The Hilltoppers--The King Brothers--Frank Sinatra--Joe Loss--Jack Payne--Tennessee Ernie

 We have the Blues an Echo a Cry and a Light for Miss Otis & Marianne !... time warp alert !!(Rag & Bone Man) circa 2022

1. Marianne......The Hilltoppers

2. Your Wasting Your Time......The Hilltoppers

3. Miss Otis Regrets......The King Brothers

4. The Light In The Window......The King Brothers

5. Love And Marriage......Frank Sinatra

6. Look To Your Heart.....Frank Sinatra

7. Rag Mop......Joe Loss & His Orchestra

8. Dry Bones......Joe Loss & His Orchestra

9. Just An Echo In The Valley......Jack Payne & His Orchestra

10. Ich Liebe Dich......Jack Payne & His Orchestra

11. The Cry Of The Wild Goose......Tennessee Ernie

12. Anticipation Blues......Tennessee

The Hilltoppers were a pop vocal quartet that lit up the hit list in the early 50’s to the tune of 25 charters in five and a half years, but in early 1952 Jimmy Sacca (23, lead), Seymour Spiegelman (21, tenor), and Don McGuire (21, bass) were just three students at Western Kentucky State College.

They sang barbershop harmony at the Goal Posts, the campus candy store and hangout. What turned the barbershop banter into serious singing was Jimmy’s association with a piano player in the Ace Dining band, Billy Vaughn. The college was located in Bowling Green where Ace’s band played, and Jimmy would occasionally sit in.

Joe Loss was the son of Russian immigrants. He proved to be a gifted violinist, learning the instrument at the Hackney Academy of Music. He received scholarships to Trinity College of Music and the London School of Music. He founded his first dance band as a teenager, his first professional steps as a musician he made as a silent film accompaniment in the cinema.

Loss played in various dance orchestras and from 1930 had his first own seven-member group, which played in London's Astoria Ballroom. Three years later, the first radio appearance followed. As a result, the Joe Loss Orchestra became one of the most popular British dance orchestras.

The Joe Loss Orchestra was one of the most successful acts of the big band era in the 1940s, with hits including "In the Mood". In 1961 they had a hit with "Wheels—Cha Cha", a version of the String-A-Longs' hit "Wheels". Other hits included David Rose's "The Stripper" in 1958, "Sucu Sucu", "Must Be Madison", "The Theme from Maigret" and "March of the Mods (The Finnjenka Dance)" of 1964.

John Wesley Vivian "Jack" Payne (22 August 1899 – 4 December 1969) was a British dance music bandleader who established his reputation during the British dance band era of the 1930s.

While serving in the Royal Flying Corps, he played the piano in amateur dance bands. After the RFC became the Royal Air Force towards the end of World War I, Payne led dance bands for the troops. Prior to joining the Royal Air Force, he was part of "The Allies" concert party. This voluntary group performed to wounded soldiers convalescing around Birmingham.

He played with visiting American jazz bands at the Birmingham Palais during the early 1920s, including the Southern Rag-a-Jazz Orchestra in 1922, before moving to London in 1925.

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