Friday, October 30, 2015

"Unexcused Presence" October 30, 2015

(Week 440)

This RADIOLA! hasn't got a note.

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On this program I mention that I am writing for The American Rag, a monthly publication dedicated to ragtime and early jazz. (Subscribe here to read it--it's print-only.)

Gracie Fields - Looking on the Bright Side (1932) - Naxos Nostalgia 8 120524
Woody Herman and his Orch - Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar (1940) - orig Decca 3454 (Healey)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (Knecht) (SMT v) - Moonbeam! Kiss Her For Me (1927) - Victor 20419 A
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Back Beats (1927) - Brunswick 3490 B
Bill Haid's Cubs (J. Allen v) - Crazy Rhythm (1928) - Broadway 1206 B
Frank Crumit - 'Swonderful (1927) - Victor 21029 B
Madeline Beatty -  Who's Blue Now? (1928) - Okeh 41034
Paul Specht and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - Hittin' The Ceiling (1929) - orig Columbia 1836-D (Healey)
Carl Fenton's Orch - Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil (1922) - orig Brunswick 2353 (Healey)
Garber-Davis Orch - Steamboat Sal (1923) - Victor 19175 A (Bryan Wright collection)
Isham Jones Orch - Foolin' Around (1923) - orig Brunswick 2420 (Healey)
Lee Morse - Bring Back Those Rock-A-Bye Baby Days (1924) - Perfect 12165
George Olsen and his Music (Billy Murray v) - My Papa Doesn't Two-Time No Time (1924) - Victor 19419 A (Bryan Wright collection)
Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Pinafore Pt 2 (1914) - Victor 35386 B
Ed Clute - The Better to Love You, My Dear (2004) - I Feel a Song Comin' On
Ed Clute - Body and Soul (2004) - I Feel a Song Comin' On
Sousa's Band - Narcissus Intermezzo (Nevin) (1909) - Victor 16525 A
Marcia Freer - Lewis James (w Manhattan Merrymakers) - Linger Awhile (1924) - Victor 19259 A (Bryan Wright collection)
Rev. J. M. Gates - I'm Gonna Die With The Staff In My Hand (1926) - Okeh 8388 A
Billy Artz and his Orch - Hittin' The Bottle (1930) - Philco Program 11
Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne v) - My Mother (1932) - HMV B 6191
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch - Rockin' Chair (1930) - HMV B 4897
Annette Hanshaw - My Sin (1929) - Velvet Tone 1910 V
Derickson and Brown - Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long (1932) - HMV B 4204
Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra (Lew Sherwood v) - Close Your Eyes (1933) - Victor 24376 (Jeff Healey col)
Richard Himber and his Ritz-Carlton Orch (Stuart Allen v) - You Hit The Spot (1935) - orig Victor 25189 (Healey)
King Radio - Old Men Come Back Again (1939) - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - Beat It Out (1940) - orig Bluebird B 11155 (Healey)
Bob Crosby and his Orch (Kay Weber v) - Whispers in the Dark (1937) - Decca 1346 A
Patricia Norman (w Music by Meakin) - Shadows (1939) - Vocalion 5037
String Symphony - Caprice Viennois (Kreisler) (c 1940) - Donald Novis Sings 16 (mx 09536-1)

Monday, October 19, 2015

My American Rag profile on Eli Newberger

Eli Newberger has posted the text of my recent American Rag profile on his website: Eli Newberger: Tuba Virtuoso. Here's the clip of Eli rejoining his high school band in 1960 on the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour: