Friday, April 30, 2010

"Time On My Hands" April 30, 2010

(Week 206)

UPDATE: This program may be downloaded here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

This RADIOLA! is a happy miscellany of recent shellac and durium finds--and other worthy items.

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). The show will be made available on my Live365 station this weekend. Check back here for more listening options.

Phil Spitalny's Music - Time On My Hands (1931) - Hit Of The Week M-3-4
Royal Music Makers (Joe Green) - When The Real Thing Comes Your Way (1929) - Okeh 41304 (Healey)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Weary River (1929) - Victor 21868 A
Ralph Kirbery and Orch - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (1932) - Hit Of The Week E-3-4
Maxwell House Orch (Don Voorhees dir) - Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (1931) - Hit Of The Week 1155
Margaret Young - Ukulele Lady (1925) - orig Brunswick 2861
Willard Robison - Lonely Acres In The West (1926) - orig Perfect 12285
Jane Gray (Peggy English) (Rube Bloom piano) - Miss Annabelle Lee (1927) - Velvet Tone 1464 V
Clicquot Club Eskimos (Tom Stacks v) - The Two Of Us (1926) - Columbia 766 D (Healey col)
Hit Of The Week Orch - I'm Keepin' Company (1931) - Hit Of The Week 1159
Hit Of The Week Orch - La Paloma (1931) - Hit Of The Week L3
Fritz Kreisler - Indian Love Call - Victrola 1151 A
Lee Sims - Song Of The Wanderer (1927) - Brunswick 3551 B
Harry Richman - King For A Day (1928) - Brunswick 4035
Arthur Pryor's Band - Echoes From The Metropolitan Opera House (1907) - Victor 35041 B
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Spinning Song (Mendelssohn) (1920) - Victrola 814 B
Watson Sisters - China, We Owe A Lot To You (1917) - Columbia A 2375 (Irwin Chusid col)
Margaret Young - Tomorrow (1922) - orig Brunswick 2359
Paul Van Loan And His Orchestra - Kitchen Stove (1923) - Cameo 427 (Healey col)
Lou Gold and his Orch (Jimmy Kern v) - The Varsity Drag (1927) - Perfect 14862
Nick Lucas and his Troubadours - All Of Me (1931) - Hit Of The Week A-4-B-1
Sam Lanin's Orch - Me (1931) - Hit Of The Week K2
Ruth Etting - When You're With Somebody Else (1928) - Columbia 1288 D
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - You Try Somebody Else (1931) - MM-4-5
Sam Lanin and his Orch - Pardon Me, Pretty Baby (1931) - Hit Of The Week 1156
Grace Hayes - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Victor 21571 A
Benrus Radio Orch - I'm Yours (1930) - Hit Of The Week 1113
Leo Reisman and his Orchestra (Harold Arlen v) - Happy As The Day Is Long (1933) - orig Victor 24315
Pablo Casals - The Swan (Saint-Saens) - Victrola 1143 A
Phil Spitalny's Music - One More Kiss Then Goodnight (1932) - Hit Of The Week D-1-2

Thursday, April 22, 2010

"You're Lucky To Me" April 23, 2010

(Week 205)

UPDATE: Download this program in 128k mp3 format here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

Someone has been lucky to me since 1997--and this RADIOLA! is a celebration of that fact.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern Friday to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). The show will be uploaded to my Live365 station this weekend. (Other listening/download options will be posted here when available.)

Justin Ring and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - You're Lucky To Me (1930) - Perfect 15356 (Healey col)
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch - 13th Street Rag (1937) - Bluebird 6817 (Healey col)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Isham Jones Orch (Jones and Hare v) - That Certain Party (1925) - Brunswick 2994 B
Emil Seidel and His Orch - Together, We Two (1927) - orig Gennett 6324
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Gotta Darn Good Reason Now For Being Good (1930) - Brunswick 4936
Pete Woolery - You Were Meant For Me (1929) - Columbia 1805 D
Little Jack Little Orch - Like Two Little Flies On A Lump Of Sugar (1934) - Columbia 2900 D (Healey col)
The New Mayfair Dance Orch - The Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together (1930) - HMV B5732
The Clevelanders - Cooking Breakfast For The One I Love (1930) - Crown 81327 (Healey col)
Frank Auburn and his Orch (Ben Selvin) (Annette Hanshaw v) - When I'm Housekeeping For You (1929) - Supertone 1070 P (Healey col)
Fred Hamm and his Orch (Dusty Rhodes v) - We Love Us (1929) - Brunswick 4689 (Healey col)
Guy Lombardo And His R C'ns - As Long As Loves Lives On (1932) - Brunswick 6363 (Healey col)
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - We Belong Together (1932) - Brunswick 6439 (Healey col)
Will Osborne And His Orch (WO & Dorothy Rogers v) - Please Pardon Us, We're In Love (1937) - Decca 1371 (Healey col)
Molly Ryan - I Take To You (2007) - Songbird in the Moonlight (Loup-garous LG 1003)
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - Cotton Club Stomp (2005) - Cotton Club Revisited - Nighthawks
Margaret Young (Rube Bloom p) - Big Bad Bill (1924) - Brunswick 2736 A
Nathan Glantz and his Orch - I'm Satisfied, Beside That Sweetie O' Mine (1924) - Okeh 40209 (Healey col)
Russo And Fiorito’s Oriole Orch (Mark Fisher v) - Let's Talk About About My Sweetie (1926) -Victor 19989 (Healey col)
Ruth Etting - I'm Bringing a Red Red Rose (1928) - Columbia 1680 D
Ray Seeley and his Orch (Ben Selvin) (IK v) - I Love You So Much (1930) - Odeon ONY 36106 (Healey col)
Hal Kemp and his Orch - By Special Permission of the Copyright Owners (1931) - orig Brunswick 6055
Don Bestor and his Orch (Neil Buckley v) - Shadow Waltz (1933) - Victor 24346 A
Ted Black and his Orchestra (Edith Caldwell v) - As Long As I Live (1934) - Bluebird B 5387 (Healey col)
Clyde McCoy Orch (Wayne Gregg v) - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1937) - Decca 1230 (Healey col)
Ruth Etting - Life Is A Song (Let's Sing It Together) (1935) - Goodnight My Love (Take Two)
Jerry Colonna - You're My Everything (from The Laugh Parade) (1937) - Vocalion 3876 (Skretvedt col)
Valaida Snow - I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me (1937) - Chronological 1937-1940 Classics 1122
Herbert Spencer and his Orchestra (Irving Kaufman v) - Why Do I Love You? (1928) - Banner 7032
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch (Eddy Thomas v) - Used To You (1929) - Brunswick 4354
Wabash Dance Orchestra (Red Nichols) (Phil Baker v) - Sweet Sue (1928) - Duophone D 4009 (Healey col)

Friday, April 16, 2010

"I Wanna Sing About You" April 16, 2010

(Week 204)

UPDATE: This show may be downloaded in 128k mp3 format: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

Here's a (relatively) stress-free RADIOLA! to celebrate spring.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). The show will be available on my Live365 station soon after the broadcast. Check back here for more listening options.

Paul Tremaine and his Orch - I Wanna Sing About You (1930) - Columbia 2462 D (Jeff Healey col)
Cliff Jackson and his Crazy Kats- Horse Feathers (1930) - 1926-1934 - Jazz Oracle BDW 8037
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ben Bernie and his Orch - He's The Last Word (1926) - Retrieval RTR 79055
Adrian Schubert and his Orch - Skies Of Grey (1927) - Banner 6143 (Jeff Healey col)
Jackson and his Southern Stompers - Take Your Tomorrow (1928) - Frog Spawn - The First Batch DGF71
Arthur Fields - Save Your Sorrow (1925) - Harmony 29 H
Gloria Geer (Vaughn DeLeath) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Cameo 963
Paul Specht and his Orch - Bamboola (1925) - Columbia 497 D (Jeff healey col)
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orch - I'm Following You (1930) - orig Vocalion 1471
Ben Bernie and His Orch - Following You Around (1927) - Brunswick 3496 (Jeff Healey col)
Guy Lombardo and his R C'ns - Following In Your Footsteps (1935) - Decca 425 (Jeff Healey col)
Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) - I Found A Million Dollar Baby (1926) - orig Oriole 740a
Paul Specht and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - I Found A Million-Dollar Baby (1931) - Columbia 2482 D (Jeff Healey col)
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - I Met A Hundred Dollar Honey (1997) - Aug 8, 1997 (Coffee Bar, Herkimer NY)
Dick Hyman (w Bernie Green's Orch) - Concerto For Calliope (1957) - Bernie Green Plays More Than You Can Stand (San Franscisco Records M33015)
Al Gallodoro - Saxophobia (1957) - Bernie Green Plays More Than You Can Stand (San Francisco Records)
Collins and Harlan - My Wife's Gone To The Country Hurrah Hurrah (1909) - Columbia A724
Sophie Tucker - My Husband's in the City (1910) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama (Archeophone 5010)
Marimbaphone Band - At The Cotton Pickers' Ball (1918) - Columbia A 2550
Little Jack Little Orchestra - I Wished On The Moon (1935) - Columbia 3068 D (Jeff Healey col)
Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - Monopoly (1936) - Victor 25331 (Jeff Healey col)
Hudson-Delange Orchestra - Monopoly Swing (1936) - Brunswick 7667 (Jeff Healey col)
Leslie Hutchinson - Huggable Kissable You (1929) - orig Parlophone 78 (UK) (REP-ToNY)
Mildred Hunt - Ho Hum (1931) - Romeo 78 (courtesy Rich Conaty)
Dorsey Bros Orch (Bob Crosby v) - I'd Like To Dunk You In My Coffee (1934) - Decca 321 (Jeff Healey col)
Max Dolin and his Orch - Close Your Eyes (w) (1925) - Victor 19789 (Jeff Healey col)
Layton and Johnstone - Close Your Eyes (1931) - Columbia DB 710 (UK)
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Close Your Eyes (1933) - Victor 24376 (Jeff Healey col)
Wabash Dance Orch (Phil Baker v) - Chloe (1928) - Duophone D 4006 (Jeff Healey col)
Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - New Orleans Stomp (1927) - New Orleans Stomp (Frog DGF 39)
Fred Rich and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - The Hour Of Parting (1931) - Columbia 2494 D (Jeff Healey col)

Friday, April 09, 2010

"Breezin' Along" April 9, 2010

(Week 203)

UPDATE: This show is now available for download here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

Another all-shellac RADIOLA! And why not?

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). The show will be available on my Live365 stream shortly after the broadcast. Check back here for other listening options.

Ruth Etting - Back In Your Own Backyard (1928) - Columbia 1288 D
Abe Lyman's CA Orch (Frank Sylvano v) - Breezin' Along With The Breeze (1926) - Brunswick 3240 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Paul Ash and his Orch (Milton Watson v) - Oh! If I Only Had You (1926) - Columbia 707 D
Hollywood Dance Orch (Adrian Schubert) (Smith Ballew v) - I'm Following You (1929) - Imperial 2264 (UK)
Cab Calloway and his Orch - St Louis Blues (1930) - Brunswick 4936
Pete Woolery - Coquette (1929) - Columbia 1805 D
The Singing Sophomores - I'm Coming Virginia (1927) - Columbia 1178 D
“Kenn” Sisson and his Orch (Vaughn DeLeath v) - Bamboola (1927) - Brunswick 3595 A
Arthur Gibbs and his Gang - Louisville Lou (1923) - Victor 19070 A
Tommy Christian and his Orch - Elsie Shultz En Heim (1926) - Velvet Tone 1264 V
Oriole Orch (Mark Fisher v) - Ah-Ha! (1925) - Brunswick 2874 B
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Cornfed (1927) - Brunswick 3597 B
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Why Can't You? (1929) - Brunswick 4354
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (1933) - Columbia 2909 D
Golden and Marlowe - The Hospital Patient (1919) - Columbia A2235
Arthur Collins - That's A Plenty (1909) - Columbia A724
Handy's Orch of Memphis - The Hooking Cow Blues (1917) - Columbia A 2420
Eddie Cantor - Don't Put a Tax on The Beautiful Girls (1919) - Emerson 1071
Margaret Young - Me and The Boyfriend (1924) - Brunswick 2736 B
Chick Bullock - I'm Crying Myself To Sleep (1930) - Banner 32079 A
Don Bestor and his Orch (Neil Buckley v) - I've Got To Pass Your House To Get To My House (1933) - Victor 24346 B
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Tear It Down (1933) - Columbia 2909 D
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Mean Dog Blues (1927) - Brunswick 3597 A
Paul Ash and his Orch (Paul Small v) - Precious (1926) - Columbia 707 D
Abe Lyman's CA Orch (Frank Sylvano v) - Where'd You Get Those Eyes? (1926) - Brunswick 3240 A
The Singing Sophomores - Just a Memory (1927) - Columbia 1178 D
Ruth Etting - Love Me Or Leave Me (1928) - Columbia 1680 D
“Kenn” Sisson and his Orch (Vaughn DeLeath v) - Blue Heaven (1927) - Brunswick 3595 B
The New Music of Reginald Forsythe - Angry Jungle (1934) - Columbia 2916 D
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Christopher Columbus (1936) - Vocalion 3211
Isham Jones' Orch - Paddlin' Madelin' Home (1925) - Brunswick 2994 A

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

A NOTE ON MYSPACE

I'm having a few very minor regret pangs over closing my MySpace account FOREVER--and I apologize to anyone who had me on their friends list and who might have taken this personally. It's not personal. It was just time.

Thursday, April 01, 2010

"Okay For Sound" April 2, 2010

(Week 202)

UPDATE: This program is now available for download in 128k mp3 format here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

This RADIOLA! is compiled mostly from recently acquired CDs, including more from Koichi Sugii, Bert Ambrose, and the Comedian Harmonists. We also pay tribute to legendary pianist John Bunch, who died March 30 at the age of 88. Big thanks go out to Irwin Chusid, Dan Levinson, Rich Conaty, and Randy Skretvedt.

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming HERE and HERE). The show will be available on my Live365 station by Saturday. Check back here for more listening options.

The Comedian Harmonists - Creole Love Call (1933) - Recordings 1930-1938 (Avid AVC 810)
Ambrose and his Orch (Jack Cooper v) - Okay For Sound (1936) - Swing Is In The Air (Avid AVC 992)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Koichi Sugii (King Salon Orch) - Track 14 (1938) - Salon Music 1938-1941 (Disc 1) Bridge 123
Waring's Pennsylvanians - With You (1929) - Victor 22293 B
Earl Hines and his Orch - Beau Koo Jack (1929) - Frog Spawn - The First Batch (Frog DGF71)
John Bunch Trio - The Song Is You (2010) - Feb. 23, 2010 at Small's NYC
Arthur Briggs' Savoy Syncopators (Al Bowlly v) - Song of the Wanderer (1927) - orig Polydor 21034
Ben Bernie and his Orch- Rhythm King (1928) - Retrieval RTR 79055
Paul Davis and his Orch - Black and Tan Fantasy (1932) - Frog Spawn - The First Batch (Frog DGF71)
Lou Gold and his Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Yearning (1925) - Perfect 14404
Fanny Watson - You Can't Get Lovin' (Where There Ain't Any Love) (1919) - Emerson 9217
Jay C. Flippen and his Gang - Hard to Get Gertie (1926) - Fountain FV 204 (LP)
Dan Levinson's Eleven Sons of Rosy - I'm All Bound 'Round With The Mason-Dixon Line (2001) - Where The Morning Glories Grow (Loup-garous 1002)
Dan Levinson's Eleven Sons of Rosy - Maple Leaf Rag (2001) - Where The Morning Glories Grow (Loup-garous 1002)
Emerson Military Band - Joe Turner Blues (1916) - Emerson 7145
Ben Bernie and his Orch - Where's My Sweetie Hiding (1924) - Retrieval RTR 79055
Blue Rhythm Orchestra - Keep Your Temper (1925) - Frog Spawn - The First Batch (Frog DGF71)
Cliff Jackson and his Crazy Kats - Torrid Rhythm (1930) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8037
Koichi Sugii (Sakurai y su Orch) - Track 16 (1938) - Salon Music 1938-1941 (Disc 1) Bridge 123
Ambrose and his Orch - Power House (1937) - Swing Is In The Air (Avid AVC 992)
John Bunch Trio - Honeysuckle Rose (2010) - Feb. 23, 2010 at Small's NYC
Jay C. Flippen and his Gang - How Could Red Riding Hood? (1926) - Fountain FV 204 (LP)
Arthur Briggs' Savoy Syncopators (Al Bowlly v) - Who-oo, You-oo, That's Who (1927) - orig Polydor 21128
Ben Bernie and his Orch - Bottoms Up (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79055
The Comedian Harmonists - Night And Day (1933) - Recordings 1930-1938 (Avid AVC 810)
Koichi Sugii (King Jazz Band) - Track 20 (1937) - Salon Music 1938-1941 (Disc 1) Bridge 123
Ambrose and his Orch (Jack Cooper v) - Bye-Bye, Baby (1936) - Swing Is In The Air (Avid AVC 992)