Cedric Sharpe--The Ray Ellington Quartet--Billy Eckstine--Massed Bands Of The Southern Command--Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra--Jack Daley

 We start this collection with a couple of smooth cello's  then off behind that door galloping away to some marches ending in the desert in Ireland !!??

1. Londonderry Air......Cedric Sharpe

2. Largo......Cedric Sharpe

3. The Green Door......The Ray Ellington Quartet

4. Giddy Up A Ding Dong......The Ray Ellington Quartet

5. The Bitter With The Sweet.......Billy Eckstine

6. Grapevine......Billy Eckstine

7. Tidworth Tattoo--1933 (Marches)......Massed Bands Of The Southern Command

8. Tidworth Tattoo--1933 (Medley).......Massed Bands Of The Southern Command

9. Maybe You'll Be There......Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra vocalist Charles La Vere

10. On The Painted Desert......Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra vocalist Bob Stevens

11. The Mountains Of Mourne......Jack Daly

12. Rose Of Tralee......Jack Daley

Cedric Sharpe, ARCM, Hon RAM (13 April 1891 – 1978) was a British cellist, composer and music professor of the early to mid-20th century. He studied cello at the Royal College of Music.

He recorded for HMV and was broadcast by the BBC. He composed a number of original pieces mostly for solo cello with piano accompaniment.

Henry Pitts Brown (17 March 1916 – 27 February 1985), known professionally as Ray Ellington, was an English singer, drummer and bandleader. He is best known for his appearances on The Goon Show from 1951 to 1960. The Ray Ellington Quartet had a regular musical segment on the show.

The Ray Ellington Quartet was formed in 1947.The other members of Ellington's quartet were Dick Katz (piano) and Coleridge Goode (bass) and Lauderic Caton (Guitar).. When guitarist Caton moved on he was succeeded in turn by Laurie Deniz, Australian Don Fraser and Judd Proctor, who was a member of the quartet for six years from July 1955.Ellington specialised in jazz but experimented with many other genres and his musical style was heavily influenced by the comedic jump blues of Louis Jordan.

They were also reputedly the first jazz band in the UK to use an amplified guitar, which was produced and introduced by their guitar player, Lauderic Caton. 

          11. The Mountains Of Mourne

Everly Brothers--Billy Eckstine--Charlie Kunz--Glenn Miller & His Orchestra--Topic Singers & Band--Vera Lynn

 12 retro tracks 5 well known 2 Medley's by piano and a tap tap tappy woodpecker...I hope he keeps away from the piano !!!

1. Bye Bye Love.......Everly Brothers

2. I Wonder If I Care As Much......Everly Brothers

3. I Apologize......Billy Eckstine

4. Free......Billy Eckstine

5. Charlie Kunz's Piano Medley No D73 Part 1

6. Charlie Kunz's Piano Medley No D 73 Part 2

7. The Nearness Of You.......Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

8. Blueberry Hill.......Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

9. The Internationale.......Topic Singer And Band

10. Salute To Life......Topic Singers & Unity String Orchestra

11. The Grandest Song Of All......Vera Lynn

12. The Woodpecker Song.......Vera Lynn

William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award . His recording of "I Apologize" (MGM, 1948) was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. The New York Times described him as an influential band leader whose suave bass-baritone and full-throated, sugary approach to popular songs.

In 1944, Eckstine formed his own big band, and it became the finishing school for adventurous young musicians who would shape the future of jazz including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Ceceil Payne, Fats Navarro, Lucky Thompson, John Malachi, Sarah Vaughan, Pearl Bailey, and Lena Horne.

Eckstine became a solo performer in 1947, with records featuring lush, sophisticated orchestrations.He signed with the newly established MGM Records, and had immediate hits with revivals of "Everything I Have Is Yours" (1947), Rodgers and Hart's "Blue Moon" (1948), and Juan Tizol's "Caravan" (1949).Eckstine had further success in 1950 with Victor Young's theme song to "My Foolish Heart," and the next year with a revival of the 1931 Bing Crosby hit, "I Apologize".

Charles Leonard Kunz (August 18, 1896 – March 16, 1958) was an American-born British musician popular during the British dance band era, and who became a pianist.He came to the United Kingdom in 1922 as a pianist in a small dance band.

His debut as a soloist came in 1934 at the Holborn Empire, London followed by countless variety theatres in Britain and the Continent, after playing in hotels, restaurants and ballrooms. The same year saw the beginning of what was to become a continuous output of solo records of "Charlie Kunz Medleys". His signature tune was "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie", and his closing theme was "Pink Elephants".

Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big band trombonist, arranger, composer, bandleader and officer in the U.S. Army (Air Corps) in the swing era. He was the best-selling recording artist from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best-known big bands. Miller's recordings include "In the Mood", "Moonlight Serenade", "Pennsylvania 6-5000", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "A String of Pearls", "At Last", "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", "American Patrol", "Tuxedo Junction", "Elmer's Tune", "Little Brown Jug", and "Anvil Chorus". In just four years, Miller scored 16 number-one records and 69 top-10 hits—more than Elvis Presley (40 top 10s) and the Beatles (33 top 10s) did in their careers.

          12.The Woodpecker Song