Track Listing: Opening Theme: Carefree; Slowly (voc: Ginny Simms); I Concentrate On You; I’ve Got You Under My Skin (voc: Ginny Simms); On The Atchison Topeka And The Santa Fe; In A Monastery Garden; Medley: I See Your face Before Me /Dancing In The Dark (voc: Ginny Simms); I Concentrate On You (Closing Theme); Opening Theme: Carefree /Deep In My Heart; Full Moon And Empty Arms (voc: Ginny Simms); It Might As Well Be Spring; The Man I Love (voc: Ginny Simms); Meditation (from “Thais”); Hora Staccato; If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You; Can;t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (voc: Ginny Simms); Deep In My Heart; Closing Theme; Bonus Tracks: Amor (voc: Ginny Simms); Holiday For Strings (voc: Ginny Simms); In The Still Of The Night (voc: Ginny Simms); You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (voc: Ginny Simms); It Could Happen To You (voc: Ginny Simms); Time Waits For No One (voc: Ginny Simms); Till The End Of Time (voc: Ginny Simms)
Having toured the war zones during World War II entertaining the allied troops Andre Kostelantz and his wife Lily Pons returned to the 'States' and recorded a series of Armed Forces Radio Service programs for distribution to the troops abroad. The programs were entitled “Music Millions Love”. It is from these half hour transcriptions that the music on this CD has been selected. It is a companion piece to our previously issued CD DSOY856 which featured vocalist Lily Pons; this time it is the celebrated voice of Ginny Sims who provides the vocals. The last seven tracks are bonus tracks taken from various Armed Forces Radio Shows including The Ginny Simms Show, Mail Call, Treasury Song Parade and Bob Hope's Christmas Party (Command Performance) These rare ‘live’ recordings were amongst the last to be made by Andre Kostelanetz before he took to making studio recordings and conducting symphony orchestras... a collectors' item which will be enjoyed by all lovers of good music.
CD1: Nat Gonella and his Trumpet: I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me; I Heard (voc: NG); Rockin’Chair (voc: NG); When You’re Smiling (voc: NG); Sing (voc: NG); That’s My Home (voc: NG); Stormy Weather (voc: NG); Nobody’s Sweetheart (voc: NG.GW); Georgia On My Mind (voc: NG); Sweet Sue. Just You (voc: NG); Moon Country (voc: NG); Troublesome Trumpet (voc: BL); Carolina (voc: NG); I Can Dance (voc: NG, Band) Personnel: Nat Gonella (tp/voc), Harry Jacobson (p), Al Bowlly (g), Tiny Winters (b), Bill Harty (d)
CD 2: Nat Gonella with the Bands (ROY FOX): ROY FOX: Whispering (Intro by Roy Fox); ROY FOX: OhI Mo’nah (voc: NG, Band); ROY FOX; Jig Time; ROY FOX: Georgia On My Mind (voc: NG); ROY FOX: You Rascal You (voc: NG); ROY FOX: Corrine Corrina (voc: NG); ROY FOX: Kickin’ The Gong Around (vocs: AB.NG); ROY FOX: How’m I Doin’ (vocs: AB, NG, Band) Personnel: Nat Gonella (Tp-Mellophone-voc), Sid Buckman (tp), Joe Ferrie (tb), Ernest Ritts, Jim Easton (cl-as), Harry Berly (cl-ts-vln), Lew Stone (p), Al Bowlly (g-voc), Don Stuteley (b), Bill Harty (d)
CD 2: Nat Gonella with the Bands (LEW STONE): LEW STONE: Junk Man Blues (vocs: AB.NG.Band); LEW STONE: Lying In The Hay (vocs: AB.NG); LEW STONE: Look
What I’ve Got; LEW STONE: Lazy Rhythm; LEW STONE: Lazy Bones (voc: JC); LEW STONE: Nagasaki (voc: NG); LEW STONE: Blue Jazz; LEW STONE: White Jazz; LEW STONE: Eadie Was A Lady (voc: AB); LEW STONE: Tiger Rag; LEW STONE: Milenberg Joys; LEW STONE: Emaline (voc: NG); LEW STONE: That’s A Plenty; LEW STONE: Isle Of Capri (voc: NG); LEW STONE: Miss Otis Regrets (voc: NG); LEW STONE: Judy (voc: NG); LEW STONE: The Continental (vocs: NG, AN, JF, JC) Personnel: Nat Gonella, Alfie Noakes (tp-mellophone-voc), Lew Davis (tb), Joe Ferrie (tb-voc), Joe Crossman (cl-as-voc), Jim Easton (cl-as), Ernest Ritte (as-bs), Harry Berly (ts), Eddie Carroll (p), Bill Herbert (g). Tiny Winters (b), Bill Harty (d), Eddie Freeman (g), Harry Sherman (g), Stanley Black (p), Albert Harris (g), Jock Jacobson (d), Eric Siday, Hugo Rignold, Reg Leopold (vlns)
This two CDs for the price of one package features the legendary Nat Gonella both with his own band and latterly with the bands of Roy Fox and Lew Stone. Besides playing trumpet Nat can be heard providing most of the vocal tracks. Smooth crooner Al Bowlly also takes some time out from playing guitar to feature as vocalist on several tracks including Kicking The Gong Around; How’m I Doin’; Junk Man Blues; Lying In The Hay and Eadie was A Lady. A nice introduction to the early recordings of Nat Gonella with some of the best British musicians of the day.
ANDRE KOSTELANETZ ORCHESTRA On The Air With Lily Pons
Track Listing: Opening Theme: Carefree; Tales From The Vienna Woods; Ay! Ay! Ay! (voc: Lily Pons); Chanson De Marie Antoinette (voc: Lily Pons); Hymn To The Sun from “Le coq d’or” (voc: Lily Pons); L’invitation au voyage (voc: Lily Pons); Dancing Doll (voc: Lily Pons); Waltz Song from “Romeo et Juliette” (voc: Lily Pons); Kiss Me Again (voc: Lily Pons); Dreamland Rendezvous (voc: Lily Pons); Ballerina from “Sylvia” (voc: Lily Pons); Andante from Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5; Voices Of Spring (voc: Lily Pons); Stars In My Eyes; April In Paris (voc: Lily Pons); I’m Always Chasing Rainbows (based on Frederic Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu op. 66); The Music Box (voc: Lily Pons); Romanian Dances; The Bell Song from “Lakmé” (voc: Lily Pons); Night And Day (voc: Lily Pons)
Having toured the war zones during World War II entertaining the allied troops Andre Kostelanetz and his wife Lily Pons returned to the ‘States” and recorded a series of Armed Forces Radio Service programs for distribution to the troops abroad. The programs were entitled “Music Millions Love”.It is from these half hour transcriptions that the music on this CD has been selected. it is a showcase for the wonderful voice Of Lily Pons who moves from Opera to Operetta to popular song all the while her husband, in evening dress conducts the orchestra. These rare ‘live’ recordings were amongst the last to be made by Andre Kostelanetz before he took to making studio recordings and conducting symphony orchestras... a collector's item which will be enjoyed by all lovers of good music.
Track Listing: All The Things You Are; Sweet Lorraine (vocs: Perry Como and Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers); Your Father’s Moustache (vocs: Perry Como and Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers); Harriet (vocs: Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers); How Deep Is The Ocean (voc: Perry Como); Sittin’ And A-Rockin’ (vocs: Perry Como and Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers); Rockin’ Chair (vocs: Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers); My Melancholy Baby (vocs: Perry Como and Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers); Here Comes Heaven Again (voc: Perry Como); When You're Away (vocs: Perry Como and Chorus); Moonbeams (vocs Anne Andre and Chorus); I’m Falling In Love With Someone (vocs: Anne Andre and Perry Como); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (vocs: The Chorus); Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life (vocs: Perry Como and Chorus); Blue Skies (voc: Perry Como); Tiger Rag /Don’t Be A Baby (vocs: The Mills Brothers); Cynthia's In Love (voc: Perry Como); Aren’t You Glad You’re You? (voc: Perry Como); Some Sunday Morning (vocs: Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers); As If I Didn’t Have Enough On My Mind (vocal: Kitty Kallen); Love Is Just Around The Corner (vocs: Perry Como and Kitty Kallen): Temptation (voc: Perry Como); My Momma says No No (voc: Rose Marie); Personality (Voc: Carol Landis); Introduction; Blue Skies (voc: Perry Como); California Sunbeam (vocs: Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers); All The Things You Are Closing Theme (vocs: Perry Como and Jo Stafford)
Perry Como the former barber of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania was thirty three years of age when he made the Supper Club transcriptions on this CD. This being part three, the first and second parts can be had on Sounds Of Yester Year catalogue numbers DSOY824 and DSOY844. These programs made for The Armed Forces Radio Service in 1945/46 highlight Perry’s relaxed way of singing, his friendliness and his sense of humour. He amassed one hundred records in the charts between 1943 and 1954. He even seemed impervious to the arrival of Rock “n” Roll because he kept on recording hits for RCA Victor right up until 1973.
Track Listing: All The Things You Are; You Was Right, Baby (voc: Peggy Lee); Waitin’ For The Train To Come In (voc: Peggy Lee); I’ve Got A Walkie Talkie (vocs Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers); I Don’t Know Enough About You (voc: Peggy Lee); I Can See It Your Way (voc: Peggy Lee); I’m Glad I Waited For You (voc: Peggy Lee); A Reasonable Facsimile Of You (vocs: Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers); All The Things You Are; Smoke Dreams (vocs: Jo Stafford and The Starlighters); You Call Everybody, Darlin’ (voc: Peggy Lee); Love Your Magic Spell Is everywhere (voc: Peggy Lee); Love Somebody (vocs: Peggy Lee and the band); Maybe You’ll Be There (voc: Peggy Lee); Little Jack Frost, Get Lost (voc: Peggy Lee); So Dear To My Heart (voc: Peggy Lee); Hold Me (voc: Frankie Lane); On The Sunny Side Of Ther Street (vocs: Peggy Lee, Frankie Lane, Tom Reddy); Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man (voc: Peggy Lee); A Little Bird Told Me (voc: Peggy Lee and the band); It Only Happens Once (voc: Frankie Lane); You Know You Can Depend On Me (vocs: Peggy Lee and Frankie Lane); So In Love (voc: Peggy Lee); On A Slow Boat To China (voc: Peggy Lee); I Cried For You (voc: Peggy Lee with The Dave Barbour sextet); Funny What Money Can Do (vocs Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis); You Was (vocs: Peggy Lee and Dean Martin); I Want To Go Where You Go (voc: Peggy Lee); Smoke Dreams (vocs: Jo Stafford and The Starlighters)
This is the latest in our series of Armed Forces Radio recordings of “At The Supper Club”, the previous issues being of Jo Stafford and Perry Como. This time it is the inimitable Peggy Lee who is centre stage, accompanied by guests Frankie Laine, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers are also on hand as they provided the vocal acccompaniment for the series. Tom Reddy was the vocalist with the Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra, the main featured orchestra in the series of shows, although half way through this CD Dave Barbour’s Orchestra takes over. Dave was Peggy’s husband and together they wrote a number of the songs that can be heard here. Jo Stafford and The Starlighters can be heard on the opening and closing themes on tracks ten and twenty nine. The whole generous and entertaining package is held together by master of ceremomies Martin Block.
Track Listing: Artistry In Rhythm; Reuben’s Blues; Stompin’ At The Savoy; Artemis And Apollo; Young Blood; Stan Kenton Medley: Interlude/ Intermission Riff/ Opus In Pastels/ Eager Beaver/ Collaberation/ The Peanut Vendor; To Duke (Improvisations on “Take The ‘A’ Train); Malguena
This ‘live’ concert played a pivotal part in the late career of the great Stan Kenton. The reaction of the audience who were expecting a more avant-garde performance was to say the least disappointing and latterly caused Stan to create the new 1970’s band with a brand new ‘book’. Nevertheless the music on this disc is interesting due to the unusual line-up of the band, most being European musicians. The fact that they sensed that the audience was not going to give plaudits to who could play the coolest, the soloists reach out as far as they are able, and the rhythm section rocks with an unrestrained swing. “Reuben” never sounded so sprightly, and those featured on “Young Blood” make sure the title lives up to its name.
Track Listing & Personnel Benny Goodman Show # 15: Introduction: BG O: After You’ve Gone; Comedy by Victor Borge and Don Wilson; BG O: Pity The Poor Lobster; BG 6: St Louis Blues; Comedy by Victor Borge and Edward G Robinson; Victor Borge: Prelude In C Sharp Minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff; BG 6: The Sheik Of Araby; Comedy by Victor Borge and Edward G Robinson; Closer: Good-bye Personnel: Guest: Edward G Robinson
John Best, Nate Kazebier, Dick Mains, Dale Pierce (tp), Cutty Cutshall, Leon Cox (tb), Addison Collins (fr-h), Larry Molinelli, Bill Shine (as), Cliff Strickland, Zoot Sims (ts), John Rotella (bs), Johnny White (vib), Joe Bushkin (p), Barney Kessell (g), Harry Babasin (b), Louis Bellson (d), Art Lund (voc).
Sextet: Benny Goodman, Johnny White, Joe Bushkin, Barney Kessell, Harry Babasin, Louie Bellson.
Track Listing & Personnel Benny Goodman Show # 16: Introduction; BG O: King Porter Stomp; Comedy By Victor Borge and Don Wilson; BG O: If You Were The Only Girl In The World (vocal: Art Lund) repeat from show 10; Mobilgas: Hora Staccato (arranged by Jeff Alexander); Comedy by Victor Borge and Charlie “Finegan” Cantor; Victor Borge: Warsaw Concerto; BG 6: Honeysuckle Rose; Comedy by Victor Borge and Charlie “Finegan” Cantor; BG O: I Know That You Know (repeat from show 2); Closer: Good-bye Personnel: Guest: Charlie “Finegan” Cantor
Same personnel.
Mobilgas Orchestra: Augmented Benny Goodman Orchestra.
Volume seven of the complete AFRS Benny Goodman Shows features shows numbered fifteen and sixteen and introduces some new additions to the band's line-up in the form of tenor sax man Zoot Sims and the excellent guitarist Barney Kessell.Featured guests are film star Edward G Robinson and a popular figure from the Golden Age Of Radio, Charlie Cantor. So far this unique series has proved to be very popular and has attracted great interest from collectors around the world.
Hollywood Palladium. February 1954: Theme (Singing Winds); Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (vocals The Band); Don’t Take Your Love From Me (voc: Buddy Victor); Reverie In The Rain; You Turned The Tables On Me (vocals The O’Day Sisters); Where Or When; Stars Fell On Alabama (vocals: Buddy Victor and The O’Day Sisters); Rub-A-Dub-Dub; Blues Theme From An American In Paris; Shaker Heights Stomp Personnel: John McCormick, Carl Erca, William Wert (tp). Ralph Craig, Marshall Cram, Hale Rood, Harry Street (tb). Joe Lenza, Leon Hamlin (cl, as). Louis Cantanzaro, Salvatore Azzolina (cl, Ts). Martin Marks (cl, bs). Ralph Flanagan (p). Milton Norman (g). Jack Keys (b). William C. Smith (d). Buddy Victor and The O’Day Sisters (vocs)
Ralph Flanagan with an unknown orchestra. Chase Club, Hotel Chase, St. Louis. MO. June 6th 1958: When The Saints Go Marching In; On The Banks Of The Wabash; Twelfth Street Rag; Hot Toddy; My Hero; Giannina Mia (Sign Off)
Ralph Flanagan with unknown orchestra with Sheila Jordan (vocal). Hotel Peabody. Memphis. TN. November 7th 1958: Theme: Hot Toddy; I’m In The Mood For Love; I want To Be Happy; Sentimental Journey (vocal: Sheila Jordan); Lazy River; Sometimes I’m Happy
This CD features three sessions from the great Ralph Flanagan And His Orchestra. The first session was recorded for the Armed Forces Radio “All Star Parade Of Bands” number eleven, from the Hollywood Palladium in February 1954; the second for the Armed Forces “One Night Stand” radio program of June the 6th 1958 from The Chase Club. Chase Hotel. MO. The third program is also for the Armed Forces Radio Service “One Night Stand” program, this time from The Hotel Peabody in Memphis Tennessee on the 7th of November 1958. Flanagan's was one of the top orchestras in the business. In the year from the 15th of March 1950 to 15th of March 1951 his band grossed over $500,000 dollars (in those days a considerable fortune) and the band played to over two million people. During a period of 594 consecutive days the band was booked for 574. Most of the polls of the period including Billboard's annual disc jockey poll voted Ralph Flanagan's Band number one. These recordings were made at the peak of his career. Towards the end of the fifties he gave up the big band and would then perform with small combos of five or six musicians. This is your chance to hear and collect rare ‘live” recordings from from one of the finest bands of the period.
Track Listing: All The Things You Are; It’s Only A Paper Moon; Come Back To Sorrento; My Guy’s Come Back; Tampico; Give Me The Simple Life; Thou Swell; I’m Always Chasing Rainbows; Catfish Take A Look At That Worm; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Storybook Romance; Ol’ Man River; When Your Lover Has Gone; I May Be Wrong; I Don’t Know Enough about You; You Always Hurt The One You Love; Sometimes I’m Happy; Love Is So Terrific; Smoke Dreams; ‘S Wonderful; Poor Butterfly; Girls Were Made To Take Care Of Boys; Buttons And Bows; The Merry Go Round Broke Down; One Mornin’; Medley: Smoke Dreams/These Foolish Things; Smoke Dreams; Always True To You In My Fashion; He’s Gone Away; Medley: Sleepy Time Down South/Memphis Blues; Powder Your Face With Sunshine; Smoke Dreams
Personnel: Lloyd Shaffer And His Orchestra, Paul Weston And His Orchestra, Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers, The Starlighters, Martin Block (Master Of Ceremonies) and Guests: Woody Herman, Smiley Burnette, The Phil Moore Four and The Mills Brothers
Jo Stafford must be one of the most loved and prolific American singers of the 1940s and fifties. Originally a member of Tommy Dorsey’s Pied Pipers singing group she graduated to solo artist with numerous hits. During World War II she made a series of V-disc recordings which were shipped to servicemen in all theatres of operations which helped her to become “G.I. Jo”, the soldier’s “girl next door”. The “live” rcordings on this compact disc were made with Lloyd Shafer And His Orchestra, Paul Weston And His Orchestra, Helen Carroll And The Satisfiers, The Starlighters, Martin Block is the Master Of Ceremonies and there are contributions from Woody Herman, SmileyBurnette, The Phil Moore Four and The Mills Brothers at The Supper Club during a period stretching from December 1945 to January 1949 for The Armed Forces Radio service. A suitable addition to any serious collection.
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