"Understating the Obvious" May 24, 2013

(Week 351)

This RADIOLA! subtly explains what everyone already knows.

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Billy Murray and Victor Mixed Chorus - When I Get Back to the USA (1915) - Victor 17930 B

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Liver Lip Jones (1941) - Bluebird B 11010 B

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

The Ambassadors (Katzman) - If I'd Only Believed in You (1926) - Vocalion B 15482

Cotton Blossom Orch - I Wonder Who the Fool Is Now (1926) - Radiex 1370 B

Irving Aaronson and his Commanders - An' Furthermore (1928) - Let's Misbehave (Rivermont BSW 1155)

Frank Luther - The Bowery Bums (1928) - Banner 6229 B

Virginia Lee - Just a Little Blue For You (1928) - Supertone 9276 B

Seven Little Polar Bears (Tom Stacks v) - Show That Fellow The Door (1926) - Cameo 919

The Virginians - Nobody Lied (1922) - Victor 18913 A

Eddie Elkins' Orch - Blue (1922) - Columbia A3751

Wolverine Orch - Tiger Rag (1924) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Van and Schenck - Carolina Rolling Stone (1922) - Columbia A3577

Benny Davis - Look What You've Done With Your Dog-Gone Dangerous Eyes (1920) - Columbia A3348

Lou Gold and his Orch (Murray Amster v) - Forgive Me (1927) - Velvet Tone 1349 V

Molly Ryan - Ready For the River (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Paul Asaro and The Fat Babies - Ain'tcha Got Music (2012) - What a Heavenly Dream (Rivermont BSW 2222)

Mike Bernard - They Were All Out of Step But Jim (1918) - Columbia A2577

Boyd Senter - St Louis Blues (1925) - Banner 0621 A

Frank Westphal and his Orch - Forgetful Blues (1923) - Oh! Sister, Ain't That Hot! (Rivermont BSW 1158)

Debroy Somers Band (Dan Donovan v) - Them There Eyes (1931) - Columbia CB 245

Oscar Rabin Romany Band (Sam Browne v) - Moon Song (1933) - Sterno 1186

Freddy Martin Orch (Lois Elliman v) - April in Paris (1933) - Liberty Music Shop L 155

Helen Morgan - It's Home (1934) - Brunswick 7329

Mills Brothers - Dirt Dishin' Daisy (1932) - Melotone 13222-A

Jenny Howard - Looking On The Bright Side (1932) - Edison Bell Winner 5515 (UK)

Joe Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys - Foot Scuffle (1933) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8057

Honey Hill - Boogie Woogie (1938) - Decca 3387 A

Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass - I've Found a New Baby (1939) - Decca 2466 B

Gene Kardos and his Orch (Pat Henry v) - Half Moon on the Hudson (1937) - Perfect 8-03-01

John Kirby and his Orch - Opus 5 (Chopin arr. Shavers) (1939) - Vocalion 5048

Jan Garber and his Orch (Lee Bennett v) - And So, Goodbye (1933) - Victor 24412 B

"Back in Tune" May 17, 2013

(Week 350)

This RADIOLA! is back with a rare display of even temperament.

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Leo Watson and his Orch - It's the Tune That Counts (1939) - New World NW 295 (LP)

Andre Kostelanetz Conducts - Tiger Rag (1938) - Brunswick 8233

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Manhattan (1925) - Victor 19769 B

Paul Bolognese and his Orch - Barcelona (1926) - Radiex 1370 A

The Original Wolverines - Royal Garden Blues (1927) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Willard Robison - Deep Elm (You Tell 'Em I'm Blue) (1926) - Original Recordings 1926-1930 (Superbatone 736)

Missouri Jazz Band (Schubert) (Irving Kaufman v) - My Pal Jerry (1926) - Banner 1776 B

Aileen Stanley - Cheyenne (c. 1946) - Music Hall Favorites (Take Two TT433CD)

Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Dallas Blues (1918) - Columbia A2663

All Star Trio - Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere (1920) - Brunswick 2052 A

Eddie Elkins' Orch - Who Cares? (1922) - Columbia A3751

Van and Schenck - Sittin' in a Corner (1923) - Columbia 6 D

Frank Crumit - No One Knows What It's All About (1924) - Victor 19469 A

Harmony Brothers - My Pet (1928) - Velvet Tone 1640 V

Molly Ryan, Maude Maggart, and Banu Gibson - Sing For Your Supper (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Molly Ryan - My Heart Belongs To Daddy (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Vernon Trio - My Wonder Girl (1920) - Brunswick 2052 B

Mario Chamlee - Dream On (Indian Lullaby) (Victor Herbert) (1924) - Brunswick 10158 A

Ernie Golden and his Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Sonny Boy (1928) - Diva 2737 G

Dallas String Band - Dallas Rag (1928) - New World NW 235 (LP)

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Shanghi Lil (1933) - Guy Lombardo16 Most Requested Songs

Earl Hines - Love Me Tonight (1932) - Columbia 35877

Bing Crosby - Down By the River (1935) - Decca 392 A

Frank Munn - Don't Fence Me In (c. 1944) - The Golden Voice of Radio (TT434CD)

King Radio - Sedition Law (1940) - Calypsos From Trinidad (Arhoolie CD 7004)

Xavier Cugat and his Orch (Don Reid v) - Tina (1935) - Victor 27601 B

Ben Pollack's Pick A Rib Boys - Alice Blue Gown (1937) - Decca 3526 A

Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass - Rose Room (1939) - Decca 2466 A

Mary Lou Williams - Overhand (New Froggy Bottom) (1936) - Decca 3385 A

Clyde McCoy and his Orch - When You're Smiling (1937) - Decca 1109 B

Molly Ryan and Maude Maggart - Hushabye Mountain (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

"What's New in Normal" April 26, 2013

(Week 349)

This RADIOLA! is dealing with what passes for reality.

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Al Herman - I Thought I'd Die, Part 2 (1927) - Columbia 1230 D

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - I'm Gonna Salt Away Some Sugar (1940) - Bluebird B 10943 A

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Ipana Troubadours (Lanin) (Scrappy Lambert v) - There's One Little Girl Who Loves Me (1927) - Columbia 1212 D

The Original Wolverines - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (1927) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five - Beau Koo Jack (1928) - Columbia 35879

Little Jack Little - I Wonder (1928) - Columbia 1324 D

The Singing Sophomores - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Columbia 1032 D

Thelma Tuson - Villanelle (Dell' Acqua) (1928) - Brunswick 152 B (UK)

Plantation Dance Orch (Raderman) - I'm Nobody's Baby (1921) - Emerson 10398

Benson Orch of Chicago - Dreams of India (1923) - Disque Gramophone K 2257

The Astorites (Fred Rich) (Paul Hagan v) - Hugs and Kisses (1926) - Harmony 251 H

Wilmouth Houdini - Trinidad Hurricane (1933) - Roosevelt in Trinidad (Rounder CD 1142)

Lord Beginner and Atilla the Hun - Women Are Good and Women Are Bad (1935) - Fall of Man (Rounder CD 1141)

King Radio - Man Smart, Woman Smarter (1936) - Fall of Man (Rounder CD 1141)

Blind Boy Paxton - Railroad Bill (2009) - Evangelist 101

Brian Holland and Danny Coots - Pork and Beans (C. Luckeyth Roberts) (2012) - Two Man Job (Rivermont BSW 2223)

Jockers Dance Orch - Tears of Love (Intro I'm Glad I Can Make You Cry & Pahjamah) (1919) - Columbia A2741

Louise Bowers - You Know You Belong to Somebody Else (1923) - Cameo 340

Manhattan Dance Makers (IK v) - Is It Possible? (1927) - Velvet Tone 1462 V

The Original Wolverines - Limehouse Blues (1928) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Joe Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys - Stormy Weather (1933) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8057

Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers - Maple Leaf Rag (1932) - HMV B 9408

Beatrice Lillie - Paree (1935) - New World NW 215 (LP)

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - You're Laughing at Me (1937) - Victor 25530 A

Leo Watson and his Orch - Ja-Da (1939) - New World NW 295 (LP)

The Tiger - Miss Marie's Advice (1938) - Calypsos From Trinidad (Arhoolie CD 7004)

The Growler - Calypso Behind the Wall (1938) - Fall of Man (Rounder CD 1141)

King Radio - John O'Carr (1939) - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder 1077)

Joe Turner and Willie "The Lion" Smith - Careless Love (1940) - New World NW 295 (LP)

Ida Cox and her All Star Orch - Last Mile Blues (1940) - Okeh 6405

Lee Sims - Sonny Boy (1928) - Brunswick 4152

Molly Ryan's New Album is Here!

Molly Ryan's new CD, Swing For Your Supper!, is the best thing to happen this year. (Full disclosure: my wife and I contributed to Molly's Kickstarter project for this album--and boy are we glad we did!)

A Note of Explanation

This year RADIOLA! started off with me being physically under the weather for about the whole month of January. I realized how tired I was and what a punishing schedule I was following by creating a weekly two-hour program consisting mostly of my own transfers and restorations of original shellac recordings. There are many worthy shows in my archives and I've republished them, adding the occasional new program. This schedule, I perceived, would permit me to attend to other matters I've been neglecting over the past several years in addition to providing me a rest from the "treadmill" of weekly programming.

This plan was devised in an atmosphere of only minor disasters occurring and just slightly Herculean efforts to remedy the messes in my life. I went blithely on little suspecting the cataclysmic changes that would take place in the last week. My wife and I have encountered a family emergency so devastating and severe that I find I have no heart for creating a radio program at all and may not for some time to come. (Rest assured it is not a health issue.)

I will continue to upload older shows to my Live365 station and I will send the playlists and links out to those on my mailing list. There will be new RADIOLA! programs eventually if anyone is still interested.

"Force of Habit" March 8, 2013

(Week 348)

This RADIOLA! is harmless unless discontinued.

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Aileen Stanley - Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home - Music Hall Favorites (Take Two TT433CD)

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - I Can't Break the Habit of You (1937) - Victor 25530 B

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

The Virginians (Shilkret) (Lewis James v) - In the Sing Song Sycamore Tree (1927) - Victor 21219 B

The Ambassadors (Katzman) - Sumatra (1927) - Vocalion B 15506

The Original Wolverines - The New Twister (1927) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Don Roberts - Jeannine I Dream of Lilac Time (1928) - Columbia 1535 D

The Radio Imps (Macy & Smalle) - I'm Tellin' the Birds Tellin' the Bees How I Love You (1926) - Banner 1898 A

The Singing Sophomores - Slow River (1927) - Columbia 1032 D

Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Ringtail Blues (1918) - Columbia A2682

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Nothin' But (1923) - Victor 19073 B

The Night Club Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Pretty Lips (1927) - Velvet Tone 1349 V

Billy Murray - Much Obliged to You (1907) - orig Victor 5335 (ToNY: Dr. Demento collection)

Isabella Patricola - Mariella (1920) - Grey Gull L 2018 B

Frank Farrell and his Greenwich Village Inn Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Miss Annabelle Lee (1927) - Velvet Tone 1462 V

Alex Mendham and his Orch - Lullaby of the Leaves (2012) -Whistling in the Dark (Rivermont BSW 2224)

The Fat Babies - Weary Blues (2012) - Chicago Hot (Delmark DE 253)

Henry Burr - Mine (1912) - Victor 17046 A

Victor Military Band - I Love the Ladies Medley One Step (1914) - Victor 35384 B

Victor Light Opera Company - Gems from "Sibyl" (1916) - Victor 35529 A

The Original Wolverines - Dear Old Southland (1928) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five - Mahogany Hall Stomp (1929) - Columbia 35879

Earl Hines - Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1932) - Columbia 35877

Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bobby Goday v) - Melody For Two (1937) - Bluebird B 6805 B

Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf Astoria Orch (Pedro Barios v) - Chino Soy (1935) - Victor 25184 A

Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy (MLW p) - Little Joe From Chicago (1938) - Decca 3385 B

Richard Himber and his Orch - Blue Moon (1940) - Decca 3618 B

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch - No Name Jive (1940) - Decca 3089

Frank Munn - People Will Say We're in Love - The Golden Voice of Radio (Take Two TT434CD)

Ida Cox and her All Star Orch - I Can't Quit That Man (1940) - Okeh 6405

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Blue Eyes (1940) - Bluebird B 10943 B

"March Obliged" March 1, 2013

(Week 347)

RADIOLA! dutifully returns with a new show to interrupt a welcome hiatus.

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Harry Macdonough - I'm Simply Crazy Over You (1915) - Victor 19712 B

Erskine Butterfield and his Blue Boys - Boogie Woogie St Louis Blues (1940) - Decca 3356 A

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Goldkette's Book-Cadillac Orch - There's a Little White House on a Little Green Hill (1926) - Victor 20268 B

Lanin Melody Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - Hello Cutie (1927) - Bell 499 B

The Original Wolverines - A Good Man is Hard to Find (1927) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Gene Austin - I Never Knew (1925) - Victor 19864 B

Harry Wilson - Waiting for a Train (1929) - Pathe Actuelle 32477 B

Aileen Stanley - Gonna Get a Girl - Music Hall Favorites (Take Two TT433CD)

The Virginians - He May Be Your Man (1922) - Victor 19018 B

The Kentucky Colonels (Katzman) - Mamma Loves Papa (1923) - Vocalion A 14697

Wolverine Orch - Prince of Wails (1924) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Billy Murray - Chili Bean (1920) - Grey Gull L 2018 A

Mario Chamlee - Me Neenyah (1924) - Brunswick 10158 B

Harmony Brothers - Collegiana (1928) - Velvet Tone 1640 V

Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra - That Teasin' Rag (Joe Jordan) (2011) - That Teasin' Rag (Rivermont BSW 2215)

Alex Mendham and his Orch - I Heard (2012) - Whistling in the Dark (Rivermont BSW 2224)

The Fat Babies - Here Comes the Hot Tomale Man (2012) - Chicago Hot (Delmark DE 253)

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Debussy) (1921) - Victrola 813 A

Whitey Kaufman's Orig PA Serenaders (Elliott Shaw v) - From One Till Two (1924) - Victor 19304 A

Wolverine Orch - Sensation (1924) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye (1932) -16 Most Requested Songs (Columbia CK 44407)

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Solitude (1934) - Victor 24755 A

Red Nichols and his World Famous Pennies - Silver Threads Among the Gold (1934) - Bluebird 5583 A

Bing Crosby (Dorsey Bros Orch) - From the Top of Your Head to the Tip of Your Toes (1935) - Decca 547 B

Deone Parish - You're My Favorite Memory - Deone 4030 A

Manhattan Rhythm Kings - From Monday On (2005) - From Monday On

Frank Munn - Home - The Golden Voice of Radio (Take Two TT434CD)

Music In The Russ Morgan Manner - Ten Little Miles From Town (1938) - Brunswick 8119

Maxine Sullivan (w John Kirby Orch) - My Blue Heaven (1941) - Decca 4154 B

John Kirby and his Orch - I May Be Wrong (1939) - Vocalion 5048

Claude Thornhill and his Orch - Where or When (1941) - Columbia 36268

Lee Sims - Pal Of My Lonesome Hours (1926) - Brunswick 3320 B

"Off the Treadmill" February 1, 2013

(Week 346)

This free-range RADIOLA! has broken the spell of its own momentum. Now what?

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Carson Robison Trio - Bum Song No 5 (1929) - Pathe Actuelle 32477

Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings - Nagasaki (1936) - Decca 749 B

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Jacques Renard and his Cocoanut Grove Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - When the Morning Glories Wake Up in the Morning (1927) - Victor 20981 A

Coon Sanders Orch - I Ain't Got Nobody (1927) - Victor 20785 A

The Ambassadors (Katzman) - Proud (1927) - Vocalion A 15506

Henry Burr Billy Murray (with Carl Mathieu) - I Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight (1925) - Victor 19864

Charles Keene (Kaley) (Peter De Rose p) - While I Have You (1926) - Banner 1898 B

Jack Smith - Cecila (1925) - Victor 19787 A

The Great Lake's Orch (sic) - All By Myself (1921) - Emerson 10398

Tennessee Ten - You've Got to See Mamma Ev'ry Night (1923) - Victor 19073 A

The Astorites (Fred Rich) - Black Bottom (1926) - Harmony 251 H

Harry Macdonough and Victor Mixed Chorus - That Hula Hula (1915) - Victor 17930 A

Princess Watahwaso (Lucy Nicolar) (Thurlow Lieurance p Hubert Small fl) - By the Waters of Minnetonka (1917) - Victor 18431 A

Victor Light Opera Company - Gems from "Very Good Eddie" (Kern) (1916) - Victor 35529 B

Brian Holland and Danny Coots - Echo of Spring (Willie "The Lion" Smith) (2012) - Two Man Job (Rivermont BSW 2223)

The Fat Babies - I Surrender Dear (2012) - Chicago Hot (Delmark DE 253)

Mose Tapiero - Vedova Allegra (Merry Widow Waltz) (Lehar) (1910) - Columbia E 1070

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Golliwogg's Cake Walk (Debussy) (1921) - Victrola 813 B

Whitey Kaufman's Orig PA Serenaders - Charleston Cabin (1924) - Victor 19304 B

Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf Astoria Orch - Jalousie (1935) - Victor 25184 B

Jan Garber and his Orch (Lew Palmer v) - I'll Be Faithful (1933) - Victor 24412 A

Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers - Sweetie Dear (1932) - HMV B 9408

Bing Crosby (with Dorsey Bros Orch) - I Wish I Were Aladdin (1935) - Decca 547 A

Deone Parish - Waltz Me Around Once Again - Deone 4030

Gene Gifford and his Orch (Wingy Mannone v) - Squareface (1935) - HMV B 8374

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Delta Serenade (1934) - Victor 24755 B

Benny Goodman and his Orch - King Porter Stomp (1935) - HMV B 8374

Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings - Boogie Woogie Stomp (1936) - Decca 749 A

Fats Waller - Tea for Two (1937) - Victor 27766 A

Maxine Sullivan (w John Kirby Orch) - St Louis Blues (1941) - Decca 4154 A

Claude Thornhill and his Orch - Snowfall (1941) - Columbia 36268