"Beats Me" September 30, 2011

(Week 279)

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

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

"Remembering Frank Driggs" September 23, 2011

(Week 278)

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

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

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

"Unexpected Pleasure" September 16, 2011

(Week 277)

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

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

Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians with Al Pierson

Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians with Al Pierson

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

Rome Capitol Theatre
220 W. Dominick St.

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

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

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

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

"Creeping Like Snail" September 9, 2011

(Week 276)

This RADIOLA! doesn't want vacation to end.

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

"The Edge of Wetness" September 2, 2011

(Week 275)

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

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

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

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

(Week 274)

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

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

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

"Fresh Out of Dodge" August 19, 2011

(Week 273)

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

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

"Slight Housekeeping" August 12, 2011

(Week 272)

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

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

"Our Friend, The Prune" August 5, 2011

(Week 271)

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

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

"Summer Stress" July 29, 2011

(Week 270)

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

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

"Capitol Ideas" July 22, 2011

(Week 269)

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

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

"Why Not?" July 15, 2011

(Week 268)

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

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

"Here and There" July 8, 2011

(Week 267)

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

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

"Sons of Bees" July 1, 2011

(Week 266)

This RADIOLA! is dedicated to all drones of both the six-legged and the two-legged varieties.

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Frank Bacon - The Bee Story (from “Lightnin'”) (1921) - Vocalion A 14224
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Take Your Tomorrow (1928) - Bix Restored (Sunbeam)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) - A Little Bungalow (1926) - Vocalion A 15233
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Weston Vaughan v) - Charmaine! (1927) - Columbia 1048 D
Fleetwood Orch (Ben Bernie) (Arthur Fields v) - Headin' for Louisville (1926) - Vocalion A 15202
Phil Baker - Big Butter and Egg Man (1925) - Columbia 521 D
Peggy English - Who'll Be The One (1926) - Vocalion B 15485
Sammy Fain - I'm In The Market For You (1930) - Velvet Tone 2163 V
Borbee's Jass Orch - It's a Long Long Time (1917) - Columbia A2233
Isham Jones' Orch - Farewell Blues (1923) - Brunswick 2406 B
Oriole Orch (Mark Fisher v) – Ah-Ha! (1925) - Brunswick 2874 B
Ada Jones and Will H. Robbins - Sprinkle Me With Kisses (1915) - Columbia A1759
The Ponce Sisters - Put Your Arms Where They Belong (take A) (1926) - Edison 51816 L
Umbrian Glee Club - Ma Honey (1926) - Vocalion B 1012
Andy Senior - Ain't Misbehavin' - Capitol Theatre Rome NY May 26, 2011
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - Lazy Daddy (2002) - Echoes in the Wax (Stomp Off CD 1380)
Van Eps Trio - Hill and Dale (1916) - Columbia A2034
Prince's Band - Mr. Jazz Himself (Intro: Whose Little Heart Are You Breaking Now - Joan of Arc - I'm All Bound 'Round With The Mason-Dixon Line) (1917) - Columbia A 2370
Gene Rodemich's Orch - Flowers of Araby (1922) - Brunswick 2381 A
Harold Leonard and his Waldorf Astoria Orch (IK v) - I'll Just Go Along (1926) - Columbia 999 D
The Dorsey Bros and their Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Dixie Dawn (1928) - Parlophone R 280
Nick Lucas and his Crooning Troubadours - You're Driving Me Crazy (1930) - Brunswick 1055 A (UK)
Charles W. Hamp - Dream House (1928) - Columbia 1371 D
Ponce Sisters - So at Last It's Come to This (1932) - Venuti and Lang (Mosaic MD8-213/7)
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1931) - Perfect 15506 A
Seger Ellis - Shivery Stomp (1930) - Parlophone R 714
Joe Venuti and his New Yorkers - Doin' Things (1928) - Okeh 41133
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - I Like That (1929) - Parlophone R 714
Red Norvo and his Swing Octet - Blues in E Flat (1935) - Brunswick 8208
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - You Turned The Tables on Me (1936) - Bluebird B 6684 A
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in Drumnasticks - After You've Gone (1936) - Decca 1240 B

"Summer Sampler" June 24, 2011

The host of RADIOLA! with bassist Sam Burrell in 1996.

(Week 265)

This RADIOLA! acknowledges the solstice and remembers our friend and fellow musician Sam Burrell who died last week.

Umbrian Glee Club - Exhortation (1926) - Vocalion A 1013
Sidney Bechet Quintet - Summertime (1939) - orig Blue Note 6
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Calling Me Home (1926) - Vocalion B 15399
Tiny Parham and his Musicians - Subway Sobs (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-022
Vermonte Orch (poss Lyman) (Arthur Fields v) - Westward (1926) - Vocalion B 15302
Peggy English - Where The Wild, Wild Flowers Grow (1927) - Vocalion B 15561
Arthur Brown (IK) (Bill Wirges p) - Could I? I Certainly Could! (1926) - Vocalion A 15330
Correll and Gosden (Delos Owen p) - I Just Wanna be Known as Susie's Feller (1926) - Victor 20255 B
Murray's Melody Men - Kamel Land (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion B 14098
Keystone Serenaders (Ray McConnell dir) - I'm Knee Deep In Daisies (1925) - Vocalion B 15123
Hollywood Dance Orch (Adrian Schubert) (IK v) - One Summer Night (1927) - Domino 3911 B
Arthur Fields - Carolina In The Morning (1923) - Vocalion A 14518
Miss Patricola with the Virginians - Lovin' Sam (The Sheik of Alabam') (1922) - Archeophone ARCH 9007
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) - Hokey Pokey (1925) - Vocalion B 15157
Dick Hyman and John Sheridan - Midsummer's Nightmare (2001) - Archives of Novelty Piano (Arbors ARCD 19248)
Terry Waldo's Jazz Entertainers (Janet Klein v) - Happy Feet (2001) - Let It Shine (Stomp Off CD1377)
Sam Moore and Horace Davis - Mighty Lak a Rose (1922) - Vocalion B 14403
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch - Wait'll It's Moonlight (1925) - Vocalion B 15130
Ben Selvin and his Orch (BS v) - Oh, Lovey, Be Mine (1925) - Vocalion B 15129
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) (IK v) - Would Ja (1926) - Vocalion A 15399
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - Coal Miner's Dream (1926) - Vocalion B 15313
King Oliver's Orch - My Good Man Sam (take 2) (1929) - JSP CD 3404
Bob Ballin and Rennie McEvoy - When Hannah Plays Piano (1938) - Regal Zonophone G23721
Bob Howard and his Orch - You Fit Into The Picture (1935) - Decca 343 B
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys - Moonlight and Roses (1938) - Vocalion 04439
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Summer Holiday (1936) - Victor 25325 A
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenny Sargent v) - You Go To My Head (1938) - Decca 1783 A
Stew Pletcher and his Orch - You (1936) - orig Bluebird B-6343
Peggy English - Just a Little Longer (1926) - Vocalion B 15479
Louis Armstrong - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen (1938) - Decca 2085 B
Andy Senior - Rockin' Chair - piano solo recorded June 21, 2011

"The Family Way" June 17, 2011

(Week 264)

This RADIOLA! recognizes those who are somehow related to us with a nod toward Father (whoever he may be).

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Cliff Edwards - Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter? (1925) - Perfect 11562 B
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys (Jesse Ashlock v) - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (1938) - Vocalion 04439
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ben Selvin and his Orch (BS v) - Poor Papa (1926) - Vocalion B 15277
Vermonte Orch (poss Abe Lyman) (Arthur Fields v) - I'd Rather Be Alone (1926) - Vocalion A 15302
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) - Great Big Bear (1926) - Vocalion B 15233
Arthur Brown (IK) (Bill Wirges p) - Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya Huh? (1926) - Vocalion B 15330
Peggy English - I've Got Somebody Now (1926) - Vocalion A 15479
Al Bernard and Charles Aubrey (Sammy Stept p Buddy Wagner sax) - Eva (1926) - Vocalion A 15317
The Californian Ramblers - My Mammy Knows (1922) - Vocalion A 14300
Ted Lewis and his Band - Dream Daddy (1923) - Columbia 82 D
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) - There Ain't No Flies On Auntie (1925) - Vocalion A 15157
Billy Jones - Jinga Bula Jing Jing (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion B 14112
Helen Clark and Elliot Shaw - Just a Little Blue (1923) - Vocalion B 14518
Umbrian Glee Club - Rain Song (1926) - Vocalion B 1013
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - Baby Daddy - written and recorded June 11, 2011
Terry Waldo's Jazz Entertainers (Mike Walbridge v) - Let's Sow a Wild Oat (2001) - Let It Shine (Stomp Off CD 1377)
Frank Bacon - In The Reno Divorce Court (from “Lightnin”) (1921) - Vocalion B 14224
Sam Moore and Horace Davis - Mother Machree (1922) - Vocalion A 14403
Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Think Of Me Little Daddy (1920) - Columbia A 2994
Kensington Serenaders (Ben Selvin) - Show That Fellow The Door (1926) - Vocalion A 15340
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (IK v) - Lulu Belle (1926) - Vocalion A 15331
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - La Paloma (1926) - Victor 20172 A
Arthur Fields - That's What I Call a Pal (1927) - Bell 481 B
Peggy English - Lazy Weather (1927) - Vocalion A 15561
Red Nichols and his Strike Up The Band Orch - Soon (1930) - Brunswick 4695
Al Gold and his Band (Charlie Kunz) (Harry Bentley v) - Learn to Croon (1933) - Homochord HN 2
Clarence Williams and his Orch (CW v) - Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll (1934) - Vocalion 2805 B
Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - The Kid In The Three Cornered Pants (1937) - Perfect 7 04 07
George Bias - Dixie's Prodigal Son (1929) - Columbia 14470 D
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch - My Blue Heaven (1935) - Decca 712 A
Peggy English - Take In The Sun, Hang Out The Moon (1926) - Vocalion A 15485

"Vocalion Spectacular" June 10, 2011

(Week 263)

This RADIOLA! celebrates the sixth anniversary of the first broadcast (June 10, 2005) with a bumper crop of 15000-series Vocalions, with many more to come.

I want to thank all those listeners who have sent their kind words and constructive comments over the past six years--and even those who haven't.

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The Record Boys (Al Bernard, Frank Kamplain, and Sam Stept) - When Spring Comes Peeping Through (1926) - Vocalion A 15265
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) (F Baur v) - I Don't Believe It But Say It Again (1926) - Vocalion B 15272
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Essex Club Orch (Ray Miller) - Sweet Nothings (1926) - Vocalion A 15230
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - Waters of the Perkiomen (1926) - Vocalion A 15313
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) (Irving Kaufman v) - Barcelona (1926) - Vocalion A 15417
Arthur Brown (IK) - For My Sweetheart (1926) - Vocalion A 15398
Chick Endor (Michael Loscalzo p) - On a Quiet Evening at Home (1926) - Vocalion A 15404
Windsor Hotel Orch (Harold Leonard) - You Need Someone To Love (1926) - Vocalion A 15386
Dixie Daisies - Yes Sir! That's Lazy Bones (1922) - Cameo 299
The Ambassadors - Rememb'ring (1923) - Vocalion A 14686
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch - Mother Me, Tennessee (1925) - Vocalion A 15130
Irving Kaufman - I Didn't Care 'Till I Lost You (1925) - Vocalion A 15010
Frank Bessinger - There Are Two Sides to Every Story (1926) - Vocalion A 15286
Glen Echo Serenaders (Markel) (Keller Sisters & Lynch v) - Nobody Worries 'Bout Me (1926) - Vocalion A 15427
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - A Bird In a Cage Making Minimum Wage - rec 2011-06-03
Waldo's Jazz Entertainers (Dan Levinson C Melody sax) - Saxarella (2001) - Let It Shine (Stomp Off CD1377)
Chris Chapman - Dill Pickles Rag (1908) - Victor 16678 B
Synco Jazz Band (Samuels) - Clover Blossom Blues (1922) - Perfect 14043
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Shake Your Feet (1923) - Edison 51278 R
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Ben Selvin v) - Tentin' Down in Tennessee (1926) - Vocalion A 15258
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (IK v) - Hoodle Dee Doo Dee Doodoo (1926) - Vocalion B 15371
Monarch Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - You Can't Hang Out With Annie (1926) - Vocalion A 15414
Frank Bessinger - Don't Be Afraid to Come Home (1926) - Vocalion B 15286
Chick Endor (Michael Loscalzo p) - I Can't Get Her off O' My Mind (1926) - Vocalion B 15404
The Record Boys (Al Bernard, Frank Kamplain, and Sam Stept) - When a Kid Who Came from the East Side Found a Sweet Society Rose (1926) - Vocalion B 15265
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) (Frank Munn v) - No More Worryin' (1926) - Vocalion A 15359
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (IK v) - Everything Will Happen For The Best (1926) - Vocalion A 15357
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) (F Baur v) - Everything's Gonns Be All Right (1926) - Vocalion A 15272
Slim Green - Shine (1935) - Decca 7120 B
Jimmy Ray and his Orch - So Rare (1937) - Bluebird B 7077 A
Night Club Orch (Reser) (Lester O'Keefe v) - Let's Grow Old Together (1926) - Vocalion A 15314

"Some Is Vanity" June 3, 2011

(Week 262)

This RADIOLA! must concede that since it is produced at the expense of the host it is essentially a "vanity" program. So be it!

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Arthur Fields - The Whisper Song (1927) - Bell 515 B
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm - Narcissus (1940) - Bluebird B 10688 A-cr-nr
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Virginians (Franklyn Baur v) - It's A Million To One You're In Love (1927) - Victor 20837 A
Anson Weeks and his Orch - Dream House (1928) - orig Columbia 1409 D (Healey collection)
Red Nichols and his “Strike Up The Band” Orch - Strike Up The Band (1930) - Brunswick 4695
Richard B Gilbert - If I Can Find The Kind of Girl I Dream About (1925) - Columbia 566 D
Correll and Gosden (Delos Owen p) - Elsie Shultze-en-heim (1926) - Victor 20255 A
Utica Institute Jubilee Singers - Watermelon (1928) - Victor 21600 B
Dixie Daisies - House Of David Blues (1923) - orig Cameo 428 (Healey collection)
The Knickerbockers (Selvin) - The Original Charleston (1925) - Columbia 355 D
Tommy Christian and his Orch - Swamp Blues (1927) - Diva 2427 G
Herman Waldman and his Orch (Gene Hervey v) - Cocktails For Two (1934) - Bluebird B 5437 A
Dave Harman and his Orch - Marahuana (1934) - orig Bluebird B 5438 (Healey collection)
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - Co-Dependent Baby (2011) - written June 1993 recorded 2011-05-28
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - Shake It and Break It (2000) - Blue Roses of Far and Near (Stomp Off CD1361)
Keith Nichols and the Cotton Club Orch – Glorianna (1991) - Syncopated Jamboree (Stomp Off CD1234)
Chris Chapman - Sunbeam Dance (1907) - Victor 16678 A
Southern Serenaders - You've Gotta See Momma Ev'ry Night (1923) - Cameo 310
Ross Gorman and his Virginians - Phantom Blues (1927) - Diva 2427 G
The Virginians - Nothing Could Be Sweeter (1927) - Victor 20837 B
Victor Orch - Graham-Paige March (1927) - Victor Special Record
The Caroliners (Haring) (Arthur Fields v) - Thanks For The Buggy Ride (1926) - Cameo 892
Kitty O'Connor - That's Just My Way of Forgetting You (1928) - Columbia 1421 D
Chester Gaylord - Dance Away The Night (1929) - Brunswick 4582
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - Under Vesuvian Skies (1930) - Victor 22509 A
The Six Blue Chips - Steel Roof (1936) - Decca 740 A
Claude Hopkins and his Orch (Baby White v) - June Night (1937) - Decca 1286 A
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch (Sy Oliver v) - Running a Temperature (1936) - Decca 1035 A
The Street Singer - Ole Faithful (1934) - Panachord 25650 B
Dixie Lee Crosby and Bing Crosby - A Fine Romance (1936) - Decca 907 A
Donald Peers - Sundown In a Little Green Hollow (1932) - HMV B 8047

Memorial Day Special with Keith Hansen

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

"You Have a Song!" May 27, 2011

(Week 261)

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

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

"Out Of This World" May 20, 2011

(Week 260)

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

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

"Under My Hat" May 13, 2011

(Week 259)

This RADIOLA! says too much without saying enough.

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

"Not Dead Yet" May 6, 2011

(Week 258)

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

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

"Getting The Bugs Out" April 29, 2011

(Week 257)

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

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

"April Kisses" April 22, 2011

(Week 256)

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

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

"Too Busy To Be Lazy" April 15, 2011

(Week 255)

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

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

"Let It Go!" April 8, 2011

(Week 254)

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

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

"Don't Ask!" April 1, 2011

(Week 253)

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

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

"Rumble of Spring" March 25, 2011

(Week 252)

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

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

"What Can You Do?" March 18, 2011

(Week 251)

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

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

"Iniquity" March 11, 2011

(Week 250)

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

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