The 1912 Revue at The Rome Capitol Theatre

Friday, April 20, 2012 7:00pm until 10:00pm

What was entertainment like 100-years ago? Come see, live on the Capitol stage, as songs, 1912 short films THE ELECTRIC LEG and THE NEW YORK HAT (starring Mary Pickford and Lionel Barrymore), and a scene from the hit Broadway play of 1912, "Within the Law" are performed.

Acts will include famed musicians Edward Clute on piano, Avery Tunningley on piano and theater organ, Dave Liddy performing Ragtime piano, Bubbles LaRue singing songs from the period, local radio obscurity Andy Senior as your emcee, the Whaddyaknow Quartet and more to be announced.

Cast for "Within The Law"

Edward Gilder, proprietor of "The Emporium" - Robert Tracy
Smithson, floorwalker at "The Emporium" - David Bunker
Sarah, Edward Gilder's Private Secretary - Megan Ruskey
Helen Morris, a salesgirl in "The Emporium" - Elizabeth Pullara
Detective Sergeant Cassidy of the New York Police - Will Dougherty
Mary Turner, a saleswoman in "The Emporium" - Jamie Rose Hicks

RESERVED SEATING:
Adults $15, Seniors $13, Capitol Friends $12, Children $6

Chad Smith's Sax-O-Philm 4/23 in Annville, PA

Further information on this show is available at this link.

"Some Luck" April 13, 2012

(Week 307)

This RADIOLA! is feeling not unfortunate.

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Haydn Glee Club of Utica, New York - The Jolly Blacksmith's Lay (1919) - Pathe 22313 B
Irwin Abrams' Dance Orch (IK v) - Lucky Day (1926) - Banner 1783 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Angry (1925) - Victor 19786 A
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lew Conrad v) - What'll You Do (1927) - Columbia 1212 D
Jay's Chelsea Orch (Frank Black) (IK v) - There's One Little Girl Who Loves Me (1927) - Vocalion B 15613
Gloria Geer (Vaughn DeLeath) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Cameo 963
Jack Kaufman and Albert Campbell - Meadow-Lark (1926) - Cameo 1042
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - What Do We Do On a Dew-Dew-Dewy Day (1927) - Victor 20906 A
Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orch - Beside a Silv'ry Stream (1925) - Brunswick 2893 A
Big City Six - Everything's Going to Be All Right (1926) - Grey Gull 1334 A
Carolina Club Orch (Kemp) (Arthur Fields v) - I'm Marching Home to You (1929) - Velvet Tone 1852 V
Byron G. Harlan - Can't You Take It Back and Change It For a Boy (1911) - Aretino D710
Edna Brown (Elsie Baker) - I Want a Little Lovin' Sometimes (1912) - Victor 17067 A
Irving Kaufman - O-HI-O (O-My-O!) (1920) - Emerson 10324
West End Jazz Band - Sweet Substitute (1982) - Red Hot Chicago (Stomp Off SOS 1042)
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks (John Leifert v) - Stormy Weather (1983) - Cotton Club Revisited
Rosario Bourdon - Extase (Ganne arr. Tobani) (1913) - Victor 17395 B
The Virginians - Gee! But I Hate to Go Home Alone (1922) - Victor 18965 B
Gene Rodemich's Orch - One Stolen Kiss (1924) - Brunswick 2824 A
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Lew Conrad v) - When Kentucky Bids the World Good Morning (1930) - Victor 22553 B
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - A Cottage for Sale (1930) - Velvet Tone 2141 V
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinnay Ennis v) - Washin' the Blues from My Soul (1930) - The Hot Sides 1926-1931 (Retrieval RTR 79025)
Cliff Edwards - Broken Hearted (1927) - Perfect 11649
Ruth Etting - Sing Me a Baby Song (1927) - Columbia 1052 D
Chick Endor - That's Where You Come In (1929) - Victor 22151 B
Ferd “Jelly Roll” Morton - The Pearls (1926) - Retrieval RTR 79002
Red and Miff's Stompers - Delirium (1927) - Victor 20778 A
Joe Candullo and his Orch (A. Franklin v) - It's A Million To One You're In Love (1927) - Perfect 14841
Phil Spitalny's Music - Hummin' to Myself (1932) - HoW F 4 5
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinnay Ennis v) - I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store (1931) - The Hot Sides 1926-1931 (Retrieval RTR 79025)
Southampton Society Orch (poss A Schubert) (The Happy Pair v) - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Pathe Actuelle 36657

"Undercurrent Events" April 6, 2012

(Week 306)

This RADIOLA! has its ear to the ground for whatever reason.

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Cal Stewart - War Talk at Pun'kin Center (1915) - Victor 17820 A
The Rhythmic Eight - Heigh Ho, Ev'rybody (1929) - 48 Of The Best (Retrieval RTR 79059)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Irving Kaufman v) - Rain (1927) - Vocalion B 15631
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Frank Munn v) - My Tonia (1928) - Victor 21817 B
Waring's Pennsylvanians - Does My Sweetie Do--And How (1925) - Victor 19655 A
Frances Sper - My Baby Knows How (1926) - Cameo 1042
Cliff Edwards - Give Me a Night in June (1927) - Perfect 11649 B
Annette Hanshaw and her Sizzling Syncopaters - I Just Roll Along (1928) - Perfect 12419 B
Six Black Diamonds (Samuels) (Arthur Hall v) - Barney Google (1923) - Banner 1206 A
Glantz and his Orch - Wonderful You (1923) - Emerson 10591
The Astorites (Fred Rich) (Ray Stillwell v) - Up and Down the Eight Mile Road (1926) - Harmony 228 H
Ada Jones - They Always Pick on Me (1911) - Aretino D710
Arthur Collins - Grizzly Bear (1910) - Aretino D681
Heidelberg Quintette - On a Beautiful Night With a Beautiful Girl (1912) - Victor 17152 A
Orch dir. by Maurice Peress -Yes, We Have No Bananas-So This is Venice (1987) - The Birth of Rhapsody in Blue (MHS 7531)
West End Jazz Band - Pane in the Glass (1982) - Red Hot Chicago (Stomp Off SOS 1042)
Mana Zucca - Rustle of Spring (Sinding) (1921) - Regal 9168
The Benson Orch of Chicago (Bestor) (Frank Sylvano v) - Back In Hackensack New Jersey (1924) - Victor 19318 B
Bert Lown and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Redskin (1929) - Velvet Tone 1852 V
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Willard Robison v) - I'm Crazy Over You (1929) - Victor 21976 B
Jack Miller - Down Among the Sugar Cane (1929) - Velvet Tone 1881 V
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - You Showed Me the Way (1930) - Velvet Tone 2141 V
Rudy Vallee - Lover, Come Back to Me! (1929) - Velvet Tone 1881 V
Annette Hanshaw and her Sizzling Syncopaters - There Must Be a Silver Lining (1928) - Perfect 12419
Chick Endor - It's Unanimous Now (1929) - Victor 22151 A
Phil Spitalny's Music (Ben Alley v) - My Silent Love (1932) - Hit of theWeek F-4-5
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinnay Ennis v) - Them There Eyes (1930) - The Hot Sides 1926-1931 (Retrieval RTR 79025)
Sam Lanin's Dance Orch (Paul Small v) - Hello Beautiful! (1931) - Hit of theWeek 1136
Teddy Wilson and his Orch (Billie Holiday v) - A Sunbonnet Blue (1935) - Columbia CJ 40646
Una Mae Carlisle (acc by Lester Young's Orch) - Blitzkrieg Baby (1941) - Victor LPV 578
Ruth Etting - At Sundown (1927) - Columbia 1052 D

"On the Upswing" March 30, 2012

(Week 305)

This RADIOLA! feels and sounds better than last week, with new and unexpected shellac and other glad tidings. (I want here to thank Lloyd Smith again for his generous gift of records.)

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Additionally, the "1912 Revue" mentioned in this program is at 7 PM on April 20 at the Rome Capitol Theatre--scroll down this page for details.

The Radio Franks - I'm Sitting On Top of the World (1925) - Regal 9956 A
Kay Kyser and his Orch (Sully Mason v) - A Swan Song to a Dyin' Duck (1939) - Columbia 35563
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Fleetwood Orch (Reuben Greenberg) - Meadow Lark (1926) - Vocalion A 15466
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - Raquel Meller Medley (1926) - Victor 20066 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Charles Harrison v) - High-High-High Up in the Hills (1926) - Victor 20436 A
Annette Hanshaw - If You See Sally (1927) - Perfect 12329 B
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - It Was Only a Sun Shower (1927) - Victor 20906 B
National Cavaliers - I Told Them All About You (1927) - Victor 21112 A
Barney Rapp and his Orch (Frank Kamplain v) - When Dixie Stars Are Playing Peek-a-Boo (1924) - Victor 19341 A
Stillman's Orioles - Give Me (Your Heart) (1925) - Perfect 14488 B
Bert Lown and his Loungers - Here Comes My Ball and Chain (1929) - Velvet Tone 1892 V
Miss Lee Morse - Tonight You Belong To Me (1926) - Perfect 11631
Singing Troubadours - Me Too (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 32199
Barney Trimble and his Oklahomans (BHSO Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - If I Can't Have You (1929) - Velvet Tone 2035 V
West End Jazz Band (Mike Bezin v) - Dixie Dawn (1982) - Positively-Absolutely! (Blackbird C 4005)
West End Jazz Band (Tom Bartlett v) - Clementine (1984) - Chicago Breakdown (Stomp Off SOS1085)
Six Brown Brothers - Saxophone Sam (1917) - Victor 18309 A
That Girl Quartet - Down at Mammy Jinny's (1912) - Victor 17118 A
Original Pennsylvania Serenaders (Whitey Kaufman) - You Tell Her I Stutter (1923) - Victor 19049 A
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - Broadway Baby Dolls (1929) - Victor 22019 A
King Nawahi's Hawaiians - Hawaiian Capers (1929) - 50 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia CG 33566)
Frank Auburn and his Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Mysterious Mose (1930) - Velvet Tone 2146 V
National Cavaliers - The Song I Love (1928) - Victor 21794 B
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - My Troubles Are Over (1929) - Victor 21887 A
Bessie Smith - New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (1930) - Any Woman's Blues (Columbia G 30126)
Monarch Orch (Charley Straight) (Frank Sylvano v) - Tell Me Tonight (1926) - Vocalion B 15507
Eddie Edinborough and his New Orleans Wildcats - Brown Baby (1930) - 50 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia CG 33566)
Lloyd Keating and his Orch (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - I'm In the Market For You (1930) - Velvet Tone 2146 V
John Kirby and his Orch - Blues Petite (1940) - Okeh 5805
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys - White Heat (1937) - 50 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia CG 33566)
Golden Gate Orch (Ernest Hare v) - Show Me the Way to Go Home (1925) - Perfect 14488

"Tough It Out" March 23, 2012

(Week 304)

This RADIOLA! suggests that the best home remedy is Business As Usual.

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Cooper Lawley - Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) - Victor 21390 A
John Kirby and his Orch - Andiology (1940) - Okeh 5805
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Bob Green's Dance Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Blue Bonnet (1926) - Oriole 642 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Caprice Viennois (1925) - Victor 19862 B
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) - My Regular Gal (1926) - Vocalion A 15535
National Cavaliers - Dear On a Night Like This (1927) - Victor 21112 B
Jack Smith - There Ain't No Maybe in My Baby's Eyes (1926) - Victor 20312 A
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Someday You'll Say “O.K.!” (1927) - Victor 20919 B
Victor Military Band - I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier--Medley One Step (1915) - Victor 35438 A
Oriole Orch - Serenade Blues (1922) - Brunswick 2300 A
Cotton Blossom Orch (CA Ramblers) (Arthur Hall v) - Doo Wacka Doo (1924) - Grey Gull 1245 A
Sam Ash - Floating Down the Old Green River (1915) - Columbia A1825
Aileen Stanley and Billy Murray - All Over Nothing at All (1922) - Victor 18943 A
Broadway Bell-Hops (Irving Kaufman v) - Tonight's My Night With Baby (1926) - Harmony 176 H
Dick Hyman - Anticipation (1983) - Kitten on the Keys (RCA XRL 1-4746 B)
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - Dinah (1959) - Dance Hits of the '20s in Hi Fi (RCA Camden)
Gary Lawrence and his Sizzling Syncopators (Frank Scafuri v) - Lazy (1980) - Columbia M 35824
Harry Lauder - Don't Let Us Sing Anymore About War, Just Let Us Sing of Love (1918) - Victor 70122
Coleman's Orch - My Cuban Dream (1920) - HMV (Canada) 216092 B
The Benson Orch of Chicago - Keep On Dancing (1924) - Victor 19470 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Frank Munn v) - Oh, How I Cried the Morning After (1930) - Victor 22553 A
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Under a Texas Moon (1929) - Columbia 2089 D
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood) - Cheek to Cheek (1935) - Cheek to Cheek (RCA DVM 1-0448 A)
Bing Crosby - Can't We Be Friends (1929) - Original Sounds of the 20s II (Columbia CL 2229)
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Happy Humming Bird (1929) - Victor 21887 B
Bessie Smith - Keep It To Yourself (1930) - Any Woman's Blues (Columbia G 30126)
Palala's Hawaiians - Golden Showers (1926) - Vocalion B 15456
National Cavaliers - My Isle of Golden Dreams (1930) - Victor 22347 B
Music In The Russ Morgan Manner - Broadway's Gone Hawaii (1937) - Brunswick 8014
Teddy Wilson and his Orch (Billie Holiday v) - It's Too Hot For Words (1935) - Columbia CJ40646
John Kirby and his Orch - Little Brown Jug (1939) - Okeh 5570
Frank Crumit - Bye Bye Pretty Baby (1927) - Victor 20919 A

"Spring Ahead" March 16, 2012

(Week 303)

This RADIOLA! is going greenish.

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Harry Jans and Harold Whalen - Well, the Irish and the Germans Got Together (1928) - Victor 21367 A
Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orch (Bing Crosby and Loyce Whiteman v) - Ho-Hum (1931) - Victor 22691 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Hymn to the Sun (1925) - Victor 19862 A
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (Franklyn Baur v) - Love and Kisses (1927) - Vocalion B 15603
Jan Garber and his Orch - Cross-Words Between My Sweetie and Me (1925) - Victor 19708 A
Gladys Rice (Frank Banta p) - Cherie, I Love You (1926) - Victor 20271 B
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - What Do You Say? (1928) - Victor 21390 B
National Cavaliers - My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now (1928) - Victor 21794 A
Barney Rapp and his Orch - I Need Some Pettin' (1924) - Victor 19341 B
Broadway Broadcasters (Lanin) - Arkansas Blues (A Down Home Chant) (1924) - Cameo 619
Whitey Kaufman's Original PA Serenaders - Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter (1925) - Victor 19638 B
Cliff Edwards - Somebody Loves Me (1924) - Pathe Actuelle 032073
Sally Freeman (Dolly Kay) - I Love My Baby (1926) - Harmony 107 H
The Harmonians (BHSO Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Sally of My Dreams (1928) - Diva 2768 G
Al Gallodoro - Rubenola (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290 (Music Hall Varieties)
Gary Lawrence and his Sizzling Syncopators - Copenhagen (1980) - Columbia M 35824
Guyon's Paradise Orch (Jules Herbuveaux) - Lost (A Wonderful Girl) (1922) - Okeh 4737 A
International Novelty Orch - Until Tomorrow (1924) - Victor 19485 A
Jack Shilkret's Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Isn't She the Sweetest Thing (1925) - Victor 19642 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Belle Mann v) - Wishing and Waiting For Love (1929) - Victor 22019 B
Varsity Eight (Irving Kaufman v) Glorianna (1928) - Cameo 9007
Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orch (Bing Crosby v) - I'm Gonna Get You (1931) - Victor 22691 B
Rev J. M. Gates - The Dying Gambler (1926) - Okeh 8387 B
Red and Miff's Stompers - Davenport Blues (1927) - Victor 20778 B
The Lumberjacks (Irving Mills) - Oh Boy! It's a Pleasure (1928) - Cameo 9007
David Brynley - Josephine (1934) - Regal Zonophone MR 1292
Sonny South and his Collegians (Dick Robertson v) - I Couldn't Tell Them What to Do (1933) - Bluebird 5152 B
Lionel Hampton and his Orch - On the Sunny Side of the Street (1937) - Victor D 18 B
Kay Kyser and his Orch (Ginny Simms v) - St Louis Blues (1939) - Columbia 35563
John Kirby and his Orch - Impromptu (1939) - Okeh 5570
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up (1929) - Victor 21976 A

A Lovely Tribute to RADIOLA!

The RADIOLA! pillow, the Paul Whiteman "potatohead" pillow, and the music-themed blanket were made for me by listener Dennis Pereyra. Many thanks to Dennis for these lovely gifts!

"Warming Trend" March 9, 2012

(Week 302)

This RADIOLA! is thawing and breaking up a bit.

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Additionally, I wanted to mention that we saw a wonderful show last week in Syracuse: Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away. This is a wonderful cabaret of old songs (some of which you hear on this program), all woven into an engaging narrative. We met and talked to Bree Benton and her accompanist Franklin Bruno and I highly recommend you check out their website.

Last Sunday was the 55th anniversary performance of Dick Ames' Bear Cat Jass Band, also in Syracuse. This week I've included two selections from that show. Congratulations and many thanks to Dick and the Bear Cats!

Victor Mixed Chorus - Songs of the Past No. 10 (Harrigan-Hart Melodies) (1916) - Victor 35537 B
Al Gallodoro - Dizzy Fingers (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290 (Music Hall Varieties)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Fleetwood Orch (Reuben Greenberg) - Cover Me Up With Sunshine (1926) - Vocalion B 15466
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch (Joe Sanders v) - Flamin' Mamie (1925) - Victor 19922 B
Oriole Varsity Ten (Arthur Fields v) - Lena (1926) - Oriole 642 B
Lew White (organ) (Frank Munn v) - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Brunswick 3618 B
Blue Ribbon Quartet - Just a Bird's Eye View (1926) - Vocalion B 15473
Paul Crutchfield - Uncle Hiram's Trip to the City Part 1 (1928) - Okeh 45266
Club Royal Orch (Clyde Doerr) - The Sneak! (1922) - Victor 18921 A
Guyon's Paradise Orch (Jules Herbuveaux) - I'm Through (Shedding Tears Over You) (1922) - Okeh 4737 B
Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orch - Roamin' Around (1925) - Brunswick 2893 B
Arthur Collins (Vess Ossman banjo) - When Uncle Joe Plays a Rag on His Old Banjo (1912) - Victor 17118 B
Wellesley College Glee Club - 'Neath The Oaks (1914) - Columbia A1653
Marion Harris - A Good Man is Hard to Find (1919) - Victor 18535 A
Bear Cat Jass Band - Mabel's Dream (2012) - recorded Syracuse NY March 4, 2012
Bear Cat Jass Band - Gatemouth (2012) - recorded Syracuse NY March 4, 2012
Chris Chapman - Southern Girl Gavotte (1907) - Victor 5277
International Novelty Orch (Elliot Shaw v) - Clovita (1924) - Victor 19485 B
Oriole Orch (Mark Fisher v) - I'm So Ashamed (1925) - Brunswick 2875 A
George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey v) - Breakaway (1929) - Victor 21961 A
Tiny Parham and his Musicians - Blue Island Blues (1929) - Victor V 38041 B
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - You Can't Take My Mem'ries From Me (1930) - Velvet Tone 2181 V
Ford and Glenn - Old Virginia Moon (1929) - Columbia 2025 D
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - I Must Have That Man! (1928) - Columbia 1584 D
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees - I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan (1932) - Columbia 2700 D
J. O. LaMadeleine and Eugene Daignault - Ma Maitresse A Du Cragrin (1928) - Starr 15480 A
Victor Concert Orch - Shawnee Indian Hunting Dance (Charles S. Skilton) (1929) - Victor 22144 B
Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (1928) - Brunswick 80008 A
George Olsen and his Music - Surprise! (1933) - Columbia 2857 D
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees - Maori (1932) - Columbia 2700 D
Lew White (organ) (Frank Munn v) - At Sundown (1927) - Brunswick 3599 A

I just wanted to say

I do not sell or repair antique radios.

Gala Alla Gallodoro - Saturday, March 31

A fitting tribute to our friend Al Gallodoro, featuring Chad Smith:

"Radiola Revisited" March 2, 2012

(Week 301)

This RADIOLA! indulges in a bit of painless nostalgia, but with better transfers. Don't stop me if you've heard these!

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Note: Bryan Wright of Rivermont is looking for recordings by bandleader Julie Wintz for a CD project. Anyone with good copies of Wintz recordings on Perfect or Pathe Actuelle or any of the Columbia subsidiaries (Harmony, Diva, Velvet Tone) should contact him here. He particularly needs a copy of "Pretending" on Harmony 906-H, Velvet Tone 1906-V, or Diva 2906-G. (The flip side is "Deep Night" by the Golden Gate Orchestra.)

Charles W. Hamp - For Old Times' Sake (1928) - Okeh 41085
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - New Tiger Rag (1932) - Columbia 2631 D
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Howard Lanin and his Benjamin Franklin Hotel Orch - On a Night Like This (1925) - Victor 19711 B
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) (Bonnie Laddies v) - Someday (1926) - Vocalion B 15489
Jean Goldkette and his Orch (Hoagy Carmichael v) - My Ohio Home (1928) - Victor 21166 A
Jack Smith - If I Didn't Know Your Husband and You Didn't Know My Wife (1926) - Victor 20413 A
The Revelers - Oh, Miss Hannah (1925) - Victor 19796 B
Annette Hanshaw and her Sizzling Syncopators - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Velvet Tone 1706 V
Ray Miller and his Orch - Canary Isle (1922) - Gennett 4859 A
Rudy Wiedoeft's Californians - Who Wants a Baby? (intro: I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In) (1920) - Pathe 22299
Jack Shilkret's Orch - No One (1925) - Victor 19642 A
The Radio Franks - I Never Knew (1925) - Regal 9956 B
Sally Freeman (Dolly Kay) - Poor Papa (1926) - Harmony 107 H
Frank Guarente and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - My Mother's Eyes (1928) - Harmony 788 H
Al Gallodoro - Valse Vanite (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290 (“Music Hall Varieties” program)
Gary Lawrence and his Sizzling Syncopators (Frank Scafuri v) - Hello, Aloha! How Are You (1980) - Columbia M 35824
Reiser Trio (Reser) - Kitten on the Keys (1922) - Gennett 4906 B
Harold Leonard and his Red Jackets - Fate (1922) - Gennett 5024 A
Bert Lown and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Tomorrow's Violets (1929) - Harmony 863 H
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - My Fate is in Your Hands (1929) - Columbia 2017 D
D
Swanson and Gustave - Grandpa's Courtship (1927) - Supertone 9098 A
Jan Garber and his Orch (Eddie Page v) - When a Woman Loves a Man (1930) - Columbia 2115 D
Annette Hanshaw and her Sizzling Syncopators - I Must Have That Man! (1928) - Velvet Tone 1706 V
Ruth Etting - I'll Get By (1928) - Columbia 1733 D
Julie Wintz and his Mayflower Orch (Dinty Curtis v) - The Man From the South (1930) - Harmony 1092 H
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch (James Rushing v) - I Wanna Be Around My Baby All the Time (1931) - Victor 22680 A
Paul Tremaine and his Orch - Stormy Weather (1933) - Bluebird B 5049 A
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Love, You Funny Thing (1932) - Columbia 2631 D
Kentucky Grasshoppers - Makin' Friends (1929) - Banner 6360 B
Jan Garber and his Orch (Maxwell Covert v) - Puttin' On The Ritz (1930) - Columbia 2115 D
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - A Little Kiss Each Morning (1929) - Columbia 2017 D

"The Joy of Round Numbers" February 24, 2012

(Week 300)

This RADIOLA! celebrates another full revolution of the odometer.

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Helen Clark and Lewis James - I Want to Be Happy (1924) - Victor 19463 B
Edgar Hayes and his Orch - In The Mood (1938) - Decca 1882 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - I'm Tellin' the Birds, Tellin' the Bees, How I Love You (1926) - Vocalion B 15481
William F. Wirges and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Laugh Clown, Laugh (1928) - Brunswick 3910 A
Bob Haring and his Orch (Eddy Thomas v) - Huggable Kissable You (1929) - Brunswick 4359
Gene Austin (Abel Baer p) - Someday Sweetheart (1927) - Victor 20561 B
Annette Hanshaw - I Get the Blues When it Rains (1929) - Velvet Tone 1910 V
Chick Endor - Sunny Side Up (1929) - Victor 22274 A
Ted Weems and his Orch - Traveling Blues (1924) - Victor 19496 A
International Novelty Orch (Gene Austin v) - The Flapper Wife (1925) - Victor 19638 A
Broadway Bell-Hops (Irving Kaufman v) - There's a Cradle in Caroline (1927) - Diva 2504 G
Edna Brown (Elsie Baker) and James F Harrison (Frederick Wheeler) - The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1913) - Victor 17338 A
Sam Ash - Old Fashioned Garden (1920) - Okeh 4083 A
Harry Blake and Robert Judson (Jones and Hare) - Barney Google (1923) - Perfect 12049 A
Dan Levinson's Trans-Atlantic Saxtette - The Ghost of the Saxophone (2008) - Ghosts of the Saxophone (Stomp Off CD 1430)
How To Sell Victor Home Recording Part 1 (1930) - Victor Special (BVE 62695)
Andy Schumm and his Flatland Gang - The Swing (2011) - Rivermont 592 B
Victor Military Band - Everybody Two Step (1913) - Victor 17271 A
Reiser Trio (Reser) - Georgette (1922) - Gennett 4906 A
Jan Garber and his Orch - If You Don't Want Me Stop Doggin' Me Around (1924) - Victor 19496 B
William F. Wirges and his Orch (Frank Munn v) - Afraid of You (1928) - Brunswick 3910 B
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - I Love You So Much (1930) - Velvet Tone 2182 V
George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey v) - Sing a Little Theme Song (1930) - Victor 22349 B
Rube Bloom - Silhouette (1927) - Columbia 1195 D
Annette Hanshaw - My Sin (1929) - Velvet Tone 1910 V
Paul Tremaine and his Orch - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1933) - Bluebird B 5049 B
McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Milenberg Joys (1928) - Victor 21611 A
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch (James Rushing v) - Ya Got Love (1931) - Victor 22680 B
Henry Allen and his Orch - Pardon My Southern Accent (1934) - Melotone 13096 A
Milt Herth Quartet (O'Neil Spencer v) - La De Doody Do (1938) - Decca 1966 A
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch (Rose Ann Stevens v) - The Man Who Comes Around (1940) - Bluebird B 10626 A
Helen Clark and Lewis James - Tea For Two (1924) - Victor 19463 A

"Look Back in Amber" February 17, 2012

(Week 299)

This RADIOLA! isn't quite sure what it's blowing its top on.

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National Comedy Four (Jack Kaufman) - Tuning in on the Radio (1924) - NML 1109 A
Johnny Long and his Orch (Helen Young v) - Swing Me Bach (1940) - Decca 3409 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Irving Kaufman v) - Way Back When (1927) - Vocalion A 15631
Palmer House Victorians (Jules Herbuveaux) (Frank Sylvano v) - Desert Eyes (1926) - Vocalion A 15455
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Ain't She Sweet (1927) - Victor 20508 B
Jack Smith - So Will I (1926) - Victor 20413 B
Jack Gordon (Frank Sylvano) - A Night In June (1927) - Vocalion A 15619
The Yacht Club Boys - The Vulgar Boatman (1926) - Brunswick 3269 B
The Collegians - I Cried for You (1923) - Victor 19093 B
Haring's Happy Harmonists - Mobile Blues (1924) - Cameo 516
Vincent Rose and his Montmartre Orch (Buddy Burns v) - Sadie (1924) - Victor 19511 B
Isabella Patricola - All the Boys Love Mary (1920) - Pathe 22332 B
Addy Britt (Arthur Fields) - Where's My Sweetie Hiding? (1924) - Cameo 607
Honey Duke and his Uke (Johnny Marvin) - Just The Same (1927) - Diva 2409 G
Catherine Russell - Crazy Blues (2011) - Boardwalk Empire (Volume 1 Music From The HBO Original Series) (Elektra 528266-2)
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks (Leon Redbone v) - The Sheik Of Araby (2011) - Boardwalk Empire (Volume 1 Music From The HBO Original Series) (Elektra 528266-2)
Mike Bernard - Blaze Away (1918) - Columbia A2577 (Note: This selection is erroneously announced on this program as "They Were All Out of Step But Jim.")
Yerkes Blue Bird Orch - Kismet (1920) - HMV (Canada) 216195 B
Lou Gold and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Buy, Buy for Baby (1928) - Velvet Tone 1814 V
Louisiana Collegians (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - Egypt (1930) - Clarion 5112 C
The High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - Takes You (1929) - Victor 22046 A
Paul Specht and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1931) - Columbia 2482 D
Lill's Hot Shots (Louis Armstrong v) - Georgia Bo Bo (1926) - Brunswick 80060 A
McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (1928) - Victor 21611 B
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Fidgety Feet (1927) - UHCA 22
Rube Bloom - Sapphire (1927) - Columbia 1195 D
Lee Sims - Stardust (1931) - Brunswick 6132
Milt Herth Trio - Copenhagen (1938) - Decca 1966 B
Maxine Sullivan and her Orch - I'm Coming Virginia (1937) - Vocalion 3654
Johnny Long and his Orch - In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town (1940) - Decca 3409 A
Capitol Salon Ensemble (Theodore Conrad v) - A Lullaby (1933) - Brunswick 20121

"Seeing Red" February 10, 2012

(Week 298)

This RADIOLA! looks at Valentine's Day (and everything else) through bloodshot eyes.

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Honey Duke and his Uke (Johnny Marvin) - Red Lips Kiss My Blues Away (1927) - Diva 2409 G
Jelly Roll Morton Seven - Good Old New York (1940) - General 1704 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Frank Black and his Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Under the Moon (1927) - Brunswick 3600 A
International Novelty Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Valentine (1926) - Victor 20066 A
Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Irving Kaufman v) - Gorgeous (1927) - Vocalion A 15579
Rev J. M. Gates - Ain't Gonna Lay My Religion Down (1926) - Okeh 8387 A
Vernon Dalhart - The John T. Scopes Trial (1925) - Columbia 15037 D
The Yacht Club Boys - Oogel, Oogel, Oo (The Monkey Song) (1926) - Brunswick 3269 A
Six Black Diamonds (Samuels) - Bang! (On Your Tambourine) (1923) - Banner 1206 B
Waring's Pennsylvanians - Blackin' Blues (1924) - Victor 19369 A
Broadway Bell-Hops (Irving Kaufman v) - There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland To Me (1927) - Diva 2504 G
Irving Kaufman - My Wild Days Are Over (1918) - Columbia A2637
Aileen Stanley and Billy Murray - I'll Stand Beneath Your Window To-night and Whistle (1922) - Victor 18943 B
Jane Gray (Peggy English) (Rube Bloom p) - I'm Tellin' The Birds Tellin' The Bees How I Love You (1926) - Harmony 300 H
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - I Found the Girl of My Dreams in a Personal Ad (1996) – Nonplugged
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks (John Leifert v) - I've Got The World On A String - Cotton Club Revisited
Sousa's Band - “Zamona” An Arabian Intermezzo (1901) - Victor Monarch 3261
Vess L. Ossman - Motor March (1906) - Columbia A227
Billy Murray - The Little Ford Rambled Right Along (1915) - Victor 17755 A
Sam Lanin and his Troubadours (Irving Kaufman v) - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Cameo 8234
Teddy Raph and his Orch (Selvin) (Orlando Roberson v) - Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (1931) - Columbia 2482 D
Henry Allen and his Orch - How's About Tomorrow Night (1934) - Melotone 13096 B
Boyd Senter - New St. Louis Blues (1927) - Clarion 5112 C
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orch - Four or Five Times (1928) - Brunswick 80025 A
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Sensation (1927) - UHCA 21
Chick Endor - You Do Something To Me (1930) - Victor 22274 B
Red McKenzie - Lovable (1932) - Columbia 2654 D
Will Osborne and his Orch - When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver (1931) - Melotone M 12078
Maxine Sullivan and her Orch - Loch Lomond (1937) - Vocalion 3654
Jelly Roll Morton Seven - Big Lip Blues (1940) - General 1704 B
Red McKenzie - Dream Sweetheart (1932) - Columbia 2654 D

"Tickled to Distraction" February 3, 2012

(Week 297)

This RADIOLA! feels funny--or maybe just vaguely perplexed.

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Cal Stewart - Ticklish Reuben (1902) - Columbia A294
Vernon Geyer - My Marie (1937) - Montgomery Ward 7390 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - I've Got The Girl (1926) - Vocalion A 15465
Jelly Roll Morton - Freakish (1929) - Victor 27565 B
Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Irving Kaufman v) - Sunday (1926) - Vocalion A 15494
Billy Jones - My Girl Has Eye Trouble (1926) - Regal 8163 A
Harry Lee (Eddie Peabody) - Halleleujah (1927) - Oriole 944 A
The Revelers - Dinah (1925) - Victor 19796 A
Whitey Kaufman's Original Pennsylvania Serenaders - Henpecked Blues (1923) - Victor 19127 A
International Novelty Orch (May Singhi Breen uke) - Ukulele Blues (1924) - Victor 19369 B
Earl Oliver's Jazz Babies (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Fire! (An Alarming Novelty) (!926) - Edison 51877 R
Billy Murray - At The Moving Picture Ball (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A 14049
Isabella Patricola - Me No Speak-a Good English (1924) - Vocalion A 14755
Robert Black (Eubie Blake) (Irving Kaufman v) - Sweet Lady (1921) - Regal 9130
Dan Levinson's Trans-Atlantic Saxtette - Saxophone Sobs (2008) - Ghosts of the Saxophone (Stomp Off CD 1430)
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks - Livery Stable Blues (2011) - Boardwalk Empire (Volume 1 Music From The HBO Original Series) (Elektra 528266-2)
Arthur Collins - Any Rags? (1913) - Edison 50100 (mx 2162-10)
Arthur Pryor's Band - King of Rags (A Two-Step Oddity) (Swisher) (1907) - Victor 5301
Van Eps Banjo Orch - Sans Souci (Maxixe Brasilienne) (1914) - Columbia A1594
The Lumberjacks (Haring) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Makin' Whoopee! (1929) - Cameo 9063
Ben Pollack and his Park Central Orch (Smith Ballew v) - You're Made Me Happy To-Day! (1929) - Victor 22158 A
Coon Sanders Orch (Joe Sanders v) - Let That Be a Lesson To You (1932) - Victor 22950 B
The Melody Man (Joe Davis) - Just Another Day Wasted Away (1928) - Velvet Tone 1500 V
Jane Gray (Peggy English) (Rube Bloom p) - I'd Love to Call You My Sweetheart (1926) - Harmony 300 H
The Night Club Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Hum Your Troubles Away (1926) - Velvet Tone 1256 V
Six Brown Brothers - Ghost of the Saxophone (1917) - Victor 18309 B
Columbia Saxophone Sextette (Albert Campbell and Henry Burr v) - I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (intro Lamp of Love) (1919) - Columbia A2784
Davis Saxophone Octette - I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1926) - Cameo 923
Waring's Pennsylvanians - I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1931) - Victor 22707 A
Jesse Crawford - Serenade (Toselli) (1934) - Decca 178 A
Lee Sims - Rockin' Chair (1931) - Brunswick 6132

It's World Ukulele Day!

From Professor Peter and Doctor Dick of the Small Instrument Society:

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

(Week 296)

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

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

"Who Done It?" January 20, 2012

(Week 295)

This RADIOLA! is a total mystery.

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

"Spin Art" January 13, 2012

(Week 294)

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

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

"Chance Estrangement" January 6, 2012

(Week 293)

This RADIOLA! just can't seem to relate.

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

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

(Week 292)

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

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

"Make Those Music!" December 23, 2011

(Week 291)

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

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

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"Keep Moving" December 16, 2011

(Week 290)

This RADIOLA! can't stand still.

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

"Havin' a Time" December 9, 2011

(Week 289)

This RADIOLA! is reveling in the moment.

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

"Listen Up!" December 2, 2011

(Week 288)

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

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

"The Thanks You Get" November 25, 2011

(Week 287)

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

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

An Evening With Groucho at the Rome Capitol 11/20

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

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

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

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

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

"Everything's a Miracle" November 18, 2011

(Week 286)

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

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

"A Real Earful" November 11, 2011

(Week 285)

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

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

"Ring Some Bells!" November 4, 2011

(Week 284)

This RADIOLA! feels like celebrating for a change.

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

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

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

"Scattered Harvest" October 28, 2011

(Week 283)

This RADIOLA! reaps just what it sows.

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

Capitol Theatre Doings

The console of the Rome Capitol's 1928 Moller

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

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