"New Year's Eve Dance Party" December 31, 2009 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 193)

I'm presenting this year's New Year's Eve special early so people worldwide can enjoy RADIOLA! in their own time zones. This four-hour program is a very danceable mix of records I've acquired recently, with plenty of British bands and vocalists. Almost none of this material has been heard on RADIOLA! before.

This program will be streamed on my Live365 station starting about 9 PM on the US East Coast.

Download the program here: HOUR 1, HOUR 2, HOUR 3, and HOUR 4. A lower-bitrate version of the program (for dialup connections) is available HERE.

Happy New Year!

George Metaxa - Bye Bye Blues (1930) - HMV B 3648 (UK)
The Savanna Players - Laughing at Life (1931) - Decca F 2260 A (UK)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys - Hello Beautiful (1931) - Columbia 2376 D
Jack Hylton and his Orch - River, Stay 'Way From My Door (1931) - HMV B 6004 (UK)
Debroy Somers' Band - My Hat's On The Side of My Head (1933) - Columbia CB 685 (UK)
Henry Hall BBC Dance Orch (Phyllis Robins v) - I Took My Harp to a Party (1933) - Columbia DB 674
Reilly and Comfort - Popular Favorites Medley (1933) - Decca F 3668 B (UK)
Hollywood Dance Orch (Adrian Schubert) (IK v) - The Stein Song (1930) - Imperial 2264 (UK)
Eddie Gross-Bart and his Cafe de Paris Band - Trees (1931) - EBW 5454 (UK)
Johnny Hamp and his Orch (Carl Graub v) - Falling in Love Again (1931) - Victor 22638 A
Dick Robertson Orch - I Played Fiddle For The Czar (1932) - Crown 3427 B
Helen Richards - Am I Blue (1929) - Conqueror 7392 B
Harry Jacobson (Arthur Young piano) - Anything Goes (1934) - Decca F 5544 A (UK)
The Four Musketeers - Shuffle Off To Buffalo (1933) - Columbia DB 1162 (UK)
Jimmy Campbell and his Band - On With The Show Pt 1 (1933) - Rex 8007 A (UK)
Jimmy Campbell and his Band - On With The Show Pt 2 (1933) - Rex 8007 B (UK)
Joe Venuti's Blue Four - Four String Joe (1927) - Okeh 40947
Al Katz and his Orch - A Year From Today (1929) - Columbia 1971 D
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - After Sundown (1933) - Victor 24461 B
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - It Looks Like Love (1931) - Columbia 2453 D
Edward Malloy - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1933) - Sterno 1548 (UK)
Chris Hall - Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (1931) - EBW 5338 (UK)
Jenny Howard - Looking On The Bright Side (1931) - EBW 5515 (UK)
Paul Monty and his Dance Band - Masquerade (1932) - Sterno 1040 (UK)
Van Phillips and his Band - Dancing on the Ceiling (1930) - Columbia CB 172 (UK)
Debroy Somers' Band (Dan Donovan v) - Them There Eyes (1931) - Columbia CB 245
Harry Shalson - Little White Lies (1930) - HMV B 3628 (UK)
Bing Crosby - Shadow Waltz (1933) - Melotone M 13136 B
Dick Robertson and his Orch - Eadie Was A Lady (1932) - Crown 3427 A
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orch - I'm Your Slave (1934) - Columbia CB 785 (UK)
Billy Cotton and his Band - I'm Getting Off The Chain (1935) - Regal Zono MR 1670 (UK)
Adrian Rollini Orch - Swing Low (1936) - Decca 807 A
Adrian Rollini Orch (Pat Hoke v) - Singin' The Blues (1938) - Decca 1973 A
Eddy Duchin Orch - La Cumparsita (1933) - Victor 24461 B
Al Katz and his Orch - I May Be Wrong (1929) - Columbia 1971 D
Colonial Club Orch (Eddy Thomas v) - Lauretta (1928) - Brunswick 3906
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (PWH v) - Savage Serenade (1934) - Brunswick 6647
Reilly and Comfort - St Louis Blues (1933) - Decca F 3574 (UK)
Ord Hamilton - Just a Blue Eyed Blonde (1931) - Decca F 2589 A (UK)
Smith Ballew and his Orch - Footloose and Fancy Free (1935) - Rex 8572 B (UK)
Jack Hylton and his Orch - Lies (1932) - Decca F 2271 (UK)
Oscar Rabin and his Romany Band - Moon Song (1933) - Sterno 1186 (UK)
Howard Flynn and his Orch - Night and Day (1934) - EBW B 5610 (UK)
Dawn Davis - And So Does He (1933) - Decca F 3581 B (UK)
Stuart Ross and Joe Sargent - Ladies and Gentlemen That's Love (1931) - Parlophone R 1098 (UK)
Billy Cotton and his Band - I've Gone and Lost My Little Yo Yo (1932) - Regal MR 609 (UK)
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans - So Rare (1937) - Columbia FB 1791 (UK)
George Barclay (Archie Alexander Orch) - Then I'll Be Tired of You (1934) - Regal Zono MR 1490 (UK)
Harry Roy and his Orch - A Foggy Day (1937) - Parlophone F 1001 (UK)
Van Phillips and his Band - No Place But Home (1930) - Columbia CB 172 (UK)
Freddy Martin Orch (Lois Elliman v) - Tu Sais (1933) - Liberty Music Shop L 155
Billy Cotton and his Band - Believe It, Beloved (1935) - Regal Zono MR 1670 (UK)
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (KS v) - Weep No More My Baby (1934) - Brunswick 6647
Oscar Rabin and his Romany Band - Shadows on the Swanee (1933) - Sterno 1275 (UK)
Henry King and his Orch (Joseph Sudy v) - No Regrets (1936) - Decca 823 A
Edward Malloy - I Travel Alone (1933) - Sterno 1548 (UK)
Dan Donovan (Frank Dey org Len Stevens p) - Change Partners (1938) - Regal Zono MR 2895 (UK)
Violet Lorraine - What a Little Moonlight Can Do (1934) - Decca F 5266 B (UK)
Carroll Gibbons Savoy Hotel Orpheans - Whispers in the Dark (1937) - Columbia FB 1791 (UK)
George Barclay (Archie Alexander Orch) - The Champagne Waltz (1934) - Regal Zono MR 1490 (UK)
Freddy Martin and his Orch (Lois Elliman v) - April in Paris (1933) - Liberty Music Shop L 155
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - My Troubles Are Over (1929) - Victor 21887 A
Jenny Howard - He's Dead But He Won't Lie Down (1931) - EBW 5515 (UK)
The Four Musketeers - Young and Healthy (1933) - Columbia DB 1076 (UK)
Ray Noble New Mayfair Orch - A Brown Bird Singing (1932) - HMV B 6184 (UK)
Debroy Somers Band (Dan Donovan v) - It Was So Beautiful (1932) - Columbia CB 492 (UK)
Adrian Schubert Orch (Paul Small v) - The Hour of Parting (1931) - Crown 3178 B
Jack Phillips' Melodians - Beyond The Blue Horizon (1931) - Broadcast Twelve 3039 A (UK)

"A Christmas Garland of Jazz" December 25, 2009 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 192)

I'm pleased to present this RADIOLA! as a Christmas gift to my listeners--a sampler of excellent jazz, hot dance, and vocal selections that never go out of season. These are all original transfers from recordings obtained through recent record auctions and from wonderful heirloom discs graciously donated by listener Marc in South Carolina.

Since WHCL is on Winter Break, this is an internet-only program, with streaming on my Live365 station and now available for download in 128k mp3 format here: PART 1 and PART 2.

Have a great holiday, and be sure to check RADIOLABLOG next week for my four-hour New Year's Eve celebration. This will be available for download to play over the course of New Year's Eve in any time zone.

Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - Happy Humming Bird (1929) - Victor 21887 B
Joe Venuti's Blue Four - Penn Beach Blues (1927) - Okeh 40947
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Hal Kemp and his Orch - Who's Blue Now? (1928) - Brunswick 3841 A
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - Moten's Blues (1929) - Victor V 38072 A
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Doin' the Voom Voom (1929) - Bluebird B 7710 B
Mildred Grizelle - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Supertone 9276 A
Roy Evans - Weary Yodelin' Blues Pt.1 (1928) - Columbia 15252 D
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella (1928) - Columbia 1303 D
Chris Bouchillon - Hannah (1926) - Columbia 15120 D
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Alabama Stomp (1926) - Brunswick 6817
King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators - Tack Annie (1926) - Vocalion A 1049
Dixie Washboard Band (Clarence Todd v) - My Own Blues (1926) - Columbia 14141 D
Elgar's Creole Orch - When Jenny Does Her Low Down Dance (1926) - Vocalion B 15477
Thomas Waller and Thomas Morris' Hot Babies - Geechee (1927) - Victor 21358 B
Thomas Waller - The Digah's Stomp (1927) - Victor 21358 A
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - Let's Get It (1929) - Victor V 38072 A
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake - Love Will Find a Way (1921) - Emerson 10396
Trixie Smith - Desperate Blues (1921) - Black Swan 2039 A
Aileen Stanley - I've Got The Joys (1921) - Victor 18799 A
Colonial Club Orch (IK v) - Dixie Dawn (1928) - Brunswick 3906
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Hurricane (1926) - Brunswick 6817
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinny Ennis v) - Didn't I Tell You? (1928) - Brunswick 3841 A
Roy Evans - Weary Yodelin' Blues Pt.2 (1928) - Columbia 15252 D
Randolph Sutton - I Want a Little Girl (1930) - Edison Bell Winner 5204 (UK)
Dawn Davis - My Private Affair (1933) - Decca F 3581 A (UK)
Dixie Washboard Band (Clarence Todd v) - You For Me, Me For You (1926) - Columbia 14141 D
King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators - New Wang Wang Blues (1926) - Vocalion B 1049
Elgar's Creole Orch - Cafe Capers (1926) - Vocalion A 15477
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - There Must Be a Silver Lining (1928) - Columbia 1303 D
Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys - Where Have You Been? (1931) - Columbia 2376 D
Red and His Big Ten (Paul Small v) - At Last I'm Happy (1931) - Victor 23033 A

RADIOLA--NOW UNDER COMPLETE LIGHT SOCKET OPERATION!

"You Meet the Nicest People" December 18, 2009

(Week 191)

UPDATE: Here are the links for the slightly longer version of this program: PART 1 and PART 2.

This RADIOLA! is a special broadcast of the interview I conducted with Rich Conaty (host of WFUV's The Big Broadcast) at his home in Hudson, NY. This program features many of Rich's favorite recordings, and a discussion of the history and evolution of The Big Broadcast.

This program will be broadcast at 8 PM Friday on WHCL (with direct streaming here). It will also soon be available on my Live365 station, with a slightly longer version of the interview available for download from this site after the broadcast.

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - You Meet The Nicest People In Your Dreams (1939) - orig Bluebird 10346 A
Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys - Wa-Da-Da (1928) - orig Columbia 1455 D
Isham Jones Orch (Frank Sylvano, v) - You’re Just A Dream Come True (1930) - orig Brunswick 6015
Frankie Trumbauer Orch (Smith Ballew v) - Happy Feet (1930) - orig Okeh 41421
Mills Brothers - Tiger Rag (1931) - orig Brunswick 6197
B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (Silver-Masked Tenor v) - I’m Lonely Without You (1926) - orig Victor 20095 A
Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang - Stringing the Blues (1926) - orig Columbia 914 D
Coon-Sanders Orch - Tennessee Lazy (1929) - orig Victor 21939 B
Bert Lown Hotel Biltmore Orch (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Now You’re in My Arms (1931 - orig Victor 22689 A
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - What More Can I Ask? (1932) - orig Victor 24314 A
Louis Armstrong and his Sebastian New Cotton Club Orch - I’m a Ding Dong Daddy (from Dumas)(1930) - orig Okeh 41442
Ted Weems and his Orch (Parker Gibbs v) - My Troubles are Over (1928) - orig Victor 21809
The Travelers (directed by Jimmy Dorsey) - Breakaway (1929) - orig Okeh 41260
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers - Do Something (1929) - orig Victor V-38051
Dave Frishberg - Dear Bix (1977) - "Getting Some Fun Out of Life" (Concord Jazz CJ-37)
The Haoles - Some Enchanted Evening (1995) - "Hawaiian Holiday" (Bona Fide)
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Shake That Thing (2004) - “The Aviator” Columbia/Sony CK 93628
Lou Gold and his Orch ("Robert Wood" IK v) - When Summer is Gone (1928) - Velvet Tone 1768 V
Lou Gold and his Orch ("Rodman Lewis" SL v) - Keep a Song in Your Soul (1930) - Oriole 2189
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Anything Can Happen (1935) - Victor 25218
Don Voorhees and his Orch - Soliloquy (1927) - "The Big Broadcast" (Vol. 1) Rivermont BSW-1141
Annette Hanshaw - Wasting My Love on You (1930) - "The Big Broadcast Volume 2" Rivermont BSW-1144
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinnay Ennis v) - Two Faced Woman (1933) - "The Big Broadcast Volume 3" Rivermont BSW-1145
Henry Lange and his Orch - Hot Piano Stomp (1931) - Gennett unissued test from "The Big Broadcast Volume 5"
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Bing Crosby v) - Great Day (1929) - orig Columbia 2023 D

THE NIGHTHAWKS, NYC 12/12/2009: ROYAL GARDEN BLUES

"Winter Song" December 11, 2009 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 190)

UPDATE: This program is now available as a 128k mp3 download: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

This RADIOLA! settles in with some delightful shellac originals retrieved from two estate sales one week ago today. Included in this trove are six vocal selections from the 1932 "studio cast" of Show Boat.

Owing to the Hamilton College hockey game, this program will not be broadcast on WHCL--but will be available for download in 128k mp3 format from RADIOLABLOG and the RADIOLA! Facebook fan page, with continuous streaming on my Live365 station by late Friday afternoon.

Many thanks again to Mark Fuller (host of RETRO RADIO, heard 8 PM Saturdays on WHCL-FM) for directing me to where these records lurked.

Columbia Quartette - Winter Song (1910) - Columbia A958
Jack Miller and his New Englanders - Just You, Just Me (1929) - Velvet Tone 2024 V
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Tommy Christian and his Orch - Proud (1927) - Velvet Tone 1358 V
Max Terr and his Orch - Chansonetta (1923) - Pathe Actuelle 036005
The Westerners (IK v) - There's Everything Nice About You (1927) - Velvet Tone 1358 V
Paul Robeson (w/Victor Young's Orch) - Ol' Man River (1932) - Columbia 55004
Helen Morgan (w/Victor Young's Orch, Louis Alter piano) - Bill (1932) - Columbia 55005
Broadway Bell Hops - Lonely Acres In The West (1926) - Velvet Tone 1272 V
John Sylvester and his Orch - I Would Rather Be Alone In The South (1925) - Perfect 14535 B
WMCA Broadcasters (Charles Hart v) - Here Am I Broken Hearted (1927) - Velvet Tone 1461 V
Hugh Donovan - What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry? (1926) - Radiex 2248 a
Walter Cummins - I'm Sorry Sally (1928) - Velvet Tone 1798 V
Jack Miller and his New Englanders - Deep In The Arms Of Love (1929) - Velvet Tone 2024 V
Helen Morgan (w/V Young's Orch, Louis Alter piano) - Can't Help Lovin Dat Man (1932) - Columbia 55005
James Melton (w/Victor Young's Orch) - You Are Love (1932) - Columbia 55006
Feodor Chaliapin - Song of the Volga Boatmen (1910) - Victrola 88663
Billy Murray - To The Strains of That Wedding March (1910) - Victor 16833 B
Victor Military Band - Too Much Mustard (1913) - Victor 17292 A
Bill Wirges and his Orch - Cheatin' On Me (1925) - 14404 B
Tommy Christian and his Orch - How Could Red Riding Hood? (1926) - Velvet Tone 1264 V
Mike Speciale and his Orch - Mammy Chasing Blues (1925) - Perfect 14526 B
James Melton (V Young Orch) - Make Believe (1932) - Columbia 55006
Countess Albani and Frank Munn (w/Victor Young's Orch) - Why Do I Love You? (1932) - Columbia 55007
Jimmy Flynn - The Roses Brought Me You (1926) - Perfect 12243 B
Irving Kaufman - I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (1925) - Harmony 82 H
Arthur Fields - Oh Boy! What A Girl (1925) - Harmony 29 H
Mike Speciale and his Orch (Jimmy Flynn v) - I Wanna Go Where You Go (1925) - Perfect 14526
Lou Gold and his Orch - Song of the Vagabonds (1925) - Perfect 14535
John Young - Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland (1910) - Victor 16833 A

Get Stuffy in Your Stocking For a Schaapy Holiday!

He's at it again.

"Smile a Little Bit" December 4, 2009

(Week 189)

UPDATE: This program is now available as a 128k mp3 download: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

This RADIOLA! counters the chill and darkness with levity, classic jazz, vintage shellac, and excellent vocalists. This show will be broadcast Friday at 8PM on WHCL-FM 88.7 (with direct streaming here). It will be uploaded to my Live365 station shortly.

Raymond Hitchcock - Burglar Story and The High Cost of Living (1914) - Victor 55046 B
Jack Denny and his Orch (Herman Engler v) - Smile a Little Bit (1926) - Brunswick 3011 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Johnny Johnson and his Statler PA'ns (Bob Treaster v) - It Goes Like This (1928) - Victor 21701 B
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - Hot Mama (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8041
Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - Weary Blues (1927) - Frog DGF39
Dennis King - Song of the Vagabonds (1925) - Victor 19897 A
Victor Male Chorus - Trovotore: Anvil Chorus (1926) - Victor 20127 A
Dan Levinson's Swing Wing (Molly Ryan v) - The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies, O! (2008) - At The Codfish Ball
Johnny Dodds' Trio - San (1927) - Frog DGF39
George Olsen and his Music - Doin' The Raccoon (1928) - Victor 21701 A
The Troubadours (The Revelers v) - Tin Pan Parade (1928) - Victor 21149 B
Victor Military Band – Stop, Look and Listen Medley Fox Trot (1916) - Victor 35521 A
(“I Love a Piano,” “That Hula Hula,” “The Girl on the Magazine,” “When I Get Back to the U.S.A.”)
Delta Dreambox - Willow Tree (2009) - WFMU recording 2009-12-01 (Antique Phonograph Music Program)
Barbara Rosene w/Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - I Have To Have You (2000) - “Deep Night” Stomp Off 1422
The Stolen Sweets - Smokey Joe's Holiday (2009) - Sleepytime in Chinatown
Columbia Quartette - By The Light of The Silvery Moon (1909) - Silvertone 4323 (Columbia master)
Arthur Fields - Along Came Ruth (1914) - Silvertone 39569 (Columbia master)
Mamie Smith - Golfing Papa (1931) - Timeless CBC 1-068
Jack Denny and his Orch - Forever and Ever With You (1926) - Brunswick 3011 A
Oscar “Papa” Celestin - Ta Ta Daddy (1928) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - Do Shuffle (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8041
Lee Wiley - I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (1933) - Young Lee Wiley (Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1023-2)
The Stolen Sweets - Down Among the Sheltering Palms (2009) - Sleepytime in Chinatown
Barbara Rosene w/Vince Giordano - Ain't That A Grand And Glorious Feeling? (2000) - “Deep Night”
Raymond Hitchcock - Mr Hitchcock's Curtain Speech (1914) - Victor 55046 A
Victor Military Band - When Old Bill Bailey Plays The Ukalele Medley One Step (1916) - Victor 35521 B
(“When Old Bill Bailey Plays The Ukalele,” “Oh, Oh, She's Breaking My Heart,” “If You Only Had My Disposition”)
Oscar “Papa” Celestin - As You Like It (1927) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8041
Nat Shilkret and his Orch - Flapperette (1927) - Victor 20503 B

Somebody likes us!

Confetta picked this site as one of the best. Surprised? You bet. But grateful--Thanks, Confetta!

Though when my wife finds out I'm a raconteur, I may have some explaining to do.