Harry Connick Jnr

 Some Piano playing now with an occasional song or two !!

Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and television host. He has sold over 28 million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16 million in certified sales. He has had seven top 20 US albums, and ten number-one US jazz albums, earning more number-one albums than any other artist in US jazz chart history.

He made his first record – mainly instrumental standards – on the Columbia label (Harry Connick, Jr.) in 1987; his next album, made the following year when he was twenty, featured his singing as well ...20 is an album that Harry Connick Jr. recorded in his 20th year. It is his second album from Columbia Records, but his first album with vocal (on 6 of 11 tracks), from the label. As with his previous album, he dedicated it "to the memory of my loving mother, Anita Connick."

1. Avalon

2. Blue Skies

3. Imagination

4. Do You Know What it Means To Miss New Orleans

5. Basin Street Blues

1. Lazy River

2. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

3. Stars fell on Alabama

4. 'S'Wonderful

5. If I Only Had A Brain

6. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me

      6. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me

Gale Robbins

Gale Robbins (born Betty Gale Robbins (or Betty Gale Murphy), May 7, 1921 – February 18, 1980) was an American actress and singer.In 1939, Robbins was a singer in the stage show at the Hotel Sherman's College Inn in Chicago, Illinois. She apparently changed her stage name at that time. An article in the August 6, 1939, issue of the Chicago Tribune reported: "Betty Robbins, Chicago singer who joined ths show recently, holds over for the new program, under the name Gale Robbins. Gale is her middle name.

In September 1957, Robbins signed with Vik Records and made her first recordings for that label.

In the late 50s the gal with the smooth and sexy vocal style released an easy-listening album ("I'm a Dreamer") for the Vik Label backed by Eddie Cano & His Orchestra. She covered such standards as "Them There Eyes" and "What Is This Thing Called Love." 

1. What Is This Thing Called love

2. Them There Eyes

3. How deep Is The Ocean

4. Ain't Nothing Wrong With That Baby

5. Golden Earrings

6. The Nearness Of You

1. They Can't Take that Away From Me

2. Here I Go

3. I'm a Dreamer Aren't We All

4. Best Of All

5. Music Maestro Please

6. Ain't Misbehavin'

      2. Here I Go

The Fontane Sisters

The line-up of this close-harmony 50s US vocal group, whose initial success was achieved by making cover versions of black R&B records, comprised Marge Rosse (b. New Milford, New Jersey, USA; lead), Bea Rosse (b. New Milford, New Jersey, USA; low harmony) and Geri Rosse (b. New Milford, New Jersey, USA; harmony). Their mother was a choral director and organist.

 Signed to RCA - Victor Records in 1949, they had several minor hits in the early 50s, including ‘Tennessee Waltz’, ‘Let Me In’ (with Texas Jim Robertson) and ‘Cold, Cold Heart’.

In 1954 the group switched to Dot Records, a label that specialized in making cover versions of established hits, and came under the influence of Dot’s musical director, Billy Vaughn, who, with his orchestra, provided the backing for most of their successful records. Early that year, they made the US charts with ‘Happy Days And Lonely Nights’.

1. Happy Days And Lonely Nights

2. Hearts Of Stone

3. Rock Love

4. Rollin' Stone

5. If I Could Be With You

6. Seventeen

7. Adorable

8. Daddy O

9. Eddie My Love

10. I'm In Love Again

11. Voices

12. Please Don't Leave Me

13. I'm Stickin' With You

14. Dancing To The Rock And Roll

15. Which Way To Your Heart

16. Summertime Love

17. Chanson D'Amour

18. Jealous Heart

      9. Eddie My Love

Harpers Bizarre

 Harpers Bizarre was an American sunshine pop band of the 1960s, best known for their Broadway/sunshine pop sound and their cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)."

1. Come to The Sunshine

2. Happy Talk

3. Come Love

4. Raspberry Rug

5. 59th Street Bridge Song..Feelin' Groovy

1. The Debutantes Ball

2. Happyland

3. Peter And The Wolf

4. I Can Hear The Darkness

5. Simon Smith And The Amazing Bear

     5. Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear

Dorothy Provine

A  different kinda Razz-a- Ma Tazz from the one below but still in the same sorta style !!..from the TV Show so a little of the 20's nostalgia !!...although they are only 8 tracks you have a compilation of about 27 songs...so I'm sure that a sing-a-long might be on the cards !!..if you can keep up with most of the tempo and "Squeaky Provine"

1. Baby Face ++

2. Doin' The Stigma Chi ++

3. Thinking Of You ++

4. Hard Hearted Hannah++

5. You've Got That Thing++

6. I'm Gonna Charlston Back To Charlston++

7. Bambalina++

8. The Man I Love++

     4. Hard Hearted Hannah

Carol Channing

 Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and comedian, known for starring in Broadway and film musicals. Her characters usually had a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, whether singing or for comedic effect.Carol Channing's reputation was built upon her turns in comic stage performances. And Jazz Baby is exactly what you would expect from a swinging, jazz album starring the distinctive voice of Hello Dolly! The collection includes songs from some of her most famous Broadway musicals, including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Thoroughly Modern Millie. The title track announces Channing's personal connection to these songs: "(I'm) full of jazz and harmony, 'cause I'm a jazz baby." .........(Info Edited From Wikipdia & All Music)

1. Jazz Baby

2. Thoroughly Modern Millie

3. Join Us In A Cup Of Tea

4. Doin' The Old Yahoo Step

5. A Little Game of Tennis

6. Teeny Little Weeny Nest For Two

7. Ain't Misbehavin'

8. You've Gotta See Mama Every Night

9. Ma He's Makin' Eyes At Me

10. You're The Cream In My Coffee

11. Baby Wont You Please Come Home

12. A Good Man Is Hard To Find

13. Button Up Your Overcoat

14. Wouldn't You Like To Lay Your Head Upon My Pillow

15. Little Girl From Little Rock

16. Bye Bye Baby

17. Homesick Blues

18. Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend

 

      15. Little Girl From Little Rock

Ottilie Patterson

Anna Ottilie Patterson (31 January 1932 – 20 June 2011) was a Northern Irish blues singer best known for her performances and recordings with the Chris Barber Jazz Band in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Ottilie's name is an Anglicised form of the Latvian name "Ottilja". Both sides of the family were musical, and Ottilie trained as a classical pianist from the age of eleven, but never received any formal training as a singer.In 1951 she began singing with Jimmy Compton's Jazz Band, and in August 1952 she formed the Muskrat Ramblers with Al Watt and Derek Martin.

She joined the Barber band full-time on 28 December 1954, and her first public appearance was at the Royal Festival Hall on 9 January 1955. Between 1955 and 1962 Ottilie toured extensively with the Chris Barber Jazz Band.

From approximately 1963 she began to suffer throat problems and ceased to appear and record regularly with Chris Barber, officially retiring from the band in 1973. During this period she recorded some non-jazz/blues material such as settings of Shakespeare (with Chris Barber) and in 1969 issued a solo LP 3000 years with Ottilie....(Info Edited From Wikipedia) 

A very different Ottilie !.....with words from the New Testament...A 4th Century Elergy..A 16 Century Ballad..Words from the 19 Century..Shakespeare Sonnets. all set to music..and of course her own compositions of words and music !!...this is one of those L/P's that the more you hear it the better it becomes....

1. A Song Of Solomon

2. The Orphan

3. Latin Drinking Song

4. Please Accept My Apologies Mrs Pankhurst

5. Why So Pale And Wan

6. Helen Of Kirkconnell

7. The Sound Of The Door As it Closes

1. Spring Song

2. The Bitterness Of Death

3. Ad Uxorem

4. Hey Ho The Wind And The Rain

5. It Was A Lover And His Lass

6. Sonnet No 8

7. Mrs Pankhurst Returns

     2. The Orphan

Shani Wallis

Shani Wallis (born 14 April 1933) is a British actress and singer, who has worked in theatre, film, and television in both her native United Kingdom and in the United States. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she is perhaps best known for her roles in the West End, and for the role of Nancy in the 1968 Oscar-winning film musical Oliver!.

1. Don't Ringa Da Bell

2. Our Melody

3. Personality

4. Please Don't Say No

5. Don't Take Your Love From Me

6. There Goes My Heart

7. Sixteen Reasons

8. Forever Forever

9. Where's The Boy

10. And Now

11. The Most Beautiful Words In The World

12. When Love Is young

13. Something In The Air

14. Let Me Go Lover

15. Rock around The World Medley Part 1

16. Rock Around The World Medley Part 2

     5.Don't Take Your Love From Me

Alice Babs

Swingtime Again is a 1998 music album featuring Alice Babs . In addition, Charlie Norman and Anders Berglund Big Band participate .After having been retired for 18 years she released this new album at the tender age of 74 !

The recording was made in Atlantis Studio in Stockholm between August 31 and September 5, 1998. 

1. Me And You

2. Its Wonderful

3. Sugar

4. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart

5. Our Love Is Here To Stay

6. A Sailboat in The Moonlight

7. Swing It Magistern

8. I Don't Mind

9. Who's Got The Other Half of Heaven

10. Regntunga Skyar

11. I'm Checkin' Out Go'om Bye

12. Drop Me Off In Harlem

13. Bluer Than Blue

     8. I Don't Mind

The Crew Cuts

 The Crew-Cuts were a Canadian vocal quartet, that made a number of popular records that charted in the United States and worldwide. They named themselves after the then popular crew cut haircut, one of the first connections made between pop music and hairstyle. They were most famous for their recording of The Chords' hit record, "Sh-Boom".

Artist Biography by Richie Unterberger

On most informed lists of rock & roll villains, the Crew Cuts would have to rank near the top. They weren't rock & rollers in the first place: their clean-cut white harmony glee club approach was really in the style of early- and mid-'50s groups such as the Four Aces, the Four Lads, and the Four Freshmen. The Canadian quartet differed from those acts, however, in their concentration upon covers of songs originally recorded by R&B/doo wop vocal groups. Their cover of the Chords' "Sh-Boom" set the pattern, going to number one in 1954 and setting the stage for their other commercially successful pop treatments of R&B hits by the Penguins, Gene & Eunice, Otis Williams & the Charms, the Robins, the Spaniels, the Nutmegs, and others.

1. Crazy 'Bout You Baby

2. Sh Boom Sh Boom

3. Oop Shoop

4. A Story Untold

5. Don't Be Angry

6. Earth Angel

7. Gum Drop

8. Ko Ko Mo

9. Slam Bam

10. Two Hearts Two Kisses

11. Honey Hair Sugar lips Eyes Of Blue

12. Tell Me Why

13. Susie Q

14. Young love

15. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

     14. Young Love

Helen Carr

With the exception of one song cut with Charles Mingus in 1946 and two with King Curtis later in the 1950s, this single CD (which consists of Helen Carr's two Bethlehem albums) has the complete output of the talented but short-lived singer who died in 1960 at age 36. Carr's interpretations fall between jazz and middle-of-the-road pop, yet her treatments of the standards consistently swing and uplift the material. On one occasion she is joined by a quintet with husband/pianist Donn Trenner, trumpeter Don Fagerquist and altoist Charlie Mariano, while the other session finds Carr interacting quite winningly with a trio consisting of guitarist Howard Roberts, bassist Red Mitchell and the muted (but fiery) trumpet of Cappy Lewis. Recommended.

  Helen Carr, Sammy Herman, Joe Bianco, and Donn Trenner, Nola's, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947
                                                         
    19. Your Getting To be A Habit With Me

The Vernons Girls

The Vernons Girls were an English musical ensemble of female vocalists. They were formed at the Vernons football pools company in the 1950s in Liverpool, settling down to a sixteen strong choir and recording an album of standards.
As a 16-piece vocal group, the Vernons Girls appeared on the ITV show Oh Boy with the house band between 1958 and 1959, and made a series of relatively successful singles for the label Parlophone between 1958 and 1961. Their 1958 LP released on Parlophone was arranged and conducted by Peter Knight, with sleeve notes by Eamonn Andrews. This record is significantly different from their later pop hits, featuring such fifties standards as "We'll Gather Lilacs", "Lonely Ballerina", and the "Cuckoo in the Clock".
Led by Maureen Kennedy, from 1961 the group reduced their membership to five and then three members, and by 1962 had signed to Decca Records where they recorded covers of American hits. Their cover of Clyde McPhatter's "Lover Please" and "You Know What I Mean" were both hits; the latter was also originally the B-side of "Lover Please". In the US, the group charted with the first Beatles tribute album there, We Love The Beatles. The Carefrees had previously charted with a Beatles tribute called "We Love You Beatles" in the UK in 1964.

As session singers for Decca, the Vernons Girls were the female backing voices on many hit singles during the 1960s – one of the first being Billy Fury's "Maybe Tomorrow". The trio of Jean Owen (aka Samantha Jones), Frances Lea, and Maureen Kennedy.


Jean Owen had solo success under the name Samantha Jones.

1. Lover Please

2. You Know What I Mean

3. Dat's Love

4. Be Nice To Him Mama

5. Don't Wanna Go

6. The Locomotion

7. See For Yourself

8. Funny All Over

9. Do The Bird

10. I'm Gonna Let My Hair Down

11. Stay at Home

12. He'll Never Come back

13. Mama Doesn't Know

14. Just Another Girl

15. Tommorow Is Another Day

16. Why Why Why

17. Hey Lover Boy

18. Stupid Little Girl

19. We Love The Beatles

20. Only You Can Do It

21. It's A Sin To Tell a Lie

22. Don't Say Goodbye 

      1. Lover Please.

Vicky Lane

This Cool Lady only recorded this one L/P....Shame !!


Vicky Lane was born Grace Patricia Rose Coghlan in Dublin, Ireland in 1926. At a relatively young age, she had already traveled around the world twice before settling with her family in Mexico, then Nevada, and finally Beverly Hills.

Lane first went to Mexico with her family, then to the United States. As a teenager, her first Hollywood role was in 1942. She became known for her role as the Ape Woman Paula Dupree in the horror film The Jungle Captive (1945, directed by Harold Young).It was followed by supporting roles in films such as The Cisco Kid Returns (1945) 

After a brief marriage to film actor Tom Neal (1948–49), Lane married jazz musician and bandleader Pete Candoli in 1953, Around 1953, she recorded several songs for the Sunset label with Candoli, Jimmy Rowles, Joe Mondragon and Shelly Manne such as 'S Wonderful and I Got Nothin' But the Blues. Candoli also arranged the songs for her only solo album, which she recorded with the Candoli Orchestra in 1959 for Time Records, I Swing for You. 

(Info Edited From Wikipedia)....Note Track "Song Is You" 47 seconds X three !!

AllMusic Review by Ken Dryden

This RCA Victor LP marked the recording debut of Vicky Lane, a native of Ireland who was also an actress. Although gifted with an attractive voice in the alto range, Lane evidently didn't make much of an impression with record buyers, as this also seems to be the only recording under her name. This doesn't mean this is a bad record; in fact, she shows a lot of promise for a first-time recording artist, assisted by Pete Candoli's swinging arrangements and a supporting cast that also includes Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Alvin Stoller, and Joe Mondragon, along with a host of additional percussionists. Perhaps her selection of all upbeat songs instead of mixing a wider variety of material worked against her, though it is impossible to tell almost a half century after these sessions were completed.

1. The Trolley Song

2. Our Very Own

3. My Romance

4. You Hit The Spot

5. Love Isn't Born It's Made

6. My Heart Stood Still

1. They Say It's Wonderful

2. The Song Is You

3. Long Ago And far Away

4. I Love You

5. Right As Rain

6. This Heart Of Mine

    5. Right As The Rain

Janice Harper

  We now have a singer that seems to be well forgotten there is hardly anything about her on the internet which is a pity because she has got a great voice and should have been heard more in her time...she should have been with that voice a top seller for "Capitol" records but somehow she missed out.....So here you can find out what people have missed all these years.....

1. Cry Me A River

2. Always

3. I Am Forgetting You

4. If You Are But A Dream

5. If You Love Me Really Love Me

6. I'm Thru With Love

1. The Thrill Has Gone

2. All The Things You Are

3. Just Say I Love him

4. I Hadn't Anyone Till You

5. For All We Know

6. I Believe

7. Bon Voyage

    5. If You Love Me Really Love Me

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Ivie Anderson

Here's A Great Singer from the 30's the Era of The Swing bands !!

Ivie Anderson (sometimes Ivy) (July 10, 1904 – December 28, 1949) was an American jazz singer. Anderson was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.Her career for over a decade consisted of touring with Ellington. Her first appearance on record, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", recorded in 1932, was a hit. She participated in Ellington's first European tour in 1933. In 1940, she recorded "Solitude", "Mood Indigo", and "Stormy Weather".

1. I'm Checking Out Goo'm Bye
2. I've Got To be A Rug Cutter
3. Shoeshine Boy
4. Chocolate Snake
5. It Don't Mean a Thing
6. Troubled Waters
7. I Got it bad And That Ain't Good
8. My Old Flame
9. Let's have A Jubilee
10. Rocks In My Bed
11. Me And You
12. I've Got The World On a String
13. Isn't love The Strangest Thing
14. All God's Chillen Got Rhythm
15. Killin' Myself
16. Cotton
17. There's a Lull In my life
18. Oh Baby Maybe Someday
19. Heyfoot Strawfoot
20. Truckin'
21. Alabamy Bound

                                 Ivie Anderson & Duke Ellington

    5. It Don't Mean A Thing

Bucks Fizz

Forget the "Cheesy" song that won "The Eurovision" for England !!! BOY have this group grown up and improved 100%.....TRUE that this L/P is not one of their commercial successes but it just shows that a group can improve with time....It's definatly worth a listen to.....To those who are just a bit unsure !!!!! GO ON DO IT !!

1. I Hear Talk

2. Indebted To You

3. Tears On The Ballroom Floor

4. Cold War

5. Golden Days

1. Talking In Your Sleep

2. Breaking Me Up

3. January's Gone

4. She Cries

5. Thief In The Night

1. I Hear Talk.

Kylie Minogue

Okay now from a Bubble Gum Pop Princess to a Classy Lady its "Miss Australia" singing as only she can!!

    3. Tears On My Pillow