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

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