Primo Scala & The Keynotes--Roy Fox--Billy Vaughn--Joe Loss--Paul Robeson--Ruby Murray

 A very happy selection...could it be the beer, sunshine, love, all for threepence !

1. Powder Your Face with Sunshine......Primo Scala & The Keynotes

2. More Beer......Primo Scala & The Keynotes

3. I Fall In Love With You Every Day.Roy Fox & His Orch (Denny Dennis)

4. How'd Ja Like To Love Me.....Roy Fox & His Orchestra (Mary Lee)

5. Theme From The Threepenny Opera......Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra

6. I'd Give A Million Tomorrows.....Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra

7. Candy......Joe loss & His Orchestra (vocal Harry Kaye)

8. Sweetheart Of All My Dreams...Joe Loss & His Orch (Vocal Elizabeth Bately

9. Ol' Man River......Paul Robeson

10. I Still Suits Me.....Paul Robeson

11. Softly Softly......Ruby Murray

12. What Could Be More Beautiful.....Ruby Murray

Vocal group formed by Johnny Johnston. Other members of the group were Alan Dean, Terry Devon, Irene King, Terry Devon, Pearl Carr, Joyce Frazer, Jean Campbell, Cliff Adams and Denny Vaughan. The male members of this group recorded as 'The Johnston Brothers'.

Roy Fox (October 25, 1901 – March 20, 1982) was an American-born British dance bandleader who was popular in Britain during the British dance band era.

In 1920, he put together his own band, with whom he recorded in 1925.

In 1929, Fox was invited to lead a band based at the Café de Paris in London,which he first did on September 29, 1930. He recorded on the BBC that year. 

         5. Theme From The Threepenny Opera

The Ink Spots--Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra--Benny Goodman & His Orchestra--Harry James & His Orchestra--Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra--Turner Layton--Marion Ryan

A nice colourful little lot of labels from picture ones to fluorescent purple one's.....AND two versions of "Stardust" by Two 1936 Swing Bands !! 

1. Whispering Grass......The Ink Spots

2. Maybe......The Ink Spots

3. Stardust......Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra

4. Stardust......Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

5. Trumpet Blues And Cantabile......Harry James & His Orchestra

6. Concerto For Trumpet......Harry James& His Orchestra

7. Sail Along Silvery Moon.......Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra

8. Raunchy......Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra

9. Comin' In On A Wing And A Pray'r.....Turner Layton

10. You Rhyme With Everything That's Beautiful.....Turner Layton

11. Ding Dong Rock a Billy Wedding......Marion Ryan

12. That's Happiness......Marion Ryan

Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing".

From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938, is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music."

 During an era of racial segregation, he led one of the first integrated jazz groups, his quartet and quintet. 

Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947 but shortly after he reorganized and was active again with his band from then until his death in 1983. He was especially known among musicians for his technical proficiency as well as his tone, and was influential on new trumpet players from the late 1930s into the 1940s. He was also an actor in a number of films that usually featured his band.

Turner Layton (July 2, 1894 – February 6, 1978), born John Turner Layton, Jr., was an African American songwriter, singer and pianist. He frequently worked with Henry Creamer.
Beginning in 1924, Layton found major popular success in England with Clarence "Tandy" Johnstone as a member of the group Layton & Johnstone, quickly earning a reputation as a cabaret act, with the pair allegedly selling over "10 million records". Layton split with Johnstone in 1935... With Johnstone returning to New York and continuing to perform with significantly less success. Layton continued to perform in England. An elegant song stylist, he held a regular, successful spot over the years at the Café de Paris, a London club, until his retirement in 1946.

           6. Concerto For Trumpet

Eddie Calvert--Alma Cogan--Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra--Black Dyke Mills Band--Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra--Patience & Prudence

 The Bees are buzzing around the  cherry pink roses...hope it's not quick sand ! mind the house !

1. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White......Eddie Calvert

2. Roses Off Picardy......Eddie Calvert

3. Why Do Fools Fall In Love......Alma Cogan

4. The Birds And The Bees......Alma Cogan

5. The Shifting Whispering Sands.(Part 1).....Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra

6. The Shifting Whispering Sands.(Part 2).....Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra

7. Bless This House......Black Dyke Mills Band

8. Poem......Black Dyke Mills Band

9. The Acapulco Polka......Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra

10. The Hillbilly Mambo Band......Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra

11. Tonight You Belong To Me......Patience & Prudence

12. A Smile And A Ribbon......Patience & Prudence

                                        Black Dyke Mills Band 1972

Black Dyke Mills

The band was formerly the band of the Black Dyke Mills in Queensbury, West Yorkshire, England, a company owned by John Foster. Foster, a French horn player, joined with others in a small brass and reed band in Queensbury in 1816. This band faltered, and another band formed – called the Queenshead Band – which consisted of 18 musicians around 1843. This second band also faltered, but in 1855, Foster and other musicians established the new mill band, and outfitted it with uniforms made from the mill's own cloth. Most of the musicians in the band also worked at the mill, and a close bond was fostered with the local community. The band has remained active since that time, and still rehearses in its original rooms.

They were voted BBC Band of the Year.

Xavier Cugat ( 1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990) was a Spanish musician and bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music. In New York City he was the leader of the resident orchestra at the Waldorf–Astoria before and after World War II. He was also a cartoonist and a restaurateur. The personal papers of Xavier Cugat are preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya.

His music career led to appearing in the films In Gay Madrid (1930), You Were Never Lovelier (1942), Week-End at the Waldorf (1945), Bathing Beauty (1944), Holiday in Mexico (1946), A Date with Judy (1948), On an Island with You (1948), and Chicago Syndicate (1955).

Cugat recorded for Columbia (1940s and 1950s, and Epic), RCA Victor (1930s and 1950s), Mercury (1951–52 and the 1960s), and Decca (1960s). Dinah Shore made her first recordings as a vocalist with Cugat in 1939 and 1940 for RCA Victor. In 1940 his recording of "Perfidia" became a hit. Cugat followed trends closely, making records for the conga, the mambo, the cha-cha-cha, and the twist when these dances were popular. In 1943 "Brazil" was Cugat's most successful chart hit. It spent seven weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard magazine National Best Selling Retail Records chart behind Harry James's song "I've Heard That Song Before".

          9. The Acapulco Polka