Happy 2023 !!

 I hope everybody had a great Xmas...thank you for all your comments over the last year...and I wish everybody a very Happy 2023....Cheers....Brody

Werner Muller & His Orchestra

 

Tango ! Tango ! Tango !

      3. Jalousie

Dinah Washington

10 great tracks from "Queen" Dinah !!.

1. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing

2. An Affair To Remember

3. Cabin In The Sky

4. Pagan Love Song

5. Blue Skies

1. Three Coins In The Fountain

2. Stormy Weather

3. Love Letters

4. On Green Dolphin Street

5. Six Bridges To Cross

         2. An Affair To Remember

Glenn Miller Big Band

These are tracks recorded between 1935 To 1938 when the Glenn Miller band was just starting out the "miller sound " is not quite there yet...but it's great to hear the "Evolution " as the title says !

    8. Humoresque

Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra

Still in orchestral mode but this time with  Swing & Sway au Go-Go !

        2. A Walk In The Black Forest

International Pop All Stars

Stereo Alert !!...Phase 4 !!...PLAY IT LOUD ! to get the best effects (If you've got speakers ) !!

1. The Poor People Of Paris

2. Frenesi

3. The Third Man Theme

4. Calcutta

5. La Montana

6. The Children's Marching Song

1. Volare

2. April In Portugal

3. Never On A Sunday

4. Japanese Sandman

5. Cielito Lindo

6. Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart

The mysteriously titled "International Pop All Stars" were a group of Belgian studio musicians assembled specifically to record for Decca, and were led by Belgian arranger-composer-conductor Harry Frekin. Recorded in Decca's Brussel studios, the album from the very early days of Decca's 'Phase 4' display just what a top-notch band they were, with the emphasis of course on percussion.

         2. Frenesi

Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra

Swing Time !!

The Casa Loma Orchestra was an American dance band active from 1929 to 1963. Until the rapid multiplication in the number of swing bands from 1935 on, the Casa Loma Orchestra was one of the top North American dance bands. With the decline of the big band business following the end of World War II, it disbanded in 1947. However, from 1957 to 1963, it re-emerged as a recording session band in Hollywood, made up of top-flight studio musicians under the direction of its most notable leader of the past, Glen Gray. The reconstituted band made a limited number appearances live and on television and recorded fifteen LP albums for Capitol Records.

1. No Name Jive

2. Memories of You

3. White Jazz

4. I Cried For You

5. Come And Get it

6. Sunrise Serenade

7. Maniac's Ball

1. Casa Loma Stomp

2. Just An Old Manuscript

3. Sleepy Time Gal

4. Dance Of The Lame Duck

5. For You

6. Black Jazz

7. Smoke Rings

         1. Casa Loma Stomp

          6. Black Jazz

Eddie Miller & His Oklahomans

100% country music now from a C/W group that I have not heard before...Thanks "Duke"for the Intro to this CD and others !...cheers !

1. I Love You Honey

2. Bus Station Stomp

3. Please Don't Laugh

4. Nothin' To Lose But The Blues

5. Slow Down Baby

6. Don't Break My Heart Anymore

7. Cab Driver's Blues

8. No Stars In My Heaven

9. Baby Boy's Prayer

10. Knowin' You Don't Care

11. Unwanted

12. Nothing But Troubles

13. Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)

14. Motel Time

15. Those Tantalising Blues

16. Annie,The She Buckaroo

17. Lo And Behold

18. I Like What You've Got

19. Pull Down The Night Shades

20. Hidin' Out

21. Married Man Blues

22. Behind Clossed Doors

23. You Walked Away

24. Patty Cake Man

25. Nothin' (Instr.)

26. Honey Baby (I Was Wrong)

27. Ghost Town

Edward Monroe Miller (December 10, 1919 – April 11, 1977) was an American songwriter, in the country music genre.

His first published song, written in the mid-1930s, was "I Love You, Honey." In 1946, he wrote what was to become his biggest hit, "Release Me," though at first he could not get anyone to record it. Eventually he recorded it himself, and it was covered by several singers and was commercially successful.

        1. I Love You Honey

         24. Patty Cake Man

         25. Nothin'

Bobby Darin

Swingin' & Cool !....20 lesser known tracks from Bobby Darin.

 

Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American musician and actor. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music.

He started his career as a songwriter for Connie Francis. He recorded his first million-selling single, "Splish Splash", in 1958. That was followed by "Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife", and "Beyond the Sea", which brought him worldwide fame. In 1962 he won a Golden Globe Award for his first film, Come September, co-starring his first wife, actress Sandra Dee.

          16. More

Artie Shaw

Some great big band sounds now !!

1. Frenesi

2. Begin The Beguine

3. Star Dust

4. Back Bay Shuffle

1. Dancing In The Dark

2. Traffic Jam

3. Moonglow

4. Serenade To A Savage

 

Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction.

Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." Before the release of "Beguine," Shaw and his fledgling band had languished in relative obscurity for over two years and, after its release, he became a major pop artist within short order. The record eventually became one of the era's defining recordings.

          2. Traffic Jam

Dinah Washington

Here's a singer that needs no introduction .......a great selection of love songs sung perfectly !

When the chorus shuts up !!

1. Fly Me To The Moon

2. Your A Sweetheart

3. Our Love

4. Love Is The Sweetest Thing

5. I'll Close My Eyes

6. I didn't Know About You

1. If It's the last Thing I Do

2. Do Nothing Till You Here From Me

3. My Devotion

4. That's My Desire

5. Three Coins In The Fountain

6. Me And The One I Love

 

            4. That's My Desire 

Werner Muller

 It's time to go a wanderin'...looks a nice place for a holiday !!!

          7. La Cumparsita

Robbie Williams

As if by Magic we are now well in to the 2022's and bang up to date with the music !!......Robbie with a full orchestra with some extra tracks....

1. Let Me Entertain You

2. Come Undone

3. Love My Life

4. Millennium

5. The Road To Mandalay

6. Tripping

7. Bodies

8. Candy

9. Supreme

10. Strong

11. Eternity

12. No Regrets

13. She's The One

14. Feel

15. Rock DJ

16. Kids....with Kylie Minogue

17. Angels

18. Lost

19. Nobody Someday

20. Lazy Days

21. Hot Fudge

22. Sexed Up

23. More Than This

24. Disco Symphony

25. Better Man

26. Home Thoughts From Abroad

27. The World And her Mother

28. Into The Silence

29. Angels (Beethoven)

           12. No Regrets

            13. She's The One

Great Songs Of The 1930's...VA

With this one we go back in time further than the one below !......it gives an indication of how much popular music changed from the 30's to 50's / 60's......as the music of today has changed in 2022... so have a listen to the music of a bygone Era !!

           7. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
 

Swing Something Simple..VA

 Here's the first compilation of Great Singers.. two and three to follow soon...

1. Play A Simple Melody......Bing Crosby & Gary Crosby

2. Hit The Road To Dreamland......Betty Hutton

3. The Man I Love......Ella Fitzgerald

4. Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree......Glen Miller & Orchestra

5. Sentimental Journey......Les Brown & His Orchestra with Doris Day

6. Fools Rush In......Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra

7. Straighten Up And Fly Right.......Nat King Cole

8. Baby Its Cold Outside......Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting

9. When You And I Were Youn Maggie Blues......Bing Crosby

10. The Glow Worm......The Mills Brothers

11. Iv'e Got A Feeling Your Fooling......Doris Day

12. Begin The Beguine......Ella Fitzgerald

13. I Remember You......Harry James & His Orchestra

14. It's A Sin To Tell a Lie......Billie Holiday

15. How Deep Is The Ocean......Benny Goodman & Orchestra

16. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes......Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

17. One For My Baby And One More For The Road......Frank Sinatra

18. Over The Rainbow......Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

19. Sometimes I'm Happy......Doris Day

20. Stardust......Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra

21. Some Of These Days......The Mills Brothers

22. Down By The Riverside......Bing Crosby & Gary Crosby

23. Goody Goody......Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

24. That Old Black Magic......Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

25. Cheek To Cheek......Fred Astaire

        16. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Werner Muller & His Orchestra

Music now from the Decca/London Series "Phase 4"....plenty of  racing violins and sweeping strings from the German Werner Muller Orchestra....thanks, Duke for this one and the one below...Cheers

1. Czardas

2. Hungarian Dance No 5

3. Hungarian dance No 2

4. Zorba's Dance

5. Gypsy Love

6. At The Balalaika

1. Two Guitars

2. Hora Staccato

3. Mischa

4. Komm Zigany

5. Black Eyes

6. Golden Earings

         2. Hora Staccato

Gale Storm

 Josephine Owaissa Cottle (April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009), known professionally as Gale Storm, was an American actress and singer. After a film career from 1940 to 1952, she starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show. Six of her songs were top ten hits. Storm's greatest recording success was a cover version of "I Hear You Knockin'," which hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1955.

1. I Hear You Knocking

2. My Happiness

3. Brazil

4. Tired

5. Goody Goody

6. That's My Desire

1. Memories Are Made Of This

2. You Can't Be True Dear

3. Sweet Georgie Brown

4. Teenage Prayer

5. Music Music Music

6. The Three Bells

          3. Sweet Georgia Brown

Keith Textor

Before you down load the classic Orchestra below have a bit of fun and listen to this one !..its as the cover says "Terrific"......chase around the room following the music !!!

 

Keith Textor is a classically trained musician who organized a vocal group called The Honey Dreamers after his discharge from the Navy. The group was based in Chicago and appeared frequently on NBC.s Dave Garroway television show, playing a solid year at the Hotel Sherman's College Inn before moving on to New York and the cast of the Kay Kyser TV show.

This record is a tour de force for his various talents. The almost visual aspects of Stereo Action call for a musician who can think in terms of stage production, of presenting a choreography of sound across the wall of your living room, from speaker to speaker. And Keith Textor does just that, moving voices, orchestra and sound effects like precision drill teams is an exciting display of virtuosity which enhances the musical value of the excellent songs which he has chosen.

       12. I Get A Kick Out Of You

Glenn Miller Disc 1

On this compilation we have the original recordings of Glenn Miller split between 3 CD's

here's No 1....2 & 3 will be posted later...this is courtesy of Duke...Thanks  Duke !