Tuesday 11 May 2021

Gracie Fields--Ron Goodwin & Orch--Paul Anka--Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group With Nancy Whiskey--Ray Martin & Orch--Frank Sinatra


 All aboard the freight train with the lazy cowboy and the bugle boy in their red cloaks with a bluebird and a baby with buttons and bows in elizabethan style !!...ooops' mind the jealous lover !!

1. Buttons And Bows......Gracie Fields
2. Bluebird Of Happiness.....Gracie Fields
3. Elizabethan Serenade......Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra
4. Red Cloak......Ron Goodwin & His Orcestra
5. I Love You Baby......Paul Anka
6. Tell Me That You Love Me......Paul Anka
7. Freight Train......Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group With Nancy Whiskey
8. The Cotton Song......Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group
9. The Waltzing Bugle Boy......Ray Martin & His Orchestra
10. Lazy Cowboy......Ray Martin & His Orchestra
11. Hey Jealous Lover......Frank Sinatra
12. Johnny Concho Theme......Frank Sinatra

Dame Gracie Fields DBE OStJ (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979) was a British actress, singer, comedian and star of cinema and music hall who was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and the highest paid film star in the world in 1937. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and an Officer of the Venerable Order of St John (OStJ) in 1938, and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1979.
Fields' most famous song, "Sally", which became her theme, was worked into the title of her first film, Sally in Our Alley (1931), a major box office hit. She went on to make a number of films, initially in Britain and later in the United States (when she was paid a record fee of £200,000 for four films). 
Ronald Alfred Goodwin (17 February 1925 – 8 January 2003) was an English composer and conductor known for his film music. He scored over 70 films in a career lasting over fifty years. His most famous works included Where Eagles Dare, Battle of Britain, 633 Squadron, Margaret Rutherford's Miss Marple films, and Frenzy. 

Paul Albert Anka OC (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor. Anka became famous with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby". He wrote such well-known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and one of Tom Jones' biggest hits "She's a Lady". He also wrote the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way", which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley. Two songs he co-wrote with Michael Jackson, "This Is It" (originally titled "I Never Heard")and "Love Never Felt So Good", became posthumous hits for Jackson.

Ray Martin (Raymond Stuart Martin; born Kurt Kohn and later anglicised his name) (11 October 1918 – 7 February 1988) was an Austrian-British orchestra leader. He was noted for his light music compositions.He became the conductor of the BBC Northern Variety Orchestra and also worked for EMI as a record producer and arranger. In this period he wrote many scores for TV and movies, including the score to the acclaimed Diana Dors film Yield to the Night in 1956...Also his original composition of "Marching Strings" have become stables of many public and city bands and orchestras since its release".

       9. The Waltzing Bugle Boy

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