Earl Bostic

 A jump back now with this post to 1958 !!

This 1958 release is a very early example of a King stereo LP, with a blue stereo label that features a small crownless logo, and bright orange sticker applied to the front of the generic mono jacket. 

Eugene Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and a pioneer of the post-war American rhythm and blues style. He had a number of popular hits such as "Flamingo", "Harlem Nocturne", "Temptation", "Sleep", "Special Delivery Stomp", and "Where or When", which all showed off his characteristic growl on the horn. He was a major influence on John Coltrane.He formed his own band in 1945 and made the first recordings under his own name for the Majestic label. He turned to rhythm and blues in the late 1940s. His biggest hits were "Temptation", "Sleep", "Flamingo", "You Go to My Head" and "Cherokee". At various times, his band included Keter Betts, Jaki Byard, Benny Carter, John Coltrane, Teddy Edwards, Benny Golson, Blue Mitchell, Tony Scott, Cliff Smalls, Sir Charles Thompson, Stanley Turrentine, Tommy Turrentine, and other musicians who rose to prominence, especially in jazz.

Eugene Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American jazz alto saxophonist

        3. Jumpin' At The Woodside

Diana Panton

We now have a singer from the 21st Century bringing this selection right up to date !!

Great Singer ! Great Jazz Accompaniment!....even though the songs may be for tiny tots don't let it put you off !!...it's a A1 Sound !!

Diana Panton a lauded jazz vocalist and educator with a bent toward delicate, heartfelt readings of standards. Panton first drew accolades after emerging in Ontario in the early 2000s, A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Panton grew up listening to classical music and was first introduced to jazz when her father played her an Ella Fitzgerald album. Along with singing, she studied clarinet and violin in high school. It wasn't until her senior year, however, that her voice teacher encouraged her to audition for the local youth-based ensemble, the Hamilton All-Star Jazz Band. She was accepted, and her vocal career took off as she toured Europe and performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

1. In A World Of My Own

2. Alice In Wonderland

3. Pure Imagination

4. Imagination

5. Sing

6. I'm Going Back There Someday

7. The Rainbow Connection

1. Little Things

2. When You Wish Upon A Star

3. Halfway Down The Stairs

4. Everybody Sleeps

5. Sleep Is A Precious Thing

6. Hushabye Mountain

7. Slumber My Darling

Diana Panton is a Canadian jazz vocalist...Born: 12 Mar 1983..  She won a Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year in 2017 for I Believe in Little Things and a 2015 Juno award for Vocal Jazz Album for RED.She has also received five JUNO nominations for her albums Cheerful Little Earful (2020), Solstice/Equinox (2019), Christmas Kiss (2013), To Brazil with Love (2012) and If the Moon Turns Green...(2009). I Believe in Little Things debuted at #8 on the Billboard Jazz Chart while simultaneously debuting at #11 on the Billboard Children's Music Chart. Her first album, ...Yesterday Perhaps, and her third album, Pink, were awarded Silver Disc Awards by Japan's Jazz Critique Magazine.

        2. Alice In Wonderland

Kathy Barr

Another lost singer that has come to life via John from over the pond...very different and individual voice....usually  a soprano kinda voice in fact....my kinda voice...Well this is what I found out about her !!!

Kathy Barr (born Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia; June 4, 1929 – June 21, 2008) was an American vocalist who performed and recorded popular music, jazz, musical theater, and operettas. Barr flourished during the 1950s in nightclubs, television, and radio. She was acclaimed for her soprano range and ability to sing pop, jazz, and classical.

Here’s an intro to one of my favorite lady performers from the 1950’s, the sultry Kathy Barr.  Kathy released three LP’s and one single over the course of her recording career, and Follow Me (1957) is her debut. Be forewarned, the Follow Me LP is a little over-the-top, but it’s a lot of fun, especially if you like curvy, feisty 50’s gals.  Kathy Barr was born in New York to Turkish parents, and was originally in light opera until some cats in the industry suggested that she try going in a pop direction, which resulted in this her debut LP.   According to the liner notes on the back of the album, Kathy Barr was “born Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia in New York”, was of Turkish ancestry, and was discovered by Mario Lanza.

 On the Over-The-Top-O-Meter, I would say Kathy Barr is about halfway between Marilyn Monroe and Yma Sumac. Kathy makes dramatic swoops to hit notes (and hits them) while the orchestration follows her from hip-bumping swagger to violent makeout passion. Kathy sits on your lap, teases, flirts, runs her fingers through your hair, and never lets you forget that she’s ALL WOMAN the entire time she sings, to the point that when she ends the album with the title track “Follow Me”, it’s almost torturous knowing that she’s leaving and you can’t go with her. “Don’t go…” you plead under your breath as she slinks out the door, the feather boa follows her, and the door slams behind her.

Above Notes By David Gasten...

1. Tiptoe Through The Tulips

2. My Heart Belongs To Daddy

3. Cuddle Up A Little Closer

4. How Long Has This Been Going On

5. I'm Just Wild About Harry

6. Give me Something To Remenber You By

1. Bye Bye Blackbird

2. Love I Here To Stay

3. Day In Day Out 

4. Fine And Dandy

5. I Know He's Mine

6. Follow Me

        1. Bye Bye Blackbird

Sandra King

On the subject of lost and neglected singers of which the above singer is one of them...Neglected not lost because she is still with us !!....I thought that she was from over the pond (USA) untill I read the back cover....another great voice that we let get away. !!...Its a great voice and she needs to be heard more !!

With her Rapunzel-like red hair and stunning face and figure, Sandra King could have been an actress or a model -- but her voice was so much stronger than any of those other attributes that music always beckoned as a career. Born Sandra Fairbrass in London in 1950,  By 1963, at age 13, Sandra King was cutting songwriters' demos, and she made her professional performing debut at age 17 in a musical play broadcast by the BBC over British television. A little bit later, she was heard at a jazz club by visiting American singer Mark Murphy, who brought her together with Scottish-born lawyer turned jazz pianist Pat Smythe, a veteran of Joe Harriott's band who was also established as an arranger and accompanist. Smythe took her under his wing, the start of what turned into a 15-year partnership. He encouraged her to audition for saxophonist/club owner Ronnie Scott, who booked the 17-year-old for a three-week engagement at his club, on a bill with Horace Silver. She later appeared with Stan Getz and Kenny Burrell. King made her recording debut in 1969 with an album of songs by Henry Mancini -- clearly, she was bucking the trends and tastes of the majority of her generation, which ran more toward rock & roll and rock sounds, but she never broke stride, and with help from admirers who included Mancini and singer Tony Bennett, she built a serious musical career on several continents. 

Above Notes By Bruce Elder from AllMusic !! 

        4. Moon River

        7. How Soon

Dusty Springfield

This is a 2 CD version....Unfortunately this is only CD 1....Disc one contains A-sides !!!!

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), known professionally as Dusty Springfield, was an English singer whose career spanned over five decades. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano sound, she was a significant singer of blue-eyed soul, pop and dramatic ballads, with French chanson, country, and jazz also in her repertoire. During her 1960s peak, she ranked among the most successful British female performers on both sides of the Atlantic. Her image – marked by a peroxide blonde bouffant/beehive hairstyle, heavy makeup (thick black eyeliner and eye shadow) and evening gowns, as well as stylised, gestural performances – made her an icon of the Swinging Sixties.

        17. Son Of A Preacher Man

The Duprees

Move forward 10 years from the post below and you have a feast of Doo Wop !

The Duprees are an American musical group of doo-wop style who had a series of top-ten singles in the early 1960s. Their highest-charting single, "You Belong to Me" reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. In 1970, they recorded as The Italian Asphalt & Pavement Company (also credited as I. A. P. CO.) with moderate commercial success.

The Duprees began in the early 1960s in Jersey City, New Jersey. The original group was discovered by George Paxton of Coed Records, who was impressed with their smooth vocal quality. He had them record the Jo Stafford hit, “You Belong to Me,” with big-band back-up and it became their first million-seller. More hits followed, including “My Own True Love,” a vocal adaptation of “Tara’s Theme” from Gone with the Wind, “Have You Heard?” “The Sand and the Sea” and “Let Them Talk.”

 

        8. My Own True Love

Tea For Two..Doris Day

 A flashback to my youth (13) and 1950 !....Savoy Cinema !.....Banner's Milk Bar !....Innocence !

1. Crazy Rhythm

2. Here In My Arms

3. I Know That You Know

4. I Want To Be Happy

1. Do Do Do

2. I Only Have Eyes For You

3. Oh Me! Oh My!

4. Tea For Two

        4. Tea For Two

Della Reese

 Classic tunes with words....just listen to appreciate the voice and arrangements !

Delloreese Patricia Early (July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017), known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades. She began her long career as a singer, scoring a hit with her 1959 single "Don't You Know?". In the late 1960s she hosted her own talk show, Della, which ran for 197 episodes. From 1975 she also starred in films, playing opposite Redd Foxx in Harlem Nights (1989), Martin Lawrence in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) and Elliott Gould in Expecting Mary (2010). Reese achieved continued success in the religious television drama Touched by an Angel (1994–2003), in which she played the leading role of Tess.

Reese recorded regularly throughout the 1960s, releasing singles and several albums. Two of the most significant were The Classic Della (1962) and Waltz with Me, Della (1963), which broadened her fan base internationally. She recorded several jazz-focused albums, including Della Reese Live (1966), On Strings of Blue (1967) and One of a Kind (1978). Live hit number 21 on the R&B charts. She also performed in Las Vegas for nine years.

        6. Don't You Know

Dakota Staton

 Back to jazz vocals and a great voice.

Dakota Staton (June 3, 1930 – April 10, 2007) was an American jazz vocalist who found international acclaim with the 1957 No. 4 hit "The Late, Late Show". She was also known by the Muslim name Aliyah Rabia.

She released several critically acclaimed albums in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including: The Late, Late Show (1957), whose title track was her biggest hit, In the Night (1958), a collaboration with pianist George Shearing, Dynamic! (1958) and Dakota at Storyville (1962), a live album recorded at the Storyville jazz club in Boston. In the mid-1960s Staton moved to England, where she recorded the album Dakota ′67. Returning to the US in the early 1970s, she continued to record semi-regularly.

         9. Ain't No Use

British No 1 Hits 1953-1954..VA

It was in 1953 that the UK started to compile a record of the best selling record's (78's) !!...up till then the top selling music was calculated by the sale of sheet music....so here is what was the No 1's starting from 69 years ago !!....

If anybody is interested in a blog that features only 78's from the 20's onward then have a look at this.....https://78rp.blogspot.com.....

There are some great nostalgic records on there that brings back many happy memories to me !!

1. Here In My Heart......Al Martino

2. You Belong To Me......Jo Stafford

3. Comes A-Long A-Love......Kay Starr

4. Outside Of Heaven......Eddie Fisher

5. Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes.....Perry Como

6. She Wears Red Feathers......Guy Mitchell

7. Broken Wings......The Stargazers

8. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window......Lita Roza

9. I Believe......Frankie Laine

10. I'm Walking Behind You......Eddie Fisher

11. Theme From Moulin Rouge......Mantovani

12. Look At That Girl......Guy Mitchell

13. Hey Joe......Frankie Laine

14. Answer Me......David Whitfield

15. Answer Me......Frankie Laine

        2. You Belong To Me

Eydie Gorme

 21 of Eydie's singles on Coral & ABC Paramount....Her voice is sadly missed !!

Eydie Gormé (born Edith Gormezano; August 16, 1928 – August 10, 2013) was an American singer who had hits on the pop and Latin pop charts. She sang solo and with her husband, Steve Lawrence, on albums, television, Broadway, and in Las Vegas.

Gormé sang with the Tommy Tucker band for two months in 1950, followed by a year with Tex Beneke's band. She signed as a solo act with Coral Records in 1952 and released her first single, "That Night of Heaven". She was hired by The Tonight Show in its early days with Steve Allen and formed a duo with another one of its staff singers, Steve Lawrence.

1. Sincerely Yours

2. Come Home

3. That's How

4. Mama Teach Me To Dance

5. You Bring Out The Lover In Me

6. Soda Pop Hop

7. I Danced With My Darling

8. I'll Come Back

9. It's A Pity To Say Goodnight

10. I've Got A Right To Cry

11. All Night Long

12. Fallen Apples

13. Sure

14. Crocodile Tears

15. Climb Up The Wall

16. Uska Dara

17. Chain Reaction

18. Knickerbocker Mambo

19. Soldier Boy

20. A Girl Can't Say

21. What Is The Secret Of Your Success

        4. Mama Teach Me To Dance

       8. I'll Come Back

Cocktails With Cole Porter.VA

 Great singers paired with songs from the Great American Song Writer and we have some great music from the by-gone days !!!...Heather says it all !!!

Cocktails With Cole Porter Review by Heather Phares (All Music)

Cocktails With Cole Porter, a collection of '50s and '60s renditions of songs Porter wrote in the '20s and '30s. For the most part, these songs made the transition into lounge territory intact; Nat King Cole's "Just One of Those Things," Ella Fitzgerald's "It's De-Lovely," Julie London's "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," Nancy Wilson's "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," and Peggy Lee's "Ridin' High" are some of the best examples of Porter songs refurbished for the lounge-pop era. Occasionally, schmaltzy producton overpowers both the singers and the songs themselves -- Dean Martin's sappy "True Love" and Judy Garland's overblown "I Happen to Like New York" are neither the best performances of these songs nor the best performances from these vocalists. Sammy Davis, Jr.'s "Easy to Love" and Steve Lawrence's "Night and Day" better incorporate the razzle-dazzle of '50s and '60s lounge music with Porter's timeless words and melodies, even if these interpretations seem more than a little glib compared to their subject matter. On the other hand, Louis Armstrong's radical revision of "High Society," "High Society Calypso," is a delightful blend of Armstrong and Porter's respective wittiness and the '50s passion for calypso music. Similarly, Peggy Lee and George Shearing's "Always True to You in My Fashion" adapts the song to the era's fascination with Latin rhythms with a playful grace. Ella Fitzgerald and the Duke Ellington Orchestra's "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" and Sarah Vaughan's "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" close the collection with a breezy elegance that still sounds contemporary. Even though Cocktails With Cole Porter has its share of less-than-great moments, overall the album celebrates both nostalgia for the lounge-pop era and the timelessness of Porter's work.

        12. I Love Paris

        20. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

Erwin Halletz & His Orchestra

Great sounding instrumentals..!!...not heard of this orchestra before definitely music to listen too or maybe a Rumba around the room !!

Erwin Halletz (Vienna, 12 July 1923 – 27 October 2008) also performed as René Roulette, was an Austrian orchestra leader and songwriter.

Erwin Halletz started taking violin lessons at the age of 6 and made his first appearance at the age of 12. From 1937 he attended the Vienna Music Academy , where he studied clarinet with Leopold Wlach....From 1950 he took over the management of the Vienna Dance Orchestra, with which he undertook extensive tours abroad and recorded records for Elite Spezial .With his own orchestra he made numerous recordings for Austroton and Polydor .

In 1961 Halletz went to Monaco for a guest performance . There he became arranger and conductor of the Monte Carlo Light Symphony Orchestra . This “guest performance” was to last for 41 years.  

1. No Can Do (Mambo)

2. Perfidia

3. Tipitin (Foxtrot)

4. Zambesi (Foxtrot)

5. Mama Inez (Rumba)

6. Maria From Bahia (Samba)

7. Te Quiero (Calypso)

1. O Cangaceiro

2. South America Take it Away (Rumba)

3. Amorcito Mio (Rumba)

4. Cha-Cha Roulette

5. Baiao Bongo (Baiao)

6. South Of The Border (Mexico Serenade) (Rumba)

ERWIN HALLETZ

        1. O' Canganceiro