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

2 comments:

  1. Didn't do to bad in finding the not so well known singers..couldn't find much info about the Mantovani singer Kim Bennett except that he was a German singer
    enjoy

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  2. Thanks again Micky for this newest grouping.

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