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

Thursday, 25 May 2023

Jerry Lewis--The Sylvians--Hoagy Carmichael--Guy Mitchell--Robin Richmond--The Merry Macs


 Where's Polly gone I hope she's happy and it's not breezy on the stairs in the Sky !

1. It All Depends On You......Jerry Lewis
2. Let Me Sing And I'm Happy......Jerry Lewis
3. Sitting On The Stairs......The Sylvians
4. Longing For Someone......The Sylvians
5. Ole Buttermilk Sky......Hoagy Carmichael
6. Huggin' And Chalkin......Hoagy Carmichael
7. Chicka Boom......Guy Mitchell
8. Hannah Lee.....Guy Mitchell
9. Hysterics Rag......Robin Richmond
10. The Grey Waltz......Robin Richmond
11. Breezin' Along With The Breeze......The Merry Macs
12. Ma He's Makin' Eyes At Me......The Merry Macs

Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. His success made him a global figure in pop culture and earned him the nickname, "The King of Comedy". He teamed with singer Dean Martin to form the famous Martin and Lewis comedy duo, before moving on as a "one-man" stage act, movie star, filmmaker and singer.
They starred in their own series of 14 new films, At War with the Army (1950), That's My Boy (1951), Sailor Beware (1952), Jumping Jacks (1952), The Stooge (1952), Scared Stiff (1953), The Caddy (1953), Money from Home (1953), Living It Up (1954), 3 Ring Circus (1954), You're Never Too Young (1955), Artists and Models (1955), Pardners (1956) and Hollywood or Bust (1956), all produced by Hal B. Wallis.


Robin Richmond (21 April 1912 – 27 July 1998) was an English cinema organist and BBC Radio presenter and performer.
Richmond regularly performed on the BBC Light Programme, on shows such as Music While You Work, Variety Bandbox and Organ Grinder Swing. He also presented a number of programmes including Housewives' Choice and Jazz Club. On television, he was the resident organist on the quiz show Double Your Money.


The Merry Macs were an American close-harmony pop music quartet active from the 1920s till the 1960s and best known for the hits "Mairzy Doats", "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" and "Sentimental Journey". The group also sang on recordings with Bing Crosby.Vocal quartets had customarily harmonized like barbershop quartets. The Merry Macs revolutionized vocal harmony with closer harmonic chords. This style inspired other groups, like The Modernaires and Six Hits and a Miss. In 1938 The Merry Macs signed with Decca Records and recorded "Pop Goes the Weasel". The Merry Macs (with Carroll) sang a swing version of "Down by the Old Mill Stream" in the 1939 Vitaphone musical Seeing Red, Red Skelton's first film.

          7. Chicka Boom

Monday, 30 January 2023

Slim Whitman--William Thomas--Doris Day--Reginald Dixon--Fats Waller--The Sylvians


2 Singers from the 50's, Organ music I guess from the 40's and a rocking piano also from the 40's and it's anyone's guess about the others mine would be 20's--30's looking at the labels and content !!
1. Lovesick Blues......Slim Whitman
2. Forever......Slim Whitman
3. My Dreams......William Thomas
4. Parted.....William Thomas
5. The Deadwood Stage......Doris Day
6. Secret Love.....Doris Day
7. Dixonland (No 3) Part 1......Reginald Dixon
8. Dixonland (No 3) Part 2......Reginald Dixon
9. When Somebody Thinks Your Wonderful.....Fats Waller
10. Dinah......Fats Waller
11. In An Oriental Garden......The Sylvians
12. Bless Her Little Heart......The Sylvians

William Thomas, a pseudonym for tenor Thomas Jackson. appears to have been quite prolific in Great Britain in the 1910s and 1920s.

Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. His best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999.

The Sylvians was a short-lived band, based at the Savoy Hotel, London, in 1926 and 1927. It was one of a number of dance bands at that time which did not include a brass section, in order to give it a quieter, more subtle sound to that of the larger bands. Brass instruments were added for the purpose of making gramophone records. 

         9. When somebody Thinks Your Wonderful