"New Year's Dance Party 2016" December 31, 2015

(Week 447)

This RADIOLA! faces the changing of the calendar with an uncharacteristic absence of dread.

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Will Osborne and his Orch (WO v) - I Knew We Two Were One (1929) - Columbia 2044 D
Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuffins (HR v) - Jazz Me Blues (1936) - Decca 1095 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Jacques Renard and his Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - You Went Away Too Far and Stayed Away Too Long (1927) - Victor 20487 A
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - I'd Climb the Highest Mountain If I Knew I'd Find You (1926) - Victor 20045 B
New Orleans Wanderers - Perdido Street Blues (1926) - Columbia DB 2860 (Holland)
Milton Paisant - It's Tight Like That (1929) - Brunswick 4295
Chester Gaylord - Reaching For Someone (1929) - Brunswick 4427
Slatz Randall and his Orch (Joe Roberts v) - Bessie Couldn't Help It (1929) - Brunswick 4331
Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators (Scrappy Lambert v) - The One That I Love Loves Me (1929) - Brunswick 4329
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (CL v) - My Fate Is In Your Hands (1929) - Columbia 2017 D
Napoleon's Emperors - You Can't Cheat a Cheater (1929) - HMV B 4955
Jan Garber and his Orch (Fritz Heilbron v) - Just Once Too Often (1934) - Victor 24731 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ramona Davies v) - You're an Old Smoothie (1932) - Victor 24202 B
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - She Reminds Me Of You (1934) - Victor 24591 B
Carroll Gibbons and his Boy Friends - Sugar Rose (1936) - Columbia 3161 D
Enric Madriguera and his Orch (Tony Sacco v) - Midnight in Paris (1935) - Victor 25154 B
Jan Garber and his Orch (Mull Downey v) - 'Round Evening (1928) - Columbia 1550 D
Blue Steele and his Orch (George Marks v) - Coronado (1929) - Victor V 40140 B
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Lonely Little Bluebird (1928) - Victor 21510 B
Roy Evans - The New St Louis Blues (1929) - Columbia 1697 D
Weary Willie - A Gay Caballero (1928) - Perfect 12497
New Orleans Wanderers - Gatemouth (1926) - Columbia DB 2860 (Holland)
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lewis Levin v) - Why Was I Born (1929) - Victor 22187 A
Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (Revelers v) - Got a Rainbow (1928) - Victor 21795 B
King Oliver and his Orch - The Trumpet's Prayer (1929) - Bluebird B 7705 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ramona Davies v) - Eadie Was a Lady (1932) - Victor 24202 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - I Won't Dance (1935) - Victor 24871 A
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bob Goday v) - It's De-Lovely (1936) - Bluebird B 6639 A
Jan Garber and his Orch (Lee Bennett) - Wild Honey (1934) - Victor 24731 A
Henry Busse and his Orch - Changes (1937) - Decca 1207 B
Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuffins - Fate (1937) - Decca 1547 B
Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuffins (HR v) - Cheerful Blues (1936) - Decca 1095 B
Jacques Renard and his Orch - Lonely (J'ai Pas Su y Faire) (1927) - Victor 20487 A
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Frankie Marvin v ) - You're a Real Sweetheart (1928) - Victor 21510 A
Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators (trio v) - Honest (1929) - Brunswick 4329
Milton Paisant - I Want My Rib (1929) - Brunswick 4295
Blue Steele and his Orch (Clyde Davis v) -You're So Different (1929) - Victor V 40140 A
Chester Gaylord - I'm Just a Vagabond Lover (1929) - Brunswick 4427
Slatz Randall and his Orch (Oscar Gross v) - I Get the Blues When It Rains (1929) - Brunswick 4331
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lewis Levin v) - Here Am I (1929) - Victor 22187 B
Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (Lewis James v) - Feeling I'm Falling (1928) - Victor 21795 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - May I (1934) - Victor 24591 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Durelle Alexander v) - There's a Small Hotel (1936) - Victor 25270 B
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bob Goday v) - Wintertime Dreams (1936) - Bluebird B 6639 B
Carroll Gibbons and his Boy Friends - Breakin' In a Pair of Shoes (1936) - Columbia 3161 D
Henry Busse and his Orch - Aunt Hagar's Blues (1937) - Decca 1207 A
Vernon Geyer - My Melancholy Baby (1938) - Bluebird B 10147 A
Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuffins (Ray Ellington and HR v) -Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (1937) - Decca 1547 A
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (CL v) - A Little Kiss Each Morning (1929) - Columbia 2017 D
Will Osborne and his Orch (WO v) - They All Fall In Love (1929) - Columbia 2044 D
Napoleon's Emperors - Anything (1929) - HMV B 4955
Enric Madriguera and his Orch (Tony Sacco v) - Here's to Romance (1935) - Victor 25154 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Jerry Cooper v) - Too Marvelous For Words (1937) - Victor 25517 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Johnny Hauser v) - It's Got To Be Love (1936) - Victor 25270 A
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Bob Allen v) - Whispers in the Dark (1937) - Victor 25589 A
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bobby Goday v) - South Wind (1937) - Bluebird B 6953 B
Ted Fio Rito and his Orch (Muzzy Marcellino and The Debutantes v) - Vieni Vieni (1937) - Decca 1450 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Lovely To Look At (1935) - Victor 24871 B
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Pee Wee Hunt v) - Whoa Babe (1937) - Decca 1159 A
Edgar Hayes and his Orch - Sophisticated Swing (1938) - Decca 1748 A
Vernon Geyer - Stardust (1938) - Bluebird B 10108 A
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - The Champagne Waltz (1934) - Brunswick 6858
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (CL v) - Stay As Sweet As You Are (1934) - Decca 274 B

"Timely Safari" December 11. 2015

(Week 446)

This RADIOLA! suggests there may be an alternate future in the past.

RADIOLA! streams continuously through my Live365 station. Butterfly defect-cast here. Each RADIOLA! program is sent to subscribers on my mailing list (email here).

Arthur Fields - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Bell 529 A
Chicago Rhythm Kings - Stompin' at the Savoy (1936) - Bluebird B-6412
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Jan Garber and his Orch - Steppin' Around (1926) - Victor 20367 B
Fats Waller - Stompin' the Bug (Take 2) (1927) - The Complete Recorded Works Vol.1 (JSP927B) (orig Victor 20655)
Sam Morgan's Jazz Band - Steppin' On The Gas (1927) - Breakin'  Out of New Orleans (JSP) (orig Columbia 14258 D)
Ed Smalle and Dick Robertson - Wob-a-ly Walk (1928) - Brunswick 3816 B
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Scrappy Lambert v) - Poor Butterfly (take 1) (1928) - Brunswick 20062 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (v) - Changes (Take 2) (1927) - Bix Restored Vol. 2 (orig Victor 25370)
Harold Veo's Orch - The Zoo Step (1917) - Victor 18372 B
All Star Trio - Poor Little Butterfly Is a Fly Gal Now (1919) - Victor 18641 A
Louisiana Five - Thunderbolt (1919) - Emerson 1026
Byron G. Harlan - Can't You Take It Back and Change It For a Boy (1911) - Aretino D710
Victor Military Band - Everybody Two Step (1913) - Victor 17271 A
California Ramblers - Take a Little One Step (1924) - Columbia 91 D
Tom McDermott and Connie Jones - King Porter Stomp (2007) - Creole Nocturne (Arbors ARCD 19366)
Rob Fisher and the Coffee Club Orchestra - Stampede (1991) - Shaking The Blues Away (Angel CDC 7 54390)
Bennie Krueger's Orch - Everybody Step (1921) - Brunswick 2151 A
Eddie Elkins and his Orch - Little Butterfly (1923) - Okeh 4976 A
The Arkansas Travellers - Stompin' Fool (1927) - Harmony 459 H
Miff Mole and his Little Molers - Original Dixieland One Step (1927) - Columbia 36010
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Crazy Chords (1930) - JSP CD 323 (orig Victor 23307)
Fred Gardner's Texas University Troubadours - No Trumps (1930) - Jazz in Texas 1924-1930 Timeless CBC 1-033 (orig Okeh 41458)
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees - I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan (1932) - Columbia 2700 D
The Boswell Sisters - There'll Be Some Changes Made (1932) - Columbia 36521
Bessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan) - Changed Ways Blues (1934) - Melotone 6 02 64
Dick McDonough and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - The Scene Changes (1936) - Perfect 6 08 08
Milt Herth Trio - Toy Trumpet (1938) - Decca 25066 B
Boots and his Buddies - Lonely Moments (1938) - Bluebird B-7669 B
Edgar Hayes and his Orch - Edgar Steps Out (1937) - Decca 1338 B
Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Your Feet's Too Big (1939) -  The Complete Works Vol 5 JSP (orig Bluebird B-10500)
The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) - Indian Butterfly (1927) - Vocalion A 15533

"Enumerating Poultry" December 4, 2015

(Week 445)

This RADIOLA! is brooding, but in a good way.

RADIOLA! streams continuously through my Live365 station. Ovary young-cast here. Each RADIOLA! program is sent to subscribers on my mailing list (email here).

Agnes Lynn - Jazz Baby (1919) - Columbia A2745
Horace Henderson and his Orch - I'm Rhythm Crazy Now (1933) - Decca 18171 B
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch - I'm Sitting On Top of the World (1925) - Columbia 498 D
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Ostrich Walk (1927) - UHCA 29
Celestin's Original Tuxedo Jazz Orch (Abby Foster v) - Papa's Got The Jim-Jams (1927) - Jazz Oracle BDW8002
Charles Kaley Abe Lyman Orch - Don't Wake Me Up Let Me Dream (1926) - Brunswick 3071 B
Bessie Brown - Chloe (1928) - Brunswick 3817 A
Tampa Red's Hokum Jazz Band (Frankie Jaxon v) - Boot It Boy (1929) - British Rhythm Society 994
The Great White Way Orch - I'm All Alone (1922) - Victor 18992 B
Carl Fenton's Orch - Fascinating Rhythm (1924) - Brunswick 2790 B
Bert Lown and his Loungers - The Jazz Me Blues (1929) - Harmony 974 H
Sterling Trio - Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia (1918) - Columbia A2623
Jane Gray (Peggy English) - There's Everything Nice About You (1927) - Harmony 435 H
Bessie Smith - Cake Walking Babies (1925) - Columbia 35673
Ed Clute and his Dixie Five Plus - Rosetta (2015) - rec Syracuse, NY November 15, 2015
Ed Clute and his Dixie Five Plus - South (2015) - rec Syracuse, NY November 15, 2015
Victor Military Band - Swanee Ripples Rag (1914) - Victor 17585 B
International Novelty Orch (May Singhi Breen uke) - Ukulele Blues (1924) - Victor 19369 B
Harry Reser - Ukulele Lady (1925) - Columbia 409 D
The Rhythmic Eight - Heigh Ho, Ev'rybody (1929) - 48 Of The Best (Retrieval RTR79059)
Louisiana Sugar Babes - Thou Swell (1928) - Victor 21346 B
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Decatur Street Tutti (1929) - (Retrieval RTR79013)
George Olsen and his Music (Ethel Shutta v) - A Precious Little Thing Called Love (1929) - Victor 21832 B
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Eubie Blake ?  v) - Dancing in the Dark (1931) - Columbia 2473 D
Jan Garber and his Orch (Maxwell Covert v) - Puttin' On The Ritz (1930) - Columbia 2115 D
Bessie Smith - Gimme a Pigfoot (1933) - Columbia 37574
Cliff Edwards with The Eton Boys - Love Is Just Around The Corner (1934) - Perfect 13093 A
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Troubled (1934) - Victor 24834 A
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans (Anne Lenner v) - Please Be Kind (1938) - Columbia FB 1958 (UK)
Billie Holiday and her Orch - I Can't Get Started (1938) - Columbia 37494
Joan Edwards - Let's Begin (1940) - Liberty Music Shop L-303a