"On Top of It" November 1, 2013

(Week 374)

This RADIOLA! is getting to the summit in its roundabout fashion.

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Banjo Bill Bowen (Charles Baumshlag p) - I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (1926) - Okeh 40553 A

Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Roseland Stomp (1936) - Decca 833 B

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

Lyall Bowen and his Philadelphians (Frank Bessinger v) - Nothin' on My Mind (1928) - Perfect 14965

Arnold Frank and his Roger's Cafe Orch (Swanny Swenumsen c) - Black Maria (1927) - Okeh 40896

Devine's Wisconsin Roof Orch - Tiger Rag (1927) - Broadway 1140 B

Kate Smith (w/The Charleston Chasers) - I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-040

Beth Challis - Gorgeous (1927) - Okeh 40899

La Palina Broadcasters (Fred Rich) (Irving Kaufman v) - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929) - Perfect 15197 B

Eddie Davis Orch - Hot Lips (1922) - Grey Gull 1120

Oriole Orch - Bonnie (1923) - Brunswick 2505 B

Bob Haring and his Orch (Arthur Fields v) - My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) - Cameo 795

American Quartet - Strut Miss Lizzie (1921) - Victor 18799 B

Fred Hillebrand - Come On Spark Plug (1923) - Okeh 4998 A

Arthur Fields - Captain Jinks (c 1927) - Radiex 4119

Bryan Wright - Key-Stone Rag (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont BSW 2212)

Molly Ryan - Say It With a Kiss (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Arthur Pryor's Band - Dill Pickles Rag (1909) - Victor 16482 B

The Krulee Novelty Orch - Emaline (1921) - Jewel L 829 B

Southern Trio - Loveless Love Blues (1928) - Madison 1921

Bill Haid's Cubs (J. Allen v) - Crazy Rhythm (1928) - Broadway 1206 B

Goody and his Good Timers (Irving Mills) - Stardust (1928) - Perfect 15084 B

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Doin' the Voom Voom (1929) - Bluebird B 7710 B

Ethel Waters - Trav'lin' All Alone (1929) - Columbia 1933 D

Bob Causer and his Cornelians (Paul Small v) - My Silent Love (1932) - Oriole 2486 A

Paul Robeson (V Young Orch) - Ol' Man River (1932) - Columbia 55004

Frank and Milt Britton's Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - All Of Me (1931) - Romeo 1767 A

Alfredo Brito and his Siboney Orch - Siboney (1931) - Victor 22685 A

Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Tear It Down (1933) - Columbia 2909 D

Harry Jacobson (Arthur Young piano) - You're The Top (1934) - Decca F 5544 A (UK)

Danny Polo and his Swing Stars - Doing the Gorgonzola (1939) - The Old Masters TOM 41 (LP)

Victor Young and his Brunswick Orch (Dick Robertson v) - The Hour of Parting (1931) - Brunswick 6116

"Near-Life Experience" October 25, 2013

(Week 373)

This RADIOLA! is just happy to be here.

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Conrad Thibault (Ferde Grofe Orch) - The Last Round Up (1933) - Victor 24404 A

Danny Polo and his Swing Stars - Montparnasse Jump (1939) - The Old Masters TOM 41 (LP)

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

Jean Goldkette and his Orch (Billy Murray v) - I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (take 4) (1927) - orig Victor 20466 B

Arnold Frank and his Roger's Cafe Orch (Stan Thompson v) - Rain (1927) - Okeh 40896

Willard Robison and his Orch (Murray Johns v) - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Supertone 36632

Eddie Lang (Arthur Schutt p) - Eddie's Twister (1927) - Parlophone R 3338

Johnny Marvin - From Midnight Until Dawn (1928) - Victor 21230 B

Sophie Tucker - Virginia (There's a Blue Ridge In My Heart) (1928) - Columbia 4942 (UK)

Rega Dance Orch - Patches (1919) - Okeh 4001 A

Ted Lewis and his Band - St. Louis Blues (1922) - Columbia A3790

Original Memphis Five (Joe Griffith v) - The Grass is Always Greener in the Other Fellow's Yard (1924) - Columbia 186 D

Billy Murray - The Little Ford Rambled Right Along (1915) - Victor 17755 A

Martha Pryor - Louisville Lou (1923) - Cameo 359

The Record Boys (Al Bernard) - Hello! Are You There Hello! (1926) - orig Harmony 154 H (ToNY)

Oscar Levant - Clair de lune (Debussy) (1945) - Columbia 71637 D

Oscar Levant - Tango in D (Albéniz) (1944) - Columbia 71638 D

Oscar Levant - Golliwogg's Cake Walk (Debussy) (1945) - Columbia 71637 D

Olly Oakley (Dave Rothe p) - Poppies and Wheat (1919) - Gennett 4557 B

Clara Smith (w/Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson) - Shipwrecked Blues (1925) - Columbia 14077 D

Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orch - Somehow (I'm Always To Blame) (1923) - Okeh 40002 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Evening Star (1928) - Columbia 1401 D

Wabash Dance Orch (Phil Baker v) - Ready For The River (1928) - Duophone D 4008

Waring's Pennsylvanians (Clare Hanlon and 3 Girl Friends v) - Little White Lies (1930) - Victor 22492 A

Will Osborne and his Orch - Heartaches (1931) - Melotone M 12078

Eddy Duchin Orch - La Cumparsita (1933) - Victor 24461 B

Georgia Washboard Stompers (Cal Clement v) - My Pretty Girl (1933) - Bluebird B 5089 B

Greta Keller - I Believe In Miracles (1935) - orig Decca F-5460

Billy Cotton and his Band (Harold “Chips” Chippendall v) - Believe It, Beloved (1935) - Regal Zono MR 1670 (UK)

Sid Phillips and his Rhythm (Jack Cooper v) - Woe is Me! (1936) Rex 8742 B

Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Timber (1936) - Bluebird B 6725 A

Danny Polo and his Swing Stars - Polo-Naise (1939) - The Old Masters TOM 41 (LP)

Henry King Orch (Joseph Sudy v) - No Regrets (1936) - Decca 823 A

"Moonlight Harvest" October 18, 2013

(Week 372)

This RADIOLA! opines that what we reap depends on the quality of our seeds.

We also celebrate singer Herb Jeffries, who turned one hundred years old on September 24.

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Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville - Au Clair de la Lune (1860)

Bert Williams - The Moon Shines on the Moonshine (1919) - Columbia A 2849

Duke Ellington and his Orch (Herb Jeffries v) - Jump For Joy - Take 1 (1941) - orig Victor 27517

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

Paul Specht's Georgians - Not Too Good - Not Too Bad (1927) - Columbia 1333 D

Miami Bell Boys (Robison) (Murray John v) - At Sundown (1927) - Broadway 1074 B

Ray Miller and his Orch (Harry Maxfield v) - Anything You Say (1928) - Brunswick 4077

Chick Endor - Precious (1926) - Vocalion B 15382

Aileen Stanley and Johnny Marvin - Side By Side (1927) - Victor 20714 B

Ed Smalle and Dick Robertson - Wob-a-ly Walk (1928) - Brunswick 3816 B

Carl Fenton's Orch - I'll Build a Stairway To Paradise (1922) - Brunswick 2316 A

The Georgians - Farewell Blues (1923) - Columbia A3864

Golden Gate Orch (Billy Murray v) - Me and the Man in the Moon (1928) - Diva 2778 G

Elsie Clark - Oogie Oogie Wa Wa (1922) - Okeh 4597 A

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies - Cold Cold Winter Blues (1923) - Cameo 415

Edna Brown (Elsie Baker) and Elliott Shaw - Ka-Lu-A (1922) - Victor 18854 B

'Cile Turner - Full o' the Moon (1947) - Makin' Glory (Rivermont BSW 3135)

The Beau Hunks - The Moon and You (1993) - Play the Original Little Rascals Music

Django Reinhardt and his Quintette - Clair De Lune (1947) - Echoes of France (Fremeaux FA 313)

Joe Hayman - Cohen Listens In On The Radio (1922) - Columbia A 3832

The Benson Orch of Chicago - Mean, Mean Mamma (1923) - Victor 19138 B

Bennie Krueger's Orch (Jones and Hare v) - Why Did I Kiss That Girl? (1924) - Brunswick 2576 A

Vincent Lopez (Jack Parker v) - I'm a Dreamer Aren't We All? (1929) - Oriole 1786 a

Jack Miller and the New Englanders - Deep Night (1929) - Velvet Tone 1898 V

Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (Frank Luther v) - Dancing the Devil Away (1929) - Victor 22383 A

Annette Hanshaw (as Patsy Young) - Don't Be Like That (1929) - Velvet Tone 1829 V

Leslie Hutchinson - You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me (1930) - Parlophone R 738

Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - You Rascal You (1931) - Perfect 15506 A

Earl Hines and his Orch (Herb Jeffries v) - Blue (1934) - orig Brunswick 6872

Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Charles Chester v) - I Can't Escape From You (1936) - orig Bluebird B 6475

Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys - Moonlight and Roses (1938) - Vocalion 04439

Joe Reichman and his Orch - Moonlight Sonata (1941) - orig Victor 27484

Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter Orch - Au Clair de la Lune (1952) - orig Vogue 5139

Duke Ellington and his Orch (Herb Jeffries v) - There Shall Be No Night (1940) - orig Victor 26748

"What's Not to Like?" October 11, 2013

(Week 371)

This RADIOLA! agrees to be agreeable.

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Sir Henry Lytton - If you give me your attention (1932) - Princess Ida (Conifer 75605 52273 2B)

Hit Of The Week Orch - La Paloma (1931) - Hit Of The Week L3

Cab Calloway and his Orch - Bugle Call Rag (1931) - Brunswick 1339 B (UK)

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

Gus C. Edwards and his Orch (Cliff Covert v) - Alabama Stomp (1926) - Victor 20230 B

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Hurricane (1926) - Brunswick 6817

Frank Black and his Orch (Frank Munn v) - The Two of Us (1926) - Brunswick 3338 B

Gene Austin (Art Fowler uke) - Everything's Made For Love (1926) - Victor 20478 A

Ed Smalle - Horses (1926) - Brunswick 3147 B

Bessie Smith (Joe Smith cornet Fletcher Henderson piano) - Money Blues (1926) - Columbia 14137 D

Blue Diamond Dance Orch - Blue Danube Blues (1921) - Okeh 4497 A

Carl Fenton's Orch - Rose Marie (1924) - Brunswick 2759 A

Original Indiana Five - Deep Henderson (1926) - Harmony 217 H

Richard B. Gilbert (Taro Patch accomp) - Because of You (1925) - Okeh 40401 A

Gloria Geer (Vaughn De Leath) - Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue? (1925) - Cameo 802

Twin City Dance Orch (Nathan Glantz) (Arthur Fields v) - Say it Again (1926) - Challenge 148 B

Baby Soda - When You Wore a Tulip (2011) - Live at Radegast

Mona's Hot Four (with Dan Levinson) - Osage Stomp (2009) - Live at Mona's

Kitty Brown (acc by Ricketts' Stars) - Mean Eyes (Too Late Blues) (1923) - Okeh 8053 B

Original Memphis Five - How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (1924) - Victor 19480 A

The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (Irving Kaufman v) - I'm Afraid of You (1928) - Diva 2626 G

Golden Gate Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Glorianna (1928) - Perfect 15084

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Frank Luther v) - Charming (1929) - Victor 22233 A

Jimmy Joy and his Orch - I Got Worry (1928) - Brunswick 3959

Helen Richards - Am I Blue? (1929) - Conqueror 7392 B

Percival Mackey and his Kit Kat Band (Val Rosing v) - My Heart Is Where The Mohawk Flows Tonight (1931) - Regal MR 445

Frank Luther Trio - Buffalo Range (1934) - Perfect 13020 B

Maxwell House Orch (Don Voorhees dir) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (1931) - Hit Of The Week 1155

Jack Hylton and his Orch (Pat O'Malley v) - River, Stay 'Way From My Door (1931) - HMV B 6004

Arthur Lally and the Million Airs (Maurice Elwin and Cavan O'Connor v) - Sing a Little Jingle (1931) - Decca F 2612

Harry Roy and his Orch (Harry Roy and Bill Currie v) - I've Got a Note (1935) - Parlophone F 175

Mississippi Jook Band - Barbecue Bust (1935) - Creole 16 B (Melotone 6 12 71)

George Olsen and his Music - Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow (1925) - Victor 19715

"Some of the People" October 4, 2013

(Week 370)

Carey Orr cartoon from The Chicago Tribune, January 8, 1927


This RADIOLA! is reeling from the brisk slap of Truth.

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More information on Wayne B. Wheeler and the U.S. government intentionally killing American citizens with poisoned alcohol during Prohibition may be found here. Why is this not in every American History textbook?

Arthur Moss and Ed Frye - How High Is Up? Pt. 1 (1923) - Victor 19081 A

Vincent Rose and his Orch (Dorothy Brent v) - On The Good Ship Lollypop (1934) - Perfect 16051 A

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

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - My Blue Heaven (1927) - Victor 20828 A

The Virginians (Lewis James v) - Did You Mean It? (1927) - Victor 21105 A

Paul Ash and his Orch (Milton Watson v) - Oh! If I Only Had You (1926) - Columbia 707 D

Vaughn De Leath - Banana Oil (1925) - Columbia 361 D

Walter Woolf - Blue Skies (1927) - Gennett 6043 A

Genevieve Davis and Leonard Mitchell - I've Got Something (1927) - Victor 20648 B

Albert E Short and his Tivoli Syncopators - Rose of Sunny Italy (1923) - Vocalion A14657

Carl Fenton's Orch - A Little Bit of This (Intro: My Road) (1924) - Brunswick 2759 B

Tommy Christian and his Orch - How Could Red Riding Hood? (1926) - Velvet Tone 1264 V

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake - Oriental Blues (1921) - Emerson 10396

Virginia Liston (Clarence Williams) - You Don't Know My Mind Blues (1923) - Okeh 8115 B

The Bar Harbor Society Orch (Charles Hart v) - Just an Old Love Song (1923) - Vocalion B14539

Martin Spitznagel - Maple Leaf Rag at 4 AM (2011) - Handful of Keys (Rivermont BSW 2217)

The Morganville Four - Thanks a Million (2011) - Alone With My Dream (Jazz Rules JR 1001)

Arthur Fields - Dear Old Southland (1922) - Grey Gull 2091b

Boyd Senter - Mobile Blues (1924) - Puritan 11341 B

Herb Wiedoeft and his Cinderella Roof Orch - Hard Hearted Hannah (1924) - Brunswick 2751 (Healey)

The Knickerbockers (Selvin) - Good For You, Bad For Me (1930) - Columbia 2129 D

Lloyd Keating and his Music (Selvin) (Dick Robertson v) - Hiding in the Shadows of the Moon (1931) - Clarion 5419 C

Snooks' Memphis Stompers - One More Time (1931) - Romeo 1647 A

Geechee Wiley - Last Kind Word Blues (1930) - orig Paramount 12951 A

Robert Gwenn - Living in the Sunlight, Loving in the Moonlight (1930) - Imperial (UK) 2345

Anona Winn - Gertie, The Girl With The Gong (1935) - Rex 8466 B (UK)

Abe Lyman and his Orch (Grace Barrie v) - I Cover The Waterfront (1933) - Brunswick 6572

Mal Hallett and his Orch (Clark Yocum v) - Sweet Misery of Love (1936) - Vocalion 3278

The New Music of Reginald Foresythe - The Greener the Grass (1935) - Columbia 3060 D

Arthur Young and his Strict Tempo Dance Orch - I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' (1935) - Decca F 5792

Chick Webb and his Orch - Strictly Jive (1937) - Decca 1586 B

Irving Kaufman - Tomorrow Is Another Day (1930) - Columbia 2281 D