"We're Still Here" April 27, 2012

(Week 309)

This RADIOLA! celebrates the institution that it was committed to 15 years ago.

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Ada Jones and Len Spencer - Peaches and Cream (1906) - Aretino D614
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Phil Dewey v) - As Long as I Live (1934) - Columbia P 14847
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - She Belongs To Me (1926) - Vocalion B 15459
Al Lynn's Music Masters (Max Prival v) - I'm Crazy For Her (1927) - Oriole 874 B
Night Club Orch (Reser) (Irving Kaufman v) - You're the One I'm Looking For (1926) - Vocalion B 15314
Gladys Rice Billy Murray - D'ye Love Me (1925) - Victor 19903 A
Joe Wilbur - My Heart Stood Still (1927) - Perfect 12404 B
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Joy Bells (1927) - Victor 21081 B
Ray Miller and his Orch - Adoring You (1924) - Brunswick 2724 B
Mike Speciale and his Orch (Jimmy Flynn v) - I Wanna Go Where You Go (1925) - Perfect 14526
Arthur Ross and his Westerners (Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - She's My Girl (1929) - Velvet Tone 1892 V
Joe Weber and Lew Fields - The Marriage Market (1916) - Columbia A 2092 edit
Fred Duprez - When You Marry a Girl For Looks (1910) - Aretino D681
Raymond Dixon (Lambert Murphy) - Goodbye Girls, I'm Through (1914) - Victor 17715 A
Baltimore Society Orch (Selvin) (Arthur Fields v) - That Certain Party (1925) - Oriole 533 A
Dave Liddy - Invincible Home Guards March (2012) - Rome NY April 20, 2012
Ed Clute - A Little Love, a Little Kiss (2012) - Rome NY April 20, 2012
Emerson Military Band - Western Land (1919) - Emerson 1025
The Melody Men - Broadway Blues (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A 14138
Bob Haring and his Orch - Manhattan (1925) - Cameo 784
Ellis Stratakos and his Jung Hotel Orch (Fred Loyacano v) - A Precious Little Thing Called Love (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8066
Phil Spitalny's Orch (Paul Small v) - Sweet and Lovely (1931) - HoW K5
Fred “Sugar” Hall and his Sugar Babies (Arthur Fields v) - Red Headed Baby (1931) - Look Who's Here (Retrieval RTR 79061)
Raymond Dixon (Lambert Murphy) - The Little White House (1926) - Victor 20271 A
Miss Annette Hanshaw - Do Do Do (1926) - Perfect 12305
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Lovable and Sweet (1929) - Victor 22078 A
Anson Weeks and his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orch (Bill Moreing v) - Love Me Tonight (1932) - Columbia P 14844
George Formby - I'm the Husband of the Wife of Mr Wu (1939) - Regal Zonophone MR 3425
Teddy Wilson and his Orch (Billie Holiday v) - Twenty Four Hours a Day (1935) - Columbia CJ 40646
Freddy Martin and his Orch (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Then I'll Be Tired of You (1934) - Columbia P 14848
Albert Sandler and his Orch - I Want Your Heart (1932) - Columbia DB 924
Wabash Dance Orch (Phil Baker v) - Sweet Sue - Just You (1928) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8062

"Free Vacillation" April 20, 2012

(Week 308)

This RADIOLA! is veering between extremes in the Garden of Good and Lousy.

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Four Rajahs - Too Busy (1928) - Victor 21550 A
Ambrose and his Orch (Jack Cooper v) - Swing (1936) - GNP Crescendo GNPS 9005
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Frankie Masters and his Orch (Leroy Shield dir) (FM v) - Everywhere You Go (1927) - Victor 21217 A
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - I Lost My Heart In Monterey (1926) - Vocalion A 15459
Campus Boys (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Tin Pan Parade (1927) - Banner 6152 A
Harry Weil - Old Pal, Why Don't You Answer Me? (1926) - Cameo 992
Annette Hanshaw - Song of the Wanderer (1927) - Perfect 12329
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - On a Summery Night (1929) - Victor 21984 B
Emerson Military Band - The Alcoholic Blues (1919) - Emerson 1025
Liberty Dance Orch (Hazay Natzy) - Mon Homme (1921) - Regal 9106 A
Mike Speciale and his Orch - Mammy Chasing Blues (1925) - Perfect 14526 B
Salt and Pepper - Holdin' the Sack (1924) - Cameo 609
Cliff Edwards - The Lonesomest Girl In Town (1925) - Perfect 11594 B
Lucky Strike Dance Orch (Glantz) (Arthur Fields v) - Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue? (1925) - Oriole 476 A
Bryan Wright - Efficiency Rag (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont BSW 2212)
Al Gallodoro - Saxophun (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290
Bear Cat Jass Band - Oriental Strut (2012) - Recorded Syracuse March 4, 2012 Mana Zucca - Valse Brillante (Zucca) (1921) - Regal 9168
Bert Williams - The Mississippi Stoker (1906) - Aretino D 673
Coleman's Orch - Karavan (1920) - HMV (Canada) 216092 A
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lewis Levin v) - Through! (1929) - Victor 22204 A
The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) - Indian Butterfly (1927) - Vocalion A 15533
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders (Roy Cropper v) - Avalon Town (1928) - Victor 21829 A
Harmony Brothers - Is She My Girl Friend? (1927) - Harmony 555 H
Manhattan Dance Makers (Arthur Hall v) - Dawning (1927) - Harmony 486 H
The Astorites (Fred Rich) (Ray Stillwell v) - And Then I Forget (1926) - Harmony 228 H
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Blue Hawaii (1929) - Victor 21984 A
Libby Holman - I'm One Of God's Children Who Hasn't Got Wings (1931) - Moanin' Low (Take Two TT415CD)
Gus Arnheim and his Orch (Jimmy Newell v) - Going to Heaven on a Mule (1933) - Columbia P 14846
Teddy Wilson - Don't Blame Me (1937) - Smithsonian R005
Gene Krupa's Swing Band - Swing is Here (1936) - Victor LPV-578
Willard Robison Orch (Walter Neff v) - Take in the Sun, Hang Out the Moon (1926) - Perfect 14747

The 1912 Revue at The Rome Capitol Theatre

Friday, April 20, 2012 7:00pm until 10:00pm

What was entertainment like 100-years ago? Come see, live on the Capitol stage, as songs, 1912 short films THE ELECTRIC LEG and THE NEW YORK HAT (starring Mary Pickford and Lionel Barrymore), and a scene from the hit Broadway play of 1912, "Within the Law" are performed.

Acts will include famed musicians Edward Clute on piano, Avery Tunningley on piano and theater organ, Dave Liddy performing Ragtime piano, Bubbles LaRue singing songs from the period, local radio obscurity Andy Senior as your emcee, the Whaddyaknow Quartet and more to be announced.

Cast for "Within The Law"

Edward Gilder, proprietor of "The Emporium" - Robert Tracy
Smithson, floorwalker at "The Emporium" - David Bunker
Sarah, Edward Gilder's Private Secretary - Megan Ruskey
Helen Morris, a salesgirl in "The Emporium" - Elizabeth Pullara
Detective Sergeant Cassidy of the New York Police - Will Dougherty
Mary Turner, a saleswoman in "The Emporium" - Jamie Rose Hicks

RESERVED SEATING:
Adults $15, Seniors $13, Capitol Friends $12, Children $6

Chad Smith's Sax-O-Philm 4/23 in Annville, PA

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"Some Luck" April 13, 2012

(Week 307)

This RADIOLA! is feeling not unfortunate.

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Haydn Glee Club of Utica, New York - The Jolly Blacksmith's Lay (1919) - Pathe 22313 B
Irwin Abrams' Dance Orch (IK v) - Lucky Day (1926) - Banner 1783 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Angry (1925) - Victor 19786 A
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lew Conrad v) - What'll You Do (1927) - Columbia 1212 D
Jay's Chelsea Orch (Frank Black) (IK v) - There's One Little Girl Who Loves Me (1927) - Vocalion B 15613
Gloria Geer (Vaughn DeLeath) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Cameo 963
Jack Kaufman and Albert Campbell - Meadow-Lark (1926) - Cameo 1042
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - What Do We Do On a Dew-Dew-Dewy Day (1927) - Victor 20906 A
Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orch - Beside a Silv'ry Stream (1925) - Brunswick 2893 A
Big City Six - Everything's Going to Be All Right (1926) - Grey Gull 1334 A
Carolina Club Orch (Kemp) (Arthur Fields v) - I'm Marching Home to You (1929) - Velvet Tone 1852 V
Byron G. Harlan - Can't You Take It Back and Change It For a Boy (1911) - Aretino D710
Edna Brown (Elsie Baker) - I Want a Little Lovin' Sometimes (1912) - Victor 17067 A
Irving Kaufman - O-HI-O (O-My-O!) (1920) - Emerson 10324
West End Jazz Band - Sweet Substitute (1982) - Red Hot Chicago (Stomp Off SOS 1042)
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks (John Leifert v) - Stormy Weather (1983) - Cotton Club Revisited
Rosario Bourdon - Extase (Ganne arr. Tobani) (1913) - Victor 17395 B
The Virginians - Gee! But I Hate to Go Home Alone (1922) - Victor 18965 B
Gene Rodemich's Orch - One Stolen Kiss (1924) - Brunswick 2824 A
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Lew Conrad v) - When Kentucky Bids the World Good Morning (1930) - Victor 22553 B
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - A Cottage for Sale (1930) - Velvet Tone 2141 V
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinnay Ennis v) - Washin' the Blues from My Soul (1930) - The Hot Sides 1926-1931 (Retrieval RTR 79025)
Cliff Edwards - Broken Hearted (1927) - Perfect 11649
Ruth Etting - Sing Me a Baby Song (1927) - Columbia 1052 D
Chick Endor - That's Where You Come In (1929) - Victor 22151 B
Ferd “Jelly Roll” Morton - The Pearls (1926) - Retrieval RTR 79002
Red and Miff's Stompers - Delirium (1927) - Victor 20778 A
Joe Candullo and his Orch (A. Franklin v) - It's A Million To One You're In Love (1927) - Perfect 14841
Phil Spitalny's Music - Hummin' to Myself (1932) - HoW F 4 5
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinnay Ennis v) - I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store (1931) - The Hot Sides 1926-1931 (Retrieval RTR 79025)
Southampton Society Orch (poss A Schubert) (The Happy Pair v) - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Pathe Actuelle 36657

"Undercurrent Events" April 6, 2012

(Week 306)

This RADIOLA! has its ear to the ground for whatever reason.

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Cal Stewart - War Talk at Pun'kin Center (1915) - Victor 17820 A
The Rhythmic Eight - Heigh Ho, Ev'rybody (1929) - 48 Of The Best (Retrieval RTR 79059)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Irving Kaufman v) - Rain (1927) - Vocalion B 15631
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Frank Munn v) - My Tonia (1928) - Victor 21817 B
Waring's Pennsylvanians - Does My Sweetie Do--And How (1925) - Victor 19655 A
Frances Sper - My Baby Knows How (1926) - Cameo 1042
Cliff Edwards - Give Me a Night in June (1927) - Perfect 11649 B
Annette Hanshaw and her Sizzling Syncopaters - I Just Roll Along (1928) - Perfect 12419 B
Six Black Diamonds (Samuels) (Arthur Hall v) - Barney Google (1923) - Banner 1206 A
Glantz and his Orch - Wonderful You (1923) - Emerson 10591
The Astorites (Fred Rich) (Ray Stillwell v) - Up and Down the Eight Mile Road (1926) - Harmony 228 H
Ada Jones - They Always Pick on Me (1911) - Aretino D710
Arthur Collins - Grizzly Bear (1910) - Aretino D681
Heidelberg Quintette - On a Beautiful Night With a Beautiful Girl (1912) - Victor 17152 A
Orch dir. by Maurice Peress -Yes, We Have No Bananas-So This is Venice (1987) - The Birth of Rhapsody in Blue (MHS 7531)
West End Jazz Band - Pane in the Glass (1982) - Red Hot Chicago (Stomp Off SOS 1042)
Mana Zucca - Rustle of Spring (Sinding) (1921) - Regal 9168
The Benson Orch of Chicago (Bestor) (Frank Sylvano v) - Back In Hackensack New Jersey (1924) - Victor 19318 B
Bert Lown and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Redskin (1929) - Velvet Tone 1852 V
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Willard Robison v) - I'm Crazy Over You (1929) - Victor 21976 B
Jack Miller - Down Among the Sugar Cane (1929) - Velvet Tone 1881 V
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - You Showed Me the Way (1930) - Velvet Tone 2141 V
Rudy Vallee - Lover, Come Back to Me! (1929) - Velvet Tone 1881 V
Annette Hanshaw and her Sizzling Syncopaters - There Must Be a Silver Lining (1928) - Perfect 12419
Chick Endor - It's Unanimous Now (1929) - Victor 22151 A
Phil Spitalny's Music (Ben Alley v) - My Silent Love (1932) - Hit of theWeek F-4-5
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinnay Ennis v) - Them There Eyes (1930) - The Hot Sides 1926-1931 (Retrieval RTR 79025)
Sam Lanin's Dance Orch (Paul Small v) - Hello Beautiful! (1931) - Hit of theWeek 1136
Teddy Wilson and his Orch (Billie Holiday v) - A Sunbonnet Blue (1935) - Columbia CJ 40646
Una Mae Carlisle (acc by Lester Young's Orch) - Blitzkrieg Baby (1941) - Victor LPV 578
Ruth Etting - At Sundown (1927) - Columbia 1052 D