Maxine Sullivan--The Ames Brothers--Jay Wilbur--Lee Lawrence--Geraldo--Victor Silvester

If your sweetheart's name is Jeanie then get her on the dance floor for a Waltz or a Quickstep and even a Beguine while the Moon is Glowing !....and don't forget to whistle !..and mind the River !

1. I Dream Of Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair......Maxine Sullivan

2. Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes......Maxine Sullivan

3. You You You......The Ames Brothers

4. My Love My Life My Happiness......The Ames Brothers

5. I Love To Whistle......Jay Wilbur And His Band

6. So Long Sweetheart......Jay Wilbur & His Band

7. Waltzing The Blues......Lee Lawrence

8. The Good Book Says......lee Lawrence

9. Sand In My Shoes......Geraldo & His Orchestra..vocal Dorothy Carless

10. Russian Rose......Geraldo & His Orchestra..vocal Dorothy Careless

11. Moonglow......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

12. The Banks Of The Seine......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

Maxine Sullivan (May 13, 1911 – April 7, 1987), born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States, was an American jazz vocalist and performer.

Early recording sessions in 1937 yielded a hit recording of a swing version of the Scottish folk song "Loch Lomond" featuring Sullivan on vocals. This early success "branded" Sullivan's style, leading her to sing similar swing arrangements of traditional folk tunes mostly arranged by Thornhill, such as "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" and "I Dream of Jeanie". Her early popularity also led to a brief appearance in the 1938 film Going Places with Louis Armstrong.

The Ames Brothers were an American singing quartet, consisting of four siblings from Malden, Massachusetts, who were particularly famous in the 1950s for their traditional pop hits.

The brothers were swept into national top billing with their first hit record, "Rag Mop", in January 1950. Doing radio shows for free at times, just for the experience, they later became regulars on such shows as Arthur Godfrey and His Friends. One of the first acts to appear on the original The Ed Sullivan Show when it was known as Toast of the Town, the foursome made their debut with him when the show was telecast live from Wanamaker's Department Store.

          5. I Love To Whistle

Ted Heath--John Bonner--Joe Mr Piano Henderson--John McCormack--Charlie Kunz--Lee Lawrence

 A Great mix of styles...and a surprise for me...I didn't think that they had the technology in the 30's/40's for a singer to sing with their selves as on the Boy Soprano John Bonner and as a Bass Baritone !....Aled Jones Made an L/P  One Voice which he sang with his younger self in about 2016...

1. Lullaby Of Birdland......Ted Heath And His Music

2. Seven Eleven......Ted Heath And His Music

3. Angels Guard Thee......John Bonner Boy Soprano /Bass Baritone

4. Somewhere A Voice Is Calling......John Bonner Boy Soprano / Bass Baritone

5. Jangle Box Rag......Joe Mr Piano Henderson

6. Theme From Modern Times (Smile).......Joe Mr Piano Henderson

7. Mother Machree......John McCormack

8. I Hear You Calling Me......John McCormack

9. Charlie Kunz Medley No D 98 ( Part One).......Charlie Kunz

10. Charlie Kunz Medley No D 98 ( Part Two).......Charlie Kunz

11. Young And Foolish......Lee Lawrence

12. Don't Tell Me Not To Love You.......Lee Lawrence

John Bonner was a chorister at Manchester Cathedral during the late 20s and early 30s. He made several records as a boy soprano, and later as a baritone. He had his voice dubbed onto two of his earlier records, Somewhere a Voice is Calling and Angels Guard Thee.

          1. Lullaby Of Birdland

Noman Wisdom--Lee Lawrence--Mantovani & His Orchestra--Eric Delaney & His Band--Vera Lynn--Ronnie Hilton.

 Plenty of loving in this selection... couple with hearts (Cuor)!! and three colours !!

1. Don't Laugh At Me......Norman Wisdom

2. Once In Love With Amy......Norman Wisdom

3. With These Hands......Lee Lawrence

4. You're Heartless.......Lee Lawrence

5. The Green Cockatoo......Mantovani & His Orchestra

6. Cuor Ingrato......Mantovani & His Orchestra

7. Oranges & Lemons......Eric Delaney & His Band

8. Delany's Delight......Eric Delaney & His Band

9. Concerto For Two......Vera Lynn

10. What More Can I Say......Vera Lynn

11. A Woman In Love.......Ronnie Hilton

12. I Just Found Out About Love.....Ronnie Hilton

Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, OBE (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character that was often called Norman Pitkin. He was awarded the 1953 BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles following the release of Trouble in Store, his first film in a lead role.

On 31 December 1976, Wisdom performed his theme song "Don't Laugh at Me ('cause I'm a Fool)" on BBC1's A Jubilee of Music, celebrating British pop music for Queen Elizabeth II's impending Silver Jubilee. Wisdom had performed in front of the Queen at many Royal Command Performances, the first being in 1952.

            12. I Just Found Out About Love

Al Martino--Yehudi Menuhin--The Tanner Sisters--The Hedley Ward Trio--Victor Silvester & Orchestra--Lee Lawrence--Vincent Howard & His Dance Band

 

  A Number 1 for Al Martino in England in 1953 starts this selection off...followed by a very young "Master" Yehudi Menuhin...ending in a Dance Band from the early 1930's

1. Here In My Heart......Al Martino

2. I Cried Myself To Sleep....Al Martino

3. La Capricciosa......Master Yehudi Menuhin

4. Allegro......Master Yehudi Menuhin

5. Goodnight Irene......The Tanner Sisters

6. When He's All Dolled Up......The Hedley Ward Trio

7. Fascination.......Victor Silvester & His Orchestra

8. With All My Heart......Victor Silvester & His Orchestra

9. A Beggar In Love.......Lee Lawrence

10. Wher'er You Go......Lee Lawrence

11. Fairy On The Clock......Vincent Howard & His Dance Orchestra

12. Monte Carlo......Vincent Howard & His Dance Orchestra

Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, (22 April 1916 – 12 March 1999) was an American-born violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain. He is widely considered one of the great violinists of the 20th century. He played the Soil Stradivarius, considered one of the finest violins made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari.

Menuhin worked with famous jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli in the 1970s on Jalousie, an album of 1930s classics led by duetting violins backed by the Alan Claire Trio.

His recording contract with EMI lasted almost 70 years and is the longest in the history of the music industry. He made his first recording at age 13 in November 1929, and his last in 1999, when he was nearly 83 years old. He recorded over 300 works for EMI, both as a violinist and as a conductor. 

Stella Tanner was born in 1925 and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She left her focus on dramatic acting to form the Tanner Sisters with her sister, Frances Tanner. Together, the Tanner Sisters made hundreds of appearances on British radio and television during the 1950s, even performing alongside Buddy Holly in March 1958. The Tanner Sisters often performed with the Hedley Ward Trio, first appearing with them on the Educating Archie radio show from 1950 to 1952.

Hedley Ward was one of the foremost British bandleaders of the 30s, 40s and 50s, and his Trio featured in many radio and television broadcasts, and are still to be heard on archive programmes. The Trio was made up of Jack Mckechnie, guitar; Derek Franklin Bass; Bob Carter, Piano. Derek Franklin was also known as the second husband of actress Beryl Reid.

      11. Fairy On The Clock

Guy Mitchell--The Excelsior Quartette--Edmund Hockridge--Lee Lawrence--Ronnie Ronalde

Some Colour in this one !....and Gran and Grandad get a mention but we are still dancing and roving in Rome !

1. The Roving Kind......Guy Mitchell

2. Your Not In my Arms Tonight.....Guy Mitchell

3. My Grandfathers Clock......The Excelsior Quartette

4. The Mistletoe Bough......The Excelsior Quartette

5. Congress Dances Part 1......Soloists Chorus & Orchestra

6. Congress Dances Part 2......Soloists Chorus & Orchestra

7. By The Fountains Of Rome......Edmund Hockridge

8. I'll Need Your love.......Edmund Hockridge

9. Marta ......Lee Lawrence

10. The World Is Mine Tonight......Lee Lawrence

11. Mockingbird Hill......Ronnie Ronalde

12. Grandmother's Wedding Dress......Ronnie Ronalde

                                             The Excelsior Quartette

This was an African-American vocal group that recorded primarily for Okeh in 1922, although they also recorded two sides for Gennett and two for Black Swan Records as "Excelsior Norfolk Quartette"). Personnel included:....Vernon Jones 1st Tenor...James C. Brown, 2nd Tenor

Johnny Brown, Baritone....C.C. Parker, Bass

Lee Lawrence (born Julius Leon Sirota, 1 September 1920 – 25 February 1961) was a British singer who was popular in the 1950s.He made his first recordings for Decca Records in the late 1940s. His songs included "How Can You Buy Killarney", "Song of Capri", "So Ends My Search For My Dream", all in 1949; "The World is Mine Tonight" (his theme song) in 1950; "With These Hands", "A Beggar in Love", and "Vanity" in 1951; "At Last, At Last" and "The Man in the Black Sombrero" in 1952; "Crying in the Chapel" in 1953; and "Suddenly There's a Valley" in 1955. 

He was a popular attraction on the British variety circuit in the early and mid 1950s, and had his own series on Radio Luxembourg in 1955. After losing popularity to rock and roll performers in Britain, and failing to have a hit with the song "Rock'n'Roll Opera" which parodied such singers as Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent and Tommy Steele, he moved in 1957 to the US, where he performed cabaret shows in the Catskills "Borscht Belt".

          11. Mockingbird Hill