"Calling In Well" January 31, 2014

(Week 380)

This RADIOLA! is just fine, thank you.

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Frank Crumit (Frank Banta p) - Knock at the Door (1924) - Victor 19437 B

Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Savage Serenade (1933) - Bluebird B 7358 A

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

Don Voorhees and his Orch (Lewis James v) - My Blue Heaven (1927) - Columbia 1129 D

Broadway Broadcasters (Lanin) - When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along (1926) - Cameo 954

Harry Reser's Syncopators (Tom Stacks v) - What A Night For Spooning (1928) - orig Columbia 1524 D

Don Roberts - The Whole World Knows I Love You (1928) - Columbia 1602 D

Jimmie Rodgers - Those Gambler's Blues (1930) - orig Victor 22554

The Charleston Chasers (Eva Taylor v) - What Wouldn't I Do For That Man! (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-040

Ray Miller and his Black and White Melody Boys - Weep No More (My Mammy) (1921) - Columbia A 3519

Paul Ash and his Granada Orch - Meditation from Thais (Massenet) (1924) - Brunswick 2783 A

George Olsen and his Music - My Best Girl (1924) - Victor 19518 A

Marion Harris - Who'll Take My Place? (1922) - Columbia A 3630

Frank Crumit - Say It With a Ukulele (1923) - Columbia 26 D

Jack Chapman and his Hotel Drake Orch (Raymond Davis v) - Let Me Be the First to Kiss You Good Morning (1924) - Victor 19519 B

Maurice Peress Orch - Mama Loves Papa (1987) - The Birth of Rhapsody in Blue (MHS 287531Y)

Maurice Peress Orch - Yes! We Have No Bananas/So This is Venice (1987) - The Birth of Rhapsody in Blue (MHS 827531Y)

Victor Arden and Phil Ohman - Dance of the Demon (Holst) (1922) - Victor 19041 B

Original Memphis Five - Those Longing For You Blues (1922) - Paramount 20131 B

Broadway Bell-Hops (Irving Kaufman v) - It All Depends On You (1927) - Harmony 355 H

Bernie Cummins and his New Yorker Hotel Orch (Walter Cummins v) - F'r Instance (1930) - Victor 22494 B

Snooks and his Paramount Hotel Orch (Walter Ashby v) - Guilty (1931) - Melotone 12245

Jack Denny and his Orch - Oh! What a Thrill to Hear It From You (1932) - Victor 22907 B

Adrian Schubert and his Orch (Marty Golden v) - One Hour With You (1932) - Crown 3282 A

Chick Bullock - Stormy Weather (1933) - Melotone M 12680

Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Riptide (1934) - Victor 24613 A

Borrah Minevitch and his Harmonica Rascals - Limehouse Blues (1936) - Decca 1090 A

Bob Skyles and his Skyrockets - Blue Accordion Blues (1938) - Bluebird B 7218 A

Matty Malneck and his Orch - Sing You Sinners (1938) - Decca 2060 A

John Kirby and his Orch - Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes (1939) - Vocalion 4890

Bunny Berigan and his Orch (Ford Leary v) - The First Time I Saw You (1937) - Victor 25593 A

Dorsey Bros Orch (Bob Crosby v) - Lullaby of Broadway (1935) - Decca 370 A

90th Anniversary Celebration of "Rhapsody in Blue" in NYC

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks with Conductor Maurice Peress present the 90th Anniversary Celebration of Rhapsody in Blue, 8 PM Wednesday, February 12th at The Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street, NYC

Paul Whiteman’s historic Aeolian Hall Concert will be recreated on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at The Town Hall, NYC, on the same day and same block as the original concert 90 years ago.

Program features solo pianists Ted Rosenthal, Jeb Patton, and the 22-piece Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks Orchestra, conducted by Maurice Peress; Jazz Age concert will feature music of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Victor Herbert, Jerome Kern and Zez Confrey.

"Some Call It Indolence" January 24, 2014

(Week 379)

This RADIOLA! overcomes its own formidable inertia to launch into low orbit.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. Surly bonds of Earth-cast here. Each episode of RADIOLA! is sent to subscribers on my mailing list (email here).

Billy Watkins - Who Paid the Rent for Mrs Rip Van Winkle? (1914) - Columbia A 1532

Benny Goodman and his Orch (Jack Teagarden v) - I Ain't Lazy I'm Just Dreamin' (1934) - Parlophone R2695

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

The Plantation Orch - Silver Rose (1926) - Columbia 4185 (UK)

Dixie Daisies (Bob Haring) (Tom Stacks v) - Imagination (1928) - Cameo 8316

Boyd Senter and his Senterpedes - Beale Street Blues (1929) - Bluebird B 6050 B

Art Gillham and his Southland Syncopators - I Crave You (1927) - Columbia 1007 D

The Tune Peddlers - Darling (1928) - Vocalion 15745

Tom Cline and his Music Featuring Jack Carney - Ev'ry Day Away From You (1929) - Brunswick 4497

Ray Miller and his Black and White Melody Boys - The Sheik (1921) - Columbia A 3519

George Olsen and his Music - Put Away a Little Ray of Golden Sunshine For a Rainy Day (1924) - Victor 19518 B

Paul Ash and his Granada Orch - Caprice Viennois (Kreisler) (1924) - Brunswick 2783 B

Billy Jones and Ernest Hare - Ko-Ko-Mo (1923) - Columbia 26 D

Marion Harris - Fickle Flo (From Kokomo) (1922) - Columbia A 3630

Frank Crumit (Phil Ohman p) - How Come You Do Me, Like You Do? (1924) - Victor 19437 A

Molly Ryan - I Was Lucky (2007) - Songbird In The Moonlight

Polish-Swedish Connection (Dymitr Markiewitz, leader) (Pawel Tartanus, v) - Angry (2008) - Recorded Ilawa, Poland

Victor Arden Phil Ohman - Salut a Pesth (Kowalski) (1922) - Victor 19041 A

Irene Young and Al Weston - Laugh and You'll Never Feel Blue (1916) - Columbia A 1995

The Happy Six - Do You Ever Think of Me (Intro Coral Sea) (1921) - Columbia A 3372

Colonial Club Orch (Haring) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Charming (1930) - Brunswick 4690

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Be Careful With Those Eyes (1930) - Columbia 2205 D

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Body and Soul (1930) - Parlophone R 1355

Elsie Carlisle - Making Conversation (1933) - Decca F 3737 B

Chick Bullock - Have You Ever Been Lonely? (1933) - Melotone M 12680

Mills Brothers - Loveless Love (1932) - Melotone M 13180 B

Harold White and his Orch (ARC band) (Will Osborne v) - Strange Interlude (1932) - Perfect 15665 B

Borrah Minevitch and his Harmonica Rascals - Moonglow (1934) - Decca 174 B

Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol - Robins and Roses (1936) - Bluebird B 6381 A

Ambrose and his Orch (Bert Barnes p) - Rhapsody in Blue (1935) - Decca F 5454

Bob Crosby and his Orch (Frank Tennille v) - East of the Sun (1935) - Decca 502 A