Friday 23 September 2022

Mitchell Torok--Tab Hunter--Charlie Kunz--Kay Starr--Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra--Alma Cogan


 With one side missing and just one bio, maybe its holidy time and it's Hot in the Caribbean !

1. Caribbean......Mitchell Torok
2. Weep Away......Mitchel Torok
3. Young Love......Tab Hunter
4. Red Sails In The Sunset.....Tab Hunter
5. Piano Medley No D 20 (Part 1)......Charlie Kunz
6. Piano Medley No D 20 (Part 2)......Charlie Kunz
7. Oh Babe......Kay Starr
8. The Texas Song......Kay Starr
9. Six Five Blues......Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra
10. Softly Softly.......Alma Cogan
11. Paper Kisses......Alma Cogan

Kenneth Victor Mackintosh (4 August 1919 – 22 November 2005) was an English saxophonist, composer and bandleader. He accompanied singers such as Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Matt Monro....... After a period in the Army, he went to London, and joined various big bands, such as the Oscar Rabin Band. Following the Second World War, he formed his own orchestra, making appearances at the Astoria Ballroom, Nottingham. He brought his band to the Wimbledon Palais in London, touring extensively at home and abroad. He also had great singing strength with such well-versed vocalists as Kenny Bardell, Gordon Langhorn and The Mackpies. His orchestra was featured on BBC Radio almost every week in the 1950s and early 1960s. In 1955, he appeared in the BBC Light Programme's "festival of dance music" at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Mackintosh also wrote his own music, such as "The Creep" (written under the pseudonym Andy Burton, with Brian Fahey). He had three entries in the UK Singles Chart between 1954 and 1960, with "The Creep" being his highest placed hit record, reaching No. 10 in January 1954. Among his fans was the Queen Mother, for whom he played twice at Windsor Castle. 

        9. Six Five Blues

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