Monday 30 January 2023

Slim Whitman--William Thomas--Doris Day--Reginald Dixon--Fats Waller--The Sylvians


2 Singers from the 50's, Organ music I guess from the 40's and a rocking piano also from the 40's and it's anyone's guess about the others mine would be 20's--30's looking at the labels and content !!
1. Lovesick Blues......Slim Whitman
2. Forever......Slim Whitman
3. My Dreams......William Thomas
4. Parted.....William Thomas
5. The Deadwood Stage......Doris Day
6. Secret Love.....Doris Day
7. Dixonland (No 3) Part 1......Reginald Dixon
8. Dixonland (No 3) Part 2......Reginald Dixon
9. When Somebody Thinks Your Wonderful.....Fats Waller
10. Dinah......Fats Waller
11. In An Oriental Garden......The Sylvians
12. Bless Her Little Heart......The Sylvians

William Thomas, a pseudonym for tenor Thomas Jackson. appears to have been quite prolific in Great Britain in the 1910s and 1920s.

Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. His best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999.

The Sylvians was a short-lived band, based at the Savoy Hotel, London, in 1926 and 1927. It was one of a number of dance bands at that time which did not include a brass section, in order to give it a quieter, more subtle sound to that of the larger bands. Brass instruments were added for the purpose of making gramophone records. 

         9. When somebody Thinks Your Wonderful

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