Showing posts with label Ronnie Hilton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ronnie Hilton. Show all posts

Thursday, 5 December 2024

Dick James & Pearl Carr--Victor Silvester--Walter Miller--Ronnie Hilton--Billy Cotton--Malcolm Vaughan

A selection from 40's & 50's and more than likely the Edison Bell Radio's 20/30's

1. You Know You Belong To Someone Else......Dick James & Pearl Carr
2. Blue For A Boy......Dick James And Pearl Carr
3. Blue Danube......Victor Silvester's Strings For Dancing
4. The Count Of Luxembourgh......Victor Silvester's Strings For Dancing
5. Just A Little Fond Affection......Walter Miller
6. In Old Vienna......Walter Miller
7. Stars Shine In Your Eyes......Ronnie Hilton
8. We'll Go A Long Way Together......Ronnie Hilton
9. Lawd You made The Night Too Long......Billy Cotton & His Band
10. Can't We Talk It Over......Billy Cotton & His Band
11. St Therese Of The Roses......Malcolm Vaughan

          5. Just A Little Fond Affection

Tuesday, 1 October 2024

Dora Labbette & Hubert Eisdell--Roy Leslie--Ronnie Hilton--Cyril Watson--Jenny Howard--Franklyn Baur--Lewis James

Seems that we are still in the 1920's /1930's...Plus one POP !

1. Until......Dora Labbette & Hubert Eisdell
2. Birdsong At Eventide......Dora Labbette & Hubert Eisdell
3. We're All Jolly Good Pals......Roy Leslie
4. Round The Marble Arch......Roy Leslie
5. Belle Notte......Ronnie Hilton
6. He......Ronnie Hilton
7. Hello Bluebird.......Cyril Watson
8. Way Down Home......Cyril Watson
9. Queen Of Hearts......Jenny Howard
10. I'm One Of The Little Orphans Of The Storm......Jenny Howard
11. Little Mother......Franklyn Baur
12. Silver Haired Sweetheart.......Lewis James
Dora Labbette (4 March 1898 – 3 September 1984) was an English soprano. Her career spanned the concert hall and the opera house. She conspired with Sir Thomas Beecham to appear at the Royal Opera House masquerading as an Italian singer by the name of Lisa Perli.
With that most sterling of English tenors, Hubert Eisdell, Dora also began a series of wonderful duet recordings in 1922 for Columbia. 
She performed regularly at Henry Wood’s promenade concerts. At Queen’s Hall and later at the Royal Albert Hall, she made a number of appearances, beginning on Thursday 30 August 1917. 
Hubert Mortimer Eisdell (1882-1948), an English tenor who settled in Canada in his later years, enjoyed considerable success on the concert stage in both England and Canada. While his musical training and earliest performances took place in England, Eisdell made several visits to Canada between 1907 and 1930. After taking up permanent residence in Ontario in 1933, he became involved in the Canadian music scene as a performer and teacher.
Daisy Evelyn Louise Blowes (
English born comedienne, vocalist & actress (b. Walthamstow, England 26 Nov.)
Cockney comedienne who gained experience in provincial variety in the 1920s performing in English seaside resorts. Joined a theatrical group called The Yachtsmen in 1924 which resulted in her taking the stage name Jenny Howard. Made many recordings in London during the 1930s.She worked on stage and film in Britain, South Africa & New Zealand as well as Australia. Continued to perform in revues and pantomimes into the 1970s.

         9. Queen Of Hearts

Sunday, 16 July 2023

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

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

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


 I'll  leave this comment open !....Maybe someone can fill it in for me !...by leaving it in the comment below...then I will post it here later !!

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

Tuesday, 26 July 2022

Vera Lynn--Ronnie Hilton--Alma Cogan--Hoagy Carmichael--Rawicz & Landauer--The Andrews Sisters--The Four Knights


 Some top names now to entice you to download and give yourself a listening treat !!!!!!

1. Mexicali Rose......Vera Lynn
2. Angels Never Leave Heaven......Vera Lynn
3. No Other Love......Ronnie Hilton
4. Its All Been Done Before......Ronnie Hilton & Alma Cogan
5. My Resistance Is Low.......Hoagy Carmichael
6. Sacramento......Hoagy Carmichael
7. Liebestrom.......Rawicz & Landauer
8. Humoreske.....Rawicz & Landauer
9. I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded......The Andrews Sisters
10. Hurry Hurry Hurry......The Andrews Sisters
11. I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile......The Four Knights
12. Walkin' And Whistlin' Blues......The Four Nights

Ronnie Hilton (born Adrian Hill; 26 January 1926 – 21 February 2001) was an English singer and radio presenter. According to his obituary in The Guardian newspaper, "For a time Hilton was a star – strictly for home consumption – with nine Top 20 hits between 1954 and 1957, that transitional era between 78 and 45rpm records. A quarter of a century later he became the voice of BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the Fifties series".
He came to fame by supplying smoothly delivered cover versions of popular American songs during the 1950s. His most enduring recordings were "No Other Love"; and his last chart entry in 1965 with "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam" The latter spent a total of 13 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 23 in the chart of 17 February 1965.From a comparatively unknown Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, "Me and Juliet" written in 1953, Ronnie Hilton took the hit tune "No Other Love", and scored his one and only UK Number One hit in 1956. In securing the Number One, Hilton fought off competition from the UK-based Canadian Edmund Hockridge.
Despite the prominence of rock and roll in his recording career, he amassed a formidable array of best-sellers in the UK Singles Chart, albeit mainly with cover versions of US hit records. This was common practice at the time, and many British recording artists followed this trend. His chart single recording career alone spanned from 1954 to 1965, which flew in the face of the rapidly changing trends of pop music.

Rawicz and Landauer were an immensely popular piano duo team that performed from 1932 to 1970. They were initially based in Vienna, Austria, but moved to the United Kingdom in the early part of their career. They were known for their arrangements of popular classics.
They escaped Nazi Europe in 1935 and moved to the United Kingdom with their wives, becoming favourites of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII). During World War II, like many people originally from mainland Europe, they found themselves considered potential enemies and were interned on the Isle of Man, Rawicz in Hutchinson Camp. After release, they both became British subjects. They transformed many popular classics into duets, sold tens of thousands of records and made regular BBC radio broadcasts.

The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia (July 6, 1911 – May 8, 1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn (January 3, 1916 – October 21, 1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia "Patty" Marie (February 16, 1918 – January 30, 2013). The sisters have sold an estimated 80 million records. Their 1941 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" can be considered an early example of jump blues. Other songs closely associated with the Andrews Sisters include their first major hit, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Means That You're Grand)" (1937), "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)" (1939), "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (1940), "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)" (1942), and "Rum and Coca Cola" (1945), which helped introduce American audiences to calypso.

The Four Knights were an American vocal group from Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Their 1954 hit, "I Get So Lonely When I Dream About You (Oh Baby Mine)", sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.
The group was formed in 1943, with an original membership of Gene Alford (lead tenor), Oscar Broadway (bass), Clarence Dixon (baritone), and John Wallace (tenor, guitar). This line-up remained the same for much of the band's career.

          5. My Resistance Is Low