Showing posts with label The Stargazers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Stargazers. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 April 2024

The Stargazers--Hutch--Dickie Valentine--Doris Day--Harry Roy--Dick James

Hi folks hope you enjoyed all the recent posts and my inane comments !!...But I have used all the 78's that I have acquired at the moment......If anyone wants a RE-POST of any of the posts just leave a comment on the post that you want and when I check the blog I will Re-Post them...Happy Listening !!!....Cheers....Micky

1. I Need You Now......The Stargazers
2. 365 Kisses.....The Stargazers
3. Where In The World......Hutch
4. This Is Worth Fighting For......Hutch
5. The Homing Waltz......Dickie Valentine
6. Broken Wings......Dickie Valentine
7. Two Hearts Two Kisses......Doris Day
8. Foolishly Yours......Doris Day
9. Yours Harry Roy & His Band
10. Russian Serenade......Harry Roy & His Band
11. Lets Do It Again.....Dick James
12. Somewhere At The End Of The Rainbow......Dick James

          11. Lets Do It Again

Thursday, 28 March 2024

The Stargazers--Tom Burke--Jack Hylton--Joe Fingers Carr--Peter Dawson--Max Bygraves


 Two more from Fingers!..Maybe he's ringing those temple bells in Istanbul !

1. Close The Door......The Stargazers
2. I've Got Four Brothers......The Stargazers
3. Her Name Is Mary......Tom Burke
4. Play Fiddle Play......Tom Burke
5. Clonk-Er-Ty-Clonk.......Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
6. Himazas.......Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
7. Istanbul......Joe Fingers Carr
8. Yes Yes Yes Yes......Joe Fingers Carr
9. Temple Bells.....Peter Dawson
10. Less Than The Dust......Peter Dawson
11. Heart Of My Heart...... Max Bygraves
12. Once She's Got You Up The Aisle.......Max Bygraves

Thomas Burke (2 March 1890 – 13 September 1969) was a British operatic tenor. He trained in Britain and Italy and sang at the Royal Opera House in 1919 and 1920. Burke appeared in several films and had a long recording career.
He had a significant recording career which included popular song, such as "The Minstrel Boy" as well as opera arias. His recording career began with Columbia Records in 1920 and continued with Dominion Records, Electric Imperial, American Columbias and other companies.

          3. Her Name Is Mary

Michael Holiday--Peter Dawson--The Stargazers--Walter Glynne--Suzi Miller--Tom Barrett


 We seem to have a left hand and right hand divide on this selection "Pop" Versus Bass Baritone / Tenor / Baritone !

1. Hot Diggity......Michael Holiday
2. The Man With The Yaller Shoes......Michael Holiday
3. I Travel The Road......Peter Dawson
4. My Sword And I......Peter Dawson
5. Celebration Rag......The Stargazers
6. I Love Love Love It......The Stargazers
7. I Dream Of A Garden Of Sunshine......Walter Glynne
8. Passing By......Walter Glynne
9. I Love My Baby......Suzi Miller
10. The Money Tree.......Suzi Miller
11. Will The Angels Play There Harp For Me......Tom Barratt
12. Old Pal......Tom Barrett

Singer Tom Barratt was present on a large number of recordings, especially dance band ones, from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s, mainly those directed by Nat Star and Harry Bidgood for Sterno & the Vocalion Group respectively. He was also vocalist on many Edison Bell sides and those directed by Debroy Somers and Stan Greening for Columbia & Regal. Almost nothing is known about him or his career outside of recordings, but it is thought his main work lay in the music halls or the theatre.

          9. I Love My Baby

Friday, 10 September 2021

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