"On the Upswing" March 30, 2012

(Week 305)

This RADIOLA! feels and sounds better than last week, with new and unexpected shellac and other glad tidings. (I want here to thank Lloyd Smith again for his generous gift of records.)

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Additionally, the "1912 Revue" mentioned in this program is at 7 PM on April 20 at the Rome Capitol Theatre--scroll down this page for details.

The Radio Franks - I'm Sitting On Top of the World (1925) - Regal 9956 A
Kay Kyser and his Orch (Sully Mason v) - A Swan Song to a Dyin' Duck (1939) - Columbia 35563
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Fleetwood Orch (Reuben Greenberg) - Meadow Lark (1926) - Vocalion A 15466
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - Raquel Meller Medley (1926) - Victor 20066 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Charles Harrison v) - High-High-High Up in the Hills (1926) - Victor 20436 A
Annette Hanshaw - If You See Sally (1927) - Perfect 12329 B
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - It Was Only a Sun Shower (1927) - Victor 20906 B
National Cavaliers - I Told Them All About You (1927) - Victor 21112 A
Barney Rapp and his Orch (Frank Kamplain v) - When Dixie Stars Are Playing Peek-a-Boo (1924) - Victor 19341 A
Stillman's Orioles - Give Me (Your Heart) (1925) - Perfect 14488 B
Bert Lown and his Loungers - Here Comes My Ball and Chain (1929) - Velvet Tone 1892 V
Miss Lee Morse - Tonight You Belong To Me (1926) - Perfect 11631
Singing Troubadours - Me Too (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 32199
Barney Trimble and his Oklahomans (BHSO Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - If I Can't Have You (1929) - Velvet Tone 2035 V
West End Jazz Band (Mike Bezin v) - Dixie Dawn (1982) - Positively-Absolutely! (Blackbird C 4005)
West End Jazz Band (Tom Bartlett v) - Clementine (1984) - Chicago Breakdown (Stomp Off SOS1085)
Six Brown Brothers - Saxophone Sam (1917) - Victor 18309 A
That Girl Quartet - Down at Mammy Jinny's (1912) - Victor 17118 A
Original Pennsylvania Serenaders (Whitey Kaufman) - You Tell Her I Stutter (1923) - Victor 19049 A
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - Broadway Baby Dolls (1929) - Victor 22019 A
King Nawahi's Hawaiians - Hawaiian Capers (1929) - 50 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia CG 33566)
Frank Auburn and his Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Mysterious Mose (1930) - Velvet Tone 2146 V
National Cavaliers - The Song I Love (1928) - Victor 21794 B
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - My Troubles Are Over (1929) - Victor 21887 A
Bessie Smith - New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (1930) - Any Woman's Blues (Columbia G 30126)
Monarch Orch (Charley Straight) (Frank Sylvano v) - Tell Me Tonight (1926) - Vocalion B 15507
Eddie Edinborough and his New Orleans Wildcats - Brown Baby (1930) - 50 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia CG 33566)
Lloyd Keating and his Orch (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - I'm In the Market For You (1930) - Velvet Tone 2146 V
John Kirby and his Orch - Blues Petite (1940) - Okeh 5805
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys - White Heat (1937) - 50 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia CG 33566)
Golden Gate Orch (Ernest Hare v) - Show Me the Way to Go Home (1925) - Perfect 14488