"Shine, Already!" March 13, 2015

(Week 421)

This RADIOLA! requests a boost in solar power.

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Maggie Teyte - An Open Secret (Woodman) (1913) - Columbia A1471

Bert Williams - You Can't Trust Nobody (1920) - Columbia A3589

Lionel Hampton and his Orch - Piano Stomp (Shine) (1937) - Victor 25666 B

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Meyer Davis' Le Paradis Band (W. Spencer Tupman dir) (Billy Murray v) - Bye and Bye (The Sun Will Shine) (1925) - Victor 19655 B

Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (1927) - Victor 25250 A

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Birmingham Breakdown (1927) - Brunswick 80000 B (orig Voc 1064)

Bob Thomas (Arthur Fields) - The Pickwick Club Tragedy (1927) - Grey Gull 4086

Peerless Quartet - Sweet Adeline (1926) - Victor 20055 A

Johnny Marvin - There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1928) - Victor 21780 A

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Lonesome Hours (1922) - Victor 18865 B

Bennie Krueger's Orch - I Wonder What's Become of Sally (1924) - Brunswick 2682 A

Lou Gold and his Orch - When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along (1926) - Harmony 188 H

Arthur Collins - In the Land of Harmony (1911) - Standard A1010

Olive Kline - Indian Love Call (1924) - Victor 45456 A

Frank Farrell and his Greenwich Village Inn Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Charmaine! (1927) - Velvet Tone 1445 V

West End Jazz Band - St. Louis Shuffle (2008) - Sunny Side Up (Rivermont BSW-2208)

Ilka Chase - Inventory (from Enough Rope) (Dorothy Parker) (1944) - Victor 11-8605 A

Professor Peter and Doctor Dick - Doctor Jazz (2015) - Undecided! (Contact for ordering information here)

Philadelphia Symphony Orch (Leopold Stokowski) - Hungarian Dance No 5 (Brahms) (1917) - Victrola 64752

George Olsen and his Music - Put Away a Little Ray of Golden Sunshine For a Rainy Day (1924) - Victor 19518 B

The Benson Orch of Chicago (Bestor) - Keep on Dancing (1924) - Victor 19470 B

Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - If I Could Be With You (1930) - Velvet Tone 2201 V

Frank Auburn and his Orch (Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Swingin' in a Hammock (1930) - Velvet Tone 2182 V

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Rockin' in Rhythm (1931) - Brunswick 80001 A (orig 6038)

Ford and Glenn - Where the Sweet Forget-Me-Nots Remember (1929) - Columbia 1928 D

William Robyn - Something to Remember You By (1931) - Conqueror 7696 A

Hit of the Week Orch (Hirsch) (Dick Robertson v) - You'll Be Mine in Apple Blossom Time (1931) - Hit of the Week 1143

Harold White and his Orch (ARC studio) (Paul Small v) - Moon Song (1933) - Conqueror 8084 A

Todd Rollins and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Moonlight Parade (1934) - Banner 33091 B

Tommy Dorsey and his Orch - Little White Lies (1937) - Victor 27521 B

Wayne King and his Orch - Trust In Me (1936) - Victor 25495 A

Pancho and his Orch - Adios Muchachos (1938) - Decca 1982 A

Montana Slim - You Are My Sunshine (1940) - Bluebird B 8491 B

"Stuck Home Syndrome" March 6, 2015

(Week 420)

This RADIOLA! can't quite get out the door.

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Mr. Guido Gialdini - Grizzly Bear (Geo. Botsford) (c1912) - Polyphon Record 5576
Raymond Scott and his New Orch - Mexican Jumping Bean (1939) - Columbia 36211
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Honey I'm In Love With You (1925) - Victor 19671 A
Fred Hamm and his Orch (FH v) - Want a Little Lovin' (1925) - Victor 19915 B
George Olsen and his Music - I Feel At Home With You (1927) - Victor 21034 B
Mario Chamlee - Here in My Arms (1925) - Brunswick 10214 B
Ed Smalle - Waffles (1926) - Brunswick 3219 B
Frank Crumit (Frank Banta p) - Pretty Little Dear (1926) - Victor 20137 A
Pietro (Deiro) - And He'd Say Oo La La! Wee Wee (intro: Take Your Girlie to the Movies, Who Played Poker With Pocahontas) (1919) - Victor 18625 B
Arthur Gibbs and his Gang - Charleston (intro Open Your Heart) (1923) - Victor 19165 B
The Benson Orch of Chicago (Bestor) - Copenhagen (1924) - Victor 19470 A
Toots Paka Hawaiian Troupe - Lanihuli (My Home in Lanihuli) (1914) - Victor 67418 A
Aileen Stanley - I'm a Lonesome Cry Baby (1923) - Victor 19144 B
Billy Murray Ed Smalle - Oh! How She Lied to Me (1923) - Victor 19188 B
Jeff Healey (w Jesse Barksdale rh g, Tom Pletcher c, Dan Levinson cl, Drew Jurecka vn, Reide Kaiser p, Colin Bray sb) - Someday Sweetheart (2004) - Adventures In Jazzland (Stony Plain SP 1313) (purchase here)
West End Jazz Band - Stockholm Stomp (2008) - Sunny Side Up (Rivermont BSW-2208)
Corinne Morgan and Frank C. Stanley - 'Deed I Do (c1903) - United A270
I Quattro Siciliani Columbia - Tra Veglia E Sonno Mazurka (1922) - Columbia E4721
The Harmonians (BHSO) (IKv) - Then We Canoe-Dle-Oodle Along (1929) - Harmony 941 H
Frank Auburn and his Orch (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - Gee But I'd Like to Make You Happy (1930) - Velvet Tone 2195 V
The Troubadours (Scrappy Lambert v) - My Song of the Nile (1929) - Victor 22073 B
Ted Black and his Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Banking on the Weather (1932) - Victor 24046 B
Chick Bullock - You're the One I Care For (1931) - Conqueror 7694 B
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Vivien Ruth v) - Me For You Forever (1933) - Victor 24398 A
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinny Ennis v) - If You Lived in the Mountains (1933) - Brunswick 6656
Smith Ballew and his Orch - Life is a Song (1935) - Conqueror 8531 A
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings - Every Now and Then (1935) - Brunswick 02105 B
Milton Brown and his Brownies (v) - An Old Water Mill By a Waterfall (1936) - Decca 5233 B
Russ Morgan and his Orch (Carol Kay v) - Blueberry Hill (1940) - Decca 3290 A
Raymond Scott and his New Orch - In a Subway Far From Ireland (1939) - Columbia 36211
Riley Puckett - When I Grow Too Old to Dream (1936) - Montgomery Ward M 4760 A

"Donner After-Party" February 27, 2015

(Week 419)

This RADIOLA! celebrates the end of the longest shortest month in recent memory.

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The Happiness Boys - I Would Rather Be Alone in the South (1925) - Victor 19826 A

Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - It's Been So Long (1935) - Conqueror 8622

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Charles Kaley v) - Lay Me Down to Sleep in Carolina (1926) - Victor 20315 A

Jack Crawford and his Orch - Kiss and Make Up (1927) - Victor 21173 A

Lacalle Spanish Band - Valencia (1926) - Columbia 702 D

Bradley Kincaid - Methodist Pie (1928) - Supertone 9210 A

Nita Mitchell (Rube Bloom p) - Old Man Sunshine Little Boy Bluebird (1928) - Okeh 41084

Vel Veteran (Irving Kaufman) - There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1928) - Grey Gull 2437

Art Hickman's Orch - If a Wish Could Make It So (intro We've Got Something) (1920) - Columbia A3301

All Star Trio - Venetian Moon (1920) - Victor 18651 A

Gene Rodemich's Orch - Arkansaw Mule (1923) - Brunswick 2550 B

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Leave It To Jane (Bolton-Wodehouse-Kern) (1918) - Victor 35666 B

Nora Bayes - The Argentines, the Portugese, and the Greeks (1920) - Columbia A2980

Frank Crumit (Frank Banta p) - Insufficient Sweetie (1924) - Victor 19549 A

Molly Ryan - Medley- All God's Chillun Got Rhythm I'm Just Wild About Harry (2012) - Swing For Your Supper! (LG 1005)

Professor Peter and Doctor Dick - It Might As Well Be Spring (2015) - Undecided! (Contact for ordering information here)

Fred Van Eps - Infanta March (George W. Gregory) (1911) - Victor 16847 A

I Quattro Siciliani Columbia - Italia Valzer (1922) - Columbia E4721

Ray Miller and his Orch - Nine O'Clock Sal (1924) - Brunswick 2573 B

The High Hatters (Leonard Joy) (Frank Luther v) - Gotta Feelin' For You (1929) - Victor 22041 B

University Syncopators (Reser) (Frank Kamplain v) - Climb Thru' the Clouds (1930) - Madison 6021 B

Fred Rich and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Good Evenin' (1930) - Perfect 15346 B

Jack and Gene (Grady and Carroll) - I Get the Blues When it Rains (1928) - Supertone 9068 A

Chick Bullock - Moonlight Saving Time (1931) - Conqueror 7855 A

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Arthur Wright v) - By a Waterfall (1933) - Victor 24399 A

Jan Garber and his Orch (Lee Bennett v) - Ridin' Up the River Road (1935) - Victor 25110 A

Johnny Johnson and his Orch (Walter Botsford v) - In a Little Gypsy Tea Room (1935) - Conqueror 8531 B

Art Tatum - Liza (1934) - Decca 1373 B

Bing Crosby and Connie Boswell (John Scott Trotter Orch) - Start the Day Right (1939) - Decca 2626 A

The Kidoodlers - Oh By Jingo (1937) - Vocalion 03866

Reinald Werrenrath - The World is Waiting for the Sunrise (1928) - Victrola 1344 A

"Go With The Floe" February 20, 2015

(Week 418)

This RADIOLA! is contemplating a thaw.

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Arthur Collins - Rum Tum Tiddle (1912) - United A1147

W. Lee O'Daniel and his Hillbilly Boys - All I Do Is Dream Of You (1938) - Vocalion 04244

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orch - Look Who's Here (1925) - Victor 19808 B

Lacalle Spanish Band - Plus Ultra (Lacalle) (1926) - Columbia 702 D

Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Revelers v) - The Whip (1927) - Victor 21170 A

Annette Hanshaw - Song of the Wanderer (1927) - Perfect 12329

Harold Yates and Cooper Lawley - Happy Go Lucky Lane (1928) - Victor 21394 A

Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - Just the Same (1927) - Victor 20612 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Sweet Lady (intro There's a Sunbeam For Every Drop of Rain) (1921) - Victor 18803 A

Joe Raymond and his Orch - Remem'bring (1923) - Victor 19178 A

Royal Troubadours - Oriental Moonlight (1927) - Harmony 346 H

American Quartet - When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose (1914) - Victor 17652 A

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Jimmie (Harbach-Hammerstein-Stothart) (1920) - Victor 35705 A

Aileen Stanley - Sweet Indiana Home (1922) - Victor 18922 A

West End Jazz Band - La Rosita (2008) - Sunny Side Up (Rivermont BSW-2208)

Molly Ryan - Love Is Just Around the Corner (2012) - Swing For Your Supper! (LG 1005)

Peerless Quartet - We Don't Want the Bacon (1918) - Victor 18505 B

All Star Trio - Swanee (1920) - Victor 18651 B

Royal Troubadours - Muddy Water (1927) - Harmony 346 H

The High Hatters (Leonard Joy) (Frank Luther v) - Low Down Rhythm (1929) - Victor 22041 A

Webster Booth and his High Hatters (Lanin) (Scrappy Lambert v) - I Wonder How It Feels (1930) - Velvet Tone 2197 V

Newport Syncopators (Cliff Jackson) - Because I'm Lonesome (1930) - Van Dyke 81851 B

Lloyd Keating and his Music (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - You Were Only Passing Time With Me (1930) - Velvet Tone 2214 V

Chick Bullock - Rockin' Chair (1931) - Conqueror 7696 B

Wally Edwards and his Orch (CA Ramblers) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Bye Bye Blues (1930) - Harmony 1200 H

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - Love Me (1934) - Brunswick 6791

Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Cheek to Cheek (1935) - Victor 25093 A

Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings - Don't Count Your Kisses Before You're Kissed (1936) - Decca 721 B

Pancho and his Orch - Inspiracion (1938) - Decca 1984 A

Red Norvo and his Orch (Terry Allen v) - You're So Desirable (1939) - Vocalion 4785

Ink Spots - We'll Meet Again (1941) - Decca 3656 B

"Incurably Pragmatic" February 13, 2015

(Week 417)

This RADIOLA! brought seeds, not flowers.

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Arthur Fields - Oui, Oui, Marie (1918) - Victor 18505 A

Art Kassel and his Kassels-in-the-Air (trio v) - You've Been Taking Lessons in Love (1935) - Bluebird B 5969 B

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Why Do I Love You? (1927) - Victor 25250 B

George Olsen and his Music (Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice v) - My Heart Stood Still (1927) - Victor 21034 A

Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders (Hal White v) - What'll You Do? (1927) - Victor 21084 B

Richard Tauber - I'd Like to Kiss the Ladies (from Paganini) (Lehar) (1927) - Parlophone AR 1017 (Australia)

Miss Annette Hanshaw - Do Do Do (1926) - Perfect 12305

Jack and Gene (Grady and Carroll) - Etiquette Song (1928) - Supertone 9068 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Harry Akst p) - Dearest (1923) - Victor 19030B

Joe Raymond and his Orch - Salt Your Sugar (1923) - Victor 19178 B

Dixie Stompers (Henderson) (Don Redman v) - Get It Fixed (1925) - Harmony 88 H

John McCormack - The Sunshine of Your Smile (1916) - Victor 64622

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from The Lady in Red (1915) - Victor 35491 A

Ed Morton - Trolley Car Swing (1912) - United A1147

Professor Peter and Doctor Dick - So Tired (2015) - Undecided! (Contact for ordering information here.)

Mark Shane - It Had to Be You (2012) - Suite 16 (Amber Lake 006)

Fely Dereyne - Muzetta's Waltz (La Bohème) (Puccini) (1912) - Columbia A1234

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1923) - Victor 19030 A

Dixie Stompers (Henderson) - Florida Stomp (1925) - Harmony 88 H

Wally Edwards and his Orch (Lanin) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Why Am I So Romantic? (1930) - Harmony 1200 H

Frank Auburn and his Orch (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - Nobody Cares If I'm Blue (1930) - Velvet Tone 2195 V

Hollywood Dance Orch (Billy James) (Jack Kaufman v) - What Can I Do to Make You Happy? (1929) - Banner 6375 B

Chick Bullock - I Wanna Sing About You (1931) - Conqueror 7855 B

Majestic Dance Orch (Haring) (Smith Ballew v) - Out of Nowhere (1931) - Banner 32148 B

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Frank Luther v) - Honeymoon Hotel (1933) - Victor 24399 B

Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Isn't it a Lovely Day? (1935) - Victor 25093 B

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - Infatuation (1934) - Brunswick 6791

Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings - I Don't Know Your Name But You're Beautiful (1936) - Decca 721 A

Isham Jones and his Orch (Joe Martin v) - I've Got a Warm Spot in My Heart For You (1934) - Victor 24633 B

Gene Autry - Answer to Nobody's Darling (1936) - Conqueror 8685

Reinald Werrenrath - Rose in the Bud (1928) - Victrola 1344 B

"Natural Impunity" February 6, 2015

(Week 416)

The RADIOLA! believes insouciance is the best medicine.

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Charles E. Mack (w Vaughn de Leath) (C. Luckeyth Roberts p) - Our Child (1927) - Columbia 50061 D

Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings - That's What You Think (tk B) (1936) - Decca 521 B

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch - A Kiss in the Moonlight (1925) - Columbia 459 D

Waring's Pennsylvanians (Tom Waring v) - Tonight's My Night With Baby (1926) - Victor 20078 A

Ted Weems and his Orch (Parker Gibbs v) - Nothin' On My Mind (1928) - Volume 2 (Renovation 7008) orig Victor 21364

Vaughn DeLeath - The Whisper Song (1927) - Okeh 40814

Johnny Marvin - I Love My Baby (1925) - Columbia 511 D

Mitchell Brothers - Give Me a Ukulele and a Ukulele Baby (1926) - Victor 20324 B

WMCA Broadcasters - Breezin' Along With the Breeze (1926) - Harmony 219 H

Tommy Christian and his Orch - Swamp Blues (1927) - Diva 2427 G

The Harmonians (BHSO) (Irving Kaufman v) - Chloe (1928) - Diva 2596 G

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from The Prince of Pilsen (Pixley-Luders) (1912) - Victor 35329 B

John Steel - Lady of the Evening (1922) - Victor 18990

Happy Martin (Jack Kaufman) - Do You? That's All I Want To Know (1928) - Diva 2756 G

Jeff Healey - Guitar Duet Stomp (2007) - Last Call

The Fat Babies - Susie (2012) - Chicago Hot (Delmark DE 253)

Joseph C. Smith's Orch - A Young Man's Fancy (1920) - Victor 18678 B

George Olsen and his Music - Those Panama Mamas (1925) - Everybody Loves My Baby (Renovation 7001) orig Victor 19633

WMCA Broadcasters - My Cutey's Due At Two-To-Two Today (1926) - Harmony 234 H

The Rounders (Reser) (Irving Kaufman v) - When My Dreams Come True (1929) - Regal 8781 B

Ted Black and his Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Masquerade (1932) - Victor 24046 A

Bob Causer and his Cornelians (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Dinner at Eight (1933) - Melotone 12791

Anona Winn and Bob Mackworth - You're My Everything (1932) - Regal MR 728 (UK)

Henry King and his Hotel Pierre Orch (Joseph Sudy v) - Tu Sais (1933) - Victor 24478 B

Todd Rollins and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - My Hat's on the Side of My Head (1934) - Banner 33091 A

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Pee Wee Hunt v) - Judy (1934) - Decca 193 B

Dorsey Brothers Orch - Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe (1934) - Decca 117 B

Clyde McCoy and his Orch (Wayne Gregg v) - You Gave Me the Run-a-round (1936) - Decca 758 B

Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings - I'm Building Up to an Awful Let-Down (1936) - Decca 667 B

Gene Autry and his String Band - Old Buckaroo Goodbye (1937) - Melotone 7-12-60

Isham Jones and his Orch (Eddie Stone v) - Little Man You've Had a Busy Day (1934) - Victor 24633 A

"Memory Persists" January 30, 2015

(Week 415)

This RADIOLA! strolls down Memory Lane to pay tribute to the man who graded and paved it for us.

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Singin' Sam - Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (1939) - Refreshment Time B 769 World Tx

Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bob Goday v) - It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane (1937) - Bluebird 6953 (Healey col)

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Ed Smalle Johnny Marvin v) - There's Something Nice About Everyone (1927) - Victor 20603 A

Waring's Pennsylvanians (Tom Waring v) - In a Little Garden (1926) - Victor 20078 B

Ted Weems and his Orch (Art Jarrett v) - If You Want the Rainbow You Must Have the Rain (1928) - Volume 2 (Renovation 7008) orig Victor 21670

Nick Lucas - Marcheta (1928) - Brunswick 3968

Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) - Skies of Gray (1927) - Jewel 5135 B

Ruth Etting - I'm Bringing a Red Red Rose (1928) - Columbia 1680 D

Manhattan Dance Makers (Arthur Hall v) - Just a Memory (1927) - Harmony 486 H

The Dixie Stompers (Henderson) - Snag It (1927) - Harmony 353 H

Bert Lown and his Loungers - The Jazz Me Blues (1929) - Harmony 974 H

Victor Mixed Chorus - Song Medley No 1 Snyder Successes (1911) - Victor 31848

Aileen Stanley - Broadway Blues (1920) - Victor 18691 B

Vernon Dalhart - There's a New Star in Heaven Tonight Rudolph Valentino (1926) - Domino 3782 A

Mark Shane - September Song (2012) - Suite 16 (Amber Lake 006)

Abe Burrows - Memory Lane, The Girl With the Three Blue Eyes, The Hello Type Song (1947) - Decca DL 5288

Selvin's Novelty Orch - Wond'ring (intro Clouds) (1920) - Victor 18682 B

George Olsen and his Music - The Slave of Love (1924) - Everybody Loves My Baby (Renovation 7001) orig Victor 19497

WMCA Broadcasters - Lo-Do-De-O (1926) - Harmony 219 H

Miff Mole's Little Molers - You Made Me Love You (1929) - Odeon A286015 A

Buddy Blue and his Texans (female v) - S'posin (1929) - Imperial 2130 (UK master)

Fats Waller and his Buddies - Harlem Fuss (1929) - HMV EA3717 (orig Victor V-38050)

Richard Tauber - Schön ist die Welt (Grand is the World) (Lehar) (1930) - Odeon O-4979 B

Jack Payne and his Band (Foster Richardson v) - Lullaby of the Leaves (1932) - Imperial 2721

Jay Wilbur and his Band (v) - Jolly Good Company (1931) - Imperial 2582

Jack Teagarden and his Orch - Junk Man (1934) - Polydor 580014

Red McKenzie and his Orch - I Cried For You (1937) - Variety VA 589

Ray McKinley's Jazz Band - Love in the First Degree (1936) - Decca 1019 A

Art Shaw and his Orch (Peg LaCentra v) - Was It Rain? (1937) - Brunswick 7841

Singin' Sam - A Garden in the Rain (1939) - Refreshment Time B 802 World Tx

Claude Thornhill and his Orch (Dick Harding v) - Memory Lane (1942) - Columbia 36527 (Healey col)

"Fade Away" January 23, 2015

(Week 414)

This RADIOLA! reckons that soon it'll just be us kids.

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The Dixie Stars (Al Bernard and J. Russell Robinson) - New York Ain't New York Any More (1925) - Columbia 389 D

Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings - Sing an Old Fashioned Song (1936) - Decca 667 A

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (Knecht) (SMT v) - Burgundy (1926) - Victor 20074 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Austin Young v) - Just Once Again (1927) - Victor 20751 A

Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Carl Mathieu v) - On the Riviera (1926) - Victor 20113 B

Charles W. Hamp - We Love It (1928) - Okeh 41036

Ruth Etting - At Sundown (1927) - Columbia 1052 D

The Revelers - Halleleujah (1927) - Victor 20609 B

Don Parker Trio (Don Parker-Frank Banta-Nick Lucas) - Every Day (1922) - Actuelle 020745

Ray Miller and his Orch - Lonely Little Melody (1924) - Brunswick 2669 B

Ted Weems and his Orch - Savannah (1924) - My Gal Sal (Renovation 7005) orig Victor 19344

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from The Red Mill (Blossom-Herbert) (1910) - Victor 35329 A

Collins and Harlan - Come on to Nashville, Tennessee (1916) - Victor 18110 B

Cliff Edwards - I Can't Get The One I Want (1924) - Perfect 11553 A

Jeff Healey (Jesse Barksdale, rhythm guitar; Colin Bray, bass; Jeff Healey, solo guitar/vocal; Reide Kaiser, piano; Dan Levinson, clarinet; Tom Pletcher, cornet) - Three Little Words (2004) - Adventures In Jazzland (Stony Plain SPCD1313)

Stephanie Trick (Danny Coots d Jay Hungerford b) - Two Sleepy People (Carmichael, Loesser) (2011) - Something More (Victoria VC4387)

Billy Jones and Ernest Hare - Down By The Old Apple Tree (1923) - Edison 51106 R

Herbert Soman's Salon Ensemble - Trail of Dreams (1926) - Edison 51796 L

George Olsen and his Music - Everybody Loves My Baby (1925) - Everybody Loves My Baby (Renovation 7001) orig Victor 19610 B

Emil Coleman and his Orch (Smith Ballew v) - Overnight (1930) - Brunswick 4977

Jay Wilbur and his Band (John Thorne v) - River, Stay 'Way From My Door (1931) - Imperial 2504

Dick Robertson and his Orch - Moonlight Saving Time (1931) - Melotone M 12162

Gene Austin and his Orch (Lou Gold dir) - In a Dream (1931) - Oriole 2345 A

Ted Black and his Orch (Tom Brown v) - Now That You're Gone (1931) - Victor 22807 A

William Farmer and his Simplon Club Orch (Pete Cantor v) - Love is Love, Anywhere (1933) - Melotone 12881

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - Shadows of Love (1933) - Brunswick 6738

Claude Hopkins and his Orch - Monkey Business (1934) - Decca 674 B

Clyde McCoy and his Orch (v) - Ridin' to Glory on a Trumpet (1936) - Decca 758 A

Gene Autry - Guns and Guitars (1936) - Conqueror 8685

Patricia Norman (Jack Meakin Orch) - Pluckin' on a Golden Harp (1938) - Vocalion 4547

Singin' Sam - Bye Bye Baby (1939) - Refreshment Time B802 World Tx

"Mildly Curious" January 16, 2015

(Week 413)

This RADIOLA! raises an eyebrow, slightly.

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I offer a sincere nod of thanks to Leah Bezin (of the excellent West End Jazz Band) for supplying the Singin' Sam transcriptions used on this show.

Singin' Sam - Wang Wang Blues (1940) - Refreshment Time B820 (World Transcription)

Red Norvo and his Orch (Mildred Bailey v) - Three Little Fishies (1939) - Vocalion 4785

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Ted Weems and his Orch - Siberia (1925) - My Gal Sal (Renovation 7005) orig Victor 19722

Waring's Pennsylvanians (TW v) - It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry (1926) - Victor 20315 B

The Cellar Boys - Barrel House Stomp (1930) - UHCA 62

The Singing Sophomores - I Would Rather Be Alone in the South (1925) - Columbia 3965 (UK)

The Sunflower Girl of WBAP (Bessie Coldiron) - I Hold the World in the Palm of My Hand (1927) - Columbia 1107 D

Johnny Marvin (A Sannella stg) - Where the Shy Little Violets Grow (1928) - Victor 21820 A

The Great White Way Orch (Hugo Frey) - Love Tales (1923) - Victor 19122 B

Herb Wiedoeft and his Cinderella Roof Orch (Dubbie Kirkpatrick v) - I Want You All For Me (1925) - Brunswick 2982 A

Mike Speciale and his Hotel Carlton Terrace Orch (Arthur Hall v) - On the Bam Bam Bammy Shore (1925) - Edison 51635 R

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Honey Girl (Neville Fleeson-Albert Von Tilzer) (1920) - Victor 35705 B

Frank Crumit - I've Got the Profiteering Blues (1920) - Columbia A2940

Harry Fay - I Can't Help Loving That Girl (1925) - Parlophone E5361 (UK)

Jeff Healey (with Marty Grosz and Dan Levinson) - Little Buttercup (2004) - Adventures In Jazzland (Stony Plain SPCD 1313)

West End Jazz Band - Hop Off (2008) - Sunny Side Up (Rivermont BSW-2208)

Prince's Orch - Robin Hood Selections (De Koven) (1912) - Columbia A5402

Joseph C. Smith's Orch - Alice Blue Gown (1919) - Victor 18700 A

Jack Kaufman - You Gotta Know How (1925) - Champion 15007 A

Anson Weeks and his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orch (Warren Luce v) - Now I'm In Love (1929) - Columbia 1894 D

Jackie Taylor and his Orch (Leigh Harline v) - Looking for the Lovelight in the Dark (1930) - Victor 22501 B

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Frances Maddux v) - Body and Soul (tk 17) (1930) - Victor 22537 A

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - The House is Haunted (1934) - Brunswick 6858

Joe Morrison (w Harry Jackson's Orch) - I Lost My Heart (1935) - Brunswick 7574

Joe Haymes and his Orch (Clifford Wetterau v) - The Gentleman Obviously Doesn't Believe (1935) - Melotone 35-10-25 B

Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Tea For Two (1935) - Decca 382 B

Art Tatum and his Swingsters - What Will I Tell My Heart? (1937) - Decca 1197 A

Artie Shaw and his Orch (Peg LaCentra v) - It Ain't Right (1936) - Brunswick 7721

Patricia Norman (Jack Meakin Orch) - Flow Gently, Sweet Afton (1938) - Vocalion 4547

Singin' Sam - Out of Space (Joe Bishop, Gene Gifford, Winky Tharp) (1939) - Refreshment Time B806 (World Transcription)

Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne v) - The Show is Over (1934) - Brunswick 6955

"Borden Yesterday" January 9, 2015

(Week 412)

This RADIOLA! ponders whether Tragedy plus Time equals Tourism.

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On a much happier note, my friends Professor Peter and Doctor Dick of the Small Instrument Society recorded an excellent version of "Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up!" for their new CD Undecided. Undecided is available for purchase directly through the Small Instrument Society for $10 US postpaid from Holland. Contact them for payment information here.

Al Jolson - Some Beautiful Morning (1919) - Columbia A2940
The Four Squires - Aren't the Funnies Funny (1938) - Vocalion 4057
Professor Peter and Doctor Dick - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (2014) - Undecided!
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Gene Austin v) - Some Day (1926) - Victor 20336 B
Mike Riggi's Orch (Leroy Montesano v) - Who Knows? (1927) - Lincoln 2640
Ray Miller and his Orch - I Ain't Got Nobody (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-066 (orig Brunswick 3677)
Frank Crumit (A Sannella cl g) - Da, Da, Da, My Darling (1927) - Victor 21029 A
Gladys Rice - To Be In Love (Espesh'lly With You) (1929) - Edison 52606 R
Harry Fay (impressions of Eugene Stratton) - I May Be Crazy (1929) - Dominion A260
Ernest L. Stevens Trio - Lonesome Mama Blues (1922) - Edison 51076 R
Johnny Bayersdorffer and his Orch - Easy Rider (1924) - HJCA HC69 (orig Okeh 40133)
Mike Speciale and his Hotel Carlton Terrace Orch - When You See That Aunt of Mine (1925) - Edison 51635 L
Walter J. Van Brunt - My Sumurun Girl (1912) - Victor 17102 A
Collins and Harlan - Oh! How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wacki Woo (1916) - Victor 18110 A
Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from The Night Boat (Caldwell-Craven-Kern) (1920) - Victor 35702 B
Oscar Levant - Nocturne in F Sharp Minor Op 15 No 2 (Chopin) (1946) - Columbia 71857 D
Oscar Levant - Berceuse in D Flat Major Op 57 (Chopin) (1946) - Columbia 71858 D
Columbia Light Opera Company - Vocal Gems from The Mikado (Gilbert-Sullivan) (1910) - Columbia A5229
Jos. Knecht's Waldorf Astoria Dance Orch - I Gave You Up Before You Threw Me Down (1922) - Edison 51076 L
Ella Shields - When the Bloom Is on the Heather (1925) - Columbia 3734 (UK)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Bing Crosby v) - I'm Afraid of You (1928) - Victor 21389 A
Jack Payne and the BBC Dance Orch - Looking At You (Cole Porter) (1929) - Columbia 5332 (UK)
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors Band (Betty Bolton v) - The Wedding of the Painted Doll (1929) - Columbia 5380 (UK)
Frank Crumit - One Little Raindrop (1931) - Victor 22630 B
Jay Wilbur and his Band (Les Allen v) - Smile, Darn Ya, Smile (1931) - Imperial 2582
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch - Rockin' Chair (1930) - HMV B4897
Mills' Bleue Rhythm Boys - Moanin' (1931) - Polydor 580014
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Pee Wee Hunt v) - You Ain't Been Living Right (1934) - Brunswick 6937
Art Shaw and his Orch - Love is Good For Anything That Ails You (1937) - Brunswick 7841
Gene Autry and his String Band - Rhythm of the Range (1937) - Melotone 7-12-60
Elsie Carlisle - This Little Piggy Went to Market (1934) - Decca F 3887 B
Red McKenzie and his Orch - Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon (1937) - Vocalion 3875

"New Year's Dance Party 2015" December 31, 2014

(Week 411)

This RADIOLA! rings in the New Year after wringing out the old.

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The Singing Sophomores - Clap Yo' Hands (from Oh Kay!) (1926) - Columbia 4619 (UK)

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

Frank Farrell and his Orch - Magnolia (1927) - Lincoln 2640

Frank Teschmacher's Chicagoans - Jazz Me Blues (1928) - UHCA 61

Fats Waller and his Buddies - Won't You Get Off It, Please (1929) - HMV EA3717

Allen Kearns and Peggy Beatty (Jack Clarke and George Myddleton p) - When Do We Dance? (1926) - Columbia 4078 (UK)

Frank Crumit - S'Wonderful (1927) - Victor 21029 B

Johnny Johnson and his Orch (Harry McDaniel v) - I'd Like to Find the Guy Who Wrote the Stein Song (1930) - Victor 22493 A

Joseph C. Smith's Orch - Happy (1919) - Victor 18715B

Ray Miller and his Orch - Somebody Loves Me (1924) - Brunswick 2669 A

Johnny Bayersdorffer and his Orch - The Waffle Man's Call (1924) - HJCA HC69 (orig Okeh 40133)

The Duncan Sisters - The Argentines, the Portugese and the Greeks (1923) - Victor 19113 A

Harry Fay - Show Me the Way to Go Home (1925) - Parlophone E5361 (UK)

Ella Shields - If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie (1925) - Columbia 3734 (UK)

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Robin Hood Pt 1 (Smith-De Koven) (1926) - Victor 35784 A

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Robin Hood Pt 2 (Smith-De Koven) (1926) - Victor 35784 B

The Singing Sophomores - Then I'll Be Happy (1925) - Columbia 3965 (UK)

Johnny Marvin - Sweethearts on Parade (1928) - Victor21820 B

Jack Payne and the BBC Dance Orch - What Is This Thing Called Love? (1929) - Columbia 5332 (UK)

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Frank Luther v) - Sing Something Simple (1930) - Victor 22538 A

Hollywood Dance Orch (Irving Mills) (Sid Garry v) - This is Heaven (1929) - Imperial 2130

All Star Orch (Melody Three v) - Waiting at the End of the Road (1929) - Victor 22073 A

Gene Austin and his Orch - What Is It? (1931) - Oriole 2333 B

Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne v) - Lullaby of the Leaves (1932) - HMV B 6191

Ed Loyd and his Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Look What I've Got (1933) - Perfect 15761 B

Emil Coleman and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - I Love Love (1930) - Brunswick 4977

Buddy Lane and his Orch (v) - Too Late (1931) - Crown 3231 B

Bob Causer and his Cornelians (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love (1933) - Melotone 12791

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder (1934) - Decca 192 A

William Farmer and his Simplon Club Orch (Pete Cantor v) - Let's Fall in Love (1933) - Melotone 12881

Noel Coward - Cavalcade Vocal Medley Pt 1 (1931) - HMV C 2431

Noel Coward - Cavalcade Vocal Medley Pt 2 (1932) - HMV C 2431

Ted Fio Rito and his Orch (Billy White v) - Tomorrow is Another Day (1930) - Victor 22501 A

Johnny Johnson and his Orch (Bob Treaster v) - What's the Use? (1930) - Victor 22493 B

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Frank Luther v) - Lucky Seven (1930) - Victor 22538 B

Dick Robertson and his Orch - Ho Hum! (1931) - Melotone M 12162

Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinny Ennis v) - Ain't-Cha' Glad (1933) - Brunswick 6656

Dorsey Brothers Orch - Annie's Cousin Fanny (1934) - Decca 117 A

Joe Venuti's Blue Four - Apple Blossoms (1929) - Odeon A286015 B

Luis Russell and his Orch - Freakish Blues (1931) - HMV B4897

Art Tatum - I Would Do Anything For You (1934) - Decca 1373 A

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Pee Wee Hunt v) - You're a Builder Upper (1934) - Decca 193 A

Claude Hopkins and his Orch - Zozoi (1934) - Decca 674 A

Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Japanese Sandman (1935) - Decca 382 A

Ray McKinley's Jazz Band - New Orleans Parade (1936) - Decca 1019 B

Red McKenzie and his Orch - The Trouble With Me is You (1937) - Variety VA 589

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - St. Louis Blues (1930) - Columbia 50256 D

Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Mood Indigo (1931) - Columbia 2531 D

Allen Burns and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Why Can't This Night Go On Forever (1933) - Melotone M 12611

Henry King and his Hotel Pierre Orch (Joseph Sudy v) - April in Paris (1933) - Victor 24478 A

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - Moonglow (1934) - Brunswick 6937

Richard Tauber - I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (1928) - Parlophone AR 1017 (Australia)

Jack Payne and his Band (Jack Gordon v) - Paradise (1932) - Imperial 2721

Gene Austin and his Orch (Lou Gold dir) - If I Didn't Have You (1931) - Oriole 2345 B

Joe Morrison and the Four Esquires (w Harry Jackson's Orch) - Lazy Bones Got a Job Now (1935) - Brunswick 7574

Artie Shaw and his Orch (Peg LaCentra v) - South Sea Island Magic (1936) - Brunswick 7721

Patricia Norman (w Music by Meakin) - The Debutante's Lament (1939) - Vocalion 4763

Chick Bullock - Let's Face the Music and Dance (1936) - Melotone 6-04-01

Jan Garber and his Orch (Lee Bennett v) - Accent on Youth (1935) - Victor 25110 B

Art Tatum and his Swingsters - Body and Soul (1937) - Decca 1197 B

Edgar Hayes and his Orch - Stardust (1938) - Decca 1882 A

Red McKenzie and his Orch - Farewell My Love (1937) - Vocalion 3875

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Frank Luther v) - Something to Remember You By (1930) - Victor 22537 B

A Holiday Tradition

As usual, there will be no RADIOLA! Christmas program this year. The last time I attempted one there were several suggestions that I seek professional help. I should have something pretty good for New Year's Eve, though.

"Opposite of Traction" December 12, 2014

(Week 410)

This RADIOLA! is getting nowhere faster.

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The Duncan Sisters (Phil Ohman p) - Stick in the Mud (1923) - Victor 19113 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (1928) - Victor 21304 A

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

George Olsen and his Music - Hot Aire (1925) - Victor 19761 B

Ted Weems and his Orch (Dusty Rhodes v) - The Day That I Met You (1926) - Victor 19938 B

The Washingtonians (Duke Ellington) - Move Over (1928) - Romeo 829

The Sunflower Girl of WBAP (Bessie Coldiron) - You Went Away Too Far (1927) - Columbia 1107 D

The Singing Sophomores - Slow River (1927) - Columbia 4619 (UK)

Charles W. Hamp - The Wobbly Walk (1928) - Okeh 41036

Joseph C. Smith's Orch - Whose Baby Are You (intro I Love the Lassies) (1920) - Victor 18661 B

Hawaiian Trio (Ferera Franchini GH Green) - Hawaiian Twilight (1920) - Victor 18689 B

Herb Wiedoeft and his Cinderella Roof Orch (Clyde Lucas v) - Deep Elm (1925) - Brunswick 2982 B

Edna Brown (Elsie Baker) - Please Don't Take My Lovin' Man Away (1912) - Victor 17102 B

Irving Kaufman - I'm Always Falling in Love (1920) - Emerson 10165

Frank Crumit - Home Again Blues (1921) - Columbia A3375

Jeff Healey (with Dan Levinson, Vince Giordano, Marty Grosz) - If I Had You (2004) - Adventures In Jazzland (purchase here)

Jeff Healey - Bugle Call Rag (2004) - Adventures in Jazzland

Fritz Kreisler - La Gitana (arr Kreisler) (1919) - Victrola 709 B

Jack Kaufman - I've Got the Profiteering Blues (1920) - Emerson 10165

George Olsen and his Music - Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me? (1925) - Everybody Loves My Baby (Renovation 7001) orig Victor 19573

Gene Austin and his Orch - Who Am I? (1931) - Oriole 2333 A

Buddy Lane and his Orch (v) - Lies (1931) - Crown 3231 A

Clyde McCoy and his Orch - I've Found a New Baby (1931) - Columbia 2531 D

Nick Lucas - I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In (1928) - Brunswick 3968

Singin' Sam (Harry Frankel) - Got the South in My Soul (1932) - Broadcast 3210 B (UK)

Julia Sanderson and Frank Crumit - Would You Like to Take a Walk? (1931) - Victor 22630 A

Chick Bullock - I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket (1936) - Melotone 6-04-01

Mills Brothers - The Love Bug Will Bite You (1937) - Decca 1227 A

Wendell Hall and Orch - Where's Elmer? (1933) - Bluebird B 5291 A

Patricia Norman (w Music by Meakin) - I'm Sorry I Made You Cry (1939) - Vocalion 4763

The Four Squires - The Prisoner's Song (1938) - Vocalion 4057

Jesse Crawford - The Song is Ended (1927) - Victor 21092 B

"Off Demand" December 5, 2014

(Week 409)

This RADIOLA! is full of great music that nobody asked for.

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Frank C Stanley - I Want What I Want When I Want It (from Mlle Modiste) (Blossom-Herbert) (1906) - Victor 31509

Johnny Green (with Dave Terry) - Medley of Shall We Dance Selections Pt 2 (Let's Call the Whole Thing Off/I've Got Beginner's Luck/Slap That Bass) (1937) - Brunswick 7892-cr-nr

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Ted Weems and his Orch (Dusty Rhodes v) - Smile a Little Bit (1926) - Victor 19930 B

Harmony Dance Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Wishing and Waiting (1927) - Grey Gull 1441-b

Newport Dance Orch (Al Lynch) - You Don't Like It Not Much (1927) - Perfect 14839

The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - Broken Hearted (1926) - Columbia 972 D

The Revelers - Honolulu Moon (1927) - Victor 20719 A

Miss Lydia Russell - It Was Almost a Honeymoon (1931) - Eclipse 38

Joseph C. Smith's Orch - Tulip Time (into Shimmee Town) (1919) - Victor 18618 A

Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds - Spanish Dreams (1923) - Columbia A3839

The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (Irving Kaufman v) - That's Annabelle (1926) - Harmony 234 H

Alice Green (Olive Kline) Harry MacDonough - The Didn't Believe Me (Reynolds-Kern) (1915) - Victor 35491 B

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Jack O'Lantern (Caldwell-Burnside-Caryll) (1918) - Victor 35666 A

Arthur Fields - Carolina In The Morning (1923) - Vocalion A 14518

Jeff Healey guitar (w Drew Jurecka violin) - The Wildcat (2007) - Last Call

Mark Shane - Ain't Misbehavin' (2012) - Suite 16 (Amber Lake 006)

Prince's Orch - Selections from The Mikado (Gilbert-Sullivan) (1910) - Columbia A5229

Casino Dance Orch - Boo Hoo Hoo (1922) - Pathe Actuelle test mx N69579-2

International Novelty Orch (Arthur Hall v) - O, Katharina! (tk 6) (1925) - Victor 19586 A

Anson Weeks and his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orch (v) - Tear Drops (1929) - Columbia 1894 D

Vincent Lopez (Jack Parker v) - I'm a Dreamer Aren't We All (1929) - Oriole 1786 a

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Beau Koo Jack (1928) - Vocalion 3085

Gene Austin - St. James Infirmary (1930) - Bluebird B 6863 B

Miss Lydia Russell - You're Driving Me Crazy (1931) - Eclipse 38

Bing Crosby - The Day You Came Along (1933) - Columbia DB 2009

Dick Himber and his Essex House Orch (Joey Nash v) - It Isn't Fair (1933) - Renovation 7002

Oscar Rabin Romany Band (Sam Browne v) - Moon Song (1933) - Sterno 1186

Freddy Martin and his Orch (Elmer Feldkamp v) - A Tree Was A Tree (1933) - orig Banner 32678 (Healey col)

Four Aces - Rhythm is Our Business (1935) - Champion 40028

Glenn Miller and his Orch - Moonlight Sonata (1942) - 20th Century Fox TCF-100-2

Ben Pollack and his Orch (Paula Gayle v) - After You've Gone (1938) - Decca 2057 A

"What Remains" November 28, 2014

(Week 408)

This RADIOLA! has more leftovers than it knows what to do with.

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Julie Wintz and his Hofbrau Orch (Bill Zimmer v) - She Don't Wanna (1927) - Velvet Tone 1436 V

The Delta Four - Swingin' on The Famous Door (1935) - Decca 737 A

Gladys Rice - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - Edison 52606 L

Jack Hylton and his Orch - Anybody But You (1927) - HMV B 5358

Al Goering's Collegians (Ben Bernie) (Frank Munn v) - Precious (1926) - Vocalion B 15409

Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Riverboat Shuffle (1927) - UHCA 30

Billy Jones and Ernie Hare - Why Aren't Yez Eatin' More Oranges? (1925) - Vocalion A 15210

Fanny Brice - My Man (1927) - Victor 21168 A

Harry Reser's Jazz Pilots (Tom Stacks v) - That's a Good Girl (1926) - Okeh 40730 B

Selvin's Novelty Orch - Dardanella (1919) - Victor 18633 A

Della Robbia Orch (Max Fells) - Paper Doll (1921) - Actuelle 020555 B

Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch - There's No One Just Like You (1924) - Victor 19357 A

Hawaiian Quintette - One Two Three Four (1913) - Victor 18573 B

Billy Murray - At The Moving Picture Ball (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A 14049

Betty Morgan - But I Do, You Know I Do (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 32180 B

Jeff Healey (Drew Jurecka violin) - Black And Blue Bottom (2007) - Last Call

Bria Skonberg and Jim Fryer's Borderline Jazz Band - Buddy Bolden's Blues (2007) - Over Easy

Fritz Kreisler - Gypsy Serenade (Charles R. Valdez) (1919) - Victrola 709 A

Palace Trio (R Wiedoeft M Perry JR Robinson) - Hold Me (intro Do You Know) (1920) - Victor 18682 A

Eddie Frazier and his Plantation Orch - Everything is Hotsy-Totsy Now (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-061

Jack Pettis and his Pets - Spanish Dream (1928) - Victor 21559 B

Dan Russo's Oriole Orch (v) - I'm The Medicine Man For The Blues (1929) - orig Brunswick 4490 (Healey col)

Jack Phillips' Melodians (Harry Bidgood) (Sam Browne v) - Always In All Ways (1931) - Broadcast Twelve 3039 B

Billy Mayerl piano (Phyllis Robins v) - You Can't Stop Me From Loving You (1931) - Columbia DB 639

Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch - Barnacle Bill the Sailor (1930) - Beat the Band to the Bar (Living Era CD AJA 5599) orig Victor V-38139

Dick Robertson - Was That The Human Thing To Do? (1932) - Velvet Tone 10504 V

Richard Himber and His Orchestra (Joey Nash v) - Winter Wonderland (1934) - Complete Vol.2 (Renovation 7007)

The BBC Dance Orch (Henry Hall) (Les Allen v) - Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? (1933) - Columbia CB 699

Reilly and Comfort - St. Louis Blues (1933) - Decca F 3574 (UK)

Mildred Bailey and her Orch - What Have You Got That Gets Me? (1938) - Vocalion 4406

Connee Boswell (Victor Young orch) - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (1941) - Decca 25055 A

Jesse Crawford - Estrellita (1927) - Victor 20586 A

"Jellophant in the Room" November 21, 2014

(Week 407)

This RADIOLA! is trying not to think about the obvious.

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Bert Williams - Let It Alone (1906) - Archeophone 5004 (orig Columbia 3504)

Tommy Dorsey and his Orch (Edythe Wright v) - Back to Back (1939) - orig Victor 26271

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) (Al Bernard v) - Let's Talk About My Sweetie (1926) - Vocalion B 15275

Roy Collins' Dance Orch (poss A Schubert) - I'm Always Outside Looking In (1926) - Oriole 756 B

Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Sorry (1927) - Vocalion 3148

Peggy English - Just a Little Longer (1926) - Vocalion B 15479

The Singing Sophomores - Just a Memory (1927) - Columbia 1178 D

Bud Billings - How To Make Love (1928) - Victor V40043 B

Joseph C. Smith's Orch - Love Nest (intro Mary) (1920) - Victor 18678 A

The Great White Way Orch - Wild-Flower (intro April Blossoms) (1923) - Victor 19077 A

New Synco Jazz Band (Samuels) - Big Bad Bill (1924) - Silvertone 1293 A

Dolly Connolly - Oh Mr Dream Man Please Let Me Dream Some More (1911) - Columbia A1083

Irving Kaufman - There's a Little Bit of Bad in Every Good Little Girl (1916) - Columbia A2091

Marion Harris - A Good Man is Hard to Find (1919) - Victor 18535 A

Jeff Healey - Pennies From Heaven (2007) - Last Call

Mark Shane - Beautiful Love (2012) - Suite 16 (Amber Lake 006)

Charles Kellogg (The Nature Singer) - Serenade (Moszkowski) (1916) - Victor 45085 B

Oriole Terrace Orch (Russo) - Carolina in the Morning (1922) - Brunswick 2324 A

The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (Irving Kaufman v) - That's Why Girls Go Wrong (1928) - Diva 2774 G

Jesse Stafford and his Orch (Laurence Grey v) - Only Love is Real (1929) - Brunswick 4658

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Can't You Understand? (1929) - Columbia 2089 D

George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey v) - Pu-Leeze! Mister Hemingway (1932) - orig Victor 24138 (Healey col)

Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (1929) - Columbia 37577

Ralph Kirbery and Orch - Happy Go Lucky You And Broken Hearted Me (1932) - Hit Of The Week E 3 4

Helen Morgan (V Young Orch, Louis Alter piano) - Bill (1932) - Columbia 55005

The Four Musketeers - Shuffle Off To Buffalo (1933) - Columbia DB 1162

Hal Kemp and his Orch (Bob Allen v) - Hold My Hand (1934) - Brunswick 6857

Harlem Hot Shots (Manone) - March Winds and April Showers (1935) - Melotone M 13333 A

Maxine Sullivan and her Orch - Loch Lomond (1937) - Vocalion 3654

Russ Morgan and his Orch - Valse Triste (Sibelius) (1939) - Decca 2455 B

Sandhills Sixteen (Theo S. Page solo) - Shine On Me (1927) - Victor 20903 A

"Still Getting There" November 14, 2014

(Week 406)

This RADIOLA! is arriving somewhere on schedule.

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Bert Williams - Constantly (1910) - Columbia A915
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys (Jesse Ashlock v) - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (1938) - Vocalion 04439
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Tuxedo Orch (Park Lane Orch Reuben Greenberg) (Vaughn DeLeath v) - It's a Happy Old World After All (1927) - Vocalion B 15534
Traymore Orch (Duke Ellington) - Soliloquy (1927) - Vocalion B 15555
King Oliver Dixie Syncopators - New Wang Wang Blues (1926) - Vocalion B 1049
Evelyn Thompson - I Got a Papa Down in New Orleans, Another Papa Up in Maine (1926) - Vocalion B 1075
The Record Boys (Al Bernard, Frank Kamplain, and Sam Stept) - When Spring Comes Peeping Through (1926) - Vocalion A 15265
The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) (Billy Jones v) - I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers (1926) - Vocalion A 15379
Joseph C. Smith's Orch - Left All Alone Again Blues (intro Good Night Boat) (1920) - Victor 18661 A
Rudy Wiedoeft's Californians - When Buddha Smiles (1921) - Regal 9150
The Benson Orch of Chicago - No No Nora (1923) - Victor 19121 B
Esther Walker - Nobody Knows (And Nobody Seems To Care) (1919) - Victor 18613 B
Fanny Watson - You Can't Get Lovin' (Where There Ain't Any Love) (1919) - Emerson 9217
Tom Moore (Irving Kaufman) - Wait Till The Sun Shines Again (1925) - Silvertone 2697 B
Mark Shane - Poor Butterfly (2012) - Suite 16 (Amber Lake 006)
Emily Asher's Garden Party - Big Butter and Egg Man (2014) - Meet Me in the Morning
Van Eps Banjo Orch - Sans Souci (Maxixe Brasilienne) (1914) - Columbia A1594
Sam Moore and Horace Davis - Mighty Lak a Rose (1922) - Vocalion B 14403
Oriole Terrace Orch (Russo) - Chicago (1922) - Brunswick 2324 B
Kenn Sisson and his Orch (Francis Luther v) - The Whole World Knows I Love You (1928) - Brunswick 4120
Willie Creager and his Orch - Cat's Kittens (Low Down) (1928) - orig Banner 6257 (Healey col)
St Louis Serenaders (Fred Hall) (Arthur Fields v) - Oh, Gee! There's Ain't No Justice (1929) - Madison 1652 B
Gene Austin - How Am I To Know? (1929) - Victor 22128 A
Johnny Marvin - Same Old Moon Same Old June (1929) - Victor 22125B
Edith Wilson - I'll Get Even With You (1930) - ''Ain't Gonna Settle Down'' (Archeophone 6006) orig Victor V-38624
Ted Black and his Orchestra (Edith Caldwell v) - As Long As I Live (1934) - Bluebird B 5387 (Healey col)
Bunny Berigan and his Boys - I Can't Get Started (1936) - Vocalion 3225
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - High, Wide and Handsome (1937) - Vocalion 3630
Sweet Violet Boys (Lucille Lee v) - Boy, Take Your Time (1939) - Vocalion 05162
John Kirby and his Orch - I May Be Wrong (1939) - Vocalion 5048
Umbrian Glee Club - Exhortation (1926) - Vocalion A 1013

"A Little Bit Stagnant" November 7, 2014

(Week 405)

This RADIOLA! discerns that it's Midnight at the Stasis Oasis.

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Honey Duke and his Uke (Johnny Marvin) - Just The Same (1927) - Diva 2409 G

Johnny McGee and his Orch (Carol Anders Harry Garrett v) - Playmates (1940) - orig Varsity 8200 (Healey col)

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

The Okeh Melodians (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Forever and Ever (1928) - Okeh 41017

Charley Straight and his Orch - Waiting and Dreaming (1928) - Brunswick 4026

Ted Lewis and his Band - Is Everybody Happy Now? (1928) - Columbia 1207 D

The Revelers - Was It a Dream? (1928) - Victor 21516 A

Harry Wilson - Waiting for a Train (1929) - Pathe Actuelle 32477 B

Plantation Players (Tom Stacks v) - You Never Get Nowhere Holding Hands (1927) - Romeo 409

Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch - Why Don't My Dreams Come True? (1924) - Victor 19357 B

Sunkist Serenaders (Emerson DO) - I've Always Got The Blues (1925) - Everybody's 1069 B

University Six (Arthur Fields v) - Slow River (1927) - Velvet Tone 1433 V

Esther Walker - Slow and Easy (1920) - Victor 18680 A

The Dixie Stars - Never Gettin' No Place Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2689 B

Nick Lucas - Dreamer of Dreams (1924) - Brunswick 2768 B

Dalton Ridenhour - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (2012) - Eccentricity (Rivermont BSW 2220)

Moxy Früvous - Gulf War Song (1993) – Bargainville (Atlantic 82563-2)

Jack Warner - Wait Till The Cows Come Home (1917) - Emerson 7296

Columbia Saxophone Sextette (Albert Campbell and Henry Burr v) - I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (intro Lamp of Love) (1919) - Columbia A2784

American Quartet - Where Do We Go From Here? (1917) - Victor 18335 B

Bill Wirges and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Where's That Rainbow? (1927) - Perfect 14762 B

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Weston Vaughan v) - Charmaine! (1927) - Columbia 1048 D

Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Belle Mann v) - Wishing and Waiting For Love (1929) - Victor 22019 B

Johnny Marvin - I'm a Dreamer Aren't We All? (1929) - Victor 22148 A

Ruth Etting - Nevertheless (1931) - Imperial 2579

Ted Weems and his Orch (Red Ingle v) - Sittin' Up Waitin' For You (1933) - Bluebird B 5290 B

BBC Dance Orch (Henry Hall) (Flanagan and Allen v) - Dreaming (1932) - Columbia CB 530

Layton and Johnstone - With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming (1934) - Columbia DB 1433

Bob Crosby and his Orch - Stop! You're Breaking My Heart (1937) - Decca 1346 B

Ceelle Burke Orch - South of Pago Pago (1940) - Decca 3315 B

Mildred Bailey and her Orch - My Reverie (1938) - Vocalion 4406

The Ambassadors (Katzman) (Irving Kaufman v) - Everything Will Happen For The Best (1926) - Vocalion A 15357