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

Victor Silvester--Paul Robeson--Howard Keel--Bert Lahr--Guy Mitchell--Sid Phillips--Dave King

2 Columbia's 4 Hmv's  2 MGM's 2 Philips 2 Decca's....all hoping to be downloaded and listened to!!

1. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

2. The Wishing Waltz...Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

3. Water Boy......Paul Robeson

4. Steal Away.....Paul Robeson

5. Rose Marie......Howard Keel

6. I'm A Mountie That Never Got His Man......Bert Lahr

7. Knee Deep In the Blues......Guy Mitchell

8. Take Me Back Baby......Guy Mitchell

9. Shanghai......Sid Phillips & His Band

10. Kissing Bug Boogie......Sid Philips & His Band

11. You Can't Be True To Two......Dave King

12. A Little Bit Independent.......Dave King 

Victor Marlborough Silvester OBE (25 February 1900 – 14 August 1978) was an English dancer, writer, musician and bandleader from the British dance band era. He was a significant figure in the development of ballroom dance during the first half of the 20th century, and his records sold 75 million copies from the 1930s through to the 1980s.

The lack of what he felt were adequate records for dancing led Silvester in 1935 to form his own five-piece band, later enlarged and named Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra, whose first record, "You're Dancing on My Heart" (by Al Bryan and George M. Meyer), sold 17,000 copies and was to become his signature tune.

Irving Lahrheim (August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967), known professionally as Bert Lahr, was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmworker "Zeke", in the MGM adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (1939). He was well known for his quick-witted humor and his work in burlesque and vaudeville and on Broadway.

         10 Kissing Bug Boogie

Guy Mitchell--The Excelsior Quartette--Edmund Hockridge--Lee Lawrence--Ronnie Ronalde

Some Colour in this one !....and Gran and Grandad get a mention but we are still dancing and roving in Rome !

1. The Roving Kind......Guy Mitchell

2. Your Not In my Arms Tonight.....Guy Mitchell

3. My Grandfathers Clock......The Excelsior Quartette

4. The Mistletoe Bough......The Excelsior Quartette

5. Congress Dances Part 1......Soloists Chorus & Orchestra

6. Congress Dances Part 2......Soloists Chorus & Orchestra

7. By The Fountains Of Rome......Edmund Hockridge

8. I'll Need Your love.......Edmund Hockridge

9. Marta ......Lee Lawrence

10. The World Is Mine Tonight......Lee Lawrence

11. Mockingbird Hill......Ronnie Ronalde

12. Grandmother's Wedding Dress......Ronnie Ronalde

                                             The Excelsior Quartette

This was an African-American vocal group that recorded primarily for Okeh in 1922, although they also recorded two sides for Gennett and two for Black Swan Records as "Excelsior Norfolk Quartette"). Personnel included:....Vernon Jones 1st Tenor...James C. Brown, 2nd Tenor

Johnny Brown, Baritone....C.C. Parker, Bass

Lee Lawrence (born Julius Leon Sirota, 1 September 1920 – 25 February 1961) was a British singer who was popular in the 1950s.He made his first recordings for Decca Records in the late 1940s. His songs included "How Can You Buy Killarney", "Song of Capri", "So Ends My Search For My Dream", all in 1949; "The World is Mine Tonight" (his theme song) in 1950; "With These Hands", "A Beggar in Love", and "Vanity" in 1951; "At Last, At Last" and "The Man in the Black Sombrero" in 1952; "Crying in the Chapel" in 1953; and "Suddenly There's a Valley" in 1955. 

He was a popular attraction on the British variety circuit in the early and mid 1950s, and had his own series on Radio Luxembourg in 1955. After losing popularity to rock and roll performers in Britain, and failing to have a hit with the song "Rock'n'Roll Opera" which parodied such singers as Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent and Tommy Steele, he moved in 1957 to the US, where he performed cabaret shows in the Catskills "Borscht Belt".

          11. Mockingbird Hill

Lew Stone--Vaughn Monroe--Harry Roy--Eddie Fisher--Ted Heath--Tony Brent

 Just a mix of big bands and orchestra's with vocal refrains plus 2 guys saying goodbye to papa in Spain !

1. I Hear A Rhapsody......Lew Stone & His Band

2. The Hut Tut Song......Lew Stone & His Band

3. Moonlight And Roses......Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra

4. Moon Of Manakoora......Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra

5. Ferry Boat Serenade......Harry Roy & His Band

6. The Call Of The Canyon......Harry Roy & His Band

7. Oh My Papa......Eddie Fisher

8. Untill You Said Goodbye.......Eddie Fisher

9. Opus 1......Ted Heath & His Band

10. My Guy's Come back......Ted Heath & His Band

11. With Your Love......Tony Brent

12. On A Little Balcony In Spain.......Tony Brent

Louis Stone known professionally as Lew Stone (28 June 1898 – 13 February 1969) was a British bandleader and arranger of the British dance band era, and was well known in Britain during the 1930s. He was known as a skillful, innovative and imaginative musical arranger.

Vaughn Wilton Monroe (October 7, 1911 – May 21, 1973)[1] was an American baritone singer, trumpeter, big band leader, actor, and businessman, who was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for recording and another for radio performance.

                                   Harry Roy And His Band

Harry Roy (12 January 1900 – 1 February 1971)[1] was a British dance band leader and clarinet player from the 1920s to the 1960s. He performed several songs with suggestive lyrics, including "My Girl's Pussy" (1931), and "She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor" (1939).

George Edward Heath (30 March 1902 – 18 November 1969) was a British musician and big band leader. Heath led what is widely considered Britain's greatest post-war big band, recording more than 100 albums, which sold over 20 million copies. The most successful band in Britain during the 1950s, it remained in existence as a ghost band long after Heath died, surviving in such a form until 2000.

Heath was inspired by Glenn Miller and his Army Air Force Band, and spoke with Miller at length about forming his own band when Miller toured Britain with the United States Army Air Force Orchestra. Heath admired the immaculate precision of the Miller ensemble, and felt confident that he could emulate Miller's great success with his own orchestra.

The 1950s was the most popular period for Ted Heath and His Music during which a substantial repertoire of recordings were made. In 1958 nine albums were recorded. He became a household name throughout the UK, Europe, Australasia and the US. He won the New Musical Express Poll for Best Band/Orchestra each year from 1952 to 1961. Heath was asked to perform at a third Royal Command Performance for King George VI in 1951, and for Elizabeth II in 1954.

The addition of singers Dickie Valentine, Lita Roza and Dennis Lotis in the '50s gave the band more teenage appeal. 

Heath used Decca's Phase 4 Stereo recording methods in the early 1960s. He continued to commission a huge number of original scores and arrangements and some of his biggest US chart successes came during this time. He performed continuously and successfully until his health faltered in 1964, suffering a cerebral thrombosis on his 62nd birthday, and collapsing on stage in Cardiff. Thereafter the band toured less, but continued to record several albums.

          10. My Guy's Come Back

Al Morgan--Al Jolson--Eddie Calvert--Issy Bonn--Jerry Gray--Don Cornell

 Not much colour on this selection but maybe a glimmer of pink and rose may peep thro'

1. Jealous Heart.......Al Morgan

2. Turnabout Is Fair Play.......Al Morgan

3. Anniversary Song......Al Jolson

4. Avalon.......Al Jolson

5. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White......Eddie Calvert

6. Roses Of Picardy......Eddie Calvert

7. My Friend......Issy Bonn

8. Mom - E - El......Issy Bonn

9. Sound Off......Jerry Gray & Orchestra

10. The Lonesomest Whistle......Jerry Gray & Orchestra

11. Hold My Hand......Don Cornell

12. I'm Blessed......Don Cornell

                                            Al Morgan

Al "Flying Fingers" Morgan (November 14, 1915 – November 18, 1989) was a popular nightclub singer, pianist and composer who is known for his hit recordings "Jealous Heart", "I'll Take Care Of Your Cares," and "The Place Where I Worship."

While playing in Wisconsin Morgan had the idea to make a big band arrangement of the Jenny Lou Carson song, "Jealous Heart". Rumor has it that Morgan first sang "Jealous Heart" as a part of a medley in his act. That song, recorded in Chicago and released on Universal in 1949, became a local hit. Decca Records in England was starting a new label called London Records and deal was struck to release "Jealous Heart" on London.

"Jealous Heart" was released in 1949 and was his biggest hit, said to have sold in excess of 12 million copies. Morgan performed at various theaters, churches, supper clubs and Las Vegas concert halls for over 40 years. He is best known for his flamboyant style of piano playing where he would raise his hands over his shoulders and flop them down on the keys, hitting all the correct notes, earning him the title, "Flying Fingers."

Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. He was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s, and was self-billed as "The World's Greatest Entertainer." Jolson was known for his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach" towards performing, as well as for popularizing many of the songs he sang. Jolson has been referred to by modern critics as "the king of blackface performers."

Issy Bonn (born Benjamin Levin; 21 April 1903 – 21 April 1977) was a British comedian, singer, actor, and theatrical agent. His signature song was "My Yiddishe Momme".

 He joined an existing comedy and singing group, the Three Rascals, and used the stage name Benny Levine. He went solo in the early 1920s. He took the stage name Issy Bonn . He combined sentimental songs such as "My Yiddish Momme" and "Let Bygones Be Bygones", with Jewish humour and sketches, many featuring the fictitious Finkelfeffer family. He made his first recordings in 1942, for the Rex label, and later recorded for Decca and Columbia. He toured Europe with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA), and starred in his own road shows including The Big Broadcasts and The Melody Lingers On.

In the 1950s, his style of humour, trading on traditional Jewish stereotypes, went out of fashion, but he continued to appear on radio, television, and in pantomimes, and toured, often with the popular trumpeter Eddie Calvert. He later retired from performing and became a theatrical agent, and a producer of variety shows around the country. He made his last appearance as a performer in 1963. His image appears on the cover of The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Jerry Gray (July 3, 1915 – August 10, 1976)[1] was an American violinist, arranger, composer, and leader of swing dance orchestras (big bands) bearing his name. He is widely known for his work with popular music during the Swing era. His name is inextricably linked to two of the most famous bandleaders of the time, Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller. Gray, along with Bill Finegan, wrote many of Miller's arrangements during the late 1930s and early 1940s. In the latter part of Gray's career, his orchestra served as the house band at the Venetian Room of the Fairmont Hotel, Dallas.

 Hits included the obligatory recreations of Miller classics, new compositions in the Miller style such as "Restringing the Pearls", and other distinctive tunes such as "Sound Off".

Don Cornell (born Luigi Francisco Varlaro; April 21, 1919 – February 23, 2004) was an American singer.In his teens he played guitar in a band led by jazz trumpeter Red Nichols. When he was eighteen, he was a vocalist in the Sammy Kaye band. He became a solo act in 1949. Between 1950 and 1962, twelve of his records were certified gold. These included "It Isn't Fair" "I'll Walk Alone", "I'm Yours", and "Hold My Hand". He appeared often on television programs hosted by Perry Como, Jackie Gleason, and Arthur Godfrey during the 1950s and 1960s.

    (Most Of The Info On This Blog is Taken From Wikipedia And Edited)

                         

          11. Hold My Hand

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

Frank Weir--Paul Robeson--Folk Dance Orchestra--Jane Powell--Howard Keel--Jimmy Dorsey--Kay Kyser--Ron Goodwin

 A trio of film music with the folk dance wanderers at dawn maybe in Paris or Denmark or Latvia or maybe Germany !!

1. The Happy Wanderer......Frank Weir & His Saxophone

2. From Your Lips......Frank Weir and His Saxophone

3. Just a Wearyin' For You.......Paul Robeson

4. At Dawning......Paul Robeson

5. Hattemageren......Folk Dance Orchestra

6. Litenietis / Clap Dance......Folk Dance Orchestra

7. Wonderful Wonderful Day......Jane Powell

8. Bless Your Beautiful Hide......Howard Keel

9. Rag Mop......Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra

10. Kay Kyser & His Orchestra

11. Theme From Film Limelight......Ron Goodwin & Orchestra

12. The Song From Moulin Rouge.......Ron Goodwin & Orchestra

 

                                                          Paul Robeson
Robeson performed in Britain in a touring melodrama, Voodoo, in 1922, and in Emperor Jones in 1925. In 1928, he scored a major success in the London premiere of Show Boat. Living in London for several years with his wife Eslanda, Robeson continued to establish himself as a concert artist and starred in a London production of Othello, the first of three productions of the play over the course of his career. He also gained attention in Sanders of the River (1935) and in the film production of Show Boat (1936). 

                                 Jane Powell & Howard Keel
Jane Powell (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce; April 1, 1929 – September 16, 2021) was an American actress, singer, and dancer who first appeared in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals in the 1940s. With her soprano voice and girl-next-door image, Powell appeared in films, television and on the stage. She was notable for her performances in A Date with Judy (1948), Royal Wedding (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), and Hit the Deck (1955).

Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer, known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s and in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991.

 In 1947, Oklahoma! became the first American postwar musical to travel to London, England, and Keel joined the production. On April 30, 1947, at the Drury Lane Theatre, the capacity audience (which included the future Queen Elizabeth II) demanded fourteen encores.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) with Jane Powell was a huge success and made MGM over $3 million in profit.

                                                            Jimmy Dorsey

James Francis Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. He recorded and composed the jazz and pop standards "I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary People)" and "It's The Dreamer In Me". His other major recordings were "Tailspin", "John Silver", "So Many Times", "Amapola", "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)", "Pennies from Heaven" with Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Frances Langford, "Grand Central Getaway", and "So Rare". He played clarinet on the seminal jazz standards "Singin' the Blues" in 1927 and the original 1930 recording of "Georgia on My Mind", which were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

James Kern Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985), known as Kay Kyser, was an American bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s.

Although Kyser and his orchestra gained fame through the "Kollege of Musical Knowledge," they were a successful band in their own right. They had 11 number one records, including some of the most popular songs of the late 1930s and early 1940s.

          7. Wonderful Wonderful Day

Teddy Johnson--Frankie Laine--Folk Dance Orchestra--Mario Lanza--Jan August--Frank Sinatra

 Can't stop the waltz's and folk dance's going thro' Spain (Granada) USA (New Orleans & Tennessee)

1. Tennessee Waltz.......Teddy Johnson

2. I Will Always Love You......Teddy Johnson

3. Granada.....Frankie Laine

4. New Orleans......Frankie Laine

5. Polka Piquee / Fricassee......Folk Dance Orchestra

6. Ungkaa Els Dans......Folk Dance Orchestra

7. Because......Mario Lanza

8. Ave Maria.......Mario Lanza

9. Misirlou.......Jan August

10. Zigeuner......Jan August

11. If I Loved You......Frank Sinatra

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

 Edward Victor "Teddy" Johnson (4 September 1919 – 6 June 2018) was an English entertainer who gained  highest profile during the 1950s and early 1960s.

He was offered a recording contract by Columbia Records and returned to London to begin a successful recording career. His first record was "Beloved, Be Faithful" and it reached No. 11 in the sheet music sales chart in 1950. In total, he cut 60 sides for the Columbia label as a solo artist enjoying several hits including "Tennessee Waltz" and "I'll Always Love You". He was also a DJ on BBC Radio 2 as the first presenter of the popular programme "All Time Greats".

Pearl Carr and Johnson were married in 1955 and remained so for 63 years. They became known professionally as "Mr. and Mrs. Music" and were frequently on British television light entertainment programmes, such as The Winifred Atwell Show as well as "Big Night Out", "Two of a kind" (with Morecambe and Wise), "Sunday night at the London Palladium", "The Arthur Haynes Show", "Thank your lucky stars", "Blackpool Night Out" and were regulars on the children's TV show "Crackerjack!" with Eamonn Andrews and Ronnie Corbett. They were part of a record breaking season at the London Palladium with Bruce Forsyth and were chosen to appear in "The Royal Variety Performance" in 1960.They represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 and finished second with the song "Sing, Little Birdie". This song peaked at No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart

Jan August (born Jan Augustoff; September 24, 1904 – January 9, 1976)[2] was an American pianist and xylophonist. He had a hit with his version of "Misirlou" in 1947 with Carl Frederick Tandberg, he had hits with several other songs that blended classical styles and Latin beats.

          9. Misirlou

Danny Kaye--Donald Peers--Orchestre Raymonde--W W Bennett & Ernst Slaney--Mario Lanza--Bob Crosby Orch--Beniamino Gigli

 With Dinah Minnie and Rose dancing round the world ending up in rampart street with Nina Nanna and the merry Middies & Mascots !

1. Dinah......Danny Kaye 

2. Minnie The Moocher.....Danny Kaye

3. A Rose In A Garden Of Weeds......Donald Peers

4. Rolling Round The World.....Donald Peers

5. Dance Of The Merry Mascots......Orchestre Raymonde

6. The Merry Middies......W W Bennett & Ernst Slaney

7. Be My Love......Mario Lanza

8. The Bayou Lullaby......Mario Lanza

9. South Rampart Street Parade......Bob Crosby & Orchestra

10. Song Of The Wanderer......Bob Crosby & Orchestra

11. Ninna Nanna Lullaby......Beniamino Gigli

12. Rievens Mon Amour ( So Deep Is The Night)......Beniamino Gigli

Donald Rhys Hubert Peers (10 July 1908 – 9 August 1973) was a popular Welsh singer. His best remembered rendition and signature song was "In a Shady Nook by a Babbling Brook".

He auditioned for the BBC and his first BBC Radio broadcast took place on 17 December 1927, with the London Radio Dance Band. One of the songs he sang was, "In a Shady Nook by a Babbling Brook", which became his most requested song and, later, his signature tune.

 His popularity was such that on May 9, 1949 he performed his two-hour one-man show at the Royal Albert Hall in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 8692.

 On May 31, 1954, he went to Australia to tour and remained there for two and a half years. 

During his absence in Australia, his fans had forgotten him and the pop music scene had changed dramatically with the arrival of rock 'n' roll. He returned to TV and radio work but eventually Peers found work via the club circuit which had taken over from the variety theatres. In May 1962, Peers was given his own BBC Wales television programme, Donald Peers Presents, and during the series he introduced Tom Jones.

Peers died from bronchial pneumonia in a Hove nursing home on 9 August 1973 at the age of 65.

George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats was a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet. He was the younger brother of famed singer and actor Bing Crosby. On TV, Bob Crosby guest-starred in The Gisele MacKenzie Show and was also seen on The Jack Benny Program. Crosby hosted his own afternoon TV variety show on CBS, The Bob Crosby Show (1953–1957). For its theme song, the band chose George Gershwin's song "Summertime." The band's hits included "South Rampart Street Parade", "March of the Bob Cats".

          

          9. South Rampart Street Parade

Sheb Wooley--Sammy Davis--Winnifred Atwell--Frank Sinatra--Eamonn Andrews--Eve Boswell

 Words been eaten by The Purple People Eater !!

1. Star Of Love......Sheb Wooley

2. Santa And The Purple People Eater......Sheb Wooley

3. Because Of You.. Part 1......Sammy Davis

4. Because Of You..Part 2......Sammy Davis

5. Let's Rock 'n' Roll..Side 1......Winnifred Atwell

6. Let's Rock 'n' Roll..Side 2......Winnifred Atwell

7. Five Minutes More.....Frank Sinatra

8. Try A Little Tenderness......Frank Sinatra

9. The Shifting Whispering Sands..Part 1......Eamonn Andrews

10. The Shifting Whispering Sands..Part 2......Eamonn Andrews

11. Tell My Love......Eve Boswell

12. Swedish Polka......Eve Boswell

Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American actor and singer. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 novelty song "The Purple People Eater" and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2"..Wooley is also credited as the voice actor who produced the Wilhelm scream sound effect.

Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director.

In 1959, Davis became a member of the Rat Pack, led by his friend Frank Sinatra, which included fellow performers Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford, a brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy. Initially, Sinatra called the gathering "the Clan", but Davis voiced his opposition, saying that it reminded people of the Ku Klux Klan. Sinatra renamed the group "the Summit". One long night of poker that went on into the early morning saw the men drunken and disheveled. As Angie Dickinson approached the group, she said, "You all look like a pack of rats." The nickname caught on, and they were then called the Rat Pack, the name of the earlier group led by Humphrey Bogart and his wife, Lauren Bacall, who originally made the remark about the "pack of rats" they associated with.

Eamonn Andrews, CBE (19 December 1922 – 5 November 1987) was an Irish radio and television presenter, employed primarily in the United Kingdom from the 1950s to the 1980s. From 1960 to 1964 he chaired the Radio Éireann Authority (now the RTÉ Authority), which oversaw the introduction of a state television service in the Republic of Ireland.

 On 20 January 1956, he reached No 18 in the UK Singles Chart with a "spoken narrative" recording named "The Shifting Whispering Sands (Parts 1 & 2)", which was produced by George Martin with musical backing by the Ron Goodwin Orchestra, released by Parlophone a double-sided 78 rpm record.

          5. Let's Rock 'n' Roll 1

Guy Mitchell--Mary Lou Williams--Spike Jones--Joe Loss & Rose Brennan--Tony Brent--Frank Sinatra--Nat King Cole & June Christy

 Two rags 2 swing series and perhaps Loraine in Blue jeans chanting and laughing and dreaming of Hawaii and the absence of pic's

1. Ninety Nine Years......Guy Mitchell

2. Perfume and Candy And Flowers......Guy Mitchell

3. Rag Of Rags......Mary Lou Williams

4. Laughing Rag......Mary Lou Williams

5. Hawaiian War Chant.....Spike Jones

6. I Dream Of Brownie With The Light Blue Jeans.....Spike Jones

7. Pianolo......Joe Loss & His Orchestra

8. My Darling My Darling......Joe loss & Orch with Rose Brennan

9. Make It Soon.....Tony Brent

10. Any Old Time......Tony Brent

11. Sweet Lorraine......Frank Sinatra

12. Nat Meet June.....Nat King Cole & June Christy

          7. Pianolo

Pat Boone--The Coronets--Dinah Shore--Hoagy Carmichael & Cass Daley--Stoll Picture Theatre Organ--Tommy Steel

Fridges Buttons and Bows Fingers & Happy People all on an Island in Venice !

1. Remember Your Mine......Pat Boone

2. There's A Gold Mine In The Sky......Pat Boone

3. Twenty Tiny Fingers......The Coronets

4. Meet Me On The Corner......The Coronets

5. Buttons And Bows......Dinah Shore

6. All My Love.......Dinah Shore

7. Stay With The Happy People......Hoagy Carmichael & Cass Daley

8. The Old Piano Roll Blues......Hoagy Carmichael & Cass Daley

9. Merchant Of Venice... Part One......Stoll Picture Theatre Organ

10. Merchant Of Venice..Part Two......Stoll Picture Theatre Organ

11. The Only man On The Island......Tommy Steel

12. I Put The Lights On......Tommy Steel

Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era. She achieved even greater success a decade later, in television, mainly as the host of a series of variety programs for the Chevrolet automobile company.

After failing singing auditions for the bands of Benny Goodman, and both Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Shore struck out on her own. She became the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo success. She had a string of 80 charted popular hits, spanning 1940–1957, and after appearing in a handful of feature films, she went on to a four-decade career in American television. She starred in her own music and variety shows from 1951 through 1963 and hosted two talk shows in the 1970s. TV Guide ranked her at number 16 on their list of the top 50 television stars of all time. Stylistically, Shore was compared to two singers who followed her in the mid-to-late 1940s and early 1950s, Jo Stafford and Patti Page.She had hits, including "Blues in the Night", "Jim", "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To", and "I'll Walk Alone", the first of her number-one hits. "Blues in the Night" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.

Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first singer-songwriters in the age of mass media to utilize new communication technologies such as television, electronic microphones, and sound recordings.Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including 50 that achieved hit record status. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind" (lyrics by Stuart Gorrell), "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul" (in collaboration with lyricist Frank Loesser), four of the most-recorded American songs of all time. He also collaborated with lyricist Johnny Mercer on "Lazybones" and "Skylark". Carmichael's "Ole Buttermilk Sky" was an Academy Award nominee in 1946, from Canyon Passage, in which he co-starred as a musician riding a mule. "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening", with lyrics by Mercer, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951. Carmichael also appeared as a character actor and musical performer in 14 films, hosted three musical-variety radio programs, performed on television, and wrote two autobiographies.

          8. The Old Piano Roll Blues

Slim Whitman--Tony Brent--Winifred Attwell--Alma Cogan--Tab Hunter--Ronnie Ronalde

 You Me & Us with Mirabelle & three brothers plus a girl and a song sailing in the sunset yodellin' a boogie and a rag with cross hands !

1. Song Of The Wild......Slim Whitman

2. You Have My Heart......Slim Whitman

3. Girl Of My Dreams......Tony Brent

4. Don't Play That Melody......Tony Brent

5. The Black And White Rag......Winifred Attwell

6. Cross Hands Boogie......Winifred Attwell

7. You Me And Us......Alma Cogan

8. Three Brothers......Alma Cogan

9. Young Love......Tab Hunter

10. Red Sails In The Sunset......Tab Hunter

11. The Yodellin' Rag......Ronnie Ronalde

12. Mirabelle......Ronnie Ronalde

Ottis Dewey Whitman (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013) known by stage name Slim Whitman, was an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his yodeling abilities and his use of falsetto. He personally stated that he had sold in excess of 120 million records, although the recorded sales figures give 70 million, during a career that spanned over seven decades, and consisted of a prolific output of over 100 albums and around 500 recorded songs, that not only consisted of country music, but also of contemporary gospel, Broadway show tunes, love songs and standards. In the 1950s, Whitman toured with Elvis Presley as the opening act. In the 1990s and 2000s, a new generation was exposed to Whitman through his songs featured in the film Mars Attacks!; his famed "Indian Love Call" would kill the invading Martians every time the record was played and his rendition of "I Remember You" was heard in Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses.

In 1955 he would have a No.1 hit on the pop music charts in the United Kingdom with the theme song to the operetta "Rose Marie." With nineteen weeks in the charts and eleven weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, the song set a record that lasted for 36 years. In 1956 he became the first-ever country music singer to perform at the London Palladium. 

Tony Brent (born Reginald Hogan Bretagne, 26 August 1927 – 19 June 1993) was a British traditional pop music singer, most active in the 1950s. He scored seven Top 20 chart hits in the UK over an almost six-year period, starting in December 1952.

 His chart hits included "Walkin' to Missouri", "Cindy, Oh Cindy" and "Dark Moon". Brent's hits were all released on the Columbia label. He enjoyed iconic status in South Asia, where his hits topped the music charts on Radio Ceylon.

Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914 – 28 February 1983) was a Trinidadian pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the first black person to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart and is still the only female instrumentalist to do so.

 She released a number of discs for Decca in 1951 that were well received. "Jezebel" sold well,however it was another disc that catapulted her to huge popularity in the UK. A complex arrangement called "Cross Hands Boogie" was released to show her virtuoso rhythmic technique, but it was the B-side, a 1900s tune written by George Botsford called "Black and White Rag", that was to become a radio standard."Black And White Rag" started a craze for her honky-tonk style of playing. The rag was originally performed on a concert grand for the occasion, but Atwell felt it did not sound right, and so got her husband to buy a honky tonk piano for 30 shillings, which would then be used for the released version of the song.She signed a record contract with Decca, and her sales were soon 30,000 discs a week. She was by far the biggest selling pianist of her time. Her 1954 hit "Let's Have Another Party" was the first piano instrumental to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart.

She is the only holder of two gold and two silver discs for piano music in Britain, and was the first black artist in the UK to sell a million records.

Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm; July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018), was an American actor, singer, film producer, and author. Known for his blond, clean-cut good looks, Hunter starred in more than forty films. He was a Hollywood heartthrob of the 1950s and 1960s appearing on the covers of hundreds of film magazines. Hunter's film credits include Battle Cry (1955), The Girl He Left Behind (1956), Gunman's Walk (1958), and Damn Yankees (1958). In 1957, he released a number one hit single "Young Love". Hunter's 2005 autobiography, Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star, was a New York Times bestseller. The song "Young Love," which was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six weeks (seven weeks on the UK Chart), and became one of the larger hits of the Rock 'n' Roll era. It sold more than two million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.

Hunter had another hit single, "Ninety-Nine Ways", which peaked at No. 11 in the United States and No. 5 in the United Kingdom. 

Ronald Charles Waldron (29 June 1923 – 13 January 2015), known professionally as Ronnie Ronalde, was a British music hall singer. Ronalde was famous for his voice, whistling, yodelling, imitations of bird song and stage personality. His crystal clear yodelling gained him acceptance with connoisseurs of Alpine and Western music around the world.

After early struggles, Ronalde's first successful UK tour (in the late 1940s) met him with a wave of interest. Ronalde’s first recordings were with Decca Records (these were only to be whistling performances), but his first major label contract came from EMI. Ronalde would also join Pye, Major Minor and Columbia records, becoming a million-selling artiste.

"If I Were a Blackbird" (1950) is among Ronalde's most famous songs from this period. This rendering of Delia Murphy's Irish folk song had him in the British top 20 for 6 months. She would later jovially express her thanks for boosting her income. Other songs include "Tritsch Tratsch Polka" (a showcase of Ronalde's high speed delivery whistling) and "Bells Across the Meadow" (by Albert Ketèlbey). His best known recording is "In a Monastery Garden" (by Albert Ketèlbey). Ronalde played it as his show finale for decades, and over a million copies of it have been sold in their varying formats.

Ronalde also performed for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at the Royal Command Performance at the London Coliseum. A Daily Express reporter commented on the Prince's attempts to demonstrate whistling to the Queen after this performance. 

          6. Cross Hands Boogie