Dean Martin

The cool voice of Dino ! Swingin' down South !!

Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian of Italian descent. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool." Martin gained his career breakthrough together with comedian Jerry Lewis, billed as Martin & Lewis, in 1946. They performed in nightclubs and later had numerous appearances on radio, television and in films.

Following an acrimonious ending of the partnership in 1956, Martin pursued a solo career as a performer and actor. Martin established himself as a singer, recording numerous contemporary songs as well as standards from the Great American Songbook. He became one of the most popular acts in Las Vegas and was known for his friendship with fellow artists Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., who together with several others formed the Rat Pack.

Starting in 1965, Martin was the host of the television variety program The Dean Martin Show, which centered on Martin's singing and comedic talents and was characterized by his relaxed, easy-going demeanor. From 1974 to 1984, he was roastmaster on the popular Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, which drew celebrities, comedians and politicians. Throughout his career, Martin performed in concert stages, nightclubs, audio recordings and appeared in 85 film and television productions.

His best known songs include "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?", "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", and "Volare".

1. Carolina Moon

2. Waiting For The Robert E Lee

3. When It's Sleepy Time Down South

4. Mississippi Mud

5. Alabamy Bound

6. Dinah

1. Corolina In The Morning

2. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

3. Georgia On my Mind

4. Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina

5. Basin Street Blues

6. Is It True What They Say About Dixie

 

 

        4. Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina

Ricardo Santos (Werner Muller) & Orchestra

Here we have a conundrum (a confusing and difficult problem or question).!!

The tracks are supposed to be by "Werner Muller Orchestra" but as you can see from above it says "Ricardo Santos Orchestra"...I have checked on several music sites "GoBuz" & "Tidal" and they have both these L/P's and you can play samples of the tracks....and Lo and behold !...the tracks are the same !! on both L/P's !!

so I wonder who's orchestra it really is...be interesting if anyone can say definitely one or the other !!

Another check on the internet and I found this !.....SO conundrum Solved !!

Ricardo Santos (Werner Muller)---------HOLIDAY IN ITALY (1956)

1. Funculi- Funicula

2. Tiritomba

3. Serenata

4. Il baco

5.O Sole Mio

6. Viena Viena

1. Torna Sorrento

2. Maria Maria

3. Mattinata

4. Ciribiribin

5. Reginella Campagnola

6.Santa Lucia

        2. Tiritomba

Well I Ask You..2..VA

 Another 34 awesome tracks !!....British Pop at it's best even tho' some of the artists / singers are not at all known... more than likely not top record sellers of yesteryear !!.. nevertheless there are some great recordings on this double helping !!

        9. Magic Star

        10. Five Minutes More

Well I Ask You.1..VA

 Jump forward 10/20 years from the post below and you have some tracks from some well known singers and some not so !!.....nostalgia on the Blue Decca label of the 50's & 60's !

        23. My Baby's Crazy About Elvis

        24. Lady May

Hit Parade Of 1940..VA

 Relax and wind your mind back to the time of a slower pace of life !...even if the 2ndWW was still active it was still a more innocent time ! we had Pound's..Shilling's and Pence !!...Inches And Yards..

Pound's And Ounce's !! ect !!!......Ahh well !!!! Progress was the name of the game !!

1. Frenesi......Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

2. Darn That Dream......Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

3. Only Forever......Bing Crosby

4. Sierra Sue......Bing Crosby

5. Trade Winds......Bing Crosby

6. Down Argentine Way......Bob Crosby & His Orchestra

7. When You Wish Upon A Star......Cliff Edwards

8. Body & Soul......Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra

9. On The Isle Of May......Connee Boswell

10. Blueberry Hill......Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

11. In The Mood.....Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

12. Pennsylvania 65000......Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

13. The Breeze And I.....Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

14. I'm Nobody's Baby......Judy Garland

15. Romance In The Dark.....Liliann Green

16. Make Believe Island.....Mitchell Ayes & His Fashions In Music

17. Ferryboat Serenade......The Andrews Sisters

18. Maybe......The Ink Spots

19. We Three My Echo My Shadow And Me.....The Ink Spots

20. All The Things You Are......Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra

21. I'll Never Smile Again......Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra

22. It's A Blue World......Tony Martin

23. There I Go.....Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra

24. Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar......Will Bradley& His Orchestra

        12. Pennsylvania 65000

        15. Romance In The Dark

 

Classical Gassers.VA

 I wonder how many people will realise these Pop Gems DID come from Classical Themes ??

        3. Dawning       

       8. Asia Minor

Julie Grant

 Here we have a British singer from the 1960's that should have been more successful than she was !!.....30 Great tracks well worth a listen if you haven't heard of her voice !!

Julie Grant (born 12 July 1946) is an English pop music singer, who was mainly active during the 1960s. She had three hits on the UK Singles Chart with "Up on the Roof", "Count on Me" (both 1963) and "Come to Me" (1964). She also recorded a cover version of "Every Day I Have to Cry" (1964).

Grant was a contemporary of Petula Clark and Cilla Black, and Allmusic journalist, Richie Unterberger, noted "she had a strong, versatile voice" but was hindered by "her inability to carve out a recognizable stylistic niche".

"Tony Hatch would later recall: "I thought Julie Grant was great and I’m sorry I never managed to help her achieve her full potential. No doubt I was producing too many artistes at this time, especially girls. In those years, in-house producers often faced this problem and I could never give her the attention she deserved."

At age 15 Grant was discovered by Frankie Vaughan and signed by Vaughan's agent Eric Easton who arranged for Grant to audition for Pye Records. Pye signed Grant who was still known as Vivien Foreman: as the label requested she adopt a stage name Grant formed "Julie Grant" from the name of her father's accountant Julian Grant. The debut single by Julie Grant, "Somebody Tell Him", was released in March 1962 and was the first of fifteen singles all produced by Tony Hatch the fourth of which, a cover of The Drifters' US hit, "Up on the Roof", gave Grant her chart debut. Despite being beaten by a rival UK cover by Kenny Lynch, which reached No. 5 compared to the No. 33 peak of Grant's version, Grant was able to use the relative success of "Up on the Roof" to gain a series of television guest spots, plus star billing on a package tour which also featured The Rolling Stones, The Everly Brothers and Bo Diddley. Grant's profile was maintained by her follow-up single, the March 1963 release "Count on Me", which became her best chart placing in the UK at No. 24.

It has been alleged that Grant turned down the opportunity to record the Tony Hatch composition, "Downtown", recorded by Petula Clark on 16 October 1964 to become an international hit. However, Hatch has said that he only completed the lyrics of "Downtown" after Clark had heard the melody and asked to record it, and also said that prior to Clark's involvement he had thought to place the song with the Drifters: "it never occurred to me [originally] that a white woman could even sing it.

1. Somebody Tell Him                                   16. It's Alright

2. Every Letter You Write                            17. Everyday I have To Cry

3. So Many Ways                                          18. Watch What You Do With my Baby

4. Unimportant Things                                19. You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

5. When Your Smiling                                  20. I Only Care About You

6. Lonely Sixteen                                          21. Come To Me

7. Up On The Roof                                       22. Can't Get You Out Of my Mind

8. When You Ask About Love                     23. Baby Baby I Still Love You

9. Count On Me                                           24. My World Is Empty Without You

10. Then Only Then                                    25. Giving Up

11. That's How Heartaches Are Made      26. 'Cause I Believe In You

12. Cruel World                                          27. Lonely Without You

13. Don't Ever Let Me Down                    28. As Long As I Know He's Mine

14. Somebody Cares                                  29. Stop

15. Hello Love                                            30. When The Lovin' Ends

                                         Julie Grant-- The Everly Brothers & Bo Diddley

       17. Everyday I Have To Cry

       19. Your Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie Ford

 A great pairing of well known voices !!....recorded in July 1950 !

1. I'll Never Be Free

2. You're My Sugar

3. Ocean Of Tears

4. Ain't Nobodys Business But My Own

       2. Your My Sugar

Kay Starr, Tennessee Ernie Ford, I'll Never Be Free, 1979 TV Performance

And here they are 29 years later sounding the same...this is a great video memory !!

Ann-Margret

50 great tracks !!

Actress, singer, and dancer Ann-Margret excelled in two areas of entertainment during a career that was still going strong in its fifth decade: as a movie star, she appeared in more than 50 feature films and as a stage entertainer she performed as a headlining act in showrooms and theaters around the world. To a lesser extent, she found time periodically for television and recordings. Early in her career, emphasis was placed on her attractiveness and sexual appeal; she was marketed as a kind of red-haired American version of Brigitte Bardot. But her talent allowed her to outlive that image, and eventually, while working regularly, she earned Academy, Emmy, and Grammy Award nominations, as well as several Golden Globes in recognition of her film and TV roles.

Ann-Margret's first RCA single, "Lost Love," did not chart. She followed with "I Just Don't Understand," a bluesy, rocking number co-produced by Chet Atkins and featuring Elvis Presley's backup singers, the Jordanaires, that entered the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1961 and rose into the Top 20. Her first RCA album, And Here She Is...Ann-Margret, was released in October. RCA had her record a variety of pop, country, and rock for her next LP, On the Way Up. The set, released in March 1962, included her versions of such differing material as the pop song "Moon River" and Presley's blues-rock standard "Heartbreak Hotel," as well as the lush ballad "What Am I Supposed to Do," which spent five weeks near the bottom of the Hot 100 and made the easy listening charts. 

1. I Just Don't Understand                                26. That's What I Like

2. Bye Bye Birdie                                                27. Baby Its Cold Outside

3. Thirteen Men                                                  28. What Do You Want From Me

4. One Boy                                                           29. Oh lonesome Me

5. My Last Date With You                                 30. You Turned My Head Around

6. What Am I Supposed To Do                          31. Moon River

7. Let Me Entertain You                                    32. Tell Me Tell Me

8. Slowly                                                              33. The Rock And Roll Waltz

9. There'll Be Some Changes                            34. His Ring

10. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone     35. The Best Man

11. Isn't Kinda Fun                                           36. It Might As Well Be Spring

12. Kansas City                                                 37. Hideaway Heart

13. Begin The Beguine                                     38. Could It Be

14. Cest Si Bon                                                 39. Inka Dinka Do

15. Senor Blues                                                40. Never On A Sunday

16. Make Love To Me                                     41. Its A Grand Night For Singing

17. Willing And Eager                                    42. Take All The Kisses

18. You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You           43. Lost Love

19. Let Me Go Lover                                        44. Gimme Love

20. Lovie Joe                                                     45. The Swinger

21. Fever                                                            46. My Rival

22. Jim Dandy                                                   47. Lets Stop Kidding Each Other

23. I Should Care                                              48. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Fool No More

24. I Was Only Kidding                                    49. I Ain't Got Nobody

25. Heartbrake Hotel                                          50. Bill Bailey

       13. Begin The Beguine

       27. Baby Its Cold Outside

Carmen McRae

 Originally on Mainstream, this live session features the talented singer Carmen McRae at New York's Village Gate with pianist Norman Simmons, bassist Paul Breslin, drummer Frank Severino, guitarist Joe Puma, flutist Ray Beckenstein and Jose Mangual on bongos. The flute and bongos make the music seem a bit dated, as does the inclusion of some forgettable show tunes from the era (including three songs from The Roar of the Greasepaint — The Smell of the Crowd). McRae is in prime voice and sounds best on some Billie Holiday-associated tunes, but the set is mostly for her fans rather than general collectors. (Info By Scott Yanow)

 Recorded live at The Village Gate, New York, in December 1965

       01 Sometimes I'm Happy

       02  Don't Explain 

       03  Woman Talk  

       04  Kick Off Your Shoes  

       05  The Shadow of Your Smile 

       06  The Sweetest Sounds  

       07  Where Would You Be Without Me  

       08  Feeling Good  

       09  Run Run Run  

       10  No More    

       11  Look at That Face    

       12  I Wish I Were in Love Again    

       13  You Better Go Now  

       14  Love for Sale  

       15  If I Could Be With You 

       16  Miss Brown to You  

       17  Perdido  

       18  Too Close for Comfort  

       19  Midnight Sun   

       20  Trav'lin' Light  

       21  Love Is Here to Stay 

       15. If I Could Be With You

The Fabulous Oldies. VA

A trip now to the 30's /40's with some rousing songs that will bring some memories to any Silver Surfers that are still with us !!....enjoy the nostalgia folks !!

        5. Bless 'Em All

Sammy Davis

 A couple of L/p's now from the early singing career of Sammy Davis...

1. You Do Something To Me

2. You're My Girl

3. Come Rain Or Shine

4. Body And Soul

5. It's Aright With Me

1. Get Out Of Town

2. These Foolish Things

3. When Your Lover Has Gone

4. The Thrill Is Gone

5. Tenderly

6. Happy Ending

       4. Body And Soul

Sammy Davis

As the title say's  !!!!

1. Temptation

2. The Lady's In Love With You

3. Comes Love

4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore

5. That Old Black Magic

6. Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be

1. Begin The Beguine

2. By Myself

3. Will You Still Be Mine

4. Don'ch Go Way Mad

5. Perdido

       6. Oo-Shoo-Be-Do-Be

      5. Perdido

Michael Buble

 A feast of tracks from Micky Bubbles !!

Michael Steven Bublé OC OBC born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the United Kingdom. He found a worldwide audience with his 2005 album It's Time as well as his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible – which reached number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the US Billboard 200, the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and several European charts. Bublé's 2009 album Crazy Love debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 after three days of sales, and remained there for two weeks. It was also his fourth number one album on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart. His 2011 holiday album, Christmas, was in first place on the Billboard 200 for the final four weeks of 2011 and the first week of 2012, totalling five weeks atop the chart, it also made the top 5 in the United Kingdom. With this, Christmas became his third-consecutive number-one album on the chart. To Be Loved was released in April 2013. Bublé has sold over 75 million records worldwide, and won numerous awards, including four Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. Bublé is a dual citizen of Canada and Italy.

As a child entertainer he used the name "Mickey Bubbles".

1. All I Do Is Dream Of You

2. All Of Me

3. At This Moment (Live)

4. At This Moment

5. Baby You Got What It Takes

6. Best Of Me

7. Comin' Home Baby..(Duet With Boys II Men)(Frank Popp Re-Mix)

8. Crazy Love

9. Cry Me A River

10. End Of May

11. Everything..(Bob Rock Mix)

12. Georgia On My Mind

13. Havn't Met You Yet..(Live)

14. Havn't Met You Yet..(Instrumental)

15. Havn't Met You Yet

16. Heartache Tonight..(Live)

17. Heartache Tonight

18. Hold On

19. Hollywood

20. Home..(International Pop Mix)

21. It Had Better Be Tonight..(Meglio Stazara Zoned Out Mix)

22. Lost..(International Pop Mix)

23. Me And Mrs Jones..(Live)

24. Pennies From Heaven

25. Save The Last Dance For Me..(Star City Remix)

26. Some Kind O Wonderful

27. Spider Man Theme..(Junkie XL Re-Mix)

28. Stardust

29. Sway..( Ralphi's Salsation Edit )

30. Twist And Shout..(Live)

31. Whatever It Takes

32. Your Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

       29. Sway

Anita O'Day

This release looks like yet another anthology of her hits but in fact is a collection of live broadcasts. The audio quality is not as good as from studio recordings.

You Betcha Review by John Bush

You Betcha, a compilation of Anita O'Day's big-band years released on Sounds of Yesteryear, reprises most of her early career's best-known features -- "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine," "Let Me Off Uptown," and "Honeysuckle Rose" -- whether they were for the orchestras of Stan Kenton, Gene Krupa, or (briefly) Benny Goodman. Although a few more of her solid early sides appear, the rest of the compilation is filled out with an odd assortment of '40s and '50s material, all of it passable but none of it adding up to the type of Anita O'Day compilation that belongs in the first rank.

1. Tea For Two

2. Opus One

3. All Reet

4. Otto Make That Riff Stacato

5. Bolero At The Savoy

6. Ride On

7. Build It Up

8. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine

9. You Betcha

10. Special Delivery

11. I Lost My Sugar In Salt lake City

12. Four Brothers

13. Ooh Hot Dog

14. Let Me Off Uptown

15. Honeysuckle Rose

Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006), known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer". Refusing to pander to any female stereotype, O'Day presented herself as a "hip" jazz musician, wearing a band jacket and skirt as opposed to an evening gown. She changed her surname from Colton to O'Day, pig Latin for "dough", slang for money.

O'Day, along with Mel Tormé, is often grouped with the West Coast cool school of jazz. Like Tormé, O'Day had some training in jazz drums (courtesy of her first husband Don Carter)..While maintaining a central core of hard swing, O'Day's skills in improvisation of rhythm and melody rank her among the pioneers of bebop...While performing she met Gene Krupa, who promised to call her if Irene Daye, then his vocalist, ever left his band.The call from Krupa came in early 1941. Of the 34 sides she recorded with Krupa, it was "Let Me Off Uptown", a novelty duet with Roy Eldridge, that became her first big hit. The same year, DownBeat named O'Day "New Star of the Year". 

She joined Stan Kenton's band in April 1944. During her 11 months with Kenton, O'Day recorded 21 sides, both transcription and commercial, and appeared in a Universal Pictures short Artistry in Rhythm (1944). "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" (1944) became a huge seller, and put Kenton's band on the map.

      12. Four Brothers

Anita Harris

 Anita Madeleine Harris (born 3 June 1942) is an English actress, singer and entertainer.

She appeared in the Carry On films Follow That Camel (1967) and Carry On Doctor (1967).

She performed in a vocal group known as the Granadiers and then spent three years with the Cliff Adams Singers. She was still in her teens when John Barry's manager, Tony Lewis, offered her a recording contract by EMI and made her first recordings with the John Barry Seven — a group which was a successful chart act. This first single, a double A-side of "I Haven't Got You", written by Lionel Bart and "Mr One and Only", did not reach the charts.

Subsequent to their meeting, when they both auditioned for a musical revue, Mike Margolis and Harris formed a personal and professional relationship marrying in 1973. He became her manager and wrote the songs which served as her second and third singles: "Lies"/"Don't Think About Love"(Vocalion, September 1964) and "Willingly"/"At Last Love" (Decca, February 1965).

In January 1965 she performed at the San Remo Music Festival. Her duet with Beppe Cardile, "L'amore è partito", failed to reach the finals but even to participate in such a star-studded event augured well for her stardom. She made her label debut for Pye Records with the May 1965 release "Trains and Boats and Planes", although rival versions by both the song's composer Burt Bacharach (with vocals by the Breakaways) and Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas eclipsed her recording. She had four subsequent releases on Pye, including the only evident recording of the Burt Bacharach/ Hal David composition "London Life".In 1966, she moved to CBS Records where her debut release was also her debut album: Somebody's in My Orchard. Her chart breakthrough came in the summer of 1967 with the single "Just Loving You", a Tom Springfield composition which singer Dusty Springfield had suggested her brother give to Harris after the two women had performed on the same episode of Top of the Pops.Recorded at Olympic Studios in a session produced by Margolis and featuring harmonica virtuoso Harry Pitch, "Just Loving You" had been released in January 1967 but did not reach the UK Top 50 until 29 June 1967. Even after peaking at No. 6 on 26 August 1967 "Just Loving You" remained in the UK Top 40 until the end of the year, and was reported to have accumulated UK sales of 625,000 in six months. Besides charting at No. 18 in Ireland, "Just Loving You" was a Top Ten hit in South Africa where sales reached 200,000 copies. The disc was released in September 1967 in the United States where it rose to No. 20 on the "Easy Listening" chart in Billboard and approached the mainstream Pop "Hot 100" chart. It rose no higher than No. 120 on the "Bubbling Under" chart. In January 1968 Harris made her only appearance on the UK album chart when her Just Loving You album reached No. 29.

The sustained interest in "Just Loving You" predicated a mild chart impact for her follow-up single "The Playground", released in September 1967. This reached its chart peak of No. 46 by 28 October 1967, the same week "Just Loving You" (which had dropped out of the Top 20 at No. 21) returned to the Top 20 for three more weeks.After just missing the UK Top 50 with the single "We're Going on a Tuppenny Bus Ride" (released 17 May 1968), she made her final chart appearance with her rendition of "Dream a Little Dream of Me". Released on 26 July 1968, her single version peaked in the UK Top 50 at No. 33, whilst the Mama Cass Elliot version peaked at No. 11.

1. Anniversary Waltz

2. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling

3. Land Of Dragon Dreams

4. Here Comes The Night

5. The Playground

6. Just Loving You

1. Ave Maria

2. Turn Around

3. Crying For The Near

4. My Favourite Occupation

5. The Night Has Flown

6. Beatles Rhapsody

      6. Beatles Rhapsody

Andrienne Posta

A trip now to the 60's and an Actress/Singer from some classic comedy and  kitchen sink films !! that's what they called real life drama's in the 60's !......great recording of "Close To You" just shows what a cool voice Adrienne has...some great retro tracks to take your memory back !!

1. Only Fifteen

2. Shang A Doo Lang

3. He Doesn't Love Me

4. The Winds That Blow

5. When A Girl Really Loves You

6. Something Beautiful

7. They Long To Be Close To You

8. How Can I Hurt You

9. Backstreet Girl

10. Cruising Casanova

Adrienne Posta (born Adrienne Marsha Poster, 1 March 1949) is an English film and television actress and singer, prominent during the 1960s and 1970s. She adopted the surname 'Posta' in 1966....Posta appeared in films such as To Sir with Love (1967)and Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, Up the Junction (both 1968), Spring and Port Wine (1970), and Carry On Behind (1975). She also featured in many TV programmes, including the first episode of Budgie (1971), where she appeared as a stripper. She appeared throughout the BBC 1 series It's Lulu (1973), singing, dancing and acting alongside her friend Lulu and comedian Roger Kitter.

Posta also recorded a number of singles. She has worked as a teacher in the Midlands and at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Posta is an honorary patron of the Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.

       7. They Long To Be Close To You

       6. How Can I Hurt You

The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett

Guitars galore !!...go continental !

Tommy ( Snuff ) Garrett

Snuff Garrett was an A&R man and a record producer in the 50's and 60's. Although his name may not be well known to those who enjoy the pop music of that era, many of the records that he produced and the people with whom he worked are quite well known.

He was born Thomas Garrett in Dallas, Texas in 1939. 

He produced a series of albums throughout the 60's that featured guitarist Tommy Tedesco, called 50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett. In the mid-60's, working with arranger Leon Russell at Liberty, Garrett managed to produce seven straight top ten hits with Gary Lewis and the Playboys.

      3. Summertime In Venice