The Blues And The Beat Label: RCA Victor – LPM-2147 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Released: 1960 Genre: Jazz, Pop Style: Easy Listening

The Blues Composed by Henry Mancini Misty Composed by Johnny Burke and Erroll Garner Blue Flame Composed by Joe Bishop, Leo Corday and James Noble After Hours Composed by Erskine Hawkins and Avery Parrish  The Beat Composed by Henry Mancini  Big Noise From Winnetka Composed by Ray Bauduc, Bob Crosby, Bob Haggart and Gil Rodin Sing, Sing, Sing Composed by Louis Prima

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It’s mothers day…and I miss my mom very much. She’s been gone for almost seven years now. But I know that this is one of those albums that she would have chosen to be on the stereo. She was a poodle skirt-wearing bobby soxer when Old Blue eyes was really hot in the 1940s and 50s. And it’s an entertainer both my parents were able to see in concert a couple of times. So get ready for the Sultan of Swoon in Volume 71: This Is Sinatra! for Mothers Day.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frank-Sinatra/The-Rat-Pack-and-the-mob

Credits and copyrights:

Frank Sinatra – This Is Sinatra! Label: Capitol Records – T-768 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Scranton Pressing Released: 1956 Genre: Jazz, Pop Style: Big Band, Swing, Easy Listening, Vocal

Recorded : April 30, 1953 – September 13, 1955 at Capitol Studio on Melrose Ave.in Hollywood.

I've Got The World On A String Written-By – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Love And Marriage Written-By – James Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn* South Of The Border Conductor, Arranged By – Billy May Written-By – Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr Young-At-Heart Written-By – Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards My One And Only Love Written-By – Guy Wood, Robert Mellin Learnin' The Blues Written-By – Dolores Vicki Silvers

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You would think that polka music would be out of place in an Italian household. But not ours. It was one of the dances my parents loved to do and one I would even attempt at the right wedding. It was the music my grandmother and one of her sisters loved to play on the organ. And this kind of polka has Cleveland written all over it. So get ready for some beer drinking and skirt twirling with Volume 70: 7 Decades of the Polka King.

Credits and copyrights: Frank Yankovic – 70 Years Of Hits Label: Smash Records – 830 024-1 M-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo Country: US Released: 1985 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Polka

We will hear 7 of the 10 songs on this album.

Zivili Brace, Zivili Sestra Written by Johnny Krizancic Cleveland, A Polka Town Written by William Lausche Blue Skirt Waltz Written by Václav Bláha (or Rudolf Antonín Dvorský) Lyrics written by Mitchell Parish Just Because written by Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin and Bob Shelton Beer Barrel Polka Written by Jaromír Vejvoda Beer Drinking Song Written by Lacy J Dalton and David Wood Corrida #1/Serenata Written by Carlos Rosas

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Almost everybody likes to show off their singing skills whether they have some or not. Karaoke bars have made a killing off that theory for decades.

Back in the 1950s and 60s, there were a couple of TV shows that got viewers to sing along with them. Of course Mitch Miller was also all the rage with his albums. 

This audience participation album is performed by the first woman in history to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. It includes songs most of you should know because they have been recorded more than 15 hundred times combined over the last 134 years.

So get ready to hear music that you might have heard cowboys sing around a campfire or drunkards bellow out at the bar in Volume 184: Connie's Sing Along.

More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 

Credits and copyrights

Connie Francis And The Jordanaires – Sing Along With Connie Francis Label: Mati-Mor Superecords – 8002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Indianapolis Pressing Released: 1961 Genre: Pop Style: Vocal

Sing Along  Unkown composer

Home On The Range music by Daniel E. Kelley and lyrics by Brewster M. Higley

In The Good Old Summertime written by George Evans, Ren Shields

I Love You Truly Written by Carrie Jacobs-Bond

You Tell Me Your Dream, I'll Tell You Mine written by Charles N. Daniels, Seymour Rice, and Albert H. Brown

Down In The Valley written by Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton

My Wild Irish Rose written by Chauncey Olcott

Auld Lang Syne written by Robert Burns

And The Band Played On written by John F. Palmer, Charles B. Ward

Tavern In The Town  Derived from the English ballad

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As Jazz appreciation month draws to a close, we need to get a trumpet player in there. It’s even a musician I have not introduced you to yet. His playing is so effortless especially for the speed he plays. So get ready to hear the graceful and uptempo style from the horn of Roy Eldridge in Volume 69: Little Jazz on Horn Part 1.

Credits and Copyrights:  Louis Armstrong Roy Eldridge Jazz Masterpieces Label: The Franklin Mint Record Society – JAZZ 003: FROM  1/2/3/4 Yes, Armstrong and elridge were the featured artists in the first box set of this collection. Series:The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time – JAZZ 001, Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection Format: 4 x Vinyl, LP,Compilation, Red vinyl Red Box Box Set Country: US Released: 1982 Genre: Jazz Style: Swing

Here Comes Cookie written by Mack Gordon Jangled Nerves Written by Bud Green, Sam H. Stept, Herman Ruby Swing Is Here Written by Gene Krupa, Chu Berry and Roy Eldridge Rockin' Chair composed by Hoagy Carmichael The Gasser Composed by Roy Eldridge Minor Jive Composed by Roy Eldridge Fiesta in Brass Composed by Roy Eldridge

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Moving on with Jazz appreciation month we come to a particular type of jazz from a particular type of city…New Orleans. There were many great and memorable musicians that came out of that town, and we’ve already featured several of them on this show. But when the Franklin Mint puts together an entire box set around the Kings of that kind of music, you need to sit and take notice. So get ready to hear the early genres begin to mix together on Jelly Roll’s keyboard in Volume 68: King Morton.

Credits and copyrights:

Jelly Roll Morton / King Oliver / Sidney Bechet – Kings Of New Orleans Jazz Label: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 017 Series: The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time, Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection Format: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Vinyl and Box, Box Set Country: Sweden Released: 1983 Genre: Jazz

We will hear both sides of record one. We'll listen to 7 f the 12 songs on the record.

King Porter Stomp Written by Jelly Roll Morton Mamie's Blues Written by Mamie Desdumes The Chant Composed by Mel Stitzel, Arranged by Jelly Roll Morton Original Jelly Roll Blues Written by Jelly Roll Morton Red Hot Pepper Written by Jelly Roll Morton Freakish Written by Jelly Roll Morton High Society Written in 1901 by Porter Steele

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Man, I wish I had kept the notes for the upper division History of Jazz class I took at Kent State University. Because Duke Ellington was on Professor Chaz Baker’s Mount Rushmore of Jazz. In fact, Duke’s music is so important he warranted a FULL box set from this Franklin Mint collection. So get ready to hear the most significant composer of the genre, in Volume 67: Duke, A Jazz Classic Part 1.

Credits and copyrights:

Duke Ellington – Great Jazz Classics Label: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 021 Series: The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time, Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection Format: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, red vinyl and box Box Set Country: Sweden Released: 1983 Genre: Jazz

Doin' The Voom Voom Old Man Blues Creole Love Call Slippery Horn Hyde Park Harmony In Harlem Braggin' In Brass

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Welcome to Jazz appreciation month and what better way to celebrate than with the greatest jazz recordings of all time collection from the Franklin Mint. We will start the month with the versatile saxophone. And we will feature one of the true innovators on the instrument and jazz in general, Coleman Hawkins. So get ready for an ever-evolving sound in Volume 66: Sax Master Hawkins.

Credits and copyrights:

Various – Jazz Masters Of The Sax Label: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 013 Series: Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection, The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time Format: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Vinyl Box Set Country: Sweden Released: 1983 Genre: Jazz

We will listen to selections from both sides of disc one. We will hear 7 of the 12 songs on this record. And believe me, I had a tough time choosing those 7. In fact, so tough, I chose to include an extra song on this episode.

Hello, Lola Swinging In The Groove Body And Soul The Man I Love Picasso Mood Indigo Go Li'l Liza

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It’s a 78 RPM Sunday. On this show, we’ve had music sung in the language of my birth, English, and the language of my heritage, Italian, and the rhythmic beat of the language of Latin America, Spanish. We turn now to another language I’m going to butcher, German. So get ready for a 1934 performance of the music that just might have given Tolkien an idea in Volume 65: Wagner's Walkure.

Credits and copyrights:

Excerpts from Die Walküre / Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski A Victor Musical Masterpiece. Label: Victor matrix CS-83102 Format: 4x shellac 78 RPM Records Released in 1934 Genre: Classical

We will hear 6 of the 8 sides from this collection.

Excerpts from Die Walkure Part 1 The Ride of the Valkyrie The Ride of the Valkyrie conclusion Wotan's Farewell Wotan's farewell concluded The Magic Fire

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For many decades, selling a million records meant you had recorded something special. While the songs you’ll hear on this episode were all million sellers, Andy was not the original singer when any of them hit a million in sales. So let’s get ready to hear me say a million at least a million times with Volume 64: William's Millions.

There are 12 songs on this record, We'll hear 7 of them on this episode

Credits and copyrights:

Andy Williams – Million Seller Songs Label: Cadence (2) – CLP 3061 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono Country: Canada Released: 1962 Genre: Pop

Twilight Time Written-By – Al Nevins, Artie Dunn, Buck Ram, Morty Nevins It's All In The Game Written-By – Carl Sigman, General Charles Gates Dawes Butterfly Written-By – Anthony September Love Letters In The Sand Written-By – Charles Kenny, J. Fred Coots, Nick Kenny Suddenly There's A Valley Written-By – Biff Jones, Chuck Meyer Mam'selle Written-By – Edmund Goulding, Mack Gordon So Rare Written-By – Jack Sharpe, Jerry Herst

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We now turn to music from the country where my mom’s parents and dad’s grandparents were born. Italia! And we hear it from one of the chart-topping female singers of the 1950s and 60s from around the world. So get ready for great music in TWO languages with Volume 63: Connie's Italian Hits.

Credits and copyrights:

Connie Francis – Connie Francis Sings Modern Italian Hits Label: MGM Records – E/SE 4102 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Blue-Gold Label Country: E Canada, SE US Released: 1962 Genre: Pop, Folk, World, & Country Style: Chanson, Vocal

Al Di La Written By – Carlo Donida, Mogol whose real name is Giulio Rapetti

Il Cielo In Una Stanza (This World We Love In) Written By – Mogol, Toang whose real name is Renato Angiolini

24 Mila Baci Written By – composed by Ezio Leoni, Piero Vivarelli, Lucio Fulci, and Adriano Celentano

Quando Quando Quando (Tell Me When) Written-By – Alberto Testa, Tony Renis

Come Prima (For The First Time) Written By – written by Enzo Di Paola, Mario Panzeri, Buck Ram and Sandro Taccani

Tango Italiano Written By – written by Bruno Pallesi, Luciano Beretta and Walter Malgoni

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Back to the big screen we go. But this time the tunes are provided by just a trio of musicians instead of the orchestra full you are used to. And every one is an Oscar winner. So time to go groovin at the movies with extra butter for Volume 62: Popcorn and Soul.

Credits and copyrights:

The Roy Meriwether Trio – Popcorn & Soul: Groovin' At The Movies Label: Columbia – CL 2498 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Released: 1966 Genre: Jazz

Never On Sunday Over The Rainbow Moon River Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah The Shadow Of Your Smile When You Wish Upon A Star

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https://www.highresaudio.com/en/artist/view/e9093c0d-6bba-493b-8de0-fd11345185d3/the-roy-meriwether-trio

It’s a 78 RPM Sunday. Since it’s still February, we might have a little leftover love on our mind. And since so many great tunes over the years have been titled with women’s names, this piano player made a list of his favorites….well back in 1944. So get ready for the ivory tickling many women’s fancy in Volume 61: Frankie's Girlfriends.

Credits and copyrights:

Frankie Carle ‎– Frankie Carle And His Girl Friends Label: Columbia Set C-97 Genre: Jazz Style: Swing Year: 1944

Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) Liza Charmaine Diane Margie Rose Marie Louise Josephine

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How fitting that this episode is number 60. Because something very important happened 60 years ago on the day this episode drops. While I might have just been a tiny bump in my mom’s belly at the time, the world had its eyes on the US Space Race. So, get ready for something literally out of this world in Volume 60: Glenn in Orbit.

Credits and copyrights:

No Artist – Go! - Colonel Glenn In Orbit Label: Crown Publishers, Inc. – OBC 101 Format: Vinyl, LP Released: 1962 Genre: Non-Music Style: Interview, Education

Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. In The Friendship VII Space Capsule Lieutenant Colonel John A. Powers In The Mercury Control Tower Other Astronauts And Correspondents Stationed At Observation Posts Throughout The World President Kennedy's Greetings Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's Address To Congress

Produced in cooperation with NBC News - National Broadcasting Company © 1962, By National Broadcasting Co., Inc.

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Articles mentioned in the episode:

Ney York Times Article from February 21, 1962 https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/nasa/022162sci-nasa-witkin.html

60th Anniversary Article https://earthsky.org/space/john-glenn-1st-american-to-orbit-earth-feb-20-1962/

Let's finish the first half of the year by turning up the speed. Let’s make it a 78 RPM Sunday.

What better voice to do that with than one who sold over 100 million records during a six-decade-long career. She topped the Hot 100 FOUR times and had several songs in the top 10 and 20 over the years. In fact, she was the top-charting female vocalist and best-selling female artist of the 1950s.

She was also an early pioneer of a specific recording technique.

So, get ready to hear the woman often introduced as the Singin’ Rage in Volume 183: Six Pages of Patti on 78.

00:00 - Season's Show Intro 00:51 - Episode Introduction 01:46 - Little Crazy Quilt 04:19 - First Break: Why I chose these records for this episode and a M*A*S*H connection 05:49 - Cabaret 08:44 - Second Break: More information about the records, marketplace value and what condition my dad's shellac is in. 10:11 - Whispering 12:31 - Third Break: Patti Page Bio  16:18 - Hocus Pocus 18:26 - Fourth Break: this episode's Interesting Side Note. 20:23 - Let Me Go, Lover 22:45 - Quick Extra break to introduce bonus cut 23:16 - Doodle Doo Do 25:43 - Sixth Break: Final Words 27:02 - Keep Me in Mind 29:18 - Close

Credits and copyrights

Little Crazy Quilt Jack Rael And His Orchestra Written-By – Hal David and Leon Carr Released in 1955

Cabaret Written by Al Russell - Joel Cowan Recorded 24 April 1949 New York City - with an Orchestra Conducted by Mitch Miller.

Whispering written by Vincent Rose, Richard Coburn, John Schonberger, Malvin Schonberger Recorded 24 April 1949 New York City - with an Orchestra Conducted by Mitch Miller.

Hocus Pocus from Mercury 70511 78 rpm with Jack Rael and his orchestra - arranged by Joe Reisman Music by David Saxon - Lyrics by Norman Gimbel

Let Me Go, Lover Written by Jenny Lou Carson - Al Hill, which is a Pseudonym for Kay Twomey - Fred Wise - Ben Weisman Recorded Circa October 1954

Doodle Doo Do Ken Griffin on Organ Jerry Wayne on Vocals written by Art Kassel, Mel Stitzel Released March 1948

Keep Me in Mind This early Bacharach song was co-written with Jack Wolf and published by Famous Music. Both the different composer, Zing-Wexler, and publisher names credited on the label were erroneously referring to a different song with the same title. Released in 1955

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

(My girlfriend Karen joins me on this episode) When it comes to love songs, one of the voices I often think of first is Nat King Cole. His effortless style, smooth voice and crystal clear lyrics have set the background for many romantic encounters over the years. So get ready to snuggle up to the one you love for Volume 59: Nat's L-O-V-E for Valentine's Day.

Credits and copyrights: Nat King Cole – L-O-V-E Label: Capitol Records – T 2195 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Released: 1965 Genre: Jazz Style: Easy Listening

Three Little Words music by Harry Ruby and lyrics by Bert Kalmar, published in 1930 The Girl From Ipanema written in 1962 by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes Coquette 1928 fox trot jazz standard composed by Johnny Green and Carmen Lombardo, with lyrics by Gus Kahn. Ti Guarderò Nel Cuore (More) written by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero for the 1962 Italian documentary film Mondo Cane How I'd Love To Love You Joe Bailey L-O-V-E composed by Bert Kaempfert with lyrics by Milt Gabler My Kind Of Girl 1961 song written by Leslie Bricusse

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The Boob Tube. The idiot Box. TV will only be a fad. No matter how badly that living room screen has been disparaged, there has been some great music from some great shows over the years. So get ready to run some memories through those old brain tubes of yours for Volume 58: TV's Golden Hits.

Credits and copyrights:

Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra – TV's Golden Hits Label: Compleat Records – 671020-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo Released: 1986 Genre: Pop, Stage & Screen Style: Novelty, Soundtrack, Theme

Rawhide Hitchcock Presents Peter Gunn Dragnet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The Jackie Gleason Show The Dick Van Dyke Show

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Welcome to the first 78 RPM Sunday. My earliest memories of listening to and playing music in my parents’ house involved this collection. It was created to teach children the instruments in the orchestra, but definitely not be boring about it…well for 1949. So get ready to hear the instruments talk in Volume 57: Rusty in Orchestraville.

Credits and copyrights:

Henry Blair And Billy Bletcher – Rusty In Orchestraville Label: Capitol Records – DCN-115 Format: 3 x Shellac, 10", 78 RPM Box Set, Album Released: 1949 Genre: Classical, Children's Style: Educational, Story

A Introduction B Violin / Cello / Bass Bass – Arthur Bernstein Cello – Kurt Reher Violin – David Frisina C Trumpet / Trombone Trombone – Edward Kusby Trumpet – Del Staigers D Haydn's Surpise Symphony E Woodwind & Percussion Family F Piano / Conclusion Piano – Raymond Turner

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