Saturday, May 28, 2011

Memorial Day Special with Keith Hansen

Friday I recorded a special two-part Memorial Day program with my friend Keith Hansen (aka Vyzygoth) of Think Or Be Eaten. It's a different kind of observance in which we discuss and demonstrate how music was used in preparing people for both World Wars. Download the show here: PART 1 and PART 2.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

"You Have a Song!" May 27, 2011

(Week 261)

This RADIOLA! belabors the obvious, and notes a warming trend.

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Bob Ballin and Rennie McEvoy - Then You'll Have a Song (1938) - Regal Zonophone G23721
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch - Stomp It Off (1934) - Decca 712 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Doc Daugherty and his Orch - Ninety In the Shade (1929) - Four-Four Rhythm (The Old Masters mb130)
Dixie Daisies - There's Something New 'Bout The Old Moon Tonight (1929) - Cameo 9085
Elmer Schoebel and his Friars Society Orch - Copenhagen (1929) - Frog Spawn - The White Hot Batch (DGF 76)
Arthur Fields - Oh What a Pal Was Whoozis! (1927) - Bell 515 A
Sammy Cloud - That's Like It Ought To Be (1929) - Van Dyke 72512 B
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - I'm Needin' You (1930) - Victor 22509 B
Southern Serenaders - Runnin' Wild (1923) - Cameo 310
Frank Banta and Cliff Hess - Shake Your Feet (1923) - Vocalion B 14707
Don Voorhees and his Earl Carroll's Vanities Orch (Harold Yates v) - Muddy Water (1927) - Edison 51927 R
Lucille Hegamin - My Sugar (1925) - Cameo 777
Art Fowler - Absolutely -Positively (1927) - Perfect 12331
Charles J. Correll and Freeman F. Gosden - All I Want To Do (1926) - Victor 19986 B
Dick Hyman and John Sheridan - Dancing Tambourine (2001) - Archives of Novelty Piano (Arbors ARCD 19248)
Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orch - Bethena (2006) – Steppin' Around (Stomp Off CD1415)
American Quartet - Where Do We Go From Here? (1917) - Victor 18335 B
Louisiana Five Jazz Orch - Alcoholic Blues (Intro: Minnie - Oh Lawdy - Victory Ball) (1919) - Columbia A 2768
Lanin's Roseland Orch - Happiness (1921) - Pathe 20494 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Can't You Understand? (1929) - Columbia 2089 D
Johnny Marvin - Old Man Sunshine (1928) - Victor 21609 A
Al Hopkins and his Buckle Busters - Round Town Gals (1926) - Brunswick 103 B
Greta Woodson (Leroy Shield p) - Kentucky Lullaby (1926) - Victor 20275 B
Paul Small - Congratulations (1930) - Harmony 1115 H
Mills Brothers - My Gal Sal (1934) - Decca 165 B
Will Osborne and his Orch - Heartaches (1931) - Melotone M 12078
Earl Hines and his Orch (Walter Fuller v) - Rosetta (1934) - Decca 3517 A
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Red Sails In The Sunset (1935) - Decca 648 B
Donald Peers - Don't Blame Me (1932) - HMV B 8047
Slim Green - It's Easy To Remember (1935) - Decca 7105 B
Bing Crosby - Dancing In The Dark (1931) - Brunswick 80056 B

Thursday, May 19, 2011

"Out Of This World" May 20, 2011

(Week 260)

This RADIOLA! is staying earthbound along with its reprobate host.

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Al Bernard - Who's That Knockin' At My Door? (1927) - Edison 52110 R
Dave Harman and his Orch (George Marks v) - Live And Love Tonight (1934) - Bluebird B 5437 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - South Wind (1927) - Victor 20645 B
Thelma Terry and her Play Boys - Starlight and Tulips (1928) - Columbia 1532 D
Bob Haring and his Orch - Where Is My Meyer? (1927) - Cameo 1266
Chester Gaylord - Just You, Just Me (1929) - Brunswick 4582
Richard B. Gilbert - How I Love Her And She Loves Me Is Nobody's Business (1925) - Columbia 566 D
Utica Institute Jubilee Singers - Ain't It A Shame (1928) - Victor 21600 A
Phil Baker's Novelty Orch - I'm a Syncopatin' Mamma (1923) - Cameo 402
Dixie Daisies - Aggravatin' Papa (1922) - Cameo 299
Lou Gold and his Orch - The Baby Looks Like Me (1925) - Cameo 770
Bob White (Vernon Dalhart) (May Breen uke) - It Ain't Gonna Rain No More (1924) - Regal 9634 B
Lucille Hegamin - I Had Someone Else Before I Had You (1925) - Cameo 777
Frank Crumit - My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) - Victor 19701 B
Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orch - Let's You And I Just Say Goodbye (2006) - Steppin' Around (Stomp Off CD1415)
Keith Nichols and the Cotton Club Orch - You Can't Get To Heaven That Way (1991) - Syncopated Jamboree (Stomp Off CD1234)
Henry Burr - Last Night Was The End of The World (1913) - Cort F477 (Columbia master)
George Reneau - Lonesome Road Blues (1924) - Vocalion B 14809
Duke Yellman's Parody Club Pals - Song of the Wanderer (1926) - Edison 51927 L
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Wedding Bells (1929) - Cameo 9085
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Henry Burr v) - Somebody's Lonely (1926) - Victor 20059 A
McKinney's Cotton Pickers (Donald King v) - It's a Lonesome Old Town (1931) - Shag Nasty (Frog DGF 27)
George Bias - Ain't Mishehavin' (1929) - Columbia 14470 D
Annette Hanshaw - Love Me Tonight (1932) - Sophisticated Ladies (Columbia CK 52932)
Slim Green - Cocktails For Two (1935) - Decca 7104 A
Glenn Cross and his Orch - Too Late (1931) - Perfect 15539 B
Don Redman and his Orch (Harlan Lattimore v) - Pagan Paradise (1932) - Brunswick A 1400 (UK)
The Six Blue Chips - Cheatin' Cheech (1936) - Decca 740 B
Dixie Lee Crosby and Bing Crosby - The Way You Look Tonight (1936) - Decca 907 B
Nick Lucas - For All We Know (1934) - Perfect 13025 A
The Rhythmic Troubadours (Selvin) (Orlando Roberson v) - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (1931) - Regal MR 400

Friday, May 13, 2011

"Under My Hat" May 13, 2011

(Week 259)

This RADIOLA! says too much without saying enough.

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Jack Miller - Should I? (1930) - Harmony 1115 H
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - I Was Saying To The Moon (1936) - Bluebird B 6643 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Miff Mole's Molers - A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight (1927) - Slippin' Around (Frog DGF 19)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Countess Maritza (1926) - Victor 20138 B
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Beau Koo Jack (1928) - Vocalion 3085
Art Fowler - What Do I Care What Somebody Said? (1927) - Perfect 12331 B
Greta Woodson (Leroy Shield p) - What's the Use of Crying? (1926) - Victor 20275 A
Charles J. Correll-Freeman F. Gosden - Let's Talk About My Sweetie (1926) - Victor 19986 A
Ted Lewis and his Band - Bees Knees (1922) - Columbia A 3730
Frank Banta and Cliff Hess - Covered Wagon Days (1923) - Vocalion A 14707
The Ambassadors - Old Fashioned Love (Intro: Charleston) (1923) - Vocalion B 14686
Walter Leslie (Ernest Hare) - Dirty Hands-Dirty Face (1923) - Cameo 359
Martha Pryor - Louisville Lou (1923) - Cameo 359
Cliff Edwards - When My Sweetie Puts Her Lovin' On (1924) - Perfect 11552 B
John Henry and Blossom - Blossom's Film Scenario Pt. 1 (1926) - Victor 120809 A (Canada)
John Henry and Blossom - Blossom's Film Scenario Pt. 2 (1926) - Victor 120809 B (Canada)
Waldorf Astoria Dance Orch (Knecht) (Irving and Jack Kaufman v) - Tell Me (1919) - Columbia A 2783
Rega Dance Orch - Jokes (Okeh Laughing Dance Record) Pt 1 (1922) - Okeh 4731 A
Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - But (1920) - Columbia A 2994
Ben Litchfield - Painting The Clouds With Sunshine (1929) - Van Dyke 72512 A
The Rhythmic Troubadours - Whistling In The Dark (1931) - Regal MR 400
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - No One Else But You (1928) - Vocalion 3085
Charles Kaley - A Bundle Of Old Love Letters (1930) - Brunswick 4718
Red McKenzie - Time On My Hands (1931) - Columbia 3556 D
Al Gold and his Band - Lazybones (1933) - Homochord H.N. 2
Bob Howard and his Orch - Throwin' Stones At The Sun (1935) - Decca 343 A
Slim Green - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (1935) - Decca 7105 A
Red Norvo and his Orch (Mildred Bailey v) - Please Be Kind (1938) - Brunswick 8088
The Street Singer (Arthur Tracy) - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1934) - Pananchord 25650 A
Una Mae Carlisle - Oh! I'm Evil (1941) - Bluebird B 11159 B
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - A Rendezvous With a Dream (1936) - Victor 25325 B

Thursday, May 05, 2011

"Not Dead Yet" May 6, 2011

(Week 258)

RADIOLA! conducts its yearly observance of mortality and the inexorable passage of time. Cut yourself a piece of cake.

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Charles Harrison - Over The Hill (1921) - Emerson 10350
Raderman's Radio Orch - While The Years Go Drifting By (1926) - Okeh 40672 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
California Ramblers - Changes (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-053
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Harold Lambert v) - Among My Souvenirs (1927) - Victor 21084 A
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Grandpa's Spells (1926) - JSP CD 321
Kitty O'Connor - There's Something About a Rose (1928) - Columbia 1421 D
Helen Kane - Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) - Victor 21863 A
The Singing Sophomores - My Ohio Home (1928) - Columbia 1257 D
California Ramblers - Rememb'ring (1923) - Columbia 49 D
The Georgians - You Tell Her I Stutter (1923) - Columbia A 3857
Lou Gold and his Orch (Jimmy Flynn v) - If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain) (1928) - Harmony 702 H
Henry Burr - Silver Threads Among the Gold (1903) - Archeophone ARCH 5502
Bessie Smith - Rainy Weather Blues (1924) - Frog DGF 42
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (IK v) - Half-Way To Heaven (1928) - Harmony 702 H
Anachronic Jazz Band - Move (1976) - Complete Audio Recordings (JBM 34011)
Gary Lawrence and his Sizzling Syncopators - Stayin' Alive (1980) - Columbia M 35824 (LP)
Wm. Eckstein - Coaxing The Piano (1923) - Silvertone 1250 B (orig Pathe)
Cliff Edwards - Hard Hearted Hannah (1924) - Perfect 11552 A
The Synco Jazz Band - Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) (1919) - Columbia A 2783
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Frank Munn v) - Your Mother And Mine (1929) - Victor 22012 B
Bud Richie and His Boys (Max Pugh v) - Rockin' Chair (1930) - Frog Spawn: The White Hot Batch (DGF 76)
Waring's Pennsylvanians (Chick Bullock v) - The Old Man Of The Mountain (1932) - Viper's Nest VN-179
Harold “Scrappy” Lambert - You Were Meant For Me (1929) - Brunswick 4275
Sophie Tucker - Some of These Days (1929) - Victor 22049 B
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Eadie Was a Lady (1932) - Oriole 2626 A
Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys - Knock, Knock, Who's There? (1936) - Hep CD 1085
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Patricia Norman v) - Ol' Man Mose (1938) - Brunswick 8155
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Public Melody Number One (1937) - Decca 1347 A
Rev. J. M. Gates - I'm Gonna Die With The Staff In My Hand (1926) - Okeh 8388 A
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - 'Til Times Get Better (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five - Mahogany Hall Stomp (1929) - JSP CD 315