Tuesday, 3 December 2024

Victor Silvester--Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth--Harry Bidgood--Thos Mills & Chas. A. Prince--A Morgan & A. W. Ketelby--Guido Diero

Victor Silvester at Xmas Time Chimes and Organ,a few tears and even a visit to a Show, ending with  the Opera Accordian wise !!

1. Puppy Love......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
2. You Are My First Love......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
3. We'll Gather Lilacs......Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth
4. Love Steals Your Heart.......Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth
5. It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry..Harry Bidgood & His Broadcasters
6. If Tears Could Bring You Back To Me...Harry Bidgood & His Broadcasters
7. O Come All Ye Faithful.....Thos Mills & Chas A Prince
8. Good King Wenceslas.....A Morgan & A W Ketelby
9. Selection From Chu Chin Chow  Part 1.....Chorus & Orchestra
10. Selection From Chu Chin Chow  Part 2.....Chorus & Orchestra
11. Cavalleria Rusticana Selection......Guido Diero
12. Tancredi Overture......Guido Diero
Henry Bidgood (29 August 1898 – 15 November 1957), was an English composer, dance band leader and musical director for films.
Bidgood released dance band music under various names, mostly notably Primo Scala and his Accordion Band, who issued over 200 sides on 78rpm.Over the course of 20 years, he would frequently broadcast on the BBC.

Guido Deiro (1886-1950) was a famous vaudeville star, international recording artist, composer, and teacher. He was the first piano-accordionist to appear on big-time vaudeville, records, radio, and the screen. He usually performed under the stage name "Deiro".

          5. It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry

Monday, 2 December 2024

The Ink Spots--Robert Wilson--Jerry Colonna--Jack Hylton--Victor Silvester--Florida Club Dance Band

Here's the first of the missing Volume !
Waltz's & Foxtrots  a visit to the Scottish Isles via the Whispering Sands !

1. Who Would'nt Love You......The Ink Spots
2. This Is Worth Fighting For.....The Ink Spots
3. The Road To the Isles......Robert Wilson
4. Bonnie Mary Of Argyle......Robert Wilson
5. The Shifting Whispering Sands......Jerry Colonna
6. Waltz Me Around......Jerry Colonna
7. I'm So Terribly In Love With You......Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
8. Memory's Melody.......Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
9. Charmaine......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
10. Mistakes......Victor Silvester & His Ball Room Orchestra
11. I'm Saving All My Loving......Florida Club Dance Band
12. Sleepy Valley.....Florida Club Dance Band

Robert Wilson (2 January 1907 – 25 September 1964) was a Scottish tenor. After beginning his career with the Rothesay Entertainers in Scotland, Wilson joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, with whom he performed from 1931 to 1937. He then began a long solo career in concerts, radio, variety and recording, becoming known especially for his performances of Scottish songs.
Wilson became a solo artist, heading his own concert party singing Scottish ballads for several years on tour throughout Britain. He also continued in demand as a recording artist, signing with HMV in 1943. His recordings of such Scottish songs as "A Gordon for Me" and "Down in the Glen" were big sellers. He became a well-known variety performer and in the 1950s he was an early presenter of the White Heather Club and recorded with them.

         3. The Road To The Isles

Sunday, 1 December 2024

Louis Levy--Peggy Lee--Isobel Baille--Charles Jolly--Anne Shelton--Arthur Franklin

A couple of laughs and Two Alexander's that one should have been a Question of what it could be ?

1. The Wizard Of Oz--Film Selection......Louis Levy & His Orchestra
2. The Great Victor Herbert-- Selection......Louis Levy & His Orchestra
3. Belle Notte......Peggy Lee
4. La la Lu......Peggy Lee
5. I Know My Redeemer Liveth ( The Messiah).Part 1......Isobel Baille
6. I Know My Redeemer Liveth ( The Messiah).Part 2......Isobel Baille
7. The Laughing Policeman......Charles Jolly
8. You've Got To Laugh......Charles Jolly
9. Lili Marlene......Anne Shelton
10. Tonight I Kissed You......Anne Shelton
11. Alexander's Rag Time Band......Arthur Franklin
12. Everybody's Doing It Now......Arthur Franklin
 

Dame Isobel Baillie, DBE (9 March 1895 – 24 September 1983), née Isabella Douglas Baillie, was a Scottish soprano. She made a local success in Manchester, where she was brought up, and in 1923 made a successful London debut. Her career, encouraged by the conductor Sir Hamilton Harty, quickly developed, with breaks in the first years for vocal study in Milan. Baillie's career was almost wholly as a concert singer: she only once acted in an opera production on stage. She was associated above all with oratorio, becoming well known for her many performances in Handel's Messiah, Haydn's The Creation, Mendelssohn's Elijah and the choral works of Elgar.
During a long career, Baillie sang in complete recordings of Messiah,in the 1940s she formed a friendship with the contralto Kathleen Ferrier, with whom she appeared frequently in concert and made several recordings of duets. 

Charles Penrose (born Charles Penrose Dunbar Cawse; 11 November 1873 – 17 November 1952) was an English music hall and theatre performer, and later radio comedian, who is best known for his unusual comic song "The Laughing Policeman". He was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. 
"The Laughing Policeman" is a music hall song recorded by British artist Charles Penrose, initially published under the pseudonym Charles Jolly in 1922. It is an adaptation of "The Laughing Song" first recorded in 1890 by American singer George W. Johnson with the same tune and form, but the subject matter was changed from a "dandy darky" to a policeman. Both "The Laughing Policeman" and "The Laughing Song" were highly popular songs in their times, and "The Laughing Policeman" remained popular in later decades as a children song.

          7. The Laughing Policeman