Vera Lynn--Ray Burns--Kay Starr--Frank Sinatra--Harry Belafonte--

1. Doonaree......Vera Lynn

2. Show Me The Way......Vera Lynn

3. Blue Star......Ray Burns

4. Memory......Ray Burns

5. Side By Side......Kay Starr

6. Too Busy.....Kay Starr

7. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning......Frank Sinatra

8. It Never Entered My Mind......Frank Sinatra

9. The Son Of Mary......Belafonte

10. I Heard The bells On Christmas Day......Belafonte

11. I'll See You Again......Vera Lynn

12. Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers......Vera Lynn

Ray Burns was a British singer, active in the 1950s, who had a top five hit single in 1955.

Burns entered showbusiness when a friend of the comedian Issy Bonn heard him singing in a barber shop. Bonn took Burns on as a dresser, taught him singing techniques, and had him perform a song during his stage shows. Burns' career took a step forward in 1949, when the orchestra leader Ambrose heard him sing at a London club and offered him a job.

Burns was a regular singer with the BBC Show Band, under the leadership of Cyril Stapleton, in the 1950s, and recorded a number of singles for Columbia Records between 1953 and 1958, two of which made the UK singles charts. The bigger hit, a cover of the Bob Holt/David Wells song "Mobile" (with the Eric Jupp Orchestra), which had been a hit in the United States for Julius La Rosa, reached number 4 in both the New Musical Express and Record Mirror charts in March 1955. The second, "That's How A Love Song Was Born" (with The Coronets), reached number 14 of the NME charts later in the year.

         5. Side By Side

Bonnie Lou--Vera Lynn--Dorothy Squires--Jane Froman--Kay Starr--Nellie Lutcher

 1. Tennessee Wig Walk......Bonnie Lou

2. Just Out Of Reach......Bonnie Lou

3. Yours.....Vera Lynn

4. The Homing Waltz......Vera Lynn

5. The Gypsy......Dorothy Squires

6. Safe In My Arms Again......Dorothy Squires

7. Blue Moon.....Jane Froman

8. Tea For Two......Jane Froman

9. Changing Partners......Kay Starr

10. I'll Always Be In Love With You......Kay Starr

11. Sleepy Lagoon......Nellie Lutcher

12. The Song Is Ended......Nellie Lutcher

Mary Joan Okum (née Kath; October 27, 1924 – December 8, 2015), known by her performing name Bonnie Lou, was an American musical pioneer, recognized as one of the first female rock and roll singers. She is also one of the first artists to gain crossover success from country music to rock and roll. A regular musical performer on popular shows in the 1960s and 1970s. She "was a prime mover in the first days of rockabilly, and is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Early in her recording career, she performed country music songs. She soon had top-10 country hits with "Tennessee Wig Walk" and "Seven Lonely Days", each of which sold about 750,000 copies.

Dorothy Squires (born Edna May Squires, 25 March 1915 – 14 April 1998) was a Welsh singer. Her early successes were achieved with "The Gypsy", "A Tree in the Meadow" and "I'm Walking Behind You" by her partner Billy Reid, and "Say It with Flowers" written by Squires with piano accompaniment by Russ Conway. 

Ellen Jane Froman (November 10, 1907 – April 22, 1980) was an American actress and singer. During her thirty-year career, she performed on stage, radio, and television despite chronic health problems due to injuries sustained in a 1943 plane crash......Her life story was told in the 1952 film With a Song in My Heart. She was portrayed by Susan Hayward, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.

          1. Tennessee Wig Walk

All Star Hit Parade--The Deauville Dance Orchestra--Vincent Richards Orch--Kay Starr--Bobby McLeod--Alvin Dawson--Charlie Kunz

Music from England Scotland America ending with another Charlie Kunz Piano Medley!

1. All Star Hit Parade 1...Dickie Valentine--Joan Regan--Winifred Atwell

2. All Star Hit Parade 2...Dave King--Lita Roza--David Whitfield

3. Broadway Melody.....The Deauville Dance Orchestra

4. You Were Meant For Me.....Vincent Richards & His Orchestra

5. Rock And Roll Waltz......Kay Starr

6. I've Changed My Mind A Thousand Times......Kay Starr

7. Bluebell Polka......Bobby McLeod & His Band

8. The Linton Ploughman......Bobby McLeod

9. Bing Crosby Medley (Part One)......Alvin Dawson

10. Bing Crosby Medley (Part Two)......Alvin Dawson

11. Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No D.19 (Intro)......Charlie Kunz

12. Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No D.19 (Contd.)......Charlie Kunz

The Deauville Dance Band was a musical ensemble that left its mark during the early 20th century.  While the Deauville Dance Band may not be as widely recognized today, their contributions to dance music during that era were significant. They were part of the ever-changing dance music

Bobby MacLeod was a Scottish musician who ran his own Scottish Dance Band and took his musicians all over the British Isles.

He was one of Scottish dance music’s most innovative and inspirational figures, a melodeon player and composer of conspicuous talent and a band leader who really understood what it meant to play for dancing.....In 1948 he and three friends formed a quartet, in between lively dance-music sessions at the Highlanders' Institute in Glasgow.

          7. Bluebell Polka

Two Cities Symphony Orchestra--Kay Starr--Peter Dawson--Sammy Davis--Anne Welch & Norton Collyer & Victor Conway

 Two Columbia Two Capitol Two HMV Two Brunswick & Four Decca...starts 2023 off !! plus no info ! on the Orchestra and the trio of singers on Decca !

1. The Way To The Stars. Part One......Two Cities Symphony Orchestra

2. The Way To The Stars. Part Two......Two Cities Symphony Orchestra

3. If You Love Me......Kay Starr

4. The Man Upstairs......Kay Starr

5. Phil The Fluter's Ball.......Peter Dawson

6. The Mountains O' Mourne......Peter Dawson

7. Frankie And Johnny......Sammy Davis

8. Circus......Sammy Davis

9. The Maid Of The Mountains.Vocal Gems. Part 1..Anne Welch-Norton Collyer-Victor Conway

10.The Maid Of The Mountains.Vocal Gems. Part 2..Anne Welch-Norton Collyer-Victor Conway

        5. Phil The Fluter's Ball

Mitchell Torok--Tab Hunter--Charlie Kunz--Kay Starr--Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra--Alma Cogan

 With one side missing and just one bio, maybe its holidy time and it's Hot in the Caribbean !

1. Caribbean......Mitchell Torok

2. Weep Away......Mitchel Torok

3. Young Love......Tab Hunter

4. Red Sails In The Sunset.....Tab Hunter

5. Piano Medley No D 20 (Part 1)......Charlie Kunz

6. Piano Medley No D 20 (Part 2)......Charlie Kunz

7. Oh Babe......Kay Starr

8. The Texas Song......Kay Starr

9. Six Five Blues......Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra

10. Softly Softly.......Alma Cogan

11. Paper Kisses......Alma Cogan

Kenneth Victor Mackintosh (4 August 1919 – 22 November 2005) was an English saxophonist, composer and bandleader. He accompanied singers such as Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Matt Monro....... After a period in the Army, he went to London, and joined various big bands, such as the Oscar Rabin Band. Following the Second World War, he formed his own orchestra, making appearances at the Astoria Ballroom, Nottingham. He brought his band to the Wimbledon Palais in London, touring extensively at home and abroad. He also had great singing strength with such well-versed vocalists as Kenny Bardell, Gordon Langhorn and The Mackpies. His orchestra was featured on BBC Radio almost every week in the 1950s and early 1960s. In 1955, he appeared in the BBC Light Programme's "festival of dance music" at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Mackintosh also wrote his own music, such as "The Creep" (written under the pseudonym Andy Burton, with Brian Fahey). He had three entries in the UK Singles Chart between 1954 and 1960, with "The Creep" being his highest placed hit record, reaching No. 10 in January 1954. Among his fans was the Queen Mother, for whom he played twice at Windsor Castle. 

        9. Six Five Blues

Eddie Calvert--Josef Locke--Kay Starr--Mario Lanza & Elisabeth Doubleday--Frank Sinatra--Vic Lewis & Jack Parnells Jazzmen.

What is the mystery of Violetta and Kathleen going all the way to Chicago with a Prince carrying a Cannon Ball on the Wheel of Fortune singing the Blues ?

1. Oh Mein Papa......Eddie Calvert

2. Mystery Street......Eddie Calvert

3. Hear My Song Violetta......Josef Locke

4. I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen......Josef Locke

5. Wheel Of Fortune......Kay Starr

6. Wabash Cannon Ball......Kay Starr

7. Summertime In Heidelberg......Mario Lanza & Elisabeth Doubleday

8. Gaudeamus Igitur......Mario Lanza

9. Chicago......Frank Sinatra

10. All The Way......Frank Sinatra

11. Singing The Blues......Vic Lewis And Jack Parnell's Jazzmen

12. Prince Of Wails......Vic Lewis And Jack Parnell's Jazzmen

Joseph McLaughlin (23 March 1917 – 15 October 1999), known professionally as Josef Locke, was an Irish tenor. He was successful in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s.

Known as The Singing Bobby, he became a local celebrity before starting to work the UK variety circuit, where he also played summer seasons in English seaside resorts.

He was signed to the Columbia label in 1947, and his first releases were the two Italian songs "Santa Lucia" and "Come Back to Sorrento".In 1947, Locke released "Hear My Song, Violetta," which became forever associated with him. It was based on a 1936 tango "Hör' mein Lied, Violetta" by Othmar Klose  and Rudolf Lukesch.Locke's other songs were mostly a mixture of ballads associated with Ireland ("I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen", "Dear Old Donegal", "Galway Bay", "The Isle of Innisfree.

Mario Lanza (born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor, actor, and Hollywood film star of the late 1940s and the 1950s who was of Italian ancestry.

His film debut for MGM was in That Midnight Kiss (1949) with Kathryn Grayson and Ethel Barrymore. A year later, in The Toast of New Orleans, his featured popular song "Be My Love" became his first million-selling hit. In 1951, he played the role of tenor Enrico Caruso, his idol, in the biopic The Great Caruso, which produced another million-seller with "The Loveliest Night of the Year" (a song which used the melody of Sobre las Olas). 

 Recorded by Mario Lanza for the 1954 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Student Prince. For contractual reasons, the singing of soprano Ann Blyth (who originally sang with Lanza on two of the numbers) has been replaced by that of Elizabeth Doubleday on this disc. Constantine Callinicos was appointed Mario Lanza's musical director for the film.

Victor Lewis (29 July 1919 – 9 February 2009) was a British jazz guitarist and bandleader. He also enjoyed success as an artists' agent and manager.

Jack Parnell and Lewis formed the Vic Lewis and Jack Parnell Jazzmen (1944-46). Their recording of Ugly Child was a minor hit, prompting Parnell's uncle, the impresario Val Parnell, to book them on to the variety circuit. When Parnell left to join Ted Heath, Lewis's remaining Jazzmen continued to play the dancehalls.

        6. Wabash Cannon Ball

Kay Starr--Frank Weir--Deanna Durbin--Frank Sinatra--Eddie Calvert--Johnny Otis Show

 We dream at midnight with Ma holding a rose making believe its summer so a dip in the fountain in the dark looking for a treasure but only found coins !

1. Am I A Toy Or A Treasure......Kay Starr

2. Fortune In Dreams......Kay Starr

3. I Didn't Know About You......Frank Weir & The Astor Club 7.(vocal.. Anne Lenner)

4. I'm Making Believe......Frank Weir & The Astyor Club 7. (vocal...Lynne Shaw)

5. The Last Rose Of Summer......Deanna Durbin

6. Because......Deanna Durbin

7. Three Coins In The Fountain......Frank Sinatra

8. I Could Have Told You So......Frank Sinatra

9. Midnight......Eddie Calvert

10. Margot's Minuet......Eddie Calvert

11. Ma He's Making Eyes At Me......The Johnny Otis Show

12. Romance In The Dark......The Johnny Otis Show

Catherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922 – November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was of Iroquois and Irish heritage. Starr was successful in every field of music she tried (jazz, pop, and country), but her roots were in jazz.Most of Starr's songs had jazz influences. Like those of Frankie Laine and Johnnie Ray, they were sung in a style that anticipated rock and roll songs. These included her hits "Wheel of Fortune" (her biggest hit, No. 1 for 10 weeks), "Side by Side", "The Man Upstairs", and "Rock and Roll Waltz". One of her biggest hits was her version of "(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man with the Bag", a Christmas song that became a holiday favorite.

Anne Lenner (1912–1997) was a popular English female vocalist, singing with the dance bands of the 1930s and 1940s. She is most closely associated with Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans, a band who regularly played at the Savoy Hotel in London; she made many studio recordings with this band. The British bands played a softer version of the swing jazz popular in the USA during the 1930s and 1940s.

During the war years, Lenner sang with a number of other bands notably Jay Wilbur, Jack White, Louis Levy, and Frank Weir at the Astor club where George Shearing was in the band. She only recorded a handful of songs with these bands.

Johnny Otis (born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes; December 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012) was an American singer, musician, composer, arranger, bandleader, talent scout, disc jockey, record producer, television show host, artist, author, journalist, minister, and impresario. He was a seminal influence on American R&B and rock and roll. He discovered numerous artists early in their careers who went on to become highly successful in their own right, including Little Esther Phillips, Etta James, Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Ace, Jackie Wilson, Little Willie John, Hank Ballard.

He continued to perform and appeared on TV shows in Los Angeles from 1957. On the strength of their success, he signed with Capitol Records. Featuring the singer Marie Adams and with his band, now known as the Johnny Otis Show, he made a comeback, at first in the British charts with "Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me" in 1957. 

        10. Margot's Minuet