"There'll Come a Time" January 21, 2011

(Week 243)

This RADIOLA! looks forward to good things (for a change).

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Happiness Boys (Jones & Hare D Kaplan p) - The Coat and Pants Do All The Work (1927) - Okeh 40785 B
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - There'll Come a Time (1928) - Parlophone R 2097
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Fred Rich and his Hotel Astor Orch (James Melton v) - Do You Hear Me Saying “I Love You” (1928) - Columbia 1389 D
Wayne King and his Orch (Burke Bivens v) - Swamp Ghosts (1930) - Victor 22600 B
The Knickerbockers (Selvin) (Johnny Marvin v) - The Kinkajou (1927) - Columbia 893 D
Nick Lucas - Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses (1926) - Brunswick 3283 A
Lowe Stokes and his North Georgians - Wave That Frame (1928) - Columbia 15367 D
Ponce Sisters - Fit as a Fiddle (1932) - Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang (Mosaic MD8-213/7)
Varsity Eight - Easy Melody (1923) - Cameo 445
Georgia Melodians (Vernon Dalhart v) - Red Hot Henry Brown (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-031
Boyd Senter - Mobile Blues (1924) - Puritan 11341 B
Clara Smith - My John Blues (1925) - Columbia 14077 D
Shelton Brooks - It Takes Money to Cure the Blues (1923) - Okeh 4823 A
Vernon Dalhart - Go Long Mule (1924) - Puritan 11347 B
Moran and Mack (Luckey Roberts p) - Two Black Crows Part 3 (1927) - Columbia 1094 D
Rudy Wiedoeft (Oscar Levant p) - Sax O Phun (1926) - Columbia 761 D
Bert Williams - Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar (1918) - Columbia A 2750
The Virginians - Farewell Blues (1923) - Victor 19032 A
Georgia Melodians - Ev'rybody's Charleston Crazy (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-031
The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - Thinking (1926) - Columbia 710 D
Lillian Morton - Evening Star (1928) - Okeh 41072
Los Cuatro Huasos - Veinticinco Limones - Victor 80540 A (Argentina)
Harry Reser - Ukulele Lady (1925) - Columbia 409 D
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch (Bing Crosby v) - Mississippi Mud (1928) - Parlophone R 2097
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Let's Do It (1928) - Columbia 1701 D
The Palm Beach Boys - Under The Moon (1927) - Okeh 40878
Phil Spitalny and his Orch (Paul Specht) (Scrappy Lambert v) - If You Were The Only Girl In The World (1930) - Pathe X 6320 (France)
Vincent Rose Jackie Taylor and their H'wood Orch (IK v) - Blue River (1927) - Columbia 1177 D
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Eubie Blake or Frank Munn v) - Dancing in the Dark (1931) - Columbia 2473 D
Ted Lewis and his Band - Egyptian Ella (1931) - Columbia 2428 D
The Gotham Troubadours (Lou Gold) (Les Reis v) - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Okeh 40834

"I'm Always Smiling" January 14, 2011

(Week 242)

For the moment, at least. This upbeat RADIOLA! features lots of nice Columbia and Okeh transfers for your listening enjoyment.

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Dan Hornsby Novelty Quartet - Oh! By Jingo (1928) - Columbia 1637 D
Billy Hays and his Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - I'm Always Smiling (1928) - Okeh 40996
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ted Lewis and his Band - That Certain Party (1925) - Columbia 531 D
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Under the Moon (1927) - Columbia 1048 D
Wayne King and his Orch - Goofus (1930) - Victor 22600 A
Lillian Morton - Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky (1928) - Okeh 41072
Les Reis - Positively Absolutely (1927) - Okeh 40804
The Palm Beach Boys - Magnolia (1927) - Okeh 40878
Guyon's Paradise Orch - You Didn't Want Me When I Wanted You (1923) - Okeh 40037 A
California Ramblers - Back Where the Daffodils Grow (1924) - Columbia 218 D
Ted Lewis and his Band - Popular Favorites (1923) - Columbia Sample Record 1 S
Vaughn De Leath - Can't Feel Jolly Blues (1922) - Okeh 4588 B
Clara Smith - Shipwrecked Blues (1925) - Columbia 14077 D
Ernest Hare - Oh Brother, What a Feelin'! (1921) - Okeh 4422 B
Rudy Wiedoeft (Oscar Levant p) - Valse Mazanetta (1926) - Columbia 761 D
Harry Reser - Heebe Jeebes (Reser) (1925) - Columbia 409 D
The Virginians - Apple Sauce (1923) - Victor 19032 B
Billy Jones - Of All My Wife's Relations I Love Myself the Best (1925) - Okeh 40299 A
Rega Dance Orch - Jokes (Okeh Laughing Dance Record) Pt 2 (1922) - Okeh 4731 B
Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) -After My Laughter Came Tears (1927) - Columbia 1254 D
The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - Tenderly (1926) - Columbia 710 D
Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys - Telling It To The Daisies (1930) - Columbia 2151 D
Mitchell Brothers - Give Me a Ukulele and a Ukulele Baby (1926) - Victor 20324 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Japansy (1928) - Columbia 1364 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Austin Young v) - Japanese Mammy (1928) - Columbia 1701 D
Little Jack Little - Ev'rybody Loves You (1928) - Columbia 1589 D
Johnny Marvin - Trudy (1926) - Okeh 40683 A
Lowe Stokes and his North Georgians - Take Me To The Land of Jazz (1928) - Columbia 15367 D
Ben Selvin and his Orch - High and Low (1931) - Columbia 2473 D
Ted Lewis and his Band (Fats Waller v) - I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (1931) - Columbia 2428 D
The Knickerbockers (Selvin) (IK v) - Roam On My Little Gypsy Sweetheart (1927) - Columbia 1088 D

"Kings and Pretenders" January 7, 2011

(Week 241)

UPDATE (2/20/2014): Read this first. Short version: I was wrong!!

This RADIOLA! concerns monarchs of various realms and those who would pretend to be.

In particular, we focus in on Tempo King and his vocal resemblance to crooner Don Darcy, aka John Arcesi. Darcy/Arcesi worked with major bands from the mid-1930s through the 1940s and recorded an album of psychedelia in 1971.

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Dennis King - Song of the Vagabonds (1925) - Victor 19897 A
Frank Froeba and his Swing Band (Tempo King v) - It Ain't Nobody's Biz'ness What I Do (1936) - Bunny Berigan (Mosaic 219)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - We'll Have a Kingdom (1926) - Victor 20338 B
Wayne King and his Orch - Song of the Islands (1929) - Victor 22301 B
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - That's a Plenty (1929) - Jazz Oracle BSW 8024
Harry Richman - King For A Day (1928) - Brunswick 4035
Louis (King) Garcia and His Swing Band (Don Darcy v) - Love Is Like a Cigarette (1936) - New York Jazz Combos 1935-1937 - Hep CD 1077
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Floating On A Bubble (1937) - Bluebird B 6780 B
Van Eps Trio - The Original Fox Trot (1915) - Victor 17677-A
Sophie Tucker and her Five Kings of Syncopation - Everybody Shimmies Now (1919) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama 1910-1922 (Archeophone 5010)
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dippermouth Blues (1923) - Off The Record (Archeophone OTR-MM6-C2)
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Rhythm King (1928) - Complete Bix Beiderbecke
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - Futuristic Rhythm (1929) - Jazz Oracle BSW 8024
Washboard Rhythm Kings - Hummin' to Myself (1932) - Volume 2--1932
Louis (King) Garcia and His Swing Band (Don Darcy v) - Christopher Columbus (1936) - New York Jazz Combos 1935-1937 - Hep CD 1077
Paul Monty Dance Band - Masquerade (1932) - Sterno 1040
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Alligator Crawl (1937) - Vocalion 3653
Sophie Tucker and her Five Kings of Syncopation - Learning (1920) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama 1910-1922 (Archeophone 5010)
Al Bernard - The King Isn't King Any More (1925) - orig Edison 51577-L
King Oliver's Jazz Band - High Society Rag (1923) - Off The Record CD (Archeophone OTR-MM6-C2)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Broken Hearted (1927) - Victor 20757 B
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - Tell Me (1930) - Jazz Oracle BSW 8024
Frank Froeba and his Swing Band (Tempo King v) - Just To Be In Caroline (1936) - Bunny Berigan (Mosaic 219)
Prince's Orch - Narcissus (Nevin) (1910) - Columbia A 912
Sophie Tucker and her Five Kings of Syncopation - It's All Over Now (1920) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama 1910-1922 (Archeophone 5010)
Van Eps Trio - Notoriety Rag (1914) - Victor 17601-B
Frank Luther and his Orch (Victor Young) - Spellbound (1934) - Melotone M 13050 A
Henry King and his Hotel Pierre Orch (Joe Sudy v) - You've Got Everything (1933) - Vocalion 2562-A
Chicago Rhythm Kings - Stompin' at the Savoy (1936) - Bluebird B-6412-A
Louis (King) Garcia and His Swing Band (Don Darcy v) - There Is No Greater Love (1936) - New York Jazz Combos 1935-1937 - Hep CD 1077
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - High, Wide and Handsome (1937) - Vocalion 3630
Meyer Davis' Hotel Astor Orch (Joe Moss dir) (SL v) - Farewell (1930) - Brunswick 4728

Rare 1952 footage concerning John Arcesi's "spellbinding" publicity stunt:

CBS Interview 1952

John RC Arcesia | Myspace Video

"New Year's Dance Party 2011" December 31, 2010

(Week 240)

Ring in the New Year with this special four-hour RADIOLA!

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The New Year's Eve show from last year is still available for listening through this playlist link.

Billy Reid and the London Piano Accordeon Band - Roll Up the Carpets (1933) - Regal Zono MB 1008
Jim Davidson and his Palais Royal Orch - Fair and Warmer (1934) - Regal Zono G22154 (Australia)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Meyer Davis' Hotel Astor Orch (Joe Moss dir) (SL v) - Oh! How I Adore You (1930) - Brunswick 4728
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Sugar Blues (1931) - Melotone M 13409 A
Billy Merrin and his Commanders (Sam Browne v) - My Hat's On The Side Of My Head (1933) - Regal Zono MR 1262
Layton and Johnstone - With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming (1934) - Columbia DB 1433
Dan Roberts and his Home Towners (Jack Berger) (Jan Peerce v) - Remember Me (1932) - Melotone 12557
Will Osborne and his Orch (Freddy Martin) - I Couldn't Tell Them What to Do (1933) - Perfect 15786 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Little Dutch Mill (1934) - Melotone M 13117B
Billy Cotton and his Band - Ridin' Around In The Rain (1934) - Regal Zono MR 1361
Hotel Bossert Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - I've Got to Pass Your House to Get to My House (1933) - Melotone M 12725
David Brynley - Let Me Love You Tonight (1934) - Regal Zono MR 1292
Harry Wilson and his Orch (Jacques Renard) (Howard Phillips v) - This Is Romance (1933) - Edison Bell Winner W64 B
Ken Drake and his Orch (Jimmy Ray v) - Posin' (1937) - Bluebird B 7023 A
Don Walker and his Orch (Henry King) (Joe Sudy v) - Straight From the Shoulder (1934) - Vocalion 2767 B
Johnny Hamp and his Orch (Johnny McAfee v) - From the Top of Your Head (1935) - Melotone 35 10 21 A
Ray Nichols and his Palais Royal Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Louise (1929) - Harmony 902 H
Ed Blossom and his New Englanders (BHSO) (IK v) - My Tonia (1928) - Harmony 796 H
Kenn Sisson and his Orch (Francis Luther v) - The Whole World Knows I Love You (1928) - Brunswick 4120
Morton Downey - Accent on Youth (1935) - Melotone 5 11 08
Albert Taylor and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Temptation (1934) - Conqueror 8267 B
Will Osborne and his Orch - It's Easy to Remember (1935) - Melotone 13329 A
Charlie Davis and his Orch (Ruby Wright v) - My Old Flame (1934) - Melotone M 13054 A
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - Song Without Words (1933) - Victor 24555 B
Adrian Rollini and his Orch (Herb Weil v) - I Raised My Hat (1933) - Melotone M 12855
Bob and Alf Pearson - Rambling Down The Roadway (1932) - Imperial 2727
Billy Reid and the London Piano Accordeon Band - There's a Cabin in the Pines (1933) - Regal Zono MB 1008
Hotel Bossert Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Gypsy Fiddles (1933) - Melotone M 12725
Dick Robertson and his Orch - The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1933) - Melotone 12814
Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye (Tommy Ryan v) - Have You Met Miss Jones? (1937) - Perfect 8 01 02
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Stanley Worth v) - How Can We Be Wrong? (1938) - Brunswick 8224
Edith Evans (Ray Mayer p) - Kansas City Kitty (1929) - Brunswick 4291
Jack Leon and his Band - Tie a Little String Around Your Finger (1931) - Piccadilly 853
Jay Wilbur and his Band - Shadows on the Window (1932) - Imperial 2771
Vincent Lopez and his St. Regis Hotel Orch (Johnny Morris v) - Spellbound (1934) - Regal Zono MB 1361
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Riptide (1934) - Melotone M 13117 A
Johnny Hamp and his Orch (Johnny McAfee v) - Without a Word of Warning (1935) - Melotone 35 10 21 A
Rudy Marlow and his Orch (Selvin) - In My Little Hope Chest (1930) - Diva 3118 G
Owen Fallon and his CA'ns (Jack Berger) (Jan Peerce v) - A Boy and a Girl Were Dancing (1932) - Melotone M 12565
Will Osborne and his Orch (Freddy Martin) - Under a Blanket of Blue (1933) - Perfect 15786 A
Maurice Winnick and his Orch - Alone (1935) - Parlophone F 395
Jim Davidson and his Palais Royal Orch - I'll String Along (1934) - Regal Zono C22154 (Australian)
Frank Luther and his Orch (Victor Young) - Don't Let it Happen Again (1934) - Melotone M 13050 A
June Pursell (with Roy Fox c) - Marianne (1929) - Brunswick 4504
Jay Wilbur and his Band - Marta (1932) - Imperial 2771
Japanese Vocalist with Orch - Sentimental Journey (1940s) - Columbia A 820 (Japan)
The Spirits of Rhythm - Scattin' the Blues (1945) - Black & White 23 B
Morton Downey - Cheek to Cheek (1935) - Melotone 5 11 08
Billy Merrin and his Commanders (Sam Browne v) - No More Heartaches, No More Tears (1933) - Regal Zono MR 1262
Maurice Winnick and hia Orch - The Sunset Trail (1935) - Parlophone F 395
Don Walker and his Orch (Henry King) (Joe Sudy v) - Love in Bloom (1934) - Vocalion 2767 A
Jack Leon and his Band - For You (1931) - Piccadilly 853
Owen Fallon and his CA'ns (Jack Berger) (Jan Peerce v) - So At Last It's Come To This (1932) - Melotone M 12565
Abe Lyman and his Orch (Olga Sardi v) - I Was Doing All Right (1937) - Bluebird B 7369 A
Ken Drake and his Orch (Jimmy Ray v) - If You Ever Should Leave (1937) - Bluebird B 7023 B
Jim Davidson and his Palais Royal Orch - I'll Do My Best to Make You Happy (1933) - Regal Zono G21718
Will Osborne and his Orch - For All We Know (1934) - Perfect 15960 A
Harry Wilson and his Orch (Jacques Renard) (Paul Small v) - Close Your Eyes (1933) - Edison Bell Winner W64 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Stanley Worth v) - My Reverie (1938) - Brunswick 8224
The Midnight Minstrels - Love Is The Sweetest Thing (1932) - Regal Zono MR 787
Charlie Davis and his Orch (Goof Morrison v) - Fare Thee Well (1934) - Melotone M 13041 A
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - My Song Goes Round The World (1933) - Victor 24555 A

"Bittersweet" December 24, 2010

(Week 239)

This RADIOLA! celebrates the memory of a beautiful and vivacious person with fitting selections.

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Tony Martin - A Star Fell Out of Heaven (1936) - Decca 884
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Black Beauty (1928) - orig Victor 21580
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Snooks' Memphis Ramblers - Hello Beautiful (1931) - Victor 23038
University Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Miss Wonderful (1929) - Gennett 7011
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - My Pretty Girl (take 2) (1927) - Bix Restored Disc 2 (Sunbeam)
Wendell Hall - Ain't She Sweet (1927) - Legendary Entertainers of the 1920s (Pro Arte Digital)
Noel Coward (w Carroll Gibbons orch) - Dance, Little Lady (1928) - The Roaring 'Twenties (Flapper)
Annette Hanshaw - Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) - orig Harmony 878 H
The Original Six (George Kelly) - Don't Forget (1922) - Okeh 4574 A
The Red Caps - Rememb'ring (1923) - Okeh 4989 B
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) - The Charleston Era (ASV)
Whispering Jack Smith (w Bert Ambrose Orch) - Miss Annabelle Lee (1928) - The Charleston Era (ASV)
Charles King (w Roy Shields Orch) - Broadway Melody (1929) - The Roaring 'Twenties (Flapper)
Fred Astaire - Let's Face The Music And Dance (1936) - Top Hat, White Tie & Tails (Naxos)
Ian Whitcomb and Dick Zimmerman - Bittersweet (1982) - Don't Say Goodbye Miss Ragtime (Stomp Off SOS 1017)
Al Gallodoro with Paul Whiteman's Orch - Summertime (1948) - Paul Whiteman Conducts Gershwin CD1
Dan Levinson's Eleven Sons of Rosy - Now That You're Gone (2001) - Where The Morning Glories Grow (Loup-garous LG1002)
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Miss You (1929) - Columbia 1896 D
Abe Lyman and his Orch (Grace Barrie v) - I Cover The Waterfront (1933) - Brunswick 6572
Archie Bleyer and his Orch (Russ Morgan v) - You Are My Lucky Star (1935) - Melotone 35 10 23 A
Johnny Marvin - Marvelous (1927) - Victor 20893 A
Ace Brigode and his Fourteen Virginians - Yes Sir, That's My Baby! (1925) - orig Columbia 398 D
International Novelty Orch - Oh Boy What a Girl (1925) - Victor 19817 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Charleston (1925) - orig Victor 19671 B
Johnny Hamp and his Kentucky Serenaders - Black Bottom (1926) - orig Victor 20101
Bix Beiderbecke - In a Mist (1927) - Vocalion 3150
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - Beautiful Girl (1933) - Vocalion 2559
Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight (1936) - Top Hat, White Tie & Tails (Naxos)
Carl Ravell (Ravazza) and his Orch - Gone With The Wind (1937) - Perfect 7 08 07
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Jerry Cooper v) - Too Marvelous For Words (1937) - Victor 25517
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Billie Holiday v) - Trav'lin' Light (1943) - Capitol 116
Walter Huston - Lost in the Stars (1944) - Decca DU 40001

"All Lit Up" December 17, 2010

(Week 238)

This RADIOLA! asserts that it is preferable to light a single candle and curse the darkness.

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Frank Luther - Barnacle Bill The Sailor (1928) - Brunswick 4180
Music in the Russ Morgan Manner - Ragging The Scale (1937) - Brunswick 7925
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Charley Straight and his Orch - Too Busy (1928) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
D. Onivas and his Orch - Take Me Along (1927) - Supertone 36632 B
Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (SMT v) - I Wonder Where We've Met Before (1925) - Victor 19798 B
Kitty O'Connor - Because I Love You (1926) - Columbia 755 D
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - In The Hush of The Night (1929) - Columbia 1896 D
Correll and Gosden - I Never Knew What the Moonlight Could Do (1926) - Victor 20324
Marion Harris - I Ain't Got Nobody (1920) - Columbia A 3371
Morrison's Jazz Orch - I Know Why (1920) - Columbia A 2945
Isham Jones Orch - Someone Else Walked Right In (1923) - Brunswick 2456 A
Jim Europe's Four Harmony Kings - One More Ribber to Cross (1919) - Pathe Actuelle 020871
The Southland Jubilee Singers - Who Stole De Lock Off De Hen House Door (1928) - Champion 15543 A
Harlem Hot Shots (Wingy Mannone) - House Rent Party Day (1935) - Melotone M 13353 B
Dick Hyman and Tom Pletcher and their Gang - Rialto Ripples (2003) - If Bix Played Gershwin (Arbors 19283)
Anachronic Jazz Band - Salt Peanuts (1978) - Complete Audio Recordings (JBM 34011)
Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan - We've Got a Parrot In Our House (1913) - Columbia A 1358
Nora Bayes - Saturday (1921) - Columbia A 3471
Ted Lewis and his Band - Home Again Blues (1921) - Columbia A 3464
Ted Weems and his Orch - Oh! If I Only Had You (1926) - Victor 20133 B
International Novelty Orch (E J Daly v) - Medley Fox Trot from “A Sale and a Sailor” (1926) - Victor 19982 B
Fred Hamm and his Orch - Bye Bye Blues (1925) - Victor 19662 B
Ted Lewis and his Band - Lonely Troubadour (1929) - Columbia 1957 D
Belle Baker - Overnight (1931) - Brunswick 6051
Ethel Waters - Birmingham Bertha (1929) - Columbia 1837 D
Lee Sims - Talking To The Moon (1926) - Brunswick 3202 A
Frank and Milt Britton's Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - All Of Me (1931) - Romeo 1767 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Irene Taylor v) - So At Last It's Come To This (1932) - Victor 24187 B
Bill Staffon and his Orch - Why Stars Come Out At Night (1935) - Bluebird B 6049 A
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang - Darktown Strutters' Ball (1936) - Brunswick 7657
Abe Lyman and his Orch (Frank Parrish v) - Love Is Here To Stay (1937) - Bluebird B 7369 B

"A Hot Time" December 10, 2010

(Week 237)

This RADIOLA! strives to lighten the encroaching gloom of winter with some lively and counter-intuitive selections.

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Miff Mole's Molers - A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight (1927) - “Slippin' Around” (Frog DGF 19)
The Caresser - The More They Try to Do Me Bad (1938) - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Edwin J McEnelly's Orch (L James E Shaw v) - Normandy (1925) - Victor 19841 A
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - It's Hard To Laugh Or Smile (1928) - Kansas City Breakdown (Frog DGF 30)
Charley Straight and his Orch - Deep Henderson (1926) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
Frank Banta - The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (1928) - Upright and Grand (Rivermont BSW 1142)
Aileen Stanley Billy Murray (Frank Banta p) - Who Wouldn't (1926) - Victor 20148 B
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Where The Shy Little Violets Grow (1928) - Columbia 1716 D
Jockers' Dance Orch - Yama Yama Blues (Intro You're Some Pretty Doll) (1919) - Columbia A 2741
Marion Harris - Where Is My Daddy Now Blues (1920) - Columbia A 3371
Dixie Daisies - Away Down East In Maine (1923) - Cameo 312
Ethel Waters - Am I Blue (1929) - Columbia 1837 D
Red and Miff's Stompers - Slippin' Around - “Slippin' Around” (Frog DGF 19)
Charley Straight and his Orch (Frank Sylvano v) - That's What I Call Keen (1928) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
Dick Hyman and Tom Pletcher and their Gang - Kongo Kate (2003) - If Bix Played Gershwin (Arbors ARCD 19283)
Anachronic Jazz Band - Giant Steps (Coltrane) (1976) - Anthropology (Jazz in Paris)
Molly Ryan - I Was Lucky (2007) - Songbird In The Moonlight (Loup-garous LG 1003)
Joe Weber and Lew Fields - Drinking Scene (1912) - Columbia A 1159
William H Reitz -Dance California (Gregory) (1913) - Victor 17357 B
Ted Lewis Jazz Band - Number One (1920) - Columbia A 2945
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Just Say It's Me (1929) - Kansas City Breakdown (Frog DGF 30)
Majestic Dance Orch (Lanin) (A Lawrence v) - Love Me Or Leave Me (1929) - Perfect 15159 B
Charley Straight and his Orch - Hobo's Prayer (1926) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
Lee Morse - My Idea of Heaven (1927) - Columbia 974 D
Edith Evans (Ray Mayer p) - My Kinda Love (1929) - Brunswick 4291
Belle Baker - You're The One I Care For (1931) - Brunswick 6051
Frank Banta - What's the Use? (1930) - Upright and Grand (Rivermont BSW 1142)
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - By a Waterfall (1933) - Vocalion 2547 A
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Tear It Down (1933) - Melotone M 13409 B
Miff Mole's Molers - The New Twister (1927) - Slippin' Around (Frog DGF 19)
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Justrite (take 3) (1928) - Kansas City Breakdown (Frog DGF 30)
Kitty O'Connor - I'm On My Way Home (1926) - Columbia 755 D

"Attention, Please!" December 3, 2010

(Week 236)

This RADIOLA! suggests that attention must be paid. (Or not.)

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For a limited time, order two CDs from Bryan Wright's excellent Rivermont label and receive a free 7" LP. (One of the selections on the bonus record is the West End Jazz Band playing "Burnin' The Iceberg" the day after they performed the version heard on this program.)

Sir Henry Lytton - If you give me your attention (1932) - Princess Ida (Conifer 75605 52273 2B)
Andre Kostelanetz Conducts - Bugle Call Rag (1938) - Brunswick 8214
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Edwin J McEnelly's Orch (Billy Murray v) - What a Blue Eyed Baby You Are (1925) - Victor 19841 A
Majestic Dance Orch (Harry Salter) (Bob Merwin v) - I'm Just a Vagabond Lover (1929) - Perfect 15159
Arthur Lally and the Million Airs - Sing a Little Jingle (1931) - Decca F 2612
Nick Lucas - I Found Somebody To Love (1925) - Brunswick 2990 B
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - You Are My Own (1928) - Columbia 1716 D
Gladys Rice Franklyn Baur (Arden and Ohman p) - I May Be Wrong (1929) - Victor 22226 A
Isham Jones Orch - Blue Hoosier Blues (1923) - Brunswick 2456 B
Dixie Daisies - Bees Knees (1923) - Cameo 312
Ted Lewis and his Band - Wang Wang Blues (1921) - Columbia A 3464
Bing Crosby - Blue Hawaii (Take B) (1937) - Chronological Bing Crosby Vol. 19 (Jonzo)
The Lion - Bing Crosby (1939) - Roosevelt in Trinidad (Rounder)
King Radio - Two Sisters Scandal (1939) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family)
Bryan Wright - Soliloquy (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont)
Sir Henry Lytton - Whene'er I spoke sarcastic joke (1932) - Princess Ida (Conifer 75605 52273 2B)
West End Jazz Band - Burnin' The Iceberg (2010) - Recorded 20100515 Huntington WV
Male Voices - My Creole Sue (1902) - Columbia A 866
Eddie Weston - They've Got Me Doing It Now (1913) - Columbia A 1358
William H. Reitz - Buffalo News March (Lampe) (1913) - Victor 17357 A
June Pursell (with Roy Fox c) - When I See My Sugar (1929) - Brunswick 4504
Seattle Harmony Kings - If I Had a Girl Like You (1925) - Victor 19772 A
Johnny Johnson and his Statler PA'ns (Bob Treaster v) - Speedy Boy (1928) - Victor 21275 A
Aileen Stanley Billy Murray (Frank Banta p) - I Can't Get Over a Girl Like You (1926) - Victor 20148 B
Lee Morse - Side By Side (1927) - Columbia 974 D
Gladys Rice Franklyn Baur (Arden and Ohman p) - Just You, Just Me (1929) - Victor 22226 B
Jimmy Carr and his Orch (Joe Hostetter v) - A Little Bit Independent (1935) - Melotone 6 01 06
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - William Tell (1936) - Bluebird B 6534 A
Codallo's Top Hatters Orchestra - Tropical Heat-paseo - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941
Richard Tauber - Mattinata (Leoncavallo) (c 1930) - Odeon 10561
Albert Sandler and his Orch - Masquerade (1932) - Columbia DB 924
Nick Lucas - Sleepy Time Gal (1925) - Brunswick 2990 A

"Stuffing" November 26, 2010

(Week 235)

This RADIOLA! and a bit of bicarb are the perfect antidote to post-Thanksgiving indigestion.

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Nora Bayes - You've Made a Chicken of Your Mother (But You Can't Make a Goose of Me) (1921) - Columbia A 3471
Andre Kostelanetz Conducts - Turkey In The Straw (1938) - Brunswick 8214
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Charles Dornberger and his Orch (Carl Zoehrns v) - You're Just a Flower From an Old Bouquet (1926) - Victor 19662 A
Jack Chapman's Orch - Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again (1925) - Victor 19915 A
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orch - Bam Bam Bammy Shore (1925) - Victor 19808 A
Kitty O'Connor - Why Can't You Care? (1928) - Columbia 1632 D
Arthur Lally and the Million Airs - Got a Date With an Angel (1931) - Decca F 2612
Bernie Cummins and his NewYorker Hotel Orch - Lucky Little Devil (1930) - Victor 22331 A
Victor Roberts - My Sahara Rose (1920) - Victor 18670 B
The Dixie Stars - Blue-Eyed Sally (1924) - Brunswick 2689 A
Okeh Syncopators (Reser) - The Black Sheep Blues (1923) - Okeh 4978 A
Seattle Harmony Kings - How Many Times? (1926) - Victor 20133 A
Fred Hamm and his Orch - Sugar Foot Stomp (1926) - Victor 20023 A
Ethel Waters (James P Johnson p) - My Handy Man (1928) - Columbia 14353 D
Catherine Russell - Kitchen Man (2008) - Sentimental Streak (World Village 468075)
Catherine Russell - Struttin' With Some Barbeque (2010) - Inside This Heart of Mine (World Village 468092)
Fred Duprez - Happy Tho' Married (1914) - Columbia A 1516
Irving Kaufman - Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar (1919) - Emerson 9184
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Mournin' Blues (1918) - Victor 18513 A
George Olsen and his Music - Lonesome Me (1925) - Victor 19817 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Victor 20675 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Lonely Melody (1928) - Victor 21214 B
Charlie Davis and his Orch (Frank Parrish v) - The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven (1934) - Melotone M 13041 B
Marc Henri - Serenade in the Night (1936) - Regal Zonophone MR 2262
Clark Randall and his Orch (Frank Tennille) - What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasin' You (1935) - Melotone M 13377 A
Irene Williams (Eva Taylor) (Clarence Williams p) - My Different Kind Of Man (1928) - Okeh 41104
Roy Palmer's Sizzling Six - Jockey Stomp (1932) - British Rhythm Society 16 (orig Oriole 8229)
Mississippi Jook Band - Dangerous Woman (1935) - Creole 16 A (Melotone 6 12 71)
Whispering Jack Smith - Cecilia (1940) - Decca F 7647
The Castilians - Besame Tango (1934) - Decca 111 B
Henry Burr - Always (1926) - Victor 19959 A

"Stay at Home!" November 19, 2010

(Week 234)

This RADIOLA! strongly suggests that we leave the driving to them.

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Mask and Wig Glee Chorus (U Penn) - Gems from “A Sale and a Sailor” (1926) - Victor 19982 A
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - The Grass Grows Greener (1928) - Victor 21275 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Seattle Harmony Kings - Breezin' Along With the Breeze (1926) - Victor 20142 A
Kenn Sisson and his Orch (Eddy Thomas v) - 'Round Evening (1928) - Brunswick 4120
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orch - Look Who's Here (1925) - Victor 19808 B
Jack Smith - When Autumn Leaves Are Falling (1926) - Victor 19959 B
Ethel Waters (James P. Johnson p) - Guess Who's In Town (1928) - Columbia 14353 D
The Four Musketeers - Fit as a Fiddle (1932) - Decca F 3466
Carl Fenton's Orch - Homesick (1922) - Brunswick 2325 A
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (IK v) - That's Why Girls Go Wrong (1928) - Diva 2774 G
Okeh Syncopators (Reser) (Billy Jones v) - Oh You Little Sun-Uv-Er-Gun (1923) - Okeh 4978 B
Bernie Cummins and his New Yorker Hotel Orch - Everybody Tap (1930) - Victor 22331 B
Archie Bleyer and his Orch (Russ Morgan v) - Broadway Rhythm (1935) - Melotone 35 10 23 B
The Castilians - Carioca (1934) - Decca 111 A
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison - A Jazz Study (E. B. Hill) (1922) - Victor 45346 B
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison - Rolling Fire (J. B. Duvernoy) (1922) - Victor 45346 B
Freddie Rose - The Voice of the Southland (1927) - Brunswick 3769 B
Gene Austin (Dave Franklin p May Singhi Breen uke) - Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (1925) - Victor 19899 B
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Clarinet Marmalade Blues (1918) - Victor 18513 B
Whitey Kaufman and his Orch - Deep River Blues (1926) - Victor 20125 A
Willard Robison and his Orch (Murray Johns v) - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Supertone 36632
Seattle Harmony Kings - Darktown Shuffle (1925) - Victor 19772 B
Bob Effros (Arthur Schutt p) - Tin Ear (1929) - Brunswick 4620
Lee Sims - Gotta Feelin' For You (1929) - Brunswick 4650
George Olsen and his Music - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Victor 20089 B
Gerry Fitz-Gerald - It's Home (1934) - Regal Zonophone MR 1553
Adrian Schubert and his Orch (Smith Ballew v) - By The Fireside (1932) - Crown 3274 B
Percival Mackey and his Kit Kat Band (Val Rosing v) - My Heart Is Where The Mohawk Flows Tonight (1931) - Regal MR 445
Billy Cotton and his Band - No Regrets (1936) - Regal Zonophone MR 2261
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - I Would Do Anything For You (1936) - Bluebird B 6534 B
Frank Crumit - Show Me The Way To Go Home (1926) - Victor 19937 A

"Here We Are" November 12, 2010

(Week 233)

And where else would we be?

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Tom Waring - Here We Are (1929) - Brunswick 4441
Harlem Hot Shots (Wingy Mannone v) - Dust Off That Old Piano (1935) - Melotone M 13353 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Fred Hamm and his Orch - Want a Little Lovin' (1925) - Victor 19915 B
Mike Riggi and his Orch (Leroy Montesano v) - Who Knows? (1927) - Romeo 405
Jim Davidson and his New Palais Royal Orch - Pink Elephants (1933) - Regal Zonophone G21718
Kitty O'Connor - Melancholy Sally (1928) - Columbia 1632 D
Johnny Marvin - Dr. Cheer (Parts 1 & 2) (1931) - Victor 22741
Markel's Orch - Tell Me a Story (1923) - Okeh 4922 A
Oriole Orch - I Need Some Pettin' (1924) - Brunswick 2637 A
Ernie Golden and his Orch (Leroy Montesano v) - Ev'rybody Loves You (1928) - Diva 2774 G
Aileen Stanley - Singin' the Blues (1920) - Victor 18760 B
Dolly Kay - Wabash Blues (1921) - Columbia A 3534
The Dixie Stars - Never Gettin' No Place Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2689 B
Molly Ryan - These Foolish Things (2007) - Songbird In The Moonlight (Loup-garous LG 1003)
Dan Levinson and his Swing Wing - Old Man Moon (2008) - At The Codfish Ball (Loup-garous LG 1004)
Will Rogers - Timely Topics (1923) - Victor 45347 B
Victor Roberts - Oh! How I Laughed When I Think How I Cried About You (1920) - Victor 18670 A
George O'Connor - On My Way To New Orleans (1915) - Columbia A 1706
The Original Memphis Five - Static Strut (1926) - Victor 20039 A
Willard Robison and his Orch - Havana (1927) - Perfect 14852
Frank Farrell and his Orch (Sammy Fain and Artie Dunn v) - Magnolia (1927) - Romeo 405
Gene Austin - How Am I To Know? (1929) - Victor 22128 A
Irene Williams (Eva Taylor) (Clarence Williams p) - You're a Real Sweetheart (1928) - Okeh 41104
Jessica Dragonette - Italian Street Song (1929) - Brunswick 7444
Gil Rodin and his Orch (Clark Randall aka Frank Tennille) - Restless (1935) - Melotone M 13377 A
Bill Staffon and his Orch (Bennett Sisters v) - Lost My Rhythm, Lost My Music, Lost My Man (1935) - Bluebird B 6049 B
Adrian Rollini and his Orch (Jane Vance v) - Sittin' on a Log (Pettin' My Dog) (1933) - Melotone M 12855
Bob Effros (Frank Signorelli p) - Sweet & Hot (Mosiello) (1929) - Brunswick 4620
Lee Sims - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929) - Brunswick 4650
Music in the Russ Morgan Manner (Mert Curtis v) - Lights Out (1937) - Brunswick 7925

"Get Over It!" November 5, 2010

(Week 232)

This RADIOLA! slightly celebrates all those things we really need to get over.

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Dick Robertson - Was That The Human Thing To Do? (1932) - Velvet Tone 10504 V
Duke Ellington and his Orch - The Mooche (1928) - Victor 24486 B
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 (1927) - Victor 20675 B
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - Say So (1927) - Victor 21224 B
The Original Memphis Five - Tampeekoe (1926) - Victor 20039 B
Frank Crumit - I Wish't I Was In Peoria (1926) - Victor 19937 B
Annette Hanshaw (as Gay Ellis) - High Up On a Hilltop (1928) - Diva 2734 G
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - Dinah (1930) - Victor 23005 B
Rega Dance Orch (Jack Kaufman v) - O! (1920) - Okeh 4057 B
Barney Rapp and his Orch - Walk, Jenny, Walk! (1923) - Victor 19182 B
King Oliver's Jazz Band - I Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody (1923) - HJCA shellac test (mx IRSM 2)
American Quartette - Billy (She Always Dreams of Bill) (1911) - Victor 16965 A
Dolly Kay - Got To Have My Daddy Blues (1921) - Columbia A 3534
Irving and Jack Kaufman - I Ain't'en Got'en No Time To Have the Blues (1919) - Columbia A 2745
The Singapore Slingers - When Summer Is Gone (2010) - When Summer Is Gone
Beau Hunks Sextette - Siberian Sleighride (1996) - Manhattan Minuet (Basta 30-9036-2)
Prince's Orch - Smoky Mokes (1919) - Columbia A 2900
Agnes Lynn - Jazz Baby (1919) - Columbia A 2745
King Oliver's Jazz Band - Room Rent Blues (1923) - HJCA shellac test (mx IRSM 1)
The Rhythm Breakers (Sol S Wagner) - You Don't Like It Not Much (1927) - Parlophone R 3383
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Spitalny) (Paul Small v) - Sing You Sinners (1930) - Diva 3118 G
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - Ida Sweet as Apple Cider (1930) - Victor 23005 A
Joe Hayman - Cohen On The Telephone (1913) - Columbia A 1516
Hyman Corenfeld - Zimblen (1905) - Columbia 3015
Pickard's Chinese Syncopators - Gypsy Dreams (1926) - Gennett 3316 B
Annette Hanshaw (as Gay Ellis) - Forgetting You (1928) - Diva 2734 G
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Selvin) - Just Friends (1932) - Velvet Tone 10504 V
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Irene Taylor v) - Willow Weep For Me (1932) - Victor 24187 A
Original Washboard Beaters (Clarence Williams) - Cushion Foot Stomp (1927) - Parlophone R 3383
Roy Palmer's Sizzling Six - Endurance Stomp (1932) - British Rhythm Society 16 (orig Oriole 8137)
Joe Candullo and his Everglades Orch (Wilson and McClelland v) - So Long Pal (1927) - Perfect 14852 B

DROP.IO DOWNLOADS TO CEASE DEC. 15

Before everyone panics and starts writing to me, I just discovered that Drop.io is allowing no new uploads and all material on their servers will be deleted by December 15. This means that you should go back through and download everything from Drop.io you can from my blog archives to your drive before that date.

I will upload these shows to alternate services as fast as I can. They won't be lost, since they exist on multiple hard drives. I will be using 4Shared for my new shows for the time being, and of course continue to upload 64k versions to A-Infos Radio.

"The Body Eclectic" October 29, 2010

(Week 231)

A RADIOLA! made up from disparate musical parts that somehow combine to form a harmonious whole.

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Eddie Peabody (Billy Jones v) - That Certain Party (1926) - Domino 3672 B
Tom Berwick and his Orch (Dick Robertson v) - The Memphis Blues (1934) - Bluebird B 5578 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Austin Wylie's Golden Pheasant Orch (The Radio Franks v) - Honey Bunch (1926) - Vocalion A 15333
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Jack Fulton v) - When My Dreams Come True (1929) - Columbia 1822 D
The Troubadours (Shilkret) (Johnny Marvin v) - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Victor 20732 B
Harry Richman - Birth of The Blues (1926) - Vocalion A 15412
Wendell Hall - In The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1928) - Brunswick 4174
California Humming Birds - Ten Little Miles From Town (1928) - Victor 21766 B
Jack Chapman and his Drake Hotel Orch (Raymond Davis v) - Let Me Be The First To Kiss You Good Morning (1924) - Victor 19519 B
Don Parker Trio (Don Parker, Frank Banta, Nick Lucas) - Every Day (1922) - Actuelle 020745
Isham Jones' Orch - Who's Sorry Now? (1923) - Brunswick 2438 B
Arthur Fields - The Little Ford Rambled Right Along (1914) - Columbia A 1754
Margaret Young - Too Tired (1924) - Brunswick 2673 A
Lou Gold and his Orch (Harry Jockin v) - Elsie Schultz-En-Heim (1926) - Perfect 14715 B
Victor Minstrel Company - Carolina Minstrels No. 20 (In the Morning By the Bright Light; Everybody Has a Whistle Like Me; Melancholy Mose) (1911) - Victor 35202
Ted Hanson and his Orch (William Wolfson v) - In A Little Red Barn (1934) - Bluebird B 5493
Prince's Orch - Honeysuckle (Albert Von Tilzer) (1910) - Columbia A 912
Sophie Tucker (with Rega Orch) - Aggravatin' Papa (1923) - Okeh 4817 A
The Cotton Pickers - My Sweetie Went Away (1923) - Brunswick 2461 A
The Rounders (Reser) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Honey (1929) - Regal 8760 A
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orch (F Baur v) - You Told Me To Go (1925) - Victor 19851 A
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Promenade Walk (1925) - Victor 19756 A
Will Rogers - A New Slant on War (1923) - Victor 45347 A
Arthur Fields - Let's Bury The Hatchet (1918) - Columbia A 2617
Victor Concert Orch - War Dance (Cheyenne) (Charles S. Skilton) (1929) - Victor 22144 A
Ralph Stone (organ) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Body and Soul (1930) - Perfect 11660 A
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch (ON and HH v) - Honeymoon Hotel (1933) - Vocalion 2547 B
Dorsey Bros' Orch - Milenberg Joys (1934) - Decca 119 A
Eddie Lang Joe Venuti and their All Star Orch - Someday Sweetheart (1931) - Commodore Music Shop 106 B
Austin Wylie's Golden Pheasant Orch (The Radio Franks v) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Vocalion B 15333
Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orch - When Day Is Done (1927) - Victor 35828 A

"Everybody Rag" October 22, 2010

(Week 230)

This RADIOLA! has something for everybody--ragtime, jazz, and what-have-you.

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George O'Connor - Everybody Rag With Me (1915) - Columbia A 1706
The Charleston Chasers - Feelin' No Pain (1927) - Columbia 1229 D
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - Oh Gee! Oh Joy! (1927) - Victor 21224 A
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Washboard Blues (1926) - Brunswick 3407 B
Southern Melody Makers - My Girl Pearl (aka Charleston Choo Choo) (1926) - Madison 1615 B
Harry Smith (Irving Kaufman) - You Were Meant For Me (1929) - Romeo 956
Nita Mitchell (Rube Bloom p) - Old Man Sunshine Little Boy Bluebird (1928) - Okeh 41084
California Humming Birds - It Goes Like This (1928) - Victor 21766 A
American Symphony Orch - Selections from “The Mayor of Tokio” (1906) - Busy Bee 1264 (ARC master)
Joseph Samuels' Jazz Band - Yokohama Lullaby (1921) - Okeh 4374 A
Coon Sanders Original Night Hawk Orch - Night Hawk Blues (1924) - Victor 19316 A
Helen Clark Joseph Phillips - Tripoli (1920) - Okeh 4127 B
Margaret Young - Doodle Doo Doo (1924) - Brunswick 2673 B
The Cotton Pickers - Duck's Quack (1923) - Brunswick 2461 B
Japanese Vocalist with Orch - Buttons and Bows (1940s) - Columbia A 820 (Japan)
Chiemi Eri (Arr Y Murayama) - Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy (1955) - King CL 104
Columbia Band - Any Rags? (Schottiche) (1903) - Columbia A 64
Vess L. Ossman - St. Louis Tickle (1909) - Columbia A 937
Billy Murray - The Red Rose Rag (1911) - Victor 16965 B
Edwin J. McEnelly's Orch - Spanish Shawl (1925) - Victor 19851 B
Fred Rich and his Hotel Astor Orch (Vaughn De Leath v) - The Man I Love (1927) - Columbia 1241 D
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - That's No Bargain (1926) - Brunswick 3407 A
Carl Sandburg - Negro Spirituals (1926) - Victor 20136 B
The Southland Jubilee Singers - Southbound Passenger Train (1928) - Champion 15543 B
Mississippi Jook Band - Barbecue Bust (1935) - Creole 16 B (orig. Melotone 6 12 71)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Bing Crosby v) - Reaching For Someone (1929) - Columbia 1822 D
Barry Wood and his Mellow Melody - Where Are You? (1937) - Variety VA 509
Carl Ravell (Ravazza) and his Orch - So Rare (1937) - Perfect 7 08 07
Lee Sims - Are You Thinking Of Me Tonight? (1927) - Brunswick 3800 B
Richard Tauber - Serenata (Toselli) (c 1930) - Odeon 10561
Eddie Lang Joe Venuti and their All Star Orch - Farewell Blues (1931) - Commodore Music Shop 106 A

"Autumn Crunch" October 15, 2010

(Week 229)

This RADIOLA! asks the musical question "Is that the crunch of autumn leaves or the crackle of shellac?"

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Arthur Fields - Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning (1918) - Columbia A 2617
Adrian Rollini and his Orch - Sugar (1934) - Decca 265 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Radiolites (L James F Baur v) - Hello, Aloha, How Are You? (1926) - Columbia 646 D
Herbert Berger's Coronado Hotel Orch - Beside a Silv'ry Stream (1925) - Victor 19898 A
Bell Record Orch (Nathan Glantz) (Irving Kaufman v) - Gimme a Little Kiss (1926) - Bell 406 B
Helen Kane - Aint'cha (1929) - Victor 22192 A
Okeh Kut Ups (Jerry Macy Ed Smalle) - If I Didn't Know Your Husband and You Didn't Know My Wife (1927) - Okeh 40770 A
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lewis Levin v) - Gay Love (1929) - Victor 22114 A
Charles Dornberger and his Orch - Glad Eyes (1924) - Victor 19542 A
The Original Six (George Kelly) - Eyes (Until You Looked At Me) (1922) - Okeh 4574 B
Willie Creager and his Entertainers (IK v) - Why Do Ya Roll Those Eyes (1926) - Perfect 14715
Al Jolson - That Wonderful Kid From Madrid (1920) - Columbia A 2898
The Norfolk Jazz Quartette - When I Walked Up I Was Sharp As a Tack (1921) - Okeh 8019 A
Olive Kline and Elsie Baker - Alabama Moon (1920) - Victor 45203 B
Lotte Lenya - Alabama - Song (1955) - Sings Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins and Berlin Theatre Songs (Sony Classical MHK 63222)
Evan Christopher - Waltz for All Souls (2009) - Remembering Song (Arbors ARCD 19383)
Columbia Band - Colonel Bogey March (1919) - Columbia A 2903
Isham Jones' Orch - Swingin' Down The Lane (1923) - Brunswick 2438 A
Memphis Five (Billy Jones v) - Walk, Jenny, Walk! (1923) - Columbia 7 D
Fred Hillebrand - Three Thousand Years Ago (1923) - Okeh 4941 A
Vaughn DeLeath - Maybe You Think You're Fooling Baby (1922) - Okeh 4597 B
Ada Reeve - Foolish Questions (1916) - Victor 18136 A
Waring's PA'ns (Clare Hanlon and 3 Girl Friends v) - Little White Lies (1930) - Victor 22492 A
Adrian Schubert and his Orch (Charlie Lawman v) - Paradise (1932) - Crown 3274 B
Will Osborne and his Orch (Nedra Gordinier v) - Like Me a Little Bit Less (1933) - Perfect 15867 B
Lee Sims - Tenderly (1926) - Brunswick 3202 B
Lou Gold and his Orch (IK v) - The Song I Love (1928) - Harmony 796 H
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Spitalny) (Jack Miller and Paull Sisters v) - The Perfect Song (1930) - Velvet Tone 2094 V
Adrian Rollini and his Orch - Riverboat Shuffle (1934) - Decca 265 B
Dorsey Bros' Orch - St Louis Blues (1934) - Decca 119 B
Bell Record Orch (Adrian Schubert) (IK v) - Good Night (I'll See You In The Morning) (1926) - Bell 406 A

"Still More Okeh!" October 8, 2010

(Week 228)

This RADIOLA! deploys yet more excellent Okeh discs, thus demonstrating that too much of a good thing is wonderful.

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Cogert and Motto (The Human Jazz Band) (Fred Hall p) - Ev'rything Is Hotsy Totsy Now (1925) - Okeh 40406 B
Damon's Orch - Canadian Capers (1921) - Okeh 4421 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Okeh Syncopators (Lanin) - I'm Walking Around In Circles (1926) - Okeh 40641 A
Southern Melody Artists (Lou Gold) (Seger Ellis v) - My Window of Dreams (1928) - Okeh 41129
Okeh Syncopators (Raderman) - Jig Walk (1926) - Okeh 40614 B
Vaughn DeLeath - The Whisper Song (1927) - Okeh 40814
Alma Rotter (Henderson) - Where the Wild, Wild Flowers Grow (1927) - Okek 40823
Okeh Kut Ups (Jerry Macy Ed Smalle) - She Said and I Said (1927) - Okeh 40770 B
Sam Moore (octacorda) - Chain Gang Blues (1921) - Okeh 4412 A
Rega Dance Orch (Jack Kaufman v) - The Vamp (1919) - Okeh 4000 A
Joseph Samuels' Jazz Band - No Wonder I'm Blue (1921) - Okeh 4233 A
Emmett Miller (Walt Rothrock p) - Big Bad Bill (1925) - Okeh 40465 A
Billy Jones and Vaughn DeLeath - Sweet Lady (1921) - Okeh 4454 A
Elsie Clark - Oogie Oogie Wa Wa (1922) - Okeh 4597 A
Palmetto Jazz Quartette - Home Again Blues (1921) - Okeh 8023 A
Fiddlin' John Carson - Old Sallie Goodman [sic] (1923) - Okeh 40095 A
Nita Mitchell (Rube Bloom p) - Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now (1928) - Okeh 41084
Alma Rotter (Henderson) - Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away (1927) - Okek 40823
Vick Myers Orch (Billy Meyers v) - I'd Rather Be Alone (1926) - Okeh 40614 A
Sam Moore (octacorda) - Laughing Rag (1921) - Okeh 4412 B
Frank Quinn (Ed Geoghegan p) - Pop Goes The Weasel (1925) - Okeh 45030 A
Cogert and Motto (The Human Jazz Band) - Daddy Come Back (1925) - Okeh 40406 A
Rega Dance Orch - Rose of Washington Square (1920) - Okeh 4092 B
Glantz and his Orch - In The Land of Shady Palm Trees (1924) - Okeh 40099 A
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Song of Omar (1920) - Okeh 4092 A
Major Bowes Capitol Theatre Trio - By The Waters of Minnetonka (1927) - Okeh 40930
Southern Melody Artists (Lou Gold) (Smith Ballew) - Forever (1928) - Okeh 41129
Okeh Syncopators (Raderman) - Black Bottom (1926) - Okeh 40641 B
The Norfolk Jazz Quartette - Honey, God Bless Your Heart (1921) - Okeh 8019 B
Emmett Miller (Walt Rothrock p) - Lovesick Blues (1925) - Okeh 40465 B
Vaughn DeLeath - I'm On My Merry Way (1927) - Okeh 40814

"Contented Soliloquy" October 1, 2010

(Week 227)

This RADIOLA! admits that there are worse things than being alone. (Hanging out in Social Networking-land begins to feel like being gnawed to death by chipmunks.) We also remember the great Al Gallodoro, who died two years ago on October 4, 2008.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station.

Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orch - Soliloquy (1927) - Victor 35828 B
Ponce Sisters - Contented (1932) - Columbia OKeh Joe Venuti Eddie Lang Sessions (Mosaic MD8-213)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders (Hal White v) - What'll You Do? (1927) - Victor 21084 B
Jacques Renard and his Cocoanut Grove Orch (Elliot Shaw v) - Lonely In a Crowd (1927) - Victor 21093 A
The Home Towners (Fred Hall) (Arthur Fields v) - Let's Get Together (1929) - Cameo 9130
Aileen Stanley - All By Myself (1921) - Victor 18774 A
Honey Duke and his Uke (Johnny Marvin) - If You See Sally (1927) - Harmony 368
Dixie Trio (Bernard Kamplain Robinson) - When Dixie Stars Are Playing Peek a Boo (1923) - Cameo 448
Samuels and his Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Tomorrow (1922) - Regal 9380 A
Southampton Society Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Someday You'll Say OK (1926) - Perfect 14864 B
The Jazz Pilots (Reser) (Ernest Hare v) - Yea Alabama (1926) - Okeh 40635 B
Helen Kane - I Have To Have You (1929) - Victor 22192 B
Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (Frank Luther v) - Love (Your Spell is Everywhere) (1929) - Victor 22114 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Tango Americano (1931) - Victor 22913
The Beau Hunks - What'll I Do (1997) - Saxophone Soctette (Basta 30-9089-2)
Al Gallodoro and Lincoln Mayorga - Summertime (2006) - Gershwin by Grofe (Harmonia Mundi HMU 709492)
Raymond Hitchcock - Wal I Swan (1910) - Columbia A5162
Jack Kaufman - I'll See You In C-U-B-A (1920) - Columbia A 2898
Miss (Isabella) Patricola (w The Virginians) - Lovin' Sam (1922) - Victor 18976 A
Arthur Lange and his Orch - My Sweetie Went Away (1923) - Cameo 379
All Star Trio - Fluffy Ruffles (1919) - Victor 18641 B
Dan Gregory's Orch - Me and the Boy Friend (1924) - Victor 19519 A
Coon-Sanders Orch (JLS v) - What a Life (1932) - Victor 22950 A
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (1932) - Columbia 2600 D
Art Kahn's Orch (Kardos) (Dick Robertson v) - Forty-Second Street (1933) - Perfect 15730 A
Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orch - Rhapsody in Blue (1938) - Decca 29088 A and 29089 A
Muriel Pollock and Vee Lawnhurst - Finesse (1934) - Decca 164 B
Ponce Sisters - A Million Dreams (1932) - Columbia OKeh Joe Venuti Eddie Lang Sessions (Mosaic MD8-213)
Victor Salon Orch - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Victor 20924 A

"Listening Out" September 24, 2010

(Week 226)

This RADIOLA! admits its growing disenchantment with radio, per se. On a more positive note, we celebrate Bryan Wright's recordings of Bix Beiderbecke's piano solos on brand new 78 RPM discs.

As always, RADIOLA! streams continuously on my Live365 station.

Joe Hayman - Cohen Listens In On The Radio (1922) - Columbia A 3832
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Scrappy Lambert v) - Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline (1928) - Brunswick 20062 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ray Miller and his Orch (Harry Maxfield v) - Anything You Say (1928) - Brunswick 4077
Levee Loungers (W Robison) (Charles Barnes v) - Get Out And Get Under The Moon (1928) - Perfect 14979
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - King Porter Stomp (1928) - Columbia 1543 D
Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) - Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1929) - Jewel 5297 A
Jack Kaufman - Bridget O'Flynn (1927) - Bell 503 A
Aileen Stanley and Johnny Marvin - Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away (1927) - Victor 20714 A
Green Brothers Novelty Band - Listening (1921) - Okeh 4374 B
Carl Fenton's Orch - I'll Build a Stairway To Paradise (1922) - Brunswick 2316 A
Perry's Hot Dogs (Arthur Fields v) - There Ain't No Flies On Auntie (1925) - Banner 1615 B
Honey Duke and his Uke (Johnny Marvin) - At Sundown (1927) - Harmony 368
Martha Pryor - Lovey Came Back (1923) - Cameo 448
The Topnotchers (Macy and Smalle) - If I Didn't Know Your Husband (1927) - Bell 503 B
Bryan Wright - In the Dark (2009) - Rivermont 591 A (78 RPM)
Bryan Wright - In a Mist (2009) - Rivermont 591 B (78 RPM)
Olly Oakley, banjo (Dave Rothe piano) - Darkey's Delight (1919) - Gennett 4557 A
Lew Dockstater - Everybody Works But Father (1905) - Columbia A 306
Edna Brown and Elliott Shaw - Ka-Lu-A (1922) - Victor 18854 B
Glenn Roberts (Scrappy Lambert) - Swanee Sue (1928) - Banner 7019 B
The Radiolites (F Baur v) - Reaching For The Moon (1926) - Columbia 646 D
Fred Rich and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - The Things That Were Made For Love (1929) - Regal 8760 B
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - “D” Natural Blues (1928) - Columbia 1543 D
Will Osborne and his Orch - Inka Dinka Doo (1933) - Perfect 15867 A
Muriel Pollock and Vee Lawnhurst - Dizzy Fingers (1934) - Decca 164 A
Aileen Stanley Johnny Marvin - Side By Side (1927) - Victor 20714 B
Art Kahn's Orch (Kardos) (Dick Robertson v) - Shuffle Off To Buffalo (1933) - Perfect 15730 B
The Lion (w Gerald Clark and his Caribbean Serenaders) - Netty Netty (1937) - Decca 17297 A
The Boswell Sisters - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1932) - Columbia 36520
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Kickin' The Gong Around (1932) - Columbia 2600 D
Perry's Hot Dogs (Arthur Fields v) - Show Me The Way To Go Home (1925) - Banner 1615 A

"A Night For Meditation" September 17, 2010

(Week 225)

This RADIOLA! reflects on the days growing perceptibly shorter--and other profound stuff.

Recent programs are available as a continuous stream through my Live365 station.

Grey Gull Studio Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Just a Night For Meditation (1928) - Radiex 1536
Johnny Marvin - From Midnight Until Dawn (1928) - Victor 21230 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - Sweet and Hot (1931) - Victor 22607 B
Charles Dornberger and his Orch - I Want To Meander In The Meadow (1929) - Victor 22031 A
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - My Hat's On The Side of My Head (1933) - Victor 24599 A
Westell Gordon - When You're Not Here (1928) - Grey Gull 2437
Vaughn De Leath and Ed Smalle - Together We Two (1927) - 21042 A
Crescent Trio (J Melton L James E Shaw) - Our Bungalow of Dreams (1928) - Victor 21230 A
The Westerners (Lanin) (Charles Hart v) - Our Bungalow of Dreams (1927) - Diva 2570 G
The Lanin Orch - Oh Baby (Don't Say No Say Maybe) (1924) - Okeh 40111 B
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (Irving Kaufman v) - Hello Montreal! (1928) - Diva 2638 G
Ernest Hare - Mandy (Creamer-Layton) (1922) - Okeh 9677 B
Esther Walker - Slow and Easy (1920) - Victor 18680 A
Harold Rodman (Scrappy Lambert) - My Blue Heaven (1927) - Diva 2524 G
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Scrappy Lambert v) - Dear Old Southland (1928) - Brunswick 20070
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Scrappy Lambert v) - Poor Butterfly (take 1) (1928) - Brunswick 20062 A
All Star Trio - Poor Little Butterfly Is a Fly Gal Now (1919) - Victor 18641 A
Eddie Elkins and his Orch - Little Butterfly (1923) - Okeh 4976 A
Lou Gold and his Orch (Jimmy Kern v) - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Diva 2415 G
Edwin J McEnelly's Orch (Lewis James v) - Moonlight In Mandalay (1926) - Victor 19988 A
Johnny Ringer and his Rosemont Ballroom Orch - Moonlit Waters (1927) - Gennett 6264 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Evening Star (1928) - Columbia 1401 D
Barney Rapp and his Orch - Ev'rything You Do (1924) - 19542 B
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel PA Orch - Somehow (I'm Always To Blame) (1923) - Okeh 40002 B
Buddy Golden and Michigan Wolverines (Arthur Ross) (IK v) - Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) - Follow Thru Special Record 1011 P
Henri Gendron's Ambassadors - My Cradle Sweetheart (1931) - Columbia 2455 D
Mary Martin (w Eddy Duchin's Orch) - My Heart Belongs To Daddy (1938) - Brunswick 8282
Ray Noble and his Orch (Ace Roland v) - Spanish Eyes (1933) - Victor 24599 A
Dorsey Bros' Orch - By Heck (1934) - Decca 11034
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - South (1928) - Victor 24893 A
WMCA Broadcasters (Charles Hart v) - When Day Is Done (1927) - Diva 2460 G