"New Year's Dance Party 2013" December 31, 2012

(Week 344)

Our annual four-hour RADIOLA! New Year's celebration. Enjoy!

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Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward - Scene from Shadow Play Pt. 1 (1936) - Victor 36191 A

Ed Loyd and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Russ Morgan v) - Music Makes Me (1934) - Perfect 15875 B

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch - Rhythm of the Day (1925) - Columbia 498 D

The Rangers (Lanin) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Someday Sweetheart (1927) - Lincoln 2677

Eddie Lang's Orch - Bugle Call Rag (1929) - Parlophone R 510

Little Jack Little - One More Night (1928) - Columbia 1324 D

Radio Jacks - Gid-ap Garibaldi (1927) - Perfect 12363 B

Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be? (1929) - Victor 22034 A

Duke Ellington and his Orch - The Mooche (1928) - Victor 24486 B

Earl Hines - Fifty Seven Varieties (1928) - Parlophone R 510

Jean Goldkette and his Orch - Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya Huh (1926) - Victor 20031 A

Don Roberts - Revenge (1928) - Columbia 1535 D

Thelma Tuson - By the Waters of Minnetonka (1928) - Brunswick 152 A (UK)

Ted Lewis and his Band - Lewisada Blues (1929) - Columbia 1916 D

Ian Whitcomb - Montpellier (A Tango of Southern France) (1982) - Songs Without Words (Rivermont BSW 3136)

Paul Asaro and the Fat Babies - Abdullah (2012) - What a Heavenly Dream (Rivermont BSW 2222)

Charles Bourne & Phil Ellis - If You Knew Susie (1925) - Two Grands Four Hands (Rivermont BSW 1152)

Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Sugar Foot Stomp (1925) - Columbia 395 D

Coon Sanders Original Nighthawk Orch - I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston (1925) - Victor 19727 B

Joe Howard - Hello My Baby and Goodbye My Lady Love (1936) - Vocalion 3357

Frances Day - Excuse Me (1933) - HMV B 8096

Eddie Pola - I Want to Be a Nudist (1934) - Regal Zonophone MR 1279

Jan Garber and his Orch (Lee Bennett v) - I Can't Go On Like This (1934) - Victor 24560 B

Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans (Harry Bentley v) - So Help Me (1934) - Columbia CD 773

Ted Fio Rito and his Orch (Bill Carey v) - Look What I've Got (1933) - Brunswick 6556

Cleo Brown - My Gal Mezzanine (1936) - Decca 846 B

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Georgia Rockin' Chair (1935) - Bluebird B 10288 A

Dorothy Lamour (Cy Feuer Orch) - Swing High, Swing Low (1937) - Brunswick 7838

George Hall and his Hotel Taft Orch (Barry Wells v) - The Moonlight Waltz (1934) - Bluebird B 5398 B

Lou Preager and his Band (Gerry Fitzgerald v) - La Cucuracha (1935) - Champion 40031 B

Benny Goodman and his Orch - One O'Clock Jump (1938) - Victor 25792 B

Billy Kyle - Between Sets (1939) - Decca 2740 B

Lew Davis Trombone Trio - Three's Company (1935) - Decca 1298 A

Sam Lanin and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - I Must Have That Man (1928) - Perfect 15000 B

Billy Mayerl piano (Rudy Starita xyl) - The Match Parade (1931) - Columbia DB 639

Guy Lombardo - Goofus (1932) - Guy Lombardo 16 Most Requested Songs

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Sally Singer v) - Talkin' to Myself (1934) - Brunswick 6980

Clyde McCoy and his Orch - The Goona Goo (1937) - Decca 1109 A

Bert Shefter and his Rhythm Octet - Chopin's Ghost (1937) - Victor 25622 B

Joe Howard - I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now and Honeymoon (1936) - Vocalion 3357

Frances Langford (Victor Young Orch) - Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (1936) - Decca 775 B

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Ain't Misbehavin' (1938) - Bluebird B 10288 B

Dick McDonough and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - On the Beach at Bali-Bali (1936) - Perfect 6 08 08

Stew Pletcher and his Orch (Norvo) (SP v) - You Never Looked So Beautiful Before (1936) - Bluebird B 6343 B

Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - Knock Knock Who's There? (1936) - Melotone 6 10 05

Johnny Johnson and his Orch (Lee Johnson v) - September in the Rain (1937) - Conqueror 8798

Cleo Brown - Love in the First Degree (1936) - Decca 846 A

The Fat Babies - Please (2012) - Chicago Hot (Delmark DE253)

Paul Asaro and The Fat Babies - Sweet and Slow (2012) - What a Heavenly Dream (Rivermont BSW 2222)

Bunny Berigan and his Orch - Trees (1937) - RCA 20 1601 A

Joe Haymes and his Orch (Barry McKinley v) - No Regrets (1936) - Melotone 6 08 06

Benny Goodman Quartet - Whispering (1936) - Victor 25481 A

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Sally Singer v) - Lost in a Fog (1934) - Brunswick 6980

Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans (Harry Bentley v) - Easy Come, Easy Go (1934) - Columbia CD 773

Ted Fio Rito and his Orch (Muzzy Marcelino v) - In the Park in Paree (1933) - Brunswick 6556

Red McKenzie - I Found You (1931) - Columbia 2587 D

Frances Langford (Victor Young Orch) - A Melody From the Sky (1936) - Decca 775 A

Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - Yes Suh! (1938) - Bluebird B 7726 B

Fats Waller - Keepin' Out of Mischief Now (1937) - Victor 27767 B

Lou Preager and his Band (Gerry Fitzgerald v) - The Continental (1935) - Champion 40031 A

Ed Loyd and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Russ Morgan v) - The Carioca (1934) - Perfect 15875 A

Jack Smith - The Song is Ended (1927) - Victor 21028 A

George Hall and his Hotel Taft Orch (Barry Wells v) - The Champagne Waltz (1934) - Bluebird B 5398 A

Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward - Scene from Shadow Play Pt. 2 (1936) - Victor 36191 B

DON'T PANIC!

I'll post my New Year's edition of RADIOLA! shortly after midnight Saturday. It will be a four-hour show and will replace the two shows I'd normally publish each Thursday (December 27 and January 3). I'll resume the regular schedule the second week of January.

"Lightly Affected" December 21, 2012

(Week 343)

This RADIOLA! is striving to brighten things up.

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Pearce Bros (Al and Cal) - Barnacle Bill the Sailor (1929) - Columbia 1895 D

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - There'll Be Some Changes Made (1935) - Bluebird B 10322 A

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Busse's Buzzards - Deep Elm (1925) - Victor 19727 A

Tuxedo Orch (Carl Fenton) - Doll Dance (1927) - Vocalion A 15555

Coon Sanders Orch - Roodles (1927) - Victor 20785 B

Jack Smith - I'll Be Lonely (1927) - Victor 21028 B

Polly Walker - Where Were You? Where Was I? (1928) - Victor 21799 A

Don Roberts - High Upon a Hill-Top (1928) - Columbia 1602 D

Columbia Saxophone Sextette - Weeping Willow Blues (1919) - Columbia A2819

The Virginians - Lonesome Mama Blues (1922) - Victor 18895 A

Ray Miller and his Orch - Blue Hoosier Blues (1923) - Columbia A3926

Billy Murray - What's the Matter With Father? (1910) - Victor 16499 B

Peerless Quartet - If You Only Had My Disposition (1915) - Victor 17912 A

Van and Schenck - Tackin' 'Em Down (1918) - Columbia A2570

Bryan Wright - Roberto Clemente (David Thomas Roberts) (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont BSW 2212)

Paul Asaro and The Fat Babies - Blue, Turning Grey Over You (2012) - What a Heavenly Dream (Rivermont BSW 2222)

Arthur Pryor's Band - Yale Boola March (1910) - Victor 16499 A

Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Bluin' the Blues (1918) - Columbia A2682

Ted Lewis Jazz Band - Blues (My Naughty Sweetie Gave Me) (1919) - Columbia A2798

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Mood Indigo (1930) - Victor 24486 A

Claude Ivy - Stand Up and Sing (Selection) (1931) - Decca F 2327 B

Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - I Shall Still Keep Smiling Along (1933) - HMV B 6359

Pete Woolery - Like a Breath of Springtime (1929) - Columbia 2004 D

The Melody Three - My Song of the Nile (1929) - Victor 22028 A

Frances Day - Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? (1933) - HMV B 8096

Spike Hughes and his Orch - Nocturne (1933) - Decca 18190 A

Dick McDonough and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - The Scene Changes (1936) - Perfect 6 08 08

Benny Goodman Trio - Tiger Rag (1936) - Victor 25481 B

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Blue Because of You (1935) - Bluebird B 10322 B

Henry "Red" Allen and his Orch - When Did You Leave Heaven? (1936) - Vocalion 3302

Pol Plançon - Noel (Holy Night) (1903) - Victor 81023

"What Gives?" December 14, 2012

(Week 342)

This RADIOLA! is talking but not saying much. So what else is new?

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Pearce Bros (Al and Cal) - If I Give Up the Saxophone (1929) - Columbia 1895 D

Henry Red Allen and his Orch - Algiers Stomp (1936) - Vocalion 3302

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Casino Dance Orch (Haring) (Scrappy Lambert v) - You're a Real Sweetheart (1928) - Perfect 15000

Levee Loungers (Robison) (Stanley McClay v) - Lovely Little Silhouette (1927) - Perfect 14926 B

The Ambassadors (Katzman) - I've Grown So Lonesome Thinking of You (1926) - Vocalion A 15482

Singer and Holton (Smalle and Lambert) - Just a Memory (1927) - Jewel 5135 A

Polly Walker - Billie (1928) - Victor 21799 B

Charles Kaley - My Baby Knows How (1926) - Columbia 801 D

The Happy Six - Why Dear (intro Sweet) (1921) - Columbia A6199

The Kentucky Colonels (Katzman) - I've Got a Song For Sale (1923) - Vocalion B 14697

Ted Lewis and his Band - She's Everybody's Sweetheart (1924) - Columbia 122 D

Irving Kaufman (w Selvin's Orch) - California Here I Come (1923) - Vocalion B14753

Margaret Young - He May Be Your Good Man Friday (But He's Mine on Saturday Night) (1923) - Brunswick 2475 B

Radio Jacks - Wy-lets (1927) - Perfect 12363

Bryan Wright - Heliotrope Bouquet (Louis Chauvin and Scott Joplin) (2004) - Syncopated Musings (Rivermont BSW 2204)

PaulAsaro and The Fat Babies - Truckin' (2012) - What a Heavenly Dream (Rivermont BSW 2222)

Wilfred Glenn - Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold (1912) - Victor 17268 A

Nathan Glantz - Valse Caprice (1923) - Starr 9401 A

Joe Raymond and his Orch - Dirty Hands, Dirty Face (1923) - Victor 19110 A

Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - You're Just Another Memory (1929) - Victor 22034 B

Claude Ivy - Walkin' My Baby Back Home (1931) - Decca F 2327 A

Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Choo Choo (1930) - Parlophone R 821

Pete Woolery - Deep in the Arms of Love (1929) - Columbia 2004 D

Red McKenzie - I'm Sorry Dear (1931) - Columbia 2587 D

The Three Boswell Sisters - Heebie Jeebies (1930) - Parlophone R 821

Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - Hiawatha's Lullaby (1933) - HMV B 6359

Joe Haymes and his Orch (Barry McKinley v) - River Man (1936) - Melotone 6 08 06

Andre Kostelanetz Conducts - Swamp Fire (1938) - Brunswick 8226

Frances Langford (Harry Sosnik Orch) - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1939) - Decca 2747 B

Adrian Rollini Trio (Sylvia Barry v) - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Ma Baby (1944) - WOR Feature 1006 B

Charles W. Hamp - Down Where The Sun Goes Down (1928) - Columbia 1487 D

"Pretty Ragged" December 7, 2012

(Week 341)

This RADIOLA! feels a bit unraveled.

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Marie Cahill - The Dallas Blues (1916) - Victor 55081 B

Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - Maple Leaf Rag (1938) - Bluebird B 7726 A

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Charles Dornberger and his Orch - One Sweet Letter From You (1927) - Victor 20823 A

Tuxedo Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Just a Little Longer (1926) - Vocalion A 15481

The Benson Orch of Chicago - Riverboat Shuffle (1925) - Victor 19688 B

Gene Austin - So Tired (1928) - Victor 21328 B

Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) - Skies of Gray (1927) - Jewel 5135 B

Billy Mayerl piano (Phyllis Robins v) - You Can't Stop Me From Loving You (1931) - Columbia DB 639

Adam Swanson - Sandcastle (A Day By The Sea) (Ian Whitcomb) (2011) - I Love a Piano (Rivermont BSW 2218)

Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra - Hiawatha - A Summer Idyll (Neil Moret) (2011) - That Teasin' Rag (Rivermont BSW 2215)

Paul Asaro and the Fat Babies - Winter Weather (2011) - What a Heavenly Dream (Rivermont BSW 2222)

Billy Murray - Jimbo Jambo (1922) - Victor 18991 A

Margaret Young - Stingo Stungo (1923) - Brunswick 2475 A

Ernest Hare (w Selvin's Orch) - Mindin' My Business (1923) - Vocalion A14753

Bryan Wright - Bethena - A Concert Waltz (Scott Joplin) (2004) - Syncopated Musings (Rivermont BSW 2204)

Paul Asaro and The Fat Babies - You're My Dish (2012) - What a Heavenly Dream (Rivermont BSW 2222)

Nathan Glantz - Gladioli (1923) - Starr 9401 B

Jockers Dance Orch - Yama Yama Blues (Intro You're Some Pretty Doll & Mammy O'Mine) (1919) - Columbia A2741

Ted Lewis and his Band - San (1924) - Columbia 122 D

Jacques Frey & Mario Braggiotti - Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1927) - Two Grands Four Hands (Rivermont BSW 1152)

The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) (Billy Murray v) - My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now (1928) - Regal 8654 B

Earl Burtnett and his Los Angeles Biltmore Orch (Jesse Kirkpatrick v) - I'm Doin' That Thing (1930) - Earl Burtnett (Take Two TT432CD)

Ian Whitcomb Adam Swanson Danny Coots - The War in Snider's Grocery Store (2011) - I Love a Piano (Rivermont BSW 2218)

Mona's Hot Four (Tamar Korn v) - When You're Smiling (2008) - Live at Mona's

Manhattan Rhythm Kings - So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together (2005) - From Monday On

Bing Crosby - With Every Breath I Take (1934) - Decca 3731 A

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Boo Hoo (1941) - Decca 3822 B

Mildred Bailey and her Orch - My Reverie (1938) - Vocalion 4406

Bunny Berigan and his Orch - Mahogany Hall Stomp (1937) - Victor 25622 A

Billy Kyle - Finishing Up a Date (1939) - Decca 2740 A

Gene Austin - Tomorrow (1928) - Victor 21328 A