Ken Mackintosh--Winifred Atwell--Joe Loss--Frankie Laine--Perry Como--Harry James

 A bit heavy with the Dogs with this selection !!

1. Good Boogdi Googie.Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra.v Gordon Langhorn

2. Tin Pan Alley Ball...Ken mackuntosh & His Orchestra..Vocal Beryl Reid

3. Port Au Prince......Winifred Atwell

4. Startime......Winifred Atwell

5. Forget Me Not......Joe Loss & His Orchestra...Vocal Howard Jones

6. Isle Of Innisfree......Joe Loss & His Orchestra....Vocal Rose Brennan

7. Love Is A Golden Ring......Frankie Laine

8. There's Not A Moment To Spare.......Frankie Laine

9. It Only Happens When I Dance With You......Perry Como

10. Because......Perry Como

11. Easter Parade.......Harry James & His Orchestra

12. Cherry.......Harry James & His Orchestra

        11. Easter Parade

Eve Boswell--Edmund Hockridge--Perry Como--Joe Fingers Carr--Stan Freberg--Harry Roy

 No info on this selection...all info further down in other posts !!

1. Pickin' A Chicken......Eve Boswell

2. Blue Star.,.....Eve Boswell

3. My Boy Bill......Edmund Hockridge

4. My Little Girl.....Edmund Hockridge

5. Kewpie Doll......Perry Como

6. Dance Only With me......Perry Como

7. Somebody Stole My Gal......Joe Fingers Carr

8. Heading For Home......joe Fingers Carr

9. The Yellow Rose Of Texas.......Stan Freberg

10. Rock Around Stephen Foster......Stan Freberg

11. Leicester Square Rag.......Harry Roy & His Orchestra

12. That Mysterious Rag......Harry Roy & His Orchestra

          7. Somebody Stole My Gal

Edmund Hockridge--London Piano Accordion Band--Perry Como--The Don Sesta Accordion Band--Charlie Barnet & Orchestra--Fred Hartley's Quintet & Webster Booth

 Accordion bands mixed with swing...and vocals times two, although on the rest of the songs the vocals come in eventually !!.....talk about a late entrance !!....and what a difference in the style of singing on track 4 (????) which is the sound bite, and track 5 (1959)

Selection ending with a classical pitch !!

1. Shangri La......Edmund Hockridge

2. All At Once You Love Me......Edmund Hockridge

3. Please Believe Me......London Piano Accordion Band with Vocal

4. Poor Little Angeline.......London Piano Accordion with Vocal

5. Tomboy......Perry Como

6. Kiss Me And Kiss Me And Kiss Me.....Perry Como

7. Oh Johanna......The Don Sesta Accordion Band with The Destifano Brothers

8. My Moonlight Madonna......The Sesta Accordion Band with The Destifano Brothers

9. Swingin' On Nothin'.......Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra vocal Ford Leary

10. Pompton Turnpike......Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra

11. In Old Madrid......Fred Hartley's Quintet with Webster Booth

12. Toselli's Serenade (Come Back)......Fred Hartley's Quintet With Webster Booth.

          4. Poor Little Angeline

Johnnie Ray--Mario Lanza--Perry Como--Bing Crosby--Buddy Cole--Tennessee Ernie Ford

 It seems the girl and the boy are traveling to Granada then Copacabana in the moonlight with plenty of time so lets hope they had a lovely night of that year !

1. As Time Goes By......Johnnie Ray

2. To Every Girl To Every Boy.......Johnnie Ray

3. The Loveliest Night Of The Year......Mario Lanza

4. La Donna E Mobile.......Mario Lanza

5. Did You Ever Get That feeling In The Moonlight.....Perry Como

6. Till The End Of Time......Perry Como

7. Granada......Bing Crosby

8.  Copacabana......Bing Crosby

9. You're Breaking my Heart......Buddy Cole

10. Song Of Surrender......Buddy Cole

11. Sixteen Tons......Tennessee Ernie Ford

12. You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry......Tennessee Ernie Ford

Buddy Clark (born Samuel Goldberg, July 26, 1912 – October 1, 1949) was an American popular singer of the Big Band era. He had some success in the 1930s, but his career truly blossomed in the late 1940s, after his return from service in World War II, and he became one of the nation's top crooners. He died in a plane crash in 1949.

In 1949 Clark opened the year with "Powder Your Face With Sunshine" again a duet with Doris Day on a top 15 seller and two more that were top 25 tunes - "I Love You So Much It Hurts" with Earl Hagen's band on and "It's A Big Wide Wonderful World" from the Broadway show "All In Fun" with Mitchell Ayres on In the spring of 1949 Clark recorded another duet, this time with Dinah Shore on the tune "Baby It's Cold Outside" from the film "Neptunes Daughter" on It was another huge hit remaining a top seller for five months and topping out at number four on the national charts. This was followed by another top five seller and a long time hit parade mainstay "You're Breaking My Heart" with the orchestra of Harry Zimmerman on In the fall "A Dreamer's Holiday" was recorded with Ted Dale's orchestra on, and it was another big seller for Clark and Columbia Records that went to number 12 on the charts.

          12. You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry

Jay Wilbur & His Band--The Rhythm Rascals--The King Brothers--David Hughes--P.T.Kirpinchek & P.S. Sellinik--Krasovsky--Vera Lynn--Perry Como,

 It seem like we might be on an Island with a Cossack in the corner in his rockin' shoes holding a letter to his Mother and son and it could be rain in the valley !!!

1. Wheezy Anna//A Letter To My Mother......Jay Wilber And His Band

2. Just an Echo In The Valley//Standing On The Corner......The Rhythm Rascals (Jay Wilbur) ??

3. In The Middle Of An Island......The King Brothers

4. Rockin' Shoes......The King Brothers

5. Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing.......David Hughes

6. Bella Notte......David Hughes

7. Cossack Song.......P.T. Kirpinchek & P.S. Sellinik with Orch Bolshoi Theatre Moscow

8. From Border To Border......Krasovsky with Orch Bolshoi Theatre Moscow

9. My Son My Son......Vera Lynn

10. Our Heaven On Earth......Vera Lynn

11. More Than You know......Perry Como

12. A Garden In the Rain......Perry Como

James Edward Wilbur (1898–1968) was a British bandleader and prolifically recorded musician identified with and influential in the era of Big Band and British dance band music.With his own name and under many pseudonyms, his recordings appeared on a variety of labels, including Imperial, Eclipse, Rex and Crown.

Jay Wilbur and His Band performed extensively for Allied military servicemembers during World War II. He is known for recording established tunes while rendering them in foxtrot style.

          4. Rockin' Shoes

Nat King Cole--Phil Ohman & Victor Arden & Orchestra--Reginald Dixon--The Vipers Skiffle Group--Kentucky Minstrels--Perry Como

 Mixed Bag !!....an Organ...Skiffle...an Orchestra...and Minstrels Crooner at the beginning and Crooner at the end !!

1. Tenderly......Nat King Cole

2. Why......Nat King Cole

3. Me And My Shadow......Phil Ohman & Victor Arden & Their Orchestra

4. Broken Hearted......Phil Ohman & Victor Arden & Their Orchestra

5. Dixonland No4..Part 1......Reginald Dixon

6. Dixonland No 4..Part 2......Reginald Dixon

7. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O......The Vipers Skiffle Group

8. 10,0000 Years Ago......The Vipers Skiffle Group

9. Abide With Me. Part 1.....Kentucky Minstrels

10. Abide With Me.Part 2......Kentucky Minstrels

11. I'm Confessing.....Perry Como

12. I'll Always Be With You......Perry Como

Phil Ohman (October 7, 1896 – August 8, 1954) was an American film composer and pianist.He is remembered as being one half of one of the pre-eminent piano duos in the 1922-1932, paired with Victor Arden. They were the pit pianists in many of George Gershwin's musicals, and recorded hundreds of piano rolls and records. Starting in mid 1927, just as they signed to Victor Records, they developed a large studio orchestra specializing in Broadway show songs that became quite popular. These particular records employed a rather large, brassy powerful sound (it is not known who they used as arranger), always with a space for a twin piano duet section.

Victor Arden was the stage name for an American pianist named Lewis John Fuiks (8 March 1893 — 31 July 1962) who was best known as the piano duo partner of and co-orchestra leader with Phil Ohman from 1922 to 1932. He was the pianist in the All-Star Trio, who made several hits for Victor Records between 1919 and 1921.

Reginald Herbert Dixon, MBE, ARCM (16 October 1904 – 9 May 1985) was an English theatre organist who was primarily known for his position as organist at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool, a position he held from March 1930 until March 1970. He made and sold more recordings than any other organist before him, or since. He was in high demand throughout the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. During his fifty-year career he was one of the top-selling artists, his prolific output ranking alongside that of Victor Silvester and Bing Crosby.

Between 1932 and 1958, Reginald Dixon released some 296 records on 78rpm discs.

The Vipers Skiffle Group – later known simply as The Vipers – were one of the leading British groups during the skiffle period of the mid to late 1950s, and were important in the careers of radio and television presenter Wally Whyton, coffee bar manager Johnny Martyn, wire salesman Jean Van den Bosch, instrument repairer Tony Tolhurst, journalist John Pilgrim, record producer George Martin, and several members of The Shadows.The group formed in the spring of 1956 in central London, originally as a trio of singer-guitarists comprising Whyton, Johnny Martyn (born John Martyn Booker, 1934–2007), and Jean Van den Bosch, who was replaced in 1958 by Freddy Lloyd. Later that summer they added a rhythm section, Tony Tolhurst (bass) and John Pilgrim (washboard), and took up residency at the renowned Soho music venue, the 2i's Coffee Bar. There, they sometimes jammed with jazz musician Mike Pratt and singer Tommy Hicks, later known as Tommy Steele. In September 1956 they were offered an audition with George Martin at Parlophone Records, and won a recording contract. 

Their second single, "Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O", produced by Martin, reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart in early 1957.

Doris Arnold was born on November 4, 1904 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. She is known for The Kentucky Minstrels (1948), Looking In (1933) and Sunshine Ahead (1936).

The Kentucky Minstrels was a popular series of BBC radio programmes broadcast regularly in Britain between 1933 and 1950. Despite the fact that the show could only be heard and not seen, it retained the conventional format of minstrel shows, with a "white" compere or "Interlocutor", and "black" comedy "end men" and entertainers.

The popularity of the show led to  a film in 1934, Kentucky Minstrels. 

         7. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O

Billy Cotton--The Blue Hungarian Band--Folk Dance Orchestra--Paul Robeson--Gordon Jenkins--Perry Como

 Its seems we have a Walk a Stroll And a Waltz with Irene and Ma.....Tzena Chi-Baba

1. Down By The Old Zuyder Zee......Billy Cotton & His band

2. Strolling Down The Strand......Billy Cotton & His Band

3. Merry Widow Waltz......The Blue Hungarian Band

4. A Waltz Dream......The Blue Hungarian Band

5. Tancuj......Folk Dance Orchestra

6. Trojky / La Vinca......Folk Dance Orchestra

7. Trees........Paul Robeson

8. Songs My Mother Taught Me.......Paul Robeson

9. Goodnight Irene......Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra

10. Tzena Tzena Tzena......Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra

11. When You Were Sweet Sixteen......Perry Como

12. Chi-Baba Chi-Baba.......Perry Como

William Edward Cotton (6 May 1899 – 25 March 1969) as Billy Cotton was an English band leader and entertainer, one of the few whose orchestras survived the British dance band era. Cotton is now mainly remembered as a 1950s and 1960s radio and television personality, but his musical career had begun in the 1920s. In his younger years, Billy Cotton was also an amateur footballer for Brentford (and later, for the then Athenian league club Wimbledon), an accomplished racing driver and the owner of a Gipsy Moth, which he piloted himself. His autobiography, I Did It My Way, was published in 1970...After the war, he started his successful Sunday lunchtime radio show on BBC, the Billy Cotton Band Show, which ran from 1949 to 1968. In the 1950s, composer Lionel Bart contributed comedy songs to the show. It regularly opened with the band's signature tune and Cotton's call of "Wakey Wakey". From 1956, it was also broadcast on BBC television. Cotton often also provided vocals on many of his band's recordings, in addition to work as a vocalist on recordings that did not feature his band.

Gordon Hill Jenkins (May 12, 1910 – May 1, 1984) was an American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s. 

In 1945, Jenkins joined Decca Records. In 1947, he had his first million-seller with "Maybe You'll Be There" featuring vocalist Charles LaVere and, in 1949, had a hit with Victor Young's film theme "My Foolish Heart", which was also a success for Billy Eckstine. At the same time, he regularly arranged for and conducted the orchestra for various Decca artists, including Dick Haymes ("Little White Lies", 1947), Ella Fitzgerald ("Happy Talk", 1949, "Black Coffee", 1949, "Baby", 1954), Billie Holiday ("Crazy He Calls Me", "You're My Thrill", "Please Tell Me Now", "Somebody's on My Mind", 1949, and conducted and produced her last Decca session with "God Bless the Child", "This Is Heaven to Me", 1950), Patty Andrews of the Andrews Sisters ("I Can Dream, Can't I", 1949) and Louis Armstrong ("Blueberry Hill", 1949 and "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", 1951).

          3. The Merry Widow Waltz

Kalin Twins--Frank Sinatra--The Big Ben Banjo Band--Perry Como--Jim Dale--Rosemary Clooney

 Two Grey Two Black Two Green Two Redish Brown Two Reds And Two Blues....so you can do the Polka or take a walk with a girl called Annaliesa at three doing what you shouldn't !!.. or maybe eating Mangos on a little Horse !!

1. When......Kalin Twins

2. Three O'Clock Thrill......Kalin Twins

3. You'll Never Walk Alone......Frank Sinatra

4. If I Loved You.....Frank Sinatra

5. The I.O.U. Polka......The Big Ben Banjo Band

6. Annaliesa......The Big Ben Banjo Band

7. Temptation......Perry Como

8. Surrender......Perry Como

9. Be My Girl......Jim Dale

10. You Shouldn't Do That......Jim Dale

11. Mangos......Rosemary Clooney

12. All The Pretty Little Horses

The Kalin Twins (born February 16, 1934), also known as Hal and Herbie, were an American pop singing, songwriting and recording duo, formed in 1958 by twin brothers Harold Kalin and Herbert Kalin. The duo is best remembered for their number one 1958 hit "When".

The Kalins were the first set of twins to reach number one in the UK as a duo, followed years later by The Proclaimers. They were supported by Cliff Richard on their only UK tour. Their second single, "Forget Me Not", reached Number 12 in the US Billboard chart later in 1958. After two further low-ranking entries in 1959, they never reached the charts again.

Eventually, disillusioned with diminishing returns, the brothers returned to their day jobs, with each pursuing college degrees. They did not perform again until 1977, when a mutual friend booked them to appear at his new nightclub. 

They disappeared again as a performing act, until 1989. Then, their one-time support act, Cliff Richard, invited them to play at his Wembley Stadium 'The Event' concerts, as part of a sequence paying homage to the 1950s television pop show, Oh Boy!

The Big Ben Banjo Band was a musical group that had a hit single in 1954 with "Let's Get Together No. 1". The single peaked at number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. The band was established by Norrie Paramor in the early 1950s.

Jim Dale MBE (born James Smith; 15 August 1935) is an English actor, composer, director, narrator, singer and songwriter. In the United Kingdom he is known as a pop singer of the 1950s who became a leading actor at the National Theatre. In British film, he became one of the regulars in the Carry On films, along with Leslie Phillips, Bernard Cribbins, Valerie Leon, Kenneth Cope, Julian Holloway, Hugh Futcher, Anita Harris, Amanda Barrie, Jacki Piper, Angela Douglas and Patricia Franklin. Of all the regulars, Dale was the most prolific cast member.

At the age of 22 he became the first pop singer to work with George Martin, who produced all his hit records. Several of his songs entered the UK Singles Chart, including "Be My Girl" (1957, UK No. 2), "Just Born (To Be Your Baby)" (1958, UK No. 27), "Crazy Dream" (1958, UK No. 24), and "Sugartime" (1958, UK No. 25).

Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me", "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There", and "This Ole House". She also had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly due to problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002.

          12. Mangos

Bill Haley--The Mills Brothers--Johnny Duncan--Andy Williams--Choir HM Chapels Royal--Perry Como

 A nice set labels hides some classic songs.. rocking on the train with dogs and a butterfly whilst the mandolins play and the world goes round  !..the two red ones are a bit scratchy should have kept away from the hound dogs !!

1. Razzle Dazzzle......Bill Haley

2. Two Hound Dogs......Bill Haley

3. Till Then.....The Mills Brothers

4. You Always Hurt The One You Love.....The Mills Brothers

5. Last Train To San Fernando......Johnny Duncan

6. Rock a Billy Baby......Johnny Duncan

7. Butterfly......Andy Williams

8. It Doesn't Take Very Long......Andy Williams

9. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring......Choir Of H.M Chapels Royal

10. Gabriel's Message & Born This Day......Choir Of H. M Chapels Royal

11. Mandolins In The Moonlight......Perry Como

12. Love Makes The World Go Round......Perry Como

                                                                    ANDY WILLIAMS

Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, along with numerous TV specials. The Andy Williams Show won three Emmy awards. He sold more than 45 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States.

Williams's solo career began in 1953. He recorded six sides for RCA Victor's label "X", but none was a popular hit.

After landing a spot as a regular on the Tonight Starring Steve Allen in 1954, Williams was signed to a recording contract with Cadence Records, a small label in New York, run by conductor Archie Bleyer. Williams's third single, "Canadian Sunset", reached number seven in the top 10 in August 1956; it was followed in February 1957 by his only Billboard number-one hit, "Butterfly", a cover of a Charlie Gracie record. "Butterfly" was also number one for two weeks on the UK Singles Chart in May 1957. More hit records followed.

          8. It Doesn't Take Very Long