Monday 5 June 2023

Alma Cogan & Frankie Vaughan--Jack Payne & His Band--Gracie Fields--Teresa Brewer--Dan Jones--The King Brothers


 A mixture of styles and labels make this selection unmissable !!...for the curious !!

1. Do Do Do Do Do Do It Again......Alma Cogan & Frankie Vaughan
2. Jilted......Frankie Vaughan & Alma Cogan
3. You Can't Do That 'ere.......Jack Payne & His Band
4. A Thick Thick Fog In London......Jack Payne & His Band
5. Now Is The Hour......Gracie Fields
6. Come Back To Sorrento.......Gracie Fields
7. A sweet Old Fashioned Giel......Teresa Brewer
8. Goodbye John......Teresa Brewer
9. Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes. (The Gondoliers)......Dan Jones
10. There Lived A King.(The Gondeliers).....George Portland & Dan Jones & Randell Jackson
11. A White Sport Coat And A White Carnation......The King Brothers
12. Minnie-Minniehaha......The King Brothers

           11. A White Sport Coat And A Pink Carnation         

Mantovani--Ronnie Harris--Savoy Orpheans--Frankie Laine--Lita Roza--Walter Glynne


 Love is in the air as well as smoke !

1. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes......Dance Timers with Mantovani
2. Speak To Me Of Love......Dance Timers with Mantovani
3. Stranger In Paradise......Ronnie Harris
4. I Wonder......Ronnie Harris
5. Why Can't We Two Be Sweethearts.......Savoy Orpheans
6. Floating Through The Air......Savoy Orpheans
7. A Woman In Love......Frankie Laine
8. Make Me A Child Again......Frankie Laine
9. Call Of The Wedding......Lita Roza
10. The Mama Doll Song......Lita Roza
11. Smilin' Through......Walter Glynne
12. Just Because The Violets......Walter Glynne

Early 50s British dance band singer. A Londoner, from Tottenham by birth, he was born in 1928.

The Savoy Orpheans were a British dance band of the 1920s. They were resident at the Savoy Hotel, London, between 1923 and 1927.
The band was formed by Debroy Somers, an ex-army bandmaster, in 1923. Both the Orpheans and the Savoy Havana Band were under the management of William de Mornys. The Orpheans were later led by the violinist Cyril Ramon Newton, and by the pianist Carroll Gibbons. On 15 June 1925, Somers conducted the Orpheans in the first British performance of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, alongside the Savoy Havana Band and Gershwin himself on piano. The performance was broadcast live by the BBC.
The Savoy Orpheans name was revived by the Savoy Hotel in April 2022, and Alex Mendham was appointed bandleader and musical director of the reformed group

Walter Glynne (4 January 1890 – 29 July 1970) was a Welsh operatic and concert tenor who was also a popular recording artist......as a recording artiste, and he became particularly well-known for his recordings of ballads. In 1921 Glynne gained a recording contract with HMV.

          4. I Wonder

Friday 2 June 2023

Prima Scala's Accordeon Band--The Eric Delaney Band--The Melachrino Orchestra--Eddie Cantor--Paul Anka--Lita Roza


I hope the 4 dogs don't fight over the pie !...still if they do throw the coffee over them !!
 
1. When I Grow To Old To Dream......Primo Scala's Accordeon Band
2. Rose Of Italy......Primo Scala's Accordeon Band
3. Fanfare Jump......The Eric Delaney Band
4. Jingle Bells......The Eric Delaney Band
5. Legend Of The Glass Mountain.....The Melachrino Orchestra
6. Song Of The Mountains......The Melachrino Orchestra
7. Margie......Eddie Cantor
8. Little Curly Hair In A High Chair......Eddie Cantor
9. You Are My Destiny......Paul Anka
10. When I Stop Loving You......Paul Anka
11. Hey There......Lita Roza
12. Hernando's Hideaway......Lita Roza

Eric Delaney (22 May 1924 – 14 July 2011) was an English drummer and bandleader, popular in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Delaney specialised in up-tempo dance hall music, often carrying a rock and roll label but closer in spirit to that of Geraldo and Joe Loss. As with many similar artists, the music he performed became less popular after the Beatles entered the musical scene. He remained active touring in the UK, notably in holiday resorts.

George Melachrino (born George Miltiades; 1 May 1909 – 18 June 1965) was a musician, composer of film music, and musical director who was English born of Greek and Italian descent. He was an accomplished player of the violin, viola, oboe, clarinet and saxophone....In 1939, he started his own band and secured a contract at the CafĂ© de Paris.
After the war, in 1945, he formed the George Melachrino Orchestra, an orchestra that became synonymous with lush string arrangements. From 1945 to 1947, he conducted for Richard Tauber in most of his Parlophone recordings and BBC broadcasts. Beginning in the 1950s he specialized in easy listening arrangements of popular music standards. His ensemble recorded under the names, 'Melachinro Stinrgs' and the 'Melachrino Strings and Orchestra.

Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz; January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Familiar to Broadway, radio, movie, and early television audiences.
Cantor began making phonograph records in 1917, recording both comedy songs and routines and popular songs of the day, first for Victor, then for Aeoleon-Vocalion, PathĂ©, and Emerson. From 1921 through 1925, he had an exclusive contract with Columbia Records, returning to Victor for the remainder of the decade. 

          3. Fanfare Jump

Thursday 1 June 2023

Pipes & Drums Of HM 2nd Batt Scots Guards--R.Arnold Grier--De Groot Trio--Victor Silvester's Harmony Music--Perez Prado & His Orchestra--Mario Lanza


  Here we have some serious light music with pipes- drums-organ-violin-cello and a bit of harmony music and even a mambo ending in a classic vocal by a classic voice !!

1. Skye Boat Song......Pipes & Drums Of HM 2nd Batt Scots Guards
2. Cock O' The North......Pipes & Drums Of HM 2nd Batt Scots Guards
3. Agnus Dei......R. Arnold Grier
4. Impromptu No 1 In A Major......R. Arnold Grier
5. O Sole Mio......De Groot Trio
6. Down In The Forest......De Groot Trio
7. The Skaters Waltz......Victor Silvester's Harmony Music
8. In The Shadows......Victor Silvester's Harmony Music
9. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White......Perez Prado & His Orchestra
10. Maria Elena......Perez Prado & His Orchestra
11. Because Your Mine......Mario Lanza
12. The Song Angels Sing......Mario Lanza

          1. Skye Boat Song