Friday, December 31, 2010

"New Year's Dance Party 2011" December 31, 2010

(Week 240)

Ring in the New Year with this special four-hour RADIOLA!

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The New Year's Eve show from last year is still available for listening through this playlist link.

Billy Reid and the London Piano Accordeon Band - Roll Up the Carpets (1933) - Regal Zono MB 1008
Jim Davidson and his Palais Royal Orch - Fair and Warmer (1934) - Regal Zono G22154 (Australia)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Meyer Davis' Hotel Astor Orch (Joe Moss dir) (SL v) - Oh! How I Adore You (1930) - Brunswick 4728
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Sugar Blues (1931) - Melotone M 13409 A
Billy Merrin and his Commanders (Sam Browne v) - My Hat's On The Side Of My Head (1933) - Regal Zono MR 1262
Layton and Johnstone - With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming (1934) - Columbia DB 1433
Dan Roberts and his Home Towners (Jack Berger) (Jan Peerce v) - Remember Me (1932) - Melotone 12557
Will Osborne and his Orch (Freddy Martin) - I Couldn't Tell Them What to Do (1933) - Perfect 15786 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Little Dutch Mill (1934) - Melotone M 13117B
Billy Cotton and his Band - Ridin' Around In The Rain (1934) - Regal Zono MR 1361
Hotel Bossert Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - I've Got to Pass Your House to Get to My House (1933) - Melotone M 12725
David Brynley - Let Me Love You Tonight (1934) - Regal Zono MR 1292
Harry Wilson and his Orch (Jacques Renard) (Howard Phillips v) - This Is Romance (1933) - Edison Bell Winner W64 B
Ken Drake and his Orch (Jimmy Ray v) - Posin' (1937) - Bluebird B 7023 A
Don Walker and his Orch (Henry King) (Joe Sudy v) - Straight From the Shoulder (1934) - Vocalion 2767 B
Johnny Hamp and his Orch (Johnny McAfee v) - From the Top of Your Head (1935) - Melotone 35 10 21 A
Ray Nichols and his Palais Royal Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Louise (1929) - Harmony 902 H
Ed Blossom and his New Englanders (BHSO) (IK v) - My Tonia (1928) - Harmony 796 H
Kenn Sisson and his Orch (Francis Luther v) - The Whole World Knows I Love You (1928) - Brunswick 4120
Morton Downey - Accent on Youth (1935) - Melotone 5 11 08
Albert Taylor and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Temptation (1934) - Conqueror 8267 B
Will Osborne and his Orch - It's Easy to Remember (1935) - Melotone 13329 A
Charlie Davis and his Orch (Ruby Wright v) - My Old Flame (1934) - Melotone M 13054 A
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - Song Without Words (1933) - Victor 24555 B
Adrian Rollini and his Orch (Herb Weil v) - I Raised My Hat (1933) - Melotone M 12855
Bob and Alf Pearson - Rambling Down The Roadway (1932) - Imperial 2727
Billy Reid and the London Piano Accordeon Band - There's a Cabin in the Pines (1933) - Regal Zono MB 1008
Hotel Bossert Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Gypsy Fiddles (1933) - Melotone M 12725
Dick Robertson and his Orch - The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1933) - Melotone 12814
Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye (Tommy Ryan v) - Have You Met Miss Jones? (1937) - Perfect 8 01 02
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Stanley Worth v) - How Can We Be Wrong? (1938) - Brunswick 8224
Edith Evans (Ray Mayer p) - Kansas City Kitty (1929) - Brunswick 4291
Jack Leon and his Band - Tie a Little String Around Your Finger (1931) - Piccadilly 853
Jay Wilbur and his Band - Shadows on the Window (1932) - Imperial 2771
Vincent Lopez and his St. Regis Hotel Orch (Johnny Morris v) - Spellbound (1934) - Regal Zono MB 1361
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Riptide (1934) - Melotone M 13117 A
Johnny Hamp and his Orch (Johnny McAfee v) - Without a Word of Warning (1935) - Melotone 35 10 21 A
Rudy Marlow and his Orch (Selvin) - In My Little Hope Chest (1930) - Diva 3118 G
Owen Fallon and his CA'ns (Jack Berger) (Jan Peerce v) - A Boy and a Girl Were Dancing (1932) - Melotone M 12565
Will Osborne and his Orch (Freddy Martin) - Under a Blanket of Blue (1933) - Perfect 15786 A
Maurice Winnick and his Orch - Alone (1935) - Parlophone F 395
Jim Davidson and his Palais Royal Orch - I'll String Along (1934) - Regal Zono C22154 (Australian)
Frank Luther and his Orch (Victor Young) - Don't Let it Happen Again (1934) - Melotone M 13050 A
June Pursell (with Roy Fox c) - Marianne (1929) - Brunswick 4504
Jay Wilbur and his Band - Marta (1932) - Imperial 2771
Japanese Vocalist with Orch - Sentimental Journey (1940s) - Columbia A 820 (Japan)
The Spirits of Rhythm - Scattin' the Blues (1945) - Black & White 23 B
Morton Downey - Cheek to Cheek (1935) - Melotone 5 11 08
Billy Merrin and his Commanders (Sam Browne v) - No More Heartaches, No More Tears (1933) - Regal Zono MR 1262
Maurice Winnick and hia Orch - The Sunset Trail (1935) - Parlophone F 395
Don Walker and his Orch (Henry King) (Joe Sudy v) - Love in Bloom (1934) - Vocalion 2767 A
Jack Leon and his Band - For You (1931) - Piccadilly 853
Owen Fallon and his CA'ns (Jack Berger) (Jan Peerce v) - So At Last It's Come To This (1932) - Melotone M 12565
Abe Lyman and his Orch (Olga Sardi v) - I Was Doing All Right (1937) - Bluebird B 7369 A
Ken Drake and his Orch (Jimmy Ray v) - If You Ever Should Leave (1937) - Bluebird B 7023 B
Jim Davidson and his Palais Royal Orch - I'll Do My Best to Make You Happy (1933) - Regal Zono G21718
Will Osborne and his Orch - For All We Know (1934) - Perfect 15960 A
Harry Wilson and his Orch (Jacques Renard) (Paul Small v) - Close Your Eyes (1933) - Edison Bell Winner W64 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Stanley Worth v) - My Reverie (1938) - Brunswick 8224
The Midnight Minstrels - Love Is The Sweetest Thing (1932) - Regal Zono MR 787
Charlie Davis and his Orch (Goof Morrison v) - Fare Thee Well (1934) - Melotone M 13041 A
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - My Song Goes Round The World (1933) - Victor 24555 A

Thursday, December 23, 2010

"Bittersweet" December 24, 2010

(Week 239)

This RADIOLA! celebrates the memory of a beautiful and vivacious person with fitting selections.

RADIOLA! streams continuously on my Live365 station.

Tony Martin - A Star Fell Out of Heaven (1936) - Decca 884
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Black Beauty (1928) - orig Victor 21580
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Snooks' Memphis Ramblers - Hello Beautiful (1931) - Victor 23038
University Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Miss Wonderful (1929) - Gennett 7011
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - My Pretty Girl (take 2) (1927) - Bix Restored Disc 2 (Sunbeam)
Wendell Hall - Ain't She Sweet (1927) - Legendary Entertainers of the 1920s (Pro Arte Digital)
Noel Coward (w Carroll Gibbons orch) - Dance, Little Lady (1928) - The Roaring 'Twenties (Flapper)
Annette Hanshaw - Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) - orig Harmony 878 H
The Original Six (George Kelly) - Don't Forget (1922) - Okeh 4574 A
The Red Caps - Rememb'ring (1923) - Okeh 4989 B
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) - The Charleston Era (ASV)
Whispering Jack Smith (w Bert Ambrose Orch) - Miss Annabelle Lee (1928) - The Charleston Era (ASV)
Charles King (w Roy Shields Orch) - Broadway Melody (1929) - The Roaring 'Twenties (Flapper)
Fred Astaire - Let's Face The Music And Dance (1936) - Top Hat, White Tie & Tails (Naxos)
Ian Whitcomb and Dick Zimmerman - Bittersweet (1982) - Don't Say Goodbye Miss Ragtime (Stomp Off SOS 1017)
Al Gallodoro with Paul Whiteman's Orch - Summertime (1948) - Paul Whiteman Conducts Gershwin CD1
Dan Levinson's Eleven Sons of Rosy - Now That You're Gone (2001) - Where The Morning Glories Grow (Loup-garous LG1002)
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Miss You (1929) - Columbia 1896 D
Abe Lyman and his Orch (Grace Barrie v) - I Cover The Waterfront (1933) - Brunswick 6572
Archie Bleyer and his Orch (Russ Morgan v) - You Are My Lucky Star (1935) - Melotone 35 10 23 A
Johnny Marvin - Marvelous (1927) - Victor 20893 A
Ace Brigode and his Fourteen Virginians - Yes Sir, That's My Baby! (1925) - orig Columbia 398 D
International Novelty Orch - Oh Boy What a Girl (1925) - Victor 19817 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Charleston (1925) - orig Victor 19671 B
Johnny Hamp and his Kentucky Serenaders - Black Bottom (1926) - orig Victor 20101
Bix Beiderbecke - In a Mist (1927) - Vocalion 3150
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - Beautiful Girl (1933) - Vocalion 2559
Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight (1936) - Top Hat, White Tie & Tails (Naxos)
Carl Ravell (Ravazza) and his Orch - Gone With The Wind (1937) - Perfect 7 08 07
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Jerry Cooper v) - Too Marvelous For Words (1937) - Victor 25517
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Billie Holiday v) - Trav'lin' Light (1943) - Capitol 116
Walter Huston - Lost in the Stars (1944) - Decca DU 40001

Thursday, December 16, 2010

"All Lit Up" December 17, 2010

(Week 238)

This RADIOLA! asserts that it is preferable to light a single candle and curse the darkness.

RADIOLA! streams continuously on my Live365 station.

Frank Luther - Barnacle Bill The Sailor (1928) - Brunswick 4180
Music in the Russ Morgan Manner - Ragging The Scale (1937) - Brunswick 7925
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Charley Straight and his Orch - Too Busy (1928) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
D. Onivas and his Orch - Take Me Along (1927) - Supertone 36632 B
Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (SMT v) - I Wonder Where We've Met Before (1925) - Victor 19798 B
Kitty O'Connor - Because I Love You (1926) - Columbia 755 D
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - In The Hush of The Night (1929) - Columbia 1896 D
Correll and Gosden - I Never Knew What the Moonlight Could Do (1926) - Victor 20324
Marion Harris - I Ain't Got Nobody (1920) - Columbia A 3371
Morrison's Jazz Orch - I Know Why (1920) - Columbia A 2945
Isham Jones Orch - Someone Else Walked Right In (1923) - Brunswick 2456 A
Jim Europe's Four Harmony Kings - One More Ribber to Cross (1919) - Pathe Actuelle 020871
The Southland Jubilee Singers - Who Stole De Lock Off De Hen House Door (1928) - Champion 15543 A
Harlem Hot Shots (Wingy Mannone) - House Rent Party Day (1935) - Melotone M 13353 B
Dick Hyman and Tom Pletcher and their Gang - Rialto Ripples (2003) - If Bix Played Gershwin (Arbors 19283)
Anachronic Jazz Band - Salt Peanuts (1978) - Complete Audio Recordings (JBM 34011)
Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan - We've Got a Parrot In Our House (1913) - Columbia A 1358
Nora Bayes - Saturday (1921) - Columbia A 3471
Ted Lewis and his Band - Home Again Blues (1921) - Columbia A 3464
Ted Weems and his Orch - Oh! If I Only Had You (1926) - Victor 20133 B
International Novelty Orch (E J Daly v) - Medley Fox Trot from “A Sale and a Sailor” (1926) - Victor 19982 B
Fred Hamm and his Orch - Bye Bye Blues (1925) - Victor 19662 B
Ted Lewis and his Band - Lonely Troubadour (1929) - Columbia 1957 D
Belle Baker - Overnight (1931) - Brunswick 6051
Ethel Waters - Birmingham Bertha (1929) - Columbia 1837 D
Lee Sims - Talking To The Moon (1926) - Brunswick 3202 A
Frank and Milt Britton's Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - All Of Me (1931) - Romeo 1767 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Irene Taylor v) - So At Last It's Come To This (1932) - Victor 24187 B
Bill Staffon and his Orch - Why Stars Come Out At Night (1935) - Bluebird B 6049 A
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang - Darktown Strutters' Ball (1936) - Brunswick 7657
Abe Lyman and his Orch (Frank Parrish v) - Love Is Here To Stay (1937) - Bluebird B 7369 B

Thursday, December 09, 2010

"A Hot Time" December 10, 2010

(Week 237)

This RADIOLA! strives to lighten the encroaching gloom of winter with some lively and counter-intuitive selections.

RADIOLA! streams continuously on my Live365 station.

Miff Mole's Molers - A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight (1927) - “Slippin' Around” (Frog DGF 19)
The Caresser - The More They Try to Do Me Bad (1938) - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Edwin J McEnelly's Orch (L James E Shaw v) - Normandy (1925) - Victor 19841 A
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - It's Hard To Laugh Or Smile (1928) - Kansas City Breakdown (Frog DGF 30)
Charley Straight and his Orch - Deep Henderson (1926) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
Frank Banta - The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (1928) - Upright and Grand (Rivermont BSW 1142)
Aileen Stanley Billy Murray (Frank Banta p) - Who Wouldn't (1926) - Victor 20148 B
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Where The Shy Little Violets Grow (1928) - Columbia 1716 D
Jockers' Dance Orch - Yama Yama Blues (Intro You're Some Pretty Doll) (1919) - Columbia A 2741
Marion Harris - Where Is My Daddy Now Blues (1920) - Columbia A 3371
Dixie Daisies - Away Down East In Maine (1923) - Cameo 312
Ethel Waters - Am I Blue (1929) - Columbia 1837 D
Red and Miff's Stompers - Slippin' Around - “Slippin' Around” (Frog DGF 19)
Charley Straight and his Orch (Frank Sylvano v) - That's What I Call Keen (1928) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
Dick Hyman and Tom Pletcher and their Gang - Kongo Kate (2003) - If Bix Played Gershwin (Arbors ARCD 19283)
Anachronic Jazz Band - Giant Steps (Coltrane) (1976) - Anthropology (Jazz in Paris)
Molly Ryan - I Was Lucky (2007) - Songbird In The Moonlight (Loup-garous LG 1003)
Joe Weber and Lew Fields - Drinking Scene (1912) - Columbia A 1159
William H Reitz -Dance California (Gregory) (1913) - Victor 17357 B
Ted Lewis Jazz Band - Number One (1920) - Columbia A 2945
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Just Say It's Me (1929) - Kansas City Breakdown (Frog DGF 30)
Majestic Dance Orch (Lanin) (A Lawrence v) - Love Me Or Leave Me (1929) - Perfect 15159 B
Charley Straight and his Orch - Hobo's Prayer (1926) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
Lee Morse - My Idea of Heaven (1927) - Columbia 974 D
Edith Evans (Ray Mayer p) - My Kinda Love (1929) - Brunswick 4291
Belle Baker - You're The One I Care For (1931) - Brunswick 6051
Frank Banta - What's the Use? (1930) - Upright and Grand (Rivermont BSW 1142)
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - By a Waterfall (1933) - Vocalion 2547 A
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Tear It Down (1933) - Melotone M 13409 B
Miff Mole's Molers - The New Twister (1927) - Slippin' Around (Frog DGF 19)
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Justrite (take 3) (1928) - Kansas City Breakdown (Frog DGF 30)
Kitty O'Connor - I'm On My Way Home (1926) - Columbia 755 D

Thursday, December 02, 2010

"Attention, Please!" December 3, 2010

(Week 236)

This RADIOLA! suggests that attention must be paid. (Or not.)

RADIOLA! streams continuously on my Live365 station.

For a limited time, order two CDs from Bryan Wright's excellent Rivermont label and receive a free 7" LP. (One of the selections on the bonus record is the West End Jazz Band playing "Burnin' The Iceberg" the day after they performed the version heard on this program.)

Sir Henry Lytton - If you give me your attention (1932) - Princess Ida (Conifer 75605 52273 2B)
Andre Kostelanetz Conducts - Bugle Call Rag (1938) - Brunswick 8214
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Edwin J McEnelly's Orch (Billy Murray v) - What a Blue Eyed Baby You Are (1925) - Victor 19841 A
Majestic Dance Orch (Harry Salter) (Bob Merwin v) - I'm Just a Vagabond Lover (1929) - Perfect 15159
Arthur Lally and the Million Airs - Sing a Little Jingle (1931) - Decca F 2612
Nick Lucas - I Found Somebody To Love (1925) - Brunswick 2990 B
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - You Are My Own (1928) - Columbia 1716 D
Gladys Rice Franklyn Baur (Arden and Ohman p) - I May Be Wrong (1929) - Victor 22226 A
Isham Jones Orch - Blue Hoosier Blues (1923) - Brunswick 2456 B
Dixie Daisies - Bees Knees (1923) - Cameo 312
Ted Lewis and his Band - Wang Wang Blues (1921) - Columbia A 3464
Bing Crosby - Blue Hawaii (Take B) (1937) - Chronological Bing Crosby Vol. 19 (Jonzo)
The Lion - Bing Crosby (1939) - Roosevelt in Trinidad (Rounder)
King Radio - Two Sisters Scandal (1939) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family)
Bryan Wright - Soliloquy (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont)
Sir Henry Lytton - Whene'er I spoke sarcastic joke (1932) - Princess Ida (Conifer 75605 52273 2B)
West End Jazz Band - Burnin' The Iceberg (2010) - Recorded 20100515 Huntington WV
Male Voices - My Creole Sue (1902) - Columbia A 866
Eddie Weston - They've Got Me Doing It Now (1913) - Columbia A 1358
William H. Reitz - Buffalo News March (Lampe) (1913) - Victor 17357 A
June Pursell (with Roy Fox c) - When I See My Sugar (1929) - Brunswick 4504
Seattle Harmony Kings - If I Had a Girl Like You (1925) - Victor 19772 A
Johnny Johnson and his Statler PA'ns (Bob Treaster v) - Speedy Boy (1928) - Victor 21275 A
Aileen Stanley Billy Murray (Frank Banta p) - I Can't Get Over a Girl Like You (1926) - Victor 20148 B
Lee Morse - Side By Side (1927) - Columbia 974 D
Gladys Rice Franklyn Baur (Arden and Ohman p) - Just You, Just Me (1929) - Victor 22226 B
Jimmy Carr and his Orch (Joe Hostetter v) - A Little Bit Independent (1935) - Melotone 6 01 06
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - William Tell (1936) - Bluebird B 6534 A
Codallo's Top Hatters Orchestra - Tropical Heat-paseo - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941
Richard Tauber - Mattinata (Leoncavallo) (c 1930) - Odeon 10561
Albert Sandler and his Orch - Masquerade (1932) - Columbia DB 924
Nick Lucas - Sleepy Time Gal (1925) - Brunswick 2990 A