8..John McCormack--Perry Como--Ava Gardner--Max Bygraves

A Doggy & Lion Mix !

1.The Rose Of Tralee......John McCormack

2. Ireland Mother Ireland......John McCormack

3. If......Perry Como

4. Zing Zing-Zoom Zoom......Perry Como

5. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man......Ava Gardner

6. Bill......Ava Gardner

7. Big Head......Max Bygraves

8. Say Si-Si......Max Bygraves with Peter Brough & Archie Andrews

John Francis McCormack, (14 June 1884 – 16 September 1945), was an Irish tenor celebrated for his performances of the operatic and popular song repertoires, and renowned for his diction and breath control. He was also a Papal Count. He became a naturalised American citizen before returning to live in Ireland.
 

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como ( May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing with the label in 1943."Mr. C.", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show. His weekly television shows and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world. 

Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress and singer. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her performance in Robert Siodmak's Noir film The Killers. During the 1950s, Gardner established herself as a leading lady and one of the era's top stars with films like Show Boat (1951), Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951), The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), The Barefoot Contessa (1954).

Walter William Bygraves OBE (16 October 1922 – 31 August 2012), best known by the stage name Max Bygraves (adopted in honour of Max Miller), was an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs. He made twenty Royal Variety Performance appearances and presented numerous programmes, including Family Fortunes.

      5. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

7..Adrian Schubert & Orch--Eddie Elkins & Orch--London Symphony Orch--Reginald Dixon

Scritchy Scratch and Hiss But That's What We Listened To  Ages Ago !!

Adrian Schubert Conductor, composer, cellist and arranger born in Vienna, Austria.He performed as a cellist with the Metropolitan Opera Company and made recordings as a cellist before he was appointed General Musical Director of the Regal Record Company. From 1925 to 1930 he was Musical Director for the Plaza group of labels including Banner, Domino, Regal, etc. In 1930 he became Musical Director for Crown Records. His work as a band director appeared under a large number of pseudonyms. A quick perusal of his discography would result in the conclusion that every record he made came out under another band name.

Eddie Elkins. was born in San Francisco in 1897. He was a violinist and leader of the Jazzy Knickerbocker Grill Orchestra, a popular supper-club orchestra in New York during the Roaring Twenties.  As he grew in his career, Elkins became known for supplying orchestras with sophisticated dance numbers. With his nurturing capability, he had greats like Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Red Nichols and Oscar Levant within his ranks. His orchestra recorded through the 1920s for the Columbia and Okeh labels. In the 30s, he recorded for the Banner label.

Reginald Herbert Dixon, MBE, ARCM (16 October 1904 – 9 May 1985) was an English theatre organist who was primarily known for his position as organist at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool, a position he held from March 1930 until March 1970. He made and sold more recordings than any other organist before him, or since. He was in high demand throughout the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. During his fifty-year career he was one of the top-selling artists, his prolific output ranking alongside that of Victor Silvester and Bing Crosby.

1. Blue Danube......Adrian Schubert & His Concert Orchestra

2. Over The Waves......Adrian Schubert & His Concert Orchestra

3. Jealous......Eddie Elkins & His Orchestra

4. The Hoodoo Man......Eddie Elkins & His Orchestra

5. Warsaw Concerto Part One......London Symphony Orchestra

6. Warsaw Concerto Part Two......London Symphony Orchestra

7. Dixon Hits No. 25......Reginald Dixon

8. Dixon Hits No. 25 (Continued)......Reginald Dixon

      4. The Hoodoo Man

 

6..Doris Day--Frankie Laine--Paul Rich--David Whitfield

50's Nostalgia To The Front

1. Bewitched......Doris Day

2. Hoop-De-Doo......Doris Day

3. Jezebel......Frankie Laine

4. Rose Rose I Love You......Frankie Laine

5. On The Street Where You Live......Paul Rich

6. A Certain Smile......Paul Rich

7. Angelus......David Whitfield

8. When You Lose The One You Love....David Whitfield

Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" with Les Brown & His Band of Renown. She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967.

Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song Stylist".

Paul Rich (20 August 1921 – 23 February 2000) was a singer and guitarist, recording many songs with Lou Preager's band.  From 1957 he recorded many songs for Woolworth's Embassy Records, until the record label closed in 1965.He later became a music publisher.

David Whitfield (2 February 1925 – 15 January 1980) was a popular British male tenor vocalist from Hull. He became the first British artist to have a UK No.1 single in the UK and in the United States with "Cara Mia", featuring Mantovani and his orchestra. He died from a brain haemorrhage in Sydney, Australia, while on tour at the age of 54.

      3. Jezebel

5..Stan Kenton & Orch--The Radio Revellers--Frank Sinatra--John Turner

 A Little Mixture Of Tastes !

1. Baa-Too-Kee......Stan Kenton & Orchestra

2. Winter In Madrid......Stan Kenton & Orchestra..Vocal Ann Richards

3. Sweet Violets......The Radio Revellers

4. The Music Man.....The Radio Revellers

5. How Little We Know......Frank Sinatra

6. Five Hundred Guys.....Frank Sinatra

7. For You Alone.....John Turner

8. Maire My Girl.....John Turner

                                                          Stan Kenton & His Orchestra

Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward-looking. 

                                                             The Radio Revellers

      3. Sweet Violets

4..Jack Hylton & Orch--Ignace Jan Paderewski--Debroy Somers Band--The Harmony Ensemble

A wander down a long forgotten memory lane !

1. The Shepard Of The Hills......Jack Hylton & His Orchestra

2. Rhythm Is The Thing......Jack Hylton & His Orchestra

3. Sonata In C Sharp Minor......Ignace  Jan Paderewski

4. Minuet Op 14 No 1......Ignace Jan Paderewski

5. Savings Medley Part One......Debroy Somers Orchestra

6. Savings Medley Part Two......Debroy Somers Orchestra

7. The Church Bells Chiming......The Harmony Ensemble

8. By An Old Abbey Door......The Harmony Ensemble

Jack Hylton (born John Greenhalgh Hilton; 2 July 1892 – 29 January 1965) was an English pianist, composer, band leader and impresario.Hylton rose to prominence during the British dance band era, being referred as the "British King of Jazz" and "The Ambassador of British Dance Music" by the musical press.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (Polish; 18 November 1860 – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist and composer who became a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the new nation's Prime Minister and foreign minister during which he signed the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I.

Debroy Somers (born William Henry Somers, 11 April 1890 in Dublin – 16 May 1952 in London) was a British twentieth-century big band bandleader.His ensemble, the Debroy Somers Band, was also known as the Midnight Minstrels.

      1. The Shepard Of The Hills

3.Bing Crosby--Malcolm Vaughan--Ethel Merman--Frank Sinatra

1. Galway Bay......Bing Crosby

2. My Girls An Irish Girl.....Bing Crosby

3. St Therese Of The Roses......Malcolm Vaughan

4. Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow......Malcolm Vaughan

5. You Can't Get A Man With A Gun......Ethel Merman

6. I'm An Indian Too......Ethel Merman

7. Hello Young Lovers......Frank Sinatra

8. I Whistle A Happy Tune......Frank Sinatra

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, comedian and actor. The first multimedia star, Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1930 to 1954. He made over seventy feature films and recorded more than 1,600 different songs.

Malcolm Vaughan (22 March 1929 – 9 February 2010) was a Welsh traditional pop music singer and actor. Known for his distinctive tenor voice, he had a number of chart hits in the United Kingdom during the 1950s.

Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress, artist, and singer. Known primarily for her distinctive, powerful voice and leading roles in musical theatre, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage".

Francis Albert Sinatra ( December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.

      3. St Therese Of The Roses

2.Mantovani & Orch--Kings Military Band--Lily Pons--Joseph C Smith & Orch

1. Mandolin Serenade......Mantovani & His Orchestra
2. The Spring Song......Mantovani & His Orchestra
3. It's A Long Way To Tipperary......Kings Military Band
4. The Red White And Blue......Kings Military Band
5. Lakme--Bell Song (Part 1)......Lily Pons
6. Lakme--Bell Song (Part 2)......Lily Pons
7. Love Nest Medley......Joseph C Smith & Orchestra
8. A Young Mans Fancy......Joseph C Smith & Orchestra

Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (15 November 1905 – 29 March 1980), known mononymously as Mantovani, was an Anglo-Italian conductor, composer and light orchestra-styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature.

                                                                       Kings Military Band

Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s.

Joseph C. Smith (August 13, 1883 – March 22, 1965) was an American violinist, composer, dance band leader and recording artist most popular in the second and third decades of the 20th century.

  1. Mandolin Serenade

 

1. Vaughn Monroe & Orch--Stan Kenton & Orch--Max Bygraves--Frank Sinatra

For the first post we have some popular artists that were popular in the 50's in the following posts perhaps not so well known...But nostalgia is the name of the game on here !!...also a selection of Classics will be making an appearance so a great cross section of music will be featured that we enjoyed in the bygone days !

1. The Maharajah Of Magador......Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra

2. Dardanella......Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra

3. Tequila......Stan Kenton & Orchestra

4. Cuban Mumble......Stan Kenton

5. Seventeen Tons......Max Bygraves

6. Try Another Cherry Tree.....Max Bygaves

7. Nancy......Frank Sinatra

8. Just Say I'm A Friend Of Yours

     3. Tequila