Ambrose& His Orchestra--Pat O'Malley--Eddie Fisher--Richard Tauber--Mantovani & Sidney Torch--Bing Crosby

Seems like we have a water theme in this selection !..with a Lover in the moonlight by the river or asleep by the Lagoon !!

1. I'm Sending My Blessings......Ambrose & His Orchestra (vocal George Melachrino)

2. By The River Of The Roses....Ambrose & His Orchestra (Vocal George Melachrino)

3. Soon......Pat O'Malley

4. Down By The River.....Pat O'Malley

5. Trust In Me......Eddie Fisher

6. Forgive Me......Eddie Fisher

7. Lover Come Back To Me......Richard Tauber

8. My Moonlight Madonna.....Richard Tauber

9. Intermezzo......Mantovani & Sidney Torch

10. By The Sleepy Lagoon......Mantovani & Sidney Torch

11. It Must be True......Bing Crosby

12. Be Honest With Me......Bing Crosby

James Rudolph O'Malley (15 March 1904 – 27 February 1985) was an English actor and singer who appeared in many American films and television programmes from the 1940s to 1982, using the stage name J. Pat O'Malley. He also appeared on the Broadway stage in Ten Little Indians (1944) and Dial M for Murder (1954)

Born into an Irish family in Burnley, Lancashire, O’Malley sang with Jack Hylton and his orchestra in the United Kingdom from 1930 to 1935. Known at that time as Pat O'Malley, in 1930 he sang "Amy, Wonderful Amy", a song about aviator Amy Johnson, performed by Jack Hylton's band.

At the end of 1935 Hylton and O'Malley came to the United States to record with a band composed of American musicians, thus emulating Ray Noble and Al Bowlly. 

Sidney Torch MBE (born Sidney Torchinsky; 5 June 1908 – 16 July 1990) was a British pianist, cinema organist, conductor, orchestral arranger and a composer of light music. His first professional job was as accompanist to the violinist Albert Sandler. He worked as an accompanist before getting a job playing the piano with the Orchestra of the Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, London.

Torch then played the organ in a number of London cinemas (amongst others, the Regal, Edmonton) and in 1937 he became the Chief Organist of the new Gaumont State Cinema, Kilburn.

         1. I'm Sending My Blessings

The Andrews Sisters--Val Rosing--Richard Tauber--Mantovani--Tony Brent--Art & Dottie Todd

1. South American Way......The Andrews Sisters

2. Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat......The Andrews Sisters

3. Stormy Weather......Val Rosing

4. My Love Song......Val Rosing

5. Tristesse......Richard Tauber

6. Kiss Me Again......Richard Tauber

7. Softly Softly......Mantovani & His Orchestra

8. Longing......Mantovani & His Orchestra

9. Sway......Tony Brent

10. Three Coins In The Fountain......Tony Brent

11. Broken Wings......Art & Dottie Todd

12. Heavenly Heavenly......Art & Dottie Todd

Art and Dotty Todd were an American husband and wife singing duo, who reached the top ten in the UK and the US with the hits "Broken Wings" (1953) and "Chanson D'Amour" (1958).

          2. Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat

Richard Tauber--Victor Sylvester--Bobby Mcleod--The Four Lads & Jill Corey--Cavan O'Conner--Glenn Miller

Some old some blue a dance or two, with a Scottish whirl in Ireland a whisper of Egypt ending in a swing in space !

1. My Hero.....Richard Tauber

2. Serenade From Frasquita......Richard Tauber

3. Twilight In Rio......Victor Silvester & His Silver Strings

4. Cuban Siesta......Victor Silvester & His Silver Strings

5. Bonnie Anne / McDonald Of Sleat......Bobby McLeod

6. Bonnie Kate Of Aberdeen......Bobby McLeod

7. Cleo And Meo......The Four Lads & Jill Corey

8. Sweet Harmony Brown......The Four Lads

9. My Irish Song Of Songs......Cavan O'Conner

10. At The End Of An Irish Lane......Cavan O'Conner

11. In The Mood......Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

12. Out Of Space.....Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

The Four Lads were a Canadian male singing quartet that earned many gold singles and albums in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Their million-selling signature tunes include "Moments to Remember" "Standing on the Corner" "No, Not Much" "Who Needs You?" and "Istanbul".

Jill Corey (born Norma Jean Speranza; September 30, 1935 – April 3, 2021) was an American popular standards singer. She was discovered and signed on one day when she was 17. She went on to have her own radio shows and to star in a feature film.

          7. Cleo And Meo

Peter Dawson & Ernest Pike--Victor Silvester--Richard Tauber--Billy May--William Norman--Pat Boone

 Left hand side male vocals from the 30's ?....Right hand side definitely 50's music !!

1. The Lost Chord......Peter Dawson & Ernest Pike

2. Watchman What Of The Night......Ernest Pike & Peter Dawson

3. Only Fools.....Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

4. Time Alone Will Tell......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

5. Liebestraum (Dream Of Love)......Richard Tauber

6. Elegy......Richard Tauber

7. Main Title From The Man With The Golden Arm..Billy May & His Orch

8. Suzette......Billy May & His Orchestra

9. When The Ebb Tide Flows......William Norman

10. Asleep In The Deep......William Norman

11. A Wonderful Time Up There.......Pat Boone

12. It's To Soon To Know.......Pat Boone

Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music 

May wrote arrangements for many top singers, including Frank Sinatra, Yma Sumac, Nat King Cole, Anita O'Day, Peggy Lee, Vic Damone, Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Jack Jones, Bing Crosby, Sandler and Young, Nancy Wilson, Rosemary Clooney, The Andrews Sisters and Ella Mae Morse. May's charts often featured brisk tempos and intricate brass parts. One distinctive feature is his frequent use of trumpet mute devices. Another was a saxophone glissando, widely known as his "slurping saxes"

          8. Suzette

Johnnie Ray--Richard Tauber--Al Martino--Jack Payne--Coventry New Hippodrome Orchestra--Reginald Gardiner

 Musical variations  galore !...plus a train journey !

1. Just Walking In The Rain......Johnnie Ray

2. In The Candlelight.......Johnnie Ray

3. Jealousy.......Richard Tauber

4. Love's Last Word Is Spoken......Richard Tauber

5. All I Want Is A Chance.......Al Martino

6. You Can't Go On Forever Breaking My Heart......Al Martino

7. When The Poppies Bloom Again......Jack Payne And His Band

8. Everybody Dance......Jack Payne And His Band

9. Show Boat Selection......Coventry New Hippodrome Orchestra

10. The Vagabond King Selection......Coventry New Hippodrome Orchestra

11. Trains.. Part One......Reginald Gardiner

12. Trains.. Part Two......Reginald Gardiner

The Coventry New Hippodrome Orchestra was a musical ensemble that performed at the Coventry Theatre, formerly known as the New Hippodrome, in Coventry, England. The orchestra was conducted by William Pethers, who also composed some of the music for the theatre shows. The orchestra featured various instruments, such as violins, cellos, trumpets, trombones, percussion, and piano. Some of the orchestra members were also singers and actors who participated in the musicals and comedies that were staged at the theatre. The Coventry New Hippodrome Orchestra played a variety of genres, such as classical, jazz, swing, and pop. 

William Reginald Gardiner (27 February 1903 – 7 July 1980) was an English actor on the stage, in films and on television.He was also well known to radio listeners, and was known on the air for his amusing train and car noises.

Gardiner recorded a curious and eccentric classic called "Trains", which was regularly played on the 1950s British radio programme Children's Favourites. This record consisted of a tipsy-sounding Gardiner reciting a monologue, which he first introduced in the 1935 Broadway revue At Home Abroad, about steam railway engines (which he claimed were 'livid beasts') and impersonating both the engines themselves and the sound of trains running on the track. This latter he famously characterised as 'diddly-dee, diddly-dum' to mimic the sound pattern as the four pairs of bogie wheels ran over joins between the lengths of track – a sound no longer heard since welded rail joins were introduced. "Trains" was released as a 78 and a 45 by English Decca Records (F 5278) which remained on catalogue into the 1970s. At the end of the record Gardiner signs off with "Well folks, that's all: back to the asylum." He was summoned to Buckingham Palace to give a performance in person.

          5. All I Want Is A Chance

Winifred Atwell--Richard Tauber--Mantovani Orchestra--Norman Brooks--New Light Orchestra--Max Bygraves

 A piano selection, a tango, classic music, side by side of three different vocal styles for your hedification ! ...Oooops  Education !!

1. Let's Have Another Party 1......Winifred Atwell

2. Let's Have Another Party 2......Winifred Atwell

3. You Are My Hearts Delight......Richard Tauber

4. Vienna City Of My Dreams......Richard Tauber

5. Jealousy......Mantovani & His Orchestra

6. La Cumparsita......Mantovani & His Orchestra

7. Lou Lou Louisiana.......Norman Brooks

8. Back In Circulation......Norman Brooks

9. Humoresque.......New Light Symphony Orchestra

10. Serenade......New Light Symphony Orchestra

11. Mr Sandman......Max Bygraves

12. He's A Real Tough Guy......Max Bygraves

Richard Tauber (16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948) was an Austrian tenor and film actor.

He made several musical films in England, and at the premiere of her film Mimi in April 1935, he met the English actress Diana Napier (1905–1982); they were married on 20 June 1936.  Napier appeared in three of his British films: Heart's Desire (1935), Land Without Music and Pagliacci (both 1936).

In 1938, he made his London operatic debut in Die Zauberflöte under Sir Thomas Beecham. Earlier that year, the Nazi government of Germany annexed Austria and Tauber left for good. In response, the Nazis withdrew the Taubers' passports and right of abode; because this left the couple technically stateless, Tauber applied for British citizenship. He was touring South Africa

 when World War II broke out, and returned to Switzerland until receiving the papers allowing him to enter the UK in March 1940.

Norman Brooks (August 19, 1928 – September 14, 2006) was a Canadian singer, best known for his ability to sound like Al Jolson.

He was born Norman Joseph Arie, the son of Lebanese parents, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1928. He played Jolson in the 1956 film, The Best Things in Life Are Free. Brooks performed in nightclubs and on television in the United States and Canada during the 1950s and 1960s. He played himself in the 1960 film Ocean's Eleven.

His records "Hello Sunshine" and "You Shouldn't Have Kissed Me The First Time" for the Zodiac Records label were national hits in 1953. His song "A Sky-Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Tie" reached No. 17 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1954.

          1. Lets Have Another Party