"BG 100" May 22, 2009

(Week 163)

This RADIOLA! offers a tribute to Benny Goodman in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth.

This program begins Friday at 8 PM Eastern on WHCL (with direct streaming here), but tune in one hour early for a special commemoration of the 101st birthday anniversary of the great Mel Blanc, featuring two notable radio appearances. RADIOLA! will be uploaded to my Live365 station shortly after broadcast.

Carl Fenton and his Orchestra - What A Day! (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-088
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - I'm Walking Through Clover (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8024
Benny Goodman and his Orch - Let's Dance (1939) - Columbia 36624
Ben Pollack and his Californians - When I First Met Mary (1926) - Victor 20394-B
Ben Pollack and his Orch - Memphis Blues (1927) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8015
Jimmy McHugh’s Bostonians – Whoopee Stomp (1928) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8015
Annette Hanshaw - I Wanna Be Loved By You (1928) - Sensation 769 748 022-2
Ethel Waters - You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me (1930) - Classics 721
Ted Lewis and his Band - Egyptian Ella (1931) - ASV Living Era CD AJA 5273
Bennie Goodman's Boys - Jungle Blues (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-088
Benny Goodman - Clarinetitis (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-088
Ten Freshmen - Bag O’ Blues (1929) - Biograph LP “Benny Goodman: The Great Soloists”
Ipana Troubadours - Do You? That's All I Want to Know (1928) - Rivermont BSW-1143
The Charleston Chasers (PS) - Walkin' My Baby Back Home (1931) - ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Herb Gordon and his Hotel Ten Eyck Whispering Orch - Jericho (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-088
Red Norvo - Dance of the Octopus (1933) - Portrait Masters PK 44118 (Columbia)
The Westernaires - Lazy Day (ca. 1932) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8047 (“A Gift From the President”)
Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang & Their All-Star Orch - Someday Sweetheart (1931) - Decca GRD 609
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - Ballin' the Jack (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8024
Albert Mason’s Orch (Sam Lanin) (SL) - Seems To Me (1930) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8053
Steve Washington and his Orch - Sing a Little Low-Down Tune (1933) - orig Vocalion 2598
Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Gang - Loved One [2nd take] (1930) - Decca GRD 609
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch - Barnacle Bill the Sailor (1930) - Living Era CD AJA 5599
Adrian Rollini's Orch - Savage Serenade (1933) - ASV Living Era CD AJA 5424
Bill Dodge and his All-Stars (Red McKenzie, v) - Dinah (1934) - Circle CLP 111
Benny Goodman and his Orch - Cokey (1934) - Timeless CBC 1-065
Teddy Wilson and his Orch (BH) - Why Was I Born? (1937) - orig. Brunswick 7859
Benny Goodman Quartet - Moonglow (1936) - orig. Victor 25398
Rhythm Makers Orch - Yes! We Have No Bananas (1935) - Jasmine JASCD 409
Benny Goodman Sextet - Memories Of You (1939) - Columbia CK 45144
Benny Goodman and his Orch - Down South Camp Meeting (1936) - "Sing Sing Sing" RCA CD
Mel Powell and his Orch - The World is Waiting for the Sunrise (1942) - Commodore 544
Benny Goodman and his Orch - Goodbye (1935) - Victor 25215