Doris Day--Sid Phillips Trio & The Greene Sisters--Reginald Dixon--Dinah Shore--Victor Sylvester & His Ballroom Orchestra--Joe Daniels & His Hot Shots

This little lot ends up with a some great drum rolls !!

1. Mean To Me......Doris Day

2. You Made Me Love You......Doris Day

3. In The Mood......Sid Philips Trio with The Greene Sisters

4. Music for All......Sid Phillips Trio

5. Dixon Hits No 1 A......Reginald Dixon

6. Dixon Hits No 1 B......Reginald Dixon

7. Sweet Violets......Dinah Shore

8. Cause I Love You......Dinah Shore

9. Liebestraume.......Victor Sylvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

10. Love Everlasting......Victor Sylvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

11. Tiger Rag......Joe Daniels & His Hot Shots in "Drumnastics"

12. Arkansas Blues......Joe Daniels & His Hot Shots in "Drumnastics"

Isador Simon "Sid" Phillips (14 June 1907 – 23 May 1973) was an English jazz clarinettist, bandleader, and arranger.

In 1930, Phillips began writing arrangements for Bert Ambrose, and joined Ambrose's ensemble in 1933, remaining there until 1937. Later in the 1930s, Phillips played in the United States on radio and freelance in clubs. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, then put together his own quartet in 1946 and wrote several pieces for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He led a Dixieland jazz band of his own formation from 1949, and his sidemen variously included George Shearing, Colin Bailey, Tommy Whittle, and Kenny Ball.Phillips's first recordings under his own name were made in 1928, and he continued to record as a leader into the 1970s.

Dinah Shore (born Frances 'Fanny' Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era. She achieved even greater success a decade later in television, mainly as the host of a series of variety programs for the Chevrolet automobile company.

In 1950, she recorded for RCA Victor with a deal to record 100 sides for $1 million (equivalent to $12.2 million in 2022). The hits kept coming, but with less frequency, and were not charting as high as in the 1940s. Shore's biggest hits of this era were "My Heart Cries for You" and "Sweet Violets", both peaking at number three in 1951. Several duets with Tony Martin did well, with "A Penny a Kiss" being the most popular, reaching number eight. "Blue Canary"  was a 1953 hit, and her covers of "Changing Partners" and "If I Give My Heart to You" were popular top-20 hits. "Love and Marriage" and "Whatever Lola Wants" were top-20 hits from 1955.

Joe Daniels (9 March 1909 – 2 July 1993), was a British Dixieland drummer and performer, whose career began in the early 1920s. Among his more popular numbers was "Experiments with Mice".

Around 1930, he started recording as "Joe Daniel's Hot Shots" (with Billy Mason), and they became a popular recording band. Other members in 1937 were Bill Jones (trumpet), Albert Harris (clarinet and saxophone), Les Osbourne (trombone), Verne Lewis (piano), and John LeBor (bass). The band performed on early BBC radio shows many times, and recorded on Parlophone.....Joe Daniels and the Hot Shots were the ballroom band for Butlin's Holiday Camp in Clacton during the mid 1960s, and appeared in the Viennese Ballroom most evenings. He often played to a full house and was in tune with the campers' frivolity: one of the most popular dances that got everyone on the floor was the "March of the Mods".

          11. Tiger Rag

Cyril Stapleton & His Orchestra--Peter Dawson--Anita O'Day & Her Orchestra--Anne Shelton--Albert Sandler & His Orchestra--Wingates Temperance Prize Band

Let's hope when you are in the land of nod waltzing and dreaming you wont jump when the soldiers come marching by rockin' and rolling !! 

1. Forgotten Dreams......Cyril Stapleton & His Orchestra

2. It's Not For Me To Say......Cyril Stapleton & His Orchestra

3. Auld Lang Syne.....Peter Dawson

4. The Miners Dream Of Home......Peter Dawson

5. Rock And Roll Blues......Anita O'Day & Her Orchestra

6. Lover Come Back To Me.....Anita O'Day & Her Orchestra

7. Lay Down Your Arms......Anne Shelton

8. Daydreams......Anne Shelton

9. The Merry Widow Waltz......Albert Sandler & His Orchestra

10. Villa......Albert Sandler & His Orchestra

11. Patience....Selections...Part 1......Wingates Temperance Prize Band

11. Patience....Selections...Part 2......Wingates Temperance Prize Band

Cyril Stapleton (31 December 1914 – 25 February 1974) was an English violinist and jazz bandleader.

 In 1947, he recreated his band, and quickly won slots on the BBC; among the singers he accompanied were Dick James and Frank Sinatra. As leader of the BBC Show Band, Stapleton became a fixture on the English musical scene, broadcast across the nation throughout the mid-1950s. Players in the ensemble who went on to gain a profile in their own right included Bert Weedon, Bill McGuffie, Tommy Whittle, and Matt Monro.

In 1957, the BBC disbanded the Show Band, and Stapleton immediately reassembled his own group. He even managed two chart hits in the United States with the instrumental "The Italian Theme" (#25, 1956) and "The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)" (#13, 1959). The latter record sold one million copies. Stapleton continued to tour and record into the 1970s; in 1965 he also became head of A&R for Pye Records.

Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006), known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer". Refusing to pander to any female stereotype, O'Day presented herself as a "hip" jazz musician, wearing a band jacket and skirt as opposed to an evening gown. She changed her surname from Colton to O'Day, pig Latin for "dough", slang for money.

          6. Lover Come Back To Me

Dennis Lotis--Reginald Foort--Brun & His Novelty Accordeon Orchestra--Les Paul & Mary Ford--Enrico Caruso--Laurie London

 Doing the Mambo in the desert with Big Ben And Nola !!

1. They Were Doing The Mambo......Dennis Lotis

2. Cinnamon Sinner......Dennis Lotis

3. Desert Song......Reginald Foort

4. Riff Song......Reginald Foort

5. Big Ben Of Westminster......Brun & His Novelty Accordeon Orchestra

6. Ginger One Step......Brun & His Novelty Accordeon Band

7. Nola......Les Paul

8. Jealous......Les Paul & Mary Ford

9. O Sole Mio......Enrico Caruso

10. La Donna Mobile......Enrico Caruso

11. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands......Laurie London

12. The Cradle Rock......Laurie London

Dennis Lotis (8 March 1925 – 8 February 2023) was a South African-born British singer, actor, and entertainer, whose popularity was greatest in the 1950s. He was described as having "a sophisticated style that was particularly attractive to the young female population".He joined the Ted Heath Orchestra, singing alongside Lita Roza and Dickie Valentine.

His first record was a cover version of Al Martino's hit "Here in My Heart", released in September 1952 on the independent Polygon label. He later recorded with the Johnston Brothers and Ted Heath and His Music; "Such a Night" / "Cuddle Me" was released by Decca Records in 1954.Lotis went solo in the mid-1950s, and became one of the most successful acts on the British variety circuit, also appearing frequently on BBC radio. He appeared in his first Royal Variety Performance in 1957, and that year was voted Top Male Singer in the Melody Maker annual poll. He also toured the US with the Ted Heath Orchestra. He recorded in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the Pye Nixa and Columbia labels.

Enrico Caruso..25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic first lyric tenor then dramatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles  from the Italian and French repertoires that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. One of the first major singing talents to be commercially recorded, Caruso made 247 commercially released recordings from 1902 to 1920, which made him an international popular entertainment star......Caruso made recordings in America for the Victor Talking Machine Company (later RCA Victor) from 1904 to 1920, and he and his heirs earned millions of dollars in royalties from the retail sales of these records. He was also heard live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House in 1910, when he participated in the first public radio broadcast to be transmitted in the United States.

Caruso also appeared in two motion pictures. In 1918, he played a dual role in the American My Cousin (silent film, entirely restored in July 2021 for Paramount Pictures. This film included a sequence depicting him on stage performing the aria Vesti la giubba from Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci.

         1. They Were Doing The Mambo

Winifred Atwell--Richard Tauber--Mantovani Orchestra--Norman Brooks--New Light Orchestra--Max Bygraves

 A piano selection, a tango, classic music, side by side of three different vocal styles for your hedification ! ...Oooops  Education !!

1. Let's Have Another Party 1......Winifred Atwell

2. Let's Have Another Party 2......Winifred Atwell

3. You Are My Hearts Delight......Richard Tauber

4. Vienna City Of My Dreams......Richard Tauber

5. Jealousy......Mantovani & His Orchestra

6. La Cumparsita......Mantovani & His Orchestra

7. Lou Lou Louisiana.......Norman Brooks

8. Back In Circulation......Norman Brooks

9. Humoresque.......New Light Symphony Orchestra

10. Serenade......New Light Symphony Orchestra

11. Mr Sandman......Max Bygraves

12. He's A Real Tough Guy......Max Bygraves

Richard Tauber (16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948) was an Austrian tenor and film actor.

He made several musical films in England, and at the premiere of her film Mimi in April 1935, he met the English actress Diana Napier (1905–1982); they were married on 20 June 1936.  Napier appeared in three of his British films: Heart's Desire (1935), Land Without Music and Pagliacci (both 1936).

In 1938, he made his London operatic debut in Die Zauberflöte under Sir Thomas Beecham. Earlier that year, the Nazi government of Germany annexed Austria and Tauber left for good. In response, the Nazis withdrew the Taubers' passports and right of abode; because this left the couple technically stateless, Tauber applied for British citizenship. He was touring South Africa

 when World War II broke out, and returned to Switzerland until receiving the papers allowing him to enter the UK in March 1940.

Norman Brooks (August 19, 1928 – September 14, 2006) was a Canadian singer, best known for his ability to sound like Al Jolson.

He was born Norman Joseph Arie, the son of Lebanese parents, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1928. He played Jolson in the 1956 film, The Best Things in Life Are Free. Brooks performed in nightclubs and on television in the United States and Canada during the 1950s and 1960s. He played himself in the 1960 film Ocean's Eleven.

His records "Hello Sunshine" and "You Shouldn't Have Kissed Me The First Time" for the Zodiac Records label were national hits in 1953. His song "A Sky-Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Tie" reached No. 17 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1954.

          1. Lets Have Another Party

Jerry Lewis--The Sylvians--Hoagy Carmichael--Guy Mitchell--Robin Richmond--The Merry Macs

 Where's Polly gone I hope she's happy and it's not breezy on the stairs in the Sky !

1. It All Depends On You......Jerry Lewis

2. Let Me Sing And I'm Happy......Jerry Lewis

3. Sitting On The Stairs......The Sylvians

4. Longing For Someone......The Sylvians

5. Ole Buttermilk Sky......Hoagy Carmichael

6. Huggin' And Chalkin......Hoagy Carmichael

7. Chicka Boom......Guy Mitchell

8. Hannah Lee.....Guy Mitchell

9. Hysterics Rag......Robin Richmond

10. The Grey Waltz......Robin Richmond

11. Breezin' Along With The Breeze......The Merry Macs

12. Ma He's Makin' Eyes At Me......The Merry Macs

Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. His success made him a global figure in pop culture and earned him the nickname, "The King of Comedy". He teamed with singer Dean Martin to form the famous Martin and Lewis comedy duo, before moving on as a "one-man" stage act, movie star, filmmaker and singer.

They starred in their own series of 14 new films, At War with the Army (1950), That's My Boy (1951), Sailor Beware (1952), Jumping Jacks (1952), The Stooge (1952), Scared Stiff (1953), The Caddy (1953), Money from Home (1953), Living It Up (1954), 3 Ring Circus (1954), You're Never Too Young (1955), Artists and Models (1955), Pardners (1956) and Hollywood or Bust (1956), all produced by Hal B. Wallis.

Robin Richmond (21 April 1912 – 27 July 1998) was an English cinema organist and BBC Radio presenter and performer.

Richmond regularly performed on the BBC Light Programme, on shows such as Music While You Work, Variety Bandbox and Organ Grinder Swing. He also presented a number of programmes including Housewives' Choice and Jazz Club. On television, he was the resident organist on the quiz show Double Your Money.

The Merry Macs were an American close-harmony pop music quartet active from the 1920s till the 1960s and best known for the hits "Mairzy Doats", "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" and "Sentimental Journey". The group also sang on recordings with Bing Crosby.Vocal quartets had customarily harmonized like barbershop quartets. The Merry Macs revolutionized vocal harmony with closer harmonic chords. This style inspired other groups, like The Modernaires and Six Hits and a Miss. In 1938 The Merry Macs signed with Decca Records and recorded "Pop Goes the Weasel". The Merry Macs (with Carroll) sang a swing version of "Down by the Old Mill Stream" in the 1939 Vitaphone musical Seeing Red, Red Skelton's first film.

          7. Chicka Boom

Lita Roza--Mr Borland--Mr Chris Chapman--Joe Loss Band--Johnnie Ray--Eva Turner--Tennessee Ernie Ford

 A mixture of labels and styles start off this session of 78's...bells and swing and a dash of Puccini !

1. Hillside In Scotland......Lita Roza

2. Sorry Sorry Sorry.......Lita Roza

3. Peal Of Church Bells......Mr Borland

4. Southern Girl Gavotte......Mr Chris Chapman

5. In The Mood......Joe Loss And His Band

6. At The Woodchoppers Ball......Joe Loss And His Band

7. I Miss You So......Johnnie Ray

8. So Long.......Johnnie Ray

9. Turandot...In Questa Reggia......Eva Turner

10. Turandot...O Princcipi Che a Lunghe Carovane......Eva Turner

11. River Of No Return......Tennessee Ernie Ford

12. Give Me Your Word......Tennessee Ernie Ford

  

Lilian Patricia Lita Roza (14 March 1926 – 14 August 2008) was an English singer best known for her 1953 recording "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?", which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. She was the first British woman to have a No. 1 hit in the UK chart.

In 1950, she became the lead female singer with the Ted Heath Band, and by 1954, had achieved enough public acclaim to leave the band and pursue a solo recording career.

Roza's "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?", a cover version of Patti Page's original, was the peak of her career, topping the UK Singles Chart. It made her the first British woman to have a No. 1 hit in the UK chart. Further covers of "Hey There" and "Jimmy Unknown" gave her small hits in the mid-1950s. Roza disliked her hit single so much that she never performed it live.

Eva Turner

Dame Eva Turner, DBE, FRAM, FRCM (10 March 1892 – 16 June 1990) was an English dramatic soprano with an international reputation. Her strong, steady and well-trained voice was renowned for its clarion power in Italian and German operatic roles.

She also played the title role in Turandot. She was in the audience for the April 1926 premiere at La Scala and first sang it in December that year at the Teatro Grande in Brescia. In 1928, she performed it at the Covent Garden (also playing Aida and Santuzza during the season), and in 1929, she took the part at La Scala. Recordings of her Turandot recorded live at Covent Garden in 1937 with Giovanni Martinelli as Calaf and John Barbirolli conducting remained unissued at the time but were released on EMI CD CDH 7610742 in the 1980s.

          6. At The Woodchoppers Ball