12 retro tracks 5 well known 2 Medley's by piano and a tap tap tappy woodpecker...I hope he keeps away from the piano !!!
1. Bye Bye Love.......Everly Brothers
2. I Wonder If I Care As Much......Everly Brothers
3. I Apologize......Billy Eckstine
4. Free......Billy Eckstine
5. Charlie Kunz's Piano Medley No D73 Part 1
6. Charlie Kunz's Piano Medley No D 73 Part 2
7. The Nearness Of You.......Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
8. Blueberry Hill.......Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
9. The Internationale.......Topic Singer And Band
10. Salute To Life......Topic Singers & Unity String Orchestra
11. The Grandest Song Of All......Vera Lynn
12. The Woodpecker Song.......Vera Lynn
William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award . His recording of "I Apologize" (MGM, 1948) was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. The New York Times described him as an influential band leader whose suave bass-baritone and full-throated, sugary approach to popular songs.
In 1944, Eckstine formed his own big band, and it became the finishing school for adventurous young musicians who would shape the future of jazz including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Ceceil Payne, Fats Navarro, Lucky Thompson, John Malachi, Sarah Vaughan, Pearl Bailey, and Lena Horne.
Eckstine became a solo performer in 1947, with records featuring lush, sophisticated orchestrations.He signed with the newly established MGM Records, and had immediate hits with revivals of "Everything I Have Is Yours" (1947), Rodgers and Hart's "Blue Moon" (1948), and Juan Tizol's "Caravan" (1949).Eckstine had further success in 1950 with Victor Young's theme song to "My Foolish Heart," and the next year with a revival of the 1931 Bing Crosby hit, "I Apologize".
Charles Leonard Kunz (August 18, 1896 – March 16, 1958) was an American-born British musician popular during the British dance band era, and who became a pianist.He came to the United Kingdom in 1922 as a pianist in a small dance band.
His debut as a soloist came in 1934 at the Holborn Empire, London followed by countless variety theatres in Britain and the Continent, after playing in hotels, restaurants and ballrooms. The same year saw the beginning of what was to become a continuous output of solo records of "Charlie Kunz Medleys". His signature tune was "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie", and his closing theme was "Pink Elephants".
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big band trombonist, arranger, composer, bandleader and officer in the U.S. Army (Air Corps) in the swing era. He was the best-selling recording artist from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best-known big bands. Miller's recordings include "In the Mood", "Moonlight Serenade", "Pennsylvania 6-5000", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "A String of Pearls", "At Last", "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", "American Patrol", "Tuxedo Junction", "Elmer's Tune", "Little Brown Jug", and "Anvil Chorus". In just four years, Miller scored 16 number-one records and 69 top-10 hits—more than Elvis Presley (40 top 10s) and the Beatles (33 top 10s) did in their careers.
12.The Woodpecker Song
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