Thursday, 14 September 2023

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra--Mario Lanza & Elizabeth Doubleday--Geraldo & His Orchestra--Jussi Bjorling--Allan Jones--June Christy


 2,4,2,2,2...work that one out !!!

1. Tannhauser.(Overture). Part One.......Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
2. Tannhauser.(Overture). Part Two.......Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
3. Deep In My Heart Dear......Mario Lanza & Elizabeth Doubleday
4. Golden Days......Mario Lanza
5. I Do I Do I Do..Geraldo & His Orch.with Doreen Lundy & Denny Vaughan
6. The Echo Told Me A Lie......Geraldo & His Orchestra..with Denny Vaughan
7. La Donna E Mobile......Jussi Bjorling
8. Recondita Armonia.......Jussi Bjorling
9. The Donkey Serenade......Allan Jones
10. Giannina Mia.......Allan Jones
11. The First Thing You Know You're In Love......June Christy
12. Magazines.......June Christy
Gerald Walcan Bright (10 August 1904 – 4 May 1974), better known as Geraldo, was an English bandleader. He adopted the name "Geraldo" in 1930, and became one of the most popular British dance band leaders of the 1930s with his "sweet music" and his "Gaucho Tango Orchestra". During the 1940s, he modernised his style and continued to enjoy great success.Many well-known figures in British post-war jazz "served" in Geraldo's musical navy, such as John Dankworth, Benny Green, Bill Le Sage, Ronnie Scott, and Stan Tracey.
Johan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling  Swedish: 5 February 1911[1] – 9 September 1960) was a Swedish tenor. One of the leading operatic singers of the 20th century, Björling appeared for many years at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and less frequently at the major European opera houses, including the Royal Opera House in London and La Scala in Milan. He sang the Italian, French and Russian opera repertory with taste.

June Christy (born Shirley Luster; November 20, 1925 – June 21, 1990) was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a solo career from 1954 and is best known for her debut album Something Cool. After her death, she was hailed as "one of the finest and most neglected singers of her time."

          11. The First Thing You Know You're In Love

Peter Dawson & Ernest Pike--Victor Silvester--Richard Tauber--Billy May--William Norman--Pat Boone


 Left hand side male vocals from the 30's ?....Right hand side definitely 50's music !!

1. The Lost Chord......Peter Dawson & Ernest Pike
2. Watchman What Of The Night......Ernest Pike & Peter Dawson
3. Only Fools.....Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
4. Time Alone Will Tell......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
5. Liebestraum (Dream Of Love)......Richard Tauber
6. Elegy......Richard Tauber
7. Main Title From The Man With The Golden Arm..Billy May & His Orch
8. Suzette......Billy May & His Orchestra
9. When The Ebb Tide Flows......William Norman
10. Asleep In The Deep......William Norman
11. A Wonderful Time Up There.......Pat Boone
12. It's To Soon To Know.......Pat Boone

Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music 
May wrote arrangements for many top singers, including Frank Sinatra, Yma Sumac, Nat King Cole, Anita O'Day, Peggy Lee, Vic Damone, Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Jack Jones, Bing Crosby, Sandler and Young, Nancy Wilson, Rosemary Clooney, The Andrews Sisters and Ella Mae Morse. May's charts often featured brisk tempos and intricate brass parts. One distinctive feature is his frequent use of trumpet mute devices. Another was a saxophone glissando, widely known as his "slurping saxes"

          8. Suzette

Wednesday, 13 September 2023

Johnnie Ray--Richard Tauber--Al Martino--Jack Payne--Coventry New Hippodrome Orchestra--Reginald Gardiner


 Musical variations  galore !...plus a train journey !

1. Just Walking In The Rain......Johnnie Ray
2. In The Candlelight.......Johnnie Ray
3. Jealousy.......Richard Tauber
4. Love's Last Word Is Spoken......Richard Tauber
5. All I Want Is A Chance.......Al Martino
6. You Can't Go On Forever Breaking My Heart......Al Martino
7. When The Poppies Bloom Again......Jack Payne And His Band
8. Everybody Dance......Jack Payne And His Band
9. Show Boat Selection......Coventry New Hippodrome Orchestra
10. The Vagabond King Selection......Coventry New Hippodrome Orchestra
11. Trains.. Part One......Reginald Gardiner
12. Trains.. Part Two......Reginald Gardiner

The Coventry New Hippodrome Orchestra was a musical ensemble that performed at the Coventry Theatre, formerly known as the New Hippodrome, in Coventry, England. The orchestra was conducted by William Pethers, who also composed some of the music for the theatre shows. The orchestra featured various instruments, such as violins, cellos, trumpets, trombones, percussion, and piano. Some of the orchestra members were also singers and actors who participated in the musicals and comedies that were staged at the theatre. The Coventry New Hippodrome Orchestra played a variety of genres, such as classical, jazz, swing, and pop. 

William Reginald Gardiner (27 February 1903 – 7 July 1980) was an English actor on the stage, in films and on television.He was also well known to radio listeners, and was known on the air for his amusing train and car noises.
Gardiner recorded a curious and eccentric classic called "Trains", which was regularly played on the 1950s British radio programme Children's Favourites. This record consisted of a tipsy-sounding Gardiner reciting a monologue, which he first introduced in the 1935 Broadway revue At Home Abroad, about steam railway engines (which he claimed were 'livid beasts') and impersonating both the engines themselves and the sound of trains running on the track. This latter he famously characterised as 'diddly-dee, diddly-dum' to mimic the sound pattern as the four pairs of bogie wheels ran over joins between the lengths of track – a sound no longer heard since welded rail joins were introduced. "Trains" was released as a 78 and a 45 by English Decca Records (F 5278) which remained on catalogue into the 1970s. At the end of the record Gardiner signs off with "Well folks, that's all: back to the asylum." He was summoned to Buckingham Palace to give a performance in person.

          5. All I Want Is A Chance

Harry Belafonte--Jack Pleasants--Tom Foy--Jimmy Lloyd--Massed Bands Of Aldershot--Joan Regan--Winifred Atwell


Some colourful labels on this selection and the massed bands are making another appearance ending in a Boogie !

1. Mary's Boy Child.......Harry Belafonte
2. Eden Was Just Like This......Harry Belafonte
3. I'm Shy Mary Ellen I'm Shy......Jack Pleasants
4. I'm I Throuble Agean......Tom Foy
5. The Prince Of Players......Jimmy Lloyd
6. Ever Since I Met Lucy.......Jimmy Lloyd
7. Blaze Away......Massed Bands Of The Aldershot Command--1932
8. Marching Through Georgia...Massed Bands Aldershot Command--1932
9. Someone Else's Roses......Joan Regan
10. The Love I Have For You.....Joan Regan
11. The Poor People of Paris......Winifred Atwell
12. Piano Tuner's Boogie......Winifred Atwell

Jack Pleasants (1876-1924) was a music hall singer and comedian especially popular in the north of England. He played the part of a bashful lover, typified by his popular songs "I'm Shy, Mary Ellen, I'm Shy" (his biggest hit 1911), "I'm Twenty-one Today" and "I Just Got Married Today". His status as one of the top Northern dialect comedians grew. Billed as “The Bashful Limit”, he typically played the part of a "bashful fool",  He wore make-up, a black frock coat, trousers, and a bowler hat, and sported a large marguerite flower.

Thomas Foy (1866 – 7 August 1917) was an English music hall performer and comedian.
He trained as an acrobat and in his spare time, he joined a circus as a clown and scene designer, and made his first music hall performance in Manchester as a lightning cartoonist. He developed a song and dance act, and also joined a Wild West show, before becoming a comedian with a stage Irish persona. He appeared in pantomimes in the north of England before heading to London and finding fame as a comedian and pantomime performer.He was billed as "The famous Little Comedian". As a pantomime performer he specialised in "Idle Jack" and pantomime dames.
Jimmy Lloyd was a singer from Trinidad who came to England in 1956 and made his first appearance on the Six-Five Special on November 30th 1957. He also appeared on other British TV shows such as Oh Boy! and Drumbeat, and recorded several songs for the Philips label. He was known for his energetic and lively style of singing, influenced by rock and roll and calypso music. 

Joan Regan (born Joan Bethel or Siobhan Bethel; 19 January 1928 – 12 September 2013) was an English traditional pop music singer, popular during the 1950s and early 1960s.Her successful singing career began in 1953, when she made a demo record of "Too Young" and "I'll Walk Alone". The demo came to the attention of Bernard Delfont, and that helped her sign a recording contract with Decca Records.
She had a number of Top 40 hits for the label, many of them were cover versions of American hits. Among them were Teresa Brewer's "Ricochet", "Till I Waltz Again with You", and "Jilted", Doris Day's "If I Give My Heart to You" and Jill Corey's "Cleo and Me-O" and "Love Me to Pieces".

          3. I'm Shy Mary Ellen I'm Shy
           12. Piano Tuners Boogie

Tuesday, 12 September 2023

Cedric Sharpe--The Ray Ellington Quartet--Billy Eckstine--Massed Bands Of The Southern Command--Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra--Jack Daley


 We start this collection with a couple of smooth cello's  then off behind that door galloping away to some marches ending in the desert in Ireland !!??

1. Londonderry Air......Cedric Sharpe
2. Largo......Cedric Sharpe
3. The Green Door......The Ray Ellington Quartet
4. Giddy Up A Ding Dong......The Ray Ellington Quartet
5. The Bitter With The Sweet.......Billy Eckstine
6. Grapevine......Billy Eckstine
7. Tidworth Tattoo--1933 (Marches)......Massed Bands Of The Southern Command
8. Tidworth Tattoo--1933 (Medley).......Massed Bands Of The Southern Command
9. Maybe You'll Be There......Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra vocalist Charles La Vere
10. On The Painted Desert......Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra vocalist Bob Stevens
11. The Mountains Of Mourne......Jack Daly
12. Rose Of Tralee......Jack Daley
Cedric Sharpe, ARCM, Hon RAM (13 April 1891 – 1978) was a British cellist, composer and music professor of the early to mid-20th century. He studied cello at the Royal College of Music.
He recorded for HMV and was broadcast by the BBC. He composed a number of original pieces mostly for solo cello with piano accompaniment.

Henry Pitts Brown (17 March 1916 – 27 February 1985), known professionally as Ray Ellington, was an English singer, drummer and bandleader. He is best known for his appearances on The Goon Show from 1951 to 1960. The Ray Ellington Quartet had a regular musical segment on the show.
The Ray Ellington Quartet was formed in 1947.The other members of Ellington's quartet were Dick Katz (piano) and Coleridge Goode (bass) and Lauderic Caton (Guitar).. When guitarist Caton moved on he was succeeded in turn by Laurie Deniz, Australian Don Fraser and Judd Proctor, who was a member of the quartet for six years from July 1955.Ellington specialised in jazz but experimented with many other genres and his musical style was heavily influenced by the comedic jump blues of Louis Jordan.
They were also reputedly the first jazz band in the UK to use an amplified guitar, which was produced and introduced by their guitar player, Lauderic Caton. 

          11. The Mountains Of Mourne

Sunday, 10 September 2023

Mantovani--Ted Heath--Glen Mason--Russ Morgan--Paul Rich--Sydney Thompson


 Big front names and relatively unknown names doing the vocals on this selection...I wonder if there is any info on the singers....will have lookee and seeeeee !

1. Softly Softly......Mantovani & His Orchestra. vocalist Kim Bennett
2. Longing......Mantovani & His Orchestra
3. Day By Day......Ted Heath & His Music. vocalist Paul Carpenter
4. To Bed Early......Ted Heath & His Music. vocalist Paul Carpenter
5. The Green Door......Glen Mason
6. Why Must You Go Go Go.....Glen Mason
7. So Tired......Russ Morgan & His Orchestra. vocalist Russ Morgan
8. The More We Are Together.....Russ Morgan & His Orchestra. vocalist Russ Morgan
9. All You Have To Do Is Dream......Paul Rich
10. Witch Doctor......Paul Rich
11. Laces And Graces......Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Dance Orchestra
12. Waltz Medley.......Sydney Thompson's Olde Tyme Dance Orchestra

Paul Carpenter (8 December 1921 – 12 June 1964) was a Canadian actor and singer.
He moved to Britain and sang with Carroll Gibbons and Ted Heath in the 1940's and starred in the BBC Radio serial Riders of the Range (1949–1953) as the cowboy Jeff Arnold.He was also a  leading man in British 1950's second feature melodramas and potboilers. He was also a former war correspondent and ice hockey champion.

Glen Mason was born in Stirling, Scotland, UK, on 16 September 1930.
 Norman Newell, manager for the Philips recording company noticed Mason and after an audition recorded Mason's first two tracks, "The Whistling Kettle and the Dancing Cat" and "Dixieland Tango". Mason introduced him to producer George Martin, and Martin made the Scottish singer "sound American" in his versions of U.S. hits "Glendora" and "Green Door".
They were amply advertised ("Glendora" was described as a record that "really rocks" but, competing with the Perry Como and Jim Lowe originals, they failed to chart, with "Green Door" peaking at #24.

Sydney Thompson was a BBC bandleader of the 1950s. His "Old-Tyme Dance Orchestra" was one of the leading UK bands of the period.

          7. So Tired

The Johnson Brothers--Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford--The Band Of HM Coldstream Guards--Max Bygraves--Joe Loss & His Orchestra--Doris Day & Buddy Clark


 Vocals either side of a marching band with a couple of Hey's complete this selection !

1. Hey There.....The Johnston Brothers
2. Hernando's Hideaway.....The Johnston Brothers
3. Hey Good Lookin'......Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
4. Gambella......Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
5. There'll Always Be An England......The Band Of HM Coldstream Guards
6. Lords Of The Air......The Band Of HM Coldstream Guards
7. Meet Me On The Corner......Max Bygraves
8. The Little Laplander......Max Bygraves
9. Laughing On The Outside......Joe Loss & His Orchestra 
10. You Can Be Sure Of Me......Joe Loss & His Orchestra
11. I'll String Along With You......Doris Day & Buddy Clark
12. The Last Mile Home......Doris Day

The Johnston Brothers were a vocal group who had a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1955 with their cover version of "Hernando's Hideaway".The group was formed by Johnny Johnston (born John Harold Johnston, 10 July 1919 – 10 June 1998, London).
In 1949, Johnston formed an all-male singing trio, The Johnston Brothers, the other members being Alan Dean, Eddie Lester and Canadian singer Denny Vaughan . They won a recording contract with Decca Records, and had their first UK Top 10 hit in 1953 with "Oh Happy Day". In November 1955, their version of "Hernando's Hideaway", from the movie The Pajama Game, reached the number one spot for two weeks, beating off the American versions by both Johnnie Ray and Archie Bleyer. The Johnston Brothers had a number of smaller follow-up hits in the UK, including the medley "Join in And Sing Again" (1955) and "Heart" (1957), and also recorded with Joan Regan.They provided backing for the British vocalist, Suzi Miller, on their UK No. 14 joint hit, "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" in 1955.

Mitch Miller teamed Laine with many of Mercury and Columbia's biggest artists. He scored hits with Patti Page ("I Love You for That") at Mercury, Doris Day ("Sugarbush"), Jo Stafford ("Hey Good Lookin'", "Gambella (The Gambling Lady)", "Hambone", "Floatin' Down to Cotton Town", "Settin' the Woods on Fire", and many others), Jimmy Boyd ("Tell Me a Story", "The Little Boy and the Old Man"), the Four Lads ("Rain, Rain, Rain") and Johnnie Ray ("Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air)").
Both in collaboration with Jo Stafford and as a solo artist, Laine was one of the earliest, and most frequent, Columbia artists to bring country numbers into the mainstream. 

The Band of the Coldstream Guards is one of the oldest and best known bands in the British Army, having been officially formed on 16 May 1785 under the command of Major C F Eley.

                                           Doris Day & Buddy Clark

         9. Laughing On The Outside

Saturday, 9 September 2023

Flanagan & Allen--Victor Silvester--Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth--Artie Shaw--Massed Bands--Mary Lou Williams


 All reds except 2 blacks....sounds like a Rugby Game but it ain't, just gentle songs !!

1. Home Town......Flanagan & Allan
2. Free Isn't It The Way It Ought To Be......Flanagan & Allan
3. Jealousy......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
4. Parana.....Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
5. I'll See You Again......Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth
6. Wanting You......Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth
7. Back Bay Shuffle......Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
8. Jungle Drums......Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
9. William Tell Overture--Finale......Massed Bands
10. Tannhauser--March......Massed Bands
11. Laughing Rag......Mary Lou Williams
12. Rag Of Rags.......Mary Lou Williams

Flanagan and Allen were a British singing and comedy double act most active during the 1930s and 1940s. Its members were Bud Flanagan (1896 – 1968, born Chaim Weintrop) and Chesney Allen (1894–1982).They were first paired in a Florrie Forde revue, and were booked by Val Parnell to appear at the Holborn Empire in 1929.
As music hall comedians, they would often feature a mixture of comedy and music in their act; this led to a successful recording career as a duo and roles in film and television. Flanagan and Allen were both also members of the Crazy Gang and worked with that team for many years concurrently with their double-act career.The recordings of Flanagan and Allen and the duo are still impersonated by professionals and amateurs. Royal Variety Performances have sometimes featured people 'doing a Flanagan and Allen', notably Roy Hudd and Christopher Timothy, Bernie Winters and Leslie Crowther. 

Anne Ziegler (22 June 1910 – 13 October 2003) was an English singer, known for her light operatic duets with her husband Webster Booth. The pair were known as the "Sweethearts in Song" and were among the most famous and popular British musical acts of the 1940s.
Webster Booth (21 January 1902 – 21 June 1984) was an English tenor, best remembered as the duettist partner of Anne Ziegler. He was also one of the finest tenors of his generation and was a distinguished oratorio soloist.

Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction.
Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." 

          9. William Tell Overture

Friday, 8 September 2023

Denny Dennis--Guy Mitchell--Walter Glynne--Victor Silvester--Les Paul & Mary Ford--The Beverley Sisters


 A mixed little lot of vocals with a quickstep and a waltz in the middle...Is that Bing on the first track ??

1. Chi-Baba,Chi-Baba......Denny Dennis
2. Danger Ahead......Denny Dennis
3. Sparrow In The Tree Top......Guy Mitchell
4. Christopher Columbus......Guy Mitchell
5. I'll Walk Beside You......Walter Glynne
6. The Valley Where Wishes Come True......Walter Glynne
7. I Begged Her......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
8. Evensong.......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
9. Three Little Words......Les Paul & Mary Ford
10. Moon Of Manakoora.......Les Paul & Mary Ford
11. Hurry Home To Me......The Beverley Sisters
12. Yell For Your Mama......The Beverley Sisters

Denny Dennis (1 November 1913 in Derby – 2 November 1993 in Barrow-in-Furness) was a British romantic vocalist during the 1930s to the 1950s, when British dance bands were at the peak of their popularity. He was a band singer, a solo recording star and a broadcaster.In 1933, he became a featured singer in the Roy Fox band,He worked with Ambrose's orchestra for six months until June 1939 when he decided to go solo, recording for Decca's Rex label.
He made a number of recordings with Stanley Black and his orchestra and these drew him to the attention of Tommy Dorsey. In March 1948 Dennis left the UK to become the featured vocalist with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. He had a successful time with Dorsey with their recording of "Down by the Station" reaching the Billboard charts in 1949 and peaking in the #11 position. In April 1949 he decided to return to England.
In 1950, he sponsored a close harmony singing group, the Fraser Hayes Four, who had success on radio in the 1960s. As the dance band scene declined, he found work making covers of popular songs for the budget Embassy label.


The Beverley Sisters were an English female close harmony pop vocal and light entertainment trio, consisting of three sisters from London. They were eldest sister Joy (born Joycelyn Victoria Chinery, 5 May 1924 – 31 August 2015), and twins Teddie (born Hazel P. Chinery, 5 May 1927) and Babs (born Babette Patricia Chinery, 5 May 1927 – 28 October 2018). The sisters were each appointed MBE in 2006.
The Beverley Sisters were most popular during the 1950s and 1960s, and became well-known through their radio and television appearances. Their style was loosely modelled on that of their American counterparts, The Andrews Sisters. 
The sisters are widely credited as having been the highest paid female entertainers in the UK for more than 20 years. In 1952, 1958 and 1978, they appeared at the Royal Variety Performance.

          1. Chi-Baba,Chi-Baba

Kneller Hall Band--Tony Bennett--Josephine Bradley--Bill Snyder--Sir Hubert Pimm & Ellen Sutton--The Sentimentalists--Tommy Steele


 This selection pays tribute to Tony Bennett (RIP ) with one of his very early hits !

1. Martial Moments Part One......Kneller Hall Band
2. Martial Moments Part Two......Kneller Hall Band
3. Stranger In Paradise......Tony Bennett
4. Take Me Back Again......Tony Bennett
5. Three O'clock In The Morning......Josephine Bradley & Her Ballroom Orchestra
6. Happy Go Lucky......Josephine Bradley & Her Ballroom Orchestra
7. The Chicago Blues......Bill Snyder & His Orchestra
8. I Wanna Say Hello......Sir Hubert Pimm  with Ellen Sutton
9. A Little Bird Told Me......The Sentimentalists
10. Sulva Bay......The Sentimentalists
11. Knee Deep In The Blues......Tommy Steele
12. Teenage Party......Tommy Steele

Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He sold more than 50 million records worldwide and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
 His first number-one popular song with "Because of You" in 1951. Several popular tracks such as "Rags to Riches" followed in early 1953. He then refined his approach to encompass jazz singing......Sing To The Angels Tony !

Josephine Bradley MBE (24 March 1893 – 16 February 1985) was a ballroom dancer and dance teacher. Although born in Dublin, she was raised from an early age in London, the youngest of eight children. Bradley was among the first ballroom dance professionals of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) who standardised the basic techniques of foxtrot, tango, quickstep and waltz. These are the English ballroom dances of what is now the World Dance Council's International Dancesport category. For her activities she had earned herself an informal title "The First Lady of the Ballroom".
Bradley became one of the few women to lead a British band between 1920–1950; others included Ivy Benson and Mrs. Jack Hilton. Bradley set up her group in 1935, mainly as a recording band for Decca: Josephine Bradley and her Ballroom Orchestra. She had already, in 1930, directed the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra for HMV. Between March 1937 and October 1945 she recorded over 200 sides for Decca. Bradley's recordings sold well, and represent "the very best of ballroom music over half a century after they were made".

Sir Hubert Pimm was a British pianist and singer who recorded popular songs in the 1950s under the pseudonym of Sir Hubert Pimm. His real name was Jimmy MacDonald. Some of his songs include “A Broken Engagement”, “I Wanna Say Hello”, and “Cool Water Blues”. You can listen to some of his recordings on YouTube or Archive.org.

Ellen Sutton is a 1950s singer with a powerful, husky voice best remembered for the upbeat and rollicking "I Wanna Say Hello" (1952) featuring honky tonk piano accompaniment by Sir Hubert Pimm.


The Sentimentalists was a British vocal group related to Billy Cotton

          3. Stranger In Paradise

Alma Cogan--Spike Jones--Charlie Barnet--Frankie Laine--Peter Dawson--Mantovani


 Continuing with the humble & breakable & heavy ! 78's

1. Mambo Italiano......Alma Cogan
2. The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane......Alma Cogan
3. Cocktails For Two......Spike Jones
4. Chloe......Spike Jones
5. Sky Liner......Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
6. The Moose.....Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
7. Hummingbird......Frankie Laine
8. My Little One......Frankie Laine
9. Old Father Thames......Peter Dawson
10. With A Song.....Peter Dawson
11. Around The World......Mantovani & His Orchestra
12. The Heart Of Budapest......Mantovani & His Orchestra

         5. Sky Liner