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

The Weavers--Slim Whitman--The Stargazers--Frank Sinatra--Marion Ryan--Tommy Steele

 Tommy Steele Say's It All "With A Handful Of Songs" !!

1. On Top Of Old Smoky......The Weavers with Terry Gilkyson

2. Across The Wide Missouri......The Weavers with Terry Gilkyson

3. Tell Me......Slim Whitman

4. Tumbling Tumbleweeds......Slim Whitman

5. I See The Moon......The Stargazers

6. El Cumpari......The Stargazers

7. The Coffee Song......Frank Sinatra

8. The Stars Will Remember

9. Love Me Forever......Marion Ryan

10. Make The man Love Me......Marion Ryan

11. A Handful Of Songs......Tommy Steele

12. Water Water......Tommy Steele

The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. They sang traditional folk songs from around the world, as well as blues, gospel music, children's songs, labor songs, and American ballads, and sold millions of records at the height of their popularity. Their style inspired the commercial "folk boom" that followed them in the 1950s and 1960s, including such performers as the Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul, and Mary, the Rooftop Singers, the Seekers, Joan Baez, Don Mclean and Bob Dylan.

"Terry" Gilkyson, singer and songwriter, wrote several of the biggest hit records of the early 1950s. His "Memories are Made of This" became both a number one song for Dean Martin in 1956 and a clever catchphrase for the nostalgia boom. He recorded two albums of folk songs, The Solitary Singer, volumes 1 and 2, in 1950 and 1951, but had his first hit record in 1951 when he joined The Weavers, with "On Top of Old Smokey".

The Stargazers were a British vocal group, jointly founded in 1949 by Cliff Adams and Ronnie Milne. Other original members were Marie Benson, Fred Datchler and Dick James.

Very shortly after the group made their first broadcasts with BBC Radio on such programs as Workers' Playtime, Dick James decided to resume his career as a solo vocalist, left the group, and was replaced by Bob Brown. Ronnie Milne took care of the musical arranging, while Cliff Adams became their manager, in addition to contributing scores for the group. In September 1953, Milne left the Stargazers to emigrate to Canada, and was replaced in the group by Dave Carey. The group served as backing vocalists for Petula Clark on her first recordings.

Marion Ryan (4 February 1931 – 15 January 1999) was a popular British singer in the 1950s.

She was once called "the Marilyn Monroe of popular song", Marion Ryan was a pop singer of the 1950s in the early years of British Independent Television. Her song "Love Me Forever" peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart in 1958. She was the regular singer in the popular musical quiz Spot the Tune on Granada Television for seven years from 1956, with a total of 209 half-hour programmes.

Sir Thomas Hicks, OBE (born 17 December 1936), known professionally as Tommy Steele, is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star. He reached number one with "Singing the Blues" in 1957, and The Tommy Steele Story was the first album by a UK act to reach number 1 in his native country.

Steele's film credits include Half a Sixpence, The Happiest Millionaire and Finian's Rainbow and he has made many stage tours in the UK. He is also a songwriter, author and sculptor.

        12. Water Water