Sid Phillips--Donald Peers--Jack Teter Trio--Al Jolson & The Andrews Sisters--Eric Winston--Betty Hutton--Howard Keel

Oh Dear I wonder where's Polly's Gone !

1. Hors D'Oeuvres......Sid Phillips & His Orchestra

2. Oh dear What Can The matter Be......Sid Phillips & His Orchestra

3. The Zither Melody......Donald Peers

4. Medley.....Donald Peers

5. Johnson Rag.....Jack Teter Trio

6. Back Of The Yards......Jack Teter Trio

7. The Old Piano Roll Blues......Al Jolson & The Andrews Sisters

8. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans......Al Jolson & The Andrews Sisters

9. Fanfare Boogie......Eric Winston & His Orchestra

10. Slow Joe......Eric Winston & His Orchestra

11. You Can't Get A Man With A Gun......Betty Hutton

12. My Defenses Are Down......Howard Keel

The Jack Teter Trio was the surprise hit of 1950 with a vocal version of an old jazz standard, “Johnson Rag.”

With this group, Teter’s career was rejuvenated and he enjoyed further success in the early 1950's.

They released a series of records for Sharp and other local labels.

Eric Winstone (born 1 January 1913 in London, died 2 May 1974 in Pagham, Sussex) was an English big band leader, conductor and composer.

Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg; February 26, 1921 – March 12, 2007) was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedian, dancer, and singer. She rose to fame in the 1940s as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, appearing primarily in musicals, and became one of the studio's most valuable stars of that decade. She was noted for her energetic and sometimes manic performance style.Hutton's next screen triumph came in Annie Get Your Gun (1950) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which hired her to replace Judy Garland in the role of Annie Oakley. The film, with the leading role retooled for Hutton, was a smash hit, with the biggest critical praise going to Hutton. Next, she was billed above Fred Astaire in the 1950 musical Let's Dance.

         9. Fanfare Boogie

Teddy Johnson--Al Jolson--Howard Keel--Virginia Gibson--Edmundo Ros--Joe Loss

 Only one bio and pic on this selection all the other bio's and pics are further down posts !!

1. Beloved Be Faithful......Teddy Johnson

2. Wanderin'......Teddy Johnson

3. Chinatown My Chinatown......Al Jolson

4. After You've Gone......Al Jolson

5. Sobbin' Women......Howard Keel

6. June Bride......Virginia Gibson

7. Piano Pops (No 5)..Part 1.......Russ Conway

8. Piano Pops (No 5)..Part 2.......Russ Conway

9. Come Closer To Me......Edmundo Ros And His Rumba Band

10. Cavaquinho......Edmundo Ros And His Rumba Band

11. Painting The Clouds With Sunshine.....Joe Loss And His Orchestra

12. We Won't Live In A Castle.......Joe Loss And His Orchestra

       7. Piano Pops (No 5) Part 1.

Edmundo Ros OBE, FRAM (7 December 1910 – 21 October 2011), born Edmund William Ross, was a Trinidadian-Venezuelan musician, vocalist, arranger and bandleader who made his career in Britain. He directed a highly popular Latin American orchestra, had an extensive recording career and owned one of London's leading nightclubs.

In August 1940, Ros formed his own orchestra, performing as Edmundo Ros and His Rumba Band in the style of Lecuona Cuban Boys directed by Armando Oréfiche. In 1941 he cut his first tracks with Parlophone, the first number being "Los Hijos de Buda". The band played regularly at the Coconut Grove club in Regent Street, attracting members of London's high society and royal family.

         9. Come Closer To Me

Victor Silvester--Paul Robeson--Howard Keel--Bert Lahr--Guy Mitchell--Sid Phillips--Dave King

2 Columbia's 4 Hmv's  2 MGM's 2 Philips 2 Decca's....all hoping to be downloaded and listened to!!

1. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

2. The Wishing Waltz...Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

3. Water Boy......Paul Robeson

4. Steal Away.....Paul Robeson

5. Rose Marie......Howard Keel

6. I'm A Mountie That Never Got His Man......Bert Lahr

7. Knee Deep In the Blues......Guy Mitchell

8. Take Me Back Baby......Guy Mitchell

9. Shanghai......Sid Phillips & His Band

10. Kissing Bug Boogie......Sid Philips & His Band

11. You Can't Be True To Two......Dave King

12. A Little Bit Independent.......Dave King 

Victor Marlborough Silvester OBE (25 February 1900 – 14 August 1978) was an English dancer, writer, musician and bandleader from the British dance band era. He was a significant figure in the development of ballroom dance during the first half of the 20th century, and his records sold 75 million copies from the 1930s through to the 1980s.

The lack of what he felt were adequate records for dancing led Silvester in 1935 to form his own five-piece band, later enlarged and named Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra, whose first record, "You're Dancing on My Heart" (by Al Bryan and George M. Meyer), sold 17,000 copies and was to become his signature tune.

Irving Lahrheim (August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967), known professionally as Bert Lahr, was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmworker "Zeke", in the MGM adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (1939). He was well known for his quick-witted humor and his work in burlesque and vaudeville and on Broadway.

         10 Kissing Bug Boogie

Frank Weir--Paul Robeson--Folk Dance Orchestra--Jane Powell--Howard Keel--Jimmy Dorsey--Kay Kyser--Ron Goodwin

 A trio of film music with the folk dance wanderers at dawn maybe in Paris or Denmark or Latvia or maybe Germany !!

1. The Happy Wanderer......Frank Weir & His Saxophone

2. From Your Lips......Frank Weir and His Saxophone

3. Just a Wearyin' For You.......Paul Robeson

4. At Dawning......Paul Robeson

5. Hattemageren......Folk Dance Orchestra

6. Litenietis / Clap Dance......Folk Dance Orchestra

7. Wonderful Wonderful Day......Jane Powell

8. Bless Your Beautiful Hide......Howard Keel

9. Rag Mop......Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra

10. Kay Kyser & His Orchestra

11. Theme From Film Limelight......Ron Goodwin & Orchestra

12. The Song From Moulin Rouge.......Ron Goodwin & Orchestra

 

                                                          Paul Robeson
Robeson performed in Britain in a touring melodrama, Voodoo, in 1922, and in Emperor Jones in 1925. In 1928, he scored a major success in the London premiere of Show Boat. Living in London for several years with his wife Eslanda, Robeson continued to establish himself as a concert artist and starred in a London production of Othello, the first of three productions of the play over the course of his career. He also gained attention in Sanders of the River (1935) and in the film production of Show Boat (1936). 

                                 Jane Powell & Howard Keel
Jane Powell (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce; April 1, 1929 – September 16, 2021) was an American actress, singer, and dancer who first appeared in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals in the 1940s. With her soprano voice and girl-next-door image, Powell appeared in films, television and on the stage. She was notable for her performances in A Date with Judy (1948), Royal Wedding (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), and Hit the Deck (1955).

Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer, known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s and in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991.

 In 1947, Oklahoma! became the first American postwar musical to travel to London, England, and Keel joined the production. On April 30, 1947, at the Drury Lane Theatre, the capacity audience (which included the future Queen Elizabeth II) demanded fourteen encores.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) with Jane Powell was a huge success and made MGM over $3 million in profit.

                                                            Jimmy Dorsey

James Francis Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. He recorded and composed the jazz and pop standards "I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary People)" and "It's The Dreamer In Me". His other major recordings were "Tailspin", "John Silver", "So Many Times", "Amapola", "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)", "Pennies from Heaven" with Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Frances Langford, "Grand Central Getaway", and "So Rare". He played clarinet on the seminal jazz standards "Singin' the Blues" in 1927 and the original 1930 recording of "Georgia on My Mind", which were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

James Kern Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985), known as Kay Kyser, was an American bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s.

Although Kyser and his orchestra gained fame through the "Kollege of Musical Knowledge," they were a successful band in their own right. They had 11 number one records, including some of the most popular songs of the late 1930s and early 1940s.

          7. Wonderful Wonderful Day