Thursday, June 30, 2011

"Sons of Bees" July 1, 2011

(Week 266)

This RADIOLA! is dedicated to all drones of both the six-legged and the two-legged varieties.

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Frank Bacon - The Bee Story (from “Lightnin'”) (1921) - Vocalion A 14224
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Take Your Tomorrow (1928) - Bix Restored (Sunbeam)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) - A Little Bungalow (1926) - Vocalion A 15233
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Weston Vaughan v) - Charmaine! (1927) - Columbia 1048 D
Fleetwood Orch (Ben Bernie) (Arthur Fields v) - Headin' for Louisville (1926) - Vocalion A 15202
Phil Baker - Big Butter and Egg Man (1925) - Columbia 521 D
Peggy English - Who'll Be The One (1926) - Vocalion B 15485
Sammy Fain - I'm In The Market For You (1930) - Velvet Tone 2163 V
Borbee's Jass Orch - It's a Long Long Time (1917) - Columbia A2233
Isham Jones' Orch - Farewell Blues (1923) - Brunswick 2406 B
Oriole Orch (Mark Fisher v) – Ah-Ha! (1925) - Brunswick 2874 B
Ada Jones and Will H. Robbins - Sprinkle Me With Kisses (1915) - Columbia A1759
The Ponce Sisters - Put Your Arms Where They Belong (take A) (1926) - Edison 51816 L
Umbrian Glee Club - Ma Honey (1926) - Vocalion B 1012
Andy Senior - Ain't Misbehavin' - Capitol Theatre Rome NY May 26, 2011
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - Lazy Daddy (2002) - Echoes in the Wax (Stomp Off CD 1380)
Van Eps Trio - Hill and Dale (1916) - Columbia A2034
Prince's Band - Mr. Jazz Himself (Intro: Whose Little Heart Are You Breaking Now - Joan of Arc - I'm All Bound 'Round With The Mason-Dixon Line) (1917) - Columbia A 2370
Gene Rodemich's Orch - Flowers of Araby (1922) - Brunswick 2381 A
Harold Leonard and his Waldorf Astoria Orch (IK v) - I'll Just Go Along (1926) - Columbia 999 D
The Dorsey Bros and their Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Dixie Dawn (1928) - Parlophone R 280
Nick Lucas and his Crooning Troubadours - You're Driving Me Crazy (1930) - Brunswick 1055 A (UK)
Charles W. Hamp - Dream House (1928) - Columbia 1371 D
Ponce Sisters - So at Last It's Come to This (1932) - Venuti and Lang (Mosaic MD8-213/7)
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1931) - Perfect 15506 A
Seger Ellis - Shivery Stomp (1930) - Parlophone R 714
Joe Venuti and his New Yorkers - Doin' Things (1928) - Okeh 41133
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - I Like That (1929) - Parlophone R 714
Red Norvo and his Swing Octet - Blues in E Flat (1935) - Brunswick 8208
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - You Turned The Tables on Me (1936) - Bluebird B 6684 A
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in Drumnasticks - After You've Gone (1936) - Decca 1240 B

Thursday, June 23, 2011

"Summer Sampler" June 24, 2011

The host of RADIOLA! with bassist Sam Burrell in 1996.

(Week 265)

This RADIOLA! acknowledges the solstice and remembers our friend and fellow musician Sam Burrell who died last week.

Umbrian Glee Club - Exhortation (1926) - Vocalion A 1013
Sidney Bechet Quintet - Summertime (1939) - orig Blue Note 6
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Calling Me Home (1926) - Vocalion B 15399
Tiny Parham and his Musicians - Subway Sobs (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-022
Vermonte Orch (poss Lyman) (Arthur Fields v) - Westward (1926) - Vocalion B 15302
Peggy English - Where The Wild, Wild Flowers Grow (1927) - Vocalion B 15561
Arthur Brown (IK) (Bill Wirges p) - Could I? I Certainly Could! (1926) - Vocalion A 15330
Correll and Gosden (Delos Owen p) - I Just Wanna be Known as Susie's Feller (1926) - Victor 20255 B
Murray's Melody Men - Kamel Land (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion B 14098
Keystone Serenaders (Ray McConnell dir) - I'm Knee Deep In Daisies (1925) - Vocalion B 15123
Hollywood Dance Orch (Adrian Schubert) (IK v) - One Summer Night (1927) - Domino 3911 B
Arthur Fields - Carolina In The Morning (1923) - Vocalion A 14518
Miss Patricola with the Virginians - Lovin' Sam (The Sheik of Alabam') (1922) - Archeophone ARCH 9007
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) - Hokey Pokey (1925) - Vocalion B 15157
Dick Hyman and John Sheridan - Midsummer's Nightmare (2001) - Archives of Novelty Piano (Arbors ARCD 19248)
Terry Waldo's Jazz Entertainers (Janet Klein v) - Happy Feet (2001) - Let It Shine (Stomp Off CD1377)
Sam Moore and Horace Davis - Mighty Lak a Rose (1922) - Vocalion B 14403
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch - Wait'll It's Moonlight (1925) - Vocalion B 15130
Ben Selvin and his Orch (BS v) - Oh, Lovey, Be Mine (1925) - Vocalion B 15129
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) (IK v) - Would Ja (1926) - Vocalion A 15399
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - Coal Miner's Dream (1926) - Vocalion B 15313
King Oliver's Orch - My Good Man Sam (take 2) (1929) - JSP CD 3404
Bob Ballin and Rennie McEvoy - When Hannah Plays Piano (1938) - Regal Zonophone G23721
Bob Howard and his Orch - You Fit Into The Picture (1935) - Decca 343 B
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys - Moonlight and Roses (1938) - Vocalion 04439
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Summer Holiday (1936) - Victor 25325 A
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenny Sargent v) - You Go To My Head (1938) - Decca 1783 A
Stew Pletcher and his Orch - You (1936) - orig Bluebird B-6343
Peggy English - Just a Little Longer (1926) - Vocalion B 15479
Louis Armstrong - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen (1938) - Decca 2085 B
Andy Senior - Rockin' Chair - piano solo recorded June 21, 2011

Thursday, June 16, 2011

"The Family Way" June 17, 2011

(Week 264)

This RADIOLA! recognizes those who are somehow related to us with a nod toward Father (whoever he may be).

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Cliff Edwards - Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter? (1925) - Perfect 11562 B
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys (Jesse Ashlock v) - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (1938) - Vocalion 04439
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ben Selvin and his Orch (BS v) - Poor Papa (1926) - Vocalion B 15277
Vermonte Orch (poss Abe Lyman) (Arthur Fields v) - I'd Rather Be Alone (1926) - Vocalion A 15302
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) - Great Big Bear (1926) - Vocalion B 15233
Arthur Brown (IK) (Bill Wirges p) - Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya Huh? (1926) - Vocalion B 15330
Peggy English - I've Got Somebody Now (1926) - Vocalion A 15479
Al Bernard and Charles Aubrey (Sammy Stept p Buddy Wagner sax) - Eva (1926) - Vocalion A 15317
The Californian Ramblers - My Mammy Knows (1922) - Vocalion A 14300
Ted Lewis and his Band - Dream Daddy (1923) - Columbia 82 D
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) - There Ain't No Flies On Auntie (1925) - Vocalion A 15157
Billy Jones - Jinga Bula Jing Jing (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion B 14112
Helen Clark and Elliot Shaw - Just a Little Blue (1923) - Vocalion B 14518
Umbrian Glee Club - Rain Song (1926) - Vocalion B 1013
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - Baby Daddy - written and recorded June 11, 2011
Terry Waldo's Jazz Entertainers (Mike Walbridge v) - Let's Sow a Wild Oat (2001) - Let It Shine (Stomp Off CD 1377)
Frank Bacon - In The Reno Divorce Court (from “Lightnin”) (1921) - Vocalion B 14224
Sam Moore and Horace Davis - Mother Machree (1922) - Vocalion A 14403
Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Think Of Me Little Daddy (1920) - Columbia A 2994
Kensington Serenaders (Ben Selvin) - Show That Fellow The Door (1926) - Vocalion A 15340
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (IK v) - Lulu Belle (1926) - Vocalion A 15331
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - La Paloma (1926) - Victor 20172 A
Arthur Fields - That's What I Call a Pal (1927) - Bell 481 B
Peggy English - Lazy Weather (1927) - Vocalion A 15561
Red Nichols and his Strike Up The Band Orch - Soon (1930) - Brunswick 4695
Al Gold and his Band (Charlie Kunz) (Harry Bentley v) - Learn to Croon (1933) - Homochord HN 2
Clarence Williams and his Orch (CW v) - Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll (1934) - Vocalion 2805 B
Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - The Kid In The Three Cornered Pants (1937) - Perfect 7 04 07
George Bias - Dixie's Prodigal Son (1929) - Columbia 14470 D
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch - My Blue Heaven (1935) - Decca 712 A
Peggy English - Take In The Sun, Hang Out The Moon (1926) - Vocalion A 15485

Thursday, June 09, 2011

"Vocalion Spectacular" June 10, 2011

(Week 263)

This RADIOLA! celebrates the sixth anniversary of the first broadcast (June 10, 2005) with a bumper crop of 15000-series Vocalions, with many more to come.

I want to thank all those listeners who have sent their kind words and constructive comments over the past six years--and even those who haven't.

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The Record Boys (Al Bernard, Frank Kamplain, and Sam Stept) - When Spring Comes Peeping Through (1926) - Vocalion A 15265
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) (F Baur v) - I Don't Believe It But Say It Again (1926) - Vocalion B 15272
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Essex Club Orch (Ray Miller) - Sweet Nothings (1926) - Vocalion A 15230
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - Waters of the Perkiomen (1926) - Vocalion A 15313
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) (Irving Kaufman v) - Barcelona (1926) - Vocalion A 15417
Arthur Brown (IK) - For My Sweetheart (1926) - Vocalion A 15398
Chick Endor (Michael Loscalzo p) - On a Quiet Evening at Home (1926) - Vocalion A 15404
Windsor Hotel Orch (Harold Leonard) - You Need Someone To Love (1926) - Vocalion A 15386
Dixie Daisies - Yes Sir! That's Lazy Bones (1922) - Cameo 299
The Ambassadors - Rememb'ring (1923) - Vocalion A 14686
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch - Mother Me, Tennessee (1925) - Vocalion A 15130
Irving Kaufman - I Didn't Care 'Till I Lost You (1925) - Vocalion A 15010
Frank Bessinger - There Are Two Sides to Every Story (1926) - Vocalion A 15286
Glen Echo Serenaders (Markel) (Keller Sisters & Lynch v) - Nobody Worries 'Bout Me (1926) - Vocalion A 15427
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - A Bird In a Cage Making Minimum Wage - rec 2011-06-03
Waldo's Jazz Entertainers (Dan Levinson C Melody sax) - Saxarella (2001) - Let It Shine (Stomp Off CD1377)
Chris Chapman - Dill Pickles Rag (1908) - Victor 16678 B
Synco Jazz Band (Samuels) - Clover Blossom Blues (1922) - Perfect 14043
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Shake Your Feet (1923) - Edison 51278 R
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Ben Selvin v) - Tentin' Down in Tennessee (1926) - Vocalion A 15258
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (IK v) - Hoodle Dee Doo Dee Doodoo (1926) - Vocalion B 15371
Monarch Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - You Can't Hang Out With Annie (1926) - Vocalion A 15414
Frank Bessinger - Don't Be Afraid to Come Home (1926) - Vocalion B 15286
Chick Endor (Michael Loscalzo p) - I Can't Get Her off O' My Mind (1926) - Vocalion B 15404
The Record Boys (Al Bernard, Frank Kamplain, and Sam Stept) - When a Kid Who Came from the East Side Found a Sweet Society Rose (1926) - Vocalion B 15265
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) (Frank Munn v) - No More Worryin' (1926) - Vocalion A 15359
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (IK v) - Everything Will Happen For The Best (1926) - Vocalion A 15357
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) (F Baur v) - Everything's Gonns Be All Right (1926) - Vocalion A 15272
Slim Green - Shine (1935) - Decca 7120 B
Jimmy Ray and his Orch - So Rare (1937) - Bluebird B 7077 A
Night Club Orch (Reser) (Lester O'Keefe v) - Let's Grow Old Together (1926) - Vocalion A 15314

Thursday, June 02, 2011

"Some Is Vanity" June 3, 2011

(Week 262)

This RADIOLA! must concede that since it is produced at the expense of the host it is essentially a "vanity" program. So be it!

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Arthur Fields - The Whisper Song (1927) - Bell 515 B
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm - Narcissus (1940) - Bluebird B 10688 A-cr-nr
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Virginians (Franklyn Baur v) - It's A Million To One You're In Love (1927) - Victor 20837 A
Anson Weeks and his Orch - Dream House (1928) - orig Columbia 1409 D (Healey collection)
Red Nichols and his “Strike Up The Band” Orch - Strike Up The Band (1930) - Brunswick 4695
Richard B Gilbert - If I Can Find The Kind of Girl I Dream About (1925) - Columbia 566 D
Correll and Gosden (Delos Owen p) - Elsie Shultze-en-heim (1926) - Victor 20255 A
Utica Institute Jubilee Singers - Watermelon (1928) - Victor 21600 B
Dixie Daisies - House Of David Blues (1923) - orig Cameo 428 (Healey collection)
The Knickerbockers (Selvin) - The Original Charleston (1925) - Columbia 355 D
Tommy Christian and his Orch - Swamp Blues (1927) - Diva 2427 G
Herman Waldman and his Orch (Gene Hervey v) - Cocktails For Two (1934) - Bluebird B 5437 A
Dave Harman and his Orch - Marahuana (1934) - orig Bluebird B 5438 (Healey collection)
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - Co-Dependent Baby (2011) - written June 1993 recorded 2011-05-28
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - Shake It and Break It (2000) - Blue Roses of Far and Near (Stomp Off CD1361)
Keith Nichols and the Cotton Club Orch – Glorianna (1991) - Syncopated Jamboree (Stomp Off CD1234)
Chris Chapman - Sunbeam Dance (1907) - Victor 16678 A
Southern Serenaders - You've Gotta See Momma Ev'ry Night (1923) - Cameo 310
Ross Gorman and his Virginians - Phantom Blues (1927) - Diva 2427 G
The Virginians - Nothing Could Be Sweeter (1927) - Victor 20837 B
Victor Orch - Graham-Paige March (1927) - Victor Special Record
The Caroliners (Haring) (Arthur Fields v) - Thanks For The Buggy Ride (1926) - Cameo 892
Kitty O'Connor - That's Just My Way of Forgetting You (1928) - Columbia 1421 D
Chester Gaylord - Dance Away The Night (1929) - Brunswick 4582
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - Under Vesuvian Skies (1930) - Victor 22509 A
The Six Blue Chips - Steel Roof (1936) - Decca 740 A
Claude Hopkins and his Orch (Baby White v) - June Night (1937) - Decca 1286 A
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch (Sy Oliver v) - Running a Temperature (1936) - Decca 1035 A
The Street Singer - Ole Faithful (1934) - Panachord 25650 B
Dixie Lee Crosby and Bing Crosby - A Fine Romance (1936) - Decca 907 A
Donald Peers - Sundown In a Little Green Hollow (1932) - HMV B 8047