Glenn Miller--Ronnie Harris--Gracie Fields--Eddie Fisher--Jay Wilbur--Ted Heath

Three Instrumentals with Vocals !.....Plus a Story with Humpty Dumpty & A Mocking Bird Riding On A Rainbow sipping a Hot Toddy.

1. This Is No Laughing Matter......Glenn Miller & His Orchestra..vocal Ray Eberle

2. Humpty Dumpty Heart.....Glenn Miller & His Orchestra..vocal Ray Eberle

3. The Story Of Tina.....Ronnie Harris

4. Guiding Star.....Ronnie Harris

5. The Mocking Bird Went Cuckoo......Gracie Fields

6. Just One More Chance......Gracie Fields

7. Downhearted......Eddie Fisher

8. Am I Wasing My Time Over You......Eddie Fisher

9. We'll All Go Riding On A Rainbow.......Jay Wilbur & His Band

10. The Wind's in the West......Jay Wilbur & His Band

11. Hot Toddy......Ted Heath & His Music

12. Strike Up The Band......Ted Heath & His Music

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, on the set of Sun Valley Serenade, 1941

 6. Just One More Chance

Ambrose& His Orchestra--Pat O'Malley--Eddie Fisher--Richard Tauber--Mantovani & Sidney Torch--Bing Crosby

Seems like we have a water theme in this selection !..with a Lover in the moonlight by the river or asleep by the Lagoon !!

1. I'm Sending My Blessings......Ambrose & His Orchestra (vocal George Melachrino)

2. By The River Of The Roses....Ambrose & His Orchestra (Vocal George Melachrino)

3. Soon......Pat O'Malley

4. Down By The River.....Pat O'Malley

5. Trust In Me......Eddie Fisher

6. Forgive Me......Eddie Fisher

7. Lover Come Back To Me......Richard Tauber

8. My Moonlight Madonna.....Richard Tauber

9. Intermezzo......Mantovani & Sidney Torch

10. By The Sleepy Lagoon......Mantovani & Sidney Torch

11. It Must be True......Bing Crosby

12. Be Honest With Me......Bing Crosby

James Rudolph O'Malley (15 March 1904 – 27 February 1985) was an English actor and singer who appeared in many American films and television programmes from the 1940s to 1982, using the stage name J. Pat O'Malley. He also appeared on the Broadway stage in Ten Little Indians (1944) and Dial M for Murder (1954)

Born into an Irish family in Burnley, Lancashire, O’Malley sang with Jack Hylton and his orchestra in the United Kingdom from 1930 to 1935. Known at that time as Pat O'Malley, in 1930 he sang "Amy, Wonderful Amy", a song about aviator Amy Johnson, performed by Jack Hylton's band.

At the end of 1935 Hylton and O'Malley came to the United States to record with a band composed of American musicians, thus emulating Ray Noble and Al Bowlly. 

Sidney Torch MBE (born Sidney Torchinsky; 5 June 1908 – 16 July 1990) was a British pianist, cinema organist, conductor, orchestral arranger and a composer of light music. His first professional job was as accompanist to the violinist Albert Sandler. He worked as an accompanist before getting a job playing the piano with the Orchestra of the Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, London.

Torch then played the organ in a number of London cinemas (amongst others, the Regal, Edmonton) and in 1937 he became the Chief Organist of the new Gaumont State Cinema, Kilburn.

         1. I'm Sending My Blessings

Dean Martin & Line Renaud--Robert Earl--Ray Martin--Charles Williams--Jack Hylton--Eddie Fisher

Been a while since the last post....so here we go again with memories from the 40's 50's 60's and maybe earlier !

1. Relax Ay Voo.......Dean Martin & Line Renaud

2. Two Sleepy People......Dean Martin & Line Renaud

3. Believe In Me......Robert Earl

4. If  You Can Dream......Robert Earl

5. The Elephant Tango......Ray Martin & His Orchestra

6. Blue Mirage......Ray martin & His Orchestra

7. Devil's Galop......Charles Williams & His Orchestra

8. The Old Clockmaker......Charles Williams & His Orchestra

9. Pagan Love Song......Jack Hylton & His Orchestra

10. This Is Heaven.......Jack Hylton & His Orchestra

11. With These Hands......Eddie Fisher

12. Many Times......Eddie Fisher

Charles Williams (8 May 1893 – 7 September 1978) was a British composer and conductor, contributing music to over 50 films. While his career ran from 1934 through 1968, much of his work came to the big screen as stock music and was therefore uncredited.

"Devil's Galop" was the theme tune to the radio serial Dick Barton.

"The Old Clockmaker" was chosen as the radio theme to Jennings at School

          7. Devil's Galop 

Lawrence Welk--Danny Kaye--Sam Browne--Charlie Kunz--Doris Day--Eddie Fisher

 A couple of records with medley's on them so with this selection you get more Songs/Tunes than normal and YES a couple of Pics and bio's !!

1. Smoke Smoke Smoke...Lawrence Welk & His Champagne Music

2. Down At The Friendly Tavern.....Lawrence Welk & His Champagne Music

3. Candy Kisses......Danny Kaye

4. Thank You......Danny Kaye

5. Songs from The Hit Parade Part 1.....Sam Browne & His All Star Singers

6. Songs from The Hit Parade Part 2.....Sam Browne & His All Star Singers

7. Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No D.97...Part 1

8. Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No D.97...Part 2

9. Ten Cents a Dance......Doris Day

10. I'll Never Stop Loving You.....Doris Day

11. Any Time......Eddie Fisher

12. Turn Back The Hands Of Time......Eddie Fisher

Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known as "champagne music" to his radio, television, and live-performance audiences.

Sam Browne (26 March 1898 – 2 March 1972) was an English dance band singer, who became one of the most popular British dance band vocalists of the 1930s. He is remembered for singing with Jack Hylton and with Ambrose and his Orchestra, at the Mayfair Hotel and Embassy Club, with whom he made many recordings from 1930 to 1942, and for his duets and variety performances with the singer, Elsie Carlisle.

Browne also appeared in the 1950 Royal Variety Performance as part of a presentation titled "The Band That Jack Built" and in the 1951 show as "Sam Browne and His Singers".

          5. Songs From The Hit Parade Part 1

Winifred Atwell--The Sportsmen--The Caledonian Orchestra--Helen Forest--Eddie Fisher--Harry Gordon & Arthur Black

A mixture of labels and styles for your hedification !!.....I guess The Sportsmen got stuck or tongue tied !!!

1. Gold And Silver Waltz......Winifred Atwell

2. Jubilee Rag......Winifred Atwell

3. Me And My Shadow......The Sportsmen

4. Goodnight Ladies......The Sportsmen

5. Strip The Willow......The Caledonian Orchestra

6. Petronella......The Caledonian Orchestra

7. I'll Dance At Your Wedding......Helen Forest

8. That's All I Want To Know......Helen Forest

9. A Man Chases a Girl.....Eddie Fisher

10. Wedding Bells.....Eddie Fisher

11. Stung.. Part One......Harry Gordon & Arthur Black (Comedy Duo)

12. Stung.. Part Two......Harry Gordon & Arthur Black (Comedy Duo)

The Sportsmen Quartet (prior to World War II known as The Sportsmen) was a Barbershop Quartet. They began appearances in 1938 and are most remembered for their many appearances on both the radio and television series of the Jack Benny Program (which ran on TV from 1950 to 1961) and many cartoons including ''What's Opera, Doc'' and ''Mississippi Hare''.

The Sportsmen, also known as The Sportsmen Quartet, was a singing group originally formed in the 1930s and performing primarily on radio, film soundtracks, and records, often singing backup to star names. 

Helen Forrest (born Helen Fogel, April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music. She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."....... By the end of the 1950s, Helen's solo career waned as rock'n'roll became increasingly popular. Helen's manager, Joe Graydon, said, "She was at an `in-between' stage in her career. Not young enough to be current. Not old enough to be nostalgia."After a dip in recording in the 1950s, including a stint with the startup Bell Records, Helen sang with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra, led by Sam Donahue, in the early 1960s. Helen continued to make occasional records and perform in concerts and was performing at Lake Tahoe with Frank Sinatra Jr. in 1963 when he was kidnapped.

During the 1970s and 1980s, Forrest performed in supper clubs on "big band nostalgia" tours, including appearances with Harry James and Dick Haymes. In 1977, Helen participated in a television reunion of herself, James, and Haymes on The Merv Griffin Show.  In 1983, Helen released her final album, entitled Now and Forever.

Harry Gordon was born in Aberdeen as Alexander Ross Gordon (11 July 1893 – 21 January 1957), known as Harry Gordon, was a popular Scottish entertainer, comedian and impressionist, touring throughout Scotland and further afield. From the 1920s through the 1950s Gordon also produced a large number of recordings, including several under assumed names. He was known as the Laird of Inversnecky, a fictional Scottish town he used in his comic routines, which ended up becoming the nickname for Inverness.

          4. Goodnight Ladies

Lita Roza--Reginald Dixon--Arthur Young--Casani Club Orchestra--Eddie Fisher--Lonnie Donegan

Beginning with a female vocal and ending with a 50's top hit

1. Let Me Go Lover......Lita Roza

2. Make Yourself Comfortable......Lita Roza

3. Dixon Hits No 3..Part 1......Reginald Dixon

4. Dixon Hits No 3...Part 2......Reginald Dixon

5. Scatter Brain......Arthur Young & The Hatchett Swingtette.

6. Ting a Ling......Arthur Young & The Hatchette Swingtette.

7. Would You......Casani Club Orchestra

8. A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody......Casani Club Orchestra

9. I'm In The Mood For Love......Eddie Fisher

10. A Girl A Girl......Eddie Fisher

11. Rock Island Line......The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group

12. John Henry......The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group

Arthur Young & the Hatchette Swingtette was a jazz band that was active in the 1930s and 1940s. The band was led by Arthur Young, who played the piano, and featured a number of other musicians, including Bill Shakespeare on trumpet, Dennis Moonan on clarinet and tenor saxophone, and Chappie d’Amato and Jack Llewellyn on guitar. The band also featured several vocalists, including Beryl Davis. Stéphane Grappelli, a French jazz violinist, was also a member of the band for a brief period in 1939.

The Casani Club Orchestra was a British dance band that was active in the 1930s. The band was led by Archie Mercer and later by Charlie Kunz. The orchestra was also known as Baxter Dance Orchestra and Casani-Club Orchestra.

        6. Ting a Ling....with Stephane Grappelli & Beryl Davis

Jerry Allen & His Trio--The Skyliners--Eddie Fisher--Slim Whitman--Reginald Dixon--Tony Martin

 Another varied selection....Just like "Pick & Mix "

1. The Hat......Jerry Allen & His Trio

2. Golly......Jerry Allen & His Trio

3. The Happy Wanderer......The Skyliners

4. Silent Night......The Skyliners

5. I'm Yours......Eddie Fisher

6. That's The Chance You Take......Eddie Fisher

7. Wherever You Are......Slim Whitman

8. At The End Of Nowhere......Slim Whitman

9. Dixonland (No 1).Part 1......Reginald Dixon

10. Dixonland (No 1) Part 2......Reginald Dixon

11. Begin The Beguine......Tony Martin

12. Indian Summer......Tony Mart

                                                        Jerry Allen And His Trio

In 1943 he made his first recordings with his newly-formed trio, in the Decca 'Music While You Work' series. In addition to Jerry on the Hammond organ, the trio comprised Alan Grahame on vibes, Ken Ingarfield on bass and percussionist Lionel Rubin. Lionel had been the power-house drummer with the Nat Gonella band.

The group's big break came in 1956 when Lew Grade booked them to provide the musical backing on Associated Television's 'Lunch Box', the popular Monday-to-Friday midday show hosted by Noele Gordon. Lunch Box' enjoyed an eight year run, and the Jerry Allen trio were involved with several other television series, becoming one of the countries most televised groups.

In 1962 Allen formed his own big band, which included many of the Midlands' finest musicians.

Alvin Morris (December 25, 1913 – July 27, 2012), known professionally as Tony Martin, was an American actor and popular singer....His career spanned over seven decades, and he scored dozens of hits between the late-1930s and mid-1950s with songs such as "Walk Hand in Hand", "I Love Paris", "Stranger in Paradise" and "I Get Ideas". He was married to actress and dancer Cyd Charisse for 60 years, from 1948 until her death in 2008.

           6. That's The Chance You Take

Lew Stone--Vaughn Monroe--Harry Roy--Eddie Fisher--Ted Heath--Tony Brent

 Just a mix of big bands and orchestra's with vocal refrains plus 2 guys saying goodbye to papa in Spain !

1. I Hear A Rhapsody......Lew Stone & His Band

2. The Hut Tut Song......Lew Stone & His Band

3. Moonlight And Roses......Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra

4. Moon Of Manakoora......Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra

5. Ferry Boat Serenade......Harry Roy & His Band

6. The Call Of The Canyon......Harry Roy & His Band

7. Oh My Papa......Eddie Fisher

8. Untill You Said Goodbye.......Eddie Fisher

9. Opus 1......Ted Heath & His Band

10. My Guy's Come back......Ted Heath & His Band

11. With Your Love......Tony Brent

12. On A Little Balcony In Spain.......Tony Brent

Louis Stone known professionally as Lew Stone (28 June 1898 – 13 February 1969) was a British bandleader and arranger of the British dance band era, and was well known in Britain during the 1930s. He was known as a skillful, innovative and imaginative musical arranger.

Vaughn Wilton Monroe (October 7, 1911 – May 21, 1973)[1] was an American baritone singer, trumpeter, big band leader, actor, and businessman, who was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for recording and another for radio performance.

                                   Harry Roy And His Band

Harry Roy (12 January 1900 – 1 February 1971)[1] was a British dance band leader and clarinet player from the 1920s to the 1960s. He performed several songs with suggestive lyrics, including "My Girl's Pussy" (1931), and "She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor" (1939).

George Edward Heath (30 March 1902 – 18 November 1969) was a British musician and big band leader. Heath led what is widely considered Britain's greatest post-war big band, recording more than 100 albums, which sold over 20 million copies. The most successful band in Britain during the 1950s, it remained in existence as a ghost band long after Heath died, surviving in such a form until 2000.

Heath was inspired by Glenn Miller and his Army Air Force Band, and spoke with Miller at length about forming his own band when Miller toured Britain with the United States Army Air Force Orchestra. Heath admired the immaculate precision of the Miller ensemble, and felt confident that he could emulate Miller's great success with his own orchestra.

The 1950s was the most popular period for Ted Heath and His Music during which a substantial repertoire of recordings were made. In 1958 nine albums were recorded. He became a household name throughout the UK, Europe, Australasia and the US. He won the New Musical Express Poll for Best Band/Orchestra each year from 1952 to 1961. Heath was asked to perform at a third Royal Command Performance for King George VI in 1951, and for Elizabeth II in 1954.

The addition of singers Dickie Valentine, Lita Roza and Dennis Lotis in the '50s gave the band more teenage appeal. 

Heath used Decca's Phase 4 Stereo recording methods in the early 1960s. He continued to commission a huge number of original scores and arrangements and some of his biggest US chart successes came during this time. He performed continuously and successfully until his health faltered in 1964, suffering a cerebral thrombosis on his 62nd birthday, and collapsing on stage in Cardiff. Thereafter the band toured less, but continued to record several albums.

          10. My Guy's Come Back

The Kaye Sisters--Lawrence Tibbett--Vera Lynn--Frank Sinatra--Eddie Fisher--Arthur Godfrey

 Family is the name of the Game ! Father, Son, with Boy walking behind Alone !

1. Alone......The Kaye Sisters

2. Shake Me I Rattle......The Kaye Sisters

3. None But The Lonely Heart......Lawrence Tibbett

4. Myself When Young......Lawrence Tibbett

5. My Son My Son......Vera Lynn

6. Our Heaven On Earth......Vera Lynn

7. That Old Feeling......Frank Sinatra

8. Nature Boy......Frank Sinatra

9. I'm Walking Behind You......Eddie Fisher

10. Hold Me......Eddie Fisher

11. If I Had You on A Desert Island......Arthur Godfrey

12. If it Wasn't For You Father......Arthur Godfrey

                                                          Lawrence Tibbett

 

Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (November 16, 1896 – July 15, 1960) was an American opera singer and recording artist who also performed as a film actor and radio personality. A baritone, he sang leading roles with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City more than 600 times from 1923 to 1950. He performed diverse musical theatre roles, including Captain Hook in Peter Pan in a touring show.

Tibbett made his first recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1926. In the early 1930s, Tibbett also appeared in movies.

His first film, The Rogue Song, a 1930 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production with Laurel & Hardy, shot in two-color Technicolor (only a few minutes of footage of the film, as well as the complete soundtrack, is known to survive today). Soon after, he starred in another MGM musical film, New Moon, opposite Grace Moore and The Cuban Love Song (1931), with Lupe Vélez.

Dame Vera Margaret Lynn ( 20 March 1917 – 18 June 2020) was an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during the Second World War. She is honorifically known as the "Forces' Sweetheart", having given outdoor concerts for the troops in Egypt, India and Burma during the war as part of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). The songs most associated with her include "We'll Meet Again", "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll Always Be an England".She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the United Kingdom and the United States, and recording such hits as "Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" and her UK number-one single "My Son, My Son". 

 In 2009, at the age of 92, she became the oldest living artist to top the UK Albums Chart with the compilation album We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn. In 2014, she released the collection Vera Lynn: National Treasure and in 2017, she released Vera Lynn 100, a compilation album of hits to commemorate her centenary—it was a No. 3 hit, making her the first centenarian performer to have a Top 10 album in the charts.

Edwin Jack Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor. He was one of the most popular artists during the first half of the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show. Fisher divorced his first wife, actress Debbie Reynolds, to marry Reynolds' best friend, Elizabeth Taylor, after Taylor's husband, film producer Mike Todd, was killed in a plane crash. By 1946, Fisher was crooning with the bands of Buddy Morrow and Charlie Ventura. 

Fisher's good looks and strong and melodious tenor voice made him a teen idol and one of the most popular singers of the early 1950s. He had 17 songs in the Top 10 on the music charts between 1950 and 1956 and 35 in the Top 40. In 1957 he signed a then record $1 million deal with the newly opened Tropicana Las Vegas to appear there a minimum of 4 weeks a year for 5 years.

Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer who was sometimes introduced by his nickname The Old Redhead. At the peak of his success, in the early-to-mid 1950s, Godfrey was heard on radio and seen on television up to six days a week, sometimes for as many as nine separate broadcasts for CBS. His programs included Arthur Godfrey Time (Monday-Friday mornings on radio and television), Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (Monday evenings on radio and television)

          12. If It Wasn't For Your Father