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We are now in Lock-Down in England.....So its more than likely I will be spending more time on this blog.....be great to hear some comments from people who download the music and perhaps strike up some interaction with like minded music lovers of the type of music that is on here....so everybody feel free to make any comments good or even bad and see what happens...also if any of the downloads don't work then let me know and I can re-post them.....Cheers Brody..

Barbara Dickson

Here's A Songbird from the 70's !

Barbara Ruth Dickson OBE (born Dunfermline, Fife, 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer whose hits include "I Know Him So Well", "Answer Me" and "January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums in the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a number of hit singles, including four which reached the Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart. The Scotsman newspaper has described her as Scotland's best-selling female singer in terms of the numbers of hit chart singles and albums she has achieved in the UK since 1976.
She became a well-known face on the British folk circuit of the late 1960s and early 1970s, but changed her career course after meeting Willy Russell. He was at that time a young student running a folk club in Liverpool. He showed Dickson the first draft of what later became the award-winning musical John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert and asked her to perform the music. The combination of fine writing, a superb cast of young unknowns (including Antony Sher, Bernard Hill and Trevor Eve) and Dickson's idiosyncratic interpretation of Beatles songs made the show hugely successful.

Robert Stigwood, signed Dickson to his record label, RSO Records, where she recorded the album Answer Me, arranged and produced by Junior Campbell, the title track becoming a Top 10 hit in 1976. John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert also led to her guest residency on The Two Ronnies, which brought Dickson's singing to the attention of more than ten million BBC Television viewers every week.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice also spotted Dickson in John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert, and invited her to record "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" from their new musical Evita, which became her second hit in 1977.

Later in 1984, Tim Rice approached Dickson to take part in the recording of the concept album for the musical Chess in the role of Svetlana. Dickson's songs on the album included "I Know Him So Well", a duet sung with Elaine Paige. The song was a worldwide hit, and remained at number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. It is still cited in the Guinness World Records as the best-selling female duet of all-time...( Info Edited From Wikipedia )

1. People Get Ready

2. Boys From Men

3. My Man

4. Lean On Me

5. Goodbye Dreamer

6. End Of The World

1. Answer Me

2. Goodbye To The Cries

3. From The Heart

4. Let It Go

5. Judgement Day

6. Driftaway

       6. Driftaway.

BARBARA DICKSON AND ELAINE PAIGE - I KNOW HIM SO WELL (FULL VIDEO) HQ

Al Cohn Orchestra With Joe Newman.

Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman.
Saxophonist, arranger and composer Al Cohn (1925-1988), a native New Yorker, became famous in the 1940s as one of the Four Brothers in Woody Herman's Second Herd in the 1940s. It was there that he met and established a lifelong musical partnership with fellow saxophonist Zoot Sims. Cohn and Sims played together regularly through the 1950s and 1960s. Cohn also performed or recorded with Joe Marsala, Buddy Rich, Artie Shaw, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter, Carmen McRae and Elliot Lawrence.

That Old Feeling is an album by saxophonist and arranger Al Cohn and His Orchestra featuring trumpeter Joe Newman recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label.
( Info Edited From Wikipedia )

1. That Old Feeling
2. Gone With The Wind
3. Sweet And Lovely
4. Soft As Spring
5. I'll Take Romance
6. Azure-Te (Paris Blues)

1. I'll Be Around
2. Swingin' The Blues
3. Trouble Is A Man
4. Honey Blond
5. Willow Weep For Me
6. In A Mellow Tone

                                               Al Cohn With Zoot Sims.
       4. Soft As Spring.

The New Jazz Group & The New Concert Orchestra

Some Mood music now !! "Latin " Jazz" & "Classical"

The New Jazz Group  The New Concert Orchestra ‎– Background Music Specially Recorded For Film, Radio & Television (1968)
BOOSEY & HAWKES Recorded Music For Film Radio & Television  1968 UK limited edition 8-track non-commercial LP issued in very small quantities on the famous Boosey & Hawkes Music Library label an offshoot of the international music publishers.

1. Bossa Tapajos
2. Bossa Parana
3. Jazz For  Humanoids Theorem
4. Jazz For Humanoids Equation
5. Eight Man Bounce
6. Symphony (First Movement)
7. Lassu
8. Friska

      5. Eight Man Bounce.

Carla Thomas

Carla Venita Thomas (born December 21, 1942) is an American singer, who is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. Thomas is the daughter of Rufus Thomas.
Thomas is best known for the work she completed for both Atlantic Records and most notably, Stax Records in the 1960s. Her first record, "'Cause I Love You" (1960), was a duet with her father, with brother Marvell on keyboards, that was released by Satellite Records, which eventually became Stax Records.
Thomas’ most famous single, "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)", reaching number 10 on the pop chart and number 5 on the R&B chart. While she continued to have success on the R&B charts throughout the 1960s, her only other solo top 40 pop hit was "B-A-B-Y," reaching number 14 in 1966......After her last Stax recording in 1971, Love Means..., and an appearance in Wattstax in 1972, Thomas slipped into relative obscurity when compared to her 1960s musical heyday. ( Info Edited From Wikipedia )

1. Comfort Me
2. No Time To Lose
3. Yes I'm Ready
4. A Lover's Concerto
5. I'm For You
6. What The World Needs now

1. Let It Be Me
2. A Woman's Love
3.  Will You Love me Tommorrow
4. Forever
5. Move On Drifter
6. Another Night Without My Man

      1. Let It Be Me.

Lars Gullin

Here's some great Jazz sounds from the 50's..........sooooo if you like your jazz swinging and cool have a listen !!


Lars Gunnar Victor Gullin (4 May 1928 – 17 May 1976) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist.A unique innovator in Swedish jazz.

Lars Gullin was a child prodigy on the accordion. At age thirteen, he played clarinet in a military band and later learned the alto saxophone, but after moving to Stockholm in 1947 became a professional musician as a pianist. He planned on a classical career, studying privately with classical pianist Sven Brandel.

Lars Gullin, composer, arranger and baritone saxophonist (1928-1976) is one of Sweden's most famous jazz musicians. He was a new-minded man who in his compositions and arrangements and in his play added a new dimension to jazz. His music lives today, as strong and engaging as ever before. It is played and sung by both young and "old" jazz musicians and singers.

He was a major personality and innovator and in his playing, he brought a new dimension into jazz.Both his compositions and his superbly fluent baritone saxophone playing possessed a very beautiful Nordic, romantic sound tinged with melancholy. He composed jazz, choral music and classical music. Lars Gullin is regarded by many to be the last of national romantics....(Info Edited From "Lars Gullin Sallskapet") Plus (Wikipedia)

1. Jeepers Creepers

2. Like Someone In Love

3. Half Nelson

4. Ma

1. Lover Come Back To Me

2. After Eight P.M.

3. Yesterdays

4. Always

      2. Like Someone In Love.

Maureen Tomson.

Only found a couple of lines on the Internet about this singer..... and the info on the back sleeve is not very informative....I wonder what happened to her ??...any info would be cool...A great voice and some great tracks here !!

New York-based singer born in Scotland on August 13, 1943. Moved to America with her family in 1953. Had a regular spot on the radio and television broadcasts of Horn & Hardart's Children Hour. Began playing night clubs in 1960. Recorded for Coral and Audio Fidelity.

1. My Man
2. What'll I Do
3. Meditation
4. The House of The Rising Sun
5. I'll Never Smile Again
6. It Never Entered my Mind

1. The Thrill is Gone
2. When Sunny Gets Blue
3. Funny World
4. Who Can I Turn To
5. I Can't Get Started
6. When I Fall In Love

      6. It Never Entered My Mind.

Rosemary Clooney

Some great 50's nostalgic songs by definatly not a forgotten singer !!....Grrrrreat !!

Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me", "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There" and "This Ole House". She also had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly due to problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002.

                  Rosemary Clooney With Bing Crosby 

                        Rosemary Clooney With Ella Fitzgerald.

         1. We'll Be Together Again.

The Syd Dale Orchestra

Relax to the Mood and Library Music of The Syd Dale Orchestra !!

Syd Dale (20 May 1924 – 15 August 1994) was an English self-taught composer and arranger of funk, easy listening and library music. His music played an important role on TV, radio and advertising media of the 1960s and 1970s and is still used.
In 1971, he founded the Amphonic Music company and record label for the express purpose of recording and producing his compositions and supplying production music to the TV, film and radio business.

1. London Life
2. Chelsea Dawn
3. Soho Stripper
4. City By Night
5. Sherlock Homes
6. Skyline West One

1. Portobello Market
2. Turn Again Whittington
3. Cockney Sparrow
4. Lovers in The Park
5. Who'll Buy My Violets
6. Prince Regent

      3. Soho Stripper.

Mantovani

The Sweeping Strings Of Mantovani with some well known Continental  Compositions !

Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (15 November 1905 – 29 March 1980), known mononymously as Mantovani, was an Anglo-Italian conductor, composer and light orchestra-styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature. The book British Hit Singles & Albums states that he was "Britain's most successful album act before the Beatles...the first act to sell over one million stereo albums and have six albums simultaneously in the US Top 30 in 1959".

1. For The First Time ( Come Prima )
2. La Vie En Rose
3. Under Paris Skies
4. O Mein Papa
5. April In Portugal
6. Arrivederci Roma

1. Amema e Core
2. Beyond The Sea
3. I Only Know I Love You
4. Autumn Leaves
5. Answer Me
6. Poppa Piccolino

     1. For The First Time ( Come Prima )

Bob Fleming Quartet

Some Cool Saxophone Playing For Listing And Relaxing !!

Bob Fleming is a pseudonym for Moacyr Silva (1940 – 2002), a really great brazilian saxophone player, who recorded many, many records for the brazilian market. Most of his albums were released under his real name, but this is a “Bob Fleming” production.

1. Manhattan
2. I Get A Kick Out Of You
3. Over The Rainbow
4. Who
5. I Wont Cry Anymore
6. An Affair to Remember

1. Cheek To Cheek
2. Stormy Weather
3. Love Letters In The Sand
4. My Funny Valentine
5. Because of You
6. Almost Paradise

     1. Manhattan.

Billie Poole

It seems like Billie only made two L/p's and here is one of them....


Lucille "Billie" Poole (21 March 1929 in Edwardsville, Illinois - 21 May 2005) was an American jazz and blues singer.

Billie Poole moved to California with her family in 1943, where she founded choirs. She had performances with them in numerous concerts around San Francisco. In 1954 she went to France and acted in the German/French movie "The heroes are tired/Les héros sont fatigués". Besides she sang spirituals and Jazz. In 1959 she made recordings with Art Simmons, supported by Clark Terry, Elek Bacsik, Michel Gaudry and Kenny Clarke.
In 1962 her first album Sermonette for Riverside was published. She sang with pianist Jimmy Jones and orchestra. Her second album Confessin' the Blues (1963) featured Junior Mance, Kenny Burrell, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker)....( Info Edited From Wikipedia )

1. Drown In My Own Tears
2. Lazy Afternoon
3. Sometimes I'm Happy
4. Rocks in My Bed
5. A Sunday kind Of Love

1. This Can't Be Love
2. Sermonette
3. Young Woman Blues
4. I Could Have Danced All Night
5. He's My Guy

            Billie Poole Sings Acompanied By Mowgli Jospin's High Society Jazz Band.

    4. Rocks In My Bed

Doris Day

Love Me or Leave Me is a 1955 biographical romantic musical drama film that tells the life story of Ruth Etting, a singer who rose from dancer to movie star. It stars Doris Day as Etting, James Cagney as gangster Martin "Moe the Gimp" Snyder, her first husband and manager, and Cameron Mitchell as pianist/arranger Johnny Alderman, her second husband. It was written by Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart and directed by Charles Vidor.

1. Overture
2. It All Depends on You
3. You Made Me Love You
4. Stay On The Right Side Sister
5. Everybody Loves My Baby
6. Sam The Accordion Man

1. Shaking The Blues Away
2. What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
3. I'll Never Stop Loving You
4. Never Look Back
5. At Sundown
6. Love Me Or Leave Me
7. Finale

     5. At Sundown.