Friday 29 April 2022

Bill Haley--The Mills Brothers--Johnny Duncan--Andy Williams--Choir HM Chapels Royal--Perry Como


 A nice set labels hides some classic songs.. rocking on the train with dogs and a butterfly whilst the mandolins play and the world goes round  !..the two red ones are a bit scratchy should have kept away from the hound dogs !!

1. Razzle Dazzzle......Bill Haley
2. Two Hound Dogs......Bill Haley
3. Till Then.....The Mills Brothers
4. You Always Hurt The One You Love.....The Mills Brothers
5. Last Train To San Fernando......Johnny Duncan
6. Rock a Billy Baby......Johnny Duncan
7. Butterfly......Andy Williams
8. It Doesn't Take Very Long......Andy Williams
9. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring......Choir Of H.M Chapels Royal
10. Gabriel's Message & Born This Day......Choir Of H. M Chapels Royal
11. Mandolins In The Moonlight......Perry Como
12. Love Makes The World Go Round......Perry Como

                                                                    ANDY WILLIAMS

Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, along with numerous TV specials. The Andy Williams Show won three Emmy awards. He sold more than 45 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States.
Williams's solo career began in 1953. He recorded six sides for RCA Victor's label "X", but none was a popular hit.
After landing a spot as a regular on the Tonight Starring Steve Allen in 1954, Williams was signed to a recording contract with Cadence Records, a small label in New York, run by conductor Archie Bleyer. Williams's third single, "Canadian Sunset", reached number seven in the top 10 in August 1956; it was followed in February 1957 by his only Billboard number-one hit, "Butterfly", a cover of a Charlie Gracie record. "Butterfly" was also number one for two weeks on the UK Singles Chart in May 1957. More hit records followed.

          8. It Doesn't Take Very Long

Wednesday 20 April 2022

Frank Sinatra--Jim Lowe--Billy Vaughn--The Duchess--Patricia Morison & Bill Johnson--Frankie Vaughan


 Another visit behind that Green Door.. this time with Kate & Priscilla walking thro' the Garden of Eden whistling Wang Wang Rag in Chinatown lots of sand around ! exit-ing with the little Man that keeps whispering ! Bang ! Bang !

1. Poinciana......Frank Sinatra
2. One Love......Frank Sinatra
3. The Green Door......Jim Lowe
4. The Little Man In Chinatown......Jim Lowe
5. The Shifting Whispering Sands.. Part 1......Billy Vaughn & Orchestra
6. The Shifting Whispering Sands.. Part 2......Billy Vaughn & Orchestra
7. The Wang Wang Blues......The Duchess
8. Dynamite Rag......The Duchess
9. Wunderbar (Kiss Me Kate)......Patricia Morison & Bill Johnson
10. So In Love (Kiss Me Kate)......Bill Johnson
11. The Garden Of Eden......Frankie Vaughan
12. Priscilla.....Frankie Vaughan
  
James Ellsworth Lowe (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1956 number-one hit song, "The Green Door". He also served as a disc jockey and radio host and personality, and was considered an expert on the popular music of the 1940s and 1950s.

Richard Smith "Billy "Vaughn (April 12, 1919 – September 26, 1991) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R man for Dot Records.
Vaughn charted a total of 42 singles on the Billboard charts, often based on the sound of two alto saxophones. He also charted thirty six albums on the Billboard 200, beginning with 1958's Sail Along Silv'ry Moon and ending with 1970's Winter World of Love. He also had nineteen Top 40 hits in (Germany), beginning with the chart-topping "Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon", also a gold record, which was a cover of a 1937 Bing Crosby hit. He had two more number ones in Germany: "La Paloma" and "Wheels" (all three were reportedly million sellers). Billy Vaughn's recording of "Wheels" was No. 1 for 14 weeks in Germany  as well as No. 1 in India, New Zealand, and Italy. Vaughn also charted in Australia, Latin America, and Japan.


Eileen Patricia Augusta Fraser Morison (March 19, 1915 – May 20, 2018) was an American stage, television and film actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood and mezzo-soprano singer She made her feature film debut in 1939 after several years on the stage..She was lauded as a beauty with large blue eyes and extremely long, dark hair. During this period of her career, she was often cast as the femme fatale or "other woman". It was only when she returned to the Broadway stage that she achieved her greatest success as the lead in the original production of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate and subsequently in The King and I
In November 1978 she again played the leading role in Kiss Me, Kate at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in England.

William Johnson (March 22, 1916 – March 6, 1957) was an American actor and singer of the stage and screen.
He also starred (as Fred Petruchio) alongside Patricia Morison in the first UK production of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate, at the London Coliseum in 1951, and on the cast recording of that show.He also appeared in Annie Get Your Gun. His last role on Broadway was in 1955–1956

          8. Dynamite Rag

Pat Boone--Al Martino--Petula Clark--Frank Sinatra--David Whitfield--Frankie Vaughan


 If you go thro' the green door with Stella and the Poor Man two worlds will appear and by Starlight you can find your way home loving that Tutti Frutti  before you are alone !

1. Tutti Frutti......Pat Boone
2. I'll Be Home......Pat Boone
3. In All This World......Al Martino
4. I've Never Been......Al Martino
5. Alone......Petula Clark
6. Long Before I Knew You......Petula Clark
7. I Love You......Frank Sinatra
8. Stella By Starlight......Frank Sinatra
9. I'd Give You The World......David Whitfield
10. I'll Find You......David Whitfield
11. The Green Door......Frankie Vaughan
12. Pity The Poor Poor Man......Frankie Vaughan

         11. The Green Door

Thursday 7 April 2022

Bill Haley--Russ Morgan--Frank Sinatra--Brigadoon--Crazy Otto--Nat King Cole


 Lets have a rockin' hot dog in the highlands of Scotland today struttin' to a honky tonk piano or maybe tomorrow or maybe forever my dearie !

1. Hot Dog Buddy Buddy......Bill Haley And His Comets
2. Rockin' Through  The Rye......Bill Haley And His Comets
3. You You You Are The One......Russ Morgan & His Orchestra
4. Forever And Ever......Russ Morgan & His Orchestra
5. Day By Day......Frank Sinatra
6. You Are Too Beautiful......Frank Sinatra
7. Prologue From Film "Brigadoon"......MGM Studio Orchestra
8. Waiting For My Dearie......Carol Richards
9. Piano Medley A......Crazy Otto
10. Piano Medley B......Crazy Otto
11. Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow......Nat King Cole
12. That's All There Is To That......Nat King Cole


Russell Morgan (April 29, 1904 – August 7, 1969) was an American big band leader and arranger during the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of the composers of "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" with Larry Stock and James Cavanaugh. Morgan was the first to record the song.
At the age of 14, Morgan earned money as a pianist in a theater in Scranton. He purchased a trombone and learned to play it.
For a short time in 1934, Morgan arranged for Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra. In 1935, he played trombone with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band when they recorded four sides for Vocalion. On September 12, 1935, Morgan, playing piano and Joe Venuti on violin recorded two sides for Brunswick: "Red Velvet" and "Black Satin". Most of the songs were written by Morgan and Venuti.
n 1949, Morgan had four songs on the charts. They were "So Tired", "Cruising Down the River", "Sunflower" and "Forever and Ever". On the latter he used a vocal quartet that was starting out and would become famous as the Ames Brothers. 


Brigadoon is a 1954 American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film made in CinemaScope and Metrocolor based on the 1947 Broadway musical of the same name by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli and stars Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, and Cyd Charisse.


Fritz Schulz-Reichel (July 4, 1912 – February 14, 1990) was a German jazz and pop pianist.
In 1953 he adopted the moniker Schräger Otto (Crazy Otto), and recorded for Deutsche Grammophon. His tunes became hits in Germany, France, England, and America; his albums were released on Decca and MGM in the U.S. and Polydor  In 1955, American musician Johnny Maddox played a medley of his songs, entitled "The Crazy Otto Medley"; this went to #2 on the U.S. charts, and in the U.S. both Reichel and Maddox were subsequently known as "Crazy Otto", to some confusion.

          2. Rocking Through The Rye
          10. Piano Medley 2

Wednesday 6 April 2022

Nat King Cole-Frank Sinatra-Marty Wilde-Georges Ulmer-David Ross-Diana Decker


 Two vocal legends a 50's / 60's  rock star a French guy and a 'Woolworth' fav with Diana singing in the Fruit Orchard at Sunset !

1. My Personal Possession......Nat King Cole
2. Send For Me......Nat King Cole
3. The Charm Of You......Frank Sinatra
4. What Makes The Sunset......Frank Sinatra
5. Endless Sleep.......Marty Wilde
6. Her Hair Was Yellow......Marty Wilde
7. Pigalle--Valse Chantee......Georges Ulmer
8. C'est Loin Tout Ca......Georges Ulmer
9. Butterfly......David Ross
10. They Call It A Teenage Crush......David Ross
11. Paper Valentine......Diana Decker
12. Apples Peaches And Cherries


Marty Wilde, MBE (born Reginald Leonard Smith; 15 April 1939) is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, scoring several 1950s hit singles including "Endless Sleep", "Sea of Love" and "Bad Boy". During the 1960s and 1970s, Wilde continued to record and, with Ronnie Scott, co-wrote hit singles for others including the Casuals' "Jesamine" and Status Quo's "Ice in the Sun". He is the father of pop singer Kim Wilde and co-wrote many of her hit singles including "Kids in America" with his son Ricky. He continues to perform and record.

Georges Ulmer (1919–1989) was a Danish-born composer, librettist, and actor who became a naturalized French citizen. He was born Jørgen Frederik Ulmer on 16 February 1919 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and died on 29 September 1989 at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was the father of singer Laura Ulmer.
However, it was in France that he quickly found a permanent place in the musical firmament with his immortal cliché of Parisian tourism, Pigalle, which he co-wrote in 1944 with the lyricist, Géo Koger, and composed with Guy Luypaerts. Other than his own interpretation, the song was also covered by Jean Sablon, Charles Dumont, Franck Pourcel, Paul Anka, Bing Crosby, Petula Clark, Silvio Berlusconi, and many others.


Diana Decker (born Isabella Charlotte Diana Decker, 9 January 1925 – 4 January 2019), was a British/American actress, singer, and television personality, who was popular from the 1940s to the early 1960s.In 1953, Decker appeared in the British television comedy series Before Your Very Eyes!, starring Arthur Askey, and also chaired some editions of the television quiz Film Fanfare during the 1950s. She continued to act in films, including A Yank in Ermine (1955) and The Betrayal (1957), and featured in several episodes of the television drama series The Vise.
Decker also had a recording career. Her recording of "Poppa Piccolino", a version of the Italian song "Papaveri e papere" by Vittorio Mascheroni, with English words by Robert Musel, reached no.2 on the UK singles chart. However, a string of subsequent singles up to 1956 failed to chart.

          2. Send For Me