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Thursday 27 February 2020

Joe Loss


Obviously I imagine that this is not the "Joe Loss Band".....Not much info about this L/P anywhere just a general note about the Sound !....But it was the 70's the Hey Day of Stereo !!
But it is still a good set of sweeping orchestral tunes !!!!..As quoted below from the back sleeve !




Joshua Alexander "Joe" Loss LVO OBE (22 June 1909 – 6 June 1990) was a British musician popular during the British dance band era, and was founder of the Joe Loss Orchestra.
The Joe Loss Orchestra was one of the most successful acts of the big band era in the 1940s, with hits including "In the Mood". In 1961 they had a hit with "Wheels—Cha Cha", a version of the String-A-Longs' hit "Wheels". Other hits included David Rose's "The Stripper" in 1958,'Sucu Sucu','Must Be Madison','The Theme from Maigret' and "March of the Mods (The Finnjenka Dance)" of 1964.
The Joe Loss Orchestra carries on under the musical direction of Todd Miller, who was a vocalist with the band for 19 years before Loss's death. In 1989 Joe Loss became too ill to travel and in 1990 he entrusted the leadership to his longest serving band member, trombonist and player manager of many decades, Sam Watmough and to Todd. The orchestra has been in constant operation since 1930 and in 2015 it celebrated its 85th anniversary.


Specialist dance band radio stations continue to play his records. Joe Loss also features regularly on the Manx Radio programme Sweet & Swing, presented by Howard Caine.



    6. Make Believe


    1. At The Woodchoppers Ball....Joe Los & Orchestra

Wednesday 26 February 2020

Ted Heath & His Music


Some smooth Big Band sounds now from the great Ted Heath Band !







   
        Ted Heath With His Band Singers...Dickie Valentine...Dennis Lotis...Lita Roza..

   4. Dat's Love

Saturday 8 February 2020

Lena Horne


Soul is a 1966 studio album by Lena Horne, arranged by Ray Ellis.  Soul was the third of four albums Lena Horne recorded for United Artists Records. Recorded between September 9th 1965 and March 11th 1966, and released in June 1966. 
Groovy Lena Horne from the 60s – an album that's a heck of a lot hipper and more swinging than most of her sets from a decade before! That unmistakable Horne style of singing is still very much in place here – but the backings are often tightly punctuated, with a gently soulful groove that definitely lives up to the title, and which serves up most of the tracks with a nice little sense of rhythm. Ray Ellis is working here with Lena on the backings – and his style is arguably a bit groovier than usual too, with more of the syncopations you might find in mid 60s Quincy Jones or Oliver Nelson. 








    3. The Old Mill Stream

Jo Ann Campbell


Jo Ann Campbell (born July 20, 1938 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American pop singer.
In 1956, Campbell decided to quit dancing and become a singer. She received her first recording contract with RKO-Point Records in New York and released her debut single "Where Ever You Go" / "I'm Coming Home Late Tonight" with them in 1956. It was unsuccessful and she then signed a recording contract with Eldorado Records after performing at Harlem's Apollo Theater. She wrote and released her second single, "Come On Baby" in 1957. Later that year she released "Wait a Minute", and appeared at the Brooklyn Paramount and on Dick Clark's American Bandstand show.






                                           Jo Ann Campbell With Bobby Darin

    3. Eddie My Love

Saturday 1 February 2020

The Rock-a-Teens


Here's a one hit Wonder !....a cross between Bill Haley & Elvis !! from the late 50's lots of Rockabilly fun on this one !!

The Rock-A-Teens were a short-lived American rockabilly group from Richmond, Virginia, active in the late 1950s, led by Vic Mizelle....The Rock-a-Teens were one-hit wonders whose lone hit record was "Woo Hoo", written by George Donald McGraw and backed with "Untrue", released on Roulette Records R 4192. The song hit No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Rock-A-Teens formed in 1956 as Boo Walke & the Rockets while still in high school. After the initial success of "Woo-Hoo", they cut an album of the same name. Meanwhile Roulette Records issued a follow-up single of "Twangy" and "Doggone It Baby". Neither the album or follow-up single was successful. The group broke up shortly after and none of the members continued in the music business. ( Info Edited From Wikipedia )

1. Woo-Hoo
2. Doggone It baby
3. I'm Not Afraid
4. That's My Mama
5. Dance The Bop
6. The Story Of a Woman

1. Twangy
2. Janis Will Rock
3. Pagan
4. Lotta Boppin'
5. Oh my Nerves
6. I was Born To Rock


     1. Woo - Hoo



     3. Pagan

The Ronettes


The Ronettes.were an American girl group from New York City. One of the most popular groups of the 1960s, consisted of lead singer Veronica Bennett (later known as Ronnie Spector), her older sister Estelle Bennett, and their cousin Nedra Talley. 
The girls had sung together since they were teenagers, then known as "The Darling Sisters". Signed first by Colpix Records in 1961, they moved to Phil Spector's Philles Records in March 1963 and changed their name to "The Ronettes". 
Among the Ronettes' most famous songs are "Be My Baby", "Baby, I Love You", "(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up", and "Walking in the Rain", all of which charted on the Billboard Hot 100.  ( Info Edited From Wikipedia )

The Ronettes began recording with Colpix Records in 1961 and recorded eleven songs for Colpix........And here they are !!

1. He Did It
2. Silhouettes
3. Good Girls
4. The Memory
5. You Bet I Would
6. I'm Gonna Quit While I'm Ahead

1. I'm On The Wagon
2. Recipe For Love
3. My Guiding Angel
4. I Want A Boy
5. What's So Sweet About Sixteen





    4. The Memory