Showing posts with label Beniamino Gigli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beniamino Gigli. Show all posts

Friday, 10 November 2023

Bill Haley--Beniamino Gigli--Guy Mitchell--Albert Sammons--Dinah Shore--Vaughan Monroe

A musical mixture of styles from rock to 40's band !

1. Se You Later Alligater.......Bill Haley & His Comets
2. The Paper Boy......Bill Haley & His Comets
3. AveMaria......Beniamino Gigli
4. Agnus Dei......Beniamino Gigli
5. Finders Keepers......Guy Mitchell
6. I'd Like To Say A Few Words About Texas......Guy Mitchell
7. Intermezzo......Albert Sammons
8. Serenade......Albert Sammons
9. Too Late Now......Dinah Shore
10. Down In Nashville Tennessee......Dinah Shore
 11. The Very Thought Of You......Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra
12. There I've Said it Again......Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra

Albert Edward Sammons CBE (23 February 1886 – 24 August 1957) was an English violinist, composer and later violin teacher. Almost self-taught on the violin, he had a wide repertoire as both chamber musician and soloist, although his reputation rests mainly on his association with British composers, especially Elgar. He made a number of recordings over 40 years.
Albert Sammons made his first recording in October 1908; his last was made on 16 April 1946 (Edmund Rubbra's 2nd sonata with Gerald Moore). 

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Mantovani--Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra--Andre Kostalanetz & His Orchestra--Beniamino Gigli--Richard Crooks--Paul Robeson


 Sweeping strings, symphonic music, operetta music, a world famous Italian tenor, ending with some classic songs and you have a selection that you can put your feet up and relax and let the music speak !!

1. Moonlight Serenade......Mantovani & His Orchestra
2. Shadow Waltz......Mantovani & His Orchestra
3. La Boheme Selection (Part 1)......Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
4. La Boheme Selection (Part 2 )......Metropoliton Symphony Orchestra
5. Desert Song......Andre Kostalanetz & His Orchestra
6. Deep In My Heart Dear......Andre Kostalanetz
7. O Sole Mia.....Beniamino Gigli
8. Senza Nisciono......Beniamino Gigli
9. Ah Sweet Mystery Of Life......Richard Crooks
10. The Song Of Songs.......Richard Crooks
11. Song Of The Volga Boatman......Paul Robeson
12. An Eriskay Love Lilt......Paul Robeson

Andre Kostelanetz (Russian:December 22, 1901 – January 13, 1980) was a Russian-born American popular orchestral music conductor and arranger who was one of the major exponents of popular orchestra music.
For many years, he conducted the New York Philharmonic in pops concerts and recordings, in which they were billed as Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra.Kostelanetz may be best known to modern audiences for a series of easy listening instrumental albums on Columbia Records from the 1940s until 1980. 
Richard Alexander Crooks (June 26, 1900 – September 29, 1972) was an American tenor and a leading singer at the New York Metropolitan Opera..

          5. Desert Song

Wednesday, 1 December 2021

Guy Mitchell--Eve Young--Frank Sinatra--Beniamino Gigli--Kenny Baker--Walter Huston.


 With a dollar and a cake we and Fickle Belle sail the Ocean in September going South to the stars.. getting lost !

1. Belle Belle My Liberty Belle......Guy Mitchell
2. Sweetheart Of Yesterday......Guy Mitchell
3. Silver Dollar......Eve Young
4. I'd Have Baked a Cake......Eve Young
5. South Of The Border......Frank Sinatra
6. I've Got The World On A String.....Frank Sinatra
7. La Donna e Mobile (Woman is Fickle )......Beniamino Gigli
8. E Lucevan La Stelle (The Stars Are Shining)......Beniamino Gigli
9. Al The Things You Are.....Kenny Baker
10. How Deep Is The Ocean......Kenny Baker
11. September Song......Walter Huston
12. Lost In The Stars......Walter Huston


Eva Nadauld (September 1, 1923 – November 3, 2010), known professionally as Eve Young early in her career, and later as Karen Chandler, was an American singer of popular music during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, best known for her 1952 hit, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me".
In 1950 in the UK she had her biggest successes in that year, with "(If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked A Cake" and "Silver Dollar (Roll, Roll, Roll)", in both cases credited to Eve Young & The Homesteaders, each reaching the top of the UK sheet music charts in 1950. (Charts based on record sales did not start in Britain until 1952.)


Kenny Baker MBE (1 March 1921 – 7 December 1999) was an English jazz trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn player, and a composer.
Baker was first heard on record in a British public jam session in 1941 and quickly established a strong reputation in London clubs. He was brass band trained and had faultless technical command. The young Baker was lead trumpeter with Ted Heath's post war orchestra.
His career saw him play with alongside Frank Sinatra, Petula Clark, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Tony Bennett. He also performed on James Bond soundtracks.
A notable appearance on soundtrack for Baker was a long hot trumpet solo mimed by Kay Kendall  in the 1954 film Genevieve. 


Walter Thomas Huston (April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of the four generations of the Huston acting family, including his son John, grandchildren Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, Allegra Huston, and great-grandchild Jack Huston. 
He performed "September Song" in the original Broadway production of Knickerbocker Holiday (1938). Huston's recording of "September Song" is heard repeatedly in September Affair 

   4. I'd Have Baked A Cake.