"Toward the Light" March 27, 2015

(Week 423)

This RADIOLA! is brightening its inner contrast.

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Singin' Sam - Ukulele Lady (1939) - Refreshment Time B 704 (World Tx)

Artie Shaw and his Orch - Back Bay Shuffle (1938) - Victor 27547 B

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

Waring's Pennsylvanians - Does My Sweetie Do—And How (1925) - Victor 19655 A

Ted Weems and his Orch (Parker Gibbs v) - Everybody Loves My Girl (1927) - Victor 21173 B

Duke Ellington and his Orch - The Mooche (1928) - Brunswick 80002 B (orig 4122)

Miss Annette Hanshaw - Falling In Love With You (1926) - Perfect 12290 B

Frank Crumit (Frank Banta p) - Get Away Old Man, Get Away (1926) - Victor 20137 B

Harper and Turner - Why Not Tonight? (1928) - Supertone 9391 A

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Say It With Music (1921) - Victor 18803 B

Bennie Krueger's Orch - Susquehanna Home (1924) - Brunswick 2682 B

Ray Miller and his Orch - Two Blue Eyes (1924) - Brunswick 2573 A

Kaufman Bros - Henry and Hank in Vaudeville (intro My Hawaiian Sunshine) (1917) - Edison 50996 R

Toots Paka Hawaiian Troupe - Halona (Beautiful Mountain) (1914) - Victor 67418 B

Lambert Murphy - Rose-Marie (1924) - Victor 45456 B

Molly Ryan - Where the Morning Glories Grow (2012) - Swing For Your Supper! (LG 1005)

West End Jazz Band - Rocky Mountain Blues (2008) - Sunny Side Up (Rivermont BSW-2208)

Charles Kellogg (The Nature Singer) - Humoresque (Dvorak) (1915) - Victor 45061 A

Billy Murray - How Are You Goin' to Wet Your Whistle? (1919) - Victor 18537 B

The Collegians - I Cried For You (1923) - Victor 19093 B

Coon-Sanders Orch (JLS v) - Here Comes My Ball and Chain (1928) - Victor 21812 B

Frank Auburn and his Orch (Arthur Schutt) (Irving Kaufman v) - Lo-Lo (1930) - Velvet Tone 2182 V

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Wall Street Wail (1929) - Brunswick 80003 B (orig 4887)

Sam Lanin and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Walkin' My Baby Back Home (1931) - Regal 10272 (Healey col)

Bee Sharp and Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Easter Parade (1933) - Bluebird B 5219 A

Roy Fox and his Band (Sam Browne v) - My Hat's on the Side of My Head (1933) - Brunswick 6955

Riley Puckett - In a Little Gypsy Tea Room (1936) - Montgomery Ward M 4760 B

Gene Austin (w Victor Young's Orch) - If I Had My Way (1936) - Decca 926 A

Lionel Hampton and his Orch - I Surrender, Dear (1937) - Victor 25666 A

Pancho and his Orch - Tango Delle Rose (1938) - Decca 1982 B

Benny Goodman and his Orch (p arr Fletcher Henderson) (Louise Tobin v) - I Didn't Know What Time It Was (1939) - Columbia 35230

Singin' Sam - Stairway to the Stars (1939) - Refreshment Time B 704 (World Tx)

"Patches of Green" March 20, 2015

(Week 422)

This RADIOLA! notes occasional glimpses of the lawn.

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Columbia Light Opera Company - Robin Hood Vocal Gems (De Koven) (1912) - Columbia A5402

Singin' Sam - It's De-Lovely (1939) - Refreshment Time B709 (World Transcription)

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

Phil Ohman and Victor Arden and their Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Hallelujah (1927) - Brunswick 3527 A

Coon-Sanders Orch (JLS v) - Who Wouldn't Be Jealous of You? (1928) - Victor 21812 A

Duke Ellington and his Orch - East St Louis Toodle-oo (1927) - Brunswick 80000 A (orig Voc 1064)

Arthur Fields - Plucky Lindbergh (1927) - Radiex 2337 A

George Holden (John McGhee) - The Sinking of the Submarine S-4 (1927) - Challenge 389 A

Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (chorus v) - We'll Have a New Home (1927) - Victor 21170 B

Art Hickman's Orch - Whispering (1920) - Columbia A3301

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (American Quartet v) - Last Night on the Back Porch (1923) - Victor 19139 A

Arthur Gibbs and his Gang - Old Fashioned Love (1923) - Victor 19165 A

Ada Jones and Walter Van Brunt - All Alone (1911) - Standard A1010

Arthur Fields - How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm (1919) - Victor 18537A

Lou Gold and his Orch (Benny Davis v) - Roses Remind Me of You (1926) - Harmony 188 H

Dalton Ridenhour - Topliner Rag (Joseph Lamb) (2012) - Eccentricity (Rivermont BSW 2220)

Jeff Healey, Trumpet; Colin Bray, Bass; Reide Kaiser, Piano; Dan Levinson, Clarinet - I Never Knew What A Gal Could Do (2004) - Adventures In Jazzland (Stony Plain CD1313) (purchase here)

Mr.Guido Gialdini - Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin) (1912) - Polyphon Record 5576

The Great White Way Orch (Billy Murray v) - Barney Google (1923) - Victor 19093 A

Ted Bartell and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - This Is Heaven (1929) - Harmony 941 H

Majestic Dance Orch (Haring) (Smith Ballew v) - By My Side (1931) - Banner 32148 A

Ted Black and his Orch (Tom Brown v) - If I Didn't Have You (1931) - Victor 22807 B

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Twelfth Street Rag (1931) - Brunswick 80001 B (orig 6038)

Ted Lewis and his Band - She's Funny That Way (1928) - Columbia 1656 D

Weary Willie - In the Big Rock Candy Mountain (1929) - Supertone 9342 A

Don Voorhees and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - I'm Thru With Love (1931) - Hit of the Week 1154

Joe Haymes and his Orch (Clifford Wetterau v) - I'm on a See-Saw (1935) - Melotone 35-10-25 A

Gene Austin (w Victor Young's Orch) - I Cried For You (1936) - Decca 926 B

Roy Smeck and his Serenaders (Donald King v) - Is That the Way to Treat a Sweetheart? (1938) - Decca 2100 B

Singin' Sam - Trav'lin' All Alone (1939) - Refreshment Time B 721 (World Transcription)

Hall Brothers (Roy and Jay) - Way Out There (1937) - Montgomery Ward M 7237 A

Russ Morgan and his Orch (RM v) - I'm Home Again (1940) - Decca 3290 B

"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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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