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"What's in a Name?" January 27, 2012

2012-01-26T17:01:00.005-05:00

(Week 296)

This RADIOLA! smells like a rose by any other name.

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Al Jolson - Tillie Titwillow (1917) - Columbia A2296
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm - Narcissus (1940) - Bluebird B 10688 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) - I Call You Sugar (1927) - Vocalion A 15616
Night Club Orch (Reser) (Frank Munn v) - Moonbeams and You (1927) - Vocalion B 15535
Meyer Davis' Le Paradis Band (W. S. Tupman dir) (Billy Murray v) - Bye and Bye (1925) - Victor 19655 B
Vernon Dalhart - There's a New Star in Heaven Tonight Rudolph Valentino (1926) - Domino 3782 A
Jack Smith - I Don't Believe It But Say It Again (1926) - Victor 20038 A
Billy Jones and Ernest Hare - Mr. Hoover and Mr. Smith (1928) - Banner 7209 A
The Collegians - That Red Head Gal (1923) - Victor 19049 B
Henry Santrey and his Cameo Record Orch - You're In Kentucky as Sure as You're Born (1923) - Cameo 493
Olympic Dance Orch (Original Indiana Five) - Someone Waits For Me (tk. A) (1926) - Grey Gull 1334 B
Billy Murray - Ragtime Temple Bells (1914) - Victor 17715 B
Aileen Stanley - A New Kind of Man (1924) - Victor 19411 B
Lou Gold and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - A Precious Little Thing Called Love (1928) - Velvet Tone 1814 V
Kathy Brier - After You Get What You Want (You Don't Want It) (2011) - Boardwalk Empire (Volume 1 Music From The HBO Original Series) (Elektra 528266-2)
Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - Japanese Sandman (2011) - Boardwalk Empire (Volume 1 Music From The HBO Original Series) (Elektra 528266-2)
Ossman-Dudley Trio - St. Louis Tickle (1906) - Victor 16092 B
University Five (Fosdick) - Margie (intro: Singin' the Blues) (1920) - Pathe 20476
Gene Rodemich's Orch - How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (1924) - Brunswick 2824 B
Ernie Golden and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Sweethearts on Parade (1928) - Banner 6233 A
Rudy Baum and his Orch (Frank Munn v) - A Little Lady (1929) - Van Dyke 71769 B
Waring's Pennsylvanians - Sing a Little Jingle (1931) - Victor 22707 B
Lee Sims - Pagan Love Song (1929) - Brunswick 4572
Bing Crosby - Many Happy Returns of the Day (1931) - Brunswick 6145
Jack Hulbert - The Flies Crawled Up The Window (1932) - HMV B 4263
The Virginians - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (1922) - Victor 18965 A
Henry Halstead and his Orch - Bull Frog Blues (1924) - Victor 19511 A
Oriole Orch - Ukulele Lady (1925) - Brunswick 2875 B
Vernon Geyer - Sweet Sue (1936) - Bluebird 6652 B
Sally Foster and the Travelers - Ma! (1936) - Decca 5387 A
Hollywood Dance Orch (Fred Hall) (Arthur Fields v) - Brighter Days (1928) - Banner 6233 B

"Who Done It?" January 20, 2012

2012-01-19T15:15:00.003-05:00

(Week 295)

This RADIOLA! is a total mystery.

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Isabella Patricola - Mystery (1920) - Pathe 22332
Ray Nichols and his Four Towers Orch (Billie Hibberd v) - Murder in the Moonlight (1935) - Bluebird B 6011 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Monarch Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Gone Again Gal (1926) - Vocalion B 15436
Hollywood Dance Orch (A Schubert) (Billy Jones v) - Climbing Up the Ladder of Love (1926) - Domino 3815 A
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - Song of Shanghai (1926) - Vocalion A 15507
Jack Kaufman - Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder? (1928) - Cameo 8144
Aileen Stanley Billy Murray (Frank Banta p) - Bridget O'Flynn (1926) - Victor 20240 A
Irving Kaufman - Underneath the Moon (1926) - Regal 8163 B
Rudy Wiedoeft's Californians - Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me (intro: You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me) (1920) - Pathe 22299 B
Bennie Krueger's Orch (Al Bernard v) - Dangerous Blues (1921) - Brunswick 2109 B
California Serenaders (unidentified band) - The Sneak (1922) - Federal 5202 B
Al Jolson - Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday on Saturday Night? (1916) - Columbia A1976
Isabella Patricola - Whose Izzy Is He? (1924) - Vocalion B 14755-cr-nr
Irving Kaufman - How Many Times? (1926) - Harmony 205 H
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks (John Leifert v) - Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day (1983) - Cotton Club Revisited
Dan Levinson's Palomar Quartet (Molly Ryan v) - Only Another Boy and Girl (2008) - Four on the Floor
Van Eps Quartet (Glantz, Banta, Van Eps, G. H. Green) - Murder! (1920) - Pathe 20468 B
The California Ramblers - I Wish I Knew (1922) - Vocalion B 14411
Meadowbrook Dance Band (unidentifed band) - Dapper Dan (1921) - La Belle 305 B
All Star Players (Jerry White v) - Tip Toe Through the Tulips With Me (1929) - Van Dyke 71769 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Bing Crosby v) - Muddy Water (1927) - Victor 20508 A
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Johnny Ryan v) - Who Wouldn't Be Blue? (1928) - Perfect 14985
Lee Sims - Lover Come Back to Me (1929) - Brunswick 4422
Bing Crosby - At Your Command (1931) - Brunswick 6145
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - We Just Couldn't Say Good-bye (1932) - Perfect 15643 A
Palala's Hawaiians - In a Garden of Hawaii (1926) - Vocalion A 15456
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - South Wind (1937) - Victor 25585 B
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch (Dan Grissom v) - My Last Affair (1936) - Decca 1035 A
Jelly Roll Morton - Seattle Hunch (1929) - Victor 27565 A
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) (Franklyn Baur v) - Ooh! Maybe It's You (1927) - Vocalion A 15628
The Ambassadors (Katzman) - I'm On My Way Home (1926) - Vocalion A 15475

"Spin Art" January 13, 2012

2012-01-12T14:19:00.004-05:00

(Week 294)

The music goes 'round (and around) on this RADIOLA!

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Honey Duke and his Uke (Johnny Marvin) - Hello, Aloha! How Are You (1926) - Harmony 169 H
Riley-Farley and their Onyx Club Boys - The Music Goes 'Round and Around (1935) - Decca 578 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) (Franklyn Baur v) - Good News (1927) - Vocalion B 15628
Ralph Pollock and his Orch - Why Should I Say That I'm Sorry? (1927) - Columbia 1197 D
Edwin J. McEnelly's Orch (Frederick L. Wade v) - My Sunday Girl (1927) - Victor 20589 B
Jack Smith - No One But You Knows How to Love (1926) - Victor 20312 B
Earl Rickard (acc by The Dubs) (Reser) - Where the Huckleberries Grow (1926) - Okeh 40566 A
Joe Wilbur - At Sundown (1927) - Pathe Actuelle 32276
Della Robbia Orch (Max Fells) - I'm Nobody's Baby (1921) - Actuelle 020555
Broadway Broadcasters (Lanin) (Arthur Fields v) - No Man's Mamma (1925) - Cameo 836
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch - Because of You (1925) - Vocalion B 15047
Billy Murray - Profiteering Blues (1920) - Victor 18666 B
Herbert Wiley - Call Me Back Pal O'Mine (1922) - Bell P 157 A
The Astorites (Fred Rich) (Sammy Fain v) - I Never See Maggie Alone (1927) - Velvet Tone 1336 V
Evanescent (Bliss Blood and Al Street) - How Long Will It Last? (2011) - Evanescent Live at the Lilac
Bryan Wright - Cottontail Rag (Joseph Lamb) (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont BLV 2212)
Mme Homer and Miss Louise Homer - Last Night (1920) - Victrola 87570
Lane's Dance Orch (Arthur Lange) - Come On Over (1924) - Lincoln 2276
Lucky Strike Dance Orch (Glantz) - Arabian Nights (1925) - Oriole 476 B (courtesy Jack Theakston)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Bing Crosby v) - I'm Afraid of You (1928) - Victor 21389 A
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Frank Bessinger) - Hiding in the Corner of Your Smile (1928) - Perfect 14985
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - Slow River (take 2) (1927) - Victor 25354 A
Gene Austin - The Song I Love (1929) - Victor 21856 B
Dick Robertson - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929) - Brunswick 4481
Chick Endor and Charlie Farrell - My Wife's First Husband, John (1932) - Columbia DB 866 (UK)
Lee Sims - I'm Just a Vagabond Lover (1929) - Brunswick 4572
Casani Club Orch (Charlie Kunz) (Harry Bentley v) - Learning (1934) - Sterno 1528
Joe Daniels and his Hot Shots in Drumnastics - Avalon (1937) - Decca 2184 A
Bix Beiderbecke - Bixology (In a Mist) (1927) - Parlophone R 1828
Coleman Hawkins (Stanley Black p) - Lost in a Fog (1934) - Decca 18252 A
Arthur Fields - The Song is Ended (1927) - Grey Gull 2367 A

"Chance Estrangement" January 6, 2012

2012-01-05T00:46:00.003-05:00

(Week 293)

This RADIOLA! just can't seem to relate.

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Irving Kaufman - Sick and Tired (1927) - Regal 8372 B
Vernon Geyer - You Turned the Tables on Me (1936) - Bluebird 6652 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) (Lynch and Keller Sisters v) - Let's Make Believe (1927) - Vocalion B 15579
Bob Haring and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Me and the Man in the Moon (1928) - Romeo 829
Fleetwood Orch (Reuben Greenberg) (Irving Kaufman v) - And Then I Forget (1926) - Vocalion B 15462
Bob Cole (Prince Piotti) - I May Learn to Forget Some Day (1927) - Vocalion A 16505
Jack Smith - Are You Sorry? (1925) - Victor 19856 B
Pine Top Smith - I'm Sober Now (1929) - Brunswick 80009 B
Benson Orch of Chicago - Wolverine Blues (1923) - Victor 19140 A
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch - Why Don't My Dreams Come True (1924) - Victor 19357 B
Night Club Orchestra (Reser) - The Flapper Wife (1925) - Vocalion B 15031
Billy Murray - It Happens In Many Families (1909) - Victor 16682 A
Peerless Quartet - At the Devil's Ball (1913) - Victor 17315 A
Thomas and Bernard (Ernest Hare and Al Bernard) - Beale Street Mama (1923) - Regal 9482 B
Bryan Wright - Soliloquy (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont BLV 2212)
Chad Smith saxophone (Linda Henderson piano) - Valse Marilyn (Wiedoeft) (2008) - June 8, 2008 recital
Fisk University Jubilee Quartet - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1909) - Victor 16453 A
The Virginians - Blue (1922) - Victor 18933 B
Lyman's California Ambassador Orch - Queen of Egypt (1923) - Brunswick 2481 A
Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators (Al Shayne v) - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Brunswick 3938
Society Night Club Orch (Justin Ring) (Joe White v) - The Waltz You Saved For Me (1931) - Oriole 2211 A
Casino Jazzers (Irving Kaufman v) - Heads Up (1930) - Van Dyke 81855 B
J. O. LaMadeleine and Eugene Daignault - En Faisant Le Tour de la Montaigne (1928) - Starr 15480 B
Rudolf Friml - Song of the Vagabonds (1925) - Columbia 533 D
Pine Top Smith - Jump Steady Blues (1929) - Brunswick 80009 A
Harry Leader and his Band - You'll Remember Me (1934) - Eclipse 748 B
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Cryin' Mood (1937) - Vocalion 3716
Bob Crosby and his Orch (Kay Weber v) - Whispers in the Dark (1937) - Decca 1346 A
Lee Sims - Love Me or Leave Me (1929) - Brunswick 4422
Ethel Waters - Trav'lin' All Alone (1929) - Columbia 1933 D
Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne v) - Till Tomorrow (1932) - Regal Zonophone MR 769

"New Year's Dance Party 2012" December 30, 2011

2011-12-29T21:38:00.003-05:00

(Week 292)

RADIOLA! celebrates the new year with four hours of great music.

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Charles King - Happy Days Are Here Again (1929) - Brunswick 4615
Riley-Farley and their Onyx Club Boys - Lookin' For Love (1935) - Decca 578 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) (Frank Lynch v) - No Wonder I'm Happy (1927) - Vocalion B 15599
Sam Lanin and his Orch (William Robyn v) - Broadway Melody (1929) - Perfect 15128
Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (IK v) - You Sing That Song To Somebody Else (1927) - Vocalion B 15616
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - The King Isn't King Any More (1925) - Victor 19738 B
Helen Kane - That's Why I'm Happy (1929) - Victor 21917 B
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) - Oh, Doris! Where Do You Live? (1926) - Vocalion A 15599
Varsity Eight - Tea For Two (1924) - Cameo 617
The Benson Orch of Chicago - Copenhagen (1924) - Victor 19470 A
WMCA Broadcasters (“Joe Collegiate” v) - I Love the College Girls (1927) - Velvet Tone 1336 V
Lee Sims - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Brunswick 4152
Carlos Molina's Tango Orch - Farolito De Mi Barrio (1930) - Brunswick 6091
Red Nichols and his World Famous Pennies - Silver Threads Among the Gold (1934) - Bluebird 5583 A
Rudolf Friml - Chansonette (1925) - Columbia 533 D
Sigmund Krumgold - Indian Love Call (1927) - Okeh 40904
Lyman's California Ambassador Orch - Bugle Call Rag (1923) - Brunswick 2481 B
The Virginians - Superstitious Blues (1924) - Victor 19419 B
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) - Song of the Vagabonds (1925) - Vocalion A 15162
Vincent Lopez and his Casa Lopez Orch - Who? (1926) - Okeh 40542 B
The Ambassadors (Katzman) - Delilah (Memories of Dandanella) (1927) - Vocalion A 15515
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) (Bonnie Laddies v) - Short an' Sweet (1926) - Vocalion A 15480
Chick Bullock - I'm In The Market For You (1930) - Domino 4563 A
Ethel Merman - Eadie Was a Lady (1932) - Brusnwick 6456
Jack Denny and his Mount Royal Hotel Orch (Dick Robertson v) - The One I Love Can't Be Bothered With Me (1930) - Brunswick 4697
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - I Wouldn't Change You For the World (1931) - Columbia 2547 D
Gus Arnheim and his Orch - Singin' in the Rain (1929) - Victor 22012 A
Sonny South and his Collegians (Dick Robertson v) - My Own (1933) - Bluebird 5152 A
Vernon Geyer - El Choclo (1937) - Montgomery Ward 7390 B
Jack Hylton and his Orch (Pat O'Malley v) - You (1932) - Brunswick 20111
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - Mountain Greenery (1926) - Victor 20071 A
Al Shayne - I've Found a New Baby (1926) - Perfect 12249
Betty Morgan - But I Do, You Know I Do (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 32180 B
WMCA Broadcasters - Breezin' Along With the Breeze (1926) - Harmony 219 H
The Six Hottentots (IK v) - I'm In Love Again (1927) - Regal 8289 A
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Under the Moon (1927) - Columbia 1048 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Bing Crosby v) - I'm Coming Virginia (1927) - Victor 20751 B
Earl Rickard (acc by The Dubs) (Reser) - Sweet Child (1926) - Okeh 40566 B
Helen Kane - Do Something (1929) - Victor 21917 A
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) - My Baby Knows How! (1926) - Vocalion B 15490
Jack Purvis and his Orch - Poor Richard (1930) - Parlophone R 992
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Burnin' the Iceberg (1929) - Victor 40-0120 A
Washboard Rhythm Boys - Tiger Rag (1932) - HMV B 6289
Wayne King and his Orch - Josephine (1936) - Victor D 18 A
Isham Jones and his Orch (Eddie Stone v) - I Wanna Be in Winchell's Column (1937) - Perfect 8-01-03
Paul Tremaine and his Orch - Swing Low Sweet Chariot (1930) - Columbia 2162 D
Jack Hylton and his Orch (Pat O'Malley v) - Paradise (1932) - Brunswick 20111
High Hat Revelers (Arthur Fields v) - Party Girl (1930) - Grey Gull 1856
Jack Kaufman - Horse Feathers (1928) - Cameo 8144
Tuxedo Orch (Park Lane Orch Reuben Greenberg) (Vaughn DeLeath v) - It's a Happy Old World After All (1927) - Vocalion B 15534
Edgewater Beach Hotel Orch (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - Believin' (1930) - Velvet Tone 2245 V
Larry Rich and his Friends (Sam Lanin) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Pagan Love Song (1929) - Pathe Actuelle 36987
Carlos Molina's Tango Orch - La Cumparsita (1930) - Brunswick 6091
Leslie Hutchinson - Troubles Are Like Bubbles (1932) - Parlophone R 1272
High Hat Revelers (Lanin) (Scrappy Lambert v) - The Moon is Low (1930) - Grey Gull 1856-cr-nr
Casani Club Orch (Charlie Kunz) (Harry Bentley v) - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1934) - Sterno 1528
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - My Heart's at Ease (1932) - Perfect 15643 B
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - The Merry Go Round Broke Down (1937) - Victor 25585 A
Isham Jones and his Orch (Joe Martin v) - Sweet Someone (1937) - Perfect 8-01-03
Connie Boswell - Nobody's Sweetheart (1940) - Decca 3425 A
Glenn Miller and his Orch (Marion Hutton v) - Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead (1939) - Bluebird 10366 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Good Night Sweetheart (1931) - Columbia 2547 D

"Make Those Music!" December 23, 2011

2011-12-22T14:47:00.004-05:00

(Week 291)

This RADIOLA! nods to the festivity of the season without going overboard.

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Al Jolson - Scandinavia (1921) - Columbia A3382
Gene Kardos and his Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Glory (A Rhythmic Spiritual) (1932) - Victor 22920 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Fleetwood Orch (Park Lane Orch Reuben Greenberg) (Bonnie Lads v) - I Love You But I Don't Know Why (1927) - Vocalion A 15516
Casino Dance Orch (Haring) (Irving Kaufman v) - Laugh, Clown Laugh (1928) - Perfect 14982
Walter Davison's Louisville Loons - South Wind (1927) - Columbia 989 D
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - By the Light of the Stars (1925) - Victor 19738 A
Mary Haynes - Cry Little Girl Just Cry (1926) - Columbia 763 D
Dick Robertson - True Blue Lou (1929) - Brunswick 4481
Oriole Orch - Sobbin' Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2560 A
Night Club Orchestra (Reser) - Ah-Ha! (1925) - Vocalion A 15031
WMCA Broadcasters - Lo-Do-De-O (1926) - Harmony 219 H
Blossom Seeley - Funeral Blues (1921) - Columbia A3382
Donald Baker (Arthur Fields) - Louisville Lou (1923) - Regal 9482 A
Honey Duke and his Uke (Johnny Marvin) - So Is Your Old Lady (1926) - Harmony 169 H
West End Jazz Band (Mike Bezin v) - Mona (2010) - Burnin' The Iceberg (Rivermont BSW 2216)
Baby Soda - Some of These Days (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Collins and Harlan - Here Comes My Daddy Now (1913) - Victor 17315 B
Yerkes' S S Flotilla Orch - The Mikado (1922) - Vocalion A 14415
Meadowbrook Dance Band (Irving Weiss) - Canadian Capers (1921) - La Belle 305 A
Cotton Picker's Orch (Hall) (Arthur Fields v) - Geraldine (1928) - Madison 1653 B
Isidore Soucy - Set Canadien Francais Lanciers (Vive La Canadienne) (1927) - Starr 15312 B
Bert Firman's Dance Orch - March of the Marionettes (1928) - Zonophone 5100
Bessie Brown - Chloe (1928) - Brunswick 3817 A
Charles King - Love Ain't Nothin' But the Blues (1929) - Brunswick 4615
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1931) - Parlophone R 992
Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Blues (1928) - Brunswick 80008 B
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Misty Mornin' (1929) - HMV B 8828
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Pretty Lil (1929) - Victor 40-0120 B
Bob Crosby and his Orch - Stop! You're Breaking My Heart (1937) - Decca 1346 B
George Formby - Our Sergeant Major (1938) - Regal Zonophone MR 3425
Willard Robison and his Orch (Charles Barnes v) - Indian Cradle Song (1928) - Perfect 14982

What it says here

2011-12-19T01:26:00.001-05:00

"Keep Moving" December 16, 2011

2011-12-15T12:13:00.003-05:00

(Week 290)

This RADIOLA! can't stand still.

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Jack Smith - Then I'll Be Happy (1925) - Victor 19856 A
Jay's Chelsea Orch (Frank Black) (Irving Kaufman v) - I'd Walk a Million Miles (1927) - Vocalion A 15613
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Cascades Orch (Bernie Cummins) - Who Was The Lady? (1927) - Vocalion B 15608
The Six Hottentots (Red Nichols) (Irving Kaufman v) - Rosy Cheeks (1927) - Regal 8289 B
Bert Firman's Dance Orch (Maurice Elwin v) - What Do We Do on a Dew-Dew-Dewy Day? (1928) - Zonophone 5100
Bob Cole (Prince Piotti) - Just Another Day Wasted Away (1927) - Vocalion B 16505
Lewis James - Scatter Your Smiles (1926) - Vocalion A 15438
Mary Haynes - Down at Our New Beauty Shop (1926) - Columbia 763 D
Nathan Glantz and his Orch - Stumbling (1922) - Pathe Actuelle 020746 B
Bob Haring's Velvetone Orch - Sittin' In a Corner (1923) - Cameo 420
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - Eileen (1924) - 19327 B
Joe Hayman - Cohen Buys a Wireless Set (1922) - Columbia A 3832
Arthur Fields - I Wish There Was a Wireless to Heaven (1922) - Bell P 157 B
Billy Murray - I Was Married Up in the Air (1922) - Victor 18991 B
Jack and Claude Hulbert - Lovin' You Part 1 (1932) - HMV B 4355
Jack and Claude Hulbert (assisted by Betty Astell) - Lovin' You Part 2 (1932) - HMV B 4355
Victor Orch - Wild Cherries Rag (1910) - Victor 16472 B
Arthur Burdin - I Want What I Want When I Want It (1917) - Emerson 7296
The Virginians - I've Got a Cross-Eyed Papa (1924) - Victor 19269 B
Sigmund Krumgold - Gypsy Love Song (1927) - Okeh 40904
Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Irving Kaufman v) - Roam On My Little Gypsy Sweetheart (1927) - Vocalion A 15617
Fleetwood Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - A-Roamin' With You (1926) - Vocalion B 15422
Gene Austin - Weary River (1929) - Victor 21856 A
Bessie Brown - Someone Else May Be There When I'm Gone (1928) - Brunswick 3817 B
Chick Endor and Charlie Farrell - It's the Woman Who Pays (1932) - Columbia DB 866 (UK)
The Washingtonians - Move Over (1928) - Romeo 829
Jack Berger and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Would You Like to Take a Walk? (1931) - Oriole 2211 B
Andy Sannella and his All Star Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Let's Get Friendly (1931) - Victor 22675 B
Edgar Hayes and his Orch - Edgar Steps Out (1937) - Decca 1338 B
Milt Herth Trio - That's a Plenty (1937) - Decca 1553 A
Paul Tremaine and his Orch - There's One More River to Cross (1930) - Columbia 2162 D

"Havin' a Time" December 9, 2011

2011-12-08T15:30:00.005-05:00

(Week 289)

This RADIOLA! is reveling in the moment.

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Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) - Yes She Do (1927) - Vocalion B 15617
Orrin Tucker and his Orch (Bonnie Baker v) - Havin' Myself A Time (1938) - orig Vocalion 4099 (Healey collection)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) (Bonnie Laddies v) - Hello Bluebird (1926) - Vocalion B 15480
Monarch Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Nobody's Gonna Keep Me Away From My Gal (1926) - Vocalion A 15436
Fleetwood Orch (Reuben Greenberg) (Irving Kaufman v) - Up and Down the Eight Mile Road (1926) - Vocalion A 15462
Vaughn DeLeath - Song of the Wanderer (1927) - Victor 20600 A
Blue Ribbon Quartet - Hum Your Troubles Away (1926) - Vocalion A 15473
Teddy Gray (Banjo Buddy) - Oh Doris Where Do You Live? (1927) - Vocalion B 15619
Joe Raymond and his Orch - My Sweetie Went Away (1923) - Victor 19110 B
David H. Silverman and his Orch - Mean Blues (1923) - Victor 19195 B
Cameo Dance Orch (Henry Santrey) (Willie Robyn v) - Dream Daddy (1924) - Cameo 475
Sterling Trio - Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia (1918) - Columbia A2623
Fred King (Vernon Dalhart) - It Ain't Gonna Rain No More (1924) - Domino 320 A
Broadway Bell-Hops (Irving Kaufman v) - I Wonder How I Look When I'm Asleep (1927) - Harmony 355 H
West End Jazz Band - Top and Bottom (2010) - Burnin' The Iceberg (Rivermont BSW 2216)
Andy Senior - Muskrat Ramble - Rome Capitol Theatre 20110901
Keith Nichols and the Cotton Club Orch - Cryin' For The Carolines (1991) - Syncopated Jamboree (Stomp Off CD1234)
Six Brown Brothers - Passion Dance (1916) - Victor 18217 B
“Black Face” Eddie Ross (Ross Gorman sax) - Ross' Florida Cracker (1923) - Victor 19213 B
Conway's Band - Auto Riders Frolic (1920) - Okeh 4135 A
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) - Sam, The Old Accordion Man (1927) - Vocalion B 15615
The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) - Lonely Acres (1926) - Vocalion A 15490
Traymore Orch (Duke Ellington) - Soliloquy (1927) - Vocalion B 15555
Leslie Hutchinson - Hummin' to Myself (1932) - Parlophone R 1272
Jack Hulbert - I Want to Cling to Ivy (1932) - HMV B 4263
Ambrose and his Orch (Elsie Carlisle v) - Pu-leeze! Mister Hemingway (1932) - Regal Zonophone MR 769
Washboard Serenaders - Kazoo Moan (1930) - HMV B 6289
Milt Herth Trio (O'Neil Spencer v) - The Dipsy Doodle (1937) - Decca 1553 A
Edgar Hayes and his Orch - Caravan (1937) - Decca 1338 A
Will Osborne and his Orch - Love In Bloom (1934) - Melotone 13077 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Allan Holt v) - For You (1937) - Victor 25552 B
Palmer House Victorians (Jules Herbuveaux) (Frank Sylvano v) - Kiss Your Little Baby Good Night (1926) - Vocalion B 15455

"Listen Up!" December 2, 2011

2011-12-01T20:17:00.003-05:00

(Week 288)

This RADIOLA! is not a tree falling in the forest.

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Billy Murray and Ed Smalle - Choo Choo (I Gotta Hurry Home) (1924) - Victor 19516 A
Will Osborne and his Orch - Straight From the Shoulder (1934) - Melotone 13077 B
Larry Rich and his Friends (Sam Lanin) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - Pathe Actuelle 36987 B
Levee Loungers (Robison) (Deep River Quintette v) - Tin Pan Parade (1927) - Perfect 14904
Henry Thies and his Hotel Sinton Orch (Don Dewey v) - That's My Mammy (1928) - Victor 21462 A
Edwin J. McEnelly's Orch (Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell v) - Take Your Tomorrow (1928) - Victor 21773 B
Nick Lucas - High-High-High Up In The Hills (1927) - Brunswick 3439 B
Frank Banta - Ain't She Sweet (1927) - Victor 20617 B
Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) - That's That Girl of Mine (1928) - Jewel 5480 B
The Virginians - Send Back My Honeyman (1922) - Victor 18920 B
David H. Silverman and his Orch - Mamma Goes Where Papa Goes (1923) - Victor 19195 A
The Tennessee Tooters - Deep Elm (1925) - Vocalion A 15109
Ada Jones and Billy Murray - Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee (1912) - Victor 17152 B
Marion Harris - Beside a Babbling Brook (1923) - Brunswick 2421 A
Broadway Bell-Hops (Irving Kaufman v) - It All Depends On You (1927) - Harmony 355 H
Rosy McHargue's Ragtimers – Palesteena (1952) - The Complete Recordings (Jump JCD 12-2)
Bonnie Baker - You'd Be Surprised - Celebrate With Gallo Wine
Dan Levinson's Palomar Quartet - Fine and Dandy (2008) - Four on the Floor
Neapolitan Trio - Woodland Echoes (A. P. Wyman Op. 34) (1913) - Victor 17523 B
Vess L. Ossman - Peter Piper (1909) - Victor 16935 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Pack Up Your Sins (1922) - Victor 18983 A
The Virginians - Low Down (1928) - Victor 21680 A
Ted Weems and his Orch (Art Jarrett v) - I Found You Out When I Found You In Someone Else's Arms (1928) - Victor 21773 A
Andy Sannella and his All Star Orch (Chick Bullock v) - I'm Mad About You (1931) - Victor 22675 A
Charles W. Hamp - Memories of France (1928) - Okeh 41085
Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) - A Gay Caballero (1928) - Jewel 5480 A
Aracy De Almeida - Triste Cuíca (1935) - No Tempo De Noel Rosa (RCA Brazil 82876641292)
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Saratoga Swing (1929) - HMV B 8828
King Oliver and his Orch (Frank Marvin v) – St. James Infirmary (1930) - Victor 22298 A
Jack Pettis and his Pets (Irving Mills v) - Freshman Hop (1928) - Victor 21793 A
Xavier Cugat and his Orch (Dorothy Miller v) - La Bomba (1936) - Victor 27441B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Shall We Dance? (1937) - Victor 25552 A
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Our Love Was Meant to Be (1937) - Vocalion 3716

"The Thanks You Get" November 25, 2011

2011-11-23T20:13:00.004-05:00

(Week 287)

This RADIOLA! expresses its free-floating gratitude with a panoply of tasty selections (including a few beloved old chestnuts).

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Porter and Harlan - A Rural Argument (1912) - Victor 17065 B
Levee Loungers (Robison) (Joe Wilbur v) - There's a Rickety Rackety Shack (1927) - Perfect 14904
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Bert Kaplan and his Collegians (Arthur Fields v) - If I'd Only Believed In You (1926) - Bell 453 A
Ralph Pollock and his Orch - An Old Guitar and an Old Refrain (1927) - Columbia 1197 D
Jack Pettis and his Pets - A Bag Of Blues (1928) - Victor 21793 B
Aileen Stanley Billy Murray (Frank Banta p) - Who Could Be More Wonderful Than You? (1926) - Victor 20240 B
Nick Lucas - My Bundle of Love (1926) - Brunswick 3141 A
Billy Murray and Walter Scanlon - My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now (1928) - Pathe Actuelle 32400
Lou Gold and his Club Wigwam Orch - Oh, Mabel! (1924) - Perfect 14381 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Hot Lips (1922) - Victor 18920 A
The Tennessee Tooters - Sweet Man (1925) - Vocalion B 15109
Frank Crumit (Phil Ohman p) - Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes (1924) - Victor 19365 B
Marion Harris - Dearest (1923) - Brunswick 2421
Wendell Hall - Comfortin' Gal (1924) - Victor 19270 B
Frederick Hodges - Manhattan Serenade (2011) - Manhattan Serenade (Rivermont BSW 2219)
Bonnie Baker - Oh! Johnny - Celebrate With Gallo Wine
Dan Levinson's Palomar Quartet (Molly Ryan v) - Silhouetted in the Moonlight (2008) - Four on the Floor
Mike Bernard - Fantasy On Pilgrim's Chorus From Tannhauser and Finale To Rubinstein's E Flat Concerto (1912) - Columbia A1276
Paul Biese and his Novelty Orch - Oh! (1919) - Victor 18647 B
Paul Van Loan and his Orch - Left All Alone With the Blues (1923) - Cameo 475
King Oliver and his Orch (Frank Marvin v) - When You're Smiling (1930) - Victor 22298 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - My Pet (1928) - Victor 21389 B
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - She's a Great Great Girl (1928) - Victor 21326 A
Jesse Crawford - Always (1926) - Victor 20000 A
Nick Lucas - No Foolin' (1926) - Brunswick 3141 B
Ruth Etting - What Wouldn't I Do For That Man (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
All Star Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - I Must Be Dreaming (1928) - Victor 21326 B
Ted Black and his Orch (Tom Brown v) - It's a Long Time Between Kisses (1931) - Victor 22799 B
Xavier Cugat and his Orch - My Shawl (1933) - Victor 27441 A
Gus Arnheim and his Orch (Buster Dees v) - This is Heaven (1929) - Victor 21986 B
Gracie Fields - Smilin' Through (1935) - orig Rex 8636 (UK)
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch - There's No One Just Like You (1924) - Victor 19357 A

An Evening With Groucho at the Rome Capitol 11/20

2011-11-18T14:09:00.005-05:00

This Sunday, November 20, at 6 PM the Rome Capitol Theatre will present award-winning actor/director/playwright Frank Ferrante with his PBS, New York and London acclaimed portrayal of legendary comedian Groucho Marx in this fast-paced, hilarious program.

The two-act comedy consists of the best Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs including "Hooray For Captain Spalding," and "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady." The audience literally becomes part of the show as Ferrante ad-libs his way throughout the performance in grand Groucho style.

Accompanied by his onstage pianist, Jim Furmston, Ferrante portrays the young Groucho of stage and film and reacquaints us with the likes of brothers Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Greta Garbo, Marx foil Margaret Dumont, and MGM's Louis B. Mayer. A show perfect for all ages!

Adults $17, Seniors/Student $16, Capitol Friends $15, Children $8.

The doors open at 5 PM for a special pre-show concert of organ playing by the host of RADIOLA! (Photograph by Michael Huchko.)

"Everything's a Miracle" November 18, 2011

2011-11-17T16:26:00.003-05:00

(Week 286)

This RADIOLA! basks in woozy awe of the totality of it.

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Nick Lucas - I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover (1927) - Brunswick 3439 A
Waring's Pennsylvanians (Will Morgan v) - Hello Baby (1929) - Victor 22266 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Harry Bidgood and his Broadcasters (Bobby Sanders v) - Blue Skies (1927) - Broadcast 126
Imperial Dance Orch (Glantz) (Arthur Fields v) - Who's That Pretty Baby? (1927) - Banner 6032 A
George Hall's Arcadians (Scrappy Lambert v) - Take Your Finger Out of Your Mouth (1927) - Pathe Actuelle 36608
Lee Sims - I'd Climb The Highest Mountain If I Knew I'd Find You (1926) - Brunswick 3266 B
Nick Lucas (Sammy Stept p) - Rosy Cheeks (1927) - Brunswick 3518 A
Ethel Waters - Guess Who's In Town (1928) - Columbia 14353 D
Arthur Pryor's Band - That Flying Rag (1911) - Victor 17021 A
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Sensation Rag (1918) - Victor 18483 B
The Virginians - Mindin' My Business (1924) - Victor 19269 A
Billy Murray - Pretty Baby (1916) - Victor 18102 A
Wendell Hall - It Looks Like Rain (1924) - Victor 19270 A
Frank Crumit (Phil Ohman p) - Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider (1924) - Victor 19365 A
Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys - Don't Even Change a Picture on the Wall (1950) - Coral 65589
Andy Senior - Lullaby of the Leaves - Rome Capitol Theatre Nov 3, 2011
Six Brown Brothers - Rigoletto Quartet (1916) - Victor 18217 A
Wiedoeft-Wadsworth Quartet - The Crocodile (1920) - Victor 18663 B
Eddie Peabody (Arthur Fields v) - I Miss My Swiss (1925) - Banner 1590 A
Al Lynch and his Orch - Put Your Loving Arms Around Me (1928) - Banner 7109 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Frank Munn v) - Until Love Comes Along (1930) - Victor 22266 A
Henry Thies and his Orch (Howard Trio v) - Here Comes Emily Brown (1930) - Victor 22476 B
Nick Lucas - Underneath the Stars With You (1927) - Brunswick 3518 B
Ethel Waters - My Handy Man (1928) - Columbia 14353 D
Willard Robison and his Levee Loungers - I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s II (Columbia CL 2229)
Ted Black and his Orch (Tom Brown v) - Love Letters In The Sand (1931) - Victor 22799 A
Henry Thies and his Orch (Charles Dameron v) - Havin' You Around Is Heaven (1930) - Victor 22476 A
Snooks and his Memphis Stompers - I'm Happy When You're Happy (1931) - Victor 22629 A
Sandhills Sixteen (Theo S. Page solo) - Shine On Me (1927) - Victor 20903 A
International Novelty Orch - I Was Blue (1925) - Victor 19847 B
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch - My Daddy's Dreamtime Lullaby (1924) - Victor 19325 B

"A Real Earful" November 11, 2011

2011-11-10T14:42:00.004-05:00

(Week 285)

This RADIOLA! brings glad tidings (and musical souvenirs) back from a brief vacation.

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John Steel - While Others Are Building Castles in the Air (1919) - Victor 18635 B
Vincent Lopez Orchestra (Smith Ballew v) - Cheerful Little Earful (1931) - Archeophone ARCH 3003
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (Frank Munn v) - Who Wouldn't (1926) - Vocalion A 15387
Windsor Hotel Orch (Harold Leonard) - Roses Remind Me of You (1926) - Vocalion B15386
The Virginians (Franklyn Baur v) - It's a Million to One You're In Love (1927) - Victor 20837 A
'Cile Turner - Songs of the South (1933) - Makin' Glory! (Rivermont BSW 3135)
Frederick Hodges - That Futuristic Rag (2011) - Manhattan Serenade (Rivermont BSW 2219)
Palace Trio (Wiedoeft) - I'll See You in C-U-B-A (1920) - Victor 18663 A-cr-nr
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - I Wish I Could Make You Cry (1924) - Perfect 14265 A
The Virginians - Why Should I Cry Over You? (1922) - Victor 18933 A
Margaret Young - Oh! By Jingo! (1920) - Victor 18666 A
Gladys Rice (as Rachel Grant) and Billy Murray - Marion (1920) - Victor 18671 B
Jack Kaufman - Henry's Made a Lady Out of Lizzie (1928) - Silvertone 3334
Rosy McHargue's Ragtimers - Singin' the Blues (1952) - The Complete Recordings (Jump JCD 12-2)
Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orch (Molly Ryan and Victrolian Vaudeville Quartet v) - I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time (2006) - Steppin' Around (Stomp Off CD1415)
Vess L. Ossman - Yankee Land (1909) - Victor 16935 A
Billy Murray and the American Quartet - Oh that Navaho Rag (1911) - Victor 17000 B
Paul Biese and his Novelty Orch - Mystery! (1919) - Victor 18647 A
Hit of the Week Orchestra (Smith Ballew v) - I Wanna Sing About You (1931) - Archeophone ARCH 3003
The Clevelanders (Dick Robertson v) - Guess Who! (1929) - Brunswick 4196
Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and their Orch (Frank Luther v) - It's You I Love (1929) - Victor 22205 B
The Chicago Footwarmers - Get 'Em Again Blues (1928) - Sound of Chicago I (Columbia CL 2144)
McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans - China Boy (1927) - Sound of Chicago II (Columbia CL 2145)
Frederick Hodges - Shreveport Stomp - Manhattan Serenade (Rivermont BSW 2219)
Bob and Alf Pearson - Strangers (1932) - Imperial 2727
Ethel Waters - Am I Blue? (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
Dan Levinson's Palomar Quartet (Molly Ryan v) - My Ideal (2008) - Four on the Floor
Adrian Rollini and his Orch - Davenport Blues (1934) - Decca 359 A
The Three Peppers - Swing It Uncle Wilson (1937) - Swing Street II (Columbia JLN 24028)
Zez Confrey and his Orch - Morning Will Come (1923) - Victor 19068 B

"Ring Some Bells!" November 4, 2011

2011-11-03T12:30:00.003-04:00

(Week 284)

This RADIOLA! feels like celebrating for a change.

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Silas Leachman - Hear Dem Bells (1903) - Victor 803
Jimmie Noone and his Orch - Keystone Blues (1940) - Decca 18095 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Ambassadors (Katzman) - My Bundle of Love (1926) - Vocalion A 15300
Ted Lewis and his Band - Pretty Little Baby (1925) - Columbia 543 D
George Olsen and his Music - I'm Tellin' the Birds, Tellin' the Bees (1926) - Victor 20367 A
Carson Robison Trio - I Tore Up Your Picture When You Said Good-Bye (1928) - Romeo 730
Lee Sims - Adorable (1926) - Brunswick 3266 A
Sophie Tucker - My Pet (1928) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
Midway Dance Orch (Schoebel) - The Black Sheep Blues (1923) - Columbia 33 D
Lou Gold and his Club Wigwam Orch (Samuels) - The Blues Have Got Me (1924) - Perfect 14381
Waring's Pennsylvanians - Wa-Wa-Waddle Walk (1924) - Victor 19346 A
Frank Crumit - Oh Didn't It Rain (1924) - Victor 19469 B
Brox Sisters (Arthur Johnston p) - Sweetest Little Rose In Tennessee (1924) - Victor 19478 A
Rosa Henderson with Fletcher Henderson's Jazz Five - West Indies Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2612 B
Lotte Lenya - Pirate Jenny (1954) - The Threepenny Opera (MGM)
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - My Pretty Girl (1959) - Dance Hits of the 20s in Hi Fi (RCA Camden)
Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orchestra - Pretty Baby - Crinoline Days
Mike Bernard - Fantasy On Mendelssohn's Spring Song and Rubenstein's Melody in F (1912) - Columbia A1276
Victor Military Band - Sympathy Waltz (Friml) (1914) - Victor 17585 A
The Benson Orch of Chicago (Bestor) - Wait'll You See My Gal (1924) - Victor 19327 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Rhythm Boys v) - Side By Side (1927) - Victor 20627 A
Buddy Blue and his Texans (Smith Ballew) - Only a Rose (1929) - Banner 0619 A
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Johnny Marvin) - You Wouldn't Fool Me Would You? (1929) - Victor 21859 A
Ruth Etting - Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
Bing Crosby - I've Got To Pass Your House To Get To My House (1933) - Golden Memories Vol 4 (CSP P14374)
King Radio - Man Smart, Woman Smarter (1936) - Fall of Man (Rounder CD 1141)
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lew Conrad v) - Moanin' Low (1929) - Victor 22047 A
Ted Weems and his Orch - The Roof Top Serenade (1933) - Bluebird B 5290 A
Adrian Rollini and his Orch - Somebody Loves Me (1934) - Decca 359 B (Jack Theakston collection)
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Have a Little Faith in Me (1930) - Collectors' Choice CCM 299
Baby Soda Jazz Band - When My Dreamboat Comes Home (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - Doll Dance (1927) - Victor 20503 A

"Mysterious Moon" by Elsie Baker ("Edna Brown") 1912

2011-10-27T20:47:00.009-04:00

There has been some positive comment on the song "Mysterious Moon" recorded June 15, 1912 by Elsie Baker (as "Edna Brown") and the American Quartet. I wish my copy of Victor 17166 were better, but I was happy to find a nicely transferred copy by the Library of Congress (through the UCSB Victor Discography site) and it warrants posting here.

"Scattered Harvest" October 28, 2011

2011-10-26T20:50:00.003-04:00

(Week 283)

This RADIOLA! reaps just what it sows.

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Al Bernard and Charles Aubrey (Sammy Stept p Dan Maffey banjo) - The Harvest Moon Is Shining, Liza (1926) - Vocalion B 15317
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ramona and The Kings Men v) - I Feel a Song Comin' On (1935) - Victor 25091 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Waring's Pennsylvanians (Tom Waring v) - Way Back When (1927) - Victor 21058 B
Boyd Senter and his Senterpedes (Paul Small v) - Doin' You Good (1929) - Victor 21912 B
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) (IK v) - Tell Me You Love Me (1926) - Vocalion B 15351
Westell Gordon - Among My Souvenirs (1927) - Grey Gull 2369 A
Jimmie Rodgers - Hobo Bill's Last Ride (1929) - Victor 22421 A
The Happiness Boys - I Can't Sleep in the Movies Any More (1929) - Victor 22150 B
Waring's Pennsylvanians - Stack o' Lee Blues (1923) - Victor 19189 A
Varsity Eight - Oh! Joe (1923) - Cameo 420
Charles Dornberger and his Orch - Nobody's Sweetheart (1924) - Victor 19346 B
Eddie Morton - Don't Take Me Home (1908) - Victor 5545
Arthur Fields - Stay Down Here Where You Belong (1914) - Little Wonder 46
Edna Brown - Mysterious Moon (1912) - Victor 17166 A
Molly Ryan - What a Little Moonlight Can Do (2007) - Songbird In The Moonlight (Loup-garous LG-1003)
Martin Spitznagel - Pork and Beans (2011) - Handful of Keys (Rivermont BSW-2217)
Fred Van Eps - The Lobsters' Promenade (1911) - Victor 17033 B
American Quartet - That Skeleton Rag (1912) - Victor 17041 A
The Virginians (Vernon Dalhart v) - Stavin' Change (1923) - Victor 19189 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Why Do You Suppose? (1929) - Victor 22204 B
Ben Pollack and his Park Central Orch (Smith Ballew v) - From Now On (1929) - Victor 22158 B
Boyd Senter and his Senterpedes (Paul Small v) - Shine (1929) - Victor 21912 A
Jimmie Rodgers - That's Why I'm Blue (1929) - Victor 22421 B
Jimmy Smith (Harry Holden g) - Mountain Blues (1926) - Victor 20020 B
South Sea Islanders - Hanalei Bay (1927) - Columbia 1021 D
Ethel Waters - Black and Blue (1930) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
Bing Crosby - Black Moonlight (1933) - Golden Memories Vol 4 (Columbia P 14374)
Boswell Sisters - Shout, Sister, Shout (1931) - Brunswick Vol 1 (Collectables CD 6461)
Art Kahn's Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Love Locked Out (1933) - orig Banner 32962 (Healey collection)
Ted Weems and his Orch (Red Ingle v) - Sittin' Up Waitin' For You (1933) - Bluebird B 5290 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ramona v) - I'm In The Mood For Love (1935) - Victor 25091 B

Capitol Theatre Doings

2011-10-25T19:19:00.006-04:00

The console of the Rome Capitol's 1928 Moller

I was honored to be asked by Rome Capitol Theatre director Art Pierce to contribute a guest essay to the Capitol Theatre Blog. My piece "Whatever Became of Nostalgia?" was published today. I'm very happy with how it turned out.

This Saturday (October 29) I will be playing the original installation 3/10 Moller from 6:15 PM until the start of the Capitol's special Halloween show featuring William Castle's Mr. Sardonicus.

"Under The Radar" October 21, 2011

2011-10-20T14:31:00.005-04:00

(Week 282)

UPDATE: I may have inadvertently sent everyone the folder for last week's program. I will resend the emails Friday 10/21/2011 with the correct link.

This RADIOLA! is pulling down the shades before the dance.

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Savoy Singers and Players - Behold The Lord High Executioner (ca. 1939) - Royale 1707
Bumble Bee Slim and his Riffers - I'se Gonna Break Em Down (1936) - Decca 7343 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ed Loyd and his Rhythm Boys (Kirkeby) (Smith Ballew v) - Heigh Ho! Ev'rybody, Heigh Ho! (1929) - Regal 8781 A
Lou Gold and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Crying For The Carolines (1929) - Velvet Tone 2083 V
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - Clementine (From New Orleans) (1927) - Victor 20994 B
Arthur Fields - Muddy Water (1927) - Bell 495 A
South Sea Islanders - All Because of You (1927) - Columbia 1021 D
The Happiness Boys - Sergeant Flagg and Sergeant Quirt (1929) - Victor 22150 A
George Olsen's Music - Everybody Loves My Baby (1925) - Victor 19610 B
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Say Say Sadie (1924) - Perfect 14265 B
Midway Dance Orch (Schoebel) - Lots O' Mamma (1923) - Columbia 33 D
Al Bernard - St. Louis Blues (1922) - Emerson 10582
Jane Green - Somebody Like You (1925) - Victor 19604 B
Jimmy May (Johnny Marvin) - Show Me The Way To Go Home (1925) - Clover 1621 A
Andy Senior - My Silent Love - piano solo recorded September 5, 2011
West End Jazz Band - Harlem Drag (2010) - Burnin' The Iceberg (Rivermont BSW-2216)
Fred Van Eps - Rag Pickings (1911) - Victor 16934 A
Byron G Harlan and the American Quartet - They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dawg Aroun' (1912) - Victor 17065 A
Piron's New Orleans Orch - Mamma's Gone, Good-Bye (1923) - Victor 19233 A
Perley Stevens and his Orch (“Symphony Restaurant, Boston”) (Selvin) - Don't Ever Leave Me! (1929) - Velvet Tone 2083 V
The Rounders (Reser) (Irving Kaufman v) - When My Dreams Come True (1929) - Regal 8781 B
Jack Crawford and his Orch - Baltimore (1927) - Victor 20994 A
Bessie Smith - I've Got What It Takes (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
Chick Endor - Singin' In The Bathtub (1929) - Victor 22245 A
Lee Morse - Old Man Sunshine (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
Johnny Dodds' Hot Six - Goober Dance (1929) - Bluebird B 10240 B
King Oliver and his Orch - Struggle Buggy (1930) - Victor 23001 B
Jimmie Noone and his Orch - New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (1940) - Decca 18095 B
Bumble Bee Slim - Past and Gone (1936) - Decca 7343 B
Sweet Violet Boys - I Love My Fruit (1939) - Vocalion 05162
Savoy Singers and Players - Iolanthe Vocal Gems (1939) - Royale 1707

What? No Links?

2011-10-17T20:44:00.003-04:00

Owing to a recent development or two, I'm in the process of rethinking how each week's program is published. From this week onward, the show will be available for download through my email list only. It will still be posted on my Live365 station which streams with shows in continuous rotation. Also, I will be seeking other file sharing sites for hosting the show.

I'm in the process of removing the 4Shared download links from the site, but the shows (except for Week 265) remain in the folder. Those wishing download links for a particular program can send me an email and I will forward the links.

"In It Together" October 14, 2011

2011-10-13T18:52:00.004-04:00

(Week 281)

This RADIOLA! isn't taking sides.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. Cod with a past.

The Goons - “We are all in this together” - “Affair of the Lone Banana”
Jack Kaufman - There Ought To Be a Law Against That (1928) - Silvertone 3334
Gene Gifford and his Orch - New Orleans Twist (1935) - Bluebird B 10704 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ben Selvin and his Orch (IK v) - Tamiami Trail (1926) - Vocalion A 15277
Andrew Aiona's Novelty Four - Paahana (1929) - Columbia 1788 D
Art Hickman and his Orch (Shilkret) (Elliott Shaw v) - Maybe You'll Be The One Who'll Be The One To Care (1928) - Victor 21392 A
Franklyn Baur (Frank Banta p) - The Two of Us (1926) - Victor 20258 B
Evelyn Thompson - I Got a Papa Down in New Orleans, Another Papa Up in Maine (1926) - Vocalion B 1075
Fay and Sanborn - I Know Better Now (1929) - Van Dyke 72486 B
“Black Face” Eddie Ross (Ross Gorman sax) - Ross' Ju Ju Man (1923) - Victor 19213 A
Piron's New Orleans Orch - West Indies Blues (1924) - Victor 19255 B
Waring's Pennsylvanians - When My Sugar Walks Down The Street (1925) - Victor 19610 A
Lucy Isabelle Marsh and Henry Burr - Are You Sincere? (1907) - Columbia 3912
Jane Green - A Mama Like You and a Papa Like Me (1925) - Victor 19604 A
George Beaver (Arthur Fields) - And I Don't Mean Maybe (1925) - Clover 1621 B
Martin Spitznagel - Marigold (2011) - Handful of Keys (Rivermont BSW-2217)
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - Who (1959) - Dance Hits of the '20s in Hi Fi (RCA Camden)
Andy Senior - Complimentary Brain Enema (1995) - Slackers Coffee House Spots
West End Jazz Band (Mike Bezin v) - Low Down Rhythm (2010) - Burnin' The Iceberg (Rivermont BSW-2216)
D. and R. Orch (Prince) - The Love Dance (Intro: Every Little Movement) (1910) - D & R 3727 (Col mx)
Arthur Pryor's Band - Frozen Bill (Two Step - Cake Walk) (1909) - Victor 17223 A
Billy Murray - Eskimo Rag (1912) - Victor 17166 B
Dubin's Dandies (Adrian Schubert) (IK v) - One Hour of Happiness (1929) - Banner 0619 B
Andrew Aiona's Novelty Four - That Lovin' Hula (1929) - Columbia 1788 D
Moana Orch (Selvin) (Larry Murphy v) - Dreamy Hula Town (1930) - Columbia 2152 D
Evelyn Thompson - Someday Sweetheart (1926) - Vocalion A 1075
Kate Smith - Maybe, Who Knows? (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
Chick Endor - Lady Luck (1929) - Victor 22245 B
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lew Conrad v) - What Is This Thing Called Love? (1930) - Victor 22282 A
Johnny Dodds' Hot Six - Too Tight (1929) - Bluebird B 10240 A
Sweet Violet Boys (Lucille Lee v) - Boy, Take Your Time (1939) - Vocalion 05162
Gene Gifford and his Orch (Wingie Manone v) - Nothin' But the Blues (1935) - Bluebird B 10704 B
Music In The Russ Morgan Manner - I Wanna Be In Winchell's Column (1937) - Brunswick 8014
Frank Banta - The Melody That Made You Mine (1925) - Victor 19705 A

"Preoccupied" October 7, 2011

2011-10-06T17:33:00.005-04:00

(Week 280)

This RADIOLA! is thinking about something else entirely.

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Irving Kaufman - You Know What I Mean (1919) - Emerson 10109
Swanson and Gustave - Mice Parade (1927) - Supertone 9098 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Lewis James v) - Look Up and Smile (1927) - Victor 20456 B
Imperial Dance Orch (Billy James) (Jerry White v) - Time Will Tell (1929) - Banner 6379 B
Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and their Orch (Frank Luther v) - Why (1929) - Victor 22205 A
Blossom Seeley - Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1925) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
Johnny Marvin - Heartbroken and Lonely (1928) - Victor 21650 A
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Outside (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s II (Columbia CL 2229)
Glantz and his Orch - Peggy Dear (1923) - Emerson 10591
Lucky Strike Dance Orch (Samuels) (Arthur Hall v) - Why Did I Kiss That Girl (1924) - Domino 376 A
Piron's New Orleans Orch - New Orleans Wiggle (1923) - Victor 19233 B
Al Bernard - Bell Hop Blues (1919) - Victor 18644 B
Belle Baker - Sweet Little You (1924) - Victor 19436 B
Brox Sisters (Arthur Johnston p) - Nobody Loves You Like I Do (1924) - Victor 19478 B
Andy Senior - Body and Soul - Rome Capitol Theatre September 9, 2011
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Midnight, the Stars, and You (2011) - Recorded March 2011
West End Jazz Band (Mike Bezin v) - Percolatin' Blues (2010) - Burnin' The Iceberg (Rivermont BSW 2216)
Fred Van Eps - Red Pepper A Spicy Rag (1911) - Victor 17033 A
Edith King - Why Do They Call Them Babies (1918) - Emerson 7435
Wellesley College Glee Club - 1914 Prize Song (1914) - Columbia A1653
Billy Murray and the American Quartet - High Brown Blues (1922) - Victor 18904 A
Henry Thies and his Hotel Sinton Orch (Don Dewey v) - When You're Smiling (1928) - Victor 21462 B
Sam Lanin's Dance Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - I'm Just a Vagabond Lover (1929) - Banner 6279 A
The Troubadours - The Man I Love (1928) - Victor 21233 B
Fanny Brice - My Man (1927) - Victor 21168 A
Snooks and his Memphis Stompers - Love Is Like That (1931) - Victor 22629 B
Harry Leader and his Band (Les Allen v) - Ridin' Around in the Rain (1934) - Eclipse 748 A
Art Tatum - Sophisticated Lady (1933) - Piano Starts Here (Columbia CS 9655)
Clarence Williams and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Sugar Blues (1934) - Vocalion 2805 A
The Caresser - Exploiting (1938) - Fall of Man (Rounder CD 1141)
Johnny Johnson and his Orch (Vi Mele v) - Every Little Moment (1935) - Melotone M 13438 A
Benny Goodman and his Orch (Helen Ward v) - Hooray For Love (1935) - Bluebird AMX2 5505-1-A
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - Flapperette (1927) - Victor 20503 B

"Beats Me" September 30, 2011

2011-09-29T16:07:00.006-04:00

(Week 279)

This RADIOLA! finds it all so incomprehensible, among other things.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. What's this about a podcast?

Cliff Edwards - Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1925) - Pathe Actuelle 25177 B
Frank Crumit (Frank Banta piano) - No One Knows What It's All About (1924) - Victor 19469 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
International Novelty Orch - My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) - Victor 19709 A
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers - Someday Sweetheart Blues (1926) - Victor 20405 A
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - My Pretty Girl (1927) - Victor 20588 A
Lee Morse - I'd Love To Be In Love (1927) - Columbia 1011 D
Seger Ellis - Girl of My Dreams (1927) - Columbia 1239 D
Elsie Carlisle - My Cutie's Due at Two to Two (1926) - ASV Living Era AJA 5019 (orig Zonophone 2815)
Arthur Pryor's Band - Ramshackle Rag (Ted Snyder) (1911) - Victor 17021 B
Piron's New Orleans Orch - Do Doodle Oom (1924) - Victor 19255 A
Eddie Peabody (Arthur Fields v) - Cecilia (1925) - Banner 1590 B
Ada Jones - That Dreamy Barcarolle Tune (Goetz) (1910) - Victor 16682 B
Eddie Nelson - Oh! Susie Behave (1918) - Emerson 7435
Billy Murray - He Went in Like a Lion and Came Out Like a Lamb (1919) - Victor 18657 B
Belle Baker - Hard Hearted Hannah (1924) - Victor 19436 A
Al Duvall - The Merry Misanthrope (2011) - Squirt, Rubber Heart
West End Jazz Band - Bell Hoppin' Blues (2010) - Burnin' The Iceberg (Rivermont BSW 2216)
Sweetback Sisters - Cowboy Ham And Eggs (2011) - Looking For A Fight
Jack Warner - Wait Till The Cows Come Home (1917) - Emerson 7296
Metropolitan Military Band - By Heck (1915) - Emerson 711
Esther Walker - How Sorry You'll Be (Wait'll You See) (1919) - Victor 18657 A
Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band - Old Grey Mare (1917) - Victor 18369 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Bing Crosby and Al Rinker v) - Pretty Lips (1927) - Victor 20627 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Belle Mann v) - I Want To Be Bad (1929) - Victor 21859 B
Ben's Bad Boys - Yellow Dog Blues (1929) - Victor 21921 A
Kate Smith - Love Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
Gene Austin - Under a Texas Moon (1930) - Victor 22416 A
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - St Louis Blues (1930) - Victor 22321 B
Berkes Bela es Zenokara - Nem hivlak en vissza - Odeon Am 2030
Frank Banta - Russian Lullaby (1927) - Upright and Grand (Rivermont BSW 1142)
Alexander Dobrohotoff (balalaika) - Vniz Po Matoushkie Po Volgie I Trepak (1928) - Okeh 15078
Henry Allen and his Orch - Lost (1936) - Swing Street I (Columbia JLN 24027)
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Tear It Down (1936) - Associated 60660
Andy Senior - Dreaming of a Castle in the Air - piano solo recorded September 21, 2011

"Remembering Frank Driggs" September 23, 2011

2011-09-22T22:54:00.005-04:00

(Week 278)

We were saddened to hear this week of the death of legendary reissue producer and photo archivist Frank Driggs. This RADIOLA! consists almost entirely of selections from compilations he produced. Fans of the sort of music played on this series owe him an incalculable debt of gratitude. He will be deeply missed.

In 2008 my WHCL-FM colleague Pete Bianco interviewed Mr. Driggs and that interview may be found at this link. RADIOLA! as always streams continuously from my Live365 station. Podcast here.

Red McKenzie and his Music Box - From Monday On (1928) - Original Sounds of the 20s II (Columbia CL 2229)
Art Tatum - Tiger Rag (1933) - Piano Starts Here (Columbia CS 9655)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Benny Meroff and his Orch - Smiling Skies (1928) - Sound of Chicago II (Columbia CL 2145)
Joe Venuti and his Blue Four (Rube Bloom v) - Blue Room (1928) - Original Sounds of the 20s I (Columbia CL 2228)
Gulf Coast Seven - Keep Your Temper (1925) - The Sound of Harlem I (Columbia CL 2160)
Monette Moore - Take It Easy (1925) - The Sound of Harlem I (Columbia CL 2160)
Irving Kaufman - Pagan Love Song (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s II (Columbia CL 2229)
Aunt Jemima (Tess Gardella) - Can't Help Lovin' That Man (1928) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
Thomas Morris and his Past Jazz Masters - Original Charleston Strut (1923) - The Sound of Harlem I (Columbia CL 2160)
Jelly Roll Morton Jazz Band - Someday Sweetheart (1923) - Sound of Chicago I (Columbia CL 2144)
Johnny Bayersdorffer and his Jazzola Novelty Orch - Waffle Man's Call (1924) - Sound of New Orleans II (Columbia CL 2103)
Gertrude Saunders - I'm Craving For That Kind of Love (1921) - The Sound of Harlem I (Columbia CL 2160)
Blossom Seeley and the Georgians - Lazy (1924) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
Cliff Edwards - Sunday (1926) - Original Sounds of the 20s II (Columbia CL 2229)
Molly Ryan - Hooray For Love (2007) - Songbird In The Moonlight
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Let's Dance - Recorded March 2011
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Darktown Strutters' Ball (1917) - Sound of New Orleans I (Columbia CL 2102)
Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues (1920) - The Sound of Harlem I (Columbia CL 2160)
Midway Dance Orch - House of David Blues (1923) - Sound of Chicago I (Columbia CL 2144)
The Get Happy Band - In Harlem's Araby (1925) - The Sound of Harlem I (Columbia CL 2160)
Carroll Dickerson and his Orch - Savoyageur's Stomp (1928) - Sound of Chicago I (Columbia CL 2144)
Bud Freeman and his Orch - Craze-o-logy (1928) - Sound of Chicago II (Columbia CL 2145)
Sophie Tucker - Some of These Days (1927) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)
Seger Ellis - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s II (Columbia CL 2229)
Frankie Half Pint Jaxon and his Hot Shots - Fifteen Cents (1933) - Sound of Chicago III (Columbia CL 2146)
Luis Russell and his Orch - Louisiana Swing (1929) - Sound of New Orleans I (Columbia CL 2102)
Alabama Rascals - Dirty Dozen's Cousins (1932) - Sound of Chicago III (Columbia CL 2146)
The Three Peppers - Seenade In The Night (1937) - Swing Street II (Columbia JLN 24028)
Benny Goodman and his Orch - Hunkadola (1935) - Bluebird AMX2 5505-1-A
Ella Logan and the Spirits of Rhythm - It's a Long Way to Tipperary (1941) - Swing Street I (Columbia JLN 24027)
Lee Sims - Home on the Range (1933) - Original Sounds of the 20s II (Columbia CL 2229)

"Unexpected Pleasure" September 16, 2011

2011-09-15T13:44:00.004-04:00

(Week 277)

This RADIOLA! suggests that a pleasant surprise is better than the other kind.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. The pod is cast.

Alexander Dobrohotoff (balalaika) - Kamarinskaja I Svietit Miesiatz (1928) - Okeh 15078
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch - Jazznocracy (1934) - RCA Victor 24522 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - Where Have You Been All My Life? (1927) - Victor 20902 A
Jean Goldkette's Orch (Harold Stokes dir) (Van Fleming v) - Sweethearts On Parade (take 1) (1928) - Victor 21800 A
All Star Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Oh, Baby! (1928) - Victor 21423 A
Lee Morse - Where The Wild, Wild Flowers Grow (1927) - Columbia 1011 D
Seger Ellis - I'll Think of You (1927) - Columbia 1239 D
Frank Crumit - Frankie and Johnnie (1927) - Victor 20715 A
Victor Military Band - Swanee Ripples Rag (1914) - Victor 17585 B
Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band - Beale Street Blues (1917) - Victor 18369 B
Art Landry and his Orch - It'll Get You (1924) - Victor 19488 B
Harry Macdonough - Down by the Old Mill Stream (1911) - Victor 17000 A
Maurice Burkhardt - The Ragtime Violin (1911) - Columbia A1106
Fred King (Arthur Hall) - Whose Izzy Is He? (1924) - Domino 320 B
Andy Senior - Mood Indigo - Rome Capitol Theatre September 9, 2011
Andy Senior - Chloe - Rome Capitol Theatre September 11, 2011 (Concert recording)
Fred Van Eps - Dance of the Bugs (1911) - Victor 17834 B
Collins and Harlan - Dancing the Jelly Roll (1915) - Victor 17856 A
Conway's Band - Near Beer (How Dry I Am) (1920) - Okeh 4135 B
Art Hickman and his Orch (Shilkret) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Dream House (1928) - Victor 21392 A
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers - Original Jelly Roll Blues (1926) - Victor 20405 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Sugar (1928) - Victor 21464 B
Fanny Brice - The Song of the Sewing Machine (1927) - Victor 21168 B
Gene Austin - St. Louis Blues (1928) - Victor 21714 A
Jane Green - Hard To Get Gertie (1926) - Victor 20323 A
Charlie Davis and his Orch (Frank Parrish v) - Tonight Is Mine (1934) - Melotone M 13054 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Cheek to Cheek (1935) - Decca 549 A
The Tiger - Let Them Fight For Ten Thousand Years (1940) - West Indian Rhythm Vol 9 (Bear Family)
Jimmie Rodgers - Sleep Baby Sleep (1927) - Victor 20864 A
Sandhills Sixteen - What Sort o' Robes Do de Angels Wear? (1927) - Victor 20903 B
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lew Conrad v) - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929) - Victor 22047 B

Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians with Al Pierson

2011-09-08T16:58:00.004-04:00

Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians with Al Pierson

Sunday, September 11 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Rome Capitol Theatre
220 W. Dominick St.

Live on Stage! One of the legendary big bands of the "golden age" of popular music comes to the Capitol Theatre, playing such Lombardo hits as "Seems Like Old Times," "Boo Hoo," "Johnston Rag," "Bye Bye Blues," "Ain't She Sweet," and many others.

With your master of ceremonies, Andy Senior of Radiola! fame. Doors open at 4:45. With pre-show organ concert by both Mr. Senior and Capitol House Organist, John Paul.

Free parking at neighboring parking lots, and at the Liberty-George Garage, courtesy the City of Rome.

Adults $20, Seniors/Students $15, Capitol Friends $13, Childen $8.

"Creeping Like Snail" September 9, 2011

2011-09-08T16:45:00.005-04:00

(Week 276)

This RADIOLA! doesn't want vacation to end.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. Did someone mention a podcast?

Herman Kenin's Ambassador Hotel Orch - Kids Again (1929) - Victor 21991 A
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch - Chillen Get Up (1934) - RCA Victor 24522 B (reissue)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - Pull Yourself Together (1927) - Victor 20902 B
Jack Pettis and his Pets - Spanish Dream (1928) - Victor 21559 B
All Star Orch - Add a Little Wiggle (1928) - Victor 21423 B
Gene Austin - The Voice of the Southland (1928) - Victor 21714 B
Jane Green - Won't be Long, Before She Belongs to Me (1926) - Victor 20323 B
Correll and Gosden - I Found a Round About Way To Heaven (1926) - Victor 20088 A
Six Brown Brothers - Down Home Rag (1915) - Victor 17834 A
Lucky Strike Dance Orch (Samuels) (Arthur Hall v) - Somebody Stole My Gal (1923) - Domino 376 B
Art Landry and his Orch - Lazy Blues (1924) - Victor 19488 A
Joe Weber and Lew Fields - Hypnotic Scene (1912) - Columbia A 1159
Collins and Harlan - That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune (Irving Berlin) (1910) - Victor 16472 A
American Quartet - Little Red School House (1922) - Victor 18904 B
Andy Senior - My Silent Love - Rome Capitol Theatre September 1, 2011
Andy Senior - My Cutey's Due at Two to Two - Rome Capitol Theatre September 1, 2011
Vess L. Ossman - Persian Lamb Rag (1908) - Victor 16127 A
Collins and Harlan - Listen to that Dixie Band (1915) - Victor 17856 B
Victor Military Band - Joe Turner Blues (Introducing St. Louis Blues) (1916) - Victor 18174 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - You're Driving Me Crazy (1930) - The Early Years Sony Music Special Products A 59749
Dixieland Jug Blowers - Memphis Shake (1926) - Victor 20415 B
Jack Pettis and his Pets - Doin' the New Low Down (1928) - Victor 21559 A
Frank Banta - My Sugar (1925) - Victor 19705 B
The Virginians - Nothing Could Be Sweeter (1927) - Victor 20837 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Rhythm Boys v) - There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears (1928) - Victor 21464 A
Jimmie Rodgers - The Soldier's Sweetheart (1927) - Victor 20864 B
Frank Crumit - Abdul Abulbul Amir (1927) - Victor 20715 B
Johnny Marvin - Crazy Rhythm (1928) - Victor 21650 B
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Nero (1936) - Bluebird B 6721 B
Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven (Edythe Wright v) - Alibi Baby (1937) - Victor 25577 A
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Street of Dreams (1932) - The Early Years Sony Music Special Products A 59749

"The Edge of Wetness" September 2, 2011

2011-09-01T19:19:00.005-04:00

(Week 275)

This RADIOLA! was moistened slightly by the recent storm but not saturated.

Also we celebrate two excellent new releases on Bryan Wright's Rivermont label.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. Podcast here for the podcast-capable.

Irving Kaufman - Blue Skies (1927) - Banner 1932 A
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Pennies From Heaven (1936) - Bluebird B 6721 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - Zulu Wail (1927) - Victor 20926 A
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - I Get The Blues When It Rains (1929) - Collctors' Choice CCM 299
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (IK v) - Her Beaus Are Only Rainbows (1926) - Vocalion B 15364
Gene Austin - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929) - Victor 22068 A
Irene Bordoni - Let's Misbehave (1928) - unissued Victor test
The Happiness Boys - Henry's Made a Lady Out of Lizzie (1928) - Victor 21174 A
Carl Fenton's Orch - Truly (1922) - Brunswick 2316 B
California Ramblers - Take a Little One Step (1924) - Columbia 91 D
The Harmonians (IK v) - A Garden In The Rain (1929) - Velvet Tone 1894 V
Margaret Young - Under The Water (1924) - orig Brunswick 2687
Johnny Marvin - Minnie the Mermaid (1924) - Okeh test (40241)
Correll and Gosden (Delos Owen p) - That's Why I Love You (1926) - Victor 20088 B
Andy Schumm and his Flatland Gang - Down In Gallion (2011) - Rivermont 592 A (78 RPM)
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Shake That Thing (2010) - Recorded March 7, 2010
West End Jazz Band - Torrid Rhythm (2010) - Burnin' The Iceberg (Rivermont BSW 2216)
Signor (Ferruccio) Giannini - Miserere from Il Trovatore (1904) - Victor 2431
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Somebody's Eyes (1920) - Okeh 4233 B
Mound City Blue Blowers - Tiger Rag (1924) - Red McKenzie Volume 1 (Sensation)
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Kate Smith v) - River, Stay 'way From My Door (1931) - The Band Played On ASV Living Era CD AJA 5406
Honolulu Serenaders - Mele of Hawaii (1927) - Victor 21120 B
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (IK v) - Camille (1926) - Vocalion B 15411
Annette Hanshaw - If You Want the Rainbow You Must Have the Rain (1928) - Volume 5 (Sensation)
Charles Kaley - Should I? (1930) - Brunswick 4718
Coon Sanders Orch (JLS v) - Ready For The River (1928) - Victor 21501 A
Steve Washington and his Orch - Blue River (1933) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8059
Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Harlem After Midnight (1933) - Victor 24442 B
The Growler - In The Dew and The Rain (1939) - Calypso Carnival (Rounder CD 1077)
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Stormy Weather (1933) - 16 Most Requested Songs (Columbia CK 44407)
West End Jazz Band - Will You Won't You Be My Babe (2010) - Burnin' The Iceberg (Rivermont BSW 2216)
The Four Clefs - Watching My Ships Go Drifting By (1940) - Bluebird 8624 A

"What's Shakin'?" August 26, 2011

2011-08-25T19:27:00.004-04:00

(Week 274)

What indeed? This RADIOLA! didn't feel a thing.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. Rumors of a podcast persist.

Tickets for the Sunday Sept. 11, 2011 appearance of the Guy Lombardo Royal Canadians (led by Al Pierson) at the Rome Capitol Theatre may be obtained HERE. The host of this program will be playing the Moller pipe organ prior to the concert and introducing the band.

Gene Austin - I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling (1929) - Victor 22033 B
Honolulu Serenaders - Honolulu Stomp (1927) - Victor 21120 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now (take 3) (1927) - Victor 25354 B
All Star Orch - Deep In The Arms of Love (1929) - Victor 22197 A
The Ambassadors (Katzman) - When Autumn Leaves Are Falling (1926) - Vocalion B 15279
Al Bernard - Times Am a' Gittin' Hard (1927) - orig Grey Gull 2403 (Dr. Demento collection)
Aileen Stanley and Johnny Marvin - Under the Moon (1927) - orig Victor 20787
Jane Green - My One And Only (1927) - Complete Recordings (Superbatone) (orig Victor 21145 A)
Carl Fenton's Orch - Ji Ji Boo (1922) - Brunswick 2325 B
Ted Lewis and his Band - Louisville Lou (1923) - Columbia A 3892
The Dixie Stompers - Snag It (1927) - Velvet Tone 1353 V
Bert Williams - I'll Lend You Anything (1910) - Columbia A 915
Nora Bayes - Love Nights (1920) - Columbia A3347
Bessie Smith - Easy Come, Easy Go Blues (1924) - Complete Recordings Vol 2 (Frog DGF 41)
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Shake That Thing (2004) - “The Aviator” Columbia/Sony CK 93628
Andy Senior - Squeeze Me - recorded July 19, 2011 Rome Capitol Theatre
Marty Grosz And Hot Winds - The Panic Is On (2008) - The Classic Sessions (Arbors ARCD 19379)
Victor Concert Orch - Pinafore Selection Part 2 (1916) - Victor 18176 B
Joseph Samuels and his Orch - Virginia Blues (1922) - Actuelle 020737
Frank Westphal and his Orch - Home in Pasadena (1924) - Columbia 108 D
Fleetwood Orch (Ben Bernie) (Arthur Fields v) - Lonesomest Girl In Town (1926) - Vocalion B 15202
Clifford Hayes' Louisville Stompers - Blue Guitar Stomp (1927) - Victor 20955 B
Havana Novelty Orch (Paul Small v) - Little Spanish Dancer (1930) - Victor 22602 B
Nick Lucas - For Old Times' Sake (1928) - Brunswick 3965
Gene Austin - Maybe! Who Knows (1929) - Victor 22033 A
Victor Young and his Orch (Boswell Sisters v) - Sing a Little Jingle (1931) - orig Brunswick 6128
Atilla the Hun - The Horrors Of War (1938) - West Indian Rhythm Vol 2 (Bear Family)
The Lion - Hooray Hoorah (1939) - West Indian Rhythm Vol 6 (Bear Family)
King Radio - Matilda (1939) - West Indian Rhythm Vol 6 (Bear Family)
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Pete Woolery v) - Welcome Stranger (1936) - Victor 25264 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Peggy Healy and John Hauser v) - You're The Top (1934) - Victor 24769 A
Jan Garber and his Orch (Jack Gifford v) - Take In The Sun, Hang Out The Moon (1926) - Victor 20360 A

"Fresh Out of Dodge" August 19, 2011

2011-08-18T16:53:00.005-04:00

(Week 273)

This RADIOLA! is back from being away from it all.

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Gene Austin - My Idea of Heaven (1927) - Victor 20569 B
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - Look At The World and Smile (take 2) (1927) - Victor 20472 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Windsor Hotel Orch (Harold Leonard) (Lester O'Keefe v) - No Foolin' (1926) - Vocalion B 15356
All Star Orch - I'll Close My Eyes To The Rest of The World (1929) - Victor 22197 B
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) (IK v) - I Found a Round-A-Bout Way to Heaven (1926) - Vocalion A 15351
Ruth Etting - Lonely Little Bluebird (1928) - Columbia 1454 D
Whispering Jack Smith - When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along (1926) - Victor 20069 B
Gene Austin - Telling It To The Daisies (1930) - Victor 22416 B
Harold Veo's Orch - The Zoo Step (1917) - Victor 18372 B
The Red Caps - Hollywood (1923) - Okeh 4989 A
The Original Indiana Five - The Chant (1926) - Everbody Stomp (Frog DGF23)
Esther Walker - Nobody Knows (And Nobody Seems To Care) (1919) - Victor 18613 B
Billy Murray - And He'd Say Oo-La La! Wee-Wee (1919) - Columbia A2765
Frank Crumit - Insufficient Sweetie (1924) - Victor 19549 A
Bryan Wright - The Legend of Lonesome Lake (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont)
Victor Concert Orch - Pinafore Selection Part 1 (1916) - Victor 18176 A
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - The Grass is Always Greener (2000) - Blue Roses of Far and Near (Stomp Off CD1361)
Bert Williams - Constantly (1910) - Columbia A 915
Irving Kaufman - Oh! Oh! Oh! Those Landlords (1919) - Columbia A2765
The Original Indiana Five - What Can A Poor Fellow Do (1928) - Everbody Stomp (Frog DGF23)
Lee Sims - Take My Heart (1936) - Decca 875 B
The High Hatters (Johnny Marvin v) - Overnight (1930) - Victor 22566 B
Havana Novelty Orch (Paul Small v) - Lady, Play Your Mandolin (1930) - Victor 22597 A
Nick Lucas - Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky (1928) - Brunswick 3965
Ruth Etting - Happy Days and Lonely Nights (1928) - Columbia 1454 D
Glenn Cross and his Orch - Where The Blue of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day (1931) - Perfect 15539 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Pete Woolery v) - Love Is Like a Cigarette (1936) - Victor 25264 A
Bert Firman and his Orch (Sam Costa v) - Don't Play With Fire (1937) - Victor 25661 A
Jan Garber and his Orch (Russ Brown v) - Gazing At a Blazing Fire (1936) - Brunswick 7820
Quintette of the Hot Club of France - Swing Guitars (1937) - Victor 25601 B
Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven (Edythe Wright v) - He's a Gypsy From Poughkeepsie (1937) - Victor 25577 B
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Live and Love Tonight (1934) - Victor 24617 B

"Slight Housekeeping" August 12, 2011

2011-08-11T19:17:00.004-04:00

(Week 272)

This RADIOLA! insists on sweeping it all under the carpet.

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Frank Crumit - Get Yourself a Broom and Sweep Your Troubles Away (1924) - Victor 19549 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Broadway Rhythm (1935) - Decca 549 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Jan Garber and his Orch - Steppin' Around (1926) - Victor 20367 B
The Southerners (Frank Luther v) - Yours and Mine (1930) - Victor 22592 A
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) (IK v) - Sevilla (1926) - Vocalion B 15417
Gene Austin - Muddy Water (1927) - Victor 20569 A
The Happiness Boys - It's In The Bag (1927) - Victor 21174 B
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - We (1927) - Victor 21058 A
Charles Dornberger and his Orch - Oh! Sister, Ain't That Hot! (1923) - Victor 19138 A
New Orleans Jazz Band - Copenhagen (Take 2) (1924) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8033
The Original Indiana Five - Pensacola (1926) - Everybody Stomp (Frog DGF23)
Esther Walker - Sahara (Now We're Dry Like You) (1919) - Victor 18613 A
Lou Holtz - That's My Baby (1923) - Victor 19079 B
Nora Bayes (w Art Hickman's Orch) - I Could Have Had You (But I Let You Get By) (1920) - Columbia A3347
Harry Jans-Harold Whalen - Well! Well! Well! (1927) - Victor 21022 A
Harry Jans-Harold Whalen - A Couple o' Good Guys Gone Wrong (1927) - Victor 21022 B
Criterion Quartet - Life's Railway To Heaven (1925) - Brunswick 2931 B
Sandford's Famous Dance Orch - Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me (1920) - Emerson 10228
The Benson Orch of Chicago - Mean, Mean Mamma (1923) - Victor 19138 B
Jesse Crawford - Dinah (1926) - Victor 20000 B
Leonard Joy's All String Orch (Chester Gaylord v) - On a Little Balcony in Spain (1930) - Victor 22592 B
Jean Goldkette's Orch (Harold Stokes dir v) - That's What Puts The “Sweet” in Home, Sweet Home (1928) - Victor 21800 A
Whispering Jack Smith - Tonight's My Night With Baby (1926) - Victor 20069 A
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - This Is The Missus (1931) - Victor 22783 A
Snooks and the Memphis Ramblers (Wally Ashby v) - Dip Your Brush in the Sunshine (1931) - Victor 22720 A
Lee Sims - There's a Small Hotel (1936) - Decca 875 A
Jan Garber and his Orch (Fritz Heilbron v) - My Sugar Takes Me With a Grain of Salt (1936) - Brunswick 7820
Mills Blue Rhythm Band - There's Rhythm in Harlem (1935) - orig Columbia 3071 D
Gene Austin - Peace of Mind (1929) - Victor 22068 B
Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf Astoria Orch (Dinah Shore v) - Jungle Drums (1939) - Victor 26426 B
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (1928) - Victor 21233 A

"Our Friend, The Prune" August 5, 2011

2011-08-04T19:42:00.005-04:00

(Week 271)

This RADIOLA! goes in search of moral and dietary fiber.

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Si Higgins and his Sodbusters (Fred Hall) (Arthur Fields v) - The Prune Song (1928) - Harmony 739 H (Leifert collection)
Glen Echo Serenaders (Keller Sisters & Lynch v) - I'm Walking Around in Circles (1926) - Vocalion B 15427
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The High Hatters (Johnny Marvin v) - Cheerful Little Earful (1930) - Victor 22566 A
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - Slow River (take 4) (1927) - Victor 20926 B
The Troubadours (Harold Yates and Cooper Lawley v) - Dream Kisses (1927) - Victor 21000 B
Ford and Glenn - Dream Train (1928) - Columbia 1720 D
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees - Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (1931) - Victor 22783 B
The High Hatters (Belle Mann v) - Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home (1929) - Victor 22046 B
Harold Veo's Orch - Don't Leave Me Daddy (1917) - Victor 18372 A
Ben Selvin and his Orch - You Told Me to Go (1925) - Vocalion A 15129
New Orleans Jazz Band - It Had to Be You (1925) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8033
Alma Rotter (Panus Trio acc) - Why? (Pyper) (1926) - Okeh 40645 B
Lou Holtz - Oh Sole, Oh Me! (1923) - Victor 19079 A
American Quartet - Mocking Bird Rag (1912) - Victor 17204 B
Leon Redbone - Crazy Blues (1977) - Double Time (Warner Bros BS 2971)
Leon Redbone - Winin' Boy Blues (1977) - Double Time (Warner Bros BS 2971)
Messrs Ernest Pike and Peter Dawson - Watchman, what of the night (1909) - Zonophone X 44191
Albert Campbell-Henry Burr - Where the Moonbeams Gleam (1912) - Victor 17204 A
California Ramblers - On Such a Night (1924) - Columbia 91 D
Coon Sanders Orch (JLS v) - What a Girl! What a Night! (1928) - Victor 21803 B
Snooks and the Memphis Ramblers (Wally Ashby v) - Let a Little Pleasure Interfere With Business (1931) - Victor 22720 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Bing Crosby v) - Young and Healthy (1933) - Columbia CK 44407
Walter O'Keefe - The Tattooed Lady (1933) - Victor 24416
Havana Novelty Orch - Oh Mama! (1930) - Victor 22597 B
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Cocktails For Two (1934) - Victor 24617 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ramona v) - I Get a Kick Out of You (1934) - Victor 24769 B
Lionel Hampton and his Orch - Stompology (1937) - Victor 25601 A
The Lion - Vitalogy (1938) - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder CD 1077)
Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf Astoria Orch (Dinah Shore v) - La Cumparsita (1939) - Victor 26426 A
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - When Day is Done (1927) - Victor 20456 B

"Summer Stress" July 29, 2011

2011-07-28T01:07:00.004-04:00

(Week 270)

This RADIOLA! lowers its stress levels with some great musical comfort food.

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Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Swingin' in a Hammock (1930) - The Early Years (Sony Music Special Products A 59749)
Jack Purvis - Mental Strain At Dawn (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8035
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (Frank Munn v) - How Many Times? (1926) - Vocalion B 15387
Henry Allen and his Orch - Roamin' (1930) - orig Victor 23006
Ben Bernie and his Orch - Let's Misbehave (1927) - orig Brunswick 3761
Lillie Delk Christian (w Louis Armstrong Hot Four) - Too Busy (1928) - Columbia C4K 63527
Carlos Gardel - Leguizamo Solo (1927) - The Best Of Carlos Gardel (Hemisphere 7243 8 23505 2 1)
Al Lentz and his Orch - How Could Red Riding Hood? (1926) - orig Columbia 760 D (Demento collection)
Casino Dance Orch - South Sea Isles (Gershwin) (1921) - Pathe 20619
Ted Lewis and his Band - Mr. Radio Man (1923) - Columbia 82 D
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (IK v) - That's Why I Love You (1926) - Harmony 198 H
Margaret Young - I Want To See My Tennessee (1924) - orig Brunswick 2785-A
Eddie Cantor- Laff It Off! (1925) - orig Columbia 283 D
Giersdorf Sisters - St. Louis Blues (test pressing, c. 1927)
Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orch - Wall Street Rag - Steppin' Around (Stomp Off CD 1415)
Al Duvall - Scrapple Man (2011) - Squirt, Rubber Heart
Sam Ash - Believe Me, Beloved (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A 14112
The Californian Ramblers - Eddie Leonard Blues (1922) - Vocalion B 14300
New Orleans Jazz Band - The Camel Walk (1925) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8033
Spike Hughes and his Dance Orch (Val Rosing v) - A Ship Without A Sail (1930) - orig Decca F-1748
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Goofus (1932) -16 Most Requested Songs (Columbia CK 44407)
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders - Commanderism (1935) - orig Col. 3043-D (ToNY)
Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band - Get The “L” On Down The Road (1929) - Down in the Basement (Old Hat 1004)
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orch - Ready For The River (1928) - orig Vocalion 1188
Mills Blue Rhythm Band (George Morton v) - Futuristic Jungleism (1931) - orig Banner 32240
Pierre Lord - Cocktails Pour Deux (1935) - orig Ultraphon 1478
Putney Dandridge and his Orch - Why Was I Born? (1936) - orig Vocalion 3269
Henry Allen and his Orch - Chloe (Song Of The Swamp) (1936) - orig Vocalion 3262
Dan Roberts and his Home Towners (Jack Berger) (Jan Peerce v) - When The Wandering Boy Comes Home (1932) - Melotone 12557
Red Norvo and his Orch (Mildred Bailey v) - Who Blew Out The Flame? (1938) - Brunswick 8230
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - A Sailboat In The Moonlight (1937) - The Band Played On (ASV Living Era CD AJA 5406)

"Capitol Ideas" July 22, 2011

2011-07-21T19:53:00.004-04:00

(Week 269)

This RADIOLA! is enlivened by a few suggestions from the management of the Rome Capitol Theatre without sacrificing the seeming randomness you've come to expect. (Listen also for a special announcement regarding the appearance of the Guy Lombardo Orchestra at the Capitol on Sunday September 11, 2011.)

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Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – St. Louis Blues (1934) - Decca 15000 A
Jesse Stafford and his Orch (Craig Leitch v) - I Wanna Go Places and Do Things (1929) - orig Brunswick 4250
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ben Selvin and his Orch - After I Say I'm Sorry (1926) - Vocalion B 15258
California Ramblers (Arthur Fields v) - Make My Cot Where the Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-053
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (Irving Kaufman v) - Cross Your Heart (1926) - Vocalion B 15357
Willard Robison - Lonely Acres In The West (1926) - Perfect 12285 A
Grace Johnston - (You Gave Me) Ev'rything But Love (1931) - Benny Goodman (Jazz Oracle BDW 8059)
Carlos Gardel - La Cumparsita (1928) - The King of Tango Vol.1 (Nimbus NI 7896)
Casino Dance Orch - Canadian Capers (1921) - Pathe 20619
Keystone Serenaders (Ray McConnell dir) - Lonesome Me (1925) - Vocalion A 15123
New Orleans Jazz Band - Mindin' My Bus'ness (1924) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8033
Dolly Connolly - Oh Mr Dream Man Please Let Me Dream Some More (1911) - Columbia A1083
Billy Jones - I'll Forget You (1921) - Pathe 20600
Correll and Gosden (Delos Owen p) - I Never Knew What the Moonlight Could Do (1926) - Victor 20324 A
Andy Senior - Cocktails For Two - recorded July 19, 2011 on the 3/10 Moller (Rome NY Capitol Theatre)
Baby Soda Jazz Band - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (2010) - Kellish Hill Farm June 2, 2010
George H. O'Connor - Mississippi Barbecue (1914) - Columbia A1669
Ken Moyer's Novelty Trio - Mellophone Stomp (1926) - Frog Spawn - The White Hot Batch (DGF 76)
Ray Miller and his Orch - Spanish Shawl (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-066
Jesse Stafford and his Orch (Craig Leitch v) - All A-Twitter (1929) - orig Brunswick 4250
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) (Lester O'Keefe v) - Blue Bonnet, You Make Me Feel Blue (1926) - Vocalion B 15359
Mike Markels' Society Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - To Know You is To Love You (1928) - Okeh 41161
Carlos Gardel - Silencio (1933) - The Best Of Carlos Gardel (Hemisphere 7243 8 23505 2 1)
Noel Rosa - Nunca Jamais (1931) - No Tempo De Noel Rosa (RCA Victor 82876641292) (Brazil)
King Radio - It's the Rhythm We Want (1939) - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder CD 1077)
Willard Robison - 'Taint So, Honey, 'Taint So (1928) - Victor 21651 A
Steve Washington and his Orch - We Were the Best of Friends (1933) - Benny Goodman (Jazz Oracle BDW 8059)
Ruth Etting - Body and Soul (1930) - Ten Cents a Dance (ASV Living Era CD AJA 5008)
Reilly-Farley and their Onyx Club Boys - I Never Knew (1935) - Decca 619 B
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Swingin' The Jinx Away (1936) - Bluebird B 6643 B
Isham Jones' Orch - Sweet Sue-Just You (1934) - Decca 443 B

"Why Not?" July 15, 2011

2011-07-14T17:22:00.004-04:00

(Week 268)

This RADIOLA! succumbs briefly and ever so slightly to feckless insouciance.

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Slim Green - What's The Reason (1935) - Decca 7120 A
Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - Swing High Swing Low (1937) - Perfect 7 04 07
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Ambassadors (Katzman) - The Roses Brought Me You (1926) - Vocalion A 15279
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - I Love You Truly (1928) - Columbia 1532 D
Monarch Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Me Too (1926) - Vocalion B 15414
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - I Can't Get Mississippi Off My Mind (1931) - Perfect 15506 B
Grace Johnston - Keep a Song In Your Soul (1931) - Benny Goodman (Jazz Oracle BDW 8059)
Carlos Gardel - Rubias de New York (1934) - The Best Of Carlos Gardel (Hemisphere 7243 8 23505 2 1)
New Orleans Jazz Band - Honey Don't You Shake Me Down (1924) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8033
Keystone Serenaders (Ray McConnell dir) - The Co-Ed (1925) - Vocalion B 15124
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (IK v) - Where'd You Get Those Eyes? (1926) - Harmony 198 H
Dolly Connolly - I've Got Feathers On My Head (1911) - Columbia A1083
Billy Jones - Stand Up and Sing For Your Father (1921) - Pathe 20600
Ozie McPherson - Standing On The Corner Blues (1926) - Every Saturday Night (Frog DGF 74)
Dick Hyman - The Legend of Lonesome Lake (From Adirondack Sketches) (2001) - Archives of Novelty Piano (Arbors ARCD 19248)
Pam Pameijer's New Jazz Wizards - Load of Coal (1998) - Plays the Music of Jelly Roll Morton Vol 2 (Stomp Off CD13
Elite Dance Orch (Nathan Glantz) - Hymn to the Sun (1922) - Perfect 14036 A
Young's Creole Band - Tin Roof Blues (1923) - Every Saturday Night (Frog DGF 74)
New Orleans Jazz Band - Some of These Days (take 2) (1925) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8033
The Ambassadors (Katzman) - The Girl Friend (1926) - Vocalion B 15331
Six Jumping Jacks (Tom Stacks v) - Nagasaki (1928) - 1926-1930 (Retrieval RTR 79048)
Coon Sanders Orch - Hallucinations (1927) - Victor 21397 A
Gene Austin - She's Funny That Way (1928) - Victor 21779 B
Sophie Tucker - He's Tall Dark and Handsome (1928) - Columbia 4942 (UK)
Sid Garry - At Last I'm Happy (1931) - Benny Goodman (Jazz Oracle BDW 8059)
Abe Lyman and his Orch (Frank Sylvano v) - Lying in the Hay (1933) - Brunswick 6572
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Red Cap (1937) - Decca 1347 B
Claude Hopkins and his Orch - Church Street Sobbin' Blues (1937) - Decca 1286 A
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Riding On The Old Ferris Wheel (1937) - Vocalion 3653
Red Norvo and his Orch (Mildred Bailey v) - This Is Madness (1938) - Brunswick 8230
Slim Green - With Every Breath I Take (1935) - Decca 7104 B

"Here and There" July 8, 2011

2011-07-07T18:00:00.003-04:00

(Week 267)

This RADIOLA! is all over the map--in a good way.

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Phil Baker - Ann and Her Little Sedan (1925) - Columbia 521 D
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Band - Circus Echoes (1930) - Victor 22438 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Kensington Serenaders (Ben Selvin) - To-Night's My Night With Baby (1926) - Vocalion B 15340
Windsor Hotel Orch (Harold Leonard) (Lester O'Keefe v) - Hello, Aloha! How Are You? (1926) - Vocalion A 15356
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (Irving Kaufman v) - Hi-Ho! The Merrio (1926) - Vocalion A 15364
Arthur Brown (Irving Kaufman) - Baby Face (1926) - Vocalion B 15398
Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio (Annette Hanshaw v) - Singin' in the Rain (1929) - Volume 6 (Sensation 769 748 023-2)
Umbrian Glee Club - Swing Along! (1926) - Vocalion A 1012
Prince's Band - Sometimes You Get a Good One and Sometimes You Don't (1916) - Columbia A 5901
Murray's Melody Men - Cuban Moon (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A 14098
Keystone Serenaders (Ray McConnell dir) - Normandy (1925) - Vocalion A 15124
Carlos Gardel - Soy Una Fiera (1926) - The Best Of Carlos Gardel (Hemisphere 7243 8 23505 2 1)
Noel Rosa - Por Causa Da Hora (1931) - No Tempo De Noel Rosa (RCA Victor 82876641292) (Brazil)
King Radio - John O'Carr (1939) - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder CD 1077)
Al Duvall - Kentucky Mermaid (2011) - Squirt, Rubber Heart
Baby Soda - When My Dreamboat Comes Home (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
George H. O'Connor - Alabama Jamboree (1914) - Columbia A1669
Borbee's Jass Orch - Just the Kind of a Girl You'd Love to Make Your Wife (1917) - Columbia A2233
Columbia Novelty Orch (Samuels) (Billy Jones v) - Oh, Baby! (1924) - Columbia 131 D
Austin Wylie's Golden Pheasant Orch - Love Bound (1926) - Vocalion B 15230
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Singin' The Blues (1927) - Parlophone R 1838
Annette Hanshaw (w/The New Englanders) - The One in the World (1929) - Volume 6 (Sensation 769 748 023-2)
Avilés Jazz Band - Amor Indio (Indian Love Call) (1927) - orig Nacional 8266
Carlos Gardel - Buenos Aires (1930) - The Best Of Carlos Gardel (Hemisphere 7243 8 23505 2 1)
Almirante - O Orvalho Vem Caindo (1933) - No Tempo De Noel Rosa (RCA Victor 82876641292) (Brazil)
Red McKenzie - Just Friends (1931) - Columbia 3556 D
Capitol Salon Ensemble (Theodore Conrad v) - Farewell To Arms (1933) - Brunswick 20121
Jimmy Ray and his Orch - You're My Desire (1937) - Bluebird B 7077 B
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - On Treasure Island (1935) - Decca 648 A
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Keepin' Out of Mischief Now (1936) - Bluebird B 6684 B
The Ambassadors (Katzman) - The Road of Dreams (1926) - Vocalion B 15321

"Sons of Bees" July 1, 2011

2011-06-30T20:06:00.005-04:00

(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

"Summer Sampler" June 24, 2011

2011-06-23T01:41:00.006-04:00

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

"The Family Way" June 17, 2011

2011-06-16T18:44:00.005-04:00

(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

"Vocalion Spectacular" June 10, 2011

2011-06-09T19:20:00.004-04:00

(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

"Some Is Vanity" June 3, 2011

2011-06-02T18:00:00.003-04:00

(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

Memorial Day Special with Keith Hansen

2011-05-28T17:59:00.003-04:00

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.

"You Have a Song!" May 27, 2011

2011-05-26T19:00:00.002-04:00

(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

"Out Of This World" May 20, 2011

2011-05-19T21:42:00.004-04:00

(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

"Under My Hat" May 13, 2011

2011-05-13T12:57:00.004-04:00

(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

"Not Dead Yet" May 6, 2011

2011-05-05T19:00:00.004-04:00

(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

"Getting The Bugs Out" April 29, 2011

2011-04-28T22:55:00.005-04:00

(Week 257)

This RADIOLA! lightly considers the process of troubleshooting one's computer--and one's life.

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Ray Perkins - Following You Around (1927) - Brunswick 3495 A
Sam Lanin's Dance Orch (Arthur Fields v) - I Wish't I Was In Peoria (1925) - Banner 1674 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Levee Loungers (Bob Haring) (Irving Kaufman v) - Crazy Rhythm (1928) - Perfect 15030
The Royal Castilians (Terig Tucci) - La Cucuracha (1934) - Perfect 15977 A
Wingy Mannone and his Orch - Up The Country (1930) - Champion 40054 A
The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - Smile All The While (1925) - Columbia 411 D
Helen Kane - I Want To Be Bad (1929) - Victor 21863 B
The Singing Sophomores - Chloe (1927) - Columbia 1257 D
Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Kansas City Blues (1919) - Columbia A 2768
WMCA Broadcasters - My Cutey's Due At Two-To-Two Today (1926) - Harmony 234 H
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (IK v) - That's Annabelle (1926) - Harmony 234 H
Cliff Edwards - Insufficient Sweetie (1924) - Pathe Actuelle 032074 B
Southern Trio - Yellow Dog Blues (1927) - Madison 1921
Sophie Tucker - Virginia (There's a Blue Ridge In My Heart) (1928) - Columbia 4942 (UK)
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - Bowling Shirt (1996) - Non-Plugged
The Benny Goodman Sextet - Oh, Babe (1950) - The Chronological 1949-1951 (Classics) (orig Col. 39045)
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - Pork and Beans (1917) - Columbia A 2370
Wm. Eckstein - Knice and Knifty (1923) - Silvertone 1250 A (orig Pathe)
Isham Jones' Orch - Get Lucky (1924) - Brunswick 2678 B
Deep River Orch (Willard Robison) - Jumping Jack (1928) - Perfect 15030 B
Coon Sanders Orch (Carleton A Coon v) - My Suppressed Desire (1928) - Victor 21803 A
Isham Jones' Orch - China Boy (1934) - Decca 443 A
Harold “Scrappy” Lambert - Broadway Melody (1929) - Brunswick 4275
Sophie Tucker - The Man I Love (1928) - Parlophone R 100
Mills Brothers - Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider (1934) - Decca 165 A
The Royal Castilians (Terig Tucci) - In The Madness Of The Rhumba (1934) - Perfect 15977 B
Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy - Moten Swing (1936) - Decca 3517 B
Red Norvo and his Swing Octet - Bughouse (1935) - Brunswick 8208
Red Norvo and his Orch (Mildred Bailey v) - The Weekend of a Private Secretary (1938) - Brunswick 8088
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Patricia Norman v) - Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea (1938) - Brunswick 8155
Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) - I'll See You In My Dreams (1930) - Columbia 2169 D

"April Kisses" April 22, 2011

2011-04-21T19:09:00.004-04:00

(Week 256)

This RADIOLA! celebrates that someone has been able to tolerate my company for 14 years (while about two hours a week is all most people can stand).

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Eddie Lang (Arthur Schutt p) - April Kisses (1927) - Parlophone R 3338
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket (1936) - Decca 698 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The High Hatters (Franklyn Baur v) - To Know You Is To Love You (1928) - Victor 21791 B
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - You're The Cream In My Coffee (1928) - Cameo 9003
Philip Spitalny and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Any Time's The Time To Fall In Love (1930) - Victor 22346 B
Arthur Hall - I've Got The Girl (1926) - Radiex 2297 a
Sophie Tucker - Aren't Women Wonderful (1928)- Columbia 5064 (UK)
The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - Angry (1925) - Columbia 411 D
Erdody's Hotel Pennsylvania Orch - Oh Me! Oh My! (1921) - Okeh 4352 A
The Georgians - You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night (1923) - Columbia A 3857
Ray Nichols and his Palais Royal Orch (IK v) - I'll Always be In Love With You (1929) - Harmony 902 H
Miss Lee Morse and Her Blue Grass Boys - An Old-Fashioned Romance (1925) - Perfect 11580 B
Cliff Edwards - Nobody Knows What a Red-Headed Mama Can Do (1925) - Perfect 11562
Mound City Blue Blowers - Red Hot! (1924) - Brunswick 2602 B
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Sweet Sue (2010) - Recorded Kellish Hill Farm, Manlius NY June 6, 2010
West End Jazz Band - Will You, Won't You Be My Baby? (2010) - Recorded Huntington WV May 14, 2010
Handy's Orch of Memphis - Fuzzy Wuzzy Rag (1917) - Columbia A2421
Arthur Lange and his Orch - Oh Gee! Oh Gosh! Oh Golly! I'm In Love (1923) - Cameo 379
Mound City Blue Blowers - San (1924) - Brunswick 2602 A
Mike Markels' Society Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Once in a Lifetime (1928) - Okeh 41161
Coon Sanders Orch – Oh! You Have No Idea (1928) - Victor 21501 B
Billy Hays and his Orch - Do You Believe? (1929) - Four Four Rhythm (The Old Masters mb130)
Arthur Fields - Blue Skies (1927) - Bell 481 A
Helen Kane - I Wanna Be Loved By You (1928) - Victor 21684 A
National Cavaliers - Beautiful (1928) - Victor 21516 B
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Jersey Joe (1929) - JSP CD 322
Johnnie Miller's New Orleans Frolickers - Dippermouth Blues (1928) - Sharkey Bonano (Timeless CBC 1-001)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - St. Louis Blues (1929) - JSP CD 315
Fredric Fradkin and his Fiddlers - A Little Love A Little Kiss (1928) - Brunswick 4071
Eddie Walters - I Love You So Much (1930) - Here Come The Boys 1925-1932 (Retrieval RTR 79062)
The Revelers - Was It a Dream? (1928) - Victor 21516 A

"Too Busy To Be Lazy" April 15, 2011

2011-04-14T18:58:00.005-04:00

(Week 255)

That this RADIOLA! exists at all is a miracle. It's that time of year when everything needs doing all at once. Remembering to stop and breathe can be a problem.

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The Piano Twins (Dick Robertson v) - Lazy Day (1932) - Perfect 11334 B
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Bugle Call Rag (1931) - Brunswick 1339 B (UK)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Coon-Sanders Orch (C A Coon v) - Too Busy (1928) - Victor 21546 A
Carl Fenton's Orch - Doll Dance (1927) - Brunswick 3519 A
Warner's Seven Aces - Who'd Be Blue? (1926) - Jazz from Atlanta 1923-1929 (Timeless CBC 1-038)
Arthur Fields - Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling? (1927) - Bell 529 B
Annette Hanshaw - Mean To Me (1929) - Diva 2859 G
The Revelers - Nola (1927) - Victor 22110 B
Handy's Orch of Memphis - The Snaky Blues (1917) - Columbia A2421
The Night Club Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - I'll Fly To Hawaii (1926) - Harmony 266 H
The Dixie Stompers (Henderson) - Ain't She Sweet? (1927) - Velvet Tone 1353 V
Billy Jones - At The Choc'late Bon Bon Ball (1920) - Pathe 22472 B
Happy Martin (Jack Kaufman) - It Goes Like This (1928) - Diva 2756 G
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (Irving Kaufman v) - I Just Roll Along (1928) - Diva 2596 G
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Blue Skies (2007) - Cures Everything But The Blues
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Some of These Days (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Margaret McKee (whistling) - Spring Song (Mendelssohn) (1920) - Pathe 22477
Joseph Howard - Whistle a Song (1920) - Pathe 22361
Howard Kopp and Frank Banta - Oh Johnny! Oh Johnny! Oh! (1917) - Columbia A2321
The Cotton Pickers - If You Hadn't Gone Away (1925) - Brunswick 2937 B
The High Hatters (Sam Coslow v) - The Spell of the Blues (1928) - Victor 21835 A
Buddy Rogers and his California Cavaliers (Frank Parrish v) - In My Hide Away (1932) - Victor 24015 B
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Minnie the Moocher (1931) - Brunswick 1339 B (UK)
Buddy Jones - She's Sellin' What She Used To Give Away (1938) - Decca 5613 A
Wingy Mannone and his Orch - Shake That Thing (1930) - Champion 40054 B
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Yes-Yes! My-My! (1936) - Decca 698 B
Frances Langford (w/Jimmy Dorsey's Orch) - Rap Tap On Wood (1936) - Decca 939 B
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Gee But You're Swell (1937) - Bluebird B 6770 B
Coon-Sanders Orch - Sweeping The Clouds Away (1929) - Victor 22346 A
The Piano Twins (Dick Robertson v) - Got A Date With An Angel (1932) - Perfect 11334 A
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in “Drumnasticks” - Who? (1936) - Decca 1313 B

"Let It Go!" April 8, 2011

2011-04-07T14:33:00.005-04:00

(Week 254)

This RADIOLA! emphasizes that we have to let some things go to make room for other, better things.

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Lee Sims - What's The Use Of Crying? (1926) - Brunswick 3320 A
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Band - Entry of the Gladiators (1930) - Victor 22438 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The High Hatters - Don't Hold Everything (1928) - Victor 21791 A
Ipana Troubadours (Paul Small v) - Button Up Your Heart (1930) - Columbia 2340 D
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Ready Hokum (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Willard Robison - Deep River Blues (1928) - Victor 21651 B
Helen Kane - Is There Anything Wrong In That? (1928) - Victor 21684 B
The Revelers - Blue Shadows (1928) - Victor 21765 B
The Happy Six - Dance-O-Mania (1920) - Columbia A 2949
The Cotton Pickers - Those Panama Mamas (1925) - Brunswick 2879 B
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (Irving Kaufman v) - Chloe (1928) - Diva 2596 G
Gene Austin (Billy Carpenter uke) - Yes Sir! That's My Baby (1925) - Victor 19656 B
Happy Martin (Jack Kaufman) - Do You? That's All I Want To Know (1928) - Diva 2756 G
Fred Rich and his Hotel Astor Orch - Could I? I Certainly Could (1926) - Harmony 136 H
Bear Cat Jass Band - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (2011) - Canastota NY April 3, 2011
Bear Cat Jass Band - The Chant (2011) - Canastota NY April 3, 2011
Harold Williams - In Enterprise of Martial Kind (from The Gondoliers) (1923) - Columbia 3335 (UK)
Louisiana Five Jazz Orch - Slow and Easy (1919) - Columbia A2949
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - I Found a Rose In The Devil's Garden (1921) - Edison 50783 L
The Cotton Pickers - Milenberg Joys (1925) - Brunswick 2937 A-cr-nr
Don Voorhees and his Orch - Soliloquy (1927) - Columbia 1129 D
The High Hatters - Wipin' The Pan (1928) - Victor 21835 B
Eddie Lang (Arthur Schutt p) - Eddie's Twister (1927) - Parlophone R 3338
Sophie Tucker - There's Something Spanish In My Eyes (1928) - Columbia 4941 (UK)
Frank Crumit - The King of Borneo (1929) - Victor 21899 B
Buddy Rogers and his California Cavaliers - Happy Go Lucky You and Broken Hearted Me (1932) - Victor 24015 A
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orch with Louis Armstrong - Dipper Mouth (1936) - Decca 906 B
Sleepy Hall and his Orch - That Old Oaken Bucket (1937) - Variety VA 583
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - If We Never Meet Again (1936) - Decca 906 A
Willard Robison - 'Taint So, Honey, 'Taint So (1928) - Victor 21651 A
Sleepy Hall and his Orch - Sleepy Time Gal (1937) - Variety VA 583

"Don't Ask!" April 1, 2011

2011-03-31T21:32:00.006-04:00

(Week 253)

This RADIOLA! is about something--if anything. (There seems to be a hint of rain.)

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Gene Austin (Billy Carpenter uke) - Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now (1925) - Victor 19656 A
Ernie Golden and his Hotel McAlpin Orch - The Varsity Drag (1927) - Edison 52109 L
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - Down and Out Blues (1925) - Victor 19866 A
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch - Misty Mornin' (1929) - Victor V 38058 A
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - My One and Only (1928) - Victor 21113 B
Al Bernard - Beale Street Blues (1927) - Here Come The Boys (Retrieval RTR 79062)
Sophie Tucker - Moanin' Low (1929) - Victor 22049 A
Ray Miller and his Orch - Angry (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-066
Palace Trio (Wiedoeft) - Unlucky Blues (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A14053
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel PA Otch - Remember (1925) - Okeh 40471 B
The Astorites (Rich) (Paul Hagan v) - Gone Again Gal (1926) - Harmony 266 H
Bert Williams - Somebody (1919) - Columbia A 2849
Harold Williams - There Lived a King (from The Gondoliers) (1923) - Columbia 3335 (UK)
Butterbeans and Susie (Eddie Heywood p) - Deacon Bite 'Em In The Back (1926) - Okeh 8323 B
Bear Cat Jass Band - Too Busy (2010) - Recorded at Canastota Library March 21, 2010
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks (John Leifert v) - Isn't This a Lovely Day? (c. 1983) - Cheek to Cheek
Waikiki Hawaiian Orch - Golden Showers (1927) - Edison 51950 R
Bert Williams - The Moon Shines on the Moonshine (1919) - Columbia A 2849
Synco Jazz Band (Samuels) - The Alcoholic Blues (1919) - Pathe 22117
Arthur Fields - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Bell 529 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - I'm Tired Of Everything But You (1925) - Victor 19773 A
Seven Little Polar Bears (Tom Stacks v) - Got No Time To Feel Lonesome (1927) - Cameo 1098
Ipana Troubadours (Paul Small v) - Blue Again (1930) - Columbia 2340 D
Don Redman and his Orch - Two Time Man (1932) - Brunswick B 1400 (UK)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I've Got My Fingers Crossed (1935) - Decca 623 B
Borrah Minnevitch and his Harmonica Rascals - The Ghost Walk (1933) - Brunswick 7980
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Me and the Moon (1936) - Bluebird B 6548 B
Bunny Berigan and his Boys (Chick Bullock v) - Rhythm Saved The World (1936) - Vocalion 3225
Frances Langford (w/Jimmy Dorsey Orch) - I've Got You Under My Skin (1936) - Decca 939 A
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - The Folks Who Live On The Hill (1937) - Vocalion 3630
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in “Drumnasticks” - China Boy (1937) - Decca 2036 A

"Rumble of Spring" March 25, 2011

2011-03-24T20:59:00.004-04:00

(Week 252)

This RADIOLA! celebrates the equinox with rumbly Edisons, Pathes, and Perfects among other delights.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station.

Victor Concert Orch - Spring Song (Mendelssohn) (1928) - Victor 21449 B
Hoosier Hot Shots - Take Me Out To The Ball Game (1936) - Melotone 6-10-51
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Don Voorhees and his Orch (Lewis James v) - My Blue Heaven (1927) - Columbia 1129 D
Donald Lindley and his Boys - Slidin' Around (1928) - Columbia 1443 D
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Charles Harrison v) – High, High, High Up In The Hills (1927) - Victor 20436 A
Annette Hanshaw - A Precious Little Thing Called Love (1929) - Diva 2859 G
Clarence Williams' Blue Five Orch (Eva Taylor v) - Baltimore (1927) - Brunswick 3664 B
Varsity Eight (Irving Kaufman v) - He Ain't Never Been To College (1928) - Cameo 9003
Synco Jazz Band (Samuels) - Chicago (1922) - Perfect 14043 B
The Jazz-O-Harmonists - I'm Goin' South (1924) - Edison 51302 R
Georgia Melodians - Tea Pot Dome Blues (1924) - Edison 51347 R
Cliff Edwards - Behind The Clouds (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 25177 A
The Radio Franks - I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (1925) - Regal 9956 A
Southampton Society Orch (CA Ramblers) (AF v) - Oh Say Can I See You To-night (1925) - Perfect 14457 B
The Airport Boys - Bad Girl (1940) - Bluebird B 10939 B
The Spirits of Rhythm - She Ain't No Saint (1945) - Black & White 23 A
Theodore Morse and Abe Frankel - Jazzin' Around (1917) - Pathe 20430 B
Rialto Dance Orch - Sweet Indiana Home (1921) - Federal 5193 B
Georgia Melodians - San (1924) - 51412 R
Golden Gate Orch (Ed Kirkeby v) - Clementine (From New Orleans) (1927) - Edison 52109 R
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Sorry (1927) - Vocalion 3148
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (SMT v) - So Will I (1927) - 20436 B
Bob Exton - Fuddle Your Duddle (1939) - Camp Tioga Home Recording
New Dixie Demons - Ace In The Hole (1936) - Decca 5257 B
Midge Williams and her Jazz Jesters - Fortune Tellin' Man (1937) - Vocalion 3865
Bunny Berigan and his Boys - I Can't Get Started (1936) - Vocalion 3225
Carl “Deacon” Moore and his Orch - A Woman Gets Tired (1938) - Decca 2183 A
Bob Causer and his Cornellians (Kardos) (Chick Bullock v) - You Little So-and-So (1932) - Melotone 91452 B
Sarah Gorby - Russian Song (Feb 1940) - Home Recording
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Slumming On Park Avenue (1937) - Bluebird B 6758 A
Hoosier Hot Shots - Bye Bye Blues (1936) - Melotone 6-10-51

"What Can You Do?" March 18, 2011

2011-03-17T19:55:00.004-04:00

(Week 251)

Not much, apparently. At least there's this great music to console us.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station.

Moran and Mack (Luckey Roberts p) - Two Black Crows Part 4 (1927) - Columbia 1094 D
Donald Lindley and his Boys - Nothin' Doin' (1928) - Columbia 1443 D
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Jack Shilkret and his Orch (Billy Murray v) - Roll 'Em Girls (1925) - Victor 19922 A
George Olsen and his Music - Sugar Plum (1925) - Victor 19859 B
Jack Pettis and his Pets - A Bag of Blues (1928) - Victor 21793 B
Ukulele Ike - The Moon Is Low (1930) - Columbia 2169 D
Libby Holman - I May Be Wrong (1929) - Brunswick 4506
Cab Calloway and his Orch, Roy Smeck, Chick Bullock - Git Along (1932) - Perfect 12843 B
Six Black Diamonds (Glantz) - Struttin' Jim (1923) - Banner 1236 B
The Lanin Orch - Some Other Day (1924) - Okeh 40219 A
Mal Hallett and his Orch (John Ryan v) - She's A Corn-fed Indiana Girl (1926) - Perfect 14618 B
Palmetto Jazz Quartette - Base Ball Blues (1921) - Okeh 8023 B
Fred Hillebrand - Oh, Min! (1923) - Okeh 4941 B
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Don't Forget to Mess Around (1926) - Okeh 8343 A
Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orchestra - Just Like A Butterfly (That's Caught in the Rain) (2005) - Crinoline Days (Stomp Off CD 1400)
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Hindustan (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Enrico Caruso - O sole mio (1916) - Victrola 501 A
Six Black Diamonds (Samuels) (Arthur Hall v) - Hot Roasted Peanuts (1923) - Banner 1236 A
Lou Gold and his Orch (IK v) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Perfect 14618
Leo Reisman and his Orch - Birth of the Blues (1926) - Columbia 701 D
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down (1927) - Vocalion 3148
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - Thou Swell (1928) - Victor 21113 A
Libby Holman - Can't We Be Friends? (1929) - Brunswick 4506
Morton Downey, Annette Hanshaw, Singin’ Sam, Will Osborne - Say It Isn't So (1932) - Perfect 12843 A
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I'm Shooting High (1935) - Decca 623 A
Bob Causer and his Cornellians (Kardos) (Harry Goldfield v) - Pu-leeze Mister Hemingway! (1932) - Melotone 91452 A
New Dixie Demons - Was I Drunk? (1936) - Decca 5257 A
Carl “Deacon” Moore and his Orch - Nobody Knows Where She's Gone (1938) - Decca 2183 B
Nick Lucas - Moon Glow (1934) - Perfect 13025 B
Billie Holiday - Night and Day (1939) - Vocalion 5377
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in “Drumnasticks” - Farewell Blues (1937) - Decca 2036 B

"Iniquity" March 11, 2011

2011-03-10T21:09:00.004-05:00

(Week 250)

This RADIOLA! spins the moral compass hoping for a happier direction.

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Joan Edwards - In Our Little Den of Iniquity (1940) - Liberty Music Shop L-322
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orch - Pretty Lil (1929) - Complete Recorded Sides (JSP CD 322)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders - Ya Gotta Know How To Love (1926) - Victor 20059 B
Berlyn Baylor Orchestra - Riverboat Shuffle (1928) - Frog Spawn - The White Hot Batch (DGF 76)
Ray Miller and his Hotel Gibson Orch - Weary Blues (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-066
Banjo Buddy - Let's Misbehave (1928) - Here Come The Boys 1925-1932 (Retrieval RTR 79062)
Irene Gibbons (Eva Taylor) - I'm Busy And You Can't Come In (1928) - Dreaming The Hours Away (Frog DGF 14)
Six Jumping Jacks - The Prune Song (1928) - 1926-1930 (Retrieval RTR 79048)
Gene Rodemich's Orch - Flowers of Araby (1922) - Brunswick 2381 A
Frank Westphal and his Orch - That Lullaby Strain (1924) - Columbia 108 D
Georgia Melodians - I'm Satisfied (Beside That Sweetie o' Mine) (1924) - 1924-1926
Steve Porter - Clancy's Wooden Wedding (1928) - Radiex 2381 (from John Leifert collection)
Louis Armstrong's Hot Five - Irish Black Bottom (1926) - Hot Fives & Sevens, Volume 1 (JSP CD 312
Dan Hornsby Novelty Quartet - Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928) - Columbia 1637 D
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down (2007) - Cures Everything but the Blues
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - As Long As I Live (1990) - Cotton Club Revisited - Nighthawks
Bert Williams - When I Return (1918) - Columbia A 2652
California Ramblers - On Such a Night (1924) - Columbia 91 D
Lee Sims - I'd Climb The Highest Mountain If I Knew I'd Find You (1926) - Brunswick 3266 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - Baby's Blue (1927) - Victor 20882 B
Henny Hendrickson & his Louisville Serenaders - Buffalo Rhythm (1931) - Four-Four Rhythm (TOM mb130)
The New Yorkers - Fireworks (1930) - Frog Spawn - The White Hot Batch (DGF 76)
Lucille Hegamin - Nobody But My Baby Is Getting My Love (1926) - Dreaming the Hours Away (DGF 14)
Barry Oliver - Let's Amalgamate (1929) - Here Come The Boys 1925-1932 (Retrieval RTR 79062)
Bubber Miley & His Mileage Makers (Edith Wilson v) - The Penalty Of Love (1930) - ''Ain't Gonna Settle Down'' (Archeophone ARCH 6006)
Chicago Hottentots - Put Me In The Alley Blues (1926) - Jazz Classics 509 B (orig Vocalion 1008)
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Take Me To The River (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orch - Tank Town Bump (1929) - Complete Recorded Sides (JSP CD 322)
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - My Last Affair (1937) - Bluebird B 6770 A
Joan Edwards - Bewitched (1940) - Liberty Music Shop L-322
Endor And Farrell - Happy Times (1932) - Here Come The Boys 1925-1932 (Retrieval RTR 79062)

RADIOLA! "Mardi Gras!" March 4, 2011

2011-03-03T16:05:00.003-05:00

(Week 249)

This RADIOLA! revels in Mardi Gras--or indeed in any reason at all to celebrate.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station.

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - High Society (1933) - Complete RCA Victor (BMG 09026-68682-2)
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Jazz Battle (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ray Miller and his Hotel Gibson Orch - That's A Plenty (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-066
California Ramblers - Stockholm Stomp (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-053
Tiny Parham and His Musicians - Skag-A-Lag (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-022
Lucille Hegamin - Senorita Mine (1926) - Dreaming the Hours Away (Frog DGF 14)
Ted Lewis and his Band - King For a Day (1928) - Columbia 1485 D
Sophie Tucker and Miff Mole's Molers - I Ain't Got Nobody (1927) - Slippin' Around (Frog DGF 19)
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Tin Roof Blues (1923) - Okeh 4885 A
Bennie Krueger's Orch - Doo Dah Blues (1922) - Brunswick 2194 A
Warner's Seven Aces - Go Get 'Em, Caroline (1925) - Jazz from Atlanta 1923-1929 (Timeless CBC 1-038)
Bert Williams - Ten Little Bottles (1920) - Columbia A 2941
Vaughn De Leath - Alabammy Mammy (1922) - Okeh 4588 A
Lee Morse - Yes, Sir, That's My Baby (1925) - Echoes of a Songbird (Jasmine JASCD 646)
The Beau Hunks - Mississippi Suite: Mardi Gras (1997) - Music Of Ferde Grofé (Basta 30-9083-2)
Baby Soda Band - Struttin' With Some Barbecue (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Creatore's Band - Electric March (1925) - Victor 19844 B
Monk Hazel and his Bienville Roof Orch - Sizzling The Blues (1928) - Sharkey Bonano Timeless CBC 1-001
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Doctor Jazz (1926) - JSP CD 321
Ethel Waters - West End Blues (1928) - Dreaming the Hours Away (Frog DGF 14)
Edith Wilson - I'll Get Even With You (1930) - ''Ain't Gonna Settle Down'' (Archephone ARCH 6006)
Louis Armstrong - You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born (1932) - Complete RCA Victor (BMG 09026-68682-2)
Tiny Parham & His Musicians - That Kind Of Love (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-022
California Ramblers - Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-053
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Boston Skuffle (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Chicago Hottentots - All Night Shags (1926) - Jazz Classics 509 A (orig Vocalion 1008)
Frank Melrose - Jelly Roll Stomp (1929) - Brunswick 80031 B
Monk Hazel and his Bienville Roof Orch - Ideas (1928) - Sharkey Bonano Timeless CBC 1-001
Ray Miller and his Orch - My Honey's Lovin' Arms (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-066
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Decatur Street Tutti (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Sophie Tucker and Miff Mole's Molers - After You've Gone (1927) - Slippin' Around (Frog DGF 19)

"Stayin' Alive" by Gary Lawrence and his Sizzling Syncopators

2011-02-27T01:24:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Dan!

"Poor Papa" by Professor Peter and Doctor Dick

2011-02-26T16:40:00.003-05:00

A great version of this song sent by my friends at The Small Instrument Society:

"Solidarity" February 25, 2011

2011-02-24T20:05:00.005-05:00

(Week 248)

This RADIOLA! expresses our moral support for someone close to us at a most trying time in his life.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station.

Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Poor Papa (1926) - Echoes of a Songbird (Jasmine JASCD 646)
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in “Drumnasticks” - Careless Love (1936) - Decca 1313 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Howard Lanin and his Orch (IK v) - Black Bottom (1926) - Columbia 689 D
Art Landry and his Orch - Swamp Blues (Burke Bivens) (1925) - Victor 19866 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Birth of the Blues (1926) - Victor 20138 A
Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) - Losing You (1927) - Columbia 1254 D
Jimmie Rodgers - Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea (1928) - Regal Zonophone T 5341
Boswell Sisters - Heebie Jeebies (1930) - orig Okeh 41444
The Original Memphis Five - Stop Your Kidding (1922) - Vocalion A 14461
The Arkansaw Travelers - Those Panama Mammas (1924) - Okeh 40236 A
Lou Gold and his Orch - The Doll Dance (1927) - Diva 2415 G
Josie Miles - Sweet Man Joe (1924) - Hill and Dale Rarities IAJRC 49 (LP)
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Daddy's Girl (1926) - Echoes of a Songbird (Jasmine JASCD 646)
Bailey's Lucky Seven (Al Bernard v) - The Baby Looks Like Me (1925) - Gennett 3140 A
Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orch - Jazzin' the Blues Away - Crinoline Days (Stomp Off)
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf - Heute Nacht Oder Nie
Josie Miles - Mad Mama's Blues (1924) - Hill and Dale Rarities IAJRC 49 (LP)
The Original Memphis Five - That Barking Dog - Woof! Woof! (1922) - Vocalion B 14461
Gonzales Jazz Band - Barcarola (late 1920s) - Disco Electra 1128
Whitey Kaufman and his Orch - Tiny Town (1926) - Victor 20125 B
Carl Fenton's Orch - Delirium (1927) - Brunswick 3519 B
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Bugle Call Rag (1927) - Brunswick 3490 A
Annette Hanshaw - Song Of The Wanderer (1927) - orig Perfect 12329
Lonnie Johnson - Go Back To Your No Good Man (1932) - Document DOCD 5069 (Okeh unissued)
Wilmoth Houdini - No Mo' Bench and Board (1931) - Poor but Ambitious (Arhoolie CD 7010)
Frank Melrose - Pass The Jug (1929) - Brunswick 80031 A
Hal Kemp and his Orch - Moon With a Hangover (1935) - Brunswick 7980
Reilly-Farley and their Onyx Club Boys - South (1935) - Decca 619 A
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Swing High Swing Low (1937) - Bluebird B 6780 A
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in “Drumnasticks” - I Got Rhythm (1936) - Decca 1240 A
Jimmy Carr and his Orch (Vincent Calendo v) - Precious Little One (1935) - Melotone 6 01 06

"From Near and Far" February 18, 2011

2011-02-17T19:02:00.006-05:00

(Week 247)

This RADIOLA! celebrates a number of timely eBay shipments this week, duly transferred and submitted for your listening pleasure.

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Butterbeans and Susie (Eddie Heywood p) - Love Me and The World Is Mine (1926) - Okeh 8323 A
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - So Little Time (1938) - Vocalion 4070
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Howard Lanin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Lucky Day (1926) - Columbia 689 D
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Back Beats (1927) - Brunswick 3490 B
Jack Shilkret and his Orch (Billy Murray v) - Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! (1925) - Victor 19859 A
Al Bernard (Sammy Stept p) - Sally's Not the Same Old Sally (1926) - Columbia 606 D
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Mother and Dad (1928) - Columbia 1428 D
Ted Lewis and his Band - In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town (1932) - Columbia 2652 D 78
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Wolverine Blues (1923) - Okeh 4885 B
Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds - Spanish Dreams (1923) - Columbia A 3839
The Arkansaw Travelers - Copenhagen (1924) - Okeh 40236 B
Mamie Smith (acc by Rega Orch) - That Thing Called Love (1920) - Okeh 4113 A
Bert Williams - Unlucky Blues (1920) - Columbia A 2941
Great White Way Orch (Billy Murray v) - Barney Google (1923) - Victor 19093 (Healey collection)
Milton Berle Betty Garrett - Everything I've Got Belongs To You (1947) - RCA Victor 45-0017 (courtesy Peter Doyle)
West End Jazz Band (Leah Bezin v) - Wake Up and Live (2008) - Sunny Side Up (Rivermont BSW-2208)
Ernest Hare - My Sunny Tennessee (1921) - Okeh 4422 A
Gene Rodemich's Orch - Three Little Words (1922) - Brunswick 2381 B
Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds - Halleleujah Blues (1923) - Columbia A 3839
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - The Calinda (1927) - Victor 20882 A
Frank Banta - I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (1925) - Victor 19839 B
Leo Reisman and his Orch - Here I Am (1926) - Columbia 701 D
Jimmie Rodgers - In My Little Old Home Town In New Orleans [sic] (1928) - Regal Zonophone T 5341
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Shadows On The Wall (1928) - Columbia 1428 D
Wilmoth Houdini - Arima Tonight, Sangre Grande Tomorrow Night (1931) - Poor but Ambitious (Arhoolie CD 7010)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Rhythm Rag (1925) - Victor 19773 B
The Five Harmaniacs - Carolina Bound (1926) - Brunswick 3664 A
Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians - Hop Head (1927) - Columbia 953 D
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - The Old Apple Tree (1938) - Vocalion 4070
Midge Williams and her Jazz Jesters - The Lady Is a Tramp (1937) - Vocalion 3865
Ethel and Dorothea Ponce - Sailin' On (1927) - Columbia 1228 D

"Blame The Weather!" February 11, 2011

2011-02-10T19:02:00.004-05:00

(Week 246)

"The dog ate my playlist" has gotten a bit tired, so this RADIOLA! blames the necessity of snow removal for any perceived expediency and randomness.

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Billie Holiday - It's Easy To Blame The Weather (1939) - Volume 7 (1938-1939) (Columbia CK 46180)
Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and their Orch (Revelers v) - Selections from “Good News” (1928) - Victor 35918 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin v) - Miss Annabelle Lee (1927) - Columbia 1088 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky (1928) - Columbia 1441 D
The Gotham Troubadours (Lou Gold) (Les Reis v) - One O'Clock Baby (1927) - Okeh 40834
Johnny Marvin - Pretty Cinderella (1926) - Okeh 40683 B
Los Cuatro Huasos - Que Mal Me Pagas Ingrata (late 1920s) - Victor 80540 B (Argentina)
Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys - So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together (1929) - Bing Crosby 1926-1932 (Timeless CBC 1-004)
California Ramblers - When I Was the Dandy and You Were the Belle (1924) - Columbia 218 D
Georgia Melodians - Hangin' Around (1926) - 1924-1926 (Timeless CBC 1-031)
Johnny De Droit and his New Orleans Jazz Orch - Panama (1924) - Cabaret Echoes (Archeophone OTR-MM10-C1)
Alma Rotter (acc by Panus Trio) - Gone (1926) - Okeh 40645 A
Bert Williams - I Want to Know Where Tosti Went (1920) - Columbia A 3305
Papa Charlie Jackson - Shave 'Em Dry (1925) - Sissy Man Blues (Jass J-CD-13)
Eubie Blake - Charleston Rag (Sounds of Africa) (ca. 1969) - Tricky Fingers (Quicksilver QSCD -903)
Molly Ryan - Night Wind (2007) - Songbird In The Moonlight (Loup-garous LG-1003)
Victor Military Band - “Row, Row, Row” Medley (1913) - Victor 17276 A
Sophie Tucker and her Five Kings of Syncopation - Don't Put a Tax on the Beautiful Girls (1919) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama 1910-1922 (Archeophone 5010)
Fate Marable's Society Syncopators - Pianoflage (1924) - Cabaret Echoes (Archeophone OTR-MM10-C1)
Vincent Rose Jackie Taylor and their Hollywood Orch (IK v) - In My Little Dream House on the Hill (1927) - Columbia 1309 D
Gonzales Jazz Band - Manojito De Claveles (late 1920s) - Disco Electra 1128
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Bing Crosby v) - Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now (1928) - Columbia 1441 D
Tiny Parham and his Musicians - Blue Island Blues (1929) - Victor V 38041 B
Hightower's Nighthawks - Squeeze Me (1927) - Cabaret Echoes (Archeophone OTR-MM10-C1)
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - It's Tight Like That (1928) - Sissy Man Blues (Jass J-CD-13)
Will Osborne and his Orch - Down By The River (1935) - Melotone 13329 B
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - He Ain't Got Rhythm (1937) - Bluebird B 6758 B
Harlem Hamfats - Garbage Man (The Call of the Freaks) (1936) - Sissy Man Blues (J-CD-13)
Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye (Tommy Ryan v) - A Strange Loneliness (1937) - Perfect 8 01 02
Billie Holiday - Sugar (That Sugar Baby O'Mine) (1939) - Volume 7 (1938-1939) (Columbia CK 46180)
The New York Syncopators (Goofus Five) (Smith Ballew v) - Dream Train (1929) - Okeh 41202

"Begin to Recover" February 4, 2011

2011-02-03T19:30:00.003-05:00

(Week 245)

This RADIOLA! is dedicated to those who are now digging out from the worst winter storm in decades. (I feel your pain--assuming it's in the lower lumbar region.)

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Joan Edwards and her Orch - Let's Begin (1940) - Liberty Music Shop L-303
Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (Revelers v) - Selections from Funny Face (1928) - Victor 35918 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Knickerbockers (Selvin) (Charles Kaley v) - Rio Rita (1927) - Columbia 893 D
The New York Syncopators (Goofus Five) (Ed Kirkeby v) - Caressing You (1929) - Okeh 41202
Vincent Rose Jackie Taylor and their Hollywood Orch (IK v) - Did You Mean It? (1927) - Columbia 1177 D
Vaughn De Leath - Where'd You Get Those Eyes? (1926) - Silvertone 3830 B
Little Jack Little - What D'ya Say? (1928) - Columbia 1589 D
Wilmoth Houdini - Uncle Jo' Gimmie Mo'! (1928) - Poor but Ambitious (Arhoolie CD 7010)
California Ramblers - Where The Dreamy Wabash Flows (1924) - Columbia 153 D
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orch - Kinky Kids Parade (1925) - Okeh 40471 A
King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band - Zulus Ball (1923) - Archeophone OTR-MM6-C2
Rev J. M. Gates - There's One Thing I Know (1926) - Okeh 8388 B
Sophie Tucker and her Five Kings of Syncopation - You Can't Remember What I Can't Forget (1919) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama 1910-1922 (Archeophone 5010)
Billy Jones - I Don't Want to Get Married (1924) - Okeh 40299 B
Dan Levinson's Trans-Atlantic Saxtette - If Winter Comes (2008) - Ghosts of the Saxophone (Stomp Off CD1430)
West End Jazz Band - Burnin' the Iceberg (2010) - Rivermont Sampler (Rivermont BEP-201)
Charles Nabell - Little Joe (1925) - Okeh 40418 B (St Louis)
Bert Williams - It's Nobody's Business But My Own (1918) - Columbia A 2750
The Lanin Orch - I'm Somebody Nobody Loves (1923) - Okeh 40037 B
Ted Lewis and his Band - I Wish't I Was in Peoria (1925) - Columbia 543 D
Billy Hays and his Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - My Miami Moon (1928) - Okeh 40996
Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys - Stein Song (1930) - Columbia 2151 D
Milton Charles organ (Ned Miller v) - Sweethearts on Parade (1928) - Columbia 1730 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Austin Young v) - Mother Goose Parade (1928) - Columbia 1478 D
The Lion - Bargee Pelauri (1936) - Calypsos From Trinidad (Arhoolie CD 7004)
Tommy Ladnier and his Orch - Really The Blues (1938) - Bluebird B 10089 B
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Someone To Care For Me (1937) - Bluebird B 6725 B
Louis (King) Garcia and His Swing Band (Don Darcy v) - Swing, Mr. Charlie (1936) - New York Jazz Combos 1935-1937 - Hep CD 1077
Layton and Johnstone - Love in Bloom (1934) - Columbia DB 1433
Joan Edwards and her Orch - Yesterdays (1940) - Liberty Music Shop L-303
Frank and Milt Britton's Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - One More Kiss Then Good Night (1931) - Romeo 1767 B

"Fairly Unbalanced" January 28, 2011

2011-01-27T19:45:00.002-05:00

(Week 244)

This RADIOLA! seeks to find its center by veering off in all directions.

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Les Reis - Yes She Do No She Don't (1927) - Okeh 40804
The Okeh Melodians (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Rain or Shine (1928) - Okeh 41017
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ted Lewis and his Band - Don't Wake Me Up Let Me Dream (1925) - Columbia 531 D
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Forevermore (1928) - Columbia 1364 D
Fred Rich and his Hotel Astor Orch (James Melton v) - You Took Advantage of Me (1928) - Columbia 1389 D
Ford and Glenn - I Get the Blues When it Rains (1928) - Columbia 1720 D
James Bolton (Irving Kaufman) - Contented (1928) - Romeo 956
Happiness Boys (Jones & Hare D Kaplan p) - I Love the College Girls (1927) - Okeh 40785 A
Erdody's Hotel PA Orch - Dolly (Vincent Youmans) (1921) - Okeh 4352 B
California Ramblers - You Know Me Alabam' (1924) - Columbia 153 D
The Lanin Orch - I Want To See My Tennessee (1924) - Okeh 40219 B
Wilmoth Houdini - The Cooks in Trinidad (1931) - Poor but Ambitious (Arhoolie CD 7010)
The Growler - Too Botheration (1938) - Calypsos From Trinidad (Arhoolie CD 7004)
Felix And His Krazy Kats - Bei Mir Du Schoen - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)
Bix Centennial All Stars (James Langton v) - From Monday On (2002) - Celebrating Bix! Arbors ARCD 19271
Anachronic Jazz Band - Yardbird Suite (1976) - JBM 34011
Harry Macdonough and Haydn Quartet - The Girl of My Dreams (1910) - Victor 5800
Bert Williams - Get Up (1920) - Columbia A 3305
California Ramblers - Linger Awhile (1923) - Columbia 49 D
Vincent Rose Jackie Taylor and their Hollywood Orch (IK v) - Lovely Little Silhouette (1927) - Columbia 1309 D
Ted Lewis and his Band - Moonlight Madness (1928) - Columbia 1485 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Austin Young v) - Felix the Cat (1928) - Columbia 1478 D
Jessica Dragonette - Giannina Mia (1929) - Brunswick 7444
Milton Charles organ (Ned Miller v) - I'm Sorry Sally (1928) - Columbia 1730 D
Nick Lucas (Sammy Stept p) - Let Me Live and Love You Just For To-night (1926) - Brunswick 3283 B
Albert Taylor and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Russ Morgan v) - Throw Another Log on the Fire (1933) - Conqueror 8267 A
Tommy Ladnier and his Orch - When You and I Were Young Maggie (1938) - Bluebird B 10089 A
King Radio - Old Men Come Back Again - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)
Harmony Kings' Orchestra -Anything for Love (Tango Calypso) (1938) - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder CD 1077)
Nelson Eddy Jeanette McDonald - Will You Remember? (1937) - Victor 4329 A
The Okeh Melodians (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Forever and Ever (1928) - Okeh 41017

"There'll Come a Time" January 21, 2011

2011-01-20T19:09:00.005-05:00

(Week 243)

This RADIOLA! looks forward to good things (for a change).

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Happiness Boys (Jones & Hare D Kaplan p) - The Coat and Pants Do All The Work (1927) - Okeh 40785 B
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - There'll Come a Time (1928) - Parlophone R 2097
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Fred Rich and his Hotel Astor Orch (James Melton v) - Do You Hear Me Saying “I Love You” (1928) - Columbia 1389 D
Wayne King and his Orch (Burke Bivens v) - Swamp Ghosts (1930) - Victor 22600 B
The Knickerbockers (Selvin) (Johnny Marvin v) - The Kinkajou (1927) - Columbia 893 D
Nick Lucas - Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses (1926) - Brunswick 3283 A
Lowe Stokes and his North Georgians - Wave That Frame (1928) - Columbia 15367 D
Ponce Sisters - Fit as a Fiddle (1932) - Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang (Mosaic MD8-213/7)
Varsity Eight - Easy Melody (1923) - Cameo 445
Georgia Melodians (Vernon Dalhart v) - Red Hot Henry Brown (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-031
Boyd Senter - Mobile Blues (1924) - Puritan 11341 B
Clara Smith - My John Blues (1925) - Columbia 14077 D
Shelton Brooks - It Takes Money to Cure the Blues (1923) - Okeh 4823 A
Vernon Dalhart - Go Long Mule (1924) - Puritan 11347 B
Moran and Mack (Luckey Roberts p) - Two Black Crows Part 3 (1927) - Columbia 1094 D
Rudy Wiedoeft (Oscar Levant p) - Sax O Phun (1926) - Columbia 761 D
Bert Williams - Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar (1918) - Columbia A 2750
The Virginians - Farewell Blues (1923) - Victor 19032 A
Georgia Melodians - Ev'rybody's Charleston Crazy (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-031
The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - Thinking (1926) - Columbia 710 D
Lillian Morton - Evening Star (1928) - Okeh 41072
Los Cuatro Huasos - Veinticinco Limones - Victor 80540 A (Argentina)
Harry Reser - Ukulele Lady (1925) - Columbia 409 D
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch (Bing Crosby v) - Mississippi Mud (1928) - Parlophone R 2097
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Let's Do It (1928) - Columbia 1701 D
The Palm Beach Boys - Under The Moon (1927) - Okeh 40878
Phil Spitalny and his Orch (Paul Specht) (Scrappy Lambert v) - If You Were The Only Girl In The World (1930) - Pathe X 6320 (France)
Vincent Rose Jackie Taylor and their H'wood Orch (IK v) - Blue River (1927) - Columbia 1177 D
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Eubie Blake or Frank Munn v) - Dancing in the Dark (1931) - Columbia 2473 D
Ted Lewis and his Band - Egyptian Ella (1931) - Columbia 2428 D
The Gotham Troubadours (Lou Gold) (Les Reis v) - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Okeh 40834

"I'm Always Smiling" January 14, 2011

2011-01-14T23:28:00.002-05:00

(Week 242)

For the moment, at least. This upbeat RADIOLA! features lots of nice Columbia and Okeh transfers for your listening enjoyment.

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Dan Hornsby Novelty Quartet - Oh! By Jingo (1928) - Columbia 1637 D
Billy Hays and his Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - I'm Always Smiling (1928) - Okeh 40996
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ted Lewis and his Band - That Certain Party (1925) - Columbia 531 D
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Under the Moon (1927) - Columbia 1048 D
Wayne King and his Orch - Goofus (1930) - Victor 22600 A
Lillian Morton - Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky (1928) - Okeh 41072
Les Reis - Positively Absolutely (1927) - Okeh 40804
The Palm Beach Boys - Magnolia (1927) - Okeh 40878
Guyon's Paradise Orch - You Didn't Want Me When I Wanted You (1923) - Okeh 40037 A
California Ramblers - Back Where the Daffodils Grow (1924) - Columbia 218 D
Ted Lewis and his Band - Popular Favorites (1923) - Columbia Sample Record 1 S
Vaughn De Leath - Can't Feel Jolly Blues (1922) - Okeh 4588 B
Clara Smith - Shipwrecked Blues (1925) - Columbia 14077 D
Ernest Hare - Oh Brother, What a Feelin'! (1921) - Okeh 4422 B
Rudy Wiedoeft (Oscar Levant p) - Valse Mazanetta (1926) - Columbia 761 D
Harry Reser - Heebe Jeebes (Reser) (1925) - Columbia 409 D
The Virginians - Apple Sauce (1923) - Victor 19032 B
Billy Jones - Of All My Wife's Relations I Love Myself the Best (1925) - Okeh 40299 A
Rega Dance Orch - Jokes (Okeh Laughing Dance Record) Pt 2 (1922) - Okeh 4731 B
Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) -After My Laughter Came Tears (1927) - Columbia 1254 D
The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - Tenderly (1926) - Columbia 710 D
Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys - Telling It To The Daisies (1930) - Columbia 2151 D
Mitchell Brothers - Give Me a Ukulele and a Ukulele Baby (1926) - Victor 20324 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Japansy (1928) - Columbia 1364 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Austin Young v) - Japanese Mammy (1928) - Columbia 1701 D
Little Jack Little - Ev'rybody Loves You (1928) - Columbia 1589 D
Johnny Marvin - Trudy (1926) - Okeh 40683 A
Lowe Stokes and his North Georgians - Take Me To The Land of Jazz (1928) - Columbia 15367 D
Ben Selvin and his Orch - High and Low (1931) - Columbia 2473 D
Ted Lewis and his Band (Fats Waller v) - I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (1931) - Columbia 2428 D
The Knickerbockers (Selvin) (IK v) - Roam On My Little Gypsy Sweetheart (1927) - Columbia 1088 D

"Kings and Pretenders" January 7, 2011

2011-01-07T00:27:00.002-05:00

(Week 241)

This RADIOLA! concerns monarchs of various realms and those who would pretend to be.

In particular, we focus in on Tempo King and his vocal resemblance to crooner Don Darcy, aka John Arcesi. Darcy/Arcesi worked with major bands from the mid-1930s through the 1940s and recorded an album of psychedelia in 1971.

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Dennis King - Song of the Vagabonds (1925) - Victor 19897 A
Frank Froeba and his Swing Band (Tempo King v) - It Ain't Nobody's Biz'ness What I Do (1936) - Bunny Berigan (Mosaic 219)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - We'll Have a Kingdom (1926) - Victor 20338 B
Wayne King and his Orch - Song of the Islands (1929) - Victor 22301 B
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - That's a Plenty (1929) - Jazz Oracle BSW 8024
Harry Richman - King For A Day (1928) - Brunswick 4035
Louis (King) Garcia and His Swing Band (Don Darcy v) - Love Is Like a Cigarette (1936) - New York Jazz Combos 1935-1937 - Hep CD 1077
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Floating On A Bubble (1937) - Bluebird B 6780 B
Van Eps Trio - The Original Fox Trot (1915) - Victor 17677-A
Sophie Tucker and her Five Kings of Syncopation - Everybody Shimmies Now (1919) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama 1910-1922 (Archeophone 5010)
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dippermouth Blues (1923) - Off The Record (Archeophone OTR-MM6-C2)
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Rhythm King (1928) - Complete Bix Beiderbecke
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - Futuristic Rhythm (1929) - Jazz Oracle BSW 8024
Washboard Rhythm Kings - Hummin' to Myself (1932) - Volume 2--1932
Louis (King) Garcia and His Swing Band (Don Darcy v) - Christopher Columbus (1936) - New York Jazz Combos 1935-1937 - Hep CD 1077
Paul Monty Dance Band - Masquerade (1932) - Sterno 1040
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Alligator Crawl (1937) - Vocalion 3653
Sophie Tucker and her Five Kings of Syncopation - Learning (1920) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama 1910-1922 (Archeophone 5010)
Al Bernard - The King Isn't King Any More (1925) - orig Edison 51577-L
King Oliver's Jazz Band - High Society Rag (1923) - Off The Record CD (Archeophone OTR-MM6-C2)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Broken Hearted (1927) - Victor 20757 B
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - Tell Me (1930) - Jazz Oracle BSW 8024
Frank Froeba and his Swing Band (Tempo King v) - Just To Be In Caroline (1936) - Bunny Berigan (Mosaic 219)
Prince's Orch - Narcissus (Nevin) (1910) - Columbia A 912
Sophie Tucker and her Five Kings of Syncopation - It's All Over Now (1920) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama 1910-1922 (Archeophone 5010)
Van Eps Trio - Notoriety Rag (1914) - Victor 17601-B
Frank Luther and his Orch (Victor Young) - Spellbound (1934) - Melotone M 13050 A
Henry King and his Hotel Pierre Orch (Joe Sudy v) - You've Got Everything (1933) - Vocalion 2562-A
Chicago Rhythm Kings - Stompin' at the Savoy (1936) - Bluebird B-6412-A
Louis (King) Garcia and His Swing Band (Don Darcy v) - There Is No Greater Love (1936) - New York Jazz Combos 1935-1937 - Hep CD 1077
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - High, Wide and Handsome (1937) - Vocalion 3630
Meyer Davis' Hotel Astor Orch (Joe Moss dir) (SL v) - Farewell (1930) - Brunswick 4728

Rare 1952 footage concerning John Arcesi's "spellbinding" publicity stunt:

CBS Interview 1952

John RC Arcesia | Myspace Video

"New Year's Dance Party 2011" December 31, 2010

2010-12-31T01:19:00.004-05:00

(Week 240)

Ring in the New Year with this special four-hour RADIOLA!

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The New Year's Eve show from last year is still available for listening through this playlist link.

Billy Reid and the London Piano Accordeon Band - Roll Up the Carpets (1933) - Regal Zono MB 1008
Jim Davidson and his Palais Royal Orch - Fair and Warmer (1934) - Regal Zono G22154 (Australia)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Meyer Davis' Hotel Astor Orch (Joe Moss dir) (SL v) - Oh! How I Adore You (1930) - Brunswick 4728
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Sugar Blues (1931) - Melotone M 13409 A
Billy Merrin and his Commanders (Sam Browne v) - My Hat's On The Side Of My Head (1933) - Regal Zono MR 1262
Layton and Johnstone - With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming (1934) - Columbia DB 1433
Dan Roberts and his Home Towners (Jack Berger) (Jan Peerce v) - Remember Me (1932) - Melotone 12557
Will Osborne and his Orch (Freddy Martin) - I Couldn't Tell Them What to Do (1933) - Perfect 15786 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Little Dutch Mill (1934) - Melotone M 13117B
Billy Cotton and his Band - Ridin' Around In The Rain (1934) - Regal Zono MR 1361
Hotel Bossert Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - I've Got to Pass Your House to Get to My House (1933) - Melotone M 12725
David Brynley - Let Me Love You Tonight (1934) - Regal Zono MR 1292
Harry Wilson and his Orch (Jacques Renard) (Howard Phillips v) - This Is Romance (1933) - Edison Bell Winner W64 B
Ken Drake and his Orch (Jimmy Ray v) - Posin' (1937) - Bluebird B 7023 A
Don Walker and his Orch (Henry King) (Joe Sudy v) - Straight From the Shoulder (1934) - Vocalion 2767 B
Johnny Hamp and his Orch (Johnny McAfee v) - From the Top of Your Head (1935) - Melotone 35 10 21 A
Ray Nichols and his Palais Royal Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Louise (1929) - Harmony 902 H
Ed Blossom and his New Englanders (BHSO) (IK v) - My Tonia (1928) - Harmony 796 H
Kenn Sisson and his Orch (Francis Luther v) - The Whole World Knows I Love You (1928) - Brunswick 4120
Morton Downey - Accent on Youth (1935) - Melotone 5 11 08
Albert Taylor and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Temptation (1934) - Conqueror 8267 B
Will Osborne and his Orch - It's Easy to Remember (1935) - Melotone 13329 A
Charlie Davis and his Orch (Ruby Wright v) - My Old Flame (1934) - Melotone M 13054 A
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - Song Without Words (1933) - Victor 24555 B
Adrian Rollini and his Orch (Herb Weil v) - I Raised My Hat (1933) - Melotone M 12855
Bob and Alf Pearson - Rambling Down The Roadway (1932) - Imperial 2727
Billy Reid and the London Piano Accordeon Band - There's a Cabin in the Pines (1933) - Regal Zono MB 1008
Hotel Bossert Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Gypsy Fiddles (1933) - Melotone M 12725
Dick Robertson and his Orch - The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1933) - Melotone 12814
Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye (Tommy Ryan v) - Have You Met Miss Jones? (1937) - Perfect 8 01 02
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Stanley Worth v) - How Can We Be Wrong? (1938) - Brunswick 8224
Edith Evans (Ray Mayer p) - Kansas City Kitty (1929) - Brunswick 4291
Jack Leon and his Band - Tie a Little String Around Your Finger (1931) - Piccadilly 853
Jay Wilbur and his Band - Shadows on the Window (1932) - Imperial 2771
Vincent Lopez and his St. Regis Hotel Orch (Johnny Morris v) - Spellbound (1934) - Regal Zono MB 1361
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Riptide (1934) - Melotone M 13117 A
Johnny Hamp and his Orch (Johnny McAfee v) - Without a Word of Warning (1935) - Melotone 35 10 21 A
Rudy Marlow and his Orch (Selvin) - In My Little Hope Chest (1930) - Diva 3118 G
Owen Fallon and his CA'ns (Jack Berger) (Jan Peerce v) - A Boy and a Girl Were Dancing (1932) - Melotone M 12565
Will Osborne and his Orch (Freddy Martin) - Under a Blanket of Blue (1933) - Perfect 15786 A
Maurice Winnick and his Orch - Alone (1935) - Parlophone F 395
Jim Davidson and his Palais Royal Orch - I'll String Along (1934) - Regal Zono C22154 (Australian)
Frank Luther and his Orch (Victor Young) - Don't Let it Happen Again (1934) - Melotone M 13050 A
June Pursell (with Roy Fox c) - Marianne (1929) - Brunswick 4504
Jay Wilbur and his Band - Marta (1932) - Imperial 2771
Japanese Vocalist with Orch - Sentimental Journey (1940s) - Columbia A 820 (Japan)
The Spirits of Rhythm - Scattin' the Blues (1945) - Black & White 23 B
Morton Downey - Cheek to Cheek (1935) - Melotone 5 11 08
Billy Merrin and his Commanders (Sam Browne v) - No More Heartaches, No More Tears (1933) - Regal Zono MR 1262
Maurice Winnick and hia Orch - The Sunset Trail (1935) - Parlophone F 395
Don Walker and his Orch (Henry King) (Joe Sudy v) - Love in Bloom (1934) - Vocalion 2767 A
Jack Leon and his Band - For You (1931) - Piccadilly 853
Owen Fallon and his CA'ns (Jack Berger) (Jan Peerce v) - So At Last It's Come To This (1932) - Melotone M 12565
Abe Lyman and his Orch (Olga Sardi v) - I Was Doing All Right (1937) - Bluebird B 7369 A
Ken Drake and his Orch (Jimmy Ray v) - If You Ever Should Leave (1937) - Bluebird B 7023 B
Jim Davidson and his Palais Royal Orch - I'll Do My Best to Make You Happy (1933) - Regal Zono G21718
Will Osborne and his Orch - For All We Know (1934) - Perfect 15960 A
Harry Wilson and his Orch (Jacques Renard) (Paul Small v) - Close Your Eyes (1933) - Edison Bell Winner W64 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Stanley Worth v) - My Reverie (1938) - Brunswick 8224
The Midnight Minstrels - Love Is The Sweetest Thing (1932) - Regal Zono MR 787
Charlie Davis and his Orch (Goof Morrison v) - Fare Thee Well (1934) - Melotone M 13041 A
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - My Song Goes Round The World (1933) - Victor 24555 A

"Bittersweet" December 24, 2010

2010-12-23T19:00:00.004-05:00

(Week 239)

This RADIOLA! celebrates the memory of a beautiful and vivacious person with fitting selections.

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Tony Martin - A Star Fell Out of Heaven (1936) - Decca 884
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Black Beauty (1928) - orig Victor 21580
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Snooks' Memphis Ramblers - Hello Beautiful (1931) - Victor 23038
University Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Miss Wonderful (1929) - Gennett 7011
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - My Pretty Girl (take 2) (1927) - Bix Restored Disc 2 (Sunbeam)
Wendell Hall - Ain't She Sweet (1927) - Legendary Entertainers of the 1920s (Pro Arte Digital)
Noel Coward (w Carroll Gibbons orch) - Dance, Little Lady (1928) - The Roaring 'Twenties (Flapper)
Annette Hanshaw - Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) - orig Harmony 878 H
The Original Six (George Kelly) - Don't Forget (1922) - Okeh 4574 A
The Red Caps - Rememb'ring (1923) - Okeh 4989 B
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) - The Charleston Era (ASV)
Whispering Jack Smith (w Bert Ambrose Orch) - Miss Annabelle Lee (1928) - The Charleston Era (ASV)
Charles King (w Roy Shields Orch) - Broadway Melody (1929) - The Roaring 'Twenties (Flapper)
Fred Astaire - Let's Face The Music And Dance (1936) - Top Hat, White Tie & Tails (Naxos)
Ian Whitcomb and Dick Zimmerman - Bittersweet (1982) - Don't Say Goodbye Miss Ragtime (Stomp Off SOS 1017)
Al Gallodoro with Paul Whiteman's Orch - Summertime (1948) - Paul Whiteman Conducts Gershwin CD1
Dan Levinson's Eleven Sons of Rosy - Now That You're Gone (2001) - Where The Morning Glories Grow (Loup-garous LG1002)
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Miss You (1929) - Columbia 1896 D
Abe Lyman and his Orch (Grace Barrie v) - I Cover The Waterfront (1933) - Brunswick 6572
Archie Bleyer and his Orch (Russ Morgan v) - You Are My Lucky Star (1935) - Melotone 35 10 23 A
Johnny Marvin - Marvelous (1927) - Victor 20893 A
Ace Brigode and his Fourteen Virginians - Yes Sir, That's My Baby! (1925) - orig Columbia 398 D
International Novelty Orch - Oh Boy What a Girl (1925) - Victor 19817 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Charleston (1925) - orig Victor 19671 B
Johnny Hamp and his Kentucky Serenaders - Black Bottom (1926) - orig Victor 20101
Bix Beiderbecke - In a Mist (1927) - Vocalion 3150
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - Beautiful Girl (1933) - Vocalion 2559
Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight (1936) - Top Hat, White Tie & Tails (Naxos)
Carl Ravell (Ravazza) and his Orch - Gone With The Wind (1937) - Perfect 7 08 07
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Jerry Cooper v) - Too Marvelous For Words (1937) - Victor 25517
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Billie Holiday v) - Trav'lin' Light (1943) - Capitol 116
Walter Huston - Lost in the Stars (1944) - Decca DU 40001

"All Lit Up" December 17, 2010

2010-12-16T19:15:00.003-05:00

(Week 238)

This RADIOLA! asserts that it is preferable to light a single candle and curse the darkness.

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Frank Luther - Barnacle Bill The Sailor (1928) - Brunswick 4180
Music in the Russ Morgan Manner - Ragging The Scale (1937) - Brunswick 7925
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Charley Straight and his Orch - Too Busy (1928) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
D. Onivas and his Orch - Take Me Along (1927) - Supertone 36632 B
Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (SMT v) - I Wonder Where We've Met Before (1925) - Victor 19798 B
Kitty O'Connor - Because I Love You (1926) - Columbia 755 D
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - In The Hush of The Night (1929) - Columbia 1896 D
Correll and Gosden - I Never Knew What the Moonlight Could Do (1926) - Victor 20324
Marion Harris - I Ain't Got Nobody (1920) - Columbia A 3371
Morrison's Jazz Orch - I Know Why (1920) - Columbia A 2945
Isham Jones Orch - Someone Else Walked Right In (1923) - Brunswick 2456 A
Jim Europe's Four Harmony Kings - One More Ribber to Cross (1919) - Pathe Actuelle 020871
The Southland Jubilee Singers - Who Stole De Lock Off De Hen House Door (1928) - Champion 15543 A
Harlem Hot Shots (Wingy Mannone) - House Rent Party Day (1935) - Melotone M 13353 B
Dick Hyman and Tom Pletcher and their Gang - Rialto Ripples (2003) - If Bix Played Gershwin (Arbors 19283)
Anachronic Jazz Band - Salt Peanuts (1978) - Complete Audio Recordings (JBM 34011)
Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan - We've Got a Parrot In Our House (1913) - Columbia A 1358
Nora Bayes - Saturday (1921) - Columbia A 3471
Ted Lewis and his Band - Home Again Blues (1921) - Columbia A 3464
Ted Weems and his Orch - Oh! If I Only Had You (1926) - Victor 20133 B
International Novelty Orch (E J Daly v) - Medley Fox Trot from “A Sale and a Sailor” (1926) - Victor 19982 B
Fred Hamm and his Orch - Bye Bye Blues (1925) - Victor 19662 B
Ted Lewis and his Band - Lonely Troubadour (1929) - Columbia 1957 D
Belle Baker - Overnight (1931) - Brunswick 6051
Ethel Waters - Birmingham Bertha (1929) - Columbia 1837 D
Lee Sims - Talking To The Moon (1926) - Brunswick 3202 A
Frank and Milt Britton's Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - All Of Me (1931) - Romeo 1767 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Irene Taylor v) - So At Last It's Come To This (1932) - Victor 24187 B
Bill Staffon and his Orch - Why Stars Come Out At Night (1935) - Bluebird B 6049 A
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang - Darktown Strutters' Ball (1936) - Brunswick 7657
Abe Lyman and his Orch (Frank Parrish v) - Love Is Here To Stay (1937) - Bluebird B 7369 B

"A Hot Time" December 10, 2010

2010-12-09T19:20:00.002-05:00

(Week 237)

This RADIOLA! strives to lighten the encroaching gloom of winter with some lively and counter-intuitive selections.

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Miff Mole's Molers - A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight (1927) - “Slippin' Around” (Frog DGF 19)
The Caresser - The More They Try to Do Me Bad (1938) - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Edwin J McEnelly's Orch (L James E Shaw v) - Normandy (1925) - Victor 19841 A
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - It's Hard To Laugh Or Smile (1928) - Kansas City Breakdown (Frog DGF 30)
Charley Straight and his Orch - Deep Henderson (1926) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
Frank Banta - The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (1928) - Upright and Grand (Rivermont BSW 1142)
Aileen Stanley Billy Murray (Frank Banta p) - Who Wouldn't (1926) - Victor 20148 B
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Where The Shy Little Violets Grow (1928) - Columbia 1716 D
Jockers' Dance Orch - Yama Yama Blues (Intro You're Some Pretty Doll) (1919) - Columbia A 2741
Marion Harris - Where Is My Daddy Now Blues (1920) - Columbia A 3371
Dixie Daisies - Away Down East In Maine (1923) - Cameo 312
Ethel Waters - Am I Blue (1929) - Columbia 1837 D
Red and Miff's Stompers - Slippin' Around - “Slippin' Around” (Frog DGF 19)
Charley Straight and his Orch (Frank Sylvano v) - That's What I Call Keen (1928) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
Dick Hyman and Tom Pletcher and their Gang - Kongo Kate (2003) - If Bix Played Gershwin (Arbors ARCD 19283)
Anachronic Jazz Band - Giant Steps (Coltrane) (1976) - Anthropology (Jazz in Paris)
Molly Ryan - I Was Lucky (2007) - Songbird In The Moonlight (Loup-garous LG 1003)
Joe Weber and Lew Fields - Drinking Scene (1912) - Columbia A 1159
William H Reitz -Dance California (Gregory) (1913) - Victor 17357 B
Ted Lewis Jazz Band - Number One (1920) - Columbia A 2945
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Just Say It's Me (1929) - Kansas City Breakdown (Frog DGF 30)
Majestic Dance Orch (Lanin) (A Lawrence v) - Love Me Or Leave Me (1929) - Perfect 15159 B
Charley Straight and his Orch - Hobo's Prayer (1926) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
Lee Morse - My Idea of Heaven (1927) - Columbia 974 D
Edith Evans (Ray Mayer p) - My Kinda Love (1929) - Brunswick 4291
Belle Baker - You're The One I Care For (1931) - Brunswick 6051
Frank Banta - What's the Use? (1930) - Upright and Grand (Rivermont BSW 1142)
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - By a Waterfall (1933) - Vocalion 2547 A
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Tear It Down (1933) - Melotone M 13409 B
Miff Mole's Molers - The New Twister (1927) - Slippin' Around (Frog DGF 19)
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Justrite (take 3) (1928) - Kansas City Breakdown (Frog DGF 30)
Kitty O'Connor - I'm On My Way Home (1926) - Columbia 755 D

"Attention, Please!" December 3, 2010

2010-12-02T20:59:00.006-05:00

(Week 236)

This RADIOLA! suggests that attention must be paid. (Or not.)

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For a limited time, order two CDs from Bryan Wright's excellent Rivermont label and receive a free 7" LP. (One of the selections on the bonus record is the West End Jazz Band playing "Burnin' The Iceberg" the day after they performed the version heard on this program.)

Sir Henry Lytton - If you give me your attention (1932) - Princess Ida (Conifer 75605 52273 2B)
Andre Kostelanetz Conducts - Bugle Call Rag (1938) - Brunswick 8214
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Edwin J McEnelly's Orch (Billy Murray v) - What a Blue Eyed Baby You Are (1925) - Victor 19841 A
Majestic Dance Orch (Harry Salter) (Bob Merwin v) - I'm Just a Vagabond Lover (1929) - Perfect 15159
Arthur Lally and the Million Airs - Sing a Little Jingle (1931) - Decca F 2612
Nick Lucas - I Found Somebody To Love (1925) - Brunswick 2990 B
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - You Are My Own (1928) - Columbia 1716 D
Gladys Rice Franklyn Baur (Arden and Ohman p) - I May Be Wrong (1929) - Victor 22226 A
Isham Jones Orch - Blue Hoosier Blues (1923) - Brunswick 2456 B
Dixie Daisies - Bees Knees (1923) - Cameo 312
Ted Lewis and his Band - Wang Wang Blues (1921) - Columbia A 3464
Bing Crosby - Blue Hawaii (Take B) (1937) - Chronological Bing Crosby Vol. 19 (Jonzo)
The Lion - Bing Crosby (1939) - Roosevelt in Trinidad (Rounder)
King Radio - Two Sisters Scandal (1939) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family)
Bryan Wright - Soliloquy (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont)
Sir Henry Lytton - Whene'er I spoke sarcastic joke (1932) - Princess Ida (Conifer 75605 52273 2B)
West End Jazz Band - Burnin' The Iceberg (2010) - Recorded 20100515 Huntington WV
Male Voices - My Creole Sue (1902) - Columbia A 866
Eddie Weston - They've Got Me Doing It Now (1913) - Columbia A 1358
William H. Reitz - Buffalo News March (Lampe) (1913) - Victor 17357 A
June Pursell (with Roy Fox c) - When I See My Sugar (1929) - Brunswick 4504
Seattle Harmony Kings - If I Had a Girl Like You (1925) - Victor 19772 A
Johnny Johnson and his Statler PA'ns (Bob Treaster v) - Speedy Boy (1928) - Victor 21275 A
Aileen Stanley Billy Murray (Frank Banta p) - I Can't Get Over a Girl Like You (1926) - Victor 20148 B
Lee Morse - Side By Side (1927) - Columbia 974 D
Gladys Rice Franklyn Baur (Arden and Ohman p) - Just You, Just Me (1929) - Victor 22226 B
Jimmy Carr and his Orch (Joe Hostetter v) - A Little Bit Independent (1935) - Melotone 6 01 06
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - William Tell (1936) - Bluebird B 6534 A
Codallo's Top Hatters Orchestra - Tropical Heat-paseo - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941
Richard Tauber - Mattinata (Leoncavallo) (c 1930) - Odeon 10561
Albert Sandler and his Orch - Masquerade (1932) - Columbia DB 924
Nick Lucas - Sleepy Time Gal (1925) - Brunswick 2990 A

"Stuffing" November 26, 2010

2010-11-25T18:00:00.003-05:00

(Week 235)

This RADIOLA! and a bit of bicarb are the perfect antidote to post-Thanksgiving indigestion.

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Nora Bayes - You've Made a Chicken of Your Mother (But You Can't Make a Goose of Me) (1921) - Columbia A 3471
Andre Kostelanetz Conducts - Turkey In The Straw (1938) - Brunswick 8214
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Charles Dornberger and his Orch (Carl Zoehrns v) - You're Just a Flower From an Old Bouquet (1926) - Victor 19662 A
Jack Chapman's Orch - Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again (1925) - Victor 19915 A
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orch - Bam Bam Bammy Shore (1925) - Victor 19808 A
Kitty O'Connor - Why Can't You Care? (1928) - Columbia 1632 D
Arthur Lally and the Million Airs - Got a Date With an Angel (1931) - Decca F 2612
Bernie Cummins and his NewYorker Hotel Orch - Lucky Little Devil (1930) - Victor 22331 A
Victor Roberts - My Sahara Rose (1920) - Victor 18670 B
The Dixie Stars - Blue-Eyed Sally (1924) - Brunswick 2689 A
Okeh Syncopators (Reser) - The Black Sheep Blues (1923) - Okeh 4978 A
Seattle Harmony Kings - How Many Times? (1926) - Victor 20133 A
Fred Hamm and his Orch - Sugar Foot Stomp (1926) - Victor 20023 A
Ethel Waters (James P Johnson p) - My Handy Man (1928) - Columbia 14353 D
Catherine Russell - Kitchen Man (2008) - Sentimental Streak (World Village 468075)
Catherine Russell - Struttin' With Some Barbeque (2010) - Inside This Heart of Mine (World Village 468092)
Fred Duprez - Happy Tho' Married (1914) - Columbia A 1516
Irving Kaufman - Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar (1919) - Emerson 9184
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Mournin' Blues (1918) - Victor 18513 A
George Olsen and his Music - Lonesome Me (1925) - Victor 19817 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Victor 20675 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Lonely Melody (1928) - Victor 21214 B
Charlie Davis and his Orch (Frank Parrish v) - The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven (1934) - Melotone M 13041 B
Marc Henri - Serenade in the Night (1936) - Regal Zonophone MR 2262
Clark Randall and his Orch (Frank Tennille) - What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasin' You (1935) - Melotone M 13377 A
Irene Williams (Eva Taylor) (Clarence Williams p) - My Different Kind Of Man (1928) - Okeh 41104
Roy Palmer's Sizzling Six - Jockey Stomp (1932) - British Rhythm Society 16 (orig Oriole 8229)
Mississippi Jook Band - Dangerous Woman (1935) - Creole 16 A (Melotone 6 12 71)
Whispering Jack Smith - Cecilia (1940) - Decca F 7647
The Castilians - Besame Tango (1934) - Decca 111 B
Henry Burr - Always (1926) - Victor 19959 A

"Stay at Home!" November 19, 2010

2010-11-18T20:58:00.005-05:00

(Week 234)

This RADIOLA! strongly suggests that we leave the driving to them.

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Mask and Wig Glee Chorus (U Penn) - Gems from “A Sale and a Sailor” (1926) - Victor 19982 A
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - The Grass Grows Greener (1928) - Victor 21275 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Seattle Harmony Kings - Breezin' Along With the Breeze (1926) - Victor 20142 A
Kenn Sisson and his Orch (Eddy Thomas v) - 'Round Evening (1928) - Brunswick 4120
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orch - Look Who's Here (1925) - Victor 19808 B
Jack Smith - When Autumn Leaves Are Falling (1926) - Victor 19959 B
Ethel Waters (James P. Johnson p) - Guess Who's In Town (1928) - Columbia 14353 D
The Four Musketeers - Fit as a Fiddle (1932) - Decca F 3466
Carl Fenton's Orch - Homesick (1922) - Brunswick 2325 A
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (IK v) - That's Why Girls Go Wrong (1928) - Diva 2774 G
Okeh Syncopators (Reser) (Billy Jones v) - Oh You Little Sun-Uv-Er-Gun (1923) - Okeh 4978 B
Bernie Cummins and his New Yorker Hotel Orch - Everybody Tap (1930) - Victor 22331 B
Archie Bleyer and his Orch (Russ Morgan v) - Broadway Rhythm (1935) - Melotone 35 10 23 B
The Castilians - Carioca (1934) - Decca 111 A
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison - A Jazz Study (E. B. Hill) (1922) - Victor 45346 B
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison - Rolling Fire (J. B. Duvernoy) (1922) - Victor 45346 B
Freddie Rose - The Voice of the Southland (1927) - Brunswick 3769 B
Gene Austin (Dave Franklin p May Singhi Breen uke) - Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (1925) - Victor 19899 B
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Clarinet Marmalade Blues (1918) - Victor 18513 B
Whitey Kaufman and his Orch - Deep River Blues (1926) - Victor 20125 A
Willard Robison and his Orch (Murray Johns v) - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Supertone 36632
Seattle Harmony Kings - Darktown Shuffle (1925) - Victor 19772 B
Bob Effros (Arthur Schutt p) - Tin Ear (1929) - Brunswick 4620
Lee Sims - Gotta Feelin' For You (1929) - Brunswick 4650
George Olsen and his Music - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Victor 20089 B
Gerry Fitz-Gerald - It's Home (1934) - Regal Zonophone MR 1553
Adrian Schubert and his Orch (Smith Ballew v) - By The Fireside (1932) - Crown 3274 B
Percival Mackey and his Kit Kat Band (Val Rosing v) - My Heart Is Where The Mohawk Flows Tonight (1931) - Regal MR 445
Billy Cotton and his Band - No Regrets (1936) - Regal Zonophone MR 2261
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - I Would Do Anything For You (1936) - Bluebird B 6534 B
Frank Crumit - Show Me The Way To Go Home (1926) - Victor 19937 A

"Here We Are" November 12, 2010

2010-11-11T18:30:00.005-05:00

(Week 233)

And where else would we be?

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Tom Waring - Here We Are (1929) - Brunswick 4441
Harlem Hot Shots (Wingy Mannone v) - Dust Off That Old Piano (1935) - Melotone M 13353 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Fred Hamm and his Orch - Want a Little Lovin' (1925) - Victor 19915 B
Mike Riggi and his Orch (Leroy Montesano v) - Who Knows? (1927) - Romeo 405
Jim Davidson and his New Palais Royal Orch - Pink Elephants (1933) - Regal Zonophone G21718
Kitty O'Connor - Melancholy Sally (1928) - Columbia 1632 D
Johnny Marvin - Dr. Cheer (Parts 1 & 2) (1931) - Victor 22741
Markel's Orch - Tell Me a Story (1923) - Okeh 4922 A
Oriole Orch - I Need Some Pettin' (1924) - Brunswick 2637 A
Ernie Golden and his Orch (Leroy Montesano v) - Ev'rybody Loves You (1928) - Diva 2774 G
Aileen Stanley - Singin' the Blues (1920) - Victor 18760 B
Dolly Kay - Wabash Blues (1921) - Columbia A 3534
The Dixie Stars - Never Gettin' No Place Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2689 B
Molly Ryan - These Foolish Things (2007) - Songbird In The Moonlight (Loup-garous LG 1003)
Dan Levinson and his Swing Wing - Old Man Moon (2008) - At The Codfish Ball (Loup-garous LG 1004)
Will Rogers - Timely Topics (1923) - Victor 45347 B
Victor Roberts - Oh! How I Laughed When I Think How I Cried About You (1920) - Victor 18670 A
George O'Connor - On My Way To New Orleans (1915) - Columbia A 1706
The Original Memphis Five - Static Strut (1926) - Victor 20039 A
Willard Robison and his Orch - Havana (1927) - Perfect 14852
Frank Farrell and his Orch (Sammy Fain and Artie Dunn v) - Magnolia (1927) - Romeo 405
Gene Austin - How Am I To Know? (1929) - Victor 22128 A
Irene Williams (Eva Taylor) (Clarence Williams p) - You're a Real Sweetheart (1928) - Okeh 41104
Jessica Dragonette - Italian Street Song (1929) - Brunswick 7444
Gil Rodin and his Orch (Clark Randall aka Frank Tennille) - Restless (1935) - Melotone M 13377 A
Bill Staffon and his Orch (Bennett Sisters v) - Lost My Rhythm, Lost My Music, Lost My Man (1935) - Bluebird B 6049 B
Adrian Rollini and his Orch (Jane Vance v) - Sittin' on a Log (Pettin' My Dog) (1933) - Melotone M 12855
Bob Effros (Frank Signorelli p) - Sweet & Hot (Mosiello) (1929) - Brunswick 4620
Lee Sims - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929) - Brunswick 4650
Music in the Russ Morgan Manner (Mert Curtis v) - Lights Out (1937) - Brunswick 7925

"Get Over It!" November 5, 2010

2010-11-04T20:00:00.001-04:00

(Week 232)

This RADIOLA! slightly celebrates all those things we really need to get over.

RADIOLA! streams continuously on my Live365 station.

Dick Robertson - Was That The Human Thing To Do? (1932) - Velvet Tone 10504 V
Duke Ellington and his Orch - The Mooche (1928) - Victor 24486 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now (1927) - Victor 20675 B
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - Say So (1927) - Victor 21224 B
The Original Memphis Five - Tampeekoe (1926) - Victor 20039 B
Frank Crumit - I Wish't I Was In Peoria (1926) - Victor 19937 B
Annette Hanshaw (as Gay Ellis) - High Up On a Hilltop (1928) - Diva 2734 G
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - Dinah (1930) - Victor 23005 B
Rega Dance Orch (Jack Kaufman v) - O! (1920) - Okeh 4057 B
Barney Rapp and his Orch - Walk, Jenny, Walk! (1923) - Victor 19182 B
King Oliver's Jazz Band - I Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody (1923) - HJCA shellac test (mx IRSM 2)
American Quartette - Billy (She Always Dreams of Bill) (1911) - Victor 16965 A
Dolly Kay - Got To Have My Daddy Blues (1921) - Columbia A 3534
Irving and Jack Kaufman - I Ain't'en Got'en No Time To Have the Blues (1919) - Columbia A 2745
The Singapore Slingers - When Summer Is Gone (2010) - When Summer Is Gone
Beau Hunks Sextette - Siberian Sleighride (1996) - Manhattan Minuet (Basta 30-9036-2)
Prince's Orch - Smoky Mokes (1919) - Columbia A 2900
Agnes Lynn - Jazz Baby (1919) - Columbia A 2745
King Oliver's Jazz Band - Room Rent Blues (1923) - HJCA shellac test (mx IRSM 1)
The Rhythm Breakers (Sol S Wagner) - You Don't Like It Not Much (1927) - Parlophone R 3383
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Spitalny) (Paul Small v) - Sing You Sinners (1930) - Diva 3118 G
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - Ida Sweet as Apple Cider (1930) - Victor 23005 A
Joe Hayman - Cohen On The Telephone (1913) - Columbia A 1516
Hyman Corenfeld - Zimblen (1905) - Columbia 3015
Pickard's Chinese Syncopators - Gypsy Dreams (1926) - Gennett 3316 B
Annette Hanshaw (as Gay Ellis) - Forgetting You (1928) - Diva 2734 G
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Selvin) - Just Friends (1932) - Velvet Tone 10504 V
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Irene Taylor v) - Willow Weep For Me (1932) - Victor 24187 A
Original Washboard Beaters (Clarence Williams) - Cushion Foot Stomp (1927) - Parlophone R 3383
Roy Palmer's Sizzling Six - Endurance Stomp (1932) - British Rhythm Society 16 (orig Oriole 8137)
Joe Candullo and his Everglades Orch (Wilson and McClelland v) - So Long Pal (1927) - Perfect 14852 B

DROP.IO DOWNLOADS TO CEASE DEC. 15

2010-10-29T21:33:00.003-04:00

Before everyone panics and starts writing to me, I just discovered that Drop.io is allowing no new uploads and all material on their servers will be deleted by December 15. This means that you should go back through and download everything from Drop.io you can from my blog archives to your drive before that date.

I will upload these shows to alternate services as fast as I can. They won't be lost, since they exist on multiple hard drives. I will be using 4Shared for my new shows for the time being, and of course continue to upload 64k versions to A-Infos Radio.

"The Body Eclectic" October 29, 2010

2010-10-28T20:00:00.003-04:00

(Week 231)

A RADIOLA! made up from disparate musical parts that somehow combine to form a harmonious whole.

RADIOLA! streams continuously on my Live365 station.

Eddie Peabody (Billy Jones v) - That Certain Party (1926) - Domino 3672 B
Tom Berwick and his Orch (Dick Robertson v) - The Memphis Blues (1934) - Bluebird B 5578 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Austin Wylie's Golden Pheasant Orch (The Radio Franks v) - Honey Bunch (1926) - Vocalion A 15333
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Jack Fulton v) - When My Dreams Come True (1929) - Columbia 1822 D
The Troubadours (Shilkret) (Johnny Marvin v) - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Victor 20732 B
Harry Richman - Birth of The Blues (1926) - Vocalion A 15412
Wendell Hall - In The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1928) - Brunswick 4174
California Humming Birds - Ten Little Miles From Town (1928) - Victor 21766 B
Jack Chapman and his Drake Hotel Orch (Raymond Davis v) - Let Me Be The First To Kiss You Good Morning (1924) - Victor 19519 B
Don Parker Trio (Don Parker, Frank Banta, Nick Lucas) - Every Day (1922) - Actuelle 020745
Isham Jones' Orch - Who's Sorry Now? (1923) - Brunswick 2438 B
Arthur Fields - The Little Ford Rambled Right Along (1914) - Columbia A 1754
Margaret Young - Too Tired (1924) - Brunswick 2673 A
Lou Gold and his Orch (Harry Jockin v) - Elsie Schultz-En-Heim (1926) - Perfect 14715 B
Victor Minstrel Company - Carolina Minstrels No. 20 (In the Morning By the Bright Light; Everybody Has a Whistle Like Me; Melancholy Mose) (1911) - Victor 35202
Ted Hanson and his Orch (William Wolfson v) - In A Little Red Barn (1934) - Bluebird B 5493
Prince's Orch - Honeysuckle (Albert Von Tilzer) (1910) - Columbia A 912
Sophie Tucker (with Rega Orch) - Aggravatin' Papa (1923) - Okeh 4817 A
The Cotton Pickers - My Sweetie Went Away (1923) - Brunswick 2461 A
The Rounders (Reser) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Honey (1929) - Regal 8760 A
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orch (F Baur v) - You Told Me To Go (1925) - Victor 19851 A
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Promenade Walk (1925) - Victor 19756 A
Will Rogers - A New Slant on War (1923) - Victor 45347 A
Arthur Fields - Let's Bury The Hatchet (1918) - Columbia A 2617
Victor Concert Orch - War Dance (Cheyenne) (Charles S. Skilton) (1929) - Victor 22144 A
Ralph Stone (organ) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Body and Soul (1930) - Perfect 11660 A
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch (ON and HH v) - Honeymoon Hotel (1933) - Vocalion 2547 B
Dorsey Bros' Orch - Milenberg Joys (1934) - Decca 119 A
Eddie Lang Joe Venuti and their All Star Orch - Someday Sweetheart (1931) - Commodore Music Shop 106 B
Austin Wylie's Golden Pheasant Orch (The Radio Franks v) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Vocalion B 15333
Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orch - When Day Is Done (1927) - Victor 35828 A

"Everybody Rag" October 22, 2010

2010-10-22T01:30:00.003-04:00

(Week 230)

This RADIOLA! has something for everybody--ragtime, jazz, and what-have-you.

RADIOLA! streams continuously on my Live365 station.

George O'Connor - Everybody Rag With Me (1915) - Columbia A 1706
The Charleston Chasers - Feelin' No Pain (1927) - Columbia 1229 D
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - Oh Gee! Oh Joy! (1927) - Victor 21224 A
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Washboard Blues (1926) - Brunswick 3407 B
Southern Melody Makers - My Girl Pearl (aka Charleston Choo Choo) (1926) - Madison 1615 B
Harry Smith (Irving Kaufman) - You Were Meant For Me (1929) - Romeo 956
Nita Mitchell (Rube Bloom p) - Old Man Sunshine Little Boy Bluebird (1928) - Okeh 41084
California Humming Birds - It Goes Like This (1928) - Victor 21766 A
American Symphony Orch - Selections from “The Mayor of Tokio” (1906) - Busy Bee 1264 (ARC master)
Joseph Samuels' Jazz Band - Yokohama Lullaby (1921) - Okeh 4374 A
Coon Sanders Original Night Hawk Orch - Night Hawk Blues (1924) - Victor 19316 A
Helen Clark Joseph Phillips - Tripoli (1920) - Okeh 4127 B
Margaret Young - Doodle Doo Doo (1924) - Brunswick 2673 B
The Cotton Pickers - Duck's Quack (1923) - Brunswick 2461 B
Japanese Vocalist with Orch - Buttons and Bows (1940s) - Columbia A 820 (Japan)
Chiemi Eri (Arr Y Murayama) - Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy (1955) - King CL 104
Columbia Band - Any Rags? (Schottiche) (1903) - Columbia A 64
Vess L. Ossman - St. Louis Tickle (1909) - Columbia A 937
Billy Murray - The Red Rose Rag (1911) - Victor 16965 B
Edwin J. McEnelly's Orch - Spanish Shawl (1925) - Victor 19851 B
Fred Rich and his Hotel Astor Orch (Vaughn De Leath v) - The Man I Love (1927) - Columbia 1241 D
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - That's No Bargain (1926) - Brunswick 3407 A
Carl Sandburg - Negro Spirituals (1926) - Victor 20136 B
The Southland Jubilee Singers - Southbound Passenger Train (1928) - Champion 15543 B
Mississippi Jook Band - Barbecue Bust (1935) - Creole 16 B (orig. Melotone 6 12 71)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Bing Crosby v) - Reaching For Someone (1929) - Columbia 1822 D
Barry Wood and his Mellow Melody - Where Are You? (1937) - Variety VA 509
Carl Ravell (Ravazza) and his Orch - So Rare (1937) - Perfect 7 08 07
Lee Sims - Are You Thinking Of Me Tonight? (1927) - Brunswick 3800 B
Richard Tauber - Serenata (Toselli) (c 1930) - Odeon 10561
Eddie Lang Joe Venuti and their All Star Orch - Farewell Blues (1931) - Commodore Music Shop 106 A

"Autumn Crunch" October 15, 2010

2010-10-14T20:00:00.005-04:00

(Week 229)

This RADIOLA! asks the musical question "Is that the crunch of autumn leaves or the crackle of shellac?"

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Arthur Fields - Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning (1918) - Columbia A 2617
Adrian Rollini and his Orch - Sugar (1934) - Decca 265 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Radiolites (L James F Baur v) - Hello, Aloha, How Are You? (1926) - Columbia 646 D
Herbert Berger's Coronado Hotel Orch - Beside a Silv'ry Stream (1925) - Victor 19898 A
Bell Record Orch (Nathan Glantz) (Irving Kaufman v) - Gimme a Little Kiss (1926) - Bell 406 B
Helen Kane - Aint'cha (1929) - Victor 22192 A
Okeh Kut Ups (Jerry Macy Ed Smalle) - If I Didn't Know Your Husband and You Didn't Know My Wife (1927) - Okeh 40770 A
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lewis Levin v) - Gay Love (1929) - Victor 22114 A
Charles Dornberger and his Orch - Glad Eyes (1924) - Victor 19542 A
The Original Six (George Kelly) - Eyes (Until You Looked At Me) (1922) - Okeh 4574 B
Willie Creager and his Entertainers (IK v) - Why Do Ya Roll Those Eyes (1926) - Perfect 14715
Al Jolson - That Wonderful Kid From Madrid (1920) - Columbia A 2898
The Norfolk Jazz Quartette - When I Walked Up I Was Sharp As a Tack (1921) - Okeh 8019 A
Olive Kline and Elsie Baker - Alabama Moon (1920) - Victor 45203 B
Lotte Lenya - Alabama - Song (1955) - Sings Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins and Berlin Theatre Songs (Sony Classical MHK 63222)
Evan Christopher - Waltz for All Souls (2009) - Remembering Song (Arbors ARCD 19383)
Columbia Band - Colonel Bogey March (1919) - Columbia A 2903
Isham Jones' Orch - Swingin' Down The Lane (1923) - Brunswick 2438 A
Memphis Five (Billy Jones v) - Walk, Jenny, Walk! (1923) - Columbia 7 D
Fred Hillebrand - Three Thousand Years Ago (1923) - Okeh 4941 A
Vaughn DeLeath - Maybe You Think You're Fooling Baby (1922) - Okeh 4597 B
Ada Reeve - Foolish Questions (1916) - Victor 18136 A
Waring's PA'ns (Clare Hanlon and 3 Girl Friends v) - Little White Lies (1930) - Victor 22492 A
Adrian Schubert and his Orch (Charlie Lawman v) - Paradise (1932) - Crown 3274 B
Will Osborne and his Orch (Nedra Gordinier v) - Like Me a Little Bit Less (1933) - Perfect 15867 B
Lee Sims - Tenderly (1926) - Brunswick 3202 B
Lou Gold and his Orch (IK v) - The Song I Love (1928) - Harmony 796 H
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Spitalny) (Jack Miller and Paull Sisters v) - The Perfect Song (1930) - Velvet Tone 2094 V
Adrian Rollini and his Orch - Riverboat Shuffle (1934) - Decca 265 B
Dorsey Bros' Orch - St Louis Blues (1934) - Decca 119 B
Bell Record Orch (Adrian Schubert) (IK v) - Good Night (I'll See You In The Morning) (1926) - Bell 406 A

"Still More Okeh!" October 8, 2010

2010-10-07T20:00:00.008-04:00

(Week 228)

This RADIOLA! deploys yet more excellent Okeh discs, thus demonstrating that too much of a good thing is wonderful.

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Cogert and Motto (The Human Jazz Band) (Fred Hall p) - Ev'rything Is Hotsy Totsy Now (1925) - Okeh 40406 B
Damon's Orch - Canadian Capers (1921) - Okeh 4421 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Okeh Syncopators (Lanin) - I'm Walking Around In Circles (1926) - Okeh 40641 A
Southern Melody Artists (Lou Gold) (Seger Ellis v) - My Window of Dreams (1928) - Okeh 41129
Okeh Syncopators (Raderman) - Jig Walk (1926) - Okeh 40614 B
Vaughn DeLeath - The Whisper Song (1927) - Okeh 40814
Alma Rotter (Henderson) - Where the Wild, Wild Flowers Grow (1927) - Okek 40823
Okeh Kut Ups (Jerry Macy Ed Smalle) - She Said and I Said (1927) - Okeh 40770 B
Sam Moore (octacorda) - Chain Gang Blues (1921) - Okeh 4412 A
Rega Dance Orch (Jack Kaufman v) - The Vamp (1919) - Okeh 4000 A
Joseph Samuels' Jazz Band - No Wonder I'm Blue (1921) - Okeh 4233 A
Emmett Miller (Walt Rothrock p) - Big Bad Bill (1925) - Okeh 40465 A
Billy Jones and Vaughn DeLeath - Sweet Lady (1921) - Okeh 4454 A
Elsie Clark - Oogie Oogie Wa Wa (1922) - Okeh 4597 A
Palmetto Jazz Quartette - Home Again Blues (1921) - Okeh 8023 A
Fiddlin' John Carson - Old Sallie Goodman [sic] (1923) - Okeh 40095 A
Nita Mitchell (Rube Bloom p) - Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now (1928) - Okeh 41084
Alma Rotter (Henderson) - Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away (1927) - Okek 40823
Vick Myers Orch (Billy Meyers v) - I'd Rather Be Alone (1926) - Okeh 40614 A
Sam Moore (octacorda) - Laughing Rag (1921) - Okeh 4412 B
Frank Quinn (Ed Geoghegan p) - Pop Goes The Weasel (1925) - Okeh 45030 A
Cogert and Motto (The Human Jazz Band) - Daddy Come Back (1925) - Okeh 40406 A
Rega Dance Orch - Rose of Washington Square (1920) - Okeh 4092 B
Glantz and his Orch - In The Land of Shady Palm Trees (1924) - Okeh 40099 A
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Song of Omar (1920) - Okeh 4092 A
Major Bowes Capitol Theatre Trio - By The Waters of Minnetonka (1927) - Okeh 40930
Southern Melody Artists (Lou Gold) (Smith Ballew) - Forever (1928) - Okeh 41129
Okeh Syncopators (Raderman) - Black Bottom (1926) - Okeh 40641 B
The Norfolk Jazz Quartette - Honey, God Bless Your Heart (1921) - Okeh 8019 B
Emmett Miller (Walt Rothrock p) - Lovesick Blues (1925) - Okeh 40465 B
Vaughn DeLeath - I'm On My Merry Way (1927) - Okeh 40814

"Contented Soliloquy" October 1, 2010

2010-09-30T20:00:00.004-04:00

(Week 227)

This RADIOLA! admits that there are worse things than being alone. (Hanging out in Social Networking-land begins to feel like being gnawed to death by chipmunks.) We also remember the great Al Gallodoro, who died two years ago on October 4, 2008.

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Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orch - Soliloquy (1927) - Victor 35828 B
Ponce Sisters - Contented (1932) - Columbia OKeh Joe Venuti Eddie Lang Sessions (Mosaic MD8-213)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders (Hal White v) - What'll You Do? (1927) - Victor 21084 B
Jacques Renard and his Cocoanut Grove Orch (Elliot Shaw v) - Lonely In a Crowd (1927) - Victor 21093 A
The Home Towners (Fred Hall) (Arthur Fields v) - Let's Get Together (1929) - Cameo 9130
Aileen Stanley - All By Myself (1921) - Victor 18774 A
Honey Duke and his Uke (Johnny Marvin) - If You See Sally (1927) - Harmony 368
Dixie Trio (Bernard Kamplain Robinson) - When Dixie Stars Are Playing Peek a Boo (1923) - Cameo 448
Samuels and his Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Tomorrow (1922) - Regal 9380 A
Southampton Society Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Someday You'll Say OK (1926) - Perfect 14864 B
The Jazz Pilots (Reser) (Ernest Hare v) - Yea Alabama (1926) - Okeh 40635 B
Helen Kane - I Have To Have You (1929) - Victor 22192 B
Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (Frank Luther v) - Love (Your Spell is Everywhere) (1929) - Victor 22114 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Tango Americano (1931) - Victor 22913
The Beau Hunks - What'll I Do (1997) - Saxophone Soctette (Basta 30-9089-2)
Al Gallodoro and Lincoln Mayorga - Summertime (2006) - Gershwin by Grofe (Harmonia Mundi HMU 709492)
Raymond Hitchcock - Wal I Swan (1910) - Columbia A5162
Jack Kaufman - I'll See You In C-U-B-A (1920) - Columbia A 2898
Miss (Isabella) Patricola (w The Virginians) - Lovin' Sam (1922) - Victor 18976 A
Arthur Lange and his Orch - My Sweetie Went Away (1923) - Cameo 379
All Star Trio - Fluffy Ruffles (1919) - Victor 18641 B
Dan Gregory's Orch - Me and the Boy Friend (1924) - Victor 19519 A
Coon-Sanders Orch (JLS v) - What a Life (1932) - Victor 22950 A
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (1932) - Columbia 2600 D
Art Kahn's Orch (Kardos) (Dick Robertson v) - Forty-Second Street (1933) - Perfect 15730 A
Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orch - Rhapsody in Blue (1938) - Decca 29088 A and 29089 A
Muriel Pollock and Vee Lawnhurst - Finesse (1934) - Decca 164 B
Ponce Sisters - A Million Dreams (1932) - Columbia OKeh Joe Venuti Eddie Lang Sessions (Mosaic MD8-213)
Victor Salon Orch - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Victor 20924 A

"Listening Out" September 24, 2010

2010-09-25T13:35:00.005-04:00

(Week 226)

This RADIOLA! admits its growing disenchantment with radio, per se. On a more positive note, we celebrate Bryan Wright's recordings of Bix Beiderbecke's piano solos on brand new 78 RPM discs.

As always, RADIOLA! streams continuously on my Live365 station.

Joe Hayman - Cohen Listens In On The Radio (1922) - Columbia A 3832
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Scrappy Lambert v) - Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline (1928) - Brunswick 20062 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ray Miller and his Orch (Harry Maxfield v) - Anything You Say (1928) - Brunswick 4077
Levee Loungers (W Robison) (Charles Barnes v) - Get Out And Get Under The Moon (1928) - Perfect 14979
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - King Porter Stomp (1928) - Columbia 1543 D
Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) - Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1929) - Jewel 5297 A
Jack Kaufman - Bridget O'Flynn (1927) - Bell 503 A
Aileen Stanley and Johnny Marvin - Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away (1927) - Victor 20714 A
Green Brothers Novelty Band - Listening (1921) - Okeh 4374 B
Carl Fenton's Orch - I'll Build a Stairway To Paradise (1922) - Brunswick 2316 A
Perry's Hot Dogs (Arthur Fields v) - There Ain't No Flies On Auntie (1925) - Banner 1615 B
Honey Duke and his Uke (Johnny Marvin) - At Sundown (1927) - Harmony 368
Martha Pryor - Lovey Came Back (1923) - Cameo 448
The Topnotchers (Macy and Smalle) - If I Didn't Know Your Husband (1927) - Bell 503 B
Bryan Wright - In the Dark (2009) - Rivermont 591 A (78 RPM)
Bryan Wright - In a Mist (2009) - Rivermont 591 B (78 RPM)
Olly Oakley, banjo (Dave Rothe piano) - Darkey's Delight (1919) - Gennett 4557 A
Lew Dockstater - Everybody Works But Father (1905) - Columbia A 306
Edna Brown and Elliott Shaw - Ka-Lu-A (1922) - Victor 18854 B
Glenn Roberts (Scrappy Lambert) - Swanee Sue (1928) - Banner 7019 B
The Radiolites (F Baur v) - Reaching For The Moon (1926) - Columbia 646 D
Fred Rich and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - The Things That Were Made For Love (1929) - Regal 8760 B
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - “D” Natural Blues (1928) - Columbia 1543 D
Will Osborne and his Orch - Inka Dinka Doo (1933) - Perfect 15867 A
Muriel Pollock and Vee Lawnhurst - Dizzy Fingers (1934) - Decca 164 A
Aileen Stanley Johnny Marvin - Side By Side (1927) - Victor 20714 B
Art Kahn's Orch (Kardos) (Dick Robertson v) - Shuffle Off To Buffalo (1933) - Perfect 15730 B
The Lion (w Gerald Clark and his Caribbean Serenaders) - Netty Netty (1937) - Decca 17297 A
The Boswell Sisters - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1932) - Columbia 36520
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Kickin' The Gong Around (1932) - Columbia 2600 D
Perry's Hot Dogs (Arthur Fields v) - Show Me The Way To Go Home (1925) - Banner 1615 A

"A Night For Meditation" September 17, 2010

2010-09-16T20:00:00.004-04:00

(Week 225)

This RADIOLA! reflects on the days growing perceptibly shorter--and other profound stuff.

Recent programs are available as a continuous stream through my Live365 station.

Grey Gull Studio Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Just a Night For Meditation (1928) - Radiex 1536
Johnny Marvin - From Midnight Until Dawn (1928) - Victor 21230 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - Sweet and Hot (1931) - Victor 22607 B
Charles Dornberger and his Orch - I Want To Meander In The Meadow (1929) - Victor 22031 A
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - My Hat's On The Side of My Head (1933) - Victor 24599 A
Westell Gordon - When You're Not Here (1928) - Grey Gull 2437
Vaughn De Leath and Ed Smalle - Together We Two (1927) - 21042 A
Crescent Trio (J Melton L James E Shaw) - Our Bungalow of Dreams (1928) - Victor 21230 A
The Westerners (Lanin) (Charles Hart v) - Our Bungalow of Dreams (1927) - Diva 2570 G
The Lanin Orch - Oh Baby (Don't Say No Say Maybe) (1924) - Okeh 40111 B
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (Irving Kaufman v) - Hello Montreal! (1928) - Diva 2638 G
Ernest Hare - Mandy (Creamer-Layton) (1922) - Okeh 9677 B
Esther Walker - Slow and Easy (1920) - Victor 18680 A
Harold Rodman (Scrappy Lambert) - My Blue Heaven (1927) - Diva 2524 G
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Scrappy Lambert v) - Dear Old Southland (1928) - Brunswick 20070
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Scrappy Lambert v) - Poor Butterfly (take 1) (1928) - Brunswick 20062 A
All Star Trio - Poor Little Butterfly Is a Fly Gal Now (1919) - Victor 18641 A
Eddie Elkins and his Orch - Little Butterfly (1923) - Okeh 4976 A
Lou Gold and his Orch (Jimmy Kern v) - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Diva 2415 G
Edwin J McEnelly's Orch (Lewis James v) - Moonlight In Mandalay (1926) - Victor 19988 A
Johnny Ringer and his Rosemont Ballroom Orch - Moonlit Waters (1927) - Gennett 6264 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Evening Star (1928) - Columbia 1401 D
Barney Rapp and his Orch - Ev'rything You Do (1924) - 19542 B
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel PA Orch - Somehow (I'm Always To Blame) (1923) - Okeh 40002 B
Buddy Golden and Michigan Wolverines (Arthur Ross) (IK v) - Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) - Follow Thru Special Record 1011 P
Henri Gendron's Ambassadors - My Cradle Sweetheart (1931) - Columbia 2455 D
Mary Martin (w Eddy Duchin's Orch) - My Heart Belongs To Daddy (1938) - Brunswick 8282
Ray Noble and his Orch (Ace Roland v) - Spanish Eyes (1933) - Victor 24599 A
Dorsey Bros' Orch - By Heck (1934) - Decca 11034
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - South (1928) - Victor 24893 A
WMCA Broadcasters (Charles Hart v) - When Day Is Done (1927) - Diva 2460 G

BEAR CAT JAZZ BAND AT GELSTON CASTLE SEPT. 19

2010-09-15T14:14:00.000-04:00

On Sunday, September 19 at 1 PM, the historic Gelston Castle Estate (former home of Mstislav Rostropovich) will host the lively traditional jazz and swing of the Bear Cat Jass Band. The Bear Cat Jass Band was formed in Syracuse 53 years ago by cornetist Dick Ames. Mr. Ames, now 90, still leads and plays with the group. The band's repertoire includes jazz classics by Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, and Louis Armstrong, numbers from the "trad revival" era featured by Lu Watters and Clancy Hayes, and the early swing of Duke Ellington and others. The Bear Cat "sound" is unique and unforgettable owing to the foundation of a bass sax (or two) underlying the excellent and disciplined musicianship of the band.

The Bear Cat Jass Band consists of Dick Ames (Leader & Cornet), Jeff Stockham (Cornet, Trombone, Vocals), Bill Palange (Trombone, Vocals), Carl Borek (Clarinet, Soprano Sax, Alto Sax, Bass Sax), Tom McKay (Clarinet, Soprano Sax, Alto Sax, Bass Sax), Drew Frech (Tenor Banjo, Plectrum Banjo, Vocals), Jerry Exline (Piano, Tuba, Vocals), Joe Smithling (Drums).

Admission is ten dollars, and food and beverages will be available. Dancers welcome.

Directions to Gelston Castle Estate: From I-90 - Take Exit 30 Herkimer/Mohawk - After Toll take Route 28 South 3 miles to Robinson Road. (Dennisons Corners) Make a left onto Robinson Road - Go 3.5 miles (passing main parking lot) Gelston Castle Estate sign on right, turn right, go through gate, and follow road to house.

For more information call (877) 3 SAFFLYN.

"Changes? You Said It!" September 10, 2010

2010-09-09T20:00:00.006-04:00

(Week 224)

It's been a summer of changes for RADIOLA! and its host--and they're all changes for the better.

RADIOLA! streams continuously on my Live365 station.

The Boswell Sisters - There'll Be Some Changes Made (1932) - Columbia 36521
The High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - You Said It (1931) - Victor 22607 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
George Olsen and his Music - Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow (1925) - Victor 19715 A
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - In My Merry Oldsmobile (waltz) (1927) - Victor Special Record
Ipana Troubadours - Paddlin' Madelin' Home (1925) - Columbia 503 D
Vel Veteran (Irving Kaufman) - There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1928) - Grey Gull 2437
Aileen Stanley and Billy Murray (Frank Banta p) - If I Had A Girl Like You (1925) - Victor 19795 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Ed Smalle Johnny Marvin v) - There's Everything Nice About You (1927) - Victor 20603 A
Harold Rodman (Scrappy Lambert) - The Beggar (1927) - Diva 2524 G
Sophie Tucker (w Rega Orch) - You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night (1923) - Okeh 4817 B
Ted Lewis and his Band - St Louis Blues (1922) - Columbia A3790
The Melody Sheiks (Lanin) - Behind The Clouds (1926) - Okeh 40560 A
University Six (Arthur Fields v) - Under The Clover Moon (1927) - Diva 2570 G
Te Roy Williams and his Orch - Oh Malinda (1927) - Diva 2439 G
Dan Levinson and his Swing Wing (Molly Ryan v) - A Brown Bird Singing (2008) - “At The Codfish Ball” Loupgarous LG-1004
Bear Cat Jass Band - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (2010) - recorded Cazenovia March 21, 2010
Esther Walker - Whatcha Gonna Do When There Ain't No Jazz? (1920) - Victor 18680 B
Jim Europe's Singing Serenaders - Ev'rybody Dat Talks 'Bout Heaven Ain't Goin' There (1919) - Pathe Actuelle 020871 B
Victor Military Band - Argentine Tango (1913) - Victor 17276 B
Ipana Troubadours (Billy Jones v) - Say Who Is That Baby Doll? (1925) - Columbia 503 D
Coon Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch (C. A. Coon v) - Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1925) - Victor 19745 A
Don Bestor and his Orch (Cloyd Griswold v) - Say Mister Have You Met Rosie's Sister? (1926) - Victor 19988 B
Te Roy Williams and his Orch - Lindbergh Hop (1927) - Diva 2439 G
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - She's No Trouble (1928) - Victor 24893 B
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Nobody's Sweetheart (1931) - Brunswick 80018 B (Canada)
Bob Howard and his Orch - I Used To Love You (1938) - Decca 2056 B
The Atilla (w Gerald Clark and his Caribbean Serenaders) - Abdication (1937) - Decca 17297 B
Mary Martin (w Eddy Duchin's Orch) - Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love (1938) - Brunswick 8282
Henri Gendron's Ambassadors - With The Help Of The Moon (1931) - Columbia 2455 D
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - In My Merry Oldsmobile (fox trot) (1927) - Victor Special Record
Herbert Berger's Coronado Hotel Orch (Paul Small v) - Good Night (1925) - Victor 19898 B

"For Artz' Sake" September 3, 2010

2010-09-02T20:00:00.005-04:00

(Week 223)

This RADIOLA! features another delightful array of shellac, including excerpts from a 1930 Philco program.

Newer RADIOLA! shows stream continuously from my Live365 station.

Billy Artz and his Orch - Hittin' The Bottle (1930) - Philco Program 11
Howard Lanin's Ben Franklin Dance Orch - Melancholy Lou (1925) - Victor 19797 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) (Billy Jones v) - I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers (1926) - Vocalion A 15379
Harry Raderman's Red Hotters - Wouldn't You (1926) - Okeh 40736 A
Johnny Ringer and his Rosemont Ballroom Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Who's That Knockin' At My Door? (1927) - Gennett 6264 A
Nick Lucas - A Cup Of Coffee A Sandwich And You (1926) - Brusnwick 3052 A
The High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - Gotta Feelin' For You (1929) - Victor 22041 B
Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys - Campus Capers (1929) - Columbia 1984 D
Bessie Smith (Clarence Williams p) - Baby Won't You Please Come Home Blues (1923) - Columbia A3888
Billy Jones - Whose Izzy Is He? (1924) - Bell P267 B
Buddy Golden and Michigan Wolverines (Arthur Ross) (Irving Kaufman v) - I Want To Be Bad (1929) - Follow Thru Special Record 1011 P
Willie Eckstein - Broken Hearted Melody (1923) - Okeh 40041 B
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Ilo (A Voice From Mummyland) (1921) - Okeh 4404 B
Manhattan Dance Makers - Look Up and Smile (1927) - Velvet Tone 1379 V
Rhoda Bernard - Cohen Owes Me 97 Dollars (1916) - Jewface (Reboot Stereophonic RSR 006)
The Missourians - Market Street Stomp (1929) - Stoppin' The Traffic (Frog DGF69)
Olly Oakley (Dave Rothe p) - Poppies and Wheat (1919) - Gennett 4557 B
Richard B Gilbert (Taro Patch accomp) - Mighty Blue (1925) - Okeh 40401 A
Earl Rickard - I'm a Homesick Rolling Stone (1924) - Okeh 40305 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Jack Fulton v) - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Columbia 50103 D
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Scrappy Lambert v) - Limehouse Blues (1928) - Brunswick 20070
Isham Jones and his Orch (Eddie Stone v) - Always In My Heart (1932) - Victor 24118 B
Eddy Duchin Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Moonburn (1935) - Victor 25231 A
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Timber (1936) - Bluebird B 6725 A
Lee Sims - Song of The Wanderer (1927) - Brunswick 3551 B
International Novelty Orch - Tango Fate (Valentino) (1926) - Victor 20454 B
Enrique Medriguera and his Rhumba Orch (Smith Ballew v) - Siboney (1931) - Columbia 2434 D
William Schultz - A Brown Bird Singing (1930) - Philco Program 11
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Jack Fulton v) - Sweet Sue-Just You (1928) - Columbia 50103 D
Billy Artz and his Orch - Slapping The Bass (1930) - Philco Program 11

"Still Okeh!" August 27, 2010

2010-08-26T20:00:00.004-04:00

(Week 222)

RADIOLA! is thoroughly OKEH again this week.

Stream RADIOLA! shows continuously on my Live365 station.

Many thanks again to Mr. Bud Taylor for providing the recordings used in these two programs. Bud's band, The Smugtown Stompers will be performing at the New York State Fair in Syracuse on Saturday September 4, 3:15-5:30 PM. The concert will take place on the WCNY stage near the Center of Progress building in connection with a live taping of Leo Rayhill's "Sounds of Jazz."

Tampa Blue Jazz Band (Samuels) (Billy Jones v) - Atta Baby (1921) - Okeh 4522 A
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orch - Amber Nights (1923) - Okeh 40002 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Mike Markel's Society Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - We Two (1927) - Okeh 40959
Araby Gardens Orch (Lanin) - Me Too (1926) - Okeh 40672 B
Harry Reser's Jazz Pilots (Tom Stacks v) - That's a Good Girl (1926) - Okeh 40730 B
Kitty Brown (acc by Ricketts' Stars) - Mean Eyes (Too Late Blues) (1923) - Okeh 8053 B
Vaughn De Leath - I've Got The Blues But I'm Just Too Mean To Cry (1921) - Okeh 4577 B
Earl Rickard (acc by The Yellow Jackets) - The Blues Have Got Me (1925) - Okeh 40342 B (mx 73072 B)
The Jazz Pilots (Reser) (Ernest Hare v) - O Davidson! (1926) - Okeh 40635 A
Banjo Bill Bowen (Charles Baumshlag p) - I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (1926) - Okeh 40553 A
The Red Hotters (Raderman) - When You See That Aunt of Mine (1926) - Okeh 40560 B
Noel Taylor (Irving Kaufman) - There'll Never Be Another You (1928) - Okeh 41179
Beth Challis - Gorgeous (1927) - Okeh 40899
Okeh Kut Ups (Jerry Macy and Ed Smalle) - Whadda You Say We Get Together (1926) - Okeh 40682 A
Smugtown Stompers - Harlem Rag - Steppin' Out
Smugtown Stompers - Creole Belles - Steppin' Out
Aileen Stanley - Coal Black Mammy (1922) - Okeh 4677 A
Charles Nabell - There's a Mother Always Waiting You at Home Sweet Home (1925) - Okeh 40418 A
Earl Rickard - I Want To See My Tennessee (1924) - Okeh 40305 A
Lou Gold's Society Orch - The Dixie Vagabond (1927) - Okeh 40779 B
Harry Raderman's Dance Orch (Jimmy Kern v) - Sweet Marie (1927) - Okeh 40829
The Jazz Pilots (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - She Knows Her Onions (1926) - Okeh 40688 B
Fiddlin' John Carson - Dixie Boll Weevil (1924) - Okeh 40095 B
Tampa Blue Jazz Band (Samuels) (Billy Jones v) - Uncle Bud (1921) - Okeh 4522 B
Vaughn De Leath - I'm a Dog Gone Struttin' Fool (1921) - Okeh 4577 A
Sophie Tucker (Ted Shapiro p) - ('Cause I Feel) Low Down (1928) - Okeh 41058
Bar Harbor Society Orch (Vaughn De Leath v) - Here or There (As Long As I'm With You) (1927) - Okeh 40748 B
Sam Lanin and his Famous Players - A Siren Dream (1927) - Okeh 40913
Tim Brymn's Black Devil Four - Aunt Hagar's Children Blues (1921) - Okeh 8011 A
Emmett Miller (Walt Rothrock p) - Anytime (1924) - Okeh 40239 B
Wingy Mannone and his Orch - Swing Brother Swing (1935) - Okeh 41573

"Okeh America!" August 20, 2010

2010-08-19T20:00:00.004-04:00

(Week 221)

This RADIOLA! is better than okay--it's Okeh! This week and next I'll present a sampler of wonderful music from recently acquired Okeh originals.

Recent RADIOLA! programs stream continuously on my Live365 station.

Banjo Bill Bowen (Charles Baumshlag p) - Nifty Notes (1926) - Okeh 40553 A
Mike Markel's Society Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Dawn (1927) - Okeh 40959
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Harry Raderman's Dance Orch (Jimmy Kern v) - Halleleujah (1927) - Okeh 40829
Bar Harbor Society Orch (Les Reis v) - High-High-High Up In The Hills (1927) - Okeh 40748 A
Harry Reser's Jazz Pilots (Tom Stacks v) - Pretty Lips (1926) - Okeh 40730 A
Noel Taylor (Irving Kaufman) - I Can't Make Her Happy (1928) - Okeh 41179
Sonia Meroff - There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland To Me (1927) - Okeh 40899
Okeh Kut Ups (Jerry Macy and Ed Smalle) - And Then I Forget (1926) - Okeh 40682 B
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Oh Joy! (1921) - Okeh 4404 A
The Lanin Orch (Billy Jones v) - Big Boy (1924) - Okeh 40111 A
Glantz and his Orch - Moonlight Mama (1924) - Okeh 40099 B
Esther Bigeou (acc by Ricketts' Stars) - Aggravatin' Papa (1923) - Okeh 8053 A
The Happiness Boys (Harry Reser uke) - Oh-My-Yes! (1924) - Okeh 40174 B
Fred Hillebrand - Come On Spark Plug! (1923) - Okeh 4998 A
Reggie's Red Hot Feetwarmers - Saratoga (2005) - Saratoga Souvenir
Bear Cat Jass Band - Gatemouth (2010) - Recorded at Canastota March 21, 2010
Vaughn De Leath - I Wonder Who (1921) - Okeh 4455 B
Richard B. Gilbert (Taro Patch accomp) - Because of You (1925) - Okeh 40401 A
Billy Jones - Nobody Else Can Love Me Like My Old Tomato Can (1923) - Okeh 4998 B
The Jazz Pilots (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - That's My Girl (1926) - Okeh 40688 A
Sam Lanin and his Famous Players (Les Reis v) - Summertime Sweethearts (1927) - Okeh 40913
Lou Gold's Society Orch - If You See Sally (1927) - Okeh 40779 A
Willie Eckstein - Where The Niagara Flows (1923) - Okeh 40041 A
Dave Harman (acc by The Razz Jazz Trio) - Baby What Is Your Name? (1925) - Okeh 40342 A
Earl Rickard (Harry Reser guitar) - Dumb-Dora (1924) - Okeh 40174 A
Major Bowes Capitol Theatre Trio - Indian Love Call (1927) - Okeh 40930
Sophie Tucker (Ted Shapiro p) - Oh! You Have No Idea (1928) - Okeh 41058
Harry Raderman's Red Hotters - Sunday (1926) - Okeh 40736 B
Emmett Miller (Walt Rothrock p) - The Pickaninnies' Paradise (1924) - Okeh 40239 A
Palmetto Jazz Quartette - My Jazz Gal (1921) - Okeh 8011 B
Wingy Mannone and his Orch - Nickel in the Slot (1935) - Okeh 41573

"Domicile Restriction" August 13, 2010

2010-08-12T20:00:00.004-04:00

(Week 220)

RADIOLA! is still in exile--but the summer shellac-a-thon continues. In addition to vintage source documents, we enjoy a few tracks from Bryan Wright's excellent new solo album on Rivermont, Breakin' Notes.

Listen also as part of the continuous stream on my Live365 station.

Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bob Goday v) - You're Laughing At Me (1937) - Bluebird B 6769 B
Waring's Pennsylvanians (Clare Hanlon v) - Gee But I'd Like To Make You Happy (1930) - Victor 22492 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Al Goering's Collegians (Ben Bernie) (Frank Munn v) - Baby Face (1926) - Vocalion A 15409
Charles Dornberger and his Orch - One Sweet Letter From You (1927) - 20823 A
The Six Hayseeds (Reser) - Wimmin, Aaah! (1926) - Vocalion B 15239
Nick Lucas - Whose Who Are You? (1925) - Brusnwick 3052 B
Eddie Peabody (Billy Jones v) - Who (1926) - Domino 3672 A
Aileen Stanley Billy Murray (Frank Banta p) - Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann (1925) - Victor 19795 A
Vic Meyers and his Orch (Harry Reser bj) - Shimmy (1924) - Brunswick 2800 B
Bennie Krueger's Orch - Spread Yo' Stuff (1921) - Brunswick 2083 A
Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orch - Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine (1924) - Brunswick 2660 A
Bessie Smith (Clarence Williams p) - Oh Daddy Blues (1923) - Columbia A3888
Cliff Edwards - You're So Cute (Mama O'Mine) (1924) - Perfect 11553 B
Billy Jones - When It's Night Time In Italy (1923) - Bell P267 A
Bryan Wright - Flashes (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont)
Bryan Wright - Breakin Notes' (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont)
Sir Harry Lauder - It's Nice to Get Up in the Mornin' but It's Nicer to Lie in Bed (1914) - Victor 45196 A
Irving Kaufman - Ev'ry Night I Cry Myself To Sleep Over You (1923) - Emerson 10666
Gene Rodemich's Orch - Margie (1921) - Brunswick 2060 A
Johnny Marvin (Lou Raderman violin) - Oh How She Could Play a Ukulele (1926) - 20478 B
Ed Smalle and Dick Robertson - Wob-a-ly Walk (1928) - Brunswick 3816 B
The High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - Low Down Rhythm (1929) - Victor 22041 A
Don Bestor and his Orch (George C. Jager v) - Tell Me You're Sorry (1928) - Victor 21510 B
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Frank Luther v) - Charming (1929) - Victor 22233 A
Isham Jones and his Orch (Eddie Stone v) - Everyone Says “I Love You” (1932) - Victor 24118 A
Bessie Smith (Irving Johns Jimmy Jones p) - St Louis Gal (1923) - Columbia 13005 D
Cliff Edwards - I Can't Get The One I Want (1924) - Perfect 11553 A
Libby Holman - What Is This Thing Called Love? (1930) - Brunswick 4700
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Dixie Doorway (1932) - Royal 91587 A (orig Bruns 6435 A)
The Radiolites (Charles Kaley v) - I'm On My Way Home (1926) - Columbia 759 D
Bryan Wright - The Legend of Lonesome Lake (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont)

"Contrasts" August 6, 2010

2010-08-05T20:00:00.004-04:00

(Week 219)

There's plenty of contrast in this RADIOLA!

It is also available as part of the continuous stream of recent shows on my Live365 station.

The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) (Billy Jones v) - The Pump Song (1926) - Vocalion B 15379
Lee Sims - Contrasts (“Five Piano Rhapsodies” by Lee Sims and Carleton Colby) (1928) - Brunswick 20069
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
University Eight (Ed Kirkeby v) - Ain't She Sweet (1927) - Lincoln 2626
Art Landry and his Orch - What Could Be Sweeter Than You? (1925) - Victor 19843 A
Howard Lanin and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Gorgeous (1927) - Columbia 1029 D
Arthur Fields - Lonely Acres (1926) - Bell 472 B
Collins and Harlan - When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam' (1912) - Victor 17246 B
Gene Rodemich's Orch - Home Again Blues (1921) - Brunswick 2060 B
Gene Austin - Lonesome Road (1931) - Romeo 1805 B
Waring's Rennsylvanians - Thanks For The Buggy Ride (1925) - Victor 19913 A
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - I Love To Bumpity Bump (1929) - Columbia 1757 D
Ben Pollack and his Park Central Orch (Belle Mann v) - She's One Sweet Show Girl (1928) - Victor 21743 A
Al Goodman and his Flying High Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Red Hot Chicago (1930) - Brunswick 4787
West End Jazz Band - Percolatin' Blues (2010) - recorded Huntington WV May 14, 2010
Reggie's Red Hot Feetwarmers - Mama's Gone, Goodbye (2005) - Saratoga Souvenir (DDE00655)
Doc Scanlon Trio - China Boy (2009) - Introducing the Doc Scanlon Trio
Bob Fuller - Black Cat Blues (1925) - Harmony 580 H
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Frank Munn v) - If I Knew I'd Find You (1926) - Brunswick 3130 B
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders (Joe Cassidy v) - If You Don't Love Me (1928) - Victor 21547 B
Ruth Etting - Just a Little Closer (1930) - Columbia 2307 D
Morton Downey - Just Friends (1932) - Perfect 12783 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Bing Crosby v) - Ol' Man River (1928) - Victor 21218 A
Park Lane Orch - Lo Nah (1926) - Vocalion A 15239
The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) (Al Bernard v) - So Does Your Old Mandarin (1926) - Vocalion A 15275
Lane's Dance Orch (Bob Haring) (Franklyn Baur v) - Oriental Moonlight (1927) - Lincoln 2626
Jack Miller and the New Englanders - Deep Night (1929) - Velvet Tone 1898 V
Ruth Etting - I'll Be Blue Just Thinking Of You (1930) - Columbia 2307 D
Frank Keyes and his Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Used To You (1929) - Perfect 15210
Lee Sims - Improvisation (“Five Piano Rhapsodies” by Lee Sims and Carleton Colby) (1928) - Brunswick 20069
Art Tatum - Tiger Rag (1933) - Brunswick Test (issued as 6543 B mx B13164A)
Morton Downey - Save The Last Dance For Me (1932) - Perfect 12783 B

"All Too Human" July 30, 2010

2010-07-30T22:15:00.005-04:00

(Week 218)

That's me! But here is a very nice RADIOLA! a bit late but not past its sell-by date.

Singin' Sam (Harry Frankel) - Was That The Human Thing To Do? (1932) - Perfect 12786 A
Henry King and his Orch - Tabu (1938) - Decca 2070 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Howard Lanin's Ben Franklin Dance Orch - Don't Wake Me Up Let Me Dream (1925) - Victor 19797 B
The Ambassadors (Katzman) - Ya Gotta Know How To Love (1926) - Vocalion A 15435
Don Bestor and his Orch - Charleston Baby of Mine (1925) - Victor 19751 B
Gene Austin (Art Fowler uke) - Everything's Made For Love (1926) - Victor 20478 A
Art Gillham - So That's The Kind of a Girl You Are (1925) - Columbia 442 D
Regent Club Orch (Bill Wirges) (Vaughn De Leath v) - Satisfied! (1929) - Perfect 15226
Collins and Harlan - Eagle Rock (1914) - Victor 17610 A
Original Memphis Five - Your Mamma's Gonna Slow You Down (1923) - Banner 1296 B
Southampton Society Orch (Selvin) - Me And My Boy Friend [sic] (1924) - Perfect 14336
Ruth Etting - I'm Falling In Love (1931) - Columbia 2505 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (BC v) - Make Believe (1928) - Victor 21218 B
Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (Frank Luther v) - I Love You So Much (1929) - Victor 22383 A
Lee Sims - Diane (1927) - Brunswick 3800 A
Frank Banta - Ain't She Sweet? (1927) - Victor 20610 B
Farber Sisters - How'd You Like To Be My Daddy? (1918) - Columbia A2525
Gus Van - I'm In Love (1918) - Columbia A2525
Irvings and Jackson (Irving and Jack Kaufman) - You've Simply Got Me Cuckoo (1923) - Cameo 460
Paul Specht and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - Thinking of You (1926) - Columbia 819 D
Jack Miller and the New Englanders - From Sunrise To Sunset (1929) - Velvet Tone 1898 V
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Jack Fulton v) - Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me (1928) - Columbia 1401 D
Ruth Etting - I'm Good For Nothing But Love (1931) - Columbia 2505 D
Roland Smith's Rascals - Loveless Love (1932) - Romeo 1805 A
Pennsylvania Collegians (Tom Berwick) (James Hawkins v) - Pink Elephants (1932) - Electradisk 1905 A
Irving Kaufman - Is It a Sin? (1928) - Perfect 12456 B
Charles Dornberger and his Orch (Dick Dixon v) - Maybe--Who Knows? (1929) - Victor 22031 A
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - What Is This Thing Called Love? (1930) - Perfect 15282
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Frank Luther v) - Something To Remember You By (1930) - Victor 22537 B
Libby Holman - Like a Ship Without a Sail (1930) - Brunswick 4700
Enrique Madriguera and his Rhumba Orch (Smith Ballew v) - Adios (1931) - Columbia 2434 D

The Old Codger on WFMU 8 PM Tuesday, July 27!

2010-07-26T16:54:00.003-04:00

Courtney T. Edison, a.k.a. The Old Codger, will broadcast on WFMU this Tuesday at 8 PM (filling in for the Antique Phonograph Music Program). Those who enjoy RADIOLA! will appreciate the Codger's robust mix of commentary and surface noise. Without the Codger, a radio is just a doorstop with static.

And here's the Codger's Facebook Fan Page.

"Summer Nights" July 23, 2010

2010-07-23T16:30:00.006-04:00

(Week 217)

This internet-only RADIOLA! is perfect music for drifting along to on a summer night.

Chick Endor - Precious (1926) - Vocalion B 15382
George Olsen and his Music - Hot Aire (1925) - Victor 19761 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Don Bestor and his Orch - Summer Nights (1925) - Victor 19751 A
Howard Lanin and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - I'm Just Drifting Along (1927) - Columbia 1029 D
The Ambassadors (Katzman) - Breezin' Along With The Breeze (1926) - Vocalion B 15435
Johnny Marvin - Where The Shy Little Violets Grow (1928) - Victor 21820 A
Bud Billings - How To Make Love (1928) - Victor V 40043 B
Waring's Pennsylvanians - I've Got Some Lovin' To Do (1925) - Victor 19913 B
Vic Meyers and his Orch (Frank Bessinger v) (Harry Reser bj) - Sad (1924) - Brunswick 2800 A
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Ben Selvin v) - Under the Ukulele Tree (1926) - Brunswick 3130 A
Charlie Fry's Million Dollar Pier Orch (Lewis James v) - Happy Days and Lonely Nights (1928) - Victor 21670 A
Billy Jones and Ernie Hare - I Would Rather Be Alone In The South (1925) - Vocalion B 15210
Harry Richman - I'm Riding To Glory (1928) - Brunswick 3890 A
The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) (Al Bernard v) - Let's Talk About My Sweetie (1926) - Vocalion B 15275
Lee Sims - Rockin' Chair (1931) - Brunswick 6132
Bill Jordan and George Kent - Honeysuckle Rose (1940) - Decca 18163 B
Eddie Morton - The Trolley Car Swing (1912) - Columbia A1147
Marion Harris - Two Time Dan (1923) - Brunswick 2434 A
Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orch - Stack O' Lee Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2660 B
Hale Byers and his Orch - When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along (1926) - Vocalion B 15370
Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (F Luther v) - Dancing the Devil Away (1929) - Victor 22383 A
Gus Arnheim and his Orch - Singin' in the Rain (1929) - Victor 22012 A
Bing Crosby (Helen Crawford, organ) - Can't We Talk It Over? (1932) - Brunswick 1271 B
Bessie Smith - Money Blues (1926) - Columbia 14137 D
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Don Howard v) - Body and Soul (tk 13) (1930) - Victor 22537 A
Bob Howard and his Orch - Beale Street Mama (1938) - Decca 2056 A
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Song of the Vipers (1934) - Vox 16059 A
Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys - Old Joe's Hittin' The Jug (1936) - Vocalion S 72 B (UK)
Art Landry and his Orch (Henry Burr v) - Sleepy Time Gal (1925) - Victor 19843 A
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Frank Crumit v) - Just a Night For Meditation (1928) - Victor 21547 A
Lee Sims - Stardust (1931) - Brunswick 6132

"Who'd Be Blue?" July 16, 2010

2010-07-16T18:00:00.005-04:00

(Week 216)

Who could possibly be blue with all the rare and strange music on this week's RADIOLA!?

Harry Richman - Lucky Day (1926) - Vocalion B 15412
Essex Club Orch (Katzman) (Al Bernard v) - Who'd Be Blue? (1926) - Vocalion B 15424
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Austin Wylie's Golden Pheasant Orch - If You Believe In Me (1926) - Vocalion B 15224
Ben Pollack and his Park Central Orch (Belle Mann v) - Buy, Buy For Baby (1928) - Victor 21743 B
Al Goering's Collegians (Ben Bernie) (Frank Munn v) - Precious (1926) - Vocalion B 15409
Irving Kaufman - Ukulele Lady (1925) - Vocalion B 15010
Louise Groody and Charles King - Sometimes I'm Happy (1927) - Victor 20609 A
Billy Jones and Ernie Hare - Why Aren't Yez Eatin' More Oranges? (1925) - Vocalion A 15210
Original Memphis Five - Tin Roof Blues (1923) - Victor 19170 B
Mike Speciale and his Carlton Terrace Orch - Mandy Make Up Your Mind (1924) - Perfect 14336 B
Oriole Orch - Copenhagen (1924) - Brunswick 2752 A
Bessie Smith - Hard Driving Papa (1926) - Columbia 14137 D
Tram, Bix and Lang - Wringin' and Twistin' (1927) - Vocalion 3150
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - No (1928) - Okeh 41241
West End Jazz Band - Top and Bottom (2010) - Coon-Sanders Festival Huntington, WV 20100515
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Swing Out (2010) - Pee Wee Russell Stomp NJ 20100307
Original Memphis Five - I've Got a Song For Sale (My Sweetie Turned Down) (1923) - Victor 19170 A
Nora Bayes - You Can't Get Lovin' Where There Ain't Any Love (1919) - Columbia A 2771
Van and Schenck - After You Get What You Want You Don't Want It (1920) - Columbia A 2966
Hale Byers and his Orch - Roses (1926) - Vocalion A 15370
Paul Specht and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry (1926) - Columbia 819 D
Essex Club Orch (Katzman) (Al Bernard v) - My Cutey's Due At Two To Two Today (1926) - Vocalion A 15424
Jimmy McHugh's Bostonians (Irving Kaufman v) - Futuristic Rhythm (1929) - Velvet Tone 1836 V
University Six (Arthur Fields v) - Mine, All Mine (1927) - Velvet Tone 1565 V
The Revelers - Halleleujah (1927) - Victor 20609 B
Bing Crosby with the Mills Bros - Dinah (1932) - Brunswick 1271 A (UK)
Ed Loyd and his Orch (Kardos) (DR v) - Lonesome and Blue (1932) - Panachord 25482 B (UK)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Will You, Won't You Be My Baby? (1934) - Vox 16059 B
Turner Layton - The Echo of a Song (1936) - Columbia FB 1205 (UK)
Essex Club Orch (Ray Miller) - Dreaming of a Castle In The Air (1926) - Vocalion A 15224
Chick Endor - Let's Call It A Day (1926) - Vocalion A 15382

"Surface Noise USA" July 9, 2010

2010-07-08T20:30:00.004-04:00

(Week 215)

This RADIOLA! revels in its own imperfection.

Recent editions of RADIOLA! may be streamed anytime at my Live365 station.

Ethel and Dorothea Ponce - Down Where The Lollypops Grow (1928) - Columbia 1698 D
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Where The Shy Little Violets Grow (1928) - Columbia 1679 D
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Harry Hudson's Melody Men - Miss Annabelle Lee (1928) - Edison Bell Radio 850
Coon Sanders Orch - Is She My Girl Friend (1927) - Victor 21148 B
The Clevelanders (Reser) (Frank Munn v) - Pretty Lips (1927) - Brunswick 3440
Marion Harris - That Red Head Gal (1923) - Brunswick 2434 B
Sunkist Serenaders (Emerson Dance Orch) - Sonya (1925) - Everybody's 1069 A
The Harmonians (AF v) - That's My Weakness Now (1928) - Velvet Tone 1667 V
Lee Sims - Falling In Love With You (1927) - Brunswick 3551 A
BBC Dance Orch - Love Is The Sweetest Thing (1932) - Columbia CB 530 (UK)
Johnny Marvin - Sweethearts On Parade (1928) - Victor 21820 B
Original Memphis Five - Steppin' Out (1923) - Banner 1296 A
Bennie Krueger's Orch - Everybody Step (1921) - Brunswick 2151 A
King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators - Someday Sweetheart (1926) - Vocalion A 1059
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Jones Law Blues (2010) - Pee Wee Russell Stomp 20100307
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Cotton Club Stomp No.2 (2010) - Pee Wee Russell Stomp 20100307
Aileen Stanley - Broadway Blues (1920) - Victor 18691 B
Marion Harris - The Blues Have Got Me (1924) - Brunswick 2747 B
Sunkist Serenaders (Emerson Dance Orch) - I've Always Got The Blues (1925) - Everybody's 1069 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Me And The Man In The Moon (1928) - Columbia 1679 D
Eddie Harkness and his Orch - There's Something About a Rose (1928) - Victor 21498 B
Leo Zollo and his Benjamin Franklin Orch (Al Mitchell) (DR v) - She Reminds Me of You (1934) - Regal Zonophone MR 1326
Ethel and Dorothea Ponce - I Faw Down and Go Boom (1929) - Columbia 1698 D
Charles Kaley (w/Abe Lyman's Orch) - Don't Wake Me Up Let Me Dream (1926) - Brunswick 3071 B
The Yacht Club Boys - How Could Red Riding Hood? (1926) - Brunswick 3270 A
Conrad Thibault (Ferde Grofe Orch) - The Last Round-Up (1933) - Victor 24404 A
King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators - Dead Man Blues (1926) - Vocalion B 1059
Benny Goodman - Junk Man (1934) - Benny Goodman's 1934 Bill Dodge All-Star Recordings (Circle CD)
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang - Alice Blue Gown (1936) - Brunswick 7657
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Bojangles of Harlem (1936) - Bluebird B 6533 A
Mantovani and his Tipica Orch - Did I Remember? (1936) - Columbia FB 1522 (UK)

JASS JAM SESSION JULY 18 IN SYRACUSE!

2010-07-06T23:40:00.003-04:00

The Jazz Appreciation Society of Syracuse will host a jam session from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 18, at McNamara’s Pub in Camillus. Admission is free and the public is welcome.

JASS was founded 38 years ago to promote New Orleans-style jazz in Central New York. The JASS jam sessions traditionally conclude with the tune “When the Saints Go Marchin’ In.”

Area musicians are invited to bring their instruments and sit in with the JASS rhythm section.

Others expected to perform include JASS founder and president emeritus, Dick Ames on cornet, JASS President Bobby Morris on trombone, Vice President Burt Dunlap on tuba and director Pat Carroll on cornet.

An electric piano will be provided, and jazz vocalists are encouraged to participate.

McNamara’s Pub is located at 5600 Newport Road between Route 5 and Route 695. Food and beverages will be available at the pub.

For JASS information, call 652-0547.
To contact McNamara’s, call 672-8872.

The Jazz Appreciation Society of Syracuse is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and presentation of traditional New Orleans jazz.

(Thanks to Russ Tarby!)

"Summer Holiday" July 2, 2010

2010-07-01T20:30:00.004-04:00

(Week 214)

RADIOLA! keeps the music playing despite the long weekend (and the lack of a studio and transmitter).

RADIOLA! is continuously streamed from my Live365 station.

Eddie Lang-Joe Venuti and their Orch - Beale Street Blues (1931) - Decca F 5883 A (UK)
Wingy Mannone and his Orch - Summer Holiday (1936) - Bluebird B 6473 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
George Olsen and his Music (Ethel Shutta v) - A Precious Little Thing Called Love (1929) - Victor 21832 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - In My Bouquet of Memories (1928) - Victor 21388 B
The High Hatters (Leonard Joy, dir) (Frank Luther v) - Wild Rose (1929) - Victor 22250 B
Gene Austin - One Sweet Letter From You (1927) - Victor 20730 A
The Revelers - Moonlight On The Ganges (1926) - Victor 20140 B
Hal Swain and his Band - I Wanna Sing About You (1931) - Imperial 2545 (UK)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Song of India (1921) - Victor 18777 B
Bennie Krueger's Orch - Wang Wang Blues (1921) - Brunswick 2083 B
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - St Louis Blues (1921) - Victor 18772 A
Collins and Harlan - My Croony Melody (1914) - Victor 17610 B
Billy Murray - Come On And Play With Me (1919) - Columbia A2836
Margaret Young Bennie Krueger's Orch - Stumbling (1922) - Brunswick 2284 A
West End Jazz Band - Davenport Blues (2010) - Huntington, WV recording May 15, 2010
West End Jazz Band - Harlem Speaks (2010) - Huntington, WV recording May 15, 2010
Coon Sanders Orch - Mine, All Mine (1927) - Victor 21148 A
Ed Lloyd and his Rhythm Boys - Tip Toe Thru The Tulips With Me (1929) - Banner 6451 A
Adrian Schubert and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - The Man From The South (1930) - orig Banner 0590
Nora Bayes - Why Worry (1920) - Columbia A3360
Al Jolson - You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet (1919) - Columbia A2836
Melody Twins - I'm Tellin' The Birds Tellin' The Bees (1926) - Oriole 787 A
Earl Harlan and his Orch (Redman) (HL v) - Got The South In My Soul (1932) - Panachord 25317 A (UK)
Ed Loyd and his Orch (Kardos) (DR v) - Willow Weep For Me (1932) - Panachord 25482 A (UK)
Shep Fields and his R R Orch (Bob Goday v) - Too Marvelous For Words (1937) - Bluebird B 6779 A
Connie Boswell - Seein' is Believin' (1935) - Brunswick 7445
Layton and Johnstone - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You (1933) - Columbia FB 1218 (UK)
Larry Adler - They Can't Take That Away From Me (1937) - Columbia FB 1714 (UK)
Lee Sims - If I Lost You (1928) - Brunswick 4010
Miss Anona Winn - I'll Follow My Secret Heart (1934) - Regal Zonophone MR 1272 (UK)
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - It Was So Beautiful (1932) - Brunswick 1352 B (UK)

"A Diet of Love" June 25, 2010 INTERNET ONLY

2010-06-24T20:30:00.006-04:00

(Week 213)

This RADIOLA! is in observance of your host cutting most of the fat out of his diet--and pruning a few diseased limbs from his family tree.

Enjoy continuous streaming of RADIOLA! on my Live365 station.

Joe Weber and Lew Fields - Baseball Game (1916) - Columbia A2092
Layton and Johnstone - I'm On A Diet of Love (1930) - Columbia DB 113 (UK)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Society Serenaders - Lady Play Your Mandolin (1930) - Regal MR 323 (UK)
Dubin's Dandies (A Schubert) (Jerry White v) - What Will I Do Without You Sweetheart (1929) - Banner 6451 B
The High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - Look For The Silver Lining (1929) - Victor 22250 A
Brox Sisters - Kentucky's Way of Sayin' Good Mornin' (1925) - Victor 19921 A
Kitty O'Connor - I'm Walkin' On Air (1927) - Columbia 1174 D
The Revelers - Breezin' Along With The Breeze (1926) - Victor 20140 A
The Columbians - Apple Sauce (1923) - Columbia A3853
Marimbaphone Band - There's a Lump of Sugar Down in Dixie (1918) - Columbia A2550
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Where's My Sweetie Hiding (1924) - Victor 19546 A
Marion Harris - Grieving For You (1920) - Columbia A3353
Irving Kaufman - Don't Be Afraid To Come Home (1925) - Harmony 82 H
Wendell Hall - Who Said I Was A Bum? (1928) - Brunswick 4174
Brunswick Light Opera Co - Patience Part 3 (1928) - Brunswick 20079
Brunswick Light Opera Co - Patience Part 4 (1928) - Brunswick 20079
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Jazz Me Blues (1921) - Victor 18772 B
Bennie Krueger's Orch - Boardwalk Blues (1922) - Brunswick 2327 B
All Star Trio - 12th Street Rag (1920) - Victor 18713 A
Margaret Young with Bennie Krueger's Orch - Nobody Loves Me Now (1922) - Brunswick 2284 B
Alice Green and Edward Hamilton - Hello Frisco (1915) - Victor 17837 A
Wendell Hall - We're Gonna Have Weather (Whether or Not) (1924) - Victor 19501 B
Mal Hallett and his Orch (Teddy Grace v) - Turn On That Red Hot Heat (1937) - Decca 1384 B
Little Jack Little and his Orch - Moonburn (1935) - Columbia FB 1337
Leo Reisman and his Dance Orch (Tamara v) - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1933) - Brunswick A 9684 A (France)
Brox Sisters - Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again (1925) - Victor 19921 A
Harry Richman - That's My Mammy (1928) - Brunswick 3890 B
Miss Anona Winn - This Little Piggy Went to Market (1934) - Regal Zonophone MR 1272
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - No More Worryin' (1926) - Victor 20007 B
Johnny Johnson and his Statler PA'ns - Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me (1928) - Victor 21498 A
Mickey Alpert and his Orch (Selvin) (Paul Small v) - Auf Wiedersehen My Dear (1932) - Columbia 2614 D

WHEN LOCAL TV WASN'T CRAP

2010-06-23T12:45:00.003-04:00

From the wonderful Bill Boggs MIDDAY show on WNEW-TV, New York (before it was FOX). It's great--and sad--to see all the ones who have left us since this broadcast. (Thanks to Will Friedwald!)

"Who's That Knockin'?" June 18, 2010 INTERNET ONLY

2010-06-17T20:30:00.006-04:00

(Week 212)

Here's another delightful "home baked" edition of RADIOLA! to chew on as we wait for the completion of the new WHCL studio. (Once there is a door, I'll be the one knocking on it.)

Kitty O'Connor - Who's That Knockin' At My Door? (1927) - Columbia 1174 D
The Masqueraders - Oh Mo'nah (1931) - Columbia CB 401 (UK)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Jesse Stafford and his Orch - Shine (1928) - Brunswick 4048
Charles Pierce and his Orch - Bull Frog Blues (1928) - UHCA 2
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - There'll Come a Time (1928) - Brunswick 3955
Leslie Hutchinson - You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me (1930) - Parlophone R 738 (UK)
Anona Winn - Gertie The Girl With The Gong (1935) - Rex 8466 B (UK)
Larry Adler - With Plenty of Money and You (1937) - Columbia FB 1703 (UK)
Sid Peltyn and his Orch (Hal Davis) (DR v) - Lullaby of Broadway (1935) - Regal Zonophone MR 1716
Harry Roy and his Orch - Lazybones (1933) - Parlophone R 1611 (UK)
Claude Hopkins Orch (Ovie Alston v) - Everybody Shuffle (1934) - ARC test (issued take)
Van and Schenck - Sweet Kisses (Albert Von Tilzer) (1919) - Columbia A2792
Charles Sargent and Johnny Marvin - Thousand Miles Blues (1924) - Okeh test (40241)
The Harmonians (IK v) - Where'd You Get Those Eyes (1926) - Velvet Tone 1198 V
Smugtown Stompers - Oriental Man (1968) - private recording (courtesy Bud Taylor)
Smugtown Stompers - Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down (1968) - private recording (courtesy Bud Taylor)
Bill Jordan and George Kent - Sweet Sue Just You (1940) - Decca 18163 A
Billy Marlow - Would You Like to Take a Walk (1932) - Broadcast Twelve 3081 B (UK)
Larry Adler - The Continental (1935) - Columbia C-100 (Japan)
Lou Gold and his Orch (Paul Small v) - Bye and Bye Sweetheart (1931) - Clarion 5409 C
Scott Wood and his Orch - Lovers' Lane (1933) - Regal Zonophone MR 1038 (UK)
Anona Winn - She Wore a Little Jacket of Blue (1935) - Rex 8466 A (UK)
Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow and Orch - Revolutionary Blues (1938) - HMV B 9470 (UK)
Monette Moore and her Swing Shop Boys - Rhythm For Sale (1936) - Decca 7161 A
Wingy Manone and his Orch - No Regrets (1936) - Bluebird 6473 A
Turner Layton - Dinner For One Please, James (1936) - Columbia FB 1205 (UK)
Connie Boswell - Chasing Shadows (1935) - Brunswick 7445
Jack Shilkret and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - I Love You From Coast to Coast (1936) - Melotone 7 02 14
Freddy Martin and his Orch - Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day (1934) - ARC test (Theatre Special take)
BBC Dance Orch - I Don't Want To Go To Bed (1932) - Columbia CB 336 (UK)
The Cavaliers - Trail of Dreams (1926) - Columbia 805 D

"Carry On!" June 11, 2010 INTERNET ONLY

2010-06-10T20:53:00.005-04:00

(Week 211)

This week we celebrate five years of RADIOLA! (first broadcast June 10, 2005) by conducting business as usual, albeit on-line and off-air. In addition to the pile of shellac I'm deploying, you'll hear two selections from the excellent new CD by the Baby Soda Jazz Band, "Jazz Roots Elixir."

Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - We Can Huddle At Home (1936) - Bluebird B 6563 B
The Masqueraders - Carry On (1931) - Columbia CB 401 (UK)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Jesse Stafford and his Orch - Cinderella Blues (1928) - Brunswick 4048
Nick Lucas - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Brunswick 3184 A
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Whispering (1928) - Brunswick 3955
Max Lindsey - Only Me Knows Why (1931) - Zonophone 6098 (UK)
Annette Hanshaw - My Sin (1929) - Velvet Tone 1910 V
Ted Lewis and his Band - One More Time (1931) - Columbia CB 351 (UK)
Jane Gray (Peggy English) - Are You Happy? (1927) - Velvet Tone 1464 V
Johnny Marvin - Minnie the Mermaid (1924) - Okeh test (40241)
Charles Pierce and his Orch - China Boy (1928) - UHCA 1
Claude Hopkins Orch (Orlando Roberson v) - Margie (1934) - ARC test (issued take)
Mezzrow Ladnier Quintet - Gettin' Together (1938) - HMV B 9470 (UK)
George Scott-Wood - Lulu's Back In Town (1936) - HMV B D 300 (UK)
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Hindustan (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Baby Soda Jazz Band - That's a Plenty (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Lee Sims - Caressing You (1929) - Brunswick 4339
“Biff” Hoffman (Jack Wiggin p) - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Baby) (1928) - Brunswick 4046
The Three Jacks - Without You Emmaline (1930) - Diva 3140 G
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Jerry Solow v) - (If This Is Love) Then I Don't Want Love (1931) - Col. 2537 D
Scott Wood and his Orch - I've Got To Pass Your House To Get To My House (1933) - Regal Zono. MR 1038
Arthur Young and his “Strict Tempo” Dance Orch - I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' (1935) - Decca F 5792
Ed Lloyd and his Band (Kardos) (C Bullock v) - Pettin' In The Park (1933) - Rex 8005 A (UK)
Sam Robbins and his Hotel McAlpin Orch - Sittin' On a Log (1933) - Bluebird 5268 B
Monette Moore and her Swing Shop Boys - Two Old Maids In a Folding Bed (1936) - Decca 7161 B
Dave Harman and his Orch (George Marks v) - Live and Love Tonight (1934) - Regal Zonophone MR 1328
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - St Louis Blues (1934) - Decca 15000 A
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Chas Chester v) - Basin Street Blues (1936) - Bluebird 6759 B
Bing Crosby (with Isham Jones' Orch) - Sweet Georgia Brown (1932) - Melotone M 13127 B
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Sweet Adeline (1936) - Bluebird B 6563 A
The Rhythmic Troubadours - Au Revoir Pleasant Dreams (1930) - Regal MR 350 (UK)