"The Dog Ate My Playlist" December 15, 2006

(Week 66)

So much for writing it on lasagna. Seriously, I thought I would dispense with my "theme" conceit for the last show of the season, and just play a bunch of old favorites (plus one or two great new acquisitions). Just good music tonight at 8 PM EST on WHCL.

(And, before I unravel the playlist, let me remind you to tune in early and listen late--RETRO RADIO--featuring music of the 50s and 60s--at 6 PM and a FROM THE GRASSY KNOLL special on aspartame at 10. And, if you're really good, I may stick around and play one or two other hot jazz selections at 11 PM before shutting the transmitter down for break.)

Isham Jones and his Orch. – Blue Prelude (1934) – Victor 78 RPM
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Idolizing (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Under the Moon (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Lou Raderman and his Pelham Heath Inn Orch. – Oh Gee, Oh Joy! (1928) – Columbia CK46175
Fred Gardner’s Texas U Troubadors – No Trumps (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-033 JAZZ
Henry “Red” Allen and his Orch. – Roamin’ (1930) – Classics 540
Bee Palmer – Don’t Leave Me Daddy (1929) – The Old Masters mb 107
Boswell Sisters – It’s The Girl (1931) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
Syd Valentine’s Patent Leather Kids – Patent Leather Stomp (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – No One Else But You (1928) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Decatur Street Tutti (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Me and the Man in the Moon (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Johnny Marvin – Little By Little (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Charles King – Broadway Melody (1929) – Flapper PAST CD 7845
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Glorianna (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Beaumont Rag – East Texas Serenaders (1937) – Decca 78 RPM
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – The Ramble (1993) – Stomp Off CD1260
Alex Hill and his Orch. – Southbound (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-050 JAZZ
Fats Waller – Handful of Keys (1929) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Fred Hamm and his Orch. – Stomp Off, Let’s Go! (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-072 JAZZ
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Poor Papa (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-089
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Waitin’ For Katie (1928) – Sensation 769748026-2
George Olsen and his Music – Horses (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Cliff Edwards – I Want Somebody to Cheer Me Up (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW
Bing Crosby – My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms (1932) – Columbia CK 44306
Carmen Miranda – Mama Eu Quero (tr. 11) (1939) – Take Two TT 507 CD
Richard Himber and his Essex House Orch. – It Isn’t Fair (1933) – Renovation 7002
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Hocus Pocus (1934) – Quadromania 222440-444
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Nitwit Serenade (1934) – Timeless CBC 1-065
Ted Lewis and his Band – Lonesome Road (1930) – Retrieval RTR 79014
Ethel Waters – Trav’lin’ All Alone (1929) – Classics 721
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch – Moten Swing (1932) – Bluebird 2192-2-RB
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – AvidAVC539

Nostalgia This Friday (December 15) on WHCL

Owing to the pre-break schedule Friday, December 15 of Hamilton College radio station WHCL broadcasting will start at 6 PM EST with THE BIG SOUND OF RETRO RADIO, hosted by Mark Fuller, which sounds EXACTLY like the local programming you heard growing up in the 50s and 60s. Listening to Mark is like entering a real time warp--since he has been a DJ since the 1960s (and makes use of all the pertinent jingles, commercials, and records) he has the tone JUST RIGHT.

RETRO RADIO is the ideal lead-in to RADIOLA! which will air at its usual time of 8 PM, and will turn back the clock even further, occasionally before the dawn of radio itself. (The playlist will be posted as soon as I determine what it is.)

At 10 PM a special public affairs broadcast featuring Vyzygoth and Cori Brackett on the dangers of aspartame will be aired. This is an excellent program, from Vyz's "FROM THE GRASSY KNOLL" series, and I commend it to your attention.

After that, WHCL is off the air for Winter Break. Merry Christmas!

"That Flaky Feeling" December 8, 2006

(Week 65)

It's that time of year again! Here's a preliminary tribute to all that lovely snow and the cabin fever that follows it. Tune in tonight at 8 PM EST on WHCL

East Texas Serenaders – Serenaders’ Waltz (Skaters’ Waltz) (1937) – Decca 78
Ray Noble and his Orch. (Howard Barrie, vo.) – I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (1937) –Victor 78
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78
Louis Armstrong – Dallas Blues (1929) – Columbia CK 46996
Mason/Dixon Orch. (Trumbauer) – Alabammy Snow (1929) – The Old Masters mb107
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Freeze and Melt (1929) – Columbia C2K 46177
Billy Williams – Let’s All Go Mad (1909) – Columbia 78
Jack Kaufman – The Prune Song (1928) – Challenge 78
The Harmonians (Irving Kaufman, vo.) – I Just Roll Along (1928) – Diva 78
The Charleston Chasers (Eva Taylor, vo.)– Turn on the Heat (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Fats Waller (piano) – Turn on the Heat (1929) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Ben Pollack and his Orch. (Scrappy, vo.) – Keep Your Undershirt On (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8026
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – You’re Driving Me Crazy (1930) – CCM-299-2
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Crazy Rhythm (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Casa Loma Orch. – Maniac’s Ball (1931) – Hep 1051
James P. Johnson – Snowy Morning Blues (1928) – Classics 658
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang – Goose Pimples (1927) – Columbia CK 46175
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Wild Man Blues (1927) – JSP CD321
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. (W. Smith, vo.) – I’m Nuts About Screwy Music (1935) – Decca 78
Teddy Wilson and his Orch – Warmin’ Up (1936) – Columbia 501649-2
Annette Hanshaw – Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) – Sensation CD (Vol. 6)
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – I Got a “Code” in my “Doze” (1929) – The Old Masters mb106
Ben Bernie’s Hotel Roosevelt Orch. – Rosy Cheeks (1927) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Dick Powell – Roses in December (1937) – Great Movie Themes CD 60020
Joe Sanders and his Orch. – I Found a Rose in the Snow (1935) – Decca 78
Art Shaw and his Orch. (Peg LaCentra, vo.) – There’s Frost on the Moon (1936) – Brunswick 78
Gene Kardos and his Orch. – Sweet Violets (1931) – The Old Masters mb121
George Formby – Sittin’ on the Ice in the Ice Rink (1933) – Hallmark 300282
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Breakin’ the Ice (1934) – Four Star FS=40056
Triangle Harmony Boys – Canned Heat Blues (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Claude Hopkins – Canadian Capers (1935) – Hep CD 1049
Bing Crosby – June in January (1934) – Charly CDCD 1071
Ray Starita and his Ambassador’s Club Orch – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

A Valley Potluck Compilation (Dec 2, 2006)

(Week 64)

Here is the playlist for tonight's show, after the fact. Lots of good crunchy shellac here, high in fiber. Enjoy!

Arthur Pryor’s Band – William Tell Overture (complete) (1926) – Victor 78s
The Revelers – Dinah (1925) – Victor 78
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Dinah (1926) – Victor 78
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) – Brunswick 78
Cliff Edwards – Heart Breakin’ Creole Rose (1925) – Perfect 78
Jack Kaufman – C-U-B-A (1920) – Columbia 78
Tenor Duet (Albert Campbell/Henry Burr) – 1915 San Francisco March – Oxford 78
Harry Salter and his Willys-Knighters – Bluebird Sing Me a Song (1928) – Lincoln 78
Challenge Dance Orch. – Who Do You Suppose (1927) – Challenge 78
Golden Gate Orch. – Wishing and Waiting for Love (1929) – Velvet Tone 78
King Edward’s Horse (Band) – Pilgrim’s March (1910?) – Velvet Face 78 (British)
Joe Samuels and Larry Briers – Turkey in the Straw (1925?) – Radiex 78
Lester McFarland & Robert Gardner – When Our Lord Shall Come Again (1927) – Brunswick 78
Mario Perry – Over the Waves (1924?) – Resona 78
Fred Van Eps – Lobsters’ Quadrille (1911) – Victor 78
Signor Hurdi-Gurdi (Street Piano) – Songs of Your Childhood Days (1918) – Columbia 78
Miss Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys – Want a Little Lovin’ (1925) – Perfect 78
The Revelers – Oh, Miss Hannah (1925) – Victor 78
Cliff Edwards – My Best Girl (1924) – Perfect 78
Fred Van Eps – Red Pepper (A Spicy Rag) (1911) – Victor 78
Boyd Senter – Shake Your Dogs (1925) – Perfect 78
Boyd Senter – Wake ‘Em Up (1925) – Perfect 78
Whitey Kaufman and his Original Penn. Serenaders – Henpecked Blues (1923) – Victor 78
Ted Lewis and his Band – Too Tired (1924) – Columbia 78
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – After I Say I’m Sorry (1926) – Victor 78
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Sometimes I’m Happy (1935) – Victor 78
Tommy Dorsey and his Orch. (Edythe Wright, vo.) – Good Morning (1937) – Victor 78
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch. – Say Si Si (1939) – Bluebird 78
Ruth Etting – Now That You’re Gone (1931) – Columbia 78
All Star Orch – Waiting at the End of the Road (1929) – Victor 78
Nat Shilkret and his Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Victor 78