"Bittersweet" December 24, 2010

(Week 239)

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

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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