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
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