YOWZAH! #6 -- "It's a Great Life!"

I'm sick of people acting like babies and hiding under the bed. Here's a little musical tough love, broadcast on Wednesday, August 1st:

Freddy Martin’s Orch. – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (1933) – Renovation 7002
Maurice Chevalier – It’s a Great Life (If You Don’t Weaken) (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5016
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Doctor Jazz (1926) – JSP CD321
Leroy Tibbs and his Connie’s Inn Orch. – I Got Worry (1928) – Frog DGF32
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Nervous Tension (1930) – Classics 691
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – Don’t Jive Me (1928) – Columbia CK 44422
Miss Lee Morse – What Do I Care (What Somebody Said?) (1927) – Jasmine JASCD646
Miss Annette Hanshaw – Ain’t That a Grand a Glorious Feeling? (1927) – Jasmine JASMCD 2542
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – It Ain’t No Fault of Mine (1929) – The Old Masters mb106
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Misery Farm (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Ted Weems and his Orch. – Mysterious Mose (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5029
Arnold Johnson and his Orch. – Swamp Fire (1937) – Circle CCD-20
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Till Times Get Better (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – The Way I Feel Today (1929) – JSP928B
Benny Carter and his Orch. – I Never Knew (1933) – Proper P1369
West End Jazz Band – Dardanella (2005) – “Gold Diggers of Broadway” Legacy 2K 106
Al Gallodoro and Tucker Antell (2003) – “Sarasota Saxes” Golden Rooster Records
Helen Kane – Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Crosby, vo.) – I’m Afraid of You (1928) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120697
Eddie Cantor with Phil Spitalny’s Music – Cheer Up! Smile! Nerts! (1931) – JASS J-CD-639
Tommy Dorsey – Maybe (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8006
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Indian Cradle Song (1930) – JSP CD3401
Louisiana Rhythm Kings – Waiting at the End of the Road (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8024
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – Heebie Jeebies (1925) – Columbia CK 44049
Don Redman and his Orch. – Got the Jitters (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5110
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Jangles Nerves (1936) – Quadromania 222440-444
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Have a Little Faith in Me (1929) – CCM-229-2
Fred Astaire – Let’s Face the Music and Dance (1936) – Naxos 8.120718
Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys – The Blackbirds and the Bluebirds (1929) – Sony A-52341
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – How Am I To Know? (1929) – The Old Masters mb108
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – I Heard (1932) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Phil Napoleon and his Orch. – Take Your Finger Out of Your Mouth (1926) – Jazz Archives No.28
West End Jazz Band – Stampede (2003) – “Louder and Funnier” Legacy 2K 103
Various Artists – Saturday Night Swing Club 1st Anniversary Pt.2 (1937) – Memphis Archives MA 7002
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – My Pretty Girl (1989) – Circle CCD-118
Willard Robison – The Devil is Afraid of Music (1926) – Columbia C2K 52942
The Boswell Sisters – Shout, Sister, Shout (1931) – Collectables Col-CD-6461
Harlem Hot Chocolates – Sing You Sinners (1930) – Archeophone 3002
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings – I Can’t Get Started (1936) – Timeless CBC 1-019
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang – Chasing Shadows (1935) – JSPCD339
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Jitterbug (1934) – RCA Jazz Tribune No. 58
Maude Mills (Fats Waller, piano) – Anything That Happens Just Pleases Me (1927) – Classics 674
Ipana Troubadors (Crosby, vo.) – I’ll Get By (1928) – Sony Special Products W2K 75003
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – I’m More Than Satisfied (1928) – Sensation 769 748 026-2
Billie Holiday and her Orch. – One Never Knows, Does One? (1937) – Columbia C3K 47724
Bud Freeman and his Windy City Five – What is There To Say? (1935) – Giants of Jazz CD 53272
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Don’t Let it Bother You (1934) – Bluebird 66618-2
George Formby – It’s Turned Out Nice Again (1939) – Hallmark 300282
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams (1941) – Reader’s Digest LP Box Set

"Conflict" July 25, 2007

(Week 86)

Conflict makes life more dramatic and interesting, but sometimes a little can go a long way. Tune in tonight at 8 PM EDT to WHCL for this pugnacious RADIOLA!

Ray Miller and his Orch. – Angry (1929) – Proper P 1553
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers – Jersey Joe (1929) – JSP 322
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up (1929) – JSP 926B
Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Ten – Hot Tempered Blues (1928) – Frog DGF 8
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – After All I’ve Done For You (1930) – Classics 691
Gulf Coast Seven – Keep Your Temper (1925) – Frog DGF 32
Annette Hanshaw – Wasting My Love On You (1930) – Rivermont BSW 1144
Kay Thompson – You Let Me Down (1935) – Columbia CK 57711
The Boswell Sisters – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
King Oliver and his Orch. – Struggle Buggy (1930) – JSP CD 3404
Roane’s Pennsylvanians – Why Don’t You Get Lost (1932) – The Old Masters mb125
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – You Rascal You (1931) – Quadromania 222464-444
Al Jolson – The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life (1928) – Rhino R2 72544
Clyde McCoy and his Orch. – Palooka (It’s a Grand Old Name) (1933) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-155-2
Billy Hicks and his Sizzling Six – Joe the Bomber (tk.6) (1937) – Rounder 82161-1106-2
Joseph Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – You Keep Me Always Living in Sin (1933) – DOCD 1016
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Is That Religion? (1930) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 182
Benny Carter and his Orch – Devil’s Holiday (1933) – Proper P1369
Bing Crosby – You’ve Got Me Crying Again (1933) – Columbia CK44306
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Black and Blue (1929) – Columbia CK 44422
Jesse Stafford and his Orch. – I Need Sympathy (1928) – The Old Masters mb122
Clarence Williams and Sara Martin – Squabblin’ Blues (1923) – JSP927A
Red Onion Jazz Babies – Of All the Wrongs You’ve Done to Me (1924) – Jazz Heritage 513282W
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Trouble in Mind (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Louisiana Rhythm Kings – Skinner’s Sock (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-041
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – Sergeant Flagg and Sergeant Quirt (1929) – The Old Masters mb106
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – Barnacle Bill the Sailor (1930) – RCA Jazz Tribune No.48
Lew Bray – We Can’t Use Each Other Any More (1929) – Columbia C2K 52942
Ethel Waters – You Can’t Stop Me From Loving You (1931) – Classics 721
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – What’s The Reason (I’m Not Pleasin’ You) (1935) – Bluebird 66618-2
Bing Crosby – Let’s Try Again (1932) – Columbia CK 44305
George Formby – Bless ‘Em All (1940) – Hallmark 300282
Spike Hughes’ American Band – Sweet Sue-Just You (1933) – Proper P1369

YOWZAH! #5 -- "Sweetness and Light" July 25, 2007

A decent four-hour playlist, expressing those qualities that I don't always embody. At 10 PM, I played the first half of the "Saturday Night Swing Club" broadcast from June 12, 1937.

Annette Hanshaw – Lovable and Sweet (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5220
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Daybreak Express (1933) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 482
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Doctor Jazz (1926) – JSPCD 321
Clyde McCoy and his Orch. – Sugar Blues (1931) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-155-2
The Cotton Pickers – Sugar is Back in Town (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-049
Fred Hamm and his Orch. – Sugar Foot Stomp (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-072
Vincent Lopez Orch. – Here Comes the Sun (1930) – Archephone 3002
The Piccadilly Players – Sunny Skies (1928) – Diamond Cut DCP 202D
The Boswell Sisters – We’ve Got to Put That Sun Back in The Sky (1932) – Sony A 30320
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Sweet and Lovely (1931) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-299-2
Bing Crosby – My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms (1933) – Columbia CK44306
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – My Sweet (1930) – JSPCD 3401
Miss Lee Morse – Old Man Sunshine, Little Boy Bluebird (1928) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – Give Me The Sunshine (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Livin’ in the Sunlight, Lovin’ in the Moonlight (1930) – Naxos 8.120697
McKenzie and Condon’s Chicagoans – Sugar (1927) – Gold Sound DCD-772
Russell Gray and his Orch. (Trumbauer) – Sugar (1927) – Columbia CK46175
King Oliver and his Orch. – Freakish Light Blues (1929) – JSPCD 3404
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – The Sunshine of Your Smile (1935) – JSPCD341
Janet Gaynor – Sunny Side Up (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Sweetest Melody (1993) – Stomp Off CD1260
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces – Sweet ‘n’ Low Blues (1929) – Retrieval 79013
Benny Carter and his Orch. – Synthetic Love (1932) – Proper P1369
Casa Loma Orch. – On The Sunny Side of the Street (1930) – Hep CD 1010
Jesse Stafford and his Orch. – Shine (1928) – The Old Masters mb122
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Throwin’ Stones at the Sun (1935) – Timeless CBC 1-065
Fats Waller – Soothin’ Syrup Stomp (1927) – JSPCD 927B
Jane Green – I’m Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
Cab Calloway and his Orch.– So Sweet (1931) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 182
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Sunshine (1928) – Naxos 8.120696
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – Plenty of Sunshine (1927) – The Old Masters mb106
Joseph Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – After the Sun Goes Down (1933) – Document CD1016
Henry Starr – When I’m Walking With My Sweetness (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Various Artists – Saturday Night Swing Club 1st Anniversary Pt.1 (1937) –Memphis Archives MA7002
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Someday Sweetheart (1927) – Quadromania 222464-444
Louisiana Rhythm Kings – Sweet Sue-Just You (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8024
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Under the Moon (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Jimmie Lunceford and his Chicasaw Syncopators – Sweet Rhythm (1930) – Proper P1597
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Holding My Honey’s Hand (1932) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Armful O’ Sweetness (1934) – Bluebird 06873-66618-2
Van and Schenck – Get Out and Get Under the Moon (1928) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians – There Ought to Be a Moonlight Saving Time (1931) – Sony A2 23671
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings – Murder in the Moonlight (1935) – Timeless CBC 1-019
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Sweet Chorus (1936) – JSPCD 344
Louis Prima and his N.O. Gang – Sugar is Sweet and So Are You (1935) – JSP CD 339
Red Norvo and his Swing Octet – Honeysuckle Rose (1935) – Portrait Masters RK 44118
Thelma Terry and her Playboys – Starlight and Tulips (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-041
Bing Crosby – Dancing In The Dark (1931) – Master Classics MCS 8070-2
Bud Flanagan and Frances Day – But In The Morning, No! (1941) – Naxos 8.120627
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams (1941) – Reader’s Digest LP Set

WE'RE ON THE MAP: ARTICLE IN TODAY'S O-D

My friend Mark Fuller and I were the subjects of an excellent feature article by Philomena Lawrence in today's Utica Observer-Dispatch. Read it HERE.

"I'm Just Wild About Harry" July 20, 2007

(Week 85)

This RADIOLA! (WHCL-FM 8 PM EDT) is to celebrate the publication of the final installment of the Harry Potter saga (which your host admits to having read)--and all those people who will be waiting in line tonight to purchase a copy. Whistle these tunes while waiting for the cashier:

Vaughn DeLeath – I’m Just Wild About Harry (1922) – Archeophone ARCH 9007
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – Muggles (1928) – Columbia C4K 57176
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! – JSP926B
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Weird and Blue (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang – Goose Pimples (1927) – Columbia CK 46175
Jimmie Noone and his New Orleans Band – He’s a Different Kind of Guy (1936) – JSP926D
Bing Crosby – Did You Ever See a Dream Walking (1933) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 432
George Formby – Madam Moscovitch (1934) – Hallmark 300282
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang – In a Little Gypsy Tearoom (1936) – JSP CD339
Nat Shilkret Orch. (Phil Dewey, Frank Parker vo.) – Dream Train (14) (1928) – Take Two TT509CD
Dorsey Bros. Orch. (Bob Crosby, vo.) – I Believe in Miracles (1935) – Circle CCD-20
Dorsey Bros. Orch. (Bing Crosby, vo.) – The Spell of the Blues (1929) – Naxos 8.120697
Casa Loma Orch. (Jack Richmond, vo.) – Overnight (1930) – Hep CD 1010
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Midnight Mama (1926) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
King Oliver and his Orch. – Too Late (1929) – JSP CD3404
Stanley Holloway – With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm (1934) – Naxos 8.120715
Fred Hall’s Sugar Babies (Arthur Fields, vo.) – Tain’t No Sin (1930) – The Old Masters mb106
Clyde McCoy and his Orch. – The Nightmare (1931) – Collector’s Choice Music CCM-155-2
Manila String Circle – Bigay Na Pagibig (1935) – RCA 09026-63206-2
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Banjoreno (1926) – Frog DGF6
Bessie Tucker – Bogey Man Blues (1929) – Bluebird 07863-66065-2
Gertrude “Ma” Rainey – Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues (1928) – Giants of Jazz CD 53281
Ethel Waters – Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo (1929) – Classics 721
Cliff Edwards – It’s Only a Paper Moon (1933) – Sony Music Special Products A 26475
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. – Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes (1935) – Proper P1598
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – What! No Mickey Mouse? (1932) – PAST CD 7075
Andy Iona and the Islanders – South Sea Island Magic (1936) – The Old Masters mb132
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Voodoo (1929) – Classics 661
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Hocus Pocus (1934) – Quadromania 222440-444/C
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Wait For the Happy Ending (1929) – Quadromania 222464-444/C
Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang’s All-Star Orch. – Farewell Blues (1931) – Decca GRD-609
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Sweet Sue-Just You (1928) – Naxos 8.120520

YOWZAH! #4 "Mixed Feelings" (July 18, 2007)

This was a decent show, composed at almost the last minute, with a playlist reflecting my mood(s) of that day. I also included a full 1930 broadcast by Ben Pollack and his Orchestra to break up the mood swings. I'll have it up on Live 365 shortly:

Louise Groody and Charles King – Sometimes I’m Happy (1927) – PAST CD 7075
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Good For You, Bad For Me (1930) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Just Rite (1928) – Frog DGF 29
Musical Stevedores – Happy Rhythm (1929) – Frog DGF 32
Louisiana Rhythm Kings – I’m Walking Through Clover (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8024
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – The Scat Song (1933) – RCA Jazz Tribune No. 58
Benny Carter and his Orch. – Love, You’re Not the One For Me (1933) – Proper P1369
Phil Spitalny’s Music – What’s The Use? (1930) – Archeophone 3002
Devine’s Wisconsin Roof Orch. – Singapore Sorrows (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8014
Adele Astaire and Bernard Clifton – S’Wonderful (1928) – PAST CD 7845
Charlie Palloy – I’m Young and Healthy (1933) – The Old Masters mb 118
Miss Lee Morse – We (My Honey and Me) (1927) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – I’m Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5318
Jimmie Noone and his Apex Club Orch. – Ready For the Rivers (1928) – JSP 926A
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Tough Breaks (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Lud Gluskin and his Orch. – Milenberg Joys (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8045
Jimmy McHugh’s Bostonians – The Whoopee Stomp (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015
Joseph Robichaux and his N. O. Rhythm Boys – Shake It and Break It (1933) – Document DOCD-1016
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch. – Awful Sad (1928) – Decca GRD-3-640
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven – S.O.L. Blues (1927) – Columbia CK 44422
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – The Terror (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Smilin’ Skies (1928) – The Old Masters mb113
Browning and Starr – Lulu’s Back in Town (1935) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Happy As The Day Is Long (1934) – Quadromania 222440-444
The Boswell Sisters – Mood Indigo (1933) – Collectables COL-CD-6462
Bing Crosby – Here Lies Love (1932) – Charly CDCD 2020
Alex Bartha’s Hotel Traymore Orch. – It Must Be Swell (1932) – The Old Masters mb125
Jan Garber and his Orch – That’s Why I’m Happy (1929) – The Old Masters mb119
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Fine and Dandy (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8006
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Ramona, vo.) – Rise ‘n’ Shine (1932) – Rivermont BSW 1144
Eddie Condon and his Footwarmers – I’m Sorry I Made You Cry (1928) – Gold Sound DCD-772
Libby Holman – Am I Blue? (1929 – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
Sophie Tucker – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1927) – Take Two TT404CD
Golden Gate Orch. – Delirium (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-090
Alex Hill and his Orch. – Toogaloo Shout (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-050
Eddie South and his International Orch. – My! Oh My! (1933) – Frog DGF36
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – The WHIZ Program, #1 (1930) – Vernon VMCD62901
Lee Wiley – I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues (1933) – Columbia CK 57711
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Singin’ the Blues (1927) – Columbia CK 45450
Bee Palmer – Singin’ the Blues (1929) – mb107
Mart Britt and his Orch. – Sadness Will Be Gladness (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79006
Casa Loma Orch. – Happy Days are Here Again (1930) – Hep CD 1010
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians – O Gee! O Joy! (1927) – RCA 63294-2
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long (1932) – JSPCD3401
Bing Crosby – Happy Go Lucky You (1932) – Columbia CK 44305
Bing Crosby – Can’t We Be Friends? (1929) – Sony Special Products WK 75005
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch – Down and Out Blues (1925) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Howard Lanin’s Ben Frankin Dance Orch. – Melacholy Lou (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-072
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Here Am I, Broken Hearted (1928) – Retrieval 79011
Bing Crosby – I’ve Got The World On a String (1933) – Columbia CK 44306
Billie Holiday and her Orch. – Pennies From Heaven (1936) – Columbia CK47724
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Jump For Joy (1941) – Sabam Crescendo 7207
King Oliver and his Orch. – I’ve Got That Thing (1929) – JSP CD3404
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. – Miss Otis Regrets (1934) – Proper P1597
Ethel Waters – Trav’lin’ All Alone (1929) – Classics 721
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – When You’re Smiling (1930) – Columbia CK 46148
Ray Starita’s Ambassadors Band – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

"Running a Temperature" July 13, 2007

(Week 84)

The worst effects of the heat wave have eased, locally. Even so, I have some musical commentary on the warm weather, along with a few selections from recently acquired CDs and box sets honoring worthy bandleaders. Tune in tonight at 8 PM EDT on WHCL 88.7 FM (Hamilton College Radio). No sweat (I hope):

Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. – Running a Temperature (1936) – Proper P1599
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Blazin’ (1928) – The Old Masters mb112
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! – JSP926B
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Sweet and Hot (1931) – Quadromania 222440-444
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orch. – Red Hot Pepper (1928) – JSP CD322
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch. – Red Hot Band (1928) – Decca GRD-3-640
Ben Selvin – Red Hot Mama (1924) – Timeless CBC 1-089
Coon Sanders’ Nighthawks – Flamin’ Mamie (1925) – The Old Masters mb111
Sophie Tucker – I’m the Last of the Red Hot Mammas (1929) – Take Two TT404CD
Louisiana Sugar Babes – ‘Sippi (1928) – JSP 927C
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Henderson Stomp (1926) – JSP927A
Jimmy Johnson Orch. – You’ve Got to Be Modernistic (1929) – JSP928B
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – The Lady With the Fan (1933) – RCA 07863 66496-2
Ross and Sargent – Nellie the Nudist Queen (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1931) – JSPCD3404
Casa Loma Orch. (Mildred Bailey, vo.) – Heat Wave (1933) Proper P1325
Carl Kress and Dick McDonough – Heat Wave (1937) – Retrieval RTR 79015
Barbara Rosene – Moonburn (2005) – Stomp Off CD1405
Jimmy Blythe and his Owls – Hot Stuff (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-015
Casa Loma Orch. – Dust (1930) – Hep CD1010
Lud Gluskin and his Orch. – There’s a Wah-Wah Gal in Agua Caliente (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW8045
Bing Crosby – I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song (1933) – Columbia CK 44306
The Boswell Sisters – Down on the Delta (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6462
Ethel Merman – Red, Hot, and Blue (1936) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
The Chocolate Dandies (Benny Carter) – Blue Interlude (1933) – Proper P1369
Chick Webb and his Orch. – If Dreams Come True (1934) – Chestnut CN1009
Lucky Millinder and his Orch. (Rosetta Tharpe, vo.) – That’s All (1941) – Proper PVCD115
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Hot-Cha Medley (1932) (tr.7) – The Old Masters mb102
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Sizzling One-Step Medley (1932) – The Old Masters mb109
Ruben Reeves and his River Boys – Yellow Fire (1933) – Gold Sound DCD-772-1
Woody Guthrie – Dusty Old Dust (1940) – Bluebird 82876-50958-2
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1938) – Proper P1599

YOWZAH! #3 "Heat Wave" (July 11, 2007)

Tune in tonight to WPNR 90.7 FM (Utica, NY) at 8 PM and perspire with me to these seasonal selections. At 10 I'll take a break from the heat to play a vintage Coon-Sanders' Nighthawks radio program (The Maytag Frolic) and a West End Jazz Band re-creation of a Coon-Sanders broadcast that might have been. (I'll keep myself hydrated and I suggest you do the same.)

Ethel Waters – Heat Wave (1933) – Columbia CK 57711
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. – White Heat (1934) – Proper P1597
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch – Just Rite (1928) – Frog DGF29
The Goofus Five – Lazy Weather (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-017
The Savoy Bearcats – Hot Notes (1926) – Frog DGF8
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Oh, Sister! Ain’t That Hot? (2nd) (1928) – JSP 926A
Mae West (w/Duke Ellington) – My Old Flame (1934) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 509
Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys – Tain’t No Sin (1930) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Noel Coward – Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1932) – Chestnut CN1015
Monk Hazel and his Bienville Roof Orch. – Sizzling the Blues (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-001
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Everything is Hotsy-Totsy Now (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Fowler’s Favorites – Percolatin’ Blues (1927) – Frog DGF32
Charlie Palloy – I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song (1933) – The Old Masters mb118
Bing Crosby – I’m Playing With Fire (1932) – Columbia CK 44305
Thomas Morris’ Hot Babies w/ Fats Waller – Red Hot Dan (1927) – Classics 689
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – She’s No Trouble (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
King Oliver and his Orch. – Shake It and Break It (1930) – JSP CD3404
Louisiana Rhythm Kings – That’s a Plenty (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW8024
George Olsen and his Music – Hot Aire (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-072
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Hot Mustard (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5110
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Hot and Bothered (1928) – Columbia CK 45143
The Four Aces – In The Shade of the Old Apple Tree (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5216
The Mills Brothers – Jungle Fever (1934) – Columbia CK 57713
Clarence Williams and his Orch. – Hot Lovin’ (1930) – Quadromania 222495-444
Mound City Blue Blowers – Red Hot (1924) – The Old Masters mb107
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Hot Lips (1922) – Archeophone ARCH 9007
Golden Gate Orch. – Red Hot Henry Brown (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-090
Blind Willie McTell – Warm It Up To Me (1933) – Columbia CK 47060
Lord Invader – Caro at Point Cumana (1940) – Rounder CD 1054
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hell (1996) – Mammoth MR0137-2
Hod Williams and his Orch. – Shades of Hades (1937) – IAJRC CD 1002
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Hotter Than ‘Ell (1934) – Quadromania 222440-444
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – Hotter Than That (1927) – CK 44422
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Savoy Blues (1927) - Columbia CK 44422
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – The Maytag Frolic (1929 Radio Program) – The Old Masters mb113
West End Jazz Band – The Becker Roofing Program (2006) – “Singin in the Bathtub” Legacy2K 107
Curtis Mosby and his Dixieland Blue Blowers – Weary Stomp (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Sam Lanin’s Troubadors – Swingin’ in a Hammock (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8053
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch – Sweet and Hot (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8006
Sid Peltyn and his Orch. – Play Me a Frigid Air (1932) – Rivermont BSW 1144
Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings – Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me) (1929) – Frog DGF17
George Formby – Swimmin’ With the Wimmin (1933) – Hallmark 300282
Teddy Wilson (w/Billie Holiday) – It’s Too Hot For Words (1935) – Jazz Legends JAZ 2005
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – By a Waterfall (1933) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-299-2
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys (1933) – Lazy Bones (1933) – Document CD1016
Blue Steele and his Orch. – Shooin’ Flies (1930) – Retrieval RTR 79006
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. – Hell’s Bells (1937) – Proper P1599
Napoleon’s Emperors – Gettin’ Hot (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-049
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Professor Hot Stuff (1930) – Classics 591
Irving Kaufman – In the Good Old Summertime (1946) – Archeophone 5504
Billie Holiday – Summertime (1936) – Columbia CK 47725
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors Band – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

"All American Show" July 6, 2007

(Week 83)

What can I say? I had some of these nifty items left over from my July 4th celebration, and I thought I would set them off for your enjoyment. Tune in tonight at 8 PM EDT on WHCL 88.7 (or stream at WHCL.ORG) for this all-American playlist:

Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – Fireworks (1928) – Columbia CK 63851
All Star Collegians – All American Girl (1932) – IAJRC CD-1013
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Wake Up Chillun Wake Up (1929) – JSP926B
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – My Ohio Home (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-084
Ted Lewis and his Band – Dallas Blues (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5273
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Kansas City Breakdown (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Marion Harris w/Isham Jones’ Orch. – Sweet Indiana Home (1922) – Archeophone ARCH 9007
Al Jolson w/Isham Jones’ Orch. – Pasadena (1924) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Ethel Waters – Jersey Walk (1926) – Classics 688
Lotte Lenya – Alabama-Song (1955) – Sony Classical MHK 63222
R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders – Alabama Jubilee (1977) – Shanachie 6002
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Birmingham Breakdown (1993) – Stomp Off CD1260
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Georgia Swing (1928) – JSPCD 324
The Boswell Sisters – Old Yazoo (1932) – Collectibles COL-CD-6462
Bing Crosby – Sweet Georgia Brown (1932) – Charly CDCD 1071
Bing Crosby w/Duke Ellington’s Orch. – St. Louis Blues (1932) – Sony W2K 75003
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – St. Louis Blues (1933) – RCA 09026-68682-2
The Goofus Five – Sadie Green (The Vamp of New Orleans) (1926) – Timless CBC 1-017
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1928) – The Old Masters mb119
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band– Arkansas Blues (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Bertha Idaho – Down on Pennsylvania Avenue (1929) – Frog DGF 17
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – I’m Comin’ Virginia (1927) – Columbia CK 45450
Ross De Luxe Syncopaters – Florida Rhythm (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW
Russ Wilson and his Swingtette – Louisiana Fairy Tale (2005) – Wondertone WMC 20061
Tom Lehrer – I Wanna Go Back to Dixie (1953) – Rhino R2 72776
The Carpal Tunnel Kid – Utica Love Song (1996) – Carpal Tunnel Kid: Non-Plugged
Ramona and her Grand Piano – My Cousin in Milwaukee (1933) – RCA 09026-63294-2
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Red Hot Chicago (1930) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Boston Skuffle (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Mildred Bailey – Georgia on My Mind (1931) – The Old Masters mb103
Leroy Smith and his Orch. – Rhapsody in Blue (1928) – Frog DGF6
Sam Lanin and his Troubadors – Sweet Sue-Just You (1928) – Rivermont BSW 1143

YOWZAH! #2--The American Dream (July 4, 2007)

In observance of July 4, I offer a four-hour playlist on the dual themes of localities in America and dreams, with nine different renditions of "The St. Louis Blues." Come celebrate with me at 8 PM on WPNR 90.7 FM in Utica, NY.

Carlisle Cousins Trio – America Calling! Medley (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5216
Jack Chapman and his Orch. – Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1925) – Victor (78) 19969-B
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch – Just Rite (1928) – Frog DGF29
Jimmy Wade and his Dixielanders – Mississippi Wobble (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-050 JAZZ
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – Missouri Squabble (1928) – Old Masters mb 106
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Georgia on My Mind (1931) – JSP CD 3401
Cliff Edwards – Dream Sweetheart (1932) – Columbia C2K 52942
Blue Steele and his Orch – Because You Are My Dream Girl (1928) – Rivermont BSW 1144
Carl Webster’s Yale Collegians – Dream Child (1930) – Sunbeam BXCD 13
Eddie South and his Alabamians – My Ohio Home (1927) – Frog DGF 36
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – Jersey Walk (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five Orch. – Baltimore (1927) – Frog DGF 37
Bing Crosby – Waltzing in a Dream (1932) – Columbia CK44305
Annette Hanshaw – I’m a Dreamer (Aren’t We All) (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Harold Menning and his Orch. – My Suppressed Desire (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Bessie Smith – St. Louis Blues (1925) – Smithsonian Collection Vol. 1
Fats Waller – St. Louis Blues (1926) – JSP927B
The Mills Brothers – St. Louis Blues (1932) – Columbia CK 57713
Clarence Williams and his Jug Band – Kansas City Man Blues (1930) – Quadromania 222495-444
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – South (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Oklahoma Stomp (1929) – Decca GRD-3-640
Eddie Lang – Melody Man’s Dream (1927) – Retrieval RTR 79015
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Head Hunter’s Dream (1928) – Classics 661
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Sud Buster’s Dream (1929) – Classics 691
Jack Teagarden and his Orch. – Stars Fell on Alabama (1934) – Columbia C2K 52942
Gerradine Dance Orch. – Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia (1932) – Old Masters mb118
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Swanee River (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Halfway House Orch. – Love Dreams (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
Curtis Mosby and his Dixieland Blue Blowers – In My Dreams (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – A Rhythmic Dream (1927) – Quadromania 222440-444
Georgia Jumpers – California Blues (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8011
Herb Wiedoeft and his Orch. – Golden Gate (1928) – Old Masters mb122
Claude Hopkins and his Orch. – Washington Squabble (1933) – Rivermont BSW 1144
Fats Waller and Bennie Payne – St. Louis Blues (1930) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Cliff Edwards and the Eton Boys – St. Louis Blues (1934) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – St. Louis Blues (1933) – Document DOCD1016
Casa Loma Orch. – Love is a Dreamer (1929) – Hep CD 1010
Mildred Bailey – Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams – Old Masters mb103
Bing Crosby – Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? – Pro Arte Digital CDD 432
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Hoosier Sweetheart (1927) – RCA Jazz Tribune No.48
Eddie Condon Quartet – Indiana (1928) – Gold Sound DCD-772-1
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Chicago Rhythm (1929) – JSP926B
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – I’m Drifting Back to Dreamland (1930) – JSP926C
Lillie Delk Christian – Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me (1928) – Columbia C4K 63527
Jack Teagarden w/Benny Goodman – I Ain’t Lazy, I’m Just Dreaming (1934) – Timeless CBC 1-065
Kate Smith – Clementine (From New Orleans) (1927) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1927) – Columbia CK 45450
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – New Orleans (1932) – Classics 591
Art Tatum – St. Louis Blues (1940) – Charly CDCD 1065
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – St. Louis Blues (1935) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 539
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – St. Louis Blues (1930) – Columbia C4K 57176
Cliff Edwards – Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1925) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band – Mabel’s Dream (1923) – Jazz Heritage 513282W
Joseph Samuels’ Jazz Band – Dreaming Blues (1920) – Timeless CBC 1-085
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Memphis Blues (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015
Jimmy Johnson and his Orch. – Chicago Blues (1928) – Frog DGF38
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Dallas Blues (1930) – Columbia CK46996
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Dream a Little Dream of Me (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8006
Cliff Edwards – I’ll See You in My Dreams (1930) – Sony Music Special Products A 26475
Bing Crosby – On the Street of Dreams (1932) – Charly CDCD 2020
The Lion and Atilla the Hun – Guests of Rudy Vallee (1938) – Rounder CD 1054
Al Jolson – Why Do They All Take the Night Boat to Albany? (1930) – Rhino R2 72544
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Manhattan (1925) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120628
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Rhapsody in Blue (1938) – Nostalgia Arts 303 3025
Woody Guthrie – Will Rogers Highway (1940) – Rounder CD 1043
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

YOWZAH! Series Premiere now online at a-infos

HERE is my aircheck for last Wednesday. I'm adding all four segments of the program in 128k mp3 format. There's no theme, since I'm just getting used to the studio and its quirks. I think I'll hold off from uploading this one to Live365.

"Rats!" June 29, 2007

(Week 82)

This is the RADIOLA! theme that, in a fit of pique, I promised to do last week. Well, I'm in a much better frame of mind this week. The music might be nasty, but I expect the commentary will be all sweetness and light--that is, unless something intrudes upon my serenity before airtime. Tune in tonight at 8 PM EDT to WHCL to see if I've managed to retain my composure.

Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – You’ll Wish You’d Never Been Born (1932) – RCA 09026-68682-2
Lonnie Johnson – Nothing But a Rat (1939) – Bluebird 66064-2
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Wake Up Chillun Wake Up (1929) – JSP926B
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Weary Weasel (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Joe “Wingy” Manone and his Club Royale Orch. – Downright Disgusted (1928) – Classics 774
Henry “Red” Allen and his Orch. – You Might Get Better (1930) – Classics 540
Chick Bullock – Junk Man (1934) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
The Mills Brothers – Dirt Dishing Daisy (1932) – Legacy/Columbia CK 57713
The Boswell Sisters – Was That The Human Thing To Do? (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
Joe Sims and Clarence Williams – Shut Your Mouth (1927) – JSP927B
Lonnie Johnson – She’s Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight (1930) – Columbia CK 46221
Sam Manning – Sly Mongoose (1925) – Rounder CD 1039
Annette Hanshaw – You Wouldn’t Fool Me, Would You? (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
The Boswell Sisters – Why Don’t You Practice What You Preach? (1934) – ASV CD AJA 5216
Debroy Somers Band – You’re an Old Smoothie (1932) – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Charlie and his Orch. – Let’s Go Slumming (1941) – Proper P1322
Moxy Fruvous – The Greatest Man in America (1996) – WEA CD 15223
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Bad Businessman (1996) – Mammoth MR0137-2
Art Tatum – Ill Wind (1934) – Decca GRD 607
Fats Waller – Don’t Try Your Jive On Me (1939) – QED 015
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – You Run Your Mouth I’ll Run My Business (1940) – Newsound 2000 nst065
Tom Dorsey and his Novelty Orch. – You Can’t Cheat a Cheater (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8005
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Little White Lies (1930) – JSP926C
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Nasty Man (1934) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8051
The Lion – It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
The Lion – Malicious Neighbors (1939) – Rounder CD 1141
The Mills Brothers – I Heard (1932) – Legacy/Columbia CK 57713
Little Jack Little – There Ought to be a Law Against That (1928) – PAST CD7075
Clarence Williams and his Orch. – Chizzlin’ Sam (1934) – Quadromania 222495-444
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe (1933) – Timeless CBC 1-065
The Caresser – The More They Try To Do Me Bad (1938) – Rounder CD 1054
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You (1931) – JSP 3401
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Sweet Sue-Just You (1928) – JSP926A

SENDSPACE DELETES FILES!

My apologies to anyone attempting to download 2005 RADIOLA! programs through the sendspace links on the playlists. Apparently, if the files are "inactive" (not downloaded over a seven-day period), the programs are deleted. So much for sendspace. Phooey.

I'll upload the early shows to A-INFOS RADIO, which is better by far. Give them some money. They're wonderful.

Annoucing YOWZAH! @ 8 PM TONIGHT on WPNR 90.7 FM

This week I begin a NEW series of programs on Utica College radio station WPNR 90.7 FM. It's better reception of this great music for those who live in the Utica area. (RADIOLA! will continue Friday nights on WHCL.) This is four hours of great music for those who can receive it on their radios. There is no WPNR stream, which doesn't matter--I'll post this program on my Live365 RADIOLA! site as soon as possible.

The show is from 8 PM until Midnight tonight.

Here is the playlist as broadcast June 27, 2007 on WPNR 90.7 FM:

The Chocolate Dandies – Stardust (1928) – JSP918A
Carmichael’s Collegians – Shimme-Sha-Wabble (1928) – JSP918A
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch – Just Rite (1928) – Frog DGF29
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – By Heck (1935) – Circle CCD-20
Willie Lewis and his Entertainers – I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin’ (1936) – Classics 822
Frankie and Johnny Orch. – Swing Fever (1936) – IAJRC CD-1002
Annette Hanshaw – Ho Hum! (1931) – Take Two TT408CD
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Them There Eyes (1931) – JSPCD3401
Boswell Sisters – The Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia (1932) – Collectibles COL-CD-6462
Ipana Troubadors – Glorianna (1928) – Rivermont BSW 1143
Red and Miff’s Stompers – Delirium (1927) – RCA 09026-68734-2
Billy Stennett and his Carolina Stompers – Buffalo Rhythm (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Mills Brothers – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (1932) – ABMMCD 1030
Ethel Waters – Guess Who’s In Town (1928) – Classics 688
Earl Hines - Glad Rag Doll (1928) – RCA 09026-68734-2
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Dancing Tambourine (1927) – Naxos 8.120628
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – Clap Yo’ Hands (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Bing Crosby – My Kinda Love (1929) – Naxos 8.120697
Fred Astaire – My One and Only (1928) – PAST CD 7845
The Radiolans – Who Taught You That? (1932) – Classics 822
Ray Miller and his Orch. - My Honey's Lovin' Arms (1928) – Timeless CBC 0-041 JAZZ
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Sweet and Low Down (1925) – Naxos 8.120628
West End Jazz Band – Wedding Bells (2007) – Legacy2K 107
Henry “Red” Allen and his N.Y. Orch. – Roamin’ (1930) – Classics 540
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces – Decatur Street Tutti (1929) – Retrieval 79013
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – I Got Rhythm (1931) – JSPCD3401
Glen Lyte and his Orch. – When I Take My Sugar to Tea (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW8049
Annette Hanshaw – I Have to Have You (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Boswell Sisters – Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day (1932) – Collectibles COL-CD-6462
Napoleon’s Emperors – Anything (1929) – Jazz Archives No. 28
Mound City Blue Blowers - One Hour (1929) – RCA 09026-68734-2
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Look What I’ve Got (1934) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Joseph Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – Stormy Weather (1933) – Document CD 1016
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Charleston (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – I’m Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston (1925) – ASV CD AJA 5342
Al Gallodoro w/The Beau Hunks – The Hour of Parting (1999) – “Out of Nowhere” (Basta 30-9092-2)
Al Gallodoro – Liza (1951) – Saxophone Contrasts (Golden Rooster CD)
Al Gallodoro & JoAnn Chmielowski – Rosetta (2007) – Daybreak: Lyrical Jazz (Golden Rooster CD)
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings – I Can’t Get Started (1936) – Timeless CBC 0-019 JAZZ
Jimmie Gunn and his Orch. – Slat’s Shuffle (1936) – IAJRC CD-1002
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Nit Wit Serenade (1934) – ABC 838 438-2
Annette Hanshaw – That’s You, Baby (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Nick Lucas and his Crooning Troubadors – You’re Driving Me Crazy (1930) – ASV CD AJA5342
Thelma Terry and her Playboys – Lady of Havana(1928) – Timeless CBC 0-041 JAZZ
Smyth-West Orch. – You’ve Got Me In The Palm of Your Hand (1932) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Waitin’ for Katie (1928) – RCA 09026-68734-2
Slim Lamar and his Southerners – That’s a Plenty (1929) – Retrieval 79006
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Love, You Funny Thing (1932) – JSPCD4301
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – I Got The Stinger (1929) – Retrieval 79013
King Mutt and his Tennessee Thumpers – Maxwell Street Stomp (1929) – ABM MCD 1104
Mills Brothers – Smoke Rings (1933) – ABM MCD 1030
Jack Smith – Miss Annabelle Lee (1928) – ASV CD AJA 5342
Bing Crosby w/Gus Arnheim – One More Time (1931) – Naxos 8.120697
Slim Lamar and his Southerners – Memphis Kick-Up (1929) – Retrieval 79006
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Variety Stomp (1927) – RCA 09026-68734-2
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings – Sweet Lorraine (1936) – Timeless CBC 0-019 JAZZ
Boswell Sisters – It Don’t Mean a Thing (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6462
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Annie’s Cousin Fanny (1934) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8051
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – You Can Depend On Me (1931) – JSP CD3401
Mills Brothers – Nobody’s Sweetheart (1931) – ABM MCD 1030
Syd Valentine and his Patent Leather Kids – Rock and Gravel (1929) – ABM MCD 1104
Hoagy Carmichael and his Pals – Stardust (1927) – JSP918A
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un. Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

"Light and Crunchy" June 22, 2007

(Week 81)

This is the playlist I assembled for last week--and did not play, for reasons explained a few days ago. This Friday at 8 PM ET on WHCL it will proceed as follows--with lots of newly acquired vintage shellac, with lots of levity. And the WHCL stream does seem to be working--at 24k, but that's better than nothing.

Mound City Blue Blowers – You Ain’t Got Nothin’ I Want (1924) – (78) Brunswick 2648-B
The Sunshine Boys – Huggable, Kissable You (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79039
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – JSP 926B
The Caroliners – Would You Miss Me If I Went Away? (1928) – (78) Cameo 8234
Seven Little Polar Bears – Hello Montreal (1928) – (78) Cameo 8178
Ray Noble and his Orch. – Tiger Rag (1933) – (78) Victor 24577-A
Phil Baker and Sid Silvers – At The Theatre, Part 1 (1927) – (78) Victor 20970-A
Charles Kaley – Hello Bluebird (1926) – (78) Columbia 807-D
Charlie Troutt’s Melody Artists – Transportation Blues, Pt. 1 (1927) – (78) Columbia 1030-D
Charlie Troutt’s Melody Artists – Transportation Blues, Pt. 2 (1927) – (78) Columbia 1030-D
Goodrich Broadcasters – Chloe (1928) – (78) Cameo 8149
Mound City Blue Blowers – Barb Wire Blues (1924) – (78) Brunswick 2648-A
Jack Kaufman – You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream (1928) – (78) Cameo 8115
Cliff Friend – Daffy Ditties (1928) – (78) Victor 21460 (sides A and B)
Charles W. Hamp – Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) – (78) Okeh 41046
Vernon Dalhart – The Old Gray Mare (1928) – (78) Cameo 8169
Joe Haymes and his Orch. (John Scott, vo.) – He’s a Curbstone Cutie (1932) – (78) Bluebird B-6412-B
Dixie Stars – Birmingham Papa (1925) – (78) Brunswick 2813-A
Ethel Waters – Make Me a Pallet on the Floor (1926) – (78) Columbia 14125-D
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Nobody’s Sweetheart (1928) – (78) Victor V-38000-B
Golden Gate Orch. – Ramblin’ Blues (1924) – (78) Perfect 14309-B
Miami Royal Palm Orch. – Back In Your Own Backyard (1928) – (78) Cameo 8137
Sam Lanin and his Troubadors – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (1928) – (78) Cameo 8234
Phil Baker and Sid Silvers – At The Theatre, Part 2 (1927) – (78) Victor 20970-B
Les Poe – Oh Doctor! My Adjustment (1929) – (78) Brunswick 4368
The Melotone (Sunshine) Boys – When I Take My Sugar to Tea (1931) – Retrieval RTR 79039
Harry McDaniel and his Orch. – No! No! A Thousand Times No! (1933) – (78) Perfect 16039-B
Ethel Waters – Bring Your Greenbacks (1926) – (78) Columbia 14125-D
Slim Green – Cocktails for Two (1935) – (78) Decca 7104 A
Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Jes’ Natch’ully Lazy (1936) – (78) Columbia 3134-D
Chicago Rhythm Kings – Stompin’ At The Savoy (1936) – (78) Bluebird B-6412-A
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch – Sweet Sue-Just You (1928) – JSP 926A

THE WEST END JAZZ BAND AT DANCELAND!

The wonderful West End Jazz Band of Chicago. This was taped at the same Davenport, Iowa venue where Bix played. Enjoy!

The Boy Who Cried "Shoutcast"

Dear frustrated RADIOLA! streamers/on-air listeners,

I doubly apologize for yesterday's RADIOLA! non-show. Not only was the Shoutcast stream malfunctioning (so that anyone who may have tried to stream would have heard dead air), but when I got to the studio some genius had flipped the master switch to the CD and minidisc players and so I vamped until I could download one of my old programs from the internet to play on the air. The computer audio was fine, of course. (RADIOLA! is a very resourceful radio program.)

In my two years at WHCL, I never had occasion to use the master switch--and nobody thought it important enough to tell me where it was. (As in, "If you come to the station and all the CD and minidisc players are off, this switch up here restores power to them.")

Finally, I pressed the right button and everything lit up. So, I jettisoned the old show from January 2006 and instead played selections from some "extra" CDs I brought with me. (Jimmie Noone and Fats Waller JSP box sets, Paul Whiteman, Ted Weems, The Sunshine Boys, and Al Gallodoro.) It wasn't a bad show for an impromptu effort, but I really wasn't about to truncate the playlist that it had taken me two days to transfer from 78s and put together. (I was working on the show until almost the last minute so I had no opportunity to post the playlist here.) I will play that in its entirety next Friday at 8 PM ET.

I'm not going to promise anything ever again about the WHCL Shoutcast stream unless I know it's up and running and playing actual music. Again, I apologize for any inconvenience.

Andy

AL GALLODORO'S 94th BIRTHDAY AT THE SEGO CAFE!

SAT JUNE 23, 8PM

AL GALLODORO QUARTET with piano accompanist JoAnn Chmielowski, Larry Trott on Bass, and Lou Colone on drums
SEGO CAFE, Main St, Oneonta, New York. Reservations 607-432-0228

Dr. Alfred J. Gallodoro (born June 20, 1913) will celebrate his 94th birthday with a magical performance at SEGO CAFE. Gallodoro is one of only 13 artists who recorded before 1940 that is still active and recording, During a professional career spanning an amazing nine decades, Gallodoro has played his saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet in all forms and venues of music - - - from Vaudeville houses to New Orleans speak-easies, from nightclubs to symphonies, from Carnegie Hall to international jazz festivals (North Sea and Breda, Holland!) and even the Ringling Brothers Circus! Gallodoro was called upon in April 2006 to perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the NYC Harmonie Ensemble, a piece for which he holds the distinction of a world’s record - - over 10,000 performances throughout the 1930’s and 40’s with the “King of Jazz” Paul Whiteman. In his association of nearly 4 decades with Whiteman, Gallodoro played lead 1st alto sax, as well as clarinet and bass clarinet for the orchestra; hence, the moniker “Triple Threat!” He was a regularly featured “front stage” soloist on live broadcasts spanning from the 1930’s through the 1970’s, and even continues those live radio performances today with regular appearances on Northeast Public Radio! In fact, Gallodoro has done more live on-the-air saxophone and clarinet solos than any other performer in history.

Also a classical performer in his own right, Gallodoro worked for many years under symphonic conductors Arturo Toscanini and Leopold Stokowski. Thus, one can often detect a classical vein running throughout his art of improvisation. Ferde Grofé was so impressed by Gallodoro’s art that he composed Gallodoro’s Serenade for saxophone and piano (1957) to specifically emphasize Al’s style, and showcase his technique. The piece (released on Bridge Records, 2006) had its premier New York City performance and recording when Al was an energetic 91 years old, with pianist Lincoln Mayorga. Perhaps it is his unique ability to bridge jazz and classical idioms that so endears him to a broad variety of fans.

AL GALLODORO was featured in 2002 on CBS’ Sunday Morning, and has also been the topic of a PBS documentary, the Al Gallodoro Story. In 2005 Alfred J. Gallodoro received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Hartwick College in recognition of a lifetime of extraordinary achievement in music performance and teaching. His admirers include more than just saxophone aficionados - - -- he recently appeared twice at Cornell University's Weill Medical College for concerts AND as the subject of an extensive interview on longevity and vitality. At 94 years young, Gallodoro continues to thrill his listeners with his impeccable musicianship and incredible mastery of his instruments. He can arguably be regarded as the greatest saxophone/clarinet virtuoso in history.

As partner with manager/pianist and long term collaborator JoAnn Bertone Chmielowski, Gallodoro’s independent label Chmusic Productions/Golden Rooster Records has added 4 CD’s and a music video to his credit. His most recent release DAYBREAK – Lyrical Jazz (April 2007), has a specific goal: to bring a renewed awareness of the lyrical sound of the saxophone to mainstream jazz. With a bit of Southern flair, credited to his Birmingham and New Orleans roots, the Mediterranean influence of his Sicilian heritage, and the sounds attributed to nearly six decades of working in New York City, Dr. Alfred J. Gallodoro (born June 20, 1913) is still absolutely inimitable!

JoAnn Bertone Chmielowski, keyboard/synthesizer. With roots in classical piano, and currently a jazz pianist for the Al Gallodoro Quartet, JoAnn combines her musical creativity with harmonies that compliment Al's unique art of improvisation. Her performance venues include West Kortright Center, Saratoga's Caffe Lena, and the Night Eagle, as well as clubs in Albany and the NYC area.

More extensive information can be found at www.algallodoro.com.

"Anything Goes" June 8, 2007

(Week 80)

The Summer Season is officially under way at WHCL--and tonight's playlist reflects an undercurrent of references to local (to the Utica, NY area) current events. Our mad old mayor, Ed Hanna, who left under a cloud in 2000, has decided to regain his post. That's all you need to know, unless you want to go off on a Google quest. Plenty of good music here, and my aircheck will be posted forthwith.

Oh, and it's the start of my third year on the air. If only the stream were working! Well, if you live in the area, tune us in at 88.7 FM. Otherwise, Live 365 will work as well as anything for the time being.

Cole Porter – Anything Goes (1934) – Prism Leisure PLATCD 938
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orch. – Kinky Kids’ Parade (1925) – (78) Okeh 40471-A
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – JSP 926
Symphonic Trio (Andy Sannella) – My Ohio Home (1928) – (78) Radiex 1505a
Roy Collins’ Dance Orch. – Skies of Gray (1927) – (78) Oriole 1103b
Walter Page and his Blue Devils – There’s a Scufflin’ (1929) – ABM ABMMCD 1104
The Rounders – Ready for the River (1928) – (78) Victor 21382-B
Lillie Delk Christian – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (1928) – JSP 926
The Mills Brothers – Tiger Rag (1931) – ABM ABMMCD 1030
Manhattan Entertainers – Sweethearts on Parade (1928) – (78) Broadway 1222
Bob Green’s Dance Orch – They Don’t Come Better Than Betty (1928) – (78) Oriole 1228b
The Western Wanderers – Four or Five Times (1927) – (78) Cameo 1154
Paul Robeson – Trees (1938) – (78) HMV B.8830
Judy Garland – Somewhere Over the Rainbow (1939) – History of Pop Radio, Volume 10
Jeanne Aubert with the Four Admirals – Blow, Gabriel, Blow (1938) – Prism Leisure PLATCD 938
The Happiness Boys – The Fire Brigade (1926) – (78) Cameo 1079
Wilmoth Houdini – Mama, Call the Fire Brigade (1941) – Rounder CD 1077
Andy Senior – Andy Senior’s Ed Hanna Song (1997) – Keeler Unwrapped
Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) –Wedding Bells (1929) – (78) Oriole 1498a
Joe Candullo and his Orch. – Song of the Wanderer (1927) – (78) Cameo 1105
Cameo Dance Orch. – Proud (1927) – (78) Cameo 1105
Fate Marable’s Society Syncopators – Frankie and Johnny (1924) – ABM AMBMCD 1104
Original Dixieland Jazz Band – At The Jazz Band Ball (1918) – (78) Victor 18457-A
Original Dixieland Jazz Band – Ostrich Walk (1918) – (78) – Victor 18457-B
Paul Robeson – Ol’ Man River (1936) – (78) HMV B.8497
Lillie Delk Christian – Too Busy! (1928) – JSP 926
Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys – Too Busy! (1936) – (78) Vocalion 03537
Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys – No Matter How She Done It (1936) – (78) Vocalion 03537
Putney Dandridge and his Orch. – Sweet Violets (1936) – (78) Vocalion 3109
Guy Lombardo and his Orch. – Boo Hoo! (1937) – (78) Victor 25522-B
Joseph Lhevinne – Arabesques on “The Beautiful Blue Danube” (1928) – VAIA/IPA 1019
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in “Drumnastics” – Sweet Sue–Just You (1935) – (78) Decca 953 B

RIAA GHOULS AT IT AGAIN

As yet unsuccessful in their attempt to shake down internet broadcasters, the RIAA is now trying to pry nickels and dimes from the pockets of public radio in an unprecedented grab for royalties. You have to suppose that extends beyond corporate NPR outlets to college and community stations, like WHCL.

Since popular music is now creatively defunct, and cannibalizes an ever-diminishing few riffs and ideas, the RIAA ghouls return to suck the marrow of the bones of the brilliant dead.

RADIOLA! RETURNS FRIDAY JUNE 8 ON WHCL 88.7 FM

To the consternation of those who may have tried to stream or tune in at 8 PM EDT the past two Fridays, there has been a hiatus. The good news is that RADIOLA! will return to the WHCL-FM next Friday, June 8, at 8 PM EDT for a summer season of weekly two-hour programs. The (possibly) bad news is that direct streaming of WHCL may not be available owing to problems with the Shoutcast Computer. The (genuinely) good news is that each Friday's program will be uploaded to my Live365 station within a day or two of the live broadcast.

I'll keep you apprised of the Shoutcast situation. It's no more than a minor concern. If you're listening locally to 88.7 FM, it helps to have a GOOD radio and maybe an external antenna. For some reason, sets made before the mid-90s tend to get better reception of weak stations. So dig out that old relic from the attic, plug 'er in, and wait for the electrician. Happy listening!

GREETINGS TO MY CHINESE LISTENERS!

RADIOLA! is truly world wide. Yowzah!

"Bad English" May 18, 2007

(Week 79)

UPDATE: This program has now been uploaded to my Live365 station. Owing to interference on my home recording, I have inserted clean soundfiles but have retained my original broadcast commentary (during which there is some noise). Also, I omitted the Waring selection from my Live365 file because I did not realize how truly offensive the lyrics were until I played the recording on air. (The humor of that bygone day was not always gentle.) Also, if I'm going to offend somebody, I want it to be for a good reason. (“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.” -- Oscar Wilde)

The songs you are about to hear are standards--only the language is substandard. (For those who are unduly offended by poor usage, I've included a fine classical piece near the end of the program--really! It's a bit of a misnomer, though, since the Danube is actually green.) The Queen's English gets it in the neck at 8 PM EDT on WHCL.

Claude Hulbert – Clap Yo’ Hands (1927) – PAST CD 7845
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch – Dese, Dem, and Dose (1935) – Circle CCD-20
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – My Papa Doesn’t Two Time No Time (1924) – Rivermont BSW1141
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Thou Swell (1928) – Bluebird 07863 61005-2
Goofus Five – Ain’t That a Grand and Glorious Feeling? (1927) – Timeless 1-017 JAZZ
Gene Austin – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Gene Austin – Ain’t She Sweet (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Lee Morse – Ain’t He Sweet (1927) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Bing Crosby, vo.) – Ol’ Man River (take 3) (1928) – Sunbeam BXCD-13
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – There Ain’t No Sweet Man (1928) – RCA 07863 22540-2
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – ‘Taint No Sin (1930) – The Old Masters mb106
Clayton Jackson and Durante – Can Broadway Do Without Me? (1929) – Pro Arte Digital CDD483
Boswell Sisters – Down on the Delta (1932) – Collectibles COL-CD-6462
Abe Lyman and his Orch. (Dick Robertson, vo.) – Riddle Me This (1932) – JASS J-CD-639
Al Gallodoro and JoAnn Chmielowski – It Ain’t Necessarily So (2007) – Daybreak: Lyrical Jazz
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Yes! We Have No Bananas (1935) – Jasmine JASCD 409
Irving Kaufman (w/Bailey’s Lucky Seven) – Yes! We Have No Bananas (1923) – Archeophone 5504
Viola McCoy – I Ain’t Gonna Marry, Ain’t Gonna Settle Down (1924) – Memphis Archive MA7017
The Red Heads – ‘Taint Cold (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Bill Haid’s Cubs – ‘Taint So, Honey, ‘Taint So (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
The High Steppers – Is I In Love, I Is (1932) – The Old Masters mb115
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Where Do You Work-a John? (1926) – Collector’s Choice CCM-175-2
Sophie Tucker (w/Ted Lewis) – Some of These Days (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5273
Emmett Miller – I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None O’ This Jelly Roll (9) (1929) – Columbia CK 66999
Charlie Palloy and his Orch. – It Don’t Mean a Thing (1932) – The Old Masters mb118
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces – I Got The Stinger (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – I Ain’t Got Nobody (8) (1935) – Bluebird 07863 66618-2
Slim and Slam – Flat Foot Floogie (1938) – Classics 705
Moritz Rosenthal – The Beautiful Blue Danube (1928) – Camden (LP) CAL-377
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams (1941?) – Decca 4158 (?) from Reader’s Digest LP

"Insouciance" May 11, 2007

(Week 78)

This warm May weather tends to foster a feeling of indifference. (I could go on, but why bother?) Anyway, this playlist will be presented tonight at 8 PM EDT on WHCL.

The Revelers – Breezin’ Along With The Breeze (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5216
Herb Wiedoeft and his Orch. – Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (1928) – The Old Masters mb122
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings – Dreaming the Hours Away (1928) – Frog DGF 14
Henry “Red” Allen and his N.Y. Orch. – Feeling Drowsy (1929) – Classics 549
Joseph Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – Lazy Bones (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys – What Do I Care What Somebody Said (1927) – Jasmine JASCD646
Ruth Etting – Laughing At Life (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5008
Fred and Adele Astaire – I’d Rather Charleston (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. (Chick Bullock, vo.) – Easy Come, Easy Go (1934) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8051
Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards – Easy Come, Easy Go Blues (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-015 JAZZ
Sunny Clapp and his Band O’ Sunshine – Come Easy, Go Easy Love (1931) – Retrieval RTR 79006
Al Jolson – Let Me Sing and I’m Happy (1929) – Sony Music Special Products A 23673
Leon Nash and his Orch. – What Have We Got to Lose? (1933) – The Old Masters mb118
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Livin’ in the Sunlight, Lovin’ in the Moonlight (1930) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120697
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Persian Rug (1928) – Classics 689
Louisiana Rhythm Kings – Lazy Daddy (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8024
The Goofus Five – Lazy Weather (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-017 JAZZ
Ben Selvin and his Orch. (Eddie Walters, vo.) – It’s Easy to Fall in Love (1930) – The Old Masters mb116
Arden-Ohman and their Orch. – Who Cares? (1932) – RCA Victor 09026 63294-2
Cliff Edwards – Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1925) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Cliff Edwards – I’m a Night Owl (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Bing Crosby – I’ve Got the World on a String (1933) – Charly CDCD 2020
Russ Carlson and his Orch. – You’re Blase (1932) – The Old Masters mb 115
Casa Loma Orch. – On the Sunny Side of the Street (1930) – Hep CD 1010
Frankie and Johnnie Orch. – I Don’t Care (1936) – IAJRC CD 1002
Annette Hanshaw – Ho Hum! (1931) – Take Two TT408CD
Ted Weems and his Orch. – Nothin’ On My Mind (1928) – Jasmine JASCD 2574
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Lazy River (1931) – JSP CD 3401
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans – Let’s Face the Music and Dance (1936) – Pulse PBXCD 422/3
Bing Crosby – Dancing in the Dark (1931) – Master Classics MCS 8070-2
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Sweet Sue (1934) – Hep CD 1083

"It's a Gift" May 4, 2007

(Week 77)

Since I'm turning 45 this Monday (is that a record?) I thought I would celebrate by playing some really neat items. But it's a surprise--and the playlist won't be posted until after tonight show. Here it is, in retrospect:

Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orch. – Selections from “Show Boat” (1928) – Victor (78) 35912-B
Johnny Johnson’s Statler Pennsylvanians – We (My Honey and Me) (1927) – Victor (78) 21058-A
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Ted Weems and his Orch. – The Day That I Met You (1926) – Victor (78) 19938-A
Pete Wendling – I Meet Her in the Moonlight (1926) – Romeo (78) 311-A
George Olsen and his Music – Where’d You Get Those Eyes? (1926) – Victor (78) 20112-B
George O’Connor – ****** Blues (1916) – Columbia (78) A-2064
Cliff Edwards – Little Somebody of Mine (1924) – Pathe/Actuelle (78) 032073B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Learn to Do the Strut (1924) – Victor (78) 19252-B
The Troubadors – Someday You’ll Say “O.K.” (1927) – Lincoln (78) 2683
International Novelty Orch. – Pretty Little Baby (1926) – Victor (78) 19970-B
Harry Richman – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (1928) – Brunswick (78) 4035
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Jubilee Medley (Cole Porter) (1935) – Victor (78) 36175
Cliff Edwards – Somebody Loves Me (1924) – Pathe/Actuelle (78) 032073
Mal Hallett and his Orch. (Frankie Carle, piano) – Ridin’ High (1937) – Decca (78) 1163 B
“The Entertainers” featuring Annette Hanshaw (1970s) – Canadian Broadcasting Corp. radio show
Paul Robeson (w/Paul Whiteman) – Ol’ Man River (1928) – Victor (78) 35912-A
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Avid AVC539

H.R. 2060--CONGRESS TO THE RESCUE?

Congress is introducing 11th-hour legislation to give relief to internet broadcasters, H.R. 2060. Here's the lowdown from savenetradio.org:

The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on May 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). If the increased rates remain unchanged, the majority of webcasters will go bankrupt and silent on this date. Internet radio needs your help! H.R. 2060, The Internet Radio Equality Act was introduced by Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Donald Manzullo (R-IL ) to save the Internet radio industry.

Please call your member of Congress and urge that he or she co-sponsor the above legislation. The survival of RADIOLA! and all your other favorite net streams depend upon it.

Check these guys out--The Wiyos!

One word: YOWZAH!

"Sing" April 27, 2007

(Week 76)

This has been a hectic week--and it ain't over. But I managed to put together this playlist for broadcast tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL, with some nice new acquisitions of great 78s, a stab at fixing other peoples' mistakes, and a few recent recordings by worthy musicians. Enjoy!

National Cavaliers – Sing (1930) – Victor (78) 22559-A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Hymn to the Sun (1925) – Victor (78) 19862-A
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Harold Yates and Cooper Lawley – Back in Your Own Backyard (1928) – Victor (78) 21394-B
Correll and Gosden – No Wonder I’m Happy (1927) – Victor (78) 20908-A
The Four Rajahs – Waitin’ For Katie (1928) – Victor (78) 21550-B
Blue Steele and his Orch. – Because You Are My Dream Girl (1928) – VMP 0101 (re-eq by me)
Miss Annabelle Lee – Mike Speciale and his Orch. (1927) – Swing Time 9906 (re-eq by me)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch – I Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight (1925) – Victor (78) 19902-A
Cooper Lawley – Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) – Victor (78) 21390-A
The Okeh Laughing Record (1922) – Okeh (78) 4678
Rudy Vallee and his Conn. Yankees – Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1937) – Bluebird (78) B-7135-B
Frank Crumit – My Lady (1927) – Victor (78) 20486-A
Helen Clark and Franklyn Baur – A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You (1925) – Victor (78) 19903-B
West End Jazz Band – Singin’ in the Bathtub (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
The Sweetback Sisters – Kansas City Star (2006) – Sweetback Sisters Bang! The EP
Tin Cup Serenade – Manitoba (2007) – Tin Cup Serenade
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell – What Do You Say? (1928) – Victor (78) 21390-B
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell – What Do We Do (On a Dew-Dew-Dewy Day)? (1927) – Victor (78) 20906-A
The Four Rajahs – Too Busy! (1928) – Victor (78) 21550-A
Orquesta Internacional – Teresita (Pasillo) (Lionel Belasco) (ca. 1923) – Victor (78) 73530-A
Carlisle St. Stephen’s Brass Band – Mephistopheles (March) (ca. 1927) – Regal (78) MR 18 (UK)
Band of H.M. Grenadiers – The Teddy Bears’ Picnic (ca. 1936) – Columbia M-394
Henry Burr – Don’t Steal Daddy’s Medal (1926) – Victor (78) 20025-B
Willard Robison and his Orch. – Tain’t So, Honey, Tain’t So (1928) – Victor (78)
Whispering Jack Smith (w/Carroll Gibbons) – Crazy Rhythm (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Lane’s Dance Orch. (Bob Haring) – Sometimes I’m Happy (1928) – Lincoln (78) 2639
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Baby (1928) – Columbia (78) 1721-D
Varsity Eight (California Ramblers) – Glorianna (1928) – Cameo (78) 9007
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch. (Robison, vo) – I’m Crazy Over You (1929) – Victor (78) 21976-B
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders – Waffles (1926) – Victor (78) 20094-B
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Sweet Sue, Just You (1935) – JSP CD341

"And Now, Tin" April 20, 2007

(Week 75)

Every year I have to get clever. This year I decided to go cryptic as well. Tune in Friday at 8 PM ET on WHCL to hear what it's all about.

Cliff Edwards – It’s Only a Paper Moon (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Victor Young and his Orch. (Boswell Sisters) – I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1932) – Sony A 23673
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Joe Jordan’s Ten Sharps and Flats – Senegalese Stomp (1926) – Frog DGF 14
Red Nichols’ Stompers – Make My Cot (Where the Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows) (1927) – TOM mb107
Bennie Moten’s K. C. Orch. – Moten Stomp (1927) – Frog DGF 29
Bing Crosby – Try a Little Tenderness (1933) – Charly CDCD 2020
Louis Prima and his N. O. Gang – Put On an Old Pair of Shoes (1935) – JSP CD339
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – A Shine on Your Shoes (1932) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Lud Gluskin et son Jazz – Ten Little Miles From Town (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8045
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Moonlight and Roses (1929) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120520
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Stealin’ Apples (1937) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 57586
Ruth Etting – Ten Cents a Dance (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5008
Boswell Sisters – Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1932) – Collectibles COL-CD-6462
Frances Langford – Rap Tap on Wood (1936) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
Zack Whyte’s Chocolate Beau Brummels – West End Blues (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8008
West End Jazz Band – Tennessee Lazy (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
Connie Boswell – Under a Blanket of Blue (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 52943
Charleston Chasers – Five Pennies (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Mills’ Ten Blackberries – Double Check Stomp (1930) – Columbia C2K 46177
Fats Waller – Smashing Thirds (1929) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Here Comes the Show Boat (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-084 JAZZ
Charlie Palloy and his Orch. – Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1932) – The Old Masters mb118
Irving Kaufman – Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (1921) – Archeophone ARCH 5504
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Willow Tree (1928) – Bluebird 07863-61005-2
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee (1932) – BMG DCM12762
Ted Lewis and his Band – Tin Roof Blues (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5273
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Tin Ear (1928) – The Old Masters mb119
Thelma Terry and her Playboys – When Sweet Susie Goes Steppin’ By (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-041
Pearl Trio – Roll Me Over (1946) – Pearl (78) 50-A
Bud Flanagan and Frances Day – But in the Morning, No (1941) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
Dicky Wells and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1937) – Topaz TPZ 1023

Do Not Hesitate to Download

We're in for the long haul on this Copyright Royalty Board thing--and there is a possibility now more than ever I will have to pull the plug on my Live365 stream by this July. (The WHCL broadcast and webcast will continue as before.) Therefore, I would urge you to download all the RADIOLA! programs you can HERE. They're now up to date through last Friday's show.

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"Persons of Color" April 13, 2007

(Week 74)

Tonight at 8 PM on RADIOLA! we explore color--but in a nice way. (I expect various persons afflicted with Political Correctness will be offended that I even suggested such a topic. They probably won't even examine the playlist below and will certainly be too livid to listen. Fine. They can go bask in the exhalations of some dessicated folksinger after they write WHCL to say what I villain I am.)

Fred Astaire – I Used to Be Color Blind (1938) – Charly CDCD1075
George Olsen and his Music – Where’s That Rainbow (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Varsity Eight – Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-062
Speckled Red – Wilkins Street Stomp (1929) – Javelin CWNCD 2008
Lou Weimer’s Gold and Black Aces – Merry Widow’s Got a Sweetie Now (1928) – Yazoo 2025
Annette Hanshaw – Am I Blue? (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Ethel Waters – True Blue Lou (1929) – Classics 721
Lee Morse – Old Man Sunshine, Little Boy Bluebird (1928) – Jasmine JASCD 646
The Red Heads – Brown Sugar (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Russ Carlson and the High Steppers – Just a Blue-Eyed Blonde (1931) – The Old Masters mb115
Gene Kardos and his Orch. – Red-Headed Baby (1931) – The Old Masters mb121
Bing Crosby – When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day (1931) – Master Classics 8070-2
Irving Kaufman – Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (18) (1925) – Take Two TT502CD
Louis Prima – The Lady in Red (1935) – Columbia Legacy CK 57712
West End Jazz Band – Looking at the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
West End Jazz Band – Rosy Cheeks (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
Bennie Goodman’s Boys – Blue (1928) – Sunbeam BX CD 13
Charleston Chasers – Cinderella Brown (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Lonnie Johnson and Eddie Lang – Two Tone Stomp (1929) – Properbox 81
Jane Green – Hard to Get Gertie (3) (1926) – Take Two TT503CD
Annette Hanshaw – Little White Lies (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Ruth Etting – I’ll Be Blue, Just Thinking of You (1930) – Take Two TT403CD
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Ukulele Lady (1925) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120628
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Dinah (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-084 JAZZ
The Goofus Five – Sadie Green (The Vamp of New Orleans) (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-017 JAZZ
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Yaller (1930) – Media7 Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
Jimmy Johnson and Clarence Williams – How Could I Be Blue? (1930) – Frog CD DGF17
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Copper Colored Gal (1936) – RCA Victor 07863-66747-2
Phil Harris and his Cocoanut Grove Orch. – Pink Elephants (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5191
Teddy Wilson and his Orch. (Billie Holiday) – Miss Brown to You (1935) – Columbia C3K47724
Louisiana Rhythm Kings – Sweet Sue, Just You (1930) – BDW 8024

NEW! "Singin' in the Bathtub" CD by the WEJB!

I just received this CD in the mail today from my friends Mike and Leah Bezin of the West End Jazz Band. It's an absolute delight. The music is stellar, and the re-creation of a Coon-Sanders' Nighthawks band remote is lots of fun. You can buy the CD HERE. (And, of course, I'll be playing a couple of tracks on RADIOLA! this week.)

"Shellac Attack" April 6, 2007

(Week 73)

Lots of crunchy goodness (and a few minty specimens) here for those who need their surface noise. 8 PM EDT on WHCL, of course.

Tracy-Brown’s Orch. – Chloe (1928) – Columbia 1344-D
Leo Reisman and his Orch. – Without that Gal (1931) – Victor 22746-A
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia E 1177
Vincent Lopez and his Orch. – Should I? (1929) – Romeo 1162-A
Smith Ballew and his Piping Rock Orch. – I Love Louisa (1931) – Columbia 2503-D
Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orch. – La Rosita (1931) – Victor 22618-B
Marion Harris – Take Me To That Land of Jazz (1919) – Victor 18593-B
Lucille Hegamin and Her Blue Flame Syncopators – State Street Blues (1922) – Regal 9318-A
Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds – Shim-Me-King’s Blues (1921) – Okeh 4254-A
Sam Lanin and his Orch (IK) – I’m Walking Around in Circles (1926) – Banner 1769-A
Irving Combs (Kaufman) – Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) – Silvertone 2818-A
Curt Philips (Ernie Hare) – My Dream of the Big Parade (1926) – Silvertone 2818-B
The Detroiters – Sally of My Dreams (1928) – Cameo 8373
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Lulu Belle (1926) – Victor 20019-A
Ted Lewis – New St. Louis Blues (1926) – Columbia 697-D
Irving Kaufman – Chinese Blues (1915) – Victor 17919-A
Jack Kaufman – The Pump Song (1926) – Silvertone 3836-B
Charles Dickson (IK) – Skies of Gray (1927) – Oriole 1047-B
Frank Westphal and his Orch. – Oh, Sister, Ain’t That Hot? (1923) – Columbia 22-D
Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds – Royal Garden Blues (1921) – Okeh 4254-A
Lucille Hegamin and Her Blue Flame Syncopators – I’ve Got The Wonder Where He Went and When He’s Coming Back Blues (1922) – Regal 9318-B
Gene Austin – How Am I to Know? (1929) – Victor 22128-A
Gene Austin – I’ve Got the Girl (1926) – Victor 20397-A
Johnny Marvin – Deed I Do (1926) – Victor 20397-B
Dale’s Dance Orch. – I’ve Got a Feeling for Ophelia (1924) – Lincoln 2216
Sam Lanin and his Orch. – Where’d You Get Those Eyes (1926) – Banner 1769-B
Ray Miller and his Orch. – In a Great Big Way (1929) – Brunswick 4223
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Lady of the Evening (1939) – Decca 2690 A
Ruby Newman and his Orch. – Rainbow in the Night (1937) – Decca 1848 B
Ruby Newman and his Orch. – Music, Maestro, Please (1937) – Decca 1848 A
Paul Smith and Band – Rhymes, Pts. 1 & 2 (1932) – Varsity 5024
Ray Noble and his Orch. (Bowlly) – Little Man, You’ve Had a Busy Day (1934) – HMV B 6491

AL GALLODORO AT THE LITTLE FALLS LIBRARY!!

Al Gallodoro, the legendary reedman whom Jimmy Dorsey called "the best saxophone player who ever lived," will be playing with his quartet at 7 PM this Thursday, April 5, at the Little Falls Public Library (10 Waverly Pl. Little Falls, NY 13365-1517; phone 315-823-1542).

Copies of Al's excellent new CD, "Daybreak: Lyrical Jazz" will be available for sale at the concert. Scroll down this page for more information on Al Gallodoro. Or, check out Al's new website.

"There's Something in the Air" March 30, 2007

(Week 72)

Indeed, there's something on the air tonight--RADIOLA! What's in the air could be Spring, music, or a bit of dread--or perhaps all three. I'll attempt to clear the air at 8 PM EDT on WHCL-FM.

Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – There’s Somethiug in the Air (1936) – Bluebird 78 B-6683-A
Dixie Stars – My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) – Columbia 78 389-D
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 E 1177
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. HC – So Tired (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-084 JAZZ
Paul Mills and his Merry Makers – I’m Rollin’ In Love (1928) – Cameo 78 8373
Gotham Troubadors IK – Chloe (1928) – Okeh 78 40992
Marion Harris – Tea for Two (1924) – Past CD 7075
Harry Reser's Syncopators (Tom Stacks, vo.) – Crazy Rhythm (1928) – Past CD 7075
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Ramona) – Are You Makin’ Any Money? (1933) – Jass J-CD-639
Golden Gate Orch. – Farewell Blues (1927) – Timeless CD CBC 1-090
Tracy-Brown’s Orchestra – Beautiful (1928) – Columbia 78 1344-D
Ipana Troubadors – Glorianna (1928) – Rivermont BSW 1143
Arthur Fields – My Dream of the Big Parade (1926) – Perfect 78 12265
Dixie Stars – New York Ain’t New York Any More (1925) – Columbia 78 389-D
Ford and Glenn – There’s a Little White House (1926) – Columbia 78 869-D
Al Gallodoro and JoAnn Chmielowski – Flat Top (2007) – Daybreak (Golden Rooster Records)
West End Jazz Band – By Special Permission of the Copyright Owners (2002) – Lecacy 2K 102
The Carpal Tunnel Kid – Impending Doom is Getting Me Down (2007) – Home Recording
Gotham Troubadors – Sunshine (1928) – Okeh 78 40992
Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orch. – Let’s Talk About My Sweetie (1925) – Victor 78 19989-A
Lud Gluskin and his Orch. – I Wanna Go Places and Do Things (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8045
Sir Henry Lytton – If you give me your attention (1932) – Conifer CD 75605 52275 2B
Cole Porter – The Kling-Kling Bird on the Divi-Divi Tree (1935) – Koch C-7171-2H1
Noel Coward – The Stately Homes of England (1937) – Chestnut CN 1015
Totem Lodge Orch. – I Only Have Eyes For You (1934) – Montgomery Ward 78 M-4504-A
Jack Shilkret and his Orch CB – One Hamburger for Madame (1936) – Banner 78 6-06-03
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees – The Glory of Love (1936) – Melotone 78 6-06-09
Dick Robertson and his Orch. – You’ve Got Me in the Palm of Your Hand (1932) – Varsity 78 8117
Eddie Duchin and his Orch. – What About Me? (1934) – Victor 78 24709-A
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – Never Gonna Dance (1936) – Bluebird 78 B-6505-B
Eddie Cantor & Phil Spitalny’s Music – Cheer Up! (1931) – Jass J-CD-639
Sam Lanin and his Troubadors – Sweet Sue–Just You (1928) – Rivermont BSW 1143

COPYRIGHT PERVERTED INTO CASH COW FOR GREEDHEADS

Here's the story of how Copyright went wrong (thanks to Rich Conaty).

AL GALLODORO at the WATERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIDAY!

Al Gallodoro, the legendary reedman whom Jimmy Dorsey called "the best saxophone player who ever lived," will be playing with his quartet at 7 PM this Friday, March 23, at the Waterville Public Library (206 White Street, Waterville, NY 13480 Ph. 315 841-4651).
Performing will be Al Gallodoro, sax, bass clarinet, clarinet; JoAnn Chmielowski, piano; Harry Aceto, Bass; and Dave Perazone, Drums.

Al started playing professionally in 1926, and worked with such bandleaders as Isham Jones and Paul Whiteman through the 1930s. Today at 93, Al Gallodoro is still an incredible player. One of only 14 musicians and singers who recorded before 1940 and are still active (along with Svend Asmussen, Johnny Blowers, Lena Horne, Franz Jackson, Herb Jeffries, Lawrence Lucie, Buddy Morrow, Les Paul, George Shearing, Kay Starr, Gerald Wilson, Snooky Young and Zeke Zarchy), Gallodoro is still at 95% of his playing peak, playing phrases that sound completely impossible.

Don't pass up this rare opportunity to hear Al Gallodoro play!

THE "BIG BROADCAST" ARCHIVE IS DEAD

Thanks mostly to this Copyright crackdown, online archives of Rich Conaty's "Big Broadcast" dating back to December 2001 have been removed from the server. That's five years of great programs of salubrious, lovely 20s and 30s pop and jazz gone for--what? So the ravening RIAA/ASCAP ghouls at SoundExchange can throw their weight around? The whole purpose of this equine feces is to actively suppress our cultural heritage and prevent priceless music from being heard. (And there is no price that can be put on it.) It truly and utterly micturates me off.

By that token, I'd advise all readers of this blog to download all my RADIOLA! programs HERE before the jackals get around to killing that archive as well. Those old shows will be all you have after the Copyright Police chase me off Live365.

THE END OF RADIOLA!?

UPDATE: Congress is likely to sit on its hands. Why did we elect these dorks?

I don't normally like to use this page for polemical essays, but I think this matter is something that concerns anyone who listens to and relies on internet radio. The Copyright Royalty Board has announced its plan to raise internet royalty rates--charging internet broadcasters on a per-song, per-listener basis. And these charges will be retroactive through the beginning of last year. This will effectively shut down all programs like RADIOLA! that operate on a tiny (or nonexistent) budget.

What is astonishing--and to my mind unjust--is that 80-year-old recordings should be subject to copyright control at all. The even more appalling fact is that all sound recordings will be kept from the Public Domain until the year 2067. Certainly no artists who recorded in the 1910s and 1920s--and very few who recorded in the 1930s--are in any position to enjoy their royalty payments. The main result of this quirk of the law is to actively suppress the music that we love.

This music clearly belongs in the Public Domain. It is not only a major part of our cultural heritage, it should enrich and inform new music as it emerges. If it utterly disappears, music will wither and become even more banal than it is now. Imagine putting Beethoven or Schubert back under copyright. What would that serve? Similarly, what purpose does it serve (besides enriching the vampires in the moribund music industry) to suppress the music of 80 years ago--music that is vital to our national culture?

I have no problem with living performers and composers demanding some measure of compensation. Yet it has been my experience that many artists are happy just to have their music promoted so they can sell recordings and get people out to their concert venues. Such avenues of exposure would be closed to the less well known and new performers as the self-referential dreck offered on radios throughout the land would prevail.

I've loved the music of the 1920s and 1930s since I was a child, once I was lucky enough to discover its existence. Everyone thought I was weird for loving it, but I knew it was best for me. It wasn't a matter of nostalgia, or of longing for some other time. The music was simply excellent, and better than anything else available to me.

I have to assume that a certain percentage of people are similarly moved, or would be if they had access to these recordings. Rather than being sequestered in a vault somewhere, or on the dusty shelves of a few record collectors, they should be freely broadcast so that they find their audience. And I have a suspicion that their audience would be immense if they were widely available. They shimmer with wit and levity, brim with deep joy, and beat with the pulse of life. And charging admission to them enriches no one except those who would keep them quiet so they can push today's mediocre crud as the real deal.

This may be a lost cause, but those are always the ones worth fighting for. Write your representative in Congress to change this wretched state of affairs, and urge for the repeal of the horrid DMCA itself. There are now so many important matters before Congress (such as the war and civil liberties) that Internet Radio seems minor in comparison. Nonetheless, it is important, personally, to millions--and the death of independent online music stations would make our already bleak lives that much more dreary.

Yes, RADIOLA! will go on--as a radio program. Those who want to hear it will have to stream WHCL on Friday nights (Hamilton College can afford the absurdly high fees) or move to the Utica, NY area and try to pick up the 320 watt station on their FM radios. (That's assuming there's no sporting event and the station is even on the air, which it frequently isn't.) And I'll try to hang in there on Live365 as long as possible. But when the RIAA types start pounding on my door, I'm not going into hock over this--not that I have anything worth pawning.

"Last Ditch Effort" March 2, 2007

(Week 71)

Owing to some weather anomalies, I didn't even know if I was going to do a program tonight. This is one of those "The Dog Ate My Playlist" shows, but it features mostly CDs that I have recently acquired. RADIOLA! begins at 8 PM ET on WHCL, but I'll be in the studio from 7 to play some classic Jean Shepherd for those who might be interested.

Stanley Holloway – The Lion and Albert (1932) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120715
Groucho Marx and Company – Hooray for Captain Spaulding! (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
The Radiolans (with Willie Lewis) – Who Taught You That? (1932) – Classics 822
Willie Lewis and his Entertainers – Nagasaki (1935) – Classies 822
Isham Jones and his Orch. – The Blue Room (1934) – Hep CD 1083
Joan Crawford – How Long Will it Last? (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
Bing Crosby – Can’t We Be Friends? (1929) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120697
Roane’s Pennsylvanians – Why Don’t You Get Lost (1932) – The Old Masters mb125
Arden-Ohman Orchestra – S’wonderful (1927) – RCA Victor 09026 63194-2
O Gee! O Joy! – Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians (1927) – RCA Victor 09026 63194-2
Jesse Stafford and his Orch. – Glorianna (1928) – The Old Masters mb122
Libby Holman – Love For Sale (1930) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
Maurice Chevalier – You’ve Got That Thing (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey, vo.) – Pink Elephants (1933) – Obscure Novelty Songs
Al Gallodoro Quartet – L’Argentina (2004) – Infinite Gallodoro
Russ Wilson and his Nouveau-Passe Orch. – China Boy (2006) – Wondertone WGC 20061
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – I’d Love It (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
Andy Iona and the Islanders – Na Pua (1934) – The Old Masters mb132
Andy Iona and the Islanders – What A Brownskin Maiden Taught Me (1936) – The Old Masters mb132
King Radio – It’s The Rhythm They Want (1939) – Rounder CD 1077
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. –A Picture of Me Without You (1935) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
Marion Harris – The Man I Love (1927) – RCA Victor 09026 63294-2
Marion Harris – Singin the Blues – (1934) – Sunbeam BXCD13
Night Club Kings – Allah’s Holiday (1930) – Sunbeam BXCD13
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Whiteman Stomp (1927) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120168
Herb Wiedoeft and his Orch. – Golden Gate (1928) – The Old Masters mb122
Ernest Hare and Billy Jones – In the Little Red Schoolhouse (1922) – Archeophone ARCH 9007
Fanny Brice – Second Hand Rose (1922) – Archeophone ARCH 9007
Irving Kaufman – Yes Sir, That’s My Baby (1925) – Archeophone ARCH 5504
Stanley Holloway – Albert Comes Back (1934) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120715
Gus Arnheim and his Orch. (Bing Crosby, vo.)– One More Time (1931) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120697
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1934) – Hep CD 1083
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539