No Tricks, No Treats

I'm going to pass on doing a show for October 31st. One is essentially compelled to do a Halloween-themed show on such a date, and my assessment is that there's already plenty of Halloween drivel out there. I'm not eight years old and presumably neither are you.

"The Not Found Era" October 24, 2014

(Week 404)

This RADIOLA! might be losing it.

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Charles Kellogg (The Nature Singer) - Narcissus (Nevin) (1916) - Victor 45085 A

Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - He Ain't Got Rhythm (1937) - Bluebird B 6758 B

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

George Olsen and his Music (Bob Borger Fran Frey Bob Rice v) - Do Do Do (1926) - Victor 20327 A

Sam Lanin and his Orch - How Many Times? (1926) - Cameo 993

Victor Salon Orch - Apache Dance (Offenbach) (1927) - Victor 21055 A

Arthur Fields and Fred Hall - The Song of the Blind Man (1929) - Velvet Tone 2079-V

Barbecue Bob - My Mistake Blues (1927) - The Essential (Classic Blues CBL-200026) orig Columbia 14350-D

Annette Hanshaw - Is There Anything Wrong in That? (1928) - Volume 5 Annette Hanshaw 1928-29 (Sensation)

Joseph C. Smith's Orch - Yellow Dog Blues (intro Hooking Cow Blues) (1919) - Victor 18618 B

The Benson Orch of Chicago - Somebody's Wrong (1923) - Victor 19122 A

Cameo Dance Orch - The Sneak (Nacio Herb Brown) (1922) - Cameo 253

David Bispham - The Hanging of Danny Deever (Damrosch-Kipling) (1906) - Marconi 30016

Alma Gluck (Clement Barone flute) - Lo, here the gentle lark (Henry R. Bishop - Shakespeare) (1912) - Victor 64267

E. K. Rose with Hawaiian Quintette - My Honolulu Hula Girl (1913) - Victor 18573 A

Mark Shane - Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day (2012) - Suite 16 (Amber Lake 006)

Stephanie Trick (w Danny Coots drums Jay Hungerford bass) - Honky Tonk Train Blues (Lewis) (2011) - Something More (Victoria VC4387)

Frank Croxton (supervised by Prof. Charles H. Collins) - Victor Records for Health Exercises No 1 (Liberty Bell) and No 2 (Comin' Thru the Rye) (1922) - Victor 18914 A

Lanin's Roseland Orch - The Sheik (1921) - Regal 9150

International Novelty Orch - I Love Me (1923) - Victor 19121 A

Ted Weems and his Orch (Art Jarrett v) - I Found You Out When I Found You In Someone Else's Arms (1928) - Victor 21773 A

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Frances Maddux v) - Someday I'll Find You (1931) - HMV B 6156

Will Osborne and his Orch - Trees (1930) - orig Melotone 12215 (Healey col)

Bing Crosby (w Guy Lombardo RCns) - You're Beautiful Tonight, My Dear (1933) - Columbia DB 2123

Al Bowlly (Ray Noble Orch) - My Melancholy Baby (1935) - Victor 25007 A

Wingy Manone and his Orch - No Regrets (1936) - Bluebird 6473 A

Coleman Hawkins (Stanley Black p) - Lost in a Fog (1934) - Decca 18252 A

Dorsey Bros Orch (Kay Weber v) - I'm Just A Little Boy Blue (1935) - orig Decca 348 (Healey col)

Jerry Cooper (with Eddy Duchin's Orch) - Timber (1936) - Victor 25485 A

Kenny Baker - Lost and Found (1938) - Decca 1795 B

Connee Boswell (Victor Young orch) - Look For the Silver Lining (1941) - Decca 25055 B

Fritz Kreisler (Carl Lamson p) - Aloha Oe (1925) - Victrola 1115 A

"Overspecialization" October 17, 2014

(Week 403)

This RADIOLA! suggests there are worse things than being a dilettante.

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A number of recordings used in this show are drawn from the phenomenal American Dance Band collection amassed by the late Jeff Healey. Read about Jeff here.

Ernest Hare (w Selvin's Orch) - Mindin' My Business (1923) - Vocalion A 14753

Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bob Goday v) - Johnny One Note (1937) - orig Bluebird 6895 (Healey col)

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

George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey v) - She Was Just a Sailor's Sweetheart (1926) - Victor 19938 A

Phil Spitalny and his Orch - I Just Wanna Be Known As Susie's Feller (1926) - orig Victor 20267 (Healey col)

Earl Burtnett and his LA Biltmore Hotel Orch (Louis Kraft v) - Trees (1927) - orig Columbia 1190 D (Healey col)

Annette Hanshaw and her Sizzling Syncopaters - I Just Roll Along (1928) - Perfect 12419 B

The Happiness Boys - He Ain't Never Been to College (1928) - Victor 21332 A

Edith Wilson - My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More (1930) - Ain't Gonna Settle Down (Archeophone 6006)

Waring's Pennsylvanians - Just Hot! (1924) - orig Victor 19377 (Healey col)

Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orch - He's Just a Horn Tootin' Fool (1925) - Brunswick 2916 B

Jerome Conrad and his Orch (Selvin) (IK v) - I'm The Medicine Man For The Blues (1929) - orig Harmony 975-H (Healey col)

Lew Dockstater - Everybody Works But Father (1905) - Columbia A306

Victor Roberts (Billy Jones) - My Home Town Is a One Horse Town But It's Big Enough For Me (1920) - Victor 18712 A

Margaret Young - Ukulele Lady (1925) - orig Brunswick 2861

Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - Railroad Man (1993) - Quality Shout! (Stomp Off CD1260)

Emily Asher's Garden Party - Garden Party Party (2014) - Meet Me in the Morning

Arthur Fields - Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning (1918) - Columbia A2617

Emerson Military Band - Joe Turner Blues (1916) - Emerson 7145

Abe Lyman's California Orch - Out of a Million, You're the Only One (1924) - orig Brunswick 2742 (Healey col)

Harry Salter and his Willys-Knighters (Bob Merwin v) - I'm Just A Vagabond Lover (1929) - orig Cameo 9147 (Healey col)

Vincent Rose and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - I'm Just A Dancing Sweetheart (1931) - orig Perfect 15503 (Healey col)

Joe Venuti and his New Yorkers (Scrappy Lambert v) - I Am Only Human After All (1930) - orig Okeh 41451 (Healey col)

Smith Ballew and his Orch - Just A Gigolo (1931) - orig Melotone 12094 (Healey col)

Snooks and the Memphis Ramblers (Wally Ashby v) - Let a Little Pleasure Interfere With Business (1931) - Victor 22720 B

Ozzie Nelson and his Orch (ON and HH v) - Mister Magician (1934) - orig Vocalion 2642 (Healey col)

Isham Jones Orch (Joe Martin v) - A Tree Was A Tree (1933) - orig Victor 24246 (Healey col)

Tom Coakley and his Orch (Carl Ravazza v) - I'm Just An Ordinary Human (1935) - orig Victor 25058 (Healey col)

Joe Haymes and his Orch - One-Note Trumpet Player (1932) - orig Columbia 2739-D (Healey col)

Les Brown and his Orch (Herb Muse v) - The Man Who Comes Around (1939) - orig Bluebird B-10558 (Healey col)

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Pee Wee Hunt v) - The Pessimistic Character (With The Crab-Apple Face) (1940) - orig Decca 2164 (Healey col)

John Ryan with Orch - I'm a Specialist (1940) - Varsity 8198

"Unrequited Infection" October 10, 2014

(Week 402)

This RADIOLA! is taking certain precautions against hypochondria.

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Billy Murray - Some Little Bug Is Going To Find You (1915) - orig Victor 17826 B

Mezz Mezzrow and his Swing Band - The Panic Is On (1936) - 1936-1939 (Classics 694) orig Bluebird B 6319

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

Ted Lewis and his Band - Don't Wake Me Up Let Me Dream (1925) - Columbia 531 D

Waring's Pennsylvanians (Tom Waring v) - Look At Those Eyes (1925) - Victor 19648 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - No More Worryin' (1926) - Victor 20007 B

Ted Weems and his Orch (Parker Gibbs v) - She's Got “It” (1927) - Renovation 7008 (orig Victor 20829 A)

Irving Kaufman - Sick and Tired (1927) - Regal 8372 B

Madeline Beatty - Afraid of You (1928) - Okeh 41034

Sophie Tucker - There's Something Spanish In My Eyes (1928) - Columbia 4941 (UK)

The Jazz-O-Harmonists - I'm Goin' South (1924) - Edison 51302 R

Ted Weems and his Orch - Red Nose Pete (1924) - My Gal Sal (Renovation 7005) orig Victor 19377

Fred Rich and his Hotel Astor Orch - Could I? I Certainly Could (1926) - Harmony 136 H

Emmett Miller (Walt Rothrock p) - Lovesick Blues (1925) - Okeh 40465 B

Bessie Smith (Jimmy Jones p) - Graveyard Dream Blues (1923) - Frog DGF41 (orig Columbia A4001)

Eddie Cantor - Laff It Off! (1925) - The Columbia Years 1922-1940 (Legacy C2K 57148) orig Columbia 283 D

Gary Lawrence and his Sizzling Syncopators - Stayin' Alive (1980) - Columbia M 35824 (LP)

Dan Levinson and his Swing Wing (Molly Ryan v) - A Brown Bird Singing (2008) - At The Codfish Ball

Sir Harry Lauder - It's Nice to Get Up in the Mornin' but It's Nicer to Lie in Bed (1914) - Victor 45196 A

Fred Van Eps - Dance of the Bugs (1911) - Victor 17834 B

The Original Memphis Five - Stop Your Kidding (1922) - Vocalion A 14461

King Oliver and his Orch (Frank Marvin v) - St James Infirmary (1930) - Victor 22298 A

Buddy Rogers and his California Cavaliers (Frank Parrish v) - In My Hide Away (1932) - Victor 24015 B

Henry Allen and his New York Orch (Will Johnson v) - You Might Get Better, But You'll Never Get Well (1930) - Classics 540 (orig Victor V-38140)

Ruth Etting - I'll Get By (1929) - Columbia 1733 D

Jenny Howard - He's Dead But He Won't Lie Down (1931) - EBW 5515 (UK)

Stanley Lupino and Elsie Carlisle - I Don't Want To Go To Bed (1932) - Decca F 3319

Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Harold Arlen v) - As Long As I Live (1934) - HMV B 6501

Jimmy Ray and his Orch - So Rare (1937) - Bluebird B 7077 A

Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Jangled Nerves (1936) - orig Victor 25317

Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Floating On A Bubble (1937) - Bluebird B 6780 B

Frances Day - Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? (1933) - HMV B 8096

The DeReszke Singers - The Long Day Closes (Henry Chorley-Sir Arthur Sullivan) (1925) - Victor 45517 B

"Partial Eclipse" October 3, 2014

(Week 401)

This RADIOLA! is half-hidden even from itself.

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Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Revelers v) - The More We Are Together (1927) - Victor 20603 B
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Hotter Than 'Ell (1934) - Decca 555 B-cr-nr
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey v) - A Little Bit Bad (1925) - Who (Renovation 7004)
Jesse Crawford with Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - Maybe (1926) - Victor 20392 A
B F Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (Knecht) (SMT v) - Petrushka (1926) - Victor 20204 B
Jack Smith - Are You Sorry? (1925) - Victor 19856 B
Nick Lucas - No Foolin' (1926) - Brunswick 3141 B
Four Aristocrats - Don't Sing Aloha When I Go (1926) - Victor 20314 A
International Novelty Orch - Chick-A-Dee (1923) - Victor 19128 B
The Benson Orch of Chicago - Dreams of India (1923) - Victor 19106 B
Mike Speciale and his Carlton Terrace Orch - Mandy Make Up Your Mind (1924) - Perfect 14336 B
Billy Jones - Ain't We Got Fun? (1921) - Okeh 4325 A
Sophie Tucker (w Rega Orch) - Aggravatin' Papa (1923) - Okeh 4817 A Key of A flat
Charles Sargent Johnny Marvin - Thousand Miles Blues (1924) - Okeh test (40241)
Mark Shane - Moon Song (2012) - Suite 16 (Amber Lake 006)
The Singapore Slingers (Matt Tolentino v) - Mysterious Mose (2014) - The Frank Skinner Project (buy a full download here)
Enrico Caruso - O sole mio (1916) - Victrola 501 A
Emmett Miller (Walt Rothrock p) - Big Bad Bill (1925) - Okeh 40465 A
The Astorites (Rich) (Paul Hagan v) - Gone Again Gal (1926) - Harmony 266 H
William F. Wirges and his Orch (Frank Munn v) - Afraid of You (1928) - Brunswick 3910 B
Joe Candullo and his Everglades Orch - A Jazz Holiday (1928) - orig Banner 7169 (Healey col)
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (J & F Marvin v) - Get Out and Get Under the Moon (1928) - Victor 21432 A
Cooper Lawley - Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) - Victor 21390 A
Ruth Etting - I'm Good For Nothing But Love (1931) - Columbia 2505 D
Arthur Tracy (The Street Singer) - Masquerade (1932) - Panachord 25269 B
Chicago Hottentots - All Night Shags (1926) - Jazz Classics 509 A (orig Vocalion 1008)
King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators - Dead Man Blues (1926) - Vocalion B 1059
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - I Like That (1929) - Parlophone R 714
Slim Green - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (1935) - Decca 7105 A
Red Norvo and his Swing Octet - Bughouse (1935) - Brunswick 8208
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Four Rajahs v) - Sweet Dreams (1928) - Victor 21792B

"Yet Another Round" September 26, 2014

(Week 400)

This RADIOLA! raises a glass to another supposed milestone.

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Charles W. Hamp - Heigh Ho! Ev'rybody, Heigh-Ho! (1929) - Columbia 1792 D

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

George Olsen and his Music - Save Your Sorrow (1925) - Victor 19715 A

Waring's Pennsylvanians - Collegiate (1925) - Victor 19648 A

Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Billy Murray v) - Barcelona (1926) - Victor 20113 A

Jack Smith - Then I'll Be Happy (1925) - Victor 19856 A

Irene Williams (Eva Taylor) (Clarence Williams p) - My Different Kind Of Man (1928) - Okeh 41104

Four Aristocrats - She's Still My Baby (1926) - Victor 20314 B

Morrison's Jazz Orch - I Know Why (1920) - Columbia A2945

The Great White Way Orch - Where the Ganges Flows (Intro Just a Pretty Little Home) (1923) - Victor 19106 A

Frankie Quartell and his Melody Boys - Prince of Wails (1924) - Retrieval RTR 79050

Bert Williams - It's Nobody's Business But My Own (1918) - Columbia A2750

Margaret Young - Oh! By Jingo! (1920) - Victor 18666 A

Carl Fenton's Orch (Billy Jones Ernest Hare v) - It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' (1924) - Brunswick 2568 B

The Singapore Slingers - Rain (2014) - The Frank Skinner Project (buy a full download here)

West End Jazz Band - Burnin' The Iceberg (2010) - Recorded May 15, 2010 (Huntington, WV)

George MacFarlane - That's an Irish Lullaby (1914) - Victor 45185 B

Frankie Quartell and his Melody Boys - Heart-Broken Strain (1924) - Retrieval RTR 79050

Ted Weems and his Orch - Traveling Blues (1924) - Victor 19496 A

Oscar Papa Celestin - Papa's Got The Jim-Jams (1927) - Jazz Oracle BDW8002

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - She's No Trouble (1928) - Victor 24893 B

Joe Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys - Stormy Weather (1933) - Jazz Oracle BDW8057

Walter Cummins - Huggable Kissable You (1929) - Velvet Tone 1979-V

Boswell Sisters - Shout Sister, Shout (1931) - Brunswick Vol 1 (Collectables CD 6461)

Mills Brothers - Dirt Dishin' Daisy (1932) - Melotone M 13222-A

Wilmoth Houdini - Poor but Ambitious (1940) - Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7010

King Radio - Sedition Law (1940) - Calypsos From Trinidad (Arhoolie CD 7004)

The Caresser - Exploiting (1938) - Fall of Man (Rounder CD 1141)

Red McKenzie - What's the Use of Getting Used to You? (1934) - Decca 243 B

The Four Musketeers - Young and Healthy (1933) - Columbia DB 1076 (UK)

Franklyn Baur - When Day is Done (1927) - Victor 20719 B

"Inside the Box" September 19, 2014

(Week 399)

This RADIOLA! looks into one particular case, for the most part.

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Arthur Fields and Fred Hall - Song of the Condemned (1929) - Velvet Tone 2079-V

Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven (Edythe Wright v) - He's a Gypsy From Poughkeepsie (1937) - Victor 25577 B

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

George Olsen and his Music - Someone to Watch Over Me (1926) - Victor 20392 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Valencia (1926) - Victor 20007 A

Jesse Crawford with Goldkette's Book-Cadillac Orch - I'd Love to Call You My Sweetheart (1926) - Victor 20257 A

Frank Crumit (Frank Banta p) - My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) - Victor 19701 B

The Revelers - All Alone Monday (1926) - Victor 20417A

Waring's Pennsylvanians - Who's Blue Now? (1928) - Victor 21258 A

Joseph C. Smith's Orch - 'N' Everything (Intro Cleopatra) (1918) - Victor 18507 B

Hilo Hawaiian Orch (Vernon Dalhart v) - Beautiful Gown (1925) - Victor 19713 B

International Novelty Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Titina (from Puzzles of 1925) (tk 3) (1925) - Victor 19586 B

George MacFarlane - Can't You Hear Me Calling, Caroline? (1914) - Victor 45185 A

Enrico Caruso - 'A Vucchella (D'Annunzio-Tosti) (1919) - Victrola 501 B

Eddie Peabody (Arthur Fields v) - Ukulele Lady (1925) - Banner 1572 B

Bria Skonberg and Jim Fryer's Borderline Jazz Band - Big Bear Stomp (Lu Watters) (2007) - Over Easy

Dalton Ridenhour - Charleston Rag (Eubie Blake) (2012) - Eccentricity (Rivermont BSW 2220)

Sousa's Band - Stars and Stripes Forever March (1912) - Victor 16777 A

Peerless Quartette - Follow Up That Big Brass Band (1914) - Columbia A1532

The Lanin Orch (Billy Jones v) - Big Boy (1924) - Okeh 40111 A

Coon-Sanders Orch (CAC and JLS v) - Stay Out of the South! (1927) - Victor 21258 B

Andrew Aiona's Novelty Four - Paahana (1929) - Columbia 1788 D

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - O, Ya Ya (1928) - Victor21304 B

Annette Hanshaw - If I Had a Girl Like You (1930) - Velvet Tone 2178 V

Red McKenzie - Dream Sweetheart (1932) - Columbia 2654 D

Reilly and Comfort - Popular Favorites Medley (I Ain't Got Nobody/Ain't She Sweet?/Dinah) (1933) - Decca F 3668 B (UK)

Dorsey Bros Orch (Kay Weber v) - The Words Are in My Heart (1935) - Decca 370 B

Bob Crosby and his Orch - So This Is Heaven (1936) - Decca 728 A

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Public Melody Number One (1937) - Decca 1347 A

Sandhills Sixteen - What Sort o' Robes Do de Angels Wear? (1927) - Victor 20903 B

Franklyn Baur - Maybe (1926) - Victor 20417 B

The DeReszke Singers - Love's Old Sweet Song (1925) - Victor 45517 A

"Scrap Drive" September 12, 2014

(Week 398)

This RADIOLA! is a thing of shreds and patches but isn't looking for a fight.

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Arthur Collins - Grizzly Bear (1910) - Aretino D681 (orig Columbia A844) Key of F

King Oliver - Struggle Buggy (1930) - Victor 23001 B

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

The Ambassadors (Katzman) - When Autumn Leaves Are Falling (1926) - Vocalion B 15279

Dixieland Jug Blowers - Memphis Shake (1926) - Victor 20415 B

Herbert Spencer and his Orch - Tin Ear (Bob Effros) (1928) - orig Banner 7050 (Healey col.)

Franklyn Baur (Frank Banta p) - The Two of Us (1926) - Victor 20258 B

Evelyn Thompson - Someday Sweetheart (1926) - Vocalion A 1075

Arthur Fields - Muddy Water (1927) - Bell 495 A

Joseph C. Smith 's Orch - Karavan (1920) - Victor 18662 A

The Benson Orch of Chicago - Nobody Knows But My Pillow and Me (1923) - Victor 19102 A

George Olsen and his Music - Sax-o-phun (unissued) (1924) - Everybody Loves My Baby (Renovation 7001)

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from The Quaker Girl (Ross Greenbank Monckton) (1911) - Victor 35410 B

The Manhattan Merrymakers (Hugo Frey dir) (Billy Murray v) - Bonnie (1923) - Victor 19183 A

The Harmonians (Irving Kaufman v) - A Garden In The Rain (1929) - Velvet Tone 1894 V

Stephanie Trick - Passionette (Smith) (2011) - Something More (Victoria VC4387)

Dan Levinson's Palomar Quartet (Molly Ryan v) (2008) - Silhouetted in the Moonlight - Four on the Floor

Will Rogers - A New Slant on War (1923) - Victor 45347 A

Ukranian Chorus - lak umro, to pohovaite (1925) - Odeon 15521 A

Southampton Society Orch (CA Ramblers) (Arthur Fields v) - I Miss My Swiss (1925) - Perfect 14457

Jack Pettis and his Pets - Doin' the New Low Down (1928) - Victor 21559 A

Ben's Bad Boys - Wang-Wang Blues (1929) - Victor 21971 B

Alexander Dobrohotoff - Kamarinskaja I Svietit Miesiatz (1928) - Okeh 15078

Ethel Waters - Guess Who's In Town? (1928) - Columbia 14353 D

Bing Crosby - You're Still in My Heart (1932) - Columbia DB 2123

Carolina Club Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Why Don't You Get Lost? (1932) - orig Melotone M-12376 (Healey Col.)

Louis King Garcia and his Swing Band (Don Darcy v) - Love is Like a Cigarette (1936) - Bluebird B 6302 A

Bert Firman and his Orch (Sam Costa v) - Don't Play With Fire (1937) - Victor 25661 A

Connie Boswell (w Woody Herman Orch) - Deep in a Dream (1939) - Decca 2259 B

Ray Nichols and his Four Towers Orch (Al Graff) - A Sweet Beginning Like This (1935) - Bluebird B 6012 B

The Tiger - Let Them Fight For Ten Thousand Years (1940) - West Indian Rhythm Vol. 9 (Bear Family)

Victor Salon Orch - Serenade (Toselli) (1926) - Victor 21253 B

"Chasing the Equinox" September 5, 2014

(Week 397)

This RADIOLA! considers that it might as well be Fall.

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Sam Ash - Old Fashioned Garden (1920) - Okeh 4083 A

Carl Deacon Moore and his Orch - Nobody Knows Where She's Gone (1938) - Decca 2183 B

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

Art Landry and his Orch - Just Around the Corner (May Be Sunshine For You) (1926) - Victor 19930 A

Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Wouldn't You (1926) - Victor 20379 A

Sid Sydney's Orch (International Novelty Orch) - Could I, I Certainly Could (1926) - Victor 20029 B

Freddie Rose - The Voice of the Southland (1927) - Brunswick 3769 B

Lillie Delk Christian - Ain't She Sweet (1927) - Okeh 8475

Waring's Pennsylvanians - I Love the College Girls (1926) - Victor 20378 B

Joseph C Smith's Orch - Hindustan (1918) - Victor 18507 A

Charles Dornberger and his Orch - The Gold Digger (Dig a Little Deeper) (1923) - Victor 19128 A

The Benson Orch of Chicago - I Never Miss the Sunshine (I'm So Used to the Rain) (1923) - Victor 19102 B

Edna Brown (Elsie Baker) and James F Harrison (Frederick Wheeler) - The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1913) - Victor 17338 A

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Miss Daisy (Bartholomae-Hein) (1914) - Victor 35404 B

Billy Murray and Ed Smalle - Choo Choo (I Gotta Hurry Home) (1924) - Victor 19516 A

Frank DeVol and his Chorus and Orch - Lonely Acres (In the West) (Willard Robison) (1951) - Capitol 1503

Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Lonesome Darlin' (1950) - Decca 27066

Ada Jones - They Always Pick on Me (1911) - Aretino D710

The Great White Way Orch (Hugo Frey) - Oh Susanna Medley (1923) - Victor 19125 A

Vic Meyers and his Orch (Frank Bessinger v) (Reser bj) - Sad (1924) - Brunswick 2800 A

Victor Salon Orch - The Wedding of the Painted Doll (1929) - Victor 22043 A

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - The Jones Law Blues (1929) - Band Box Shuffle (Hep CD 1070)

Enric Madriguera and his Orch (Richard Barry v) - Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee (1932) - orig Columbia 2651-D

Annette Hanshaw - I Get the Blues When it Rains (1929) - Velvet Tone 1910 V

Bing Crosby - Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (1931) - Bluebird B 7102 A

The Rhythmic Pianists (Ray Heatherton v) - She's Mine (1932) - Melotone M 12413

Dalton Ridenhour - If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) (2012) - Eccentricity (Rivermont BSW 2220)

The Singapore Slingers (Matt Tolentino v) - The Lady in Red (2014) - The Frank Skinner Project (buy a full download here)

Ragtime Jazz Band with Carling's Family - Happy Rhythm (2009) - Coco 51

Richard Himber and his Ritz-Carlton Orch (Joey Nash v) - In a Blue and Pensive Mood (1934) - Lullaby of Broadway (Renovation 7009)

Isham Jones' Orch (Ed Stone v) - When You Climb Those Golden Stairs (1934) - Decca 220 B

B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (Knecht) (Silver Masked Tenor v) - Trail of Dreams (1926) - Victor 20238 A

"Reheat Wave" August 29, 2014

(Week 396)

This RADIOLA! observes sweater weather by warming over a few old favorites.

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Many and sincere thanks to Dan Levinson for sending excellent CDs from the old Renovation label. Dan helped produce these wonderful reissues, and I am delighted to be able to play them on this program. (Speaking of which, Dan's new CDs are also quite wonderful!)

Billy West (Billy Jones) - Get Hot (1921) - Regal 9124

Richard Himber and his Ritz-Carlton Orch (Joey Nash v) - Ev'rything's Been Done Before (1934) - Lullaby of Broadway (Renovation 7009)

Dick Barrow with Dot Scott's Rhythm Band - Down at the Cabin Inn (1936) - Decca 7226 B

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

Ted Weems and his Orch (Parker Gibbs v) - My Cutey's Due at Two-To-Two Today (1926) - My Gal Sal (Renovation 7005)

George Olsen and his Music - Too Bad (1926) - Who? (Renovation 7004)

The Six Hottentots (IK v) - Rosy Cheeks (1927) - Regal 8289 B

Whispering Jack Smith - Tonight's My Night With Baby (1926) - Victor 20069 A

The Merrymakers (Revelers) - Mah Lindy Lou (1926) - Brunswick 3154 B

Ethel Waters - Am I Blue (1929) - Columbia 1837 D

(Emerson) Military Band - Chinese Jazz (1918) - Symphonola 467

Charles Dornberger and his Orch - Oh! Sister, Ain't That Hot! (1923) - Victor 19138 A

Ted Weems and his Orch - Big Boy! (1924) - My Gal Sal (Renovation 7005)

Agnes Lynn - Jazz Baby (1919) - Columbia A2745

Palmetto Jazz Quartette - My Jazz Gal (1921) - Okeh 8011 B

Dave Harman (acc by The Razz Jazz Trio) - Baby What Is Your Name? (1925) - Okeh 40342 A

Dalton Ridenhour - Eccentricity (James P. Johnson) (2012) - Eccentricity (Rivermont BSW 2220)

The Singapore Slingers - Magnolia (2014) - The Frank Skinner Project  (buy a full download here)

Gene Austin (Billy Carpenter uke) - Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now (1925) - Victor 19656 A

The Benson Orch of Chicago - March of the Mannikins (1923) - Victor 19183 B

Harry Raderman's Red Hotters - Sunday (1926) - Okeh 40736 B

Chicago Loopers - Three Blind Mice Master No 1 (1927) - Hot Record Society 1

Johnny Dodds' Hot Six - Too Tight (1929) - Bluebird B10240 A

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1931) - Parlophone R 992

Hotel Bossert Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - I've Got to Pass Your House to Get to My House (1933) - Melotone M 12725

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (CL v) - Nothing But the Best (1934) - Melotone M 13124 A

Claude Hopkins and his Orch (Orlando Roberson v) - Mandy (1934) - Decca 353 A

Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bob Goday v) - Where Have You Been All My Life? (1936) - Bluebird B 6641 A

Mal Hallett Orch (Teddy Grace v) - Turn On That Red Hot Heat (1937) - Decca 1384 B

Quintette of the Hot Club of France - Swing Guitars (1937) - Victor 25601 B

The Piano Twins (Dick Robertson v) - Got a Date With an Angel (1932) - Perfect 11334 A

Smith Ballew and his Orch - The World is Mine (1934) - Oriole 3037 A

Richard Himber and his Ritz-Carlton Orch (Joey Nash v) - Autumn in New York (1934) - Lullaby of Broadway (Renovation 7009)

"Dog Gone Wit's End" August 22, 2014

(Week 395)

This RADIOLA! veers toward the elegiac but manages to get in some good tunes along the way.

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Groucho Marx - Willow, Tit Willow (1960) - The Mikado (DRG 19106)
Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orch - Happy Today Sad Tomorrow (1938) - Decca 1788 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch - Oh! Boy, What a Girl (1925) - Columbia 435 D
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - All Alone Monday (1926) - Victor 20259 A
George Olsen and his Music (trio v) - Leander (1926) - Victor 20289 B
Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) - Laugh Clown Laugh (1929) - Jewel 5297 A
Greta Woodson (Leroy Shield p) - What's the Use of Crying? (1926) - Victor 20275 A
Gloria Geer (Vaughn DeLeath) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Cameo 963
Paul Biese and his Novelty Orch - When You're Alone (1919) - Victor 18662 B
The Benson Orch of Chicago - Foolish Child (1923) - Victor 19136 A
Six Black Diamonds (Samuels) - Sobbin' Blues (1923) - Banner 1265 B
Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Queen of the Movies (Paulton-MacDonough-Gilbert) (1914) - Victor 35365 A
Willard Robison and his Piano - Thinking of You (1926) - Perfect 12311 B
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Gone (1930) - Velvet Tone 2107 V
Ragtime Jazz Band with Carling's Family - New and Easy (2009) - Coco 51
Molly Ryan - These Foolish Things (2007) - Songbird in the Moonlight
Alma Gluck and Efrem Zimbalist - Élégie (Massenet) (1912) - Victrola 87513
Arthur Pryor's Band - The Whistler and his Dog (1913) - Victor 17380 A
The Benson Orch of Chicago - That Old Gang of Mine (1923) - Victor 19136 B
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Spitalny) - Tiger Rag (1930) - Harmony 1092 H
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Dick Robertson v) - Twenty-One Years (1931) - Brunswick 6241
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Irene Taylor v) - Willow Weep For Me (1932) - Victor 24187 A
Gene Austin - Now That You're Gone (1931) - Hit Of The Week L3
Chris Hall - Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (1931) – Edison Bell Winner 5338 (UK)
Jenny Howard - Looking On The Bright Side (1931) - Edison Bell Winner 5515 (UK)
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bob Goday v) - I'm Always In the Mood For You (1937) - Bluebird B 7180 A
The Waltz Kings (Ken McComber dir) - Tales From the Vienna Woods (1934) - Bluebird B 5685 A
The New Music of Reginald Foresythe - The Melancholy Clown (1935) - Columbia 3060 D
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Cryin' Mood (1937) - Vocalion 3716
Bumble Bee Slim - Past and Gone (1936) - Decca 7343 B
Russ Columbo - Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear (1932) - Victor 22976 B

No Show This Week

I'm going on hiatus for. . .a while.

"Lapse Dancing" August 1, 2014

(Week 394)

This RADIOLA! is morally relaxed and ethically limber.

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Les Reis - Positively Absolutely (1927) - Okeh 40804
New Dixie Demons - Was I Drunk? (1936) - Decca 5257 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Rhythm Rag (1925) - Victor 19773 B
The Knickerbockers (Selvin) (Johnny Marvin v) - The Kinkajou (1927) - Columbia 893 D
Levee Loungers (Haring) (IK v) - Crazy Rhythm (1928) - Perfect 15030
Lowe Stokes and his North Georgians - Take Me To The Land of Jazz (1928) - Columbia 15367 D
Helen Kane - I Want To Be Bad (1929) - Victor 21863 B
Libby Holman - I May Be Wrong (1929) - Brunswick 4506
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - Pork and Beans (C. Luckeyth Roberts) (1917) - Columbia A2370
Isham Jones' Orch - Get Lucky (1924) - Brunswick 2678 B
The Arkansaw Travelers - Copenhagen (1924) - Okeh 40236 B
Addy Britt (Arthur Fields) - Where's My Sweetie Hiding? (1924) - Cameo 607
Sally Freeman (Dolly Kay) - I Love My Baby (1926) - Harmony 107 H
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Don't Forget to Mess Around (1926) - Okeh 8343 A
Dalton Ridenhour - The Crave (2012) - Eccentricity (Rivermont BSW 2220)
Bria Skonberg and Jim Fryer's Borderline Jazz Band - Struttin' With Some Barbecue (2007) - Over Easy
Theodore Morse and Abe Frankel - Jazzin' Around (1917) - Pathe 20430 B
Bessie Smith (Clarence Williams p) - Oh Daddy Blues (1923) - Columbia A3888
The Georgians - You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night (1923) - Columbia A3857
Van Phillips and his Band (Maurice Elwin, v) - Dancing on the Ceiling (1930) - Columbia CB 172
Dave Harman and his Orch (George Marks v) - Live And Love Tonight (1934) - Bluebird B 5437 B
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Shim Me Sha Wabble (1930) - Brunswick 4885
Russ Columbo - Call Me Darling (1931) - Victor 22861 A
Belle Baker - Overnight (1931) - Brunswick 6051
Bob Causer and his Cornellians (Kardos) (Harry Goldfield v) - Pu-leeze Mister Hemingway! (1932) - Melotone 91452 A
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - Grinzing (1934) - Victor 24771 B
The Royal Castilians (Terig Tucci) - In The Madness Of The Rhumba (1934) - Perfect 15977 B
The Lion (w Gerald Clark and his Caribbean Serenaders) - Netty Netty (1937) - Decca 17297 A
Johnny Green (with Dave Terry) - Medley of Shall We Dance Selections Pt 1 (They All Laughed, They Can't Take That Away From Me, Shall We Dance) (1937) - Brunswick 7892
Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy (Mary Lou Williams p) - Moten Swing (1936) - Decca 3517 B
George Bias - Ain't Mishehavin' (1929) - Columbia 14470 D

"Any Number Can Play" July 25, 2014

(Week 393)

This RADIOLA! is game but not quite gamey.

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Billy Murray - Come On And Play With Me (1919) - Columbia A2836

Ceelle Burke Orch - A Moment in Sorrento (1940) - Decca 3315 A

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

Charley Straight and his Orch (Keller Sisters and Lynch v) - Side By Side (1927) - Brunswick 3516 A

Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Hugo, I Go Where You Go (1925) - Columbia 460 D

Colonial Club Orch (Haring) (Dick Robertson v) - Maine Stein Song (1930) - Brunswick 4748

Jack Smith - Then I'll Be Happy (1925) - Victor 19856A

The Singing Sophomores - Chloe (1927) - Columbia 1257 D

Jane Green - Hard To Get Gertie (1926) - Victor 20323 A

Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Song of Omar (1920) - Okeh 4092 A

Zez Confrey and his Orch - Are You Playing Fair? (1922) - Victor 18921 B

Charles Dornberger and his Orch - Nobody's Sweetheart (1924) - Victor 19346 B

Billy Jones and Ernie Hare - I Like It (1921) - Okeh 4325 B

Wendell Hall - Comfortin' Gal (1924) - Victor 19270 B

Helen Clark and Lewis James - Tea For Two (1924) - Victor 19463 A

The Singapore Slingers (Matt Tolentino v) - T'ain't No Sin (2014) - The Frank Skinner Project (buy a full download here)

StephanieTrick - Valentine Stomp (Waller) (2011) - Something More (Victoria VC4387)

Arthur Fields - Let's Bury The Hatchet (1918) - Columbia A2617

The Happy Six - Dance-O-Mania (1920) - Columbia A2949

Bob Haring's Velvetone Orch - Sittin' In a Corner (1923) - Cameo 420

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lew Conrad v) - She's Such a Comfort to Me (1930) - Victor 22282 B

The Waltz Kings (Ken McComber dir) - Wine, Woman and Song [sic] (1934) - Bluebird B 5685 B

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Wingy Manone v) - Corrine Corrina (1930) - Brunswick 6058

Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys - A Bench in the Park (1930) - Columbia 2223 D

Morton Downey - Two Cigarettes in the Dark (1934) - Rex 8307 A

Steve Washington and his Orch - We Were the Best of Friends (1933) - Benny Goodman (Jazz Oracle BDW 8059)

Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol - I'll Stand By (1936) - Bluebird B 6381 B

Ken Drake and his Orch (Jimmy Ray v) - If You Ever Should Leave (1937) - Bluebird B 7023 B

Clyde McCoy and his Orch (Wayne Gregg v) - A Lonely Gondolier (theme song) (1938) - Decca 2737 B

Mildred Bailey and her Orch - Loving You (1937) - Vocalion 3758

Ray Noble and his Orch (Howard Phillips v) - You're So Desirable (1938) - Brunswick 8262

Dick Himber and his Essex House Orch (Joey Nash v) - Everything I Have Is Yours (1933) - Complete Vol.1 (Renovation 7002)

A worthy Kickstarter project by Emily Asher merits your support

As you probably know even if you're not a musician, producing an album is an increasingly expensive enterprise. If you play vintage or traditional jazz, the support from the major labels (the ones that still exist, that is) is not forthcoming. Musicians don't delight in going hat-in-hand to their friends and fans but the expense involved requires an infusion of cash. And musicians need current albums to represent their work to those who may otherwise never hear of their music.

Emily Asher is a world-class trombonist who has recorded with the Baby Soda Jazz Band and her own Garden Party. Emily and her band have a new project in the works that merits your support, with a very limited time to achieve a financial goal that will only partially cover basic expenses.

We're living in a day and age where listeners expect music to be free. But new music comes into to the world not only out of the musician's skill and love of creating and playing but also out of pocket and at considerable expense. There will be worthy new music only as long as we support it with our money as well as our kind attention.

"Nowhere But Up" July 18, 2014

(Week 392)

This RADIOLA! has begun to rebound.

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To our great delight, the brand new CD from The Singapore Slingers, The Frank Skinner Project, arrived this week. Matt Tolentino and his dedicated group of time-travelers have created a marvelous album of vintage Skinner arrangements reminiscent of the great Hotel Band sound of the 1920s and 1930s. This is the real music of that era. Congratulations to Matt and the Slingers for getting it right! (To purchase this CD, contact Matt through this page on his website. Or buy a full download of the album from CD Baby here.)

(Cover art by Danielle Bennignus)

Irving and Jack Kaufman - I Ain't'en Got'en No Time To Have the Blues (1919) - Columbia A 2745

Ben Pollack and his Orch - I'm Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses (1938) - Decca 2057 B

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

Austin Wylie's Golden Pheasant Orch (Radio Franks v) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Vocalion B 15333

Don Voorhees and his Orch - Soliloquy (1927) - Columbia 1129 D

Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders (F Baur v) - I Haven't Told Her She Hasn't Told Me (1927) - Victor 20823 B

Kitty O'Connor - I'm Walkin' On Air (1927) - Columbia 1174 D

The Revelers - Blue Shadows (1928) - Victor 21765 B

Johnny Marvin - Old Man Sunshine (1928) - Victor 21609 A

Jockers' Dance Orch - Yama Yama Blues (Intro You're Some Pretty Doll) (1919) - Columbia A 2741

The Cotton Pickers - Got To Cool My Doggies Now (1922) - Brunswick 2338 B

The Georgians (Johnny Morris v) - Let's Do It (1928) - Static Strut (Rivermont BSW 1162)

Palmetto Jazz Quartette - Home Again Blues (1921) - Okeh 8023 A

Shelton Brooks - It Takes Money to Cure the Blues (1923) - Okeh 4823 A

Miss Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Yes, Sir, That's My Baby (1925) - Perfect 11580

The Singapore Slingers (Matt Tolentino v) - Breezin' Along With the Breeze (2014) - The Frank Skinner Project (buy a full download here)

The Singapore Slingers (Matt Tolentino v) - My Cutie's Due at Two-to-Two Today (2014) - The Frank Skinner Project (buy a full download here)

Ada Jones - That Dreamy Barcarolle Tune (1910) - Victor 16682 B

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Sari (Cushing-Heath-Kalman) (1914) - Victor 35365 B

Victor Military Band - Ha-Za-Za (from Sari) (Kalman) (1914) - orig Victor 17559 (LoC)

Oceanic Dance Orch - A Cottage For Sale (1930) - Madison 5058 A

Bob Effros (Frank Signorelli p) - Sweet & Hot (Mosiello) (1929) - Brunswick 4620

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I Got Rhythm (1931) - Parlophone R 1207

Jack Miller - Should I (1930) - Harmony 1115 H

Bessie Smith - Keep It To Yourself (1930) - Any Woman's Blues (Columbia G 30126 LP)

Wingy Mannone and his Orch - Shake That Thing (1930) - Champion 40054 B

Smith Ballew and his Orch - Gigolette (1934) - Oriole 3037 B

Isham Jones' Juniors (Virginia Verrill v) - Tormented (1935) - Decca 770 A

Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings - Moon Rose (1936) - Decca 734 B

Clyde McCoy and his Orch (Wayne Gregg v) - The Gypsy in My Soul (1938) - Decca 1766 A

The Caresser - The More They Try to Do Me Bad (1938) - Calypso Breakway1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)

Richard Himber and His Orchestra (Joey Nash v) - Tea For Two (1934) - Complete Vol.2 (Renovation 7007)

"Time Past in a Teapot" July 11, 2014

(Week 391)

This RADIOLA! is tapping the barometer (among other things).

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The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - If I Get a Sweetie Now (1926) - Columbia 972 D

Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Speaking of the Weather (1936) - Melotone 7-01-04

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

George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey v) - I've Got the Girl (1926) - Victor 20359 B

Seattle Harmony Kings - Breezin' Along With the Breeze (1926) - Victor 20142 A

Fred Hamm and his Orch - Sugar Foot Stomp (1925) - Victor 20023 A

Gene Austin (Dave Franklin p May Singhi Breen uke) - Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue (1925) - Victor 19899 B

Lee Morse - Side By Side (1927) - Columbia 974 D

Jessica Dragonette - Italian Street Song (from Naughty Marietta) (Young-Herbert) (1929) - Brunswick 7444

Okeh Syncopators (Reser) - The Black Sheep Blues (1923) - Okeh 4978 A

Dixie Daisies - Bees Knees (1923) - Cameo 312

Consolidated Club Orch (Specht) - Static Strut (1926) - Static Strut (Rivermont BSW 1162)

Irving Kaufman - Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar (1919) - Emerson 9184

Ernest Hare - Oh Brother, What a Feelin'! (1921) - Okeh 4422 B

Carolina Club Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Guess Who? (1929) - Static Strut (Rivermont BSW 1162)

Stephanie Trick - Keep Your Temper (Smith, arr. Lambert and Mazetier) (2011) - Something More (Victoria VC 4387)

The Fat Babies - Oh Baby (2013) - 18th and Racine (Delmark DE 255)

Ragtime Jazz Band with Carling's Family - Bix Stomp (Dymitr Markiewicz) (2009) - Coco 51

William H. Reitz - Buffalo News March (Lampe) (1913) - Victor 17357 A

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Robin Hood Pt 2 (Smith-DeKoven) (1921) - Victor 35413 B

Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Clarinet Marmalade Blues (1918) - Victor 18513 B

Wayne King and his Orch (Burke Bivens v) - Swamp Ghosts (1930) - Victor 22600 B

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (CL v) - 'Twas Only a Summer Night's Dream (1932) - Brunswick 6390

Arthur Lally and the Million Airs - Sing a Little Jingle (1931) - Decca F 2612

Russ Columbo - Paradise (1932) - Victor 22976 A

Ruth Etting - Lazy Day (1932) - Conqueror 8042

The Melotone Boys (Joe and Dan Mooney) - Mary Jane (1931) - Melotone M 12159

Garland Wilson - China Boy (1933) - Brunswick 01692 B (UK)

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch - Corrine Corrina (1934) - Brunswick 7427

Milt Herth Trio (O'Neil Spencer v) - The Campbells Are Swinging (1938) - Decca 1736 B

Sterling Young and his Orch (Billy Mozet v) - Top of the Town (1936) - Melotone 7-01-12

Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Bojangles of Harlem (1936) - Melotone 6-10-11

Connie Boswell (w Bob Crosby's Bob Cats) - Gypsy Love Song (from The Fortune Teller) (Smith-Herbert) (1937) - Decca 1678 A

"In Gratitude" July 4, 2014

(Week 390)

This RADIOLA! approaches being thankful.

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Irving Kaufman - Don't Bite The Hand That's Feeding You (1915) - Victor 17942 B
Mound City Blue Blowers - High Society (1935) - Decca F 7808 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch - Somebody's Crazy About You (1925) - Columbia 459 D
Original Washboard Beaters (Clarence Williams) - Cushion Foot Stomp (1927) - Parlophone R 3383
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - Oh Gee! Oh Joy! (1928) - Victor 21224 A
Annette Hanshaw (as Gay Ellis) - High Up On a Hilltop (1928) - Diva 2734 G
Frank Crumit - I Wish't I Was In Peoria (1926) - Victor 19937 B
Frank Farrell and his Orch (Sammy Fain Artie Dunn v) - Magnolia (1927) - Romeo 405
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Crazy Blues (1921) - Victor 18729 B
Benson Orch of Chicago (Bargy dir) - Say it While Dancing (1922) - Victor 18938 A
The Cotton Pickers - Those Panama Mamas (1925) - Brunswick 2879 B
Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Robin Hood Pt. 1 (Smith-DeKoven) (1914) - Victor 35413 A
Margaret Young - Too Tired (1924) - Brunswick 2673 A
The Georgians (Specht) (Johnny Morris v) - Glorianna (1928) - Static Strut (Rivermont BSW 1162)
Cecile McLorin Salvant - Nobody (2013) - Woman Child (Mack AvenueMAC 1072)
Stephanie Trick (w Danny Coots d and Jay Hungerford b) - The Minor Drag (Waller, arr. Hyman) (2011) - Something More (Victoria VC 4837)
Columbia Band - Any Rags (Schottiche) (1903) - Columbia A 64
Rega Dance Orch - Peggy (1919) - Okeh 4001 B
Isabella Patricola - Away Down East in Maine (1922) - Victor 18976B
Lee Sims - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929) - Brunswick 4650
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Spitalny) (Paul Small v) - Sing You Sinners (1930) - Diva 3118 G
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - Dinah (1930) - Victor 23005 B
Tom Waring - Here We Are (1929) - Brunswick 4441
Arthur Cavendish - Love Me Tonight (1932) - Sterno 1059
The Boswell Sisters - There'll Be Some Changes Made (1932) - Columbia 36521
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - Isle of Capri (1934) - Victor 24771 A
Bill Staffon and his Orch (Bennett Sisters v) - Lost My Rhythm Lost My Music Lost My Man (1935) - Bluebird B 6049 B
Red McKenzie - It's All Forgotten Now (1934) - Decca 243 A
Alice Faye (w Cy Feuer Orch) - I Love to Ride the Horses (1936) - Perfect 6-03-09
Bob Causer and his Cornellians (Dick Robertson v) - Goin' to Heaven on a Mule (1934) - Perfect 15889 A
Connie Boswell (w Woody Herman Orch) - Thanks For Ev'rything (1939) - Decca 2259 A

"Half Fast" June 27, 2014

(Week 389)

This RADIOLA! takes it down about fifty percent for summer.

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Cal Stewart - Uncle Josh Buys a Victrola (1919) - Victor 18793 A

New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Sensation (1934) - Decca 464 A

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

Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Biltmore Orch - I'm Sitting on Top of the World (1925) - Victor 19845 A

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (John Sperzel v) - The Kinky Kids Parade (1925) - Victor 19753 B

Waring's Pennsylvanians (TW v) - Moonlight and Roses (1926) - Victor 20194 A

Nick Lucas - High High High Up In The Hills (1927) - Brunswick 3439 B

Ruth Etting - Back In Your Own Backyard (1928) - Columbia 1288 D

The Yacht Club Boys - The Vulgar Boatman (1926) - Brunswick 3269 B

Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Al Bernard v) - St Louis Blues (1921) - Victor 18772 A

Mound City Blue Blowers - Deep Second Street Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2804 B

Coon Sanders Original Night Hawk Orch - Night Hawk Blues (1924) - Victor 19316 A

Campbell and Burr - Hindustan (1918) - Columbia A2661

Blossom Seeley and the Georgians - Lazy (1924) - Original Sounds of the 20s III (Columbia CL 2230)

Bessie Smith (Irving Johns and Jimmy Jones p) - St Louis Gal (1923) - Columbia 13005 D

Cecile McLorin Salvant (James Chirillo g) - St. Louis Gal (2013) - Woman Child (Mack Avenue MAC 1072)

Ragtime Jazz Band with Carling's Family - Coco 51 (Dymitr Markiewicz) (2009) - Coco 51

Mabel Garrison - When You're Away (from “The Only Girl”) (Blossom-Herbert) (1920) - Victrola 64899

Yerkes SS Flotilla Dance Orch - Ilo (Johnny S Black) (1921) - Puritan 11064 B

The Cotton Pickers - Carolina Stomp (1925) - Brunswick 2981 B

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lew Conrad v) - What Is This Thing Called Love? (1930) - Victor 22282 A

Allan Small and his Orch (Jerry Baker v) - 'Twas Only a Summer Night's Dream (1932) - Crown 3378 B

The Westernaires - Lazy Day (ca. 1932) - A Gift From The President (John R. T. Davies) (Jazz Oracle BDW 8047)

Russ Columbo - You Try Somebody Else (1931) - Victor 22861 B

Gertrude Niesen (w Isham Jones Orch) - Jealousy (1933) - Victor 24454 B

Peggy Johnson and her Orch (Beth Challis) - If You Can't Get Five Take Two (1934) - Bluebird B 6097 A

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - I Wish I Were Aladdin (1935) - Decca 553 A

Johnny Green and his Orch (Jimmy Farrell v) - Me and Marie (from “Jubilee”) (1935) - Brunswick 7521

Isham Jones and his Orch - Panama (rhumba) (1934) - Decca 662 A

Milt Herth Trio - Rockin' In Rhythm (1938) - Decca 2046 B

Bon Bon and his Buddies - I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire (1941) - Decca 3980 A

Freddie Martin and his Orch (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Count Your Blessings (1933) - Brunswick 6717

"The Reality of Sisyphus" June 20, 2014

(Week 388)

This RADIOLA! wonders if any missions are ever really accomplished.

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Henry Burr - Stay Down Here Where You Belong (1915) - Victor 17716 B

Ambrose and his Orch - Toy Trumpet (1937) - Decca 1488 B

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

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - That Certain Feeling (1925) - Victor 19920 A

Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch - You Forgot to Remember (1925) - Columbia 435 D

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Some Of These Days (1929) - Vocalion 3202

Vaughn DeLeath - Song of the Wanderer (1927) - Victor20600 A

Williams Sisters (Wayne Allen p) - Nothing Else Matters Anymore (1926) - Victor 20452 B

Nick Lucas and his Crooning Troubadours - You're Driving Me Crazy (1930) - Brunswick 1055 A (UK)

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere (1920) - Victor 18694 A

Van Eps Quartet (Glantz, Banta, Van Eps, G.H. Green) - Murder! (1920) - Pathe 20468 B

Lou Gold and his Orch (Jimmy Flynn v) - If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain) (1928) - Harmony 702 H

Harry Lauder - The Laddies Who Fought and Won (1917) - Victor 70117

Trixie Smith - Desperate Blues (1921) - Black Swan 2039 A

Irving Kaufman - How Many Times? (1926) - Harmony 205 H

The International Radio Orch - Desert Storm - Bosworth BC 1182

Ian Whitcomb, Adam Swanson, and Danny Coots - War Bride Blues (2011) - I Love a Piano (Rivermont BSW 2218)

Nichols-Duffee International Jazz Orch (Thomas “Spats” Langham v) - The Spell of the Blues (2012) - One MoreTime (Lake LACD 321)

Sousa's Band - Zamona An Arabian Intermezzo (1901) - Victor Monarch 3261

Willie Weston - For Your Country and My Country (Irving Berlin) (1917) - Victor 18307 A

Louisiana Five Jazz Orch - Alcoholic Blues (Intro: Minnie - Oh Lawdy - Victory Ball) (1919) - Columbia A 2768

Jerry Fenwyck and his Orch (Selvin) (Eddie Walters v) - Just One More Chance (1931) - Clarion 5353 C

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Scrappy Lambert v) - Wait For the Happy Ending (1929) - Brunswick 4510

Jimmie Grier and his Orch (Ray Hendricks v) - Here Lies Love (1932) - Victor 24174 A

Kate Smith (acc by The Harmonians) - Moanin' Low (1929) - Velvet Tone 1999 V

Russ Columbo - I Don't Know Why (1931) - Victor 22801 B

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Wingy Manone v) - Bug-a-Boo (1930) - Brunswick 6058

Jimmy Strange (The Yas Yas Man) - Yas Yas Yas (1936) - Decca 7226 A

Mound City Blue Blowers - Muskrat Ramble (1935) - Decca F 7808 B

The Wanderers - Tiger Rag (1935) - HMV JF 26

Alice Faye (w Cy Feuer Orch) - I've Got My Fingers Crossed (1936) - Perfect 6-03-09

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Yours and Mine (1937) - Decca 1369 A

Connie Boswell (w Bob Crosby's Bob Cats) - Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (1937) - Decca 1678 B