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".
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.
There's a bit of conflict between the pseudonym of Sir Hubert Pimm ....is his real name Jimmy Macdonald or is it Bill Snyder ?? and is there two Bill Snyder's ?? ....one American and The British pianist as above. !!
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It's go great that you do this. But I've downloaded these groups before, and they aren't tagged properly. Usually a whole group given the same album name. It would be so great if you tagged each recording with info from Discogs. Thanks!
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