"Domicile Restriction" August 13, 2010

(Week 220)

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

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

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

"Contrasts" August 6, 2010

(Week 219)

There's plenty of contrast in this RADIOLA!

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

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

"All Too Human" July 30, 2010

(Week 218)

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

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

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

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

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

"Summer Nights" July 23, 2010

(Week 217)

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


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

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

(Week 216)

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


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

"Surface Noise USA" July 9, 2010

(Week 215)

This RADIOLA! revels in its own imperfection.

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

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

JASS JAM SESSION JULY 18 IN SYRACUSE!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Thanks to Russ Tarby!)

"Summer Holiday" July 2, 2010

(Week 214)

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

RADIOLA! is continuously streamed from my Live365 station.

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

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

(Week 213)

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

Enjoy continuous streaming of RADIOLA! on my Live365 station.

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

WHEN LOCAL TV WASN'T CRAP

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

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

(Week 212)

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


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

"Carry On!" June 11, 2010 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 211)

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


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

BABY SODA IN BUFFALO!

The amazing Baby Soda Jazz Band playing at Nietzsche's in Buffalo, June 5, 2010. Featured are Peter Ford on bass, Jared Engel on banjo, Kevin Louis on cornet, Emily Asher on trombone, and Adrian Cunningham on clarinet.

"I'm Shooting High" June 4, 2010 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 210)

(Cover art by Danielle Bennignus)

A RADIOLA! that aims to please with a selection of newly-acquired shellac and two selections from the new CD by The Singapore Slingers, Matt Tolentino's Dallas-based dance orchestra featuring classic arrangements of 1920s and 1930s tunes.


Charles W. Hamp - Pretty Little Thing (1929) - Columbia 1816 D
Little Jack Little and his Orch - I'm Shooting High (1935) - Columbia FB 1327 (UK)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Buddy Prince and his Seven Jewels - Huggable, Kissable You (1929) - Piccadilly 382 (UK)
Nick Lucas and his Crooning Troubadours - You're Driving Me Crazy (1930) - Brunswick 1055 A (UK)
Spike Hughes and his Dance Orch - Tiger Rag (1932) - Decca F 3311 A (UK)
Leslie Hutchinson - I Love You So Much (1930) - Parlophone R 738 (UK)
Irene Bordoni (Rube Bloom p) - I Wonder What Is Really On His Mind (1929) - Columbia 1983 D
BBC Dance Orch (Flanagan and Allen v) - Dreaming (1932) - Columbia CB 530 (UK)
Lee Sims - If I Had You (1929) - Brunswick 4339
Eddie Lang Joe Venuti and their Orch - Someday Sweetheart (1931) - Decca F 5883 B (UK)
Bing Crosby - Some Of These Days (1932) - Melotone M 13130
Frank Crumit - Nobody To Love (1920) - A 3303
Billy Murray and Ed Smalle - No One Loves You Any Better Than Your Mammy (1923) - Victor 19039 A
Bennie Krueger's Orch - I Wonder Who's Dancing With You Tonight (1924) - Brunswick 2576 B
The Singapore Slingers - Palesteena (2010) - When Summer Is Gone
The Singapore Slingers - My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now (2010) - When Summer Is Gone
Felix Arndt - Desecration Rag (1914) - Victor 17608 B
Victor Roberts - My Home Town Is a One Horse Town But It's Big Enough For Me (1920) - Victor 18712 A
Jerome Conrad and his Orch (Edmund Ruffner v) - Where Were You-Where Was I? (1928) - George M Cohan's “Billie” Special Record 1008 P
Pete Woolery - Woman Disputed I Love You (1928) - Columbia 1626 D
Annette Hanshaw (as Patsy Young) - I Faw Down and Go Boom (1929) - Velvet Tone 1829 V
Max Lindsey - Now's The Time To Fall In Love (1931) - Zonophone 6098 (UK)
Spike Hughes and his Dance Orch - Siesta (To Noel Coward) (1932) - Decca F 3311 B (UK)
George Olsen and his Music (Ethel Shutta v) - Underneath The Arches (1933) - Victor 24229 A
Mickey Alpert and his Orch (Selvin) (Paul Small v) - Rain On The Roof (1932) - Columbia 2614 D
Layton and Johnstone - Night and Day (1933) - Columbia FB 1218 (UK)
Bill Barry and his Orch - You're a Heavenly Thing (1935) - Regal Zonophone MR 1716 (UK)
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Harold Arlen v) - As Long As I Live (1934) - HMV B 6501 (UK)
Lee Sims - When Summer is Gone (1928) - Brunswick 4010
Arthur Tracy (The Street Singer) - Masquerade (1932) - Panachord 25269 B
New Mayfair Orch - The Hour of Parting (1931) - HMV B 3884 A

ANDY SCHUMM: KEEPING THE MUSIC ALIVE

Somewhere, Bix and Tram are smiling!

"Aren't They Wonderful?" May 25, 2010 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 209)

UPDATE: Links for this program have now been fixed.

A mid-week online RADIOLA! celebrating women, The Baby Soda Jazz Band, and the West End Jazz Band, among others. They're all wonderful!


WHCL-FM is off the air until further notice. But RADIOLA! will play on!

Sophie Tucker - Aren't Women Wonderful? (1928) - orig Columbia 5064 (UK)
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Tiger Rag (2007) - Cures Everything But The Blues
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Bennie Krueger's Orch (Jones and Hare v) - Why Did I Kiss That Girl? (1924) - Brunswick 2576 A
Varsity Eight - I Love The Girl Who Kisses (1924) - Cameo 507
The Astorites (Irving Kaufman v) - Who Wouldn't? (1926) - Harmony 201 H
Lillie Delk Christian - Ain't She Sweet (1927) - Okeh 8475
Buddy Morgan and his Veterans - Don't Get Collegiate (1929) - Columbia 2011 D
Cliff Jackson and his Crazy Kats - The Terror (take A) (1930) - 1926-1934 - Jazz Oracle BDW 8037
Frank Crumit - Jinga Bula Jing Jing (1920) - Columbia A 3303
Van and Schenck - They're All Sweeties (Harry Von Tilzer) (1919) - Columbia A2792
Phil Hughes and His High Hatters - Masculine Women! Feminine Men! (1926) - orig Perfect 14586
Frank Trumbauer and hs Orch - Humpty Dumpty (1927) - Fud Livingston (Jazz Oracle BDW 8060)
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Sorry (1927) - Bix Restored, The Complete Recordings Vol 2 (Sunbeam)
Baby Soda Jazz Band - I Found a New Baby (2007) - Cures Everything But The Blues
West End Jazz Band - Tank Town Bump (2010) - recorded Huntington WV 20100514
West End Jazz Band - Will You, Won't You Be My Baby? (2010) - recorded Huntington WV 20100514
Felix Arndt - Hacienda-The Society Tango (1914) - Victor 17608 A
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake - Oriental Blues (1921) - Emerson 10396
NML Dance Orch (Jos. Samuels) - When It's Night Time in Italy (1923) - National Music Lovers 1051 B
Eddie Cantor - Hungry Women (1928) - Makin’ Whoopee (Conifer CSMCD 006)
George Formby - Why Don't Women Like Me? (1933) - I'm The Ukelele Man (Empress RAJCD 801)
Bob Haring and his Orch (Arthur Fields v) - What! No Women? (1926) - Lincoln 2478 (Healey col)
Billy Murray - Oh Gee! Say Gee! You Ought To See My Gee Gee From The Fiji Isle (1920) - Victor 18712 B
Aileen Stanley (w The Virginians) - Don't Think You'll Be Missed (1923) - Victor 19039 B
The Astorites (Irving Kaufman v) - How Many Times? (1926) - Harmony 201 H
Jack Hylton and his Orch - Lonesome Lover (1931) - HMV B 6004
Frank Crumit - I Miss a Little Miss (1930) - HMV B 3722
Cliff Edwards - I Love Mount'n Women [L 0343] (1936) - Toast of New York collection
Isham Jones and his Orch - Song of the Blues (1929) - Song of the Blues (1923-1932) Rivermont BSW-1146
Buddy Morgan and his Veterans - Sergeant Flagg and Sergeant Quirt (1929) - Columbia 2011 D
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Rosetta (2007) - Cures Everything But The Blues

THE AMAZING BABY SODA BAND ON TOUR!!

The Baby Soda Jazz Band is about to begin their "please keep the bucket moving tour." I heard them at a private party last year and they are fantastic. Don't miss them!

Baby Soda is hitting the road!! Please tell your friends that live in one of our tour stops to come out! SWING DANCERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!

May 28th - New Haven, CT @ The Owl Shop
May 30th - Boston, MA @ Brookline Tai Chi (Swing Dance)
May 31st - Boston, MA @ Church
June 2nd - Syracuse, NY @ Kellish Hill Farm
June 3rd - Ithaca, NY @ Wildfire Lounge
June 4th - Rochester, NY @ Village Gate Courtyard
June 4th - Buffalo, NY @ Nietzsches
June 5th - Rochester, NY @ STOMPOLOGY
June 6th - Rochester, NY @ Abilene
June 7th - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
June 8th - Chicago, IL @ Honky Tonk BBQ
June 9th - Chicago, IL @ Quenchers
June 11th - Pittsburgh, PA @ Shadow Lounge
June 12th - Lancaster PA @ Lancaster Swing Dance society

For more info visit www.myspace.com/babysodaband

See you on the road!!

"Stuff and Things" May 14, 2010 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 208)

Even though RADIOLA! isn't broadcasting from WHCL this Friday I've prepared this tasty internet show for my listeners online. The program has been uploaded to my Live365 station, and is available for download here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

The Caresser - The More They Try To Do Me Bad (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family)
Tito and his Swingtette - Stuff and Things (1939) - Bluebird B-10066
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Jack Pettis and his Orch- That's My Hap Hap Happiness (1927) - Venuti and Lang (Mosaic Box CD2)
Clarence Williiams Washboard Band - Cushion Foot Stomp (1927) - Shake 'Em Up (Frog DGF 37)
Jackson & his Southern Stompers - Dusky Stevedore (1928) - Frog Spawn - The First Batch (DGF71)
Grace Hayes - I Must Have That Man (1928) - Victor 21571 B
Don Voorhees Orch - I Found A Million Dollar Baby (1931) - Hit Of The Week J2
Majestic Dance Orch (Haring) (IK) - Four Or Five Times (1928) - Perfect 15083 (Healey collection)
Oreste & his Queensland Orch (Jack Kaufman v) - When the Morning Glories Wake Up In the Morning (1927) - Edison Hot Dance Vol. 2 (Jazz Oracle BDW 8048)
B.A. Rolfe and his Palais D'Or Orch - No Parking (1928) - Edison Hot Dance Vol 1 (Jazz Oracle BDW 8040)
Al Jolson (w Isham Jones Orch) - The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else (1924) - Brunswick 2567 A
Kitty O'Connor - If I Ever Cry You'll Never Know (1925) - Columbia 353 D
Wendell Hall - It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' (1923) - Pro Arte CDC 1012
Bear Cat Jass Band - Sweet Like This (2010) - recorded Canastota NY, March 21, 2010
Bear Cat Jass Band - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (2010) - recorded Canastota NY, March 21, 2010
Barney Trimble and his Oklahomans (IK) - Huggable, Kissable You (1929) - Harmony 896-H (Healey col)
Lou Gold and his Orch (Jimmy Kern v) - Lucky In Love (1927) - Perfect 14862
The Troubadors (Sam Lanin) - Lonely Acres In The West (1926) - Romeo 316 (Healey col)
Al Bernard - Well, I Swan (1927) - Radiex 2323 b
Alfredo and his Orch - Glorianna (1928) - UK 78 RPM (Mike Thomas collection)
Oreste & his Queensland Orchestra - Borneo (1928) - Edison Hot Dance Vol. 2 (Jazz Oracle BDW 8048)
Phil Spitalny's Orch - I Apologize (1931) - Hit Of The Week K4
Isham Jones and his Orch - Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - Song of the Blues (Rivermont BSW-1146)
The Beau Hunks - If It Were Only True - Play the Original Little Rascals Music Koch 3-8702-2
Howard Joyner - You Rascal You (1932) - Bob Howard 1932 - 1935 (Classics)
The New Music of Reginald Forsythe - Serenade For A Wealthy Widow (1934) - Columbia 2916 D
Boots and his Buddies - Marie (1936) - 1935-1937 (Classics)
Chester Gaylord - Down The River of Golden Dreams (1930) - Brunswick 4819
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees - Home (1931) - Hit Of The Week A-S-4
Boots and his Buddies - The Swing (1936) - 1935-1937 (Classics)

"Just Another Day" May 7, 2010

(Week 207)

UPDATE: This show is now available for download in 128k mp3 format: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

It's just another day, all right--and it's a day with RADIOLA!

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). The show will be uploaded to my Live365 station this weekend, with updates on additional listening options to be posted here.

Also, please check out my conversation on RADIOLA! with Keith Hansen ("Vyzygoth"), whose excellent interviews have been a web mainstay for the past decade.

Abe Lyman Orch (Frank Sylvano v) - Just Another Day Wasted Away (1927) - Brunswick 3615 (Healey)
Mal Hallett and his Orch - Wang-Wang Blues (1928) - Edison Hot Dance Vol 3 (Jazz Oracle BDW 8052)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch - Too Busy! (1928) - The Best Of C-S (Retrieval RTR 79019)
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Riverboat Shuffle (1927) - Bix Restored Vol 1 (Sunbeam)
B.A. Rolfe and his Palais D'Or Orch - Louisiana Bo Bo (1928) - Edison Hot Dance Vol 1 (Jazz Oracle BDW 8040)
Fanny Watson - Never Let No One Man Worry Your Mind (1919) - Okeh 4075 B
Mendello's Dance Orch (Jack Kaufman v) - Cool Papa (1928) - Fud Livingston (Jazz Oracle BDW 8060)
Honey Duke - Get Away Old Man Get Away (1927) - Radiex 2323 a
Miff Mole and his Molers - Imagination (1927) - Fud Livingston (Jazz Oracle BDW 8060)
The Chicago Loopers - I'm More Than Satisfied (1927) - Bix Restored Vol 2 (Sunbeam)
George Posnack and his Orch - Black Horse (1930) - Adrian Rollini (Jazz Oracle BDW 8050)
Al Jolson (w Isham Jones Orch) - Steppin' Out (1924) - Brunswick 2567 B
Bernard and Robinson - Let My Home Be Your Home (1924) - Cameo 596
B.A. Rolfe and his Palais D'Or Orch - Rocky Mountain Blues (1927) - Edison Hot Dance Vol 1 (Jazz Oracle BDW 8040)
West End Jazz Band - Rocky Mountain Blues (2008) - Sunny Side Up (Rivermont BSW 2208)
West End Jazz Band - Rhythm King (2008) - Sunny Side Up (Rivermont BSW 2208)
Herb Wiedoeft and his Cinderella Roof Orch - Hard Hearted Hannah (1924) - Brunswick 2751 (Healey)
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch - Flamin' Mamie (1925) - The Best Of C-S (Retrieval RTR 79019)
Oreste & his Queensland Orch - Danger! (1928) - Edison Hot Dance Vol 2 (Jazz Oracle BDW 8048)
Harry Richman - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Brunswick 4035
Mal Hallett and his Orch - Beale Street Blues (1928) - Edison Hot Dance Vol 3 (Jazz Oracle BDW 8052)
Piccadilly Players - Feelin' Good (1928) - Edison Hot Dance Vol 3 (Jazz Oracle BDW 8052)
Adrian Rollini and his Orch - Blue Prelude (1933) - Adrian Rollini (Jazz Oracle BDW 8050)
Freddie Rich's Radio Orch - Little Girl (1931) - Hit Of The Week J4
Chick Bullock - What Good Am I Without You? (1930) - Banner 32079 B
Ralph Kirbery and Orch - Happy Go Lucky You And Broken Hearted Me (1932) - Hit Of The Week E-3-4
Gene Austin - Now That You're Gone (1931) - Hit Of The Week L3
Adrian Rollini and his Orch - Dream On (1933) - Adrian Rollini (Jazz Oracle BDW 8050)
Nelson Eddy - 'Neath The Southern Moon (1935) - Victor (Red Seal) 4281 B
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch - After You've Gone (1929) - The Best Of C-S (Retrieval RTR 79019)

"RADIOLA!" INTERVIEW NOW AVAILABLE

I spent this afternoon talking with Keith Hansen, aka "Vyzygoth," whose excellent interviews have been a web mainstay for the past decade. The interview (with music) is now posted at this link. Vyz's main site is Think Or Be Eaten: The Knoll. Many thanks again to Vyz for hosting this great discussion on a topic that I particularly love.

"Time On My Hands" April 30, 2010

(Week 206)

UPDATE: This program may be downloaded here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

This RADIOLA! is a happy miscellany of recent shellac and durium finds--and other worthy items.

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). The show will be made available on my Live365 station this weekend. Check back here for more listening options.

Phil Spitalny's Music - Time On My Hands (1931) - Hit Of The Week M-3-4
Royal Music Makers (Joe Green) - When The Real Thing Comes Your Way (1929) - Okeh 41304 (Healey)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Weary River (1929) - Victor 21868 A
Ralph Kirbery and Orch - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (1932) - Hit Of The Week E-3-4
Maxwell House Orch (Don Voorhees dir) - Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (1931) - Hit Of The Week 1155
Margaret Young - Ukulele Lady (1925) - orig Brunswick 2861
Willard Robison - Lonely Acres In The West (1926) - orig Perfect 12285
Jane Gray (Peggy English) (Rube Bloom piano) - Miss Annabelle Lee (1927) - Velvet Tone 1464 V
Clicquot Club Eskimos (Tom Stacks v) - The Two Of Us (1926) - Columbia 766 D (Healey col)
Hit Of The Week Orch - I'm Keepin' Company (1931) - Hit Of The Week 1159
Hit Of The Week Orch - La Paloma (1931) - Hit Of The Week L3
Fritz Kreisler - Indian Love Call - Victrola 1151 A
Lee Sims - Song Of The Wanderer (1927) - Brunswick 3551 B
Harry Richman - King For A Day (1928) - Brunswick 4035
Arthur Pryor's Band - Echoes From The Metropolitan Opera House (1907) - Victor 35041 B
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Spinning Song (Mendelssohn) (1920) - Victrola 814 B
Watson Sisters - China, We Owe A Lot To You (1917) - Columbia A 2375 (Irwin Chusid col)
Margaret Young - Tomorrow (1922) - orig Brunswick 2359
Paul Van Loan And His Orchestra - Kitchen Stove (1923) - Cameo 427 (Healey col)
Lou Gold and his Orch (Jimmy Kern v) - The Varsity Drag (1927) - Perfect 14862
Nick Lucas and his Troubadours - All Of Me (1931) - Hit Of The Week A-4-B-1
Sam Lanin's Orch - Me (1931) - Hit Of The Week K2
Ruth Etting - When You're With Somebody Else (1928) - Columbia 1288 D
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - You Try Somebody Else (1931) - MM-4-5
Sam Lanin and his Orch - Pardon Me, Pretty Baby (1931) - Hit Of The Week 1156
Grace Hayes - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Victor 21571 A
Benrus Radio Orch - I'm Yours (1930) - Hit Of The Week 1113
Leo Reisman and his Orchestra (Harold Arlen v) - Happy As The Day Is Long (1933) - orig Victor 24315
Pablo Casals - The Swan (Saint-Saens) - Victrola 1143 A
Phil Spitalny's Music - One More Kiss Then Goodnight (1932) - Hit Of The Week D-1-2

"You're Lucky To Me" April 23, 2010

(Week 205)

UPDATE: Download this program in 128k mp3 format here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

Someone has been lucky to me since 1997--and this RADIOLA! is a celebration of that fact.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern Friday to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). The show will be uploaded to my Live365 station this weekend. (Other listening/download options will be posted here when available.)

Justin Ring and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - You're Lucky To Me (1930) - Perfect 15356 (Healey col)
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch - 13th Street Rag (1937) - Bluebird 6817 (Healey col)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Isham Jones Orch (Jones and Hare v) - That Certain Party (1925) - Brunswick 2994 B
Emil Seidel and His Orch - Together, We Two (1927) - orig Gennett 6324
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Gotta Darn Good Reason Now For Being Good (1930) - Brunswick 4936
Pete Woolery - You Were Meant For Me (1929) - Columbia 1805 D
Little Jack Little Orch - Like Two Little Flies On A Lump Of Sugar (1934) - Columbia 2900 D (Healey col)
The New Mayfair Dance Orch - The Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together (1930) - HMV B5732
The Clevelanders - Cooking Breakfast For The One I Love (1930) - Crown 81327 (Healey col)
Frank Auburn and his Orch (Ben Selvin) (Annette Hanshaw v) - When I'm Housekeeping For You (1929) - Supertone 1070 P (Healey col)
Fred Hamm and his Orch (Dusty Rhodes v) - We Love Us (1929) - Brunswick 4689 (Healey col)
Guy Lombardo And His R C'ns - As Long As Loves Lives On (1932) - Brunswick 6363 (Healey col)
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - We Belong Together (1932) - Brunswick 6439 (Healey col)
Will Osborne And His Orch (WO & Dorothy Rogers v) - Please Pardon Us, We're In Love (1937) - Decca 1371 (Healey col)
Molly Ryan - I Take To You (2007) - Songbird in the Moonlight (Loup-garous LG 1003)
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - Cotton Club Stomp (2005) - Cotton Club Revisited - Nighthawks
Margaret Young (Rube Bloom p) - Big Bad Bill (1924) - Brunswick 2736 A
Nathan Glantz and his Orch - I'm Satisfied, Beside That Sweetie O' Mine (1924) - Okeh 40209 (Healey col)
Russo And Fiorito’s Oriole Orch (Mark Fisher v) - Let's Talk About About My Sweetie (1926) -Victor 19989 (Healey col)
Ruth Etting - I'm Bringing a Red Red Rose (1928) - Columbia 1680 D
Ray Seeley and his Orch (Ben Selvin) (IK v) - I Love You So Much (1930) - Odeon ONY 36106 (Healey col)
Hal Kemp and his Orch - By Special Permission of the Copyright Owners (1931) - orig Brunswick 6055
Don Bestor and his Orch (Neil Buckley v) - Shadow Waltz (1933) - Victor 24346 A
Ted Black and his Orchestra (Edith Caldwell v) - As Long As I Live (1934) - Bluebird B 5387 (Healey col)
Clyde McCoy Orch (Wayne Gregg v) - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1937) - Decca 1230 (Healey col)
Ruth Etting - Life Is A Song (Let's Sing It Together) (1935) - Goodnight My Love (Take Two)
Jerry Colonna - You're My Everything (from The Laugh Parade) (1937) - Vocalion 3876 (Skretvedt col)
Valaida Snow - I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me (1937) - Chronological 1937-1940 Classics 1122
Herbert Spencer and his Orchestra (Irving Kaufman v) - Why Do I Love You? (1928) - Banner 7032
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch (Eddy Thomas v) - Used To You (1929) - Brunswick 4354
Wabash Dance Orchestra (Red Nichols) (Phil Baker v) - Sweet Sue (1928) - Duophone D 4009 (Healey col)

"I Wanna Sing About You" April 16, 2010

(Week 204)

UPDATE: This show may be downloaded in 128k mp3 format: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

Here's a (relatively) stress-free RADIOLA! to celebrate spring.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). The show will be available on my Live365 station soon after the broadcast. Check back here for more listening options.

Paul Tremaine and his Orch - I Wanna Sing About You (1930) - Columbia 2462 D (Jeff Healey col)
Cliff Jackson and his Crazy Kats- Horse Feathers (1930) - 1926-1934 - Jazz Oracle BDW 8037
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ben Bernie and his Orch - He's The Last Word (1926) - Retrieval RTR 79055
Adrian Schubert and his Orch - Skies Of Grey (1927) - Banner 6143 (Jeff Healey col)
Jackson and his Southern Stompers - Take Your Tomorrow (1928) - Frog Spawn - The First Batch DGF71
Arthur Fields - Save Your Sorrow (1925) - Harmony 29 H
Gloria Geer (Vaughn DeLeath) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Cameo 963
Paul Specht and his Orch - Bamboola (1925) - Columbia 497 D (Jeff healey col)
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orch - I'm Following You (1930) - orig Vocalion 1471
Ben Bernie and His Orch - Following You Around (1927) - Brunswick 3496 (Jeff Healey col)
Guy Lombardo and his R C'ns - Following In Your Footsteps (1935) - Decca 425 (Jeff Healey col)
Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) - I Found A Million Dollar Baby (1926) - orig Oriole 740a
Paul Specht and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - I Found A Million-Dollar Baby (1931) - Columbia 2482 D (Jeff Healey col)
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - I Met A Hundred Dollar Honey (1997) - Aug 8, 1997 (Coffee Bar, Herkimer NY)
Dick Hyman (w Bernie Green's Orch) - Concerto For Calliope (1957) - Bernie Green Plays More Than You Can Stand (San Franscisco Records M33015)
Al Gallodoro - Saxophobia (1957) - Bernie Green Plays More Than You Can Stand (San Francisco Records)
Collins and Harlan - My Wife's Gone To The Country Hurrah Hurrah (1909) - Columbia A724
Sophie Tucker - My Husband's in the City (1910) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama (Archeophone 5010)
Marimbaphone Band - At The Cotton Pickers' Ball (1918) - Columbia A 2550
Little Jack Little Orchestra - I Wished On The Moon (1935) - Columbia 3068 D (Jeff Healey col)
Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - Monopoly (1936) - Victor 25331 (Jeff Healey col)
Hudson-Delange Orchestra - Monopoly Swing (1936) - Brunswick 7667 (Jeff Healey col)
Leslie Hutchinson - Huggable Kissable You (1929) - orig Parlophone 78 (UK) (REP-ToNY)
Mildred Hunt - Ho Hum (1931) - Romeo 78 (courtesy Rich Conaty)
Dorsey Bros Orch (Bob Crosby v) - I'd Like To Dunk You In My Coffee (1934) - Decca 321 (Jeff Healey col)
Max Dolin and his Orch - Close Your Eyes (w) (1925) - Victor 19789 (Jeff Healey col)
Layton and Johnstone - Close Your Eyes (1931) - Columbia DB 710 (UK)
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Close Your Eyes (1933) - Victor 24376 (Jeff Healey col)
Wabash Dance Orch (Phil Baker v) - Chloe (1928) - Duophone D 4006 (Jeff Healey col)
Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - New Orleans Stomp (1927) - New Orleans Stomp (Frog DGF 39)
Fred Rich and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - The Hour Of Parting (1931) - Columbia 2494 D (Jeff Healey col)

"Breezin' Along" April 9, 2010

(Week 203)

UPDATE: This show is now available for download here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

Another all-shellac RADIOLA! And why not?

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). The show will be available on my Live365 stream shortly after the broadcast. Check back here for other listening options.

Ruth Etting - Back In Your Own Backyard (1928) - Columbia 1288 D
Abe Lyman's CA Orch (Frank Sylvano v) - Breezin' Along With The Breeze (1926) - Brunswick 3240 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Paul Ash and his Orch (Milton Watson v) - Oh! If I Only Had You (1926) - Columbia 707 D
Hollywood Dance Orch (Adrian Schubert) (Smith Ballew v) - I'm Following You (1929) - Imperial 2264 (UK)
Cab Calloway and his Orch - St Louis Blues (1930) - Brunswick 4936
Pete Woolery - Coquette (1929) - Columbia 1805 D
The Singing Sophomores - I'm Coming Virginia (1927) - Columbia 1178 D
“Kenn” Sisson and his Orch (Vaughn DeLeath v) - Bamboola (1927) - Brunswick 3595 A
Arthur Gibbs and his Gang - Louisville Lou (1923) - Victor 19070 A
Tommy Christian and his Orch - Elsie Shultz En Heim (1926) - Velvet Tone 1264 V
Oriole Orch (Mark Fisher v) - Ah-Ha! (1925) - Brunswick 2874 B
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Cornfed (1927) - Brunswick 3597 B
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Why Can't You? (1929) - Brunswick 4354
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (1933) - Columbia 2909 D
Golden and Marlowe - The Hospital Patient (1919) - Columbia A2235
Arthur Collins - That's A Plenty (1909) - Columbia A724
Handy's Orch of Memphis - The Hooking Cow Blues (1917) - Columbia A 2420
Eddie Cantor - Don't Put a Tax on The Beautiful Girls (1919) - Emerson 1071
Margaret Young - Me and The Boyfriend (1924) - Brunswick 2736 B
Chick Bullock - I'm Crying Myself To Sleep (1930) - Banner 32079 A
Don Bestor and his Orch (Neil Buckley v) - I've Got To Pass Your House To Get To My House (1933) - Victor 24346 B
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Tear It Down (1933) - Columbia 2909 D
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Mean Dog Blues (1927) - Brunswick 3597 A
Paul Ash and his Orch (Paul Small v) - Precious (1926) - Columbia 707 D
Abe Lyman's CA Orch (Frank Sylvano v) - Where'd You Get Those Eyes? (1926) - Brunswick 3240 A
The Singing Sophomores - Just a Memory (1927) - Columbia 1178 D
Ruth Etting - Love Me Or Leave Me (1928) - Columbia 1680 D
“Kenn” Sisson and his Orch (Vaughn DeLeath v) - Blue Heaven (1927) - Brunswick 3595 B
The New Music of Reginald Forsythe - Angry Jungle (1934) - Columbia 2916 D
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Christopher Columbus (1936) - Vocalion 3211
Isham Jones' Orch - Paddlin' Madelin' Home (1925) - Brunswick 2994 A

A NOTE ON MYSPACE

I'm having a few very minor regret pangs over closing my MySpace account FOREVER--and I apologize to anyone who had me on their friends list and who might have taken this personally. It's not personal. It was just time.

"Okay For Sound" April 2, 2010

(Week 202)

UPDATE: This program is now available for download in 128k mp3 format here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

This RADIOLA! is compiled mostly from recently acquired CDs, including more from Koichi Sugii, Bert Ambrose, and the Comedian Harmonists. We also pay tribute to legendary pianist John Bunch, who died March 30 at the age of 88. Big thanks go out to Irwin Chusid, Dan Levinson, Rich Conaty, and Randy Skretvedt.

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). The show will be available on my Live365 station by Saturday. Check back here for more listening options.

The Comedian Harmonists - Creole Love Call (1933) - Recordings 1930-1938 (Avid AVC 810)
Ambrose and his Orch (Jack Cooper v) - Okay For Sound (1936) - Swing Is In The Air (Avid AVC 992)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Koichi Sugii (King Salon Orch) - Track 14 (1938) - Salon Music 1938-1941 (Disc 1) Bridge 123
Waring's Pennsylvanians - With You (1929) - Victor 22293 B
Earl Hines and his Orch - Beau Koo Jack (1929) - Frog Spawn - The First Batch (Frog DGF71)
John Bunch Trio - The Song Is You (2010) - Feb. 23, 2010 at Small's NYC
Arthur Briggs' Savoy Syncopators (Al Bowlly v) - Song of the Wanderer (1927) - orig Polydor 21034
Ben Bernie and his Orch- Rhythm King (1928) - Retrieval RTR 79055
Paul Davis and his Orch - Black and Tan Fantasy (1932) - Frog Spawn - The First Batch (Frog DGF71)
Lou Gold and his Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Yearning (1925) - Perfect 14404
Fanny Watson - You Can't Get Lovin' (Where There Ain't Any Love) (1919) - Emerson 9217
Jay C. Flippen and his Gang - Hard to Get Gertie (1926) - Fountain FV 204 (LP)
Dan Levinson's Eleven Sons of Rosy - I'm All Bound 'Round With The Mason-Dixon Line (2001) - Where The Morning Glories Grow (Loup-garous 1002)
Dan Levinson's Eleven Sons of Rosy - Maple Leaf Rag (2001) - Where The Morning Glories Grow (Loup-garous 1002)
Emerson Military Band - Joe Turner Blues (1916) - Emerson 7145
Ben Bernie and his Orch - Where's My Sweetie Hiding (1924) - Retrieval RTR 79055
Blue Rhythm Orchestra - Keep Your Temper (1925) - Frog Spawn - The First Batch (Frog DGF71)
Cliff Jackson and his Crazy Kats - Torrid Rhythm (1930) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8037
Koichi Sugii (Sakurai y su Orch) - Track 16 (1938) - Salon Music 1938-1941 (Disc 1) Bridge 123
Ambrose and his Orch - Power House (1937) - Swing Is In The Air (Avid AVC 992)
John Bunch Trio - Honeysuckle Rose (2010) - Feb. 23, 2010 at Small's NYC
Jay C. Flippen and his Gang - How Could Red Riding Hood? (1926) - Fountain FV 204 (LP)
Arthur Briggs' Savoy Syncopators (Al Bowlly v) - Who-oo, You-oo, That's Who (1927) - orig Polydor 21128
Ben Bernie and his Orch - Bottoms Up (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79055
The Comedian Harmonists - Night And Day (1933) - Recordings 1930-1938 (Avid AVC 810)
Koichi Sugii (King Jazz Band) - Track 20 (1937) - Salon Music 1938-1941 (Disc 1) Bridge 123
Ambrose and his Orch (Jack Cooper v) - Bye-Bye, Baby (1936) - Swing Is In The Air (Avid AVC 992)

"Life Is a Song" March 26, 2010

(Week 201)

UPDATE: This program is now available as a 128k mp3 download here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

This RADIOLA! agrees that Life is a Song, though sometimes it's more like the blues. Seriously, this RADIOLA! is as typically a miscellaneous assortment of shellac as you've come to expect here.

Tune in 8 PM Eastern Friday to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). The show will be available on my Live365 station soon after the broadcast.

Gracie Fields - Life Is a Song/The Words Are In My Heart/Lullaby of Broadway (1935) - Rex 8558 A (UK)
Mound City Blue Blowers - High Society Blues (1935) - Champion 40103 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Howard Flynn and his Orch - Dinner at Eight (1934) - Edison Bell Winner B 5610 (UK)
Carroll Gibbons and his Savoy Hotel Orpheans - Please Be Kind (1938) - Columbia FB 1958 (UK)
Glen Gray and his Orch - Dardanella (1933) - Victor 24256 A
Ord Hamilton - I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1931) - Decca F 2589 B (UK)
Les Reis and Artie Dunn - An Evening in Caroline (1931) - Melotone M 12295
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orch - Making Conversation (1933) - Columbia DB 674 (UK)
Southampton Society Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Oh Say! Can I See You To-night? (1925) - Perfect 14457 B
Gus Van - I'm Too Tired To Make Love (1918) - Columbia A2629
Lou Gold and his Orch (Billy Jones v) - Ukulele Lady (1925) - Perfect 14413
WMCA Broadcasters (Irving Kaufman v) - At Peace With The World (1926) - Harmony 175 H
Red Nichols Five Pennies - Tea For Two (1930) - Brunswick 6830
Harry Shalson - With My Guitar and You (1930) - HMV B 3628 (UK)
Unknown Vocalist - I Am The Bandolero (1940s) - Home Disc Recording
Wingy Manone and his Orch - Ochi Chornya (1941) - Bluebird B 11298 A
Victor Military Band - Gertrude Hoffmann Glide (1913) - Victor 17292 B
Watson Sisters - Lend Me Jim (1919) - Okeh 4075 A
Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds - Four O'Clock Blues (1922) - Columbia A3729
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Singin' The Blues (1927) - Brunswick 7703
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Scrappy Lambert v) - Smiles (1929) - Brunswick 6832
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - The Nightmare (1931) - Columbia DB 679 (UK)
Chris Bouchillon - Talking Blues (1926) - Columbia 15120 D
Walter Cummins - My Mother's Eyes (1928) - Velvet Tone 1798 V
Waring's Pennsylvanians (Clare Hanlon v) - There's Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie (1929) - Victor 22293 A
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orch - New Moon (1934) - Columbia CB 785 (UK)
Jack Phillips' Melodians - Always In All Ways (1931) - Broadcast Twelve 3039 B (UK)
Adrian Rollini and his Orch (Pat Hoke v) - The Sweetest Story Ever Told (1938) - Decca 1973 B
Boswell Sisters - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1932) - Brunswick 6291
Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Hold Tight (1939) - Bluebird B 10116 A
Eddie Gross-Bart and his Cafe de Paris Band - Close Your Eyes (1931) - Edison Bell Winner 5454 (UK)

"Two Hundred Squabble" March 19, 2010

(Week 200)

UPDATE: This program is now available for download in 128k format here: HOUR 1, HOUR 2 and AFTERSHOW.

This is the 200th week of RADIOLA! and in observance of the occasion the show is pretty much the same as always--only more so.

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct internet streaming both HERE and HERE). I'll have the show archived and on my Live365 station presently.

Since WHCL is officially "off the air" for Spring Break, I'll be in early to play a few oddments of radio to warm up the transmitter.

Arden-Ohman and their Orch (Revelers v) - Strike Up The Band (1930) - Victor 22308 A
The Missourians - Two Hundred Squabble (1930) - Stoppin' The Traffic (Frog DGF69)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Daybreak Express (1933) - 1933 - 1935 (Classics 646)
Bunny Berigan and his Blue Boys - You Took Advantage Of Me (1935) - 1935-1936 (Classics 734)
Valaida Snow - Tiger Rag (1937) - The Chronological 1937-1940 (Classics 1122)
The Happiness Boys - Since Henry Ford Apologized to Me (1927) - Victor 20925 A
Aileen Stanley - Give Your Little Baby Lots of Lovin' (1929) - Victor 21874 B
Three Tobacco Tags - How Can I Keep My Mind on Driving? (1938) - Bluebird B 7533 A
Jesse Crawford (Chicago Theatre Pipe Organ) - All Alone (1924) - Autograph 4005 A
Edythe Baker - Dancing Till Dawn (1931) - Dainty Debutantes (Rivermont BSW 1149)
Eddie South and his Alabamians - La Rosita (1927) - Victor 21151 B
Wayne King and his Orch (Ernie Birchill v) - You Are The Melody (1930) - Victor 22573 A
High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - I May Be Wrong (1929) - Victor 22105 A
The Missourians - I've Got Someone (1929) - Stoppin' The Traffic (Frog DGF69)
Mark Shane and the Shane Gang - All My Life (2007) - Fats Lives!!! (Amber Lake 002)
Dan Levinson and his Swing Wing - Keep Smiling At Trouble (2008) - At the Codfish Ball (Loup-garous)
Howard Joyner - All Of Me (1932) - Bob Howard 1932 - 1935 (Classics 1152)
Beryl Newell - Jazz Up Your Lingerie (1931) - Dainty Debutantes (Rivermont BSW 1149)
The Happiness Boys - Pastafazoola (1927) - Victor 20925 B
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Cocktails For Two (1934) - 1933 - 1935 (Classics 646)
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch (John Dickens v) - Strangers (1932) - Victor 22955 A
Mezz Mezzrow and his Swing Band - The Panic Is On (1936) - 1936-1939 (Classics 694)
Valaida Snow - Chloe (1937) - The Chronological 1937-1940 (Classics 1122)
Bunny Berigan and his Boys - I Can't Get Started With You (1936) - 1935-1936 (Classics 734)
Bob Howard and his Orch - I Can't Dance (1935) - Bob Howard 1932 - 1935 (Classics 1152)
Aileen Stanley - I'll Never Ask For More (1929) - Victor 21874 A
Raie Da Costa - I've Got You on My Mind (1933) - Dainty Debutantes (Rivermont BSW 1149)
Arden-Ohman and their Orch (Lewis James v) - Soon (1930) - Victor 22308 B
Eddie South and his Alabamians - By The Waters of Minnetonka (1927) - Victor 21151 A
The Missourians - Ozark Mountain Blues (take 2) (1929) - Stoppin' The Traffic (Frog DGF69)
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch (Harlan Lattimore v) - I Wanna Count Sheep (1932) - Victor 22955 B

A Note of Thanks

I'd like to express my gratitude to the listener in California who sent me a generous gift to help defray my Live365 expenses. I am deeply moved by this donation, and I here offer my sincere thanks.

"Come On and Stomp!" March 12, 2010

(Week 199)

UPDATE: This show is now available as a 128k download here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

This week's RADIOLA! is a tribute to the Pee Wee Russell Memorial Stomp held in Whippany, NJ which we attended March 7. I've managed to include many actual "stomps," a number of selections recorded by Pee Wee Russell himself, and recordings made by the amazing performers we heard and hung out with at the Stomp. It was a perfect, spring-like afternoon of the most excellent music--and I hope this program conveys some of the joy we experienced.

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). I'll upload the program to my Live365 station soon after the broadcast, and archive it for your convenience.

Louisiana Rhythm Kings - Last Cent (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8024
Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - Come On and Stomp Stomp Stomp (1927) - New Orleans Stomp (Frog)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra - Stomp Off, Let's Go (Take 2) (1926) - New Orleans Stomp (Frog)
Fletcher Henderson Orch - Sugar Foot Stomp (1925) - A Study in Frustration (Columbia)
Charleston Chasers - Sugar Foot Strut (1927) - orig Columbia 1260 D
Mark Shane and the Shane Gang - Ain't Misbehavin' (2007) - Fats Lives!!! (Amber Lake 002)
Dan Levinson and his Swing Wing w/Molly Ryan - The Milkman's Matinee (2008) - At the Codfish Ball
Carroll Dickerson's Savoyagers - Savoyagers' Stomp - Hot Fives & Sevens - Vol 3 JSP CD314
Howard Lanin's Ben Franklin Orch - Melancholy Lou (1925) - Shake That Thing ASV CD AJA 5002
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Shake That Thing (2004) - The Aviator (Columbia)
Kitty O'Connor (The Girl Baritone) - Mister Aeroplane Man (1928) - Columbia 1140 D
Ruth Etting - After You've Gone (1927) - Columbia 995 D
The Sunshine Boys - It's Unanimous Now (1929) - Columbia 1962 D
Hollywood Dance Orch (Johnny Sylvester and his Orch) - King Porter Stomp (1925) - Perfect 14392 [ToNY]
Jasper Taylor and his State Street Boys - Stomp Time Blues (1927) - orig Paramount 12409
John Allred Quartet - Rosetta (2005) - Live in Scotland (Apple Jazz AJCD0063)
Kevin Dorn's Traditional Jazz Collective - Everybody Loves My Baby (2006) - The TJC Returns (Little Simmy)
Dixie Jazz Band (Original Indiana Five) - Moten Stomp (1928) - Oriole 1172 [ToNY]
Fats Waller - Valentine Stomp (1929) - Fats Waller 1929 (Classics)
Eddie Condon - I'm Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry Lee (take 2) (1929) - Timeless Historical Presents
Molly Ryan - It's Wonderful (2007) - Songbird in the Moonlight (Loup-garous LG-1003)
Bix Centennial All Stars - There'll Come a Time (Wait and See) - Celebrating Bix! (Arbors 19271)
Billy Banks and his Orch - Spider Crawl (1932) - orig Banner 32459
Mezz Mezzrow and his Orch - Hot Club Stomp (1937) - Classics 694
Joe Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys - King Kong Stomp (1933) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8057
Molly Ryan - Hooray For Love (2007) - Songbird in the Moonlight (Loup-garous LG-1003)
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - As Long As I Live (2005) - Cotton Club Revisited (Nighthawks)
Mound City Blue Blowers - Hello Lola (1929) - orig Victor V 38100

"I Just Roll Along" March 5, 2010

(Week 198)

UPDATE: This show is being made available for download at the following links: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

This RADIOLA! rolls along with the rare and strange juxtaposed with the familiar in this mostly shellac sampler.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern Friday to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). With luck, the show will be archived and uploaded to my Live365 station soon.

Many thanks to Irwin of WFMU for the Koichi Sugii recording.

California Humming Birds - I Just Roll Along (1928) - Victor 21309 B
Vernon Geyer - Whispering (1938) - Bluebird B 7738 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - You're Just a Lover (1931) - Victor 22679 A
The Sunshine Boys - That's Where You Come In (1929) - Columbia 1962 D
Eddie Droesch and his Orch (Dick Robertson v) - River Stay 'Way From My Door (1931) - Clarion 5409 C
Ruth Etting - My Man (Mon Homme) (1927) - Columbia 995 D
Correll and Gosden - Kiss Your Little Baby Goodnight (1926) - Victor 20286 B
Clara Bow - True to the Navy (1930) - “Paramount on Parade” Soundtrack
Harry Paul and his Orch (Specht) (Johnny Morris v) - Chiquita (1928) - Duophone D 4008
Andre Kostelanetz - Rhumba Fantasy (1935) - Victor 36161 B
Genevieve Davis - Haven't Got a Dollar to Pay the House Rent Man (1927) - Victor 20648 A
Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys - Mood Indigo (1931) - Columbia 2530 D
Bing Crosby (w Dorsey Bros Orch) - Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn (1933) - Brunswick 1498 A (UK)
Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band - Strange Blues (1955) - Good Time Jazz GTJ12006
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - The Sheik of Araby (1999) - Salutes the ODJB (Loup-Garous LG1001)
Wabash Dance Orch (Red Nichols) (Phil Baker v) - Ready For The River (1928) - Duophone D 4008
California Ramblers - Wedding of the Painted Doll (1929) - Edison 14016 R
The Ramblers (Ed Kirkeby v) - She Knows Her Onions (1926) - Romeo 266 A
Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys - Love Letters in the Sand (1931) - Columbia 2530 D
Jack Hart (Sam Lanin Orch) - You Were Meant For Me (1929) - Harmony 845 H
California Humming Birds - She's a Great Great Girl (1928) - Victor 21309 A
Andre Kostelanetz - Chant of the Weed (Donald Redman) (1935) - Victor 36161 A
Koichi Sugii - Kiso-Bushi (1938) - Salon Music 1938 1941 Bridge 123-4 (Japan)
Fats Waller - Lonesome Road (1939) - Victor 27459 B
Vernon Geyer - Honeysuckle Rose (1938) - Bluebird B 7738 B
Bing Crosby (w Dorsey Bros Orch) - Stay on the Right Side of the Road (1933) - Brunswick 1498 B (UK)
Frances Langford - Meet Me In The Gloaming (1933) - Bluebird B 5016 B
Tommy Dorsey and his Orch - Song of India (1937) - HMV B 8586
Jerry Cooper (Eddy Duchin Orch) - Goodnight My Love (1936) - Victor 25485 B

"Jazz Decades" host Ray Smith has died.

From the WGBH website:

From John Voci, General Manager of WGBH Radio.

On Friday, February 26, Ray Smith passed away at the age of 87. He leaves Marilyn, his wife of 61 years, three children and jazz fans everywhere.

Ray came to WGBH in 1972 and over the next 38 years, he produced more than 1900 programs.

Ray first produced the Jazz Decades in 1958 for WKOX in Framingham, Massachusetts making the show one of the longest running programs in Boston radio history.

Ray was an accomplished drummer and a member of many traditional jazz bands including the Black Eagles, the Yankee Rhythm Kings, the Jazz Decades and the Paramount Jazz Band. For many years, he regularly performed at the Sticky Wicket Pub in Hopkinton.

A native of Melrose, Ray was a decorated veteran for his service during the Second World War including being part of the invading forces during the battle of Iwo Jima. In 1989, Ray retired from a career as a graphic designer and in 1997; he left New England for Hilton Head, South Carolina where he continued to produce his program.

Ray had an encyclopedic knowledge of ragtime, blues, swing and the great jazz of the 1920s and 30s. His passion for the music he loved was infectious. We remember Ray for his music but he was also one of the nicest and most gracious men that you could hope to meet. We invite you to post your comments and remembrances at our Jazz Decades page online at WGBH.Org.

Because of the archives, the show will continue both on-air and online for some time to come but we’ll all miss our colleague and friend Ray Smith, our guide through the Jazz Decades.

He and his wonderful program will be much missed.

"I've Got Something" February 26, 2010

(Week 197)

UPDATE: This show may be downloaded in 128k mp3 format here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

Yes, I've got something--for this RADIOLA! I have an array of delightful shellac, all recently acquired.

Tune in tonight at 8 PM to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE or HERE). The show will be uploaded to my Live365 station shortly thereafer--with other listening options available soon.

Genevieve Davis and Leonard Mitchell - I've Got Something (1927) - Victor 20648 B
Joe Haymes and his Orch (Roy Wager v) - Lazybones (1933) - Perfect 15790 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Seven Blue Babies - Heigh Ho! Ev'rybody, Heigh Ho! (1929) - Edison 14016 L
Jack Hart (acc by Sam Lanin's Orch) - Broadway Melody (1929) - Harmony 845 H
Plantation Players (Tom Stacks v) - You Never Get Nowhere Holding Hands (1927) - Romeo 409
Chester Gaylord - If I Had a Girl Like You (1930) - Brunswick 4819
Kitty O'Connor (The Girl Baritone) - Dream Kisses (1928) - Columbia 1140 D
Correll and Gosden (Delos Owen, p) - Meadow Lark (1926) - Victor 20286 A
California Ramblers - Oh Mabel (1924) - Columbia 268 D
Edith Wilson and her Jazz Band - Daddy Change Your Mind (1924) - Columbia 14008 D
Jerome Conrad and his Orch (IK v) - Susianna (1928) - Harmony 824 H
Kate Smith (acc by The Harmonians) - Moanin' Low (1929) - Velvet Tone 1999 V
Harry Brady (IK) - Used To You (1929) - Velvet Tone 1980 V
Bessie Smith - I'm Wild About That Thing (1929) - Columbia 14427 D
Al Raymond (The United Statesman) - The Senator's First Speech Pt 1 (1923) - Cameo 330
Al Raymond (The United Statesman) - The Senator's First Speech Pt 2 (1923) - Cameo 330
Fred Whitehouse - Palesteena (1920) - Brunswick 2055 A
Jack Kaufman - Why Did You Do It? (1919) - Columbia A 2865
Edith Wilson and her Jazz Band - I Don't Know And I Don't Care Blues (1924) - Columbia 14008 D
Lloyd Keating's Music (Dick Robertson v) - Hiding in the Shadows of the Moon (1931) - Clarion 5419 C
Jerry Fenwyck's Orch (Eddie Walters v) - Makin' Faces at the Man in the Moon (1931) - Clarion 5353 C
Johnny Marvin - Same Old Moon Same Old June (1929) - Victor 22125 B
Al Bowlly (acc by Ray Noble's Orch) - My Melancholy Baby (1935) - Victor 25007 A
Helen Clark - Redskin (1929) - Victor 21878 B
Jerry Cooper (acc by Eddie Duchin's Orch uncredited) - Timber (1936) - Victor 25485 A
Jerry Fenwyck and his Orch (Eddie Walters v) - Just One More Chance (1931) - Clarion 5353 C
Joe Haymes and his Orch (Mike Doty v) - Happy As The Day Is Long (1933) - Perfect 15790 A
California Ramblers - Down South Camp Meeting (1937) - Variety VA 577
Lewis James - Forever (1928) - Victor 21733 B
Jack Fulton - It's Easy To Remember (1935) - Banner 33421 B
Bessie Smith - You've Got to Give Me Some (1929) - Columbia 14427

NO RADIOLA! ON WHCL--ENJOY THIS "CLASSIC"

Owing to a sports broadcast, there's no RADIOLA! on WHCL Friday, February 19. For my internet listeners, I've reached way back into the archives for a fun one--and I could use a little fun about now: "It's The Animal In Me," originally aired January 27, 2006. The show is posted on my Live365 station, and may be downloaded in 128k mp3 format here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

"A Bunch Of Rags" February 12, 2010

(Week 196)

UPDATE: This program is now available for download: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

This RADIOLA! features 36 different recordings, including the oldest disc in my collection, in an unusually "ragged" playlist (which matches my mood perfectly).

Tune in 8 PM Eastern Friday to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE or HERE). The show will be available on my Live365 station soon.

Also, those intrigued by Little Wonder records can read about them on this excellent site.

Vess L. Ossman - A Bunch of Rags (1901) - Victor 153
Arthur Fields - Stay Down Here Where You Belong (1914) - Little Wonder 46
Quartette - It's Going to Be a Cold, Cold Winter (1914) - Little Wonder 84
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven - Weary Blues (1927) - Hot Fives & Sevens, Vol. 2 (JSP CD 313)
Jelly Roll Morton Trio - Shreveport (1928) - Bluebird B 7710 A (dubbing)
Carroll Dickerson's Savoyagers - Symphonic Raps - Hot Fives & Sevens - Vol 3 (JSP CD 314)
Collins and Harlan - Under the Anheuser Bush (1904) - Victor 2668
Ada Jones - I'm In Love With the Slide Trombone (1907) - Zon-o-phone 829
Gus Van - Beans, Beans, Beans (1918) - Columbia A2629
Band - Pigeon Walk (1914) - Little Wonder 149
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - A Good Man is Hard to Find (1927) - Okeh 40966
Dinah - What's Keeping My Prince Charming (1931) - Decca F2593 B
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Scrappy Lambert v) - Nobody Knows (1929) - Brunswick 6832
Tommy Malie and Little Jack Little - Because They All Love You (1924) - Cameo 596
Quartette - My Croony Melody (1914) - Little Wonder 65
Band - Les Copeland's Rag (Thirty-Eighth Street Rag) (1914) - Little Wonder 293
Art Landry and his Call of the North Orch - Rip Saw Blues (1923) - Gennett 5255 B
Al and Joni Gallodoro - Punchinello (2000) - Master Class (Golden Rooster unreleased)
Dan Levinson and his Swing Wing (Molly Ryan v) - Ten Cents a Dance (2008) - “At The Codfish Ball”
Vess L. Ossman - Stars and Stripes Forever (1897) - Berliner 470 Z
Al Jolson - Back to the Carolina You Love (1914) - Little Wonder 20
Band - Maori (1914) - Little Wonder 29
Orchestra (Fred Van Eps) - Medley No. 4 (1914) - Little Wonder 153
Virginia Lee - Just a Little Blue For You (1928) - Supertone 9276 B
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Crying All Day (1927) - Okeh 40966
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Wah Wah Lament (1933) - Columbia DB 679 (UK)
Reilly and Comfort - Lazybones (1933) - Decca F 3668 A (UK)
Fats Waller and his Rhythm - How Can You Face Me (1934) - Bluebird B 10143 B
The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson) - My Independent Man (1937) - Vocalion 04013
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Don't Jive Me (1928) - Hot Fives & Sevens - Vol 3 (JSP CD 314)
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch - Jungle Fever (1934) - Brunswick 6932
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (1930) - Brunswick 4885
Arthur Cavendish - Love Me Tonight (1932) - Sterno 1059
Harry Jacobson (Arthur Young piano) - You're The Top (1934) - Decca F 5544 A (UK)
Wingie Manone and his Orch - Stop the War (1941) - Bluebird B 11107 A

NO RADIOLA! ON WHCL--INTERNET ONLY REBROADCAST

UPDATE: These programs are now available for download in 128k mp3 format: "Rosebud" HOUR 1 and HOUR 2; "Last Ditch Effort" HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

Owing to a sports broadcast on WHCL tonight, RADIOLA! will not be aired. For my internet listeners, I'm uploading two programs: from October 5, 2007, "Rosebud!" and from March 2, 2007, "Last Ditch Effort." These are now posted on my Live365 station.