Louis Armstrong

Here's one of the most recognisable voice of the 20th century

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He is among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and different eras in the history of jazz.

With his instantly recognizable rich, gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer and skillful improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song. He was also skilled at scat singing. 

1. Bibbidi- Bobbidi- Boo

2. 'Bout Time

3. The Ballad Of Davy Crocket

4. The Bare Necessities

5. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah

1. When You Wish Upon A Star

2. Whistle While You Work

3. Ten Feet Off The Ground

4. Heigh Ho

5. Chim-Chim-Cher-ee

           5. Chim-Chim-Cher-ee

British No 1 Hits 1954..VA

 Shoot forward 13 years from the post below and we are now in England !!....with 5 British Singers and 6 USA ones...we brits have not yet made an impact on the music scene yet !!

1. Oh Mein Papa......Eddie Calvert

2. I See The Moon......The Stargazers

3. Secret Love......Doris Day

4. Such A Night......Johnnie Ray

5. Cara Mia......David Whitfield

6. Little Things Mean a Lot

7. Three Coins In The Fountain......Frank Sinatra

8. Hold My Hand......Don Cornell

9. My Son My Son......Vera Lynn

10. This Ole House......Rosemary Clooney

11. Lets have Another Party......Winifred Atwell

          5. Cara Mia

Hit Parade of 1941.VA

Continuing sounds from the 40's when swing bands and their singers were all the rage !!

Plenty of well known singers on their first outings as band singers !!..have a guess who they are !!!

100% from over the Pond not a Brit in sight !!

1. Stardust......Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

2. There'll Be Some Changes Made......Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

3. God Bless The Child......Billie Holiday

4. Dolores......Bing Crosby

5. New San Antonio Rose......Bob Willis & His Texas Playboys

6. I Hear A Rhapsody......Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra

7. Take The A Train......Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

8. Let Me Off Uptown......Gene Krupa & His Orchestra

9. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy......The Andrews Sisters

10. Racing With The Moon......Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra

11. Oh Look At Me Now......Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra

12. Amapola......Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

13. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good......Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

14. Elmer's Tune.......Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

15. You Made Me Love You.....Harry James & His Orchestra

16. Till Reveille.......Kay Kyser

17. I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time......The Andrews Sisters

18. Green Eyes......Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

19. I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire......The Ink Spots

20. Daddy......Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra

21. Maria Elena......Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

22. Chattanooga Choo Choo.....Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

23. Perfidia......Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra

          8. Let Me Off Uptown

Jonathan & Darlene Edwards 1

Well now !!....this selection and the one below might not be everyone's cup of tea !!!..but to me it's fantastic knowing who Johnathan and Darlene really are !!..so if the sound bite might put you off  give it a download and hear the artistry of two great performers doing something different..!!!..and have a good belly laugh !!

Jonathan and Darlene Edwards were a musical comedy double act developed by American conductor and arranger Paul Weston, and his wife, singer Jo Stafford. The routine was conceived in the 1950s, and involved Weston playing songs on the piano in unconventional rhythms, while Stafford sang off-key in a high pitched voice. The couple released five albums and one single as the Edwards, and their 1960 album, Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris won that year's

 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.

Weston first assumed the role of a bad lounge pianist in the mid-1950s, as a way of entertaining guests at Hollywood parties, but was urged to record an album of songs in the unconventional style after giving an impromptu performance in 1956. At the time, he was working for Columbia Records, and after hearing Weston's rendition of "Stardust" at a sales convention in Key West, Florida, Columbia executives George Avakian and Irving Townsend encouraged him to record an album of similar tracks. Avakian named Weston's character Jonathan Edwards after the 18th century Calvinist preacher of the same name and asked him to record under that alias, but fearing he would not have enough material to record a full album, Weston asked his wife to join the project. Stafford, a classically trained singer with the ability to sing both in and out of tune, readily agreed, and named her character Darlene Edwards.

Their first album, The Piano Artistry of Jonathan Edwards was released in 1957, but Weston and Stafford did not admit to being behind the act until Time magazine identified them in an article in September 1957. The Jonathan and Darlene Edwards act won the couple many fans, including some among their show business peers such as the pianist George Shearing, but their 1979 cover of the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" was disliked by the band. 

1. I Love Paris

2. Dizzy Fingers

3. Take The A Train

4. You're Blase

5. Alabamy Bound

6. Nola

7. I Am Woman

8. Don't Get Around Much Anymore

9. The Last Time I Saw Paris

10. Honeysuckle Rose

11. Autumn In New York

12. Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee

13. April In Paris

14. Stayin' Alive

        14. Staying Alive

        6. Nola

Jonathan & Darlene Edwards 2

 More crazyness from Jo And Paul !!  

1. Cocktails For Two

2. Tiptoe Through The Tulips

3. Ain't Misbehavin'

4. The Object Of My Affection

5. Five Foot Too Eyes Of Blue

6. Sophisticated Lady

7. Play a Simple Melody

8. I'm Beginning To see The Light

9. For Me And my Gal

10. La Vie En Rose

11. Pretty Baby

12. Paris In The Spring

13 That Certain Party

14. Its Magic

        2. Tiptoe Through The Tulips

        10. la Vie En Rose