"Masculine Women--Feminine Men" June 16, 2006

(Week 43)

This week's RADIOLA features gender-bending vocals (and vocalists) on vintage records--not that there's anything wrong with that. Also on tap are lyrics modified to fit the sex of the singer, a few decidedly politically incorrect numbers, and tributes to three imcomparable gay songwriters.

The Playlist That Dare Not Speak Its Name begins tonight at 7 PM EDT on WHCL 88.7 FM.

The Revelers – Gems from “Oh, Kay!” (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Irving Kaufman – Masculine Women, Feminine Men (1926) – Take Two TT503CD
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Hush-a-Bye (1926) – Bixology LP Set
The Little Ramblers – I Wonder What’s Become of Joe (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-037 JAZZ
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – I’d Rather Be the Girl in Your Arms (1926) – Bixology LP Set
Cole Porter – You’re the Top (1934) – Laserlight 12 431
Leo Reisman and his Orch. – You’ve Got That Thing (1929) – ABC 836 190-2
Garland Wilson – Just One of Those Things (1936) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Ethel Waters – Get Up Off Your Knees (1928) – Frog DGF 14
Bessie Smith – Gimme a Pigfoot (1933) – Charly CDCD 1030
Billie Holiday (w/Teddy Wilson’s Orch.) – Miss Brown to You – Columbia/Legacy C3K 47724
Bud Freeman and his Orch. – Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man (1928) – Columbia/Legacy CK 52855
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – I’m Proud of a Baby Like You (1927) – Bixology LP Set
Irving Mills and his Hotsy Totsy Gang – Harvey (1929) – Sensation 768 749 025-2
Ray Ventura and his Collegians – I Want to Be Bad (1929) – Columbia/Legacy CK 52855
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – There Ain’t No Sweet Man (1928) – Bixology LP Set
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Hoagy Carmichael, vo.) – Washboard Blues (1927) – Bixology LP Set
Ma Rainey – Prove it on Me Blues (1928) – Giants of Jazz CD 53281
Chas. Creath’s Jazz-O-Maniacs – My Daddy Rocks Me (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-036 JAZZ
Sophie Tucker – I’ve Got a Cross-Eyed Papa (1923) – Take Two TT404CD
Noel Coward – Dance Little Lady (1928) – Flapper PAST CD 7845
Gertrude Lawrence – Mad About the Boy (1932) – History of Pop Radio Vol. 4
Ray Noble and his Orch. – Mad About the Boy (1932) – Rathbone 0531
Earl Gresh and his Gangplank Orch. – Help! (1925) – Columbia/Legacy CK 52855
Slim and Slam – Ferdinand the Bull (1938) – Classics 705
Durium Dance Band – Let’s All Be Fairies (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Brox Sisters – Red Hot Mama (1924) – CD AJA
Annette Hanshaw – Ain’t He Sweet (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5220
Boswell Sisters – It’s the Girl (1931) – Sony A-30320
Layton & Johnstone – Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
The Cotton Pickers – St. Louis Gal (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-049 JAZZ
The Travelers – I Can’t Make a Man (1930) – Columbia/Legacy CK 52855
Mildred Bailey (w/Eddie Lang’s Orch.) – What Kind of Man is You? (1929) – TOM mb103
Hutch – With a Song In My Heart (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
The Revelers – The Blue Room (1926) – Intersound CDC 1012
Jack Hylton and his Orch. – “On Your Toes” Medley (1937) – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Bing Crosby – Gay Love (1929) – Columbia/Legacy CK 52855
Sam Lanin’s Famous Players – The Man I Love (1927) – Columbia/Legacy CK 52855
Cliff Edwards – Come Up and See Me Sometime (1933) – Columbia/Legacy CK 52855
Douglas Byng – Flora McDonald (1932) – Living Era ASV CD AJA 5060
Ella Shields – Burlington Bertie From Bow (1916) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5363
Monte Crick & Ronald Frankau – Everyone’s Got Sex Appeal For Someone (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Ethel Waters – Dinah (1925) – Sony Music Special Products WK 75018
Boswell Sisters – Liza Lee (1931) – Retrieval RTR 79009
Boswell Sisters - Fare Thee Well, Annabel (1935) - Retrieval RTR 79009
Sophie Tucker – I’m Feathering a Nest (1929) – Take Two TT404CD
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Evening Star (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8004
Roy Fox and his Montmartre Orch. – Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (1929) – Brunswick 78 RPM
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Sweet Sue, Just You (1939)
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

"Restoring Dead Noises" June 9, 2006

(Week 42)

Ambrose Bierce defined "phonograph" as "an irritating toy that restores life to dead noises." This week's program consists of 51 original source documents (i.e., 78s) which have been variously restored for public presentation. Some needed just a tweak of the equalizer, while others required a bit more attention.

Bierce would not approve, but he's no longer in any position to complain.

Monroe Silver – Cohen on the Radio (1924)
The Happiness Boys – Why Aren’t Yez Eatin’ More Oranges? (1924)
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912)
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – A Little Kiss Each Morning (1929)
Paul Specht and his Orch. – Oriental Moonlight (1927)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Chloe (1928)
Reinald Werrenrath – Pirate Song (1924)
Marion Harris – Jazz Vampire (1920)
The Virginians (Frank Crumit, vo.) – I’m Minding My Business (1923)
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Washboard Blues (1926)
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – That’s No Bargain (1926)
Waring’s Pennsylvanians (Clare Hanlon, vo.) – Glorianna (1928)
Cal Stewart – I’m Old But I’m Awfully Tough (1900)
Joseph Natus – A Little Boy In Blue (1902)
Vess L. Ossman – Maple Leaf Rag (1907)
The Detroiters – Sally of My Dreams (1928)
Nat Shilkret and his Orch. – I’m Crazy Over You (1929)
Paul Specht and his Orch. – I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (1927)
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake – Downhearted Blues (1922)
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake – Waitin’ for the Evening Mail (1922)
Kentucky Serenaders (Sam Lanin) – Shake it and Break it (1921)
Enric Madriguera and his Orch. – I’ll Never Be the Same (1932)
Johnny Johnson and his Orch. – You Turned the Tables on Me (1936)
Johnny Johnson and his Orch. – Rhythm Saved the World (1936)
Marcia Freer and Lewis James – Linger Awhile (1924)
Paul Biese Trio (Frank Crumit, vo.) – Chile Bean (1920)
Honey Duke and his Uke – Hot Coffee (1926)
Edward Rubsam – Dancing Sun-Rays (1905)
Nick Lucas – Pickin’ the Guitar (1923)
Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan – Listen to That Dixie Band (1915)
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – My Fate Is In Your Hands (1929)
Bing Crosby (w/ Guy Lombardo) – You’re Getting to Be a Habit With Me (1932)
Bing Crosby (w/ Guy Lombardo) – Young and Healthy (1932)
John Steel – Lady of the Evening (1922)
Ruth Etting – Glad Rag Doll (1929)
Willie Farmer and his Orch. (Shirley Brown, vo.)– The Lady is a Tramp (1937)
Frank Crumit – Mountain Greenery (1926)
Ruth Etting – I’ll Get By (1929)
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees – I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan (1932)
Kentucky Serenaders (Sam Lanin) – Aunt Hagar’s Blues (1921)
Joe Candullo and his Everglades Orch. – Only You and Lonely Me (1926)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – No More Worryin’ (1926)
Jack Chapman and his Orch. – Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1925)
Victor Young and his Orch. – Gotta Dance My Way To Heaven (1936)
Johnny Johnson and his Orch. – Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (1936)
Bob Roberts – Moving Day (1905)
Jay C. Flippen – Something Tells Me You Are Going Far Away From Here (1924)
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Farewell Blues (1928)
Frank Crumit – The Girl Friend (1926)
Bill Dodge and his All Star Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1934)
Nat Shilkret and his Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un. Wake Up! (1929)

"Sloth" (June 2, 2006)

(Week 41)


This program is dedicated to the most underrated of the Seven Deadly Sins. It's certainly the only one I have any heart for these days. When the weather warms up, I tend to slow down--waaaaay down. Here's today's playlist--come wallow!!

Cotton and Morpheus – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Brunswick 78 RPM
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – Lazy River (1930) – RCA Encyclopedia of Jazz
Mose Tapiero, ocarina – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Clarence Williams and his Bottomland Orch. (Evelyn Preer,vo.) – Slow River (1927) – Frog DGF37
Henry “Red” Allen and his NY Orch. – Feeling Drowsy (1930) – Classics 540
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Take Your Time (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Mildred Bailey acc. by Dorsey Bros. Orch. – Lazy Bones (1933) – Properbox 57
Mills Bros. – Sleepy Head (1934) – Legacy/Columbia CK 57713
Lonnie Johnson – Lazy Woman Blues (1941) – Bluebird 07863 66064-2
Harry “Mac” McClintock – Halleleujah, I’m a Bum (1928) – Bluebird 82876 50958-2
Al Jolson – Halleleujah, I’m a Bum (1932) – Pro Arte Digital – CDD 436
Lily Morris – Only a Working Man (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5363
The Goofus Five – Lazy Weather (1927) – Timeless CBC 0-017 JAZZ
Original Indiana Five – Hangin’ Around (1926) – Disky DO 999872
The Six Jumping Jacks – Sittin’ Around (1926) – The Old Masters mb120
The Ambassadors – Ukulele Blues (1924) – Vocalion 78 RPM
Vaughn DeLeath – Ukulele Lady (1925) – Intersound CDC 1012
Fred Rich and his Orch. – Ukulele Moon (1930) – The Old Masters mb101
Felix Arndt – Hacienda -The Society Tango (1914) – Victor 78 RPM
Six Brown Brothers – Lazy Jazz Waltz (Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight) (1920) – Emerson 78 RPM
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Lazy (1924) – Victor 78 RPM
Al Jolson– Lazy (1924) – Take Two TT509CD
Cliff Edwards – Where the Lazy Daisies Grow (1923) – National Music Lovers 78 RPM
Reis and Dunn – I Wanna Count Sheep (1932) – Columbia LP Set “Stringing the Blues”
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – My Window of Dreams (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Roses of Yesterday (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Art Landry and his Orch. – Sleepy Time Gal (1925) – Take Two TT509CD
Bing Crosby – Lazy Day (1932) – Columbia CK 44305
Annette Hanshaw – Ho Hum (1931) – Take Two TT408CD
Guy Lombardo and his Orch. – By a Waterfall (1933) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-229-2
Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers – Melancholy (1927) – Columbia/Legacy Complete Hot 5s & 7s
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Persian Rug (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Oliver Naylor’s Orch. – Slowin’ Down Blues (1925) – Yazoo 2024
The Carpal Tunnel Kid – Blacktop Serenade (1996) – Non-Plugged
West End Jazz Band (Leah Bezin, vo.) – Every Day’s a Holiday (2005) – Legacy 2K 106
West End Jazz Band (Mike Bezin, vo.) – Sittin’ and Whittlin’ (2005) – Legacy 2K 106
Castle Farms Serenaders – Tennessee Lazy (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Lazy Lou’siana Moon (1930) – Archeophone ARCH 3002
Gus Arheim and his Orch. (Loyce Whiteman, vo.) – By a Lazy Country Lane (1931) – Take Two TT410CD
Ruth Etting – Laughing at Life (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5008
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – I’ve Got the World on a String (1932) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Hokum Trio – I’m Having My Fun (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-050 JAZZ
Russ Carlson and the High Steppers – You’re Blase (1932) – The Old Masters mb115
Benny Goodman’s Boys – A Jazz Holiday (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5263
Wisconsin Roof Orchestra – Who’s That Knocking at My Door? (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8014
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Sweet and Slow (1935) – Bluebird 07863 66618-2
Butterbeans and Susie – He Likes it Slow (1926) – Columbia/Legacy Complete Hot 5s & 7s
Mae West – A Guy What Takes His Time (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Fats Waller – Two Sleepy People (1942) – Collector’s Choice V-Disc Series
Billie Holiday – Summertime (1939) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 47724
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1928) – King Jazz KJ 152 FS
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up Chill’un Wake Up (1929) – Avid AVC539

Hiatusville!

Owing to the year-end break at WHCL, RADIOLA! will be taking the week off. Your host will be spending a few days up around Lake Lacuna, and will return June 2, at 7 PM EST with the usual fish stories to tell. The Live365 feed should continue uninterrupted, as always.

OCARINA MYSTERY SOLVED!!

The quaint, scratchy acoustic recording of the William Tell Overture I've used as the RADIOLA! theme is no longer anonymous. I discovered that that amazing ocarina solo is by none other than Mose Tapiero, possibly the greatest ocarina player of all time. I compared the matrix number of my "anonymous" recording with the list on the Mose Tapiero discography, and it matches up. The recording I use was first issued in 1912. And nobody seems to know a thing about Maestro Tapiero, other than that he could blow one mean sweet potato.

"Collegiate" -- May 19, 2006

(Week 40)

My salute to the Graduates at 7 PM EDT on WHCL--CONGRATULATIONS!!

Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Collegiate (1925) – Victor 78 RPM
Jones and Hare – We Ain’t Never Been to College (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (ca. 1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Washington and Lee Swing (1928) – The Old Masters mb119
Jan Garber and his Orch. – VMI Spirit (1928) – The Old Masters mb119
Kay Kyser and his Orch. – Hark! The Sound of Tar Heel Voices (1929) – Broadway Intermission LP
Libby Holman – Am I Blue? (1928) – Take Two TT509CD
Charleston Chasers (Eva Taylor, vo.) – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1929) – Take Two TT502CD
Lyda Roberti – College Rhythm (1934) – Columbia/Legacy CK 57711
Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders – CONSTANTINOPLE (1928) – PAST CD 7845
George Olsen and his Music – Doin’ the Raccoon (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – I Love the College Girls (1926) – Take Two TT503CD
Wisconsin U Skyrockets – Postage Stomp (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Maynard Baird and his Orch. – Postage Stomp (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
West End Jazz Band – Postage Stomp (2003) – Legacy 2K 103
Jack Pettis and his Pets – Freshman Hop (1928) – Broadway Intermission LP
Ten Freshmen – Freshman Hop (1929) – Biograph LP
Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy – Sophomore (1930) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3408
George Olsen and his Music - Varsity Drag (1927) - ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Frank Crumit – Abdul Abulbul Amir (1930) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Billy Merson – The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life (1911) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5363
Al Jolson – The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life (1928) – Rhino R2 72544
Kay Kyser and his Orch. (Sully Mason, vo.) – Collegiate Fanny (1929) – Broadway Intermission LP
Phil Spitalny’s Music – Betty Co-Ed (1930) – Archeophone 3002
Bob Hartman and his Orch. – Charley Cadet (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies (A. Fields, vo.)– Sophomore Prom (1929) – The Old Masters mb106
Irving Mills and his Modernists – At the Prom (1929) – Broadway Intermission LP
Ten Freshmen – Bag o’ Blues (1929) – Biograph LP
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Collegiana (1928) – PAST CD 7845
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Collegiana (alt. take) (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Sam Lanin and his Famous Players – Varsity Drag (1927) – ABC 838 215-2
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1927) – The Old Masters mb112
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Roodles (1927) – The Old Masters mb112
West End Jazz Band – Roodles (2003) – Legacy 2K 103
Tom Lehrer – Fight Fiercely Harvard (1953) – Rhino R2 72776
Count Basie and his Orch. (Jimmy Rushing, vo.) – Harvard Blues (1941) – Topaz TPZ 1023
The Lion – Vitalogy (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – The Yale Blues (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8004
US Naval Academy Ten – My Navy Girl (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Sid Garry, vo.) – Stein Song (1930) – Velvet Tone 78 RPM
Gene Austin – My Sorority Sweetheart (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Gene Austin – Dream Girl of Pi K A (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orch. – The Sweetheart of T K O (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Sam Lanin’s Orch. – Princeton Cannon Song and Down the Field (1931) – Hit of the Week 78 RPM
Freddie Rich’s Radio Orch. – As the Backs Go Tearing By (1931) – Hit of the Week 78 RPM
Phil Spitalny’s Orch. – Fight for California (1931) – Hit of the Week 78 RPM
Phil Spitalny’s Orch. – Notre Dame Victory March (1931) – Hit of the Week 78 RPM
Sam Lanin’s Orch. – Illinois Loyalty and Michigan Victory (1931) – Hit of the Week 78 RPM
Souvenir from Phil Spitalny to The Northwestern University (1930) – Archeophone 3002
Frank Crumit – Bohunkus (1927) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Eddie Walters – Collegiate Sam (1929) – Take Two TT503CD
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Positively - Absolutely (1927) – The Old Masters mb119
Bert Lown and his Orch. – Bye Bye Blues (1930) – Archeophone 3002
Hotel Pennsylvania Music – Once Again Before We Part (1930) – Velvet Tone 78 RPM
Eddie South and his Orch. – Gotta Go! (1933) – Classics 707
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Sweet Sue, Just You (1939) – Olympic LP

"Hot and Heavy" -- May 12, 2006 @ 7 PM EDT

(Week 39)

This Very Special RADIOLA! is dedicated to those among us who (owing to the unfashionable manifestation of our metabolical imbalance) are subject to the slings, arrows, brickbats, and divers blunt instruments of even those who proclaim themselves Politically Correct. (Actually, especially them. They have to take their nastiness out on somebody.) This RADIOLA! is comfort food for the large person's soul--three hours of music including stellar performances by some of the biggest (and heaviest) stars of early pop and jazz. There is also an abundance of suitable topical material, some requests, and a few incongruities. This show is packed with music for your enjoyment--and to keep me from editorializing more than is absolutely necessary. The fun starts at 7 PM, as it will for the remainder of the summer, on WHCL-FM 88.7, in Clinton, NY, at beautiful Hamilton College.

Ben Tobier and his California Cyclones – Hot and Heavy (1930) – Yazoo 2024
Ted Lewis and his Band – Egyptian Ella (1931) – Retrieval RTR 79014
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (ca. 1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
Cliff Edwards – A Great Big Bunch of You (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Hollywood Shufflers – Bigger and Better Than Ever (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-039 JAZZ
Sophie Tucker – I Don’t Want to Get Thin (1929) – TT404CD
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Whispering (1920) – History of Pop Radio 205598-202
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Thou Swell (1928) – Bluebird 07863 61006-2
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – Struttin’ With Some Barbecue (1927) – Columbia CK 44422
Jelly Roll Morton – Fat Frances (1929) – JSPCD 322
Red Onion Jazz Babies – Santa Claus Blues (1924) – Heritage Jazz 513282W
The Hottentots – Lots O’ Mama (1926) – Yazoo 2024
Kate Smith – Clementine (From New Orleans) (1927) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – All of Me (1931) – Sony A 23672
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Your Mother’s Son-In-Law (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 47724
Helen Kane – Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Annette Hanshaw – He’s So Unusual (1929) – Sensation Annette Hanshaw Vol. 7
Mae Questel – Sweet Betty/Don’t Take My Boop-Boop-A-Doop Away/The Girl In the Little Green Hat (1933) – Pro Arte CDD 440
Zarah Leander – Ingenting att bjuda frammande pa (ca. 1930) – ZYX 11116-2
Billy Murray and Walter Scanlon – My Wife is On a Diet (1929) – Take Two TT503CD
Jimmie Grier and his Orch. – Bend Down Sister (1932) – Take Two 421CD
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – Saturday Night Fish Fry Drag (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Sugar Blues (1931) – Hep CD 1008
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Got Butter on It (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013 JAZZ
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Trav’lin’ All Alone (1931) – The Old Masters mb103
Casa Loma Orchestra – Heat Wave (1933) – ABC 836 190-2
Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra – I Can’t Make a Man (1933) – Columbia/Legacy CK48908
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Don’t Give All the Lard Away (1926) – Frog DGF6
Junie C. Cobb and his Grains of Corn – Shake that Jelly Roll (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-050 JAZZ
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – All That Meat and No Potatoes (1941) – Bluebird 2192-2-RB
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. (Jimmy Rushing, vo.) – Ya Got Love (1931) – Classics 591
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Tiny’s Stomp (1929) – Classics 661
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Fat Man Blues (1929) – Classics 691
Zelma O’Neal – Do Something (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
West End Jazz Band (Leah LaBrea, vo.) – Do Something (2005) – Legacy 2K 106
West End Jazz Band – Please Don’t Cut Out My Sauerkraut (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Fats Waller – St. Louis Blues (1926) – Classics 674
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Seven – Potato Head Blues (1927) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. (Jimmy Rushing, vo.) – Now That I Need You – Classics 591
Al Lentz and his Orch. – Every Night I Bring Her Frankfurter Sandwiches (1927)– Take Two TT503CD
Eddie Cantor – Hungry Women (1928) – Take Two TT503CD
Duke of Iron – Fifty Cents (1959) – RCA Victor LP
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings – I Can’t Get Started (1936) – Timeless CBC 1-019 JAZZ
Bunny Berigan and his Boys – I Can’t Get Started (1936) – Giants of Jazz Time/Life LP Set
Bunny Berigan and his Orch. – I Can’t Get Started (1937) – Giants of Jazz Time/Life LP Set
Sophie Tucker – Oh! You Have No Idea! (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
Bessie Smith – My Kitchen Man (1929) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Billie Holliday – What a Little Moonlight Can Do (1935) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 47724
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Then I’ll Be Tired of You (1934) – Bluebird 07863 66618-2
Mildred Bailey and her Orch. – More Than You Know (1936) – Vocalion 78 RPM
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1928) – Joker LP Box Set
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

RADIOLA! is now a THREE-HOUR PROGRAM

As of May 12, RADIOLA! will air from 7 until 10 PM ET Fridays on WHCL-FM (88.7). Immediately afterward, at 10 PM, my friend Alex Jager will be hosting his aural fantasmagoria TRIPPING WITH DOLPHINS. Alex's show is totally unlike RADIOLA! but his poetic monologues, in-depth interviews, and psychedelic playlist make for one of the most intriguing programs you are likely to hear on American radio. It will remind you of underground radio circa 1968.

"Savage Serenade" (May 5, 2006)

(Week 38)

This Friday's RADIOLA! (8 PM ET on WHCL) contains as much necessary roughness as the FCC allows. "Kinder, gentler" times (and tunes)? I think not. How'd you like an audio knuckle sandwich? All right, then--you asked for it!

“Jos. Elliot” (Arthur Fields) – Hard Hearted Hannah (1925) – National Music Lovers 78 RPM
Adrian Rollini’s Orch. – Savage Serenade (1933) – Historical LP ASC 5829-19
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (ca. 1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – Barnacle Bill the Sailor (1930) – RCA LP
Slatz Randall and his Orch. – I’m a Ding Dong Daddy (1930) – ABC 836 190-2
Gene Kardos and his Orch. – Mean Music (1931) – The Old Masters mb121
Lizzie Miles – You’re Such a Cruel Papa to Me (1928)– Frog DGF 14
Helen Kane – Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. (Kay Weber, vo.) – Nasty Man (1934) – Columbia/Legacy CK 48908
Wilmoth Houdini – Sweet Papa Willie (1931) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7010
Wilmoth Houdini – Don’t Do That to Me (1940) – Camden LP CAL-360
Talbot Brothers – Atomic Nightmare (ca. 1958) – ABC-Paramount LP 156
Bubbling Over Five – Don’t Mistreat Your Good Boy-Friend (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-048
New Orleans Owls – Throwin’ the Horns (1927) – Frog DGF 2
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – King Kong Stomp (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Head Hunter’s Dream (1928) – Classics 661
Lecuona Cuban Boys – Tabou (1936) – Lecuona Cuban Boys, Vol. 4 (1932-1936)
Tom Lehrer – Masochism Tango (1959) – Rhino R2 72776
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – I’se A-Muggin’ (1936) – Charly CDCD 2015
Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys – Onyx Club Spree (1937) – Giants of Jazz CD 53173
Benny Goodman Sextet – Breakfast Feud (1940) – Columbia CK 45144
Sam Manning-Anna Freeman – Nothing But a Double-Barrel Shotgun (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8029
The Lion and Attila (w/Gerald Clark) – Louis -Schmeling Fight (1937) – Rounder 82161-1106-2
The Tiger – Marabella Wedding (1935) – Rounder CD 1077
Jimmie Grier and his Orch. (Margaret Lawrence, vo.) – The More You Hurt Me (1932) – Take Two TT421CD
Elsie Carlisle – Pu-leeze! Mister Hemingway! (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Ethel Merman – I Get a Kick Out of You (1934) – Columbia/Legacy CK 57111
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Seven – I’m Not Rough (1927) – Columbia CK 44422
Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Savage Rhythm (1931) – Hep CD 1008
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Jazz Battle (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Charlie Palloy – Try a Little Tenderness (1932) – The Old Masters mb 118
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (1936) – RCA Victor 07863-66747-2
Bill Dodge and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1934) – Circle LP
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up Chill’un Wake Up (1929) – Avid AVC539

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"Words Fail Me" (April 28, 2006)

(Week 37)

This show is dedicated to scatting and other inarticulate sounds that issue from the human larynx in the service of rhythm. Barbaric yawps abound, with kazoos, jugs, and at least one detached saxophone mouthpiece. It should be a cacophony, but it ain't. It's an anthology of joyful noise, released from the constraints of intelligibility. (Why should I start making sense at this late date?)

Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Charleston (1925) – History of Pop Radio 205598-202
Cab Calloway and his Orch. - The Scat Song (1933) - Jazz Tribune No. 58
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (ca. 1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
Thomas Waller with Morris’s Hot Babies – Red Hot Dan (1927) – Bluebird 60015-2
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces – Decatur Street Tutti (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013 JAZZ
Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Futuristic Jungleism (1931) – Hep CD 1008
The Rhythm Boys – Wa-Da-Da (1928) – Sony Music Special Products WK 75004
The Boswell Sisters – Shout Sister, Shout (1931) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
The Mills Brothers (w/Duke Ellington) – Diga, Diga Doo (1932) – Legacy/Columbia CK 57713
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Skit, Scat, Doodle-Do (1926) – Frog DGF8
Jimmy Wade’s Dixielanders – Mississippi Wobble (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-050 JAZZ
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Just Rite (1928) – Frog DGF29
Sophie Tucker – Some of These Days (1911) – Archeophone ARCH 1003
‘Gene Greene – King of the Bungaloos (1917) – RCA Victor 09026 63206-2
Fletcher Henderson (Don Redman, vo.) – My Papa Doesn’t Two-Time No Time (1924) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Barbara Rosene and her New Yorkers – Me and the Man in the Moon (2005) – Stomp Off CD 1405
West End Jazz Band – Zulu Wail (2002) – Legacy 2K 101
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Put a Lid on it (1996) – Mammoth MR0137-2
Mound City Blue Blowers – Best Black (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-043 JAZZ
Cliff Edwards – Fascinatin’ Rhythm (1924) – Columbia/Legacy CK 57712
Charlie Palloy – Forty-Second Street (1933) – The Old Masters mb118
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – Heebie Jeebies (1925) – Columbia CK 44049
The Goofus Five (Ernest Hare, vo.) – Heebie Jeebies (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-017 JAZZ
The Boswell Sisters – Heebie Jeebies (1931) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 550
Bee Palmer – Singin’ the Blues (1929) – The Old Masters mb107
Lloyd Smith and his Gut-Bucketeers – Rub Me Some More (1930) – Biograph BCD 152 ADD
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Sensation (1928) – JSP CD 3402
King Radio – Sedition Law (1939) – Arhoolie Folklyric 7004
Eddie South and his International Orchestra – Hejre Kati (1931) – Classics 707
Slim and Slam – Boot-Ta-La-Za (1939) – Colmubia/Legacy CK 64898
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Thank Your Father (1930) – The Old Masters mb117
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Minnie the Moocher (1931) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 182
Bing Crosby – Sweet Sue (1933) – Columbia CK 44305
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

"Nine" (April 21, 2006)

(Week 36)

Twenty-seven of the selections in this playlist were chosen at random out of my vast midden of recorded media--the ninth track on every ninth disc in the four crates of CDs in my living room. This is in commemoration of my ninth wedding anniversary, on April 25. Also in tonight's program are a track from the amazing Big Broadcast CD assembled by Rich Conaty (donate to WFUV and get one as a membership premium), and three Annette Hanshaw recordings used by Nina Paley in her animated feature-in-progress, Sita Sings the Blues. (And there's of course the ocarina and "Sweet Sue" and "Wake Up Chill'un.")

Here is my (mostly) accidental playlist:

Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Look What I’ve Got (1933) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Boswell Sisters – Shuffle Off to Buffalo (1933) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 550
Anonymouns Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (ca. 1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – I May Be Wrong But I Think You’re Wonderful (1929) – Quadromania Membran 222464-444
Dick Robertson – I Faw Down and Go Boom (1928) Take Two TT 503 CD
Red Nichols’ Stompers – Sugar (1927) – The Old Masters mb107
Jones-Smith Inc. – Lady Be Good (1936) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64855
Michel Warlop and his Orch. – Avalon (1935) – Swing CDSW 8403
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – The Riff (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Gene Austin – Everything I Have is Yours (1933) – Columbia/Legacy CK 57712
Lew Stone and his Band (Al Bowlly, vo.) – What is There to Take its Place? (1934) – Pulse PBXCD 422/1
Fred Astaire – Louisiana (1929) – Deja Vu 5022-1
Clarence Williams Jazz Kings – Dreaming the Hours Away (1928) – Frog DGF 14
King Oliver and his Orch. – Sweet Like This (1929) – JSP CD 3404
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Moten Stomp (1927) – Disky DO 999872
Annette Hanshaw – Here We Are (1929) – Sensation Vol. 6
Annette Hanshaw – What Wouldn’t I Do For That Man? (1929) – Sensation Vol. 6
Annette Hanshaw – Mean to Me (1929) – Sensation Vol. 6
Lord Beginner – Fed-A-Ray (1953) – Putumayo 205-2
Cliff Jackson – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1962) – Black Lion BLCD 760194
R. Crumb’s Cheap Suit Serenaders – She Lived Down By The Firehouse (1977) – Shanachie 6002
Ruth Etting – Body and Soul (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5008
Ethel Waters – Heat Wave (1933) – Sony Music Special Products WK 75018
Boswell Sisters – Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding Day (1933) – Columbia/Legacy CK 57111
Charles Fulcher and his Orch. – Atlanta Gal (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-038 JAZZ
California Ramblers – Wishing and Waiting for Love (1929) – Diamond Cut DCP 301-D
Vincent Lopez and his Orch. – Everything’s Made For Love (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5002
Fats Waller – Halleleujah (1939) – Buddha 7446599603-2
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Serenade to a Wealthy Widow (1935) – Bluebird 07863 66618-2
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Lafayette (1932) – Bluebird 9683-2-RB
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Swingin’ in a Hammock (1930) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-229-2
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – Muggles (1928) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Quintet of the Hot Club of France (Jerry Mengo, vo.) – Sweet Sue, Just You (1935) – Everest LP
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Avid AVC539

Monday World Special (April 17, 2006)

(Week 35)

Here is a playlist that veers between Latin American classics and The Comedian Harmonists, along with a touch of Calypso, as befits the 8 PM Monday World Music timeslot on WHCL.

Don Azpiazu and his Havana Casino Orch. – The Peanut Vendor (1930) – Take Two TT507CD
Antobal’s Cubans – Onile bo (1937) – Harlequin HQ CD 123
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (c. 1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
The Comedian Harmonists – Puppenhochzeit – Membran 221463-205 (2)
The Comedian Harmonists – Halt dich an mich – Membran 221464 (3)
The Comedian Harmonists – Ali Baba – Membran 221462-205 (1)
Victor Argentine Orchestra – Te Fuiste (1927) – Take Two TT507CD
Carmen Miranda – Miss Seratoa (1930) – Take Two TT507CD
Alfredo Brito and his “Siboney” Orch. – Canto Siboney (1931) – TT507CD
The Comedian Harmonists – Tag und Nacht – Membran 221463-205 (2)
The Comedian Harmonists – An der schonen blauen Donau – 221462-205 (1)
The Comedian Harmonists – Der Onkel Bumba – Membran 221463-205 (2)
Carlos Molina’s Tango Orch. – La Cumparsita (1931) – Take Two TT507CD
Madriguera and his Magic Notes – Adios Linda Morena (1931) – Take Two TT507CD
Lecuona Cuban Boys – Rumba Blanca (1938) – Take Two TT507CD
The Growling Tiger, Lord Iere, and Indian Prince – War (1962) – Rounder CD 1717
Blinky and the Roadmasters – Ay Ay Ay (1990) – Rounder CD 5047
Moxy Fruvous – The King of Spain (1993) – Atlantic 82563-2
The Comedian Harmonists – Tea for Two – Membran 221465-205 (4)
The Comedian Harmonists – Ohne dich – Membran 221463-205 (2)
The Comedian Harmonists – Mein kleiner gruner Kaktus – Membran 221462-205 (1)
Lupita Palomera (w/San Cristobal Marimba Band) – Perfidia (1937) – Take Two TT507CD
Colbaz Orchestra – Tico-Tico No Fuba (1932) – Take Two TT507CD
Antobal’s Cubans – Los tres golpes (1932) – Harlequin HQ CD 123
The Comedian Harmonists – Wochenend’ und Sonnenschein – Membran 221465-205 (4)
The Comedian Harmonists – Veronika, der Lenz is da – Membran 221462-205 (1)
The Comedian Harmonists – Mein lieber Schatz – Membran 221463-205 (2)
Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orch. – Jalousie (1935) – Take Two TT507CD
Don Azpiazu and his Havana Casino Orch. – Marianna (1931) – Take Two TT507CD
Carmen Miranda – Mama Eu Quiero (1939) – Take Two TT507CD
The Comedian Harmonists – Barcarolle – Membran 221463-205 (2)
The Comedian Harmonists – Wir sind von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt– Membran 221463-205 (2)
The Comedian Harmonists – Auf Wiedersehn – Membran 221465-205 (4)

"The International Rag" (April 14, 2006)

(Week 34)

This Friday's program has a true international flair--having been devised as a possible substitute show for WHCL's World music program "Anywhere But Here." Since Jonathan Mead, the host of ABH, was able to do his show this week (owing to the idiosyncratic punctuality of Amtrak) and I'm not one to scrap a perfectly good playlist, here it is. In any event, I will definitely be substituting next Monday (April 17) at 8 PM ET for Jonathan--with a program that I will record and present as a special in the near future. Confused? Don't be. Just listen--and enjoy!

Collins and Harlan – The International Rag (1913) – Archeophone 1001
Billy Murray – I’ll See You in C-U-B-A (1920) – Take Two TT509CD
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78 RPM
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Shanghai Shuffle (1924) – Timeless CBC 1-003 JAZZ
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Bombay (1929) – Classics 691
Savoy Bearcats – Senegalese Stomp (1926) – Frog DFG8
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Japansy (1928) – Sensation 769 748 026-2
Green Brothers Marimba Orch. – Maori (1930) – RCA Victor 09026 63206-2
Fred Elizalde and his Orch. – Singapore Sorrows (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Josephine Baker – La Petite Tonkinoise (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364Rico’s Creole Band – Shangai (1933) – Harlequin HQ CD 41
Eddie South and his Orch – Nagasaki (1933) – Classics 707
Frank Crumit – I Wish That I’d Been Born in Borneo (1920) – Columbia 78 RPM
Frank Crumit – Palesteena (1920) – Columbia 78 RPM
Prince’s Dance Orch. – Afghanistan (1920) – Columbia 78 RPM
Casa Loma Orchestra – China Girl (1930) – Hep CD 1010
McKenzie and Condon’s Chicagoans – China Boy (1927) – Gold Sound DCD-772
Lionel Hampton and his Orch. – China Stomp (1937) – Classics 524
Ipana Troubadors (Bing Crosby, vo.) – Rose of Mandalay (1928) – Columbia CK 44304
Dorsey Brothers Orch. – Persian Rug (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8004
The Savoy Orpheans – Turkish Towel (1926) – Conifer
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Bolshevik (1926) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
George Formby – Madam Moscovitch (1934) – Hallmark 300282
Oscar Aleman Trio – Russian Lullaby (1939) – Acoustic Disc ACD 29
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Copenhagen (1924) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 57596
Elmer Schoebel and his Friars Society Orch. – Copenhagen (1929) – Acrobat ACRCD 157
Casa Loma Orch. – Copenhagen (1936) – Hep CD 1051
Maxine Sullivan – Loch Lomond (1937) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52943
Nat Gonella and his Georgians – Capri Caprice (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5300
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – The Shiek of Araby (1937) – Past Perfect 204281-202
Fats Waller – Martinique (1942) – Collectors Choice V Disc Fats Waller
Thelma Terry and her Playboys - Lady of Havana (1928) - The Chicago Hot Bands (Timeless)
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang – Jamaica Shout (1934) – JSP CD 339
Gregor and his Orchestra – Sweet Sue, Just You (1929) – Wolverine LP
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Avid AVC 539

"Crime and Punishment" (April 7, 2006)

(Week 33)

This program is dedicated to all the usual suspects (which could include any of us these days), merely caught in the act of being themselves. The following line-up can be apprehended at 8 PM Friday on WHCL-FM.

Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Ah-Ha! (1925) – Victor 78 RPM
Irving Mills and his Hotsy Totsy Gang – March of the Hoodlums (1929) – Sensation 769 748 025-2
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
Ruth Etting – Guilty (1931) – Take Two TT403CD
Annette Hanshaw – I Want to Be Bad (1929) – Sensation Annette Hanshaw Vol. 6
Hotchkiss Dance Orch. – Love For Sale (1931) – Columbia/Legacy CK 52855
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – I’m Playing With Fire (1933) – Columbia CK 44407
Bing Crosby – I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song (1933) – Columbia CK 44306
The Lion – Ba Boo La La (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Bing Crosby (w/ Gus Arnheim’s Orch.) – Just a Gigolo (1931) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 432
Bertha Idaho – Down on Pennsylvania Avenue (1929) – Frog DGF 17
Lonnie Johnson – Racketeer’s Blues (1932) – Columbia CK 46221
Fats Waller – Where Were You On the Night of June the Third? (1935) – Stash ST-CD-539
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings – Murder in the Moonlight (1935) – Timeless CBC 1-019
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Bad Businessman (1996) – Mammoth MR0137-2
Bert Williams – The Moon Shines on the Moonshine (1919) – Archeophone ARCH5002
Billy Williams – Don’t Send My Boy to Prison – Empress RAJCD834
Vernon Dalhart – The Prisoner’s Song – History of Pop Radio 205598-202
Frank Crumit – Frankie and Johnny (1927) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Henry “Red” Allen and his N. Y. Orch. – Patrol Wagon Blues (1930) – Classics 540
West End Jazz Band – Here Comes My Ball and Chain (2004) – Legacy 2K 104
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Jones Law Blues (1929) – Classics 578
Thomas Morris’ Hot Babies – Please Take Me Out of Jail (1927) – Bluebird 61005-2
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. (Sy Oliver, vo.) – Miss Otis Regrets (1935) – Hallmark 300422
Blind Willie McTell – Death Cell Blues (1933) – Going for a Song GFS458
Bessie Smith – Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair (1927) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Memphis Jug Band – He’s In the Jailhouse Now (1930) – EPM Blues Collection 159622
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orch. – Courthouse Bump (1929) – JSP CD322
Vincent Lopez and his Orch. – My Fate is In Your Hands (1930) – Archeophone ARCH 3002
Bing Crosby – Just One More Chance (1931) – Sony Music Special Products A2 23671
Ray Noble and his Orch. (Al Bowlly, vo.) – Time on My Hands (1931) – Charly CDCD 1136
Gene Austin – Ain’t Misbehavin (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Dicky Wells and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1937) – Topaz Jazz TPZ 1023
King Radio – Sedition Law (1939) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004

"I've Got a Little List" (March 31, 2006)

(Week 32)

RADIOLA! returns to the airwaves Friday, March 31 at 8 PM ET on WHCL-FM with an all-new, all-shellac edition featuring plenty of vintage classical/pop crossover and generous portions of early novelty/comic material, seasoned with genuine surface noise throughout (for those who like their music extra crispy). It'll be uploaded to my Live 365 station by this Saturday. Enjoy!

Larry Clinton and his Orch. (Bea Wain, vo.) – I’ve Got a Little List (1939) – Victor 78 RPM
Wendell Hall – Angry (1925) – Victor 78 RPM
Arthur Pryor’s Band – William Tell Overture (c. 1904) – Victor 78 RPM (speed corrected)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Oriental Fox Trot (1922) – Victor 78 RPM
Chuck Campbell and his Orch. (Irving Kaufman, vo.) – Evening Star (1928) – Diva 78 RPM
Venuti and Lang – Doing Things (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Arthur Fields – How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (1918) – Columbia 78 RPM
Billy Williams – All the Silver in the Silvery Moon (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Marion Harris – Jazz Baby (1919) – Victor 78 RPM
Louisville Master Players – Dreaming of You (1929) – Van Dyke 78 RPM
Leo Reisman and his Orch. – Blue Shadows (1928) – Columbia 78 RPM
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Mamie (1925) – Victor 78 RPM
Art Gillham – Thinking (1926) – Columbia 78 RPM
Gene Austin – I Wish I Had Died in My Cradle (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
The Dixie Stars (Al Bernard & J. Russell Robinson) – My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) – Columbia 78 RPM
Tito Schipa – Amapola (1928?) – Victrola (Red Seal) 78 RPM
Sacasas Royal Havana Orchestra – Cuatro Vidas (1941) – Decca 78 RPM
Hit of the Week Orch. – La Paloma (1932) – Hit of the Week 78 RPM
Mildred Bailey and her Orch. – My Reverie (1938) – Vocalion 78 RPM
Connie Boswell (w/ Bob Crosby’s Bobcats) – Martha (1937) – Decca 78 RPM
Larry Clinton (Ford Leary, vo.) – Sweet Little Buttercup (1939) – Victor 78 RPM
Victor Light Opera Company – Gems from “Pinafore” (1922?) – Victor 78 RPM
Arthur Fields – Let’s Bury the Hatchet (1918) – Columbia 78 RPM
Billy Murray – Profiteering Blues (1920) – Victor 78 RPM
Frank Williams – My Girl Uses Mineralava (1923) – Cameo 78 RPM
Moore and Davis – Old Black Joe (1922) – Columbia 78 RPM
Frank Banta – An Operatic Nightmare (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Art Tatum – Elegie (1940) – Decca 78 RPM
Emery Deutsch and his Orch. – Long Hair Swing (1939) – Bluebird 78 RPM
Tommy Dorsey and his Orch. – Song of India (1937) – Victor 78 RPM
Chick Webb and his Little Chicks – Sweet Sue, Just You (1937) – Decca 78 RPM
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Goodbye (1935) – Victor 78 RPM

Dorothy Fields Tribute Encore (March 24, 2006)

This was Program 6 in the RADIOLA! series. It was one of my better shows last summer, and so I felt it was worthy of rebroadcast. Also included is an extra hour of vintage music (not included in the playlist below). I'll be offering new shows again starting next week.

Hal Kemp (Skinnay Ennis vocal) -- Happy Times -- Brunswick 78
Charles W. Hamp -- Heigh Ho! Ev'rybody, Heigh Ho! (THEME) -- Colmubia 78
Waring's Pennsylvanians -- Collegiana -- The Roaring Twenties (Flapper CD)
Ben Pollack and his Orch. (as "Louisville Rhythm Kings") -- In a Great Big Way -- Ben Pollack Vol. 2 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Casa Loma Orch. -- Exactly Like You -- Casa Loma Stomp (HEP CD)
The Lion and Atilla the Hun -- Guests of Rudy Vallee -- Calypso Breakaway (Rounder CD)
The Tiger -- Money is King -- Calypsos from Trindad (Folklyric CD)
Wilmoth Houdini -- Song No. 99 -- Poor But Ambitious (Folklyric CD)
Annette Hanshaw -- I Can't Give You Anything But Love -- The Girl Next Door (Take Two CD)
Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys -- I Must Have that Man -- Columbia 78
The Mills Brothers (with Duke Ellington's Orch.) -- Diga, Diga, Doo -- Four Boys and a Guitar (Columbia Legacy CD)
Lonnie Johnson -- 6/88 Glide -- Steppin' on the Blues (Columbia CD)
Joe Venuti's Blue Four -- Tempo di Modernage -- JSP CD set
Benny Goodman Sextet -- Soft Winds -- Columbia CD
Oliver Cobb -- Cornet Pleadin' Blues -- Jazz Bands 1926-1930 (Historical LP)
Barbecue Joe and his Hot Dogs -- Big Butter and Egg Man -- Wingy Mannone and his Orch. (Classics CD)
Goofus Five -- Heebie Jeebies -- Timeless CD
Lillie Delk Christian -- Baby -- Armstrong & Hines 1928 (Smithsonian LP set)
Charleston Chasers -- Cinderella Brown -- ASV CD
Louis Armstrong -- Sunny Side of the Street -- Portait of the Artist as a Young Man (Columbia CD set)
Riley Puckett -- In a Little Gypsy Tea Room -- Montgomery Ward 78
Johnny Marvin -- Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs off the Moon -- Victor 78
"David Harris" (Ernie Hare? Wendell Hall?) -- My Papa Doesn't Two Time No Time -- National Music Lovers 78
Frances Langford -- I'm in the Mood for Love -- Those Were The Days (Columbia CD set)
Billie Holliday -- A Fine Romance -- Giants of Jazz (LP set)
Fred Astaire -- The Way You Look Tonight -- Song and Dance Man (Charly CD)
Chick Bullock -- Should I? -- Perfect 78
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees -- Outside -- Velvet Tone 78
Jimmie Noone and his Apex Club Orch. -- Sweet Sue -- King Jazz CD
Ray Starita (Betty Bolton vocal) Wake Up, Chill'un, Wake Up -- Best of the British Dance Bands (AVID CD)

"A Thorough Shellacking" Encore (March 18, 2006)

This was the eighth program in the Radiola series, broadcast at the end of last Summer's mini-season. If you like genuine surface noise from 78 RPM oddities, this show is for you. Also included are some choice numbers by the West End Jazz Band. I will do another program of non-reissued material in the near future. Enjoy!

Victor Light Opera Company – Gems from “No, No, Nanette” – Victor 78
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Charles W. Hamp – Heigh Ho! Ev’rybody, Heigh Ho! – Columbia 78
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Under the Moon – Victor 78
Nat Shilkret and his Orch. – You’re Wonderful – Victor 78
Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orch. – That Certain Party – Victor 78
Irving Kaufman – Oh, Susie Behave – Columbia 78
Cliff Edwards (“Samuel Spencer”) – Where the Lazy Daisies Grow – National Music Lovers 78
Miss Patricola – I’ve Got My Habits On – Victor 78
Adrian Schubert and his Orch. (“Al Alberts”) – Loving You – Cameo 78
Cliquot Club Eskimos – My Sunday Girl – Columbia 78
Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orch. – I Wish’t I Was in Peoria – Victor 78
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok – Still in the 20s (Legacy 2k CD)
Johnny Marvin and Ed Smalle – Blue Skies – Victor 78
Four Aristocrats – I Gotta Get Myself Somebody to Love – Victor 78
Al Jolson and Bing Crosby – The Spaniard that Blighted My Life – Decca 78
Johnny Hamp and his Orchestra – Tomorrow is Another Day – Bluebird 78
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off – Bluebird 78
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – Swamp Fire – Bluebird 78
Johnny Marvin – There’s a Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder – Victor 78
Babs and her Brothers – Swing It – Decca 78
Good Old New York – Jelly Roll Morton Seven – General 78
Dennis Scott (organ) with Leah LaBrea (vocal) – I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling – Sweet & Hot Dance Movie Palace Style (Legacy 2k CD)
Wilbur C. Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band – Rainy Day Blues – Columbia 78
Original Memphis Five – Memphis Glide – Pathe Actuelle 78
California Ramblers (“Golden Gate Orchestra”) – Dustin’ the Donkey – Perfect 78
West End Jazz Band – The Pay-Off – We’re In the 20s (Legacy 2k CD)
Harry Roy and his Orch. – Lullaby of Broadway – Best of the British Dance Bands (Avid CD)
Harry Reser and his Orch. – Our Bungalow of Dreams – Pathe Actuelle 78
Seattle Harmony Kings – How Many Times? – Victor 78
Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orch. – I Wanna Go Where You Go – Victor 78
Ray Starita and his Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up – Best of the British Dance Bands (Avid CD)

Second Summer Special Encore

Owing to the hiatus in the WHCL broadcast scedule, I am uploading some programs from last year. Here is the playlist for the Second Summer Special, now available on Live 365:

California Ramblers – Magnolia (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
Savoy Bearcats – Hot Notes (1926) – Frog DGF8
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – I’ve Had My Moments (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Leroy Smith and his Orch. – St. Louis Blues (1928) – Frog DGF8
Jean Sablon – Par Correspondance (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Zavaidoc Teodorescu – Dragostea e ca si o raie (1928?) – Columbia 78
Zarah Leander – En juvel i malardrottingens krona (Swedish, 1930?) – ZYX 11116-2
Lotte Lenya – Pirate Jenny (1954) – MGM LP
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Sensation (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-069
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Four or Five Times – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
West End Jazz Band – Please Don’t Cut Out My Sauerkraut (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Little Ramblers – Swamp Blues (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-037 JAZZ
Goofus Five – Wang Wang Blues (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-017 JAZZ
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Memphis Shake (1926) – Frog DGF6
Guy Lombardo – Where the Shy Little Violets Grow (1928) – Sony A-59749
West End Jazz Band – Where the Shy Little Violets Grow (2004) – Legacy 2K 104
West End Jazz Band – Forty-Second Street (2004) – Legacy 2K 105
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – Stormy Weather (1933) – Document CD 1016
The Lion – I am Going to Buy a Bungalo (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Attila the Hun – I Don’t Want No Bungalo (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Bill Rogers – West Indian Weed Woman (1934) – Rounder CD 1039
George Robey – Archibald, Certainly Not! (1914?) – Empress RAJCD 834
George Formby – The Lancashire Toreador (1937) – Hallmark 300282
Nellie Wallace – Three Times a Day (1920?) – Empress RAJCD 834
Savoy Orpheans – Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues (1927) – Avid AVC 539
Percival Mackey & Band – Time on My Hands (1931) – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Oscar Rabin & Band – Could Be (1939) – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Zarah Leander – Falling in Love Again (Swedish, 1930) – ZYX 11116-2
Marlene Dietrich – Falling in Love Again (German 1930) – Cocktail Hour Double Take CRG 218015
Jean Trenchant – Mademoiselle Adelaine (1936) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (1928) – ASV CD AJA 5318
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Singapore Sorrows (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015
West End Jazz Band – Tin Ear (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Leroy Smith and his Orch. – Rhapsody in Blue (1928) – Frog DGF8
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5318
Louis Armstrong – Mahogany Hall Stomp (1929) – Columbia CK 46148
Ray Miller and his Orch. – My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-041 JAZZ
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Sweet Sue (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015

March 10, 2006--No soap, no Radiola!

There will be no broadcast of RADIOLA! tonight on WHCL-FM. Hamilton College is on break and the station will be shut down for the duration. This coincides with a bit of minor upheaval here, so I won't be updating the Live 365 site with additional material for at least the next day or so. I regret any inconvenience this may cause.

Alternatively, I could post a past program if anyone has a special request to hear something that is no longer on the Live 365 archive. (My first two programs from last summer were not recorded.) Check out my playlists and if there is a show that especially appeals to you, I may be able to honor your request. Write me at the email link at the top of the links column.

"Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" (March 3, 2006)

(Week 31)

I decided to go metaphysical this week, with a musical tour of Heaven, Hell, and None of the Above. This mini-course in Comparative Religion begins Friday at 8 PM ET, on WHCL 88.7 FM so bring your notebooks, your number two pencils, and an open mind. (No fair gazing into the navel of the person next to you.)

Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life! (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Harold Leonard’s Red Jackets – Fate (1922) – Gennett 78 RPM
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78 RPM
George Olsen and his Music – Someone to Watch Over Me (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Is That Religion (1930) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 182
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. (Elmo Tanner, vo.) – On Revival Day (1930) – Classics 641
Louis Armstrong & his Orch. – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1932) – JSP CD 3401
Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Red Devil (1931) – Hep CD 1008
Bob Causer and his Cornelians (Dick Robertson, vo.) – Hell’s Bells (1932) –Pro Arte CDD 440
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch – In the Merry Month of Maybe (1931) – Old Masters mb109
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Maybe–Who Knows? (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8005
Tommy Dorsey – Maybe (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8006
Bing Crosby – Pennies From Heaven (1936) – Charly CDCD1071
Charlie Palloy – You’ll Never Get to Heaven That Way (1933) – The Old Masters mb118
Cliff Edwards – Half-Way To Heaven (1928) – Sony Music Special Products A 26475
The Lion – Death (1939) – Rounder CD 1141
Wilmoth Houdini – The Devil Behind Me (1935) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7010
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hell (1996) – Mammoth MR0137-2
Bessie Smith – Devil’s Gonna Get You (1928) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Lonnie Johnson – She’s Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight (1930) – Columbia CK 46221
Henry Burr – Stay Down Here Where You Belong (1915) – Victor 78 RPM
Frank Crumit (w/Nat Shilkret) – Just a Night for Meditation (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5002
Paul Mares and his Friars Society Orch. – Reincarnation (1935) – Acrobat ACRCD 157
Coleman Hawkins – When Buddha Smiles (1938) – Excelsior EXL-2-5319
Mildred Bailey (w/Paul Whiteman) – ‘Leven Pounds of Heaven (1931) – Old Masters mb103
Fred Astaire – Cheek to Cheek (1935) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120718
West End Jazz Band – Gotta Dance My Way to Heaven (2005) – Legacy 2K 106
Ethel Waters – Trav’lin’ All Alone (1929) – Classics 721
Ben Selvin and his Orch. (vo?) – Dancing in the Dark (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5318
Coon Sanders’ Nighthawks – That’s All There Is (There Ain’t No More) (1925)– Old Masters mb111
Fletcher Henderson – Sing You Sinners (1936) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 57596
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Sweet Sue (1928) – Joker LP Box Set
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up Chill’un Wake Up (1929) –Avid AVC539

"A Foggy Day" MONDAY February 20, 2006

(Week 30)

This Monday (Feb. 20) at 8 PM ET I will be presenting a special all-British edition of RADIOLA! on WHCL-FM 88.7 in Clinton, NY. (Jonathan Mead, host of the world music program ANYWHERE BUT HERE usually scheduled at that time, will be away.) The selections will be by British artists, Americans recording in Britain, and/or refer to Britain. Here's the playlist:

Fred Astaire (w/ Ray Noble’s Orch.) – A Foggy Day in London Town (1937) – Charly CDCD 1075
The Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Lambeth Walk (1938) – London 820 591-2
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (c. 1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
Ambrose and his Orch. (Sam Browne, v.) – Dancing in the Dark (1932) – Music & Memories MMD1007
Jack Jackson and his Band (Fred Latham, v.) – Roll Along, Prairie Moon (1934) – Avid AVC539
Harry Roy and his Orch. – The Roy Rag (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA5225
Billy Merson – The Spaniard That Blighted My Life (1911) – ASV Living Era CDAJA5363
Ella Shields – Burlington Bertie from Bow (1916) – Empress RAJCD 834
Charles Coborn – The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1929) – ASV Living Era CDAJA5363
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orch. (Les Allen, v.) – April in Paris (1933) – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Van Straten & his Music (Julie Dawn, v.) – The Lady’s in Love With You (1939) – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Gaumont British Dance Orchestra (Jimmy Campbell, v.) –What a Little Moonlight Can Do (1934) Music & Memories MMD1007
Fred Elizalde and his Orch. (Al Bowlly, v.) – Misery Farm (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Al Bowlly (w/ Ray Noble’s Orch.) – Love is the Sweetest Thing – Charly CDCD 1136
Al Bowlly (w/ Ray Noble’s Orch.) – It’s Great to be in Love (1932) – Rathbone 0351
Jack Hylton and his Orch. – The Best Things in Life are Free (1928) – Flapper Past CD 7845
The Savoy Orpheans – The Blue Room (1927) – Conifer CDHD 160
Noel Coward (w/ Carroll Gibbons’ Orch.) – Dance, Little Lady (1928) – Flapper Past CD 7845
George Formby, Sr. – Grandfather’s Clock (1916) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5363
George Formby, Jr. – Chinese Laundry Blues (1932) – Hallmark 300282
George Formby, Jr. – With My Little Ukulele in My Hand (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Orch. – Under the Moon (1928) – RTR 79011
The Savoy Orpheans – Fascinating Rhythm (1924) – Conifer CDHD 160
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Orch. – Sugar (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Fats Waller – London Suite–Piccadilly (6-13-1939) – QED 015
Fats Waller – London Suite–Chelsea
Fats Waller – London Suite–Soho
Fats Waller – London Suite–Bond Street
Fats Waller – London Suite–Limehouse
Fats Waller – London Suite–Whitechapel
Lily Morris – Only a Working Man (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5363
Will Fyffe – I Belong to Glasgow (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5363
Harry Champion – I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am (1931) – ASV Living ERA CD AJA 5363
Ray Noble and his Orch. (Al Bowlly, v.) – Good Night, Sweetheart – Charly CDCD 1136
Ray Starita and his Ambassador’s Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Avid AVC539

"Black and Blue" (February 17, 2006)

(Week 29)

This RADIOLA! goes out in honor of Black History Month, with my playlist below featuring 33 African American and Caribbean artists and bands on a "black" and/or "blue" theme. (I admit the Missourians also backed Cab Calloway, but they're really worth hearing sans Cab. Also Fats Waller is on about four of these records--soloing extensively on "Beale Street Blues.") The show airs on WHCL-FM 88.7 in Clinton, NY this Friday at 8 PM ET.

Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Black and Blue (1929) – Columbia CK 46148
Thomas “Fats” Waller – Blue Black Bottom (1927) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (c. 1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Apex Blues (1928) – King Jazz KJ 152 FS
Walter Page’s Blue Devils – Blue Devil Blues (1929) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64855
Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Blue Rhythm (1931) – Hep CD 1008
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Black Rhythm (1931) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 182
Charlie Johnson’s Original Paradise Ten – Birmingham Black Bottom (1927) – Frog DGF8
Alphonso Trent and his Orch. – Black and Blue Rhapsody (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8008
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Sweet ‘N Low Blues (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Johnny Dodds’ Washboard Band – Bull Fiddle Blues (1928) – RCA Victor 74321-39802-2
The Missourians – Ozark Mountain Blues (1929) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
Bessie Smith – St. Louis Blues (1925) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
The Mills Brothers – St. Louis Blues (1932) – Legacy/Columbia 57713
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – St. Louis Blues (1933) – Document DOCD1016
The Executor – Hold Up Black Bird Hold Up (1937) – Rounder CD 1141
Wilmoth Houdini – Black But Sweet (1931) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7010
Sam Manning – Jamaica Blues (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8028
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band – Chimes Blues (1923) – Jazz Heritage 513282W
Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orch. – Black Rag (1925) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Black Bottom Stomp (1926) – JSP CD 321
Benny Carter and his Orch. – Blues in My Heart (1937) – Jazz Portaits CD 14583
Coleman Hawkins – Blue Moon (1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8403
Art Tatum – I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues (1939) – Jazz Life CD 2673752
Alberta Hunter – Beale Street Blues (1927) – Bluebird 0786366065-2
Ethel Waters – True Blue Lou (1929) – Classics 721
Josephine Baker – Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) – Legacy/Columbia CK 57740
Duke Ellington – Black Beauty (1928) – Columbia C2K 46177
Clarence Williams “Blue Five” Orch. – Take Your Black Bottom Outside (1927) – Frog DGF37
Jimmy Johnson and his Orch. – Chicago Blues (1928) – Frog DGF38
Earl Hines and his Orch. – Blue Nights (1929) – Hermes HRM 6004
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Small Black (1929) – Classics 578
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Rocky Mountain Blues (1927) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 57596
Don Redman and his Orch. – Sweet Sue–Just You (1937) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5110

This Friday on RADIOLA! "Black and Blue!"

In honor of Black History Month, on February 17 I'm playing vintage selections by over 30 African-American and Caribbean artists of renown, each title either "black," "blue," or both. I should have the playlist formulated by tomorrow morning. The broadcast will start at 8 PM on WHCL.

"The Curse of an Aching Heart" (Feb. 10, 2006)

(Week 28)

In honor of Valentine's Day, I've decided to give solace to the unattached and those in lousy relationships. Radio listening tends to be a solitary activity--internet radio listening is decidedly so. The playlist below goes out with heartfelt sympathy to the singletons and the unhappily-in-love. We've all been there!

Fats Waller and his Rhythm – The Curse of an Aching Heart (1936) – RCA Victor 07863-66747-2
Rudy Vallee – The Thrill Is Gone (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (c. 1910) – Columbia 78 RPM
Gloria Swanson – I Love You So Much I Hate You (1932) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 509
Marlene Dietrich – Falling in Love Again (1930) – ASV Living Era 5195
Ted Lewis and his Band – One More Time (1931) – Retrieval RTR 79014
Bert Lown and his Orch. – The Penalty of Love (1930) – The Old Masters mb105
Halfway House Orch. – I Hate Myself for Loving You (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
Ted Weems & his Orch. – She’ll Never Find Another Fellow Like Me (1928) – Memphis Archives 7013
Walter Pidgeon – What’ll I Do? (1924) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 509
Sophie Tucker – The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else (1924) – Take Two TT404CD
Fannie Brice – My Man (1920) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Sweetheart on Parade (1928) – Sensation 769 748 026-2
Lionel Hampton and his Orch. – Sweethearts on Parade (1939) – RCA Camden LP
West End Jazz Band – Singin’ the Blues (2002) – Legacy 2K 101
Wilmoth Houdini – Johnnie Take Me Wife – Rounder CD 1054
Sam Manning – Woman’s Sweeter than Man (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8029
Antobal’s Cubans – The Night the Lady Said “No” (1937) – Harlequin HQ CD 123
Bing Crosby – I’ve Got to Pass Your House to Get to My House (1933) – Columbia CK 44305
Bing Crosby – Can’t We Be Friends (1929) – Sony Music Special Products CD WK 75005
Bing Crosby – Some of These Days (1932) – Charly CDCD 2020
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings – I Can’t Get Started (1936) – Timeless CBC 1-019 JAZZ
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Mean to Me (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8005
Julia Gerity and her Boys – Sittin’ on a Rubbish Can (1931) – Bluebird 82876-50958-2
Jimmie Noone’s Orch. w/Mildred Bailey – He’s Not Worth Your Tears (1931) – The Old Masters mb103
Ambrose and his Orch. (Sam Browne, vo.) – Here Lies Love (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross – Thanks For the Memory (1938) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 509
Henry King and his Orch. (Jos. Sudy, vo.) – Gloomy Sunday (1936) – Decca 78 RPM
Frank Crumit – My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) – Victor 78 RPM
Alex Bartha & his Hotel Traymore Orch. – It Must Be Swell (1932) – Bluebird 82876-50958-2
Ethel Waters – Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (1931) – Classics 721
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang – Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down (1927) – Columbia CK 46175
Frankie Franko and his Louisianans – Somebody Stole My Gal (1930) – Yazoo 2024
George Metaxa – Sweet Sue, Just You (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026

"Here Comes the Sun" (February 3, 2006)

(Week 27)

This week's INTERNET ONLY RADIOLA! is offered as a tribute to Rich Conaty's The Big Broadcast, the vintage music behemoth on WFUV. Over the next two weeks Rich has taken on the Herculean task of playing 100 "moon" songs. I thought I would take a complementary tack and devote this playlist to songs of the sun, the morning, and associated (for me) distasteful imagery. ("Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning," the song that best expresses my own feelings on the topic, is omitted. I've tried--oh, how I've tried--to keep a positive view of my subject!)

Here's two hours of sunshine. Can you take it?

Boswell Sisters – Here Comes the Sun (1930) – Retrieval RTR 79009
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Hymn to the Sun (1936) – courtesy of Lee Hartsfeld
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Cotton and Morpheus – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Brunswick 78
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys (1933) – Lazy Bones – Document DOCD 1016
Mills Brothers – Bugle Call Rag (1932) – Legacy/Columbia CK 57713
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Out of the Dawn (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8004
Philip Spitalny and his Orch. – Up and At ‘Em (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-072 JAZZ
Fred Hall’s Sugar Babies – Plenty of Sunshine (1927) – The Old Masters mb106
Lionel Hampton and his Orch. – The Sun Will Shine Tonight (1938) – Classics 524
Slim Gaillard and his Flat-Foot-Floogie Boys – Early in the Morning (1939) – Classics 724
Benny Goodman Sextet – Breakfast Feud (1940) – Columbia CK45144
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – Give Me the Sunshine (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Carolina in the Morning (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA5263
Ted Lewis and his Band – Dip Your Brush in Sunshine (1931) – Retrieval RTR 79014
Harrod’s Jubilee Singers – Rise and Shine (1922) – Document DOCD 5603
Fulcher’s Dance Trio – Daylight’s Breaking Blues (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-038 JAZZ
King David’s Jug Band – Rising Sun Blues (1930) – Yazoo 2033
Venuti and Lang – Sunshine (1927) – JSP CD3402
Checker Box Boys – My Sunshine (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Vincent Lopez and his Orch. – Sunshine (1928) Pro Arte Digital CDD 484
Al Jolson – When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along (1927) – ABC 838 215-2
Annette Hanshaw – It Was Only a Sun Shower (1927) – Jasmine JASMCD 2542
Johnny Marvin – Old Man Sunshine (1928) – Victor 78
Zez Confrey and his Orch. – Morning Will Come (1923) – Victor 78
James P. Johnson – Snowy Morning Blues (1927) – Classics 658
The Little Ramblers – Tomorrow Mornin’ (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-037 JAZZ
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Throwin’ Stones at the Sun (1935) – Timeless CBC 1-065
Casa Loma Orch. – On the Sunny Side of the Street (1930) – Hep CD 1010
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Daybreak Express (1933) – Pro Arte Digital
Luis Russell and his Orch. – New Call of the Freaks (1929) – JSP CD 308
Ben Pollack and his Orch. (Jack Teagarden, vocal) – Son of the Sun (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8026
Frances Day and Bud Flanagan – But in the Morning, No (1940) – Charly CDCD 1165
Bing Crosby – Sweet Sue, Just You (1932) – Sony Music Special Products W2K 75003

"It's the Animal in Me" (January 27, 2006)

(Week 26)

This week's theme needs no explanation, and I won't offer any justification. (Why animals? Why not!) Strangely, despite the Demento-esque topic, there is plenty of good jazz to be heard, along with the mandatory novelties. The RADIOLA! "Carnival of the Animals" begins promptly at 8 PM EST on WHCL-FM.

Ethel Merman – It’s the Animal in Me (1935) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 473
Irving Aaronson & his Commanders – I’m Just Wild About Animal Crackers (1926) – Take Two 503CD
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture (pre 1920?) – Columbia 78
Lonnie Johnson – Mean Old Bedbug Blues (1927) – Columbia CK 46221
Wilmoth Houdini – Cousin, Cousin, Scratch So Here For Me (1940) – RCA Camden CAL 360 (LP)
Grupo Nacional – La Cucaracha (1930s) – EPM 995822
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Poor Butterfly (1928) – Quadromania 222464-444
The Six Jumping Jacks – I’m Gonna Let That Bumble Bee Be (1926) – The Old Masters mb120
Blue Steele and his Orch. – Shooin’ Flies (1930) – Retrieval RTR 79006
Memphis Jug Band – Spider’s Nest Blues (1930) – EPM Blues Collection 159622
Zack Whyte’s Chocolate Beau Brummels – It’s Tight Like That (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8008
Jerry Drake – Googie and Scogie (2002) – Songs From My Heart
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang – Bull Frog Moan (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5061
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band – Snake Rag (1923) – Jazz Heritage 513282W
Eddie Condon and his Orch. – The Eel (1933) – Timeless CBC 1-050 JAZZ
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Loose Like a Goose (1929) – Classics 578
Josephine Baker – Hello, Bluebird (1927) – Legacy/Columbia CK 57740
Cliff Edwards – Night Owl (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Chicago Loopers – Three Blind Mice (1927) – Columbia CK 46175
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Weary Weasel (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Benny Goodman’s Boys – Muskrat Scramble (1928) – Classics 693
Frank Crumit – I’m Bettin’ the Roll on Roamer (1930) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Cow Cow Davenport – Cow Cow Blues (1928) – Javelin CWNCD2008
West End Jazz Band – Camel Walk (2005) – "Gold Diggers of Broadway" Legacy 2K 106
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (1933) – Sony Music A2 23671
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Tiger Rag (1930) – JSP CD3401
Cliff Edwards – I’m a Bear in a Lady’s Boudoir (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Kickin’ the Cat (1927) – JSP CD3402
Ed Lang and his Orch. – Walkin’ the Dog (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-043 JAZZ
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – My Dog Loves Your Dog (1934) – Columbia/Legacy CK 48908
King Radio, The Lion, The Tiger – Monkey (1936) – Rounder CD 1141
Joseph Robichaux & his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – King Kong Stomp (1933) – Document CD 1016
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1938) – Past Perfect 204268-202

REGULAR SEASON BEGINS FRIDAY, JAN 27 @ 8 PM!

RADIOLA! begins the Winter-Spring 2006 season this Friday at 8 PM EST with a two-hour broadcast on WHCL 88.7 FM, Clinton, New York.

The three-hour extravaganza broadcast last week is now up and running on Live365.

The playlist for this week's program is still steeping in my subconscious. Tune in Friday and we'll both be surprised!

"I'm Nobody--Who Are You?" (January 20, 2006)

(Week 25)

This broadcast is dedicated to and features great jazz and hot dance recordings by those who passed through obscurity on their way to oblivion. The name of the bandleader might be known, or perhaps that of the vocalist, but the majority of these musicians remain anonymous. Alternating with the sets of unattributed pieces are songs by known performers about Nobody, Somebody, or Whomever. The star of this presentation (you might say its Lodestar) is the Ocarina soloist we all know and love.

The show begins tonight at 7:00 EST on WHCL-FM 88.7. Here is the tentative playlist:

Bessie Smith – Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out – Charly CDCD 1030
Warner’s Seven Aces – Who’d be Blue (1926) – Timeless 1-038 JAZZ
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (pre-1920?) – Columbia 78
Checker Box Boys – I’m Dreaming Dreams (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Lloyd Turner and his Villa Venice Orch. – My Mama’s in Town (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-041 JAZZ
George Warmack and his Orch. – Shanghai Shuffle (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Fred Norman (Claude Hopkins Orch.) – Somebody Else Not Me (1935) – Hep CD 1049
Josephine Baker – Who? (1926) – Legacy/Columbia CK 57740
The Lion – Four Mills Brothers (1936) – Rounder CD 1142
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Where the Shy Little Violets Grow (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Foor-Robinson Carolina Club Orch. – Collegiate (1925)– Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Joseph Gish and his Orch. – Milenberg Joys (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-076
George Gershwin – Someone to Watch Over Me (1926) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 433
Ted Lewis and his Orch. – Somebody Loves You (1932) – Retrieval RTR 79014
Eddie South – Somebody Loves Me (1937) – Classics 707
Ernest Loomis’ Orch. – Sweet Someone (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Zackie Moore’s Illi-Noisy Seven – Blue River (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Aaron Steele and his Orch. – Me (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Nobody’s Sweetheart (1924) – Memphis Archives MA7014
McKenzie & Condon’s Chicagoans – Nobody’s Sweetheart (1928) – Gold Sound DCD 772-1
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Nobody’s Sweetheart (1930) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 182
Isa Foster and her Ambassadors – Black and Tan Fantasy (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Slue Foot (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Palledo Orch. Of St. Louis – What-Cha-Call-‘Em Blues (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-036 JAZZ
McKenzie’s Candy Kids – What Do I Care What Somebody Said? (1927) – Gold Sound DCD 772-2
California Ramblers – Guess Who (1929) – Diamond Cut DCP 301D
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – I’m Wondering Who (1927) – Columbia CK 45450
Triangle Harmony Boys – Canned Heat Blues (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Blue Grass (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Smyth-West Orch. – You’ve Got Me In The Palm of Your Hand (1932) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Annette Hanshaw – I Gotta Get Somebody to Love (1927) – Jasmine JASCD 2542
Gus Arnheim’s Orch. (Fred Mac Murray, voc.) – All I Want is Just One (1930) – Pro Arte CDD 484
Six Jumping Jacks – Gonna Get a Girl (1927) – TT503CD
Al Handler and his Alamo Café Orch. – Cryin’ For The Moon (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-041 JAZZ
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Me and The Man in The Moon (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Bud Spaight’s Harmony Kings – Good Feeling Blues (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Checker Box Boys – Jealous (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Bill Haid’s Cubs – I’m Walking Between Raindrops (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Doc Wilson and his Orch. – Ooh That Kiss (1932) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Mae West – My Old Flame (1934) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 509
Red McKenzie – I Don’t Know Your Name (1936) – Timeless CBC 1-019 JAZZ
Fats Waller – Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness if I Do – Newsound 2000 nst065
Eddie Miles and his Florentine Orch. – Is It Possible (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Tain’t So Honey Tain’t So (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Lietzke’s Midnight Serenaders – Maybe It’s Love (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Fats Waller (organ) – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1927) – Classics 689
Fats Waller (piano) – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1937) – Bluebird 2482-RB
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1935) – Bluebird 07863 66618-2
Glen Lyte and his Orch. – When I Take My Sugar to Tea (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Isa Foster and her Ambassadors – Lady Be Good (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Michel Warlop – Sweet Sue (1937) – Past Perfect 204283-202

RADIOLA! RETURNS FRIDAY 1/20/06 @ SEVEN PM

This Friday, January 20 at 7 PM, RADIOLA! returns to WHCL-FM 88.7 at Hamilton College in Clinton for THREE hours (as opposed to the usual two) of 1920s and 1930s jazz and pop. A playlist will be posted at this site within 36 hours, and the entire broadcast will be on my Live365 station this weekend. This week's theme: ANONYMITY. (C'mon, it'll be GREAT!)

"Say Si Si" January 13, 2006 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 24)

I've always been one to push more envelopes than the Postal Service. This Live 365 only RADIOLA! is yet another chance I'm taking--that a Latin/Caribbean themed program will appeal to those who listen mainly for classic 20s and 30s jazz and pop. I've always loved the calypso of the 1930s, and Lou Danziger, who listens from California, suggested I delve into some of the delightful early Cuban material that has been reissued. I have included generous portions of both, along with US music that has been inspired and influenced by points South of the border. Enjoy!

Antobal’s Cubans – Para vigo me voy (1936) – Harlequin HQ CD 123
King Radio – Man Smart, Woman Smarter (1936) – Rounder CD 1141
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Eddie South and his Int’l Orch. – Mama, yo quiero una novia (1931) – Frog DGF36
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – The Peanut Vendor (1930) – JSP CD3401
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – Mama Inez (1930) – The Old Masters mb106
The Lion – Love Thy Neighbor – Rounder CD 1054
Atilla the Hun – Freddo (1939) – Rounder CD 1077
Felix and his Krazy Kats – Bei Mir Bist du Schoen – Rounder CD 1054
Antobal’s Cubans – Songo Songo (1937) – Harlequin CD 123
Codallo’s Top Hatters Orch. – I Want to Build a Bungalo (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Oscar Aleman and Orch. – Besame Mucho (1943) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Lucille Hegamin – Senorita Mine (1926) – Frog DGF14
John Boles – It Happened in Monterey (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Lonnie Johnson – Got the Blues for Murder Only (1930) – Columbia CK 46221
Orq de Tomas Ponce – Ay, que Victrola! (1916) – Harlequin HQ CD 131
Lionel Belasco and his Orch. – Depression–pasillo (1932) – Rounder CD 1077
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Rumba Negro (1929) – Classics 578
Rico’s Creole Band – Con picante y sin picante (1931) – Harlequin HQ CD 41
Antobal’s Cubans – Mammy Bong (1937) – Harlequin HQ CD 123
Codallo’s Top Hatters Orch. – Tropical Heat–paseo – Rounder CD 1054
The Growler – Calypso Behind the Wall (1938) – Rounder CD 1141
The Caresser – Exploiting (1938) – Rounder CD 1141
King Radio – Sedition Law (1939) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
Frank Crumit – A Gay Caballero (1928) – Pro Arte Digital 3407
Frank Crumit – The Return of the Gay Cabellero (1929) – Pro Arte Digital 3407
West End Jazz Band – Hernando’s Hideaway (2004) – Legacy 2K 104
Eddie South and his Int’l Orch. – Se va la vido (1931) – Frog DGF36
Pedro Flores – Tortitas (1936) – Harlequin HQ CD 72
Oscar Aleman – Tico Tico No Fuba (1943) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Gus Arnheim and his Orch. – She Went to Havana (1931) – Take Two TT410CD
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – When Yuba Plays the Rumba (1931) – The Old Masters mb102
Irving Mills and his Orch. – Doin’ the Rumba (1931) – Sensation 769 748 025-2
Oscar Aleman – Sweet Sue (1938) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29

First Summer Special Encore -- (January 6, 2006)

(Week 23)

Last Summer, on about the hottest day of the year, I sat in for WHCL World Music host Jonathan Mead ("Anywhere But Here") and went abroad at home, as it were. I hope this rebroadcast (available only on Live 365) makes it seems more like July in January, no matter where you might be:

Jean Sablon – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture (pre-1920?) – Columbia 78
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Dinah (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – My Sweet (1938) – Jazz Archives 45
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Mystery Pacific (1937) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 549
Sam Manning – Sly Mongoose (1925) – Rounder CD 1039
Wilmoth Houdini – No Mo’ Bench and Board (1931) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7010
The Tiger – The Rats (1936) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
Slim and Slam – African Jive (1941) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Oscar Aleman – You Made Me Love You (1944) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Slim and Slam – Matzoh Balls (1939) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Richard Tauber – Indian Love Call (1929) – Gala GL 314
Josephine Baker – J’ai Deux Amours (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Leon Monosson – Night and Day (1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Ray Noble and his Orch., Al Bowlly vocal – Time on My Hands (1931) – Classic Popular CDCD 1136
George Formby – It’s Turned Out Nice Again (1939) – Hallmark 300282
Zarah Leander – For det will han sa garna (Swedish, 1930?) – ZYX 11116-2
Germain Sablon – Chanson du Large (1934) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Harry Roy and his Orch. – Bugle Call Rag (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5225
Nat Gonella and his Georgians – Chicago (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5300
Eddie South and his International Orch. – Hejre Kati (1931) – Classics 707
Lotte Lenya – Alabama Song (1955) – Sony Classical MHK 63222
Marlene Dietrich – Blonde Women (1930?) – Cocktail Hour Double Take CRG 218015
Zarah Leander – My Wife is On a Diet (Swedish, 1930?) – ZYX 11116-2
Oscar Aleman – Limehouse Blues (1938) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Ultrafox (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Slim and Slam – Lady Be Good (1938) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Lucienne Boyer – Parlez-Moi D’Amour – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Jean Sablon – Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous (Life is a Song, 1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Charles Trenet – Boum! (1938) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Petit Mirisha – Vieni, Vieni (1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Jean Sablon – The Continental (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Edith Piaf – La Vie en Rose (1946) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Savoy Orpheans – The Blue Room (1927) – Conifer CDHD 160
Noel Coward – Dance, Little Lady (1928) – Flapper PAST CD 7845
Savoy Orpheans – Charleston (1925) – Conifer CDHD 160

"Ring Out the Old. . .Ring In the New!" -- New Year's Eve INTERNET ONLY BROADCAST

(Week 22)

Lest the RADIOLA! programs currently on Live 365 grow stale, I have assembled a special New Year's Eve edition for internet consumption. I spend the first hour of the broadcast chasing out that rascally old degenerate, Mr. 2005, and use the second hour to celebrate the arrival of Young Master 2006, who has yet to disappoint us. (How long do you suppose it will be before the boy goes wrong like his dad?)

I will upload the show a little before the actual event. You will note that I now include the year of the recording the playlist--it makes everything so much easier, since I occasionally forget to mention it on the broadcast. Here's the lineup:

Frank Crumit – Get Away, Old Man, Get Away (1926)– Pro Arte Digital CDD3407
The Harlem Footwarmers (Duke Ellington) – Old Man Blues (1930) – Columbia C2K 46177
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture (pre-1920?) – Columbia 78
Ed Lowry – Mama’s Gone Young–Papa’s Gone Old (1929) – Take Two TT503 CD
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Grandpa’s Spells (1926) – Tomato R270384
Boswell Sisters – Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1932) – Sony A-30372
Fats Waller – Rockin’ Chair (1941) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Ol’ Pappy (1934) – Timeless CBC 1-065
Rex Stewart and his Feetwarmers – Solid Old Man (1939) – ASV Living Era CD AJA5138
Eddie South and his Orch. – Old Man Harlem (1933) – Frog DGF36
Lou Raderman and his Pelham Heath Inn Orch. – Ol’ Man River (1928) –Columbia CK46175
Willie Bryant and his Orch. – The Voice of Old Man River (1935) – Bluebird 9683-2-RB
Harry Richman – King for a Day (1928) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Ethel Waters – Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (1931) – Classics 721
Louis Armstrong – I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You (1931) – Columbia CK48828
Sophie Tucker– After You’ve Gone (1927) – Take Two TT404CD
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang and their All Star Orch. – Farewell Blues (1931) – Decca GRD-609
Bing Crosby – Baby, Where Can You Be? (1929) – Sony Music Special Products WK 75004
Ted Lewis and his Orch. – When My Baby Smiles at Me (1926) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 484
Lillie Delk Christian – Baby (1928) – Smithsonian LP
Alphonso Trent and his Orch. – I’ve Found a New Baby (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8008
Ethel Merman – I’m Marching Along With Time (1938) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 473
Casa Loma Orch. – Happy Days Are Here Again (1929) – Hep CD 1010
Chicago Rhythm Kings – There’ll Be Some Changes Made (1928) – Acrobat ACRCD 157
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Baby’s Birthday Party (1930) – Sony A-59749
Red & his Big Ten – I’m Tickled Pink With a Blue-Eyed Baby (1930) – Jazz Archives 28
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Baby Face (1926) – The Old Masters mb119
West End Jazz Band – Song of the Dawn (2005) – Legacy 2K 106
Jeanette MacDonald – Beyond the Blue Horizon (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Everything’s Gonna Be All Right (1926) – The Old Masters mb112
Casa Loma Orch. – I Wanna Be Around My Baby All the Time (1931) – Hep CD 1051
Fats Waller – I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby (1931) – Timeless CBC 1-054 JAZZ
Boswell Sisters – Everybody Loves My Baby (1932) – Sony A-30320
Paul Whiteman – Sweet Sue (1928) – Joker LP Set
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Auld Lang Syne – Pickwick LP Set

"Laff it Off" and "I'm a Dreamer--Aren't We All?" December 16, 2005

(Week 21)

Assuming the carnival of trauma that has beset me today does not extend its jurisdiction into tomorrow (don't ask!) and the sleet storm now glazing the Northeast like a big ol' donut allows me to travel up an inclined plane, tomorrow's four-hour tune fest should be delightful. Here is the somewhat schizoid playlist I've constructed. UPDATE: Part One ("Laff it Off") has now been uploaded to Live 365:

Ernest Hare – Laff it Off – Silvertone 78
Slim and Slam – Laughing in Rhythm – Classics 705
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Phil Napoleon and his Orch. – Take Your Finger Out of Your Mouth – Jazz Archives 28
Savoy Orpheans – She Don’t Wanna – Conifer CDHD 160
Henry “Red” Allen and his N.Y. Orch – You Might Get Better But You’ll Never Get Well –Classics 540
Bennie Krueger's Orch. -- Yes! We Have No Bananas! -- Take Two TT503CD
Sam Moore –Laughing Rag – RCA Victor 09026-63206-2
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Louder and Funnier – The Old Masters mb112
West End Jazz Band – Louder and Funnier – Legacy 2K 103
Six Jumping Jacks – Lo-Do-De-O – The Old Masters mb120
Jan Garber and his Orch. – You Don’t Like It–Not Much! – The Old Masters mb119
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Annie’s Cousin Fanny – Columbia/Legacy CK48908
Savoy Orpheans – “On the Avenue” Medley – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Ted Lewis and his Jazz Band – Laughing at Life – Retrieval RTR 79014
Vance Dixon and his Pencils – Laughing Stomp – Frog DGF38
Frank Crumit – What Kind of a Noise Annoys an Oyster? – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Frank Crumit – Song of the Prune – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Clayton, Jackson, and Durante – Can Broadway Do Without Me? – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Antobal’s Cuban’s – They All Look Alike to Pancho – Harlequin HQ CD 123
Rico’s Creole Band – Tony’s Wife – Harlequin HQ CD 41
Lionel Belasco and his Orch. – Oh Rufus Hold Me Tight – Rounder CD 1138
California Melody Orch. – There’s a Trick in Pickin’ a Chick Chick Chicken – Take Two TT503CD
Ted Weems and his Orch. – Chick Chick Chick Chick Chicken – Memphis Archives MA7013
Slim and Slam – Chicken Rhythm – Columbia/Legacy CK64898
Ethel Waters – You Can’t Stop Me From Loving You – Classics 721
Mills Brothers – Dirt Dishing Daisy – Legacy/Columbia CK57713
Ted Weems and his Orch. – The Man From the South – Collectors’ Choice Music CCM-174-2
Benny Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – It’s Hard to Laugh or Smile – Classics 558
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces – Ready Hokum – Retrieval RTR 79013
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Laughing Louie – RCA Victor 09026-68682-2
Dixieland Jug Blowers – House Rent Rag – Frog DGF6
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch – Ready for the River – King Jazz KJ 152 FS
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Stop Kidding – Jazz Archives 26
Annette Hanshaw – I’m a Dreamer (Aren’t We All?) – Take Two TT408CD
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Persian Rug – Bluebird 61005-2
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Imagination – Classics 591
Ben Pollack and his Park Central Orch. – Sally of My Dreams – Jazz Oracle BDW8016
Halfway House Orch. – Love Dreams – Jazz Oracle BDW8001
U.S. Naval Academy Ten – My Dream Ship – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Dream a Little Dream of Me – Jazz Oracle BDW8006
Mildred Bailey – Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams – The Old Masters mb103
Cliff Edwards – Dream Sweetheart – Columbia/Legacy C2K52942
King Oliver’s Jazz Band – Mabel’s Dream – Yazoo 2024
Troy Floyd and his Plaza Hotel Orch. – Dreamland Blues (Pt. 1&2) –Timeless CBC 1-033 JAZZ
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – A Thousand Dreams of You – RCA Victor 07863-66747-2
Russ Colombo – Living in Dreams – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Cliff Edwards – I’ll See You in My Dreams – Sony Music Special Products A26475
George Olsen and his Music – Drifing and Dreaming – Victor 78
Jack Chapman and his Orch. – Dreaming of a Castle in the Air – Victor 78
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Hong Kong Dream Girl – The Old Masters mb111
Bing Crosby – On a Street of Dreams – Columbia CK 44305
Bing Crosby – Did You Ever See a Dream Walking – Pro Arte Digital CDD 432
Dick Powell – You Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming – Great Movie Themes CD60020
West End Jazz Band – I’ll Never Have to Dream Again –Legacy 2K 106
Eddie Lang – Melody Man’s Dream – Retrieval RTR 79015
Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings – Dreaming the Hours Away – Frog DGF14
Lillie Delk Christian – Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me – Columbia/Legacy C4K 63527
Hociel Thomas – Gambler’s Dream – Columbia/Legacy C4K 63527
Arthur Fields – My Dream of the Big Parade – Perfect 78
Dorsey Brothers and Their Concert Orch. – Was it a Dream? – Jazz Oracle BDW8004
Annette Hanshaw – Was it a Dream? – Sensation Annette Hanshaw Vol. 5
Lillie Delk Christian – Was it a Dream? – Columbia/Legacy C4K 63527
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Sweet Sue – King Jazz KJ 152 FS
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! – Avid AVD 539

New CD by the WEJB--"The Gold Diggers of Broadway!"

Imagine my delight when "The Gold Diggers of Broadway," the newest CD by the amazing West End Jazz Band dropped through my mail-slot last month! The WEJB plays the Good Stuff--1920s and 1930s-style Sweet and Hot Dance, and plenty of it. This new disc offers a huge variety of selections, including the special sort of "concert pieces" played by Pops Whiteman, melodies from Hal Roach pictures, blazing hot Jazz numbers like "Camel Walk," vocals by Leah LaBrea, and the Bix/Bill Challis tribute "Dardanella."

This CD is now on the WEJB website. "The Gold Diggers of Broadway" is available at World's Records. For those who love the music, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Four Hour Season Finale on Dec. 16, 2005

Hamilton College will be going on break after next week--and with it, WHCL. To take the edge off the impending hiatus, there will be a four-hour RADIOLA! extravaganza next Friday, starting at 6 PM EST. My apologies to those who attempted to listen last Friday. There was not only no RADIOLA!--there was no hockey either. I hope that the planned double-dose makes up for the dead air experienced by some on Dec. 9.

"Altered States" (WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7, 2005)

(Week 20)

When I discovered that the program I would be subbing for was titled "Berman & Parker Do Dope," a theme immediately suggested itself. Most of tonight's selections concern altered consciousness through self-medication of one form or another. Lest this be seen as an endorsement of a depraved lifestyle, let me assert that your host is chemically correct (except for the occasional swig of Pilsener) and does not partake of illegal substances whatsoever.

UPDATE: this broadcast is now available on Live 365, and here's the dope:

Harlan Lattimore and his Connie’s Inn Orch. – Chant of the Weed – Columbia CK 45143
Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Minnie the Moocher – Hep CD 1008
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
King Oliver and his Orch. – Call of the Freaks – JSP CD 3404
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Viper’s Drag – Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe – Columbia/Legacy CK 48908
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – The Lonesome Road – JSP CD 3401
Blue Steele and his Orch. – All Muggled Up – Retrieval RTR 79006
Slim and Slam – Humpty Dumpty – Classics 705
Billy Cotton and his Band – Free – AVID AVC539
Lousiana Rhythm Kings – Hallucinations – Timeless CBC 1-041 JAZZ
Ruben “River” Reeves and his River Boys – Papa Skag Stomp – Timeless CBC 1-046 JAZZ
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Knockin’ a Jug – Columbia CK 46148
Clarence Williams’ Novelty Four – In the Bottle Blues – Timeless CBC 1-043 JAZZ
Miff Mole and his Molers – Feelin’ No Pain – Gold Sound DCD 772
Southern Negro Quartette – I’m Wild About Moonshine – Columbia 78
Memphis Jug Band – Cocaine Habit Blues – Blues Collection 159622
Orq. Francesca Reveron – Gasolina pa mi maquina – Harlequin HQ CD 131
Rico’s Creole Band – Les Trois Coups – Harlequin HQ CD 41
Antobal’s Cubans – The Moon Over Cuba Was High (and so Was I) –Harlequin HQ CD 123
Bing Crosby – You’re Getting to be a Habit with Me – Columbia CK 44305
Ethel Merman – I Get a Kick Out of You – Pro Arte CDD 473
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Texas Tea Party – Timeless CBC 1-065
Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five – Muggles – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57179
Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings – Zonky – Frog DGF 17
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – New Goofy Dust Rag – Classics 578
The Missourians – Prohibition Blues – Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
Frank Crumit – I Married a Bootlegger’s Daughter – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Hittin’ the Bottle – The Old Masters mb108
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Kickin’ the Gong Around – Jazz Tribune No. 58
The Boswell Sisters – Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding Day – Sony A-30372
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Sweet Sue – BMG Classics 09026-68682-2