Monday 4 November 2024

Bing Crosby--Cavan O'Connor--Dave King--Elvis Presley--The Ink Spots--Morlais Morgan

The 1930's 40's 50's 60's singers are now on the stage !

1. Mother Darlin'......Bing Crosby
2. I Love My Baby......Bing Crosby
3. Little Town In The Ould County Down......Cavan O'Connor
4. Goodnight......Cavan O'Connor
5. Memories Are Made Of This......Dave King
6. I've Changed My Mind A Thousand Times.....Dave King
7. Love Me Tender......Elvis Presley
8. Any Way You Want Me.......Elvis Presley
9. White Christmas.......The Ink Spots
10. Always......The Ink Spots
11. The Desert Song......Morlais  Morgan
12. The Riff Song.....Morlais Morgan

          2. I Love My Baby

Sunday 3 November 2024

Harry Roy--Dimitri Tiomkin--Edmundo Ros--Teddy Powell--Victor Silvester--Jack Doyle & Movita

All Orchestra's to the front with an occasional vocal and a whistler !

1. Swing With A Swing (Victory Roll Rag )......Harry Roy & His Band
2. Swing With A Swing (New Tiger Rag).......Harry Roy & His Band
3. The High And The Mighty......Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra
4. Dial M For Murder......Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra
5. Rum And Limonada......Edmundo Ros & His Cuban Orchestra
6. In Chi Chi Castenango......Edmundo Ros & His Cuban Orchestra
7. San Culottes......Teddy Powell & His Orchestra
8. In The Pine Tops Footsteps.....Teddy Powell & His Orchestra
9. Voodoo Rhythm...... Victor Silvester & His Silver Strings
10. Bolivia......Victor Silvester & His Silver Strings
11. South Of The Border......Jack Doyle & Movita
12. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling......Jack Doyle

Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Russian and American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in Saint Petersburg before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City after the Russian Revolution. In 1929, after the stock market crash, he moved to Hollywood, where he became best known for his scores for Western films, including Duel in the Sun, Red River, High Noon, The Big Sky, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Rio Bravo, and Last Train from Gun Hill.Tiomkin received 22 Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars, three for Best Original Score for High Noon, The High and the Mighty, and The Old Man and the Sea, and one for Best Original Song for "The Ballad of High Noon" from the film High Noon.

Teddy Powell (born Teodoro Paolella; March 1, 1905 – November 17, 1993) was an American jazz musician, band leader, composer, and arranger. Some of his compositions were written under the pseudonym Freddy James.
He formed the Teddy Powell Orchestra in 1939 and it performed through the 1940s. 
After the band folded, Powell wrote music and arrangements. He had hits with "Bewildered" and "If My Heart Could Only Talk". During the latter part of his career, he worked in music publishing.

Joseph "Jack" Doyle (31 August 1913 – 13 December 1978), known as "the Gorgeous Gael", was an Irish boxer, professional wrestler, actor, and a tenor. He was born Joseph Doyle but changed his name to Jack when starting his professional career.
In the early to mid-1930s he would attempt to launch both singing and acting careers, but was pulled back into the world of boxing only to be humiliated in a number of first-round knockouts.
Doyle's drawing power had been supplemented by his January 1939 marriage in Baja California, Mexico to actress Movita Castaneda, recent co-star to Clark Gable in Mutiny on the Bounty, which once-again fortified his persona as a playboy and international celebrity......Doyle and Movita renewed their vows in 1943 at Dublin's Westland Row Church. Soon the pair toured both sides of the Irish Sea, selling out music halls and opera houses singing. Amongst their setlist was their version of the recently released song "South of the Border".

          7. San Colottes

Harry Roy--Hardy & Hudson--William Thomas--Ron Aldridge--Gerry Mulligan--The Deep River Boys

Another Swing/ Jazz Band selection from the 30's... with an Opera stowaway !

1. Oh The Pity Of It All......Harry Roy & His Band (vocal Harry Roy)
2. Here You Are........Harry Roy & His band (vocal Marjorie Kingsley)
3. Underneath The Arches......Hardy & Hudson
4. Why Don't You Say You're Sorry......Hardy & Hudson
5. Woman Is Fickle......William Thomas
6. Questa O Quella......William Thomas
7. If You Were Only Mine.....Ron Aldridge & His Reno Boys
8. Night Shall Be Filled With Music......Ron Aldridge & His Reno Boys
9. Walkin' Shoes......The Gerry Mulligan Quartet
10. Lullaby Of The Leaves......The Gerry Mulligan Quartet
11. Bewitched......The Deep River Boys
12. Ashes of Roses......The Deep River Boys

Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz—Mulligan was also a significant arranger working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others. His piano-less quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter Chet Baker is still regarded as one of the best cool jazz ensembles. Mulligan was also a skilled pianist and played several other reed instruments. Several of his compositions including "Walkin' Shoes" and "Five Brothers", have become standards.

         9. Walkin' Shoes

Victor Silvester--Billy Merrin--George Beverly Shea--Ken Mackintosh--

Nearly all Instrumentals with vocals, with a dash of Religion in this selection !

1. Life Could Not Better Be......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
2. Last Love.....Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
3. Everything's In Rhythm with My Heart......Billy Merrin And His Commanders
4. Maybe We'll Meet Again......Billy Merrin & His Commanders
5. Jesus Whispers Peace......George Beverly Shea
6. Under His Wings......George Beverly Shea
7. Tango Mambo......Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra
8. Go Go Go......Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra
9. That Lovely Week End......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
10. Do You Care......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
11. That's Because You're Here With Me......Billy Merrin & His Commanders
12. Old Ship O'mine......Billy Merrin & His Commanders

Billy Merrin (22February 1900 – 24 July 1980) was a British orchestra leader, composer and arranger.William Herbert Merrin was born at Nottingham.  In his early years he studied the banjo, mandolin, piano and much later alto saxophone. He started out as a clerk in a local warehouse. When the First World War came, he went into the Royal Naval Air Service, where his talent with the piano and the banjo and as a vocalist was much appreciated by his comrades.

George Beverly Shea (February 1, 1909 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian-born American gospel singer and hymn composer. Shea was often described as "America's beloved gospel singer" and was considered "the first international singing 'star' of the gospel world," as a consequence of his solos at Billy Graham Crusades and his exposure on radio, records and television. Because of the large attendance at Graham's Crusades, it is estimated that Shea sang live before more people than anyone else in history.

          7. Tango Mambo

Ronnie Harris--Lew Stone--Alma Cogan--The Midnight Merrymakers--Mel Torme--Stanley Black

It's Midnight In The Rockies with a bit Of Greenery ! with the stars and moon !

1. Hold My Hand......Ronnie Harris
2. No One Can Change Destiny......Ronnie Harris
3. Tina......Lew Stone & His Band (with Vocal Trio)
4. Stars fell On Alabama......Lew Stone & His Band (vocal Alan Kane)
5. Ricochet......Alma Cogan
6. The Moon Is Blue.....Alma Cogan
7. When It's Springtime In The Rockies......The Midnight Merrymakers
8. I'm Singing My Way Around The World......The Midnight Merrymakers
9. Mountain Greenery......Mel Torme
10. Jeepers Creepers......Mel Torme
11. Le Grisbi......Stanley Black & His Orchestra
12. Carnet De Bal......Stanley Black & His Orchestra

Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "the Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. Tormé won two Grammy Awards and was nominated a total of 14 times.

Stanley Black OBE (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist. He wrote and arranged many film scores, recording prolifically for the Decca label (including their subsidiaries London and Phase 4). Beginning with jazz collaborations with American musicians such as Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter during the 1930s, he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style and also won awards for his classical conducting.

         7. When It's Springtime In The Rockies