Showing posts with label Nellie Lutcher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nellie Lutcher. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 January 2025

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

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Ronnie Hilton--Nellie Lutcher--Al Jolson--Josef Locke--Jeanette Macdonald & Nelson Eddy--Norman Long


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1. Wonderful Wonderful......Ronnie Hilton
2. The Miracle Of Love......Ronnie Hilton
3. He's A Real Gone Guy.......Nellie Lutcher
4. You Better Watch Yourself Bud.......Al Jolson
5. Rock a Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody......Al Jolson
6. California Here I Come......Al Jolson
7. Down In The Glen......Josef Locke
8. Within This Heart Of Mine.......Josef Locke
9. Indian Love Call......Jeanette Macdonald & Nelson Eddy
10. Ah Sweet Mystery Of Life......Jeanette Macdonald & Nelson Eddy
11. Monday Morning......Norman Long
12. My Little Austin Seven......Norman Long 

Nellie Rose Lutcher (October 15, 1912 – June 8, 2007) was an American R&B and jazz singer and pianist, who gained prominence in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Lutcher was most recognizable for her diction and exaggerated pronunciation and was credited as an influence by Nina Simone among others.She was signed by Capitol and made several records, including "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" and her first hit single, the risqué "Hurry On Down",In 1948, she had a string of further R&B chart hits, the most successful being "Fine Brown Frame", her third No. 2 R&B hit. Her songs charted on the pop, jazz, and R&B charts, she toured widely and became well known. She wrote many of her own which went to No. 2 on the Billboard rhythm and blues chart. This was followed by her equally successful composition "He's A Real Gone Guy", which also made No. 2 on the R&B chart and crossed over to the pop charts where it reached No. 15.
Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (The Love Parade, Love Me Tonight, The Merry Widow and One Hour With You) and Nelson Eddy (Naughty Marietta, Rose-Marie, and Maytime). During the 1930s and 1940s she starred in 29 feature films, four nominated for Best Picture Oscars (The Love Parade, One Hour with You, Naughty Marietta and San Francisco), and recorded extensively, earning three gold records. She later appeared in opera, concerts, radio, and television. MacDonald was one of the most influential sopranos of the 20th century, introducing opera to film-going audiences and inspiring a generation of singers.

Norman Stuart Long (26 March 1893–10 January 1951) was an English singer, pianist and comic entertainer, who was one of the earliest stars of BBC Radio..
 He made his first stage appearance at the Lewisham Hippodrome in 1919, billed as "A song, a smile, and a piano". He made his first radio appearance in November 1922, on the 2LO station set up by the newly-established British Broadcasting Company. His billing was soon changed to "A song, a joke, and a piano" when it was realised that a smile could not be conveyed over radio, and he described himself as "Norman Long - all teeth and trousers".With his "non-stop patter" as well as his skills as a singer and pianist, he remained a popular radio entertainer over the next 25 years. From 1925 he also made recordings of his own comic songs, mostly released on the Columbia label. These included such titles as "Back I Went to the Ministry of Labour", "Why Is the Bacon So Tough?", and "Never Have a Bath with Your Wristwatch On".

          3. He's A Real Gone Guy