The Platters--Frank Sinatra--Primo Scala--Marvin Rainwater--Harry Rich--Charlie Gracie.

 A Colourful set of labels hiding some vocals and musical tunes !

1. My Prayer......The Platters

2. Heaven On Earth.....The Platters

3. Jingle Bells.....Frank Sinatra

4. Adeste Fideles......Frank Sinatra

5. Primo Scala Medley No 2 Part 1.....Primo Scala & His Banjo & Accordian Band

6. Primo Scala Medley No 2 Part 2.....Primo Scala & His Banjo & Accordian Band

7. Whole Lotta Woman.....Marvin Rainwater

8. Baby Don't Go.....Marvin Rainwater

9. Are You Listening In Tonight Mother......Harry Rich

10. Perhaps You'll Think Of Me......Harry Rich

11. Wandering Eyes......Charlie Gracie

12. I Love You So Much It Hurts

Primo Scala was a bestseller on Rex Records with his Accordion Band but he did not really exist. The name was a pseudonym for musical director/producer Harry Bidgood (b. 1898, London, England, d. 1955), who recorded much anonymous dance music in the 20s and 30s. He was pianist with De Groot’s salon orchestra at the Piccadilly Hotel, and recorded on HMV Records with its offshoot, the Piccadilly Dance Band. 

After visiting Berlin in 1924, where the band recorded for Vox, Bidgood resigned, going to Vocalion Records as recording manager and musical director. He made records with his house band, releasing them on the various Vocalion labels (Aco, Beltona, Guardsman, Broadcast, Coliseum, etc.) under names such as the Midnight Merrymakers, Riverside Dance Band and Kentucky Revellers. 

 Bidgood built up an all-accordion band for Imperial as Roma’s Accordion Band, whose records were also issued on Eclipse under the name of Don Porto. When he decided Rex too should have some of this music, it was released under the name of Primo Scala’s Accordion Band; then Crystalate discontinued Eclipse Records and introduced Crown, another record label, on which Bidgood/Porto/Scala/Roma became Rossini’s Accordion Band. Though they were all the same band it was Scala on whom Bidgood concentrated his efforts, taking the band on radio and music-hall tours........ Info edited From AllMusic

Marvin Karlton Rainwater (July 2, 1925 – September 17, 2013) was an American country and rockabilly singer and songwriter who had several hits during the late 1950s, including "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" and "Whole Lotta Woman", which hit #1 on the UK Singles Chart. He was known for wearing Native American-themed outfits on stage and claimed to have quarter-blood Cherokee ancestry.

Charles Anthony Graci (born May 14, 1936, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States), known professionally as Charlie Gracie, is an American rock pioneer and rhythm and blues singer and guitarist.The owner of Cadillac Records, Graham Prince, heard one of Gracie's early radio performances, contacted the young musician and signed him to a recording contract. This association yielded the single "Boogie Woogie Blues" backed with "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter". 

Gracie became only the second American rock and roller to bring this new art form to the British concert stage. His two extensive tours in 1957 and 1958 were topped off by headlining the Palladium and the Hippodrome in London.

In 2019, Gracie toured the UK with Marty Wilde along with Mike Berry, Nancy Ann Lee and the Wildcats.

       11. Wandering Eyes

       

Vic Damone & Ann Blyth--Frank Sinatra--Tennessee Ernie Ford--Sid Phillips & His Band--Jo Stafford & Nelson Eddy--Al Martino.

Hands, heart, feet, crying farewell to the Ball !

 

1. Night Of My Nights......Vic Damone

2. And This Is My Beloved......Vic Damone & Ann Blyth

3. Not As A Stranger......Frank Sinatra

4. How Can You DoA Thing Like That To Me......Frank Sinatra

5. The Ballad Of Davy Crocket......Tennessee Ernie Ford

6. Farewell.....Tennessee Ernie Ford

7. Darktown Strutters Ball......Sid Phillips & His Band

8. Fidgety Feet......Sid Phillips & His Band

9. With These Hands......Jo Stafford & Nelson Eddy

10. Till We Meet Again......Jo Stafford & Nelson Eddy

11. Here In My Heart......Al Martino

12. I Cried Myself To Sleep......Al Martino

Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and Western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Noted for his rich bass-baritone voice and down-home humor, he is remembered for his hit recordings of "The Shotgun Boogie" and "Sixteen Tons".

He released almost 50 country singles through the early 1950s, several of which made the Billboard charts. Many of his early records, including "The Shotgun Boogie" and "Blackberry Boogie", were exciting, driving boogie-woogie records.

Isador Simon "Sid" Phillips (14 June 1907 – 23 May 1973) was an English jazz clarinettist, bandleader, and arranger.

In 1930, Phillips began writing arrangements for Bert Ambrose, and joined Ambrose's ensemble in 1933, remaining there until 1937. Later in the 1930s, Phillips played in the United States on radio and freelance in clubs. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, then put together his own quartet in 1946 and wrote several pieces for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He led a Dixieland jazz band of his own formation from 1949, and his sidemen variously included George Shearing, Colin Bailey, Tommy Whittle, and Kenny Ball.

Phillips's first recordings under his own name were made in 1928, and he continued to record as a leader into the 1970s.

In 1937 through 1938, a number of his recordings were issued in the United States, through a contract he signed with Irving Mills and issued on Mills' Variety label, as well as Vocalion, Brunswick and Columbia labels, most recordings were made in England.

Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917 – July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop music singer and occasional actress, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent classical training to become an opera singer before following a career in popular music, and by 1955 had achieved more worldwide record sales than any other female artist. Her 1952 song "You Belong to Me" topped the charts in the United States and United Kingdom, becoming the second single to top the UK Singles Chart, and the first by a female artist to do so.

Al Martino (born Jasper Cini; October 7, 1927 – October 13, 2009) was an American singer and actor. He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid-1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", and also became known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The Godfather.

He aspired to become a singer, emulating artists such as Al Jolson and Perry Como, and by the success of a family friend, Alfredo Cocozza, who had changed his name to Mario Lanza.

Cini began his singing career. Encouraged by Lanza, he adopted the stage name Al Martino.

He won a recording contract with the Philadelphia-based independent record label BBS, where he recorded "Here in My Heart". Lanza's label, RCA Victor, had asked Lanza to record the song, but Martino called Lanza and pleaded with him to let Martino's version have a clear chance. The song spent three weeks at No. 1 on the US pop charts in June 1952, earning Martino a gold disc, and later in the year, also reached the top of the UK charts. It was number one in the first UK Singles chart, published by the New Musical Express on November 14, 1952, putting him into the Guinness Book of World Records. "Here in My Heart" remained in the top position for nine weeks in the UK.

       12 I Cried Myself To Sleep

Les Paul & Mary Ford--Frank Sinatra--Ken Griffin--Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers--Foden'sMotor Works Band--Frankie Laine

 Three shades of Columbia with a black Capitol and blue Phillips side by side with Baby !

1. How High The Moon......Les Paul & Mary Ford

2. What Is This Called Love......Les Paul

3. Oh What It Seems To Be......Frank Sinatra

4. Homesick Thats All......Frank Sinatra

5. Side By Side......Ken Griffin

6. Drifting And Dreaming.....Ken Griffin

7. I'n Not A Juvenile Delinquent......Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

8. Baby Baby......Frankie Lyman & The Teenagers

9. Flying Squad......Foden's Motor Works Band

10. Britain On Parade......Foden's Motor Works Band

11. There Must Be A Reason......Frankie Laine

12. Some Day......Frankie Laine

Les Paul and Mary Ford were a popular 1950s husband-and-wife musical duo who performed and recorded during 1945–1963. They both sang and played guitars.

Ford and Paul were music superstars during the first half of the 1950s, putting out 28 hits for Capitol Records between 1950 and 1957, including "Tiger Rag", "Vaya con Dios" (11 weeks at No. 1), "Mockin' Bird Hill" (top 10), "How High the Moon" (nine weeks at No. 1), "Bye Bye Blues" and "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise".

Paul and Ford are famous for creating a makeshift recording studio in their garage. In their garage studio, they used multitrack recording to record many of their hits including ‘Lover’, ‘Nola’, ‘Brazil’ and ‘Whispering' with only the two of them.

Franklin Joseph Lymon (September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968 was an American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of the New York City-based early rock and roll doo wop group The Teenagers. The group was composed of five boys, all in their early to mid-teens. The original lineup of the Teenagers, an integrated group, included three African-American members, Frankie Lymon, Jimmy Merchant, and Sherman Garnes; and two Puerto Rican members, Joe Negroni and Herman Santiago. The Teenagers' first single, 1956's "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", was also their biggest hit. After Lymon went solo in mid-1957, both his career and that of the Teenagers fell into decline. He was found dead at the age of 25 on the floor of his grandmother's bathroom from a heroin overdose. His life was dramatized in the 1998 film Why Do Fools Fall In Love.

               Foden's Motor Works Band (1904)                    (1968/70)

Foden's Band (originally Foden's Motor Works Band, and variants with sponsors' names) is a brass band from Sandbach in Cheshire. The band derives its name from the Foden manufacturer of trucks in Sandbach. Foden's Band are one of the top brass bands in the world; regularly appearing at the top of the "World of Brass – World Rankings" In 2012, Foden's became double winners of both the National Championships and the British Open.

On 9 November 1933, the band appeared in the Lord Mayor's Show in London, billed as the Band of Foden Motor Works.The band has been ordered to play by Royal Command on three occasions: in 1913 for George V and Queen Mary, in 1938 at Windsor Castle for George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and most recently in 1983 where the band had the honour of playing for Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

       5. Side By Side

Jimmy Young--Frank Sinatra--The Mills Brothers--The Platters--Michael Holiday--Johnnie Ray

 Sipping chapagne with Irene wondering if a million words would ease an aching heart looking at the blue heaven above for eternity !

1. Eternally......Jimmy Young

2. Is It Any Wonder......Jimmy Young

3. My Blue Heaven......Frank Sinatra

4. Goodnight Irene......Frank Sinatra

5. Oh My Aching Heart......The Mills Brothers

6. What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You.....The Mills Brothers

7. On My Word Of Honor......The Platters

8. One In A Million......The Platters

9. Old Cape Cod......Michael Holiday

10. Love You Darlin'......Michael Holiday

11. Give Me Time......Johnnie Ray

12. The Lady Drinks Champagne.....Johnnie Ray

Sir Leslie Ronald Young CBE, known professionally as Jimmy Young (21 September 1921 – 7 November 2016), was an English singer, disc jockey and radio personality. Early in his career in the 1950s he had two number ones, "Unchained Melody" and "The Man from Laramie", both in 1955, and several other top ten hits in the UK chart, but he became better known for his long-running show on BBC Radio 2, The JY Prog, which ran from 1973 until 2002.

The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed the Four Mills Brothers, and originally known as the Four Kings of Harmony, were an American jazz and traditional pop vocal quartet who made more than 2,000 recordings that sold more than 50 million copies and garnered at least three dozen gold records.

The Mills Brothers were the first African-American artists to have their own show on national network radio (on CBS in 1930); they made appearances in film; and were the first to have a #1 hit on the Billboard singles chart, with "Paper Doll" in 1943. They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.

The Platters are an American vocal group formed in 1952. They are one of the most successful vocal groups of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound bridges the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition and the new burgeoning genre. The act has gone through multiple line-ups over the years, earning it the branding tag "Many Voices One Name," with the most successful incarnation comprising lead tenor Tony Williams, David Lynch, Paul Robi, founder and naming member Herb Reed, and Zola Taylor. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1967, including four number-one hits. The Platters continue to fulfill Reed's enduring legacy and perform around the world today.

John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. Tony Bennett called Ray the "father of rock and roll", and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the development of the genre.

       12. The Lady Drinks Champagne.

Guy Mitchell--Eve Young--Frank Sinatra--Beniamino Gigli--Kenny Baker--Walter Huston.

 With a dollar and a cake we and Fickle Belle sail the Ocean in September going South to the stars.. getting lost !

1. Belle Belle My Liberty Belle......Guy Mitchell

2. Sweetheart Of Yesterday......Guy Mitchell

3. Silver Dollar......Eve Young

4. I'd Have Baked a Cake......Eve Young

5. South Of The Border......Frank Sinatra

6. I've Got The World On A String.....Frank Sinatra

7. La Donna e Mobile (Woman is Fickle )......Beniamino Gigli

8. E Lucevan La Stelle (The Stars Are Shining)......Beniamino Gigli

9. Al The Things You Are.....Kenny Baker

10. How Deep Is The Ocean......Kenny Baker

11. September Song......Walter Huston

12. Lost In The Stars......Walter Huston

Eva Nadauld (September 1, 1923 – November 3, 2010), known professionally as Eve Young early in her career, and later as Karen Chandler, was an American singer of popular music during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, best known for her 1952 hit, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me".

In 1950 in the UK she had her biggest successes in that year, with "(If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked A Cake" and "Silver Dollar (Roll, Roll, Roll)", in both cases credited to Eve Young & The Homesteaders, each reaching the top of the UK sheet music charts in 1950. (Charts based on record sales did not start in Britain until 1952.)

Kenny Baker MBE (1 March 1921 – 7 December 1999) was an English jazz trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn player, and a composer.

Baker was first heard on record in a British public jam session in 1941 and quickly established a strong reputation in London clubs. He was brass band trained and had faultless technical command. The young Baker was lead trumpeter with Ted Heath's post war orchestra.

His career saw him play with alongside Frank Sinatra, Petula Clark, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Tony Bennett. He also performed on James Bond soundtracks.

A notable appearance on soundtrack for Baker was a long hot trumpet solo mimed by Kay Kendall  in the 1954 film Genevieve. 

Walter Thomas Huston (April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of the four generations of the Huston acting family, including his son John, grandchildren Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, Allegra Huston, and great-grandchild Jack Huston. 

He performed "September Song" in the original Broadway production of Knickerbocker Holiday (1938). Huston's recording of "September Song" is heard repeatedly in September Affair 

   4. I'd Have Baked A Cake.