Elsie Francis Fisher--Kitty Kallen--Hutch--The Cecillian Quartette--Corona Dance Orch--Mariano Stabile

For this selection we are defiantly in the Grandparents territory and maybe Great Grandparents !!....There's defiantly a difference in the style of the first record compared to the second record of the 50's....ending with a dip into the opera !!

1. Loves Old Sweet Song......Elsie Francis Fisher

2. The Rosary........Elsie Francis Fisher

3. Little Things Mean A Lot......Kitty Kallen

4. I Don't Think You Love Me Anymore......Kitty Kallen

5. Begin The Beguine......Hutch

6. I've Got My eyes On You......Hutch

7. Little Brown Jug......The Cecilian Quartette

8. Who Killed Cock Robin......The Cecillian Quartette

9. Rose Marie......Corona Dance Orchestra

10. Bouquet......Corona Dance Orchestra

11. Marriage Of Figaro (Se Vuoi Ballare Signor Contino)....Mariano Stabile

12. Marriage Of Figaro (Non Piu Andrai Farfalone Amcroso..Mariano Stabile

Kitty Kallen (born Katie Kallen; May 25, 1921 – January 7, 2016) was an American singer whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, to include the Swing era of the Big Band years, the post-World War II pop scene and the early years of rock 'n roll. Kallen performed with popular big band leaders of the 1940s, including Jimmy Dorsey and Harry James, before establishing a solo career.

She is widely known for her 1954 solo recording '"Little Things Mean a Lot", a song that stayed at the U.S. Billboard number one spot for nine consecutive weeks and took top honor as 1954's #1 song of the year, charted in the U.S. for almost seven months, hit No. 1 on the UK singles chart, and sold more than two million copies.....Kallen lost her voice at the London Palladium in 1955 at the top of her career and stopped singing before an audience for four years. After testing her voice under a pseudonym in small town venues, she ultimately returned and went on to achieve 13 top-ten career hits.

Mariano Stabile (12 May 1888 in Palermo, Italy – 11 January 1968 in Milan, Italy) was an Italian baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, especially the role of Falstaff......Stabile appeared regularly at the Royal Opera House in London, from 1926 to 1931. He also sang at the Festivals of Glyndebourne and Salzburg between 1931 and 1939, and in Mozart roles such as Figaro, Don Giovanni, Don Alfonso, at the Cambridge Theatre in London from 1946 to 1949.

          7. Little Brown Jug

Morton Downey--Jimmy Dorsey--Yana--Norman Wisdom--Anne Shelton--Don Cornell

Mainly the 50's 60's with this selection..

1. Stormy Weather......Morton Downey

2. In The Valley Of The moon......Morton Downey

3. A Man And His Drum......Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

4. Major And Minor Stomp......Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

5. Small Talk......Yana

6. Something Happened To My Heart......Yana

7. Heart Of A Clown......Norman Wisdom

8. Beware......Norman Wisdom

9. You've Changed.......Anne Shelton

10. Galway Bay......Anne Shelton

11. Hold My Hand......Don Cornell

12. I'm Blessed......Don Cornell

John Morton Downey (November 14, 1901 – October 25, 1985), also known as Morton Downey, was an American singer and entertainer popular in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, enjoying his greatest success in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Downey was nicknamed "The Irish Nightingale".

Downey's signature sound was a very creamy and very high-timbred Irish tenor, which an uninformed listener can easily mistake for a female voice. 

Yana (born Pamela Guard; 16 February 1931 – 21 November 1989) was a British singer. Achieving significant fame in Britain in the late-1950s, by the time of her 1989 death, she was generally forgotten. Her singing career started when Bertie Green, the owner of the plush Astor Club in London, heard her (aged 19) singing at a private party in the club, her friends having dared her to get up and sing; Green booked her as a cabaret artiste. She also sang, from 1954, at the expensive Pigalle restaurant in Piccadilly. Yana's biggest hit as a singer was Climb Up the Wall, which is regarded as one of the top 30 British popular songs of the 1950s; despite that and her other recordings (Columbia Records and HMV, mostly), it has been said that Yana's actual earnings from records totalled only about £100 in the money of the time, by reason of the contractual arrangements typically in place for UK recording artists of that era.

          1. Stormy Weather

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

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