"Light and Dark" October 5, 2012

(Week 332)

This RADIOLA! is edging toward the shady side of the street.

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Singin' Sam - Oh Suzanna Dust Off That Old Pianna - A Musical Journey Through Time (Take Two TT431CD)

The Chocolate Dandies - Bugle Call Rag (1930) - Columbia 36008

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

Sam Lanin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Hello Bluebird (1926) - Puritan 11481 B

Newport Dance Orch (Al Lynch) - You Don't Like It - Not Much (1927) - Perfect 14839

Miff Mole and his Little Molers - Original Dixieland One Step (1927) - Columbia 36010

Bessie Smith - Young Woman's Blues (1926) - Columbia 35673

Sammy Fain - Mia Cara (1930) - Velvet Tone 2163 V

Earl Burtnett and his Los Angeles Biltmore Orch - Never Before and Never Again (1927) - Earl Burtnett (Take Two TT432CD)

Louisiana Five - Thunderbolt (1919) - Emerson 1026

Golden Gate Orch - Eucchia (1925) - Perfect 14523 B

The Westerners (Lanin) (Frank Bessinger v) - Take In The Sun, Hang Out The Moon (1926) - Harmony 297 H

Cliff Edwards - Sometime (1925) - Perfect 11603 B

Bessie Smith - Cold in Hand Blues (1925) - Columbia 35672

Miss Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - An Old Fashioned Romance (1925) - Perfect 11580 B

Annie and the Hedonists - Women Be Wise (2012) - Women Be Wise

Ed Polcer and his Swingtet - Stompin' At The Savoy (2007) - Lionel, Red & Bunny

Harry Snodgrass (J. M. Witten ann) - Three O'Clock In The Morning (1925) - Brunswick 2850 A

Lou Gold and his Orch - Radio Lady O' Mine (1924) - Cameo 617

Oriole Orch - My Rose Marie (1924) - Brunswick 2752 B

Earl Burtnett and his Los Angeles Biltmore Orch (Paul Gibbons v) - Puttin' On The Ritz (1930) - Earl Burtnett (Take Two TT432CD)

Original Memphis Five - Jazz Me Blues (1931) - Columbia 36064

McKinney's Cotton Pickers (Dave Wilborn v) - Zonky (1929) - RCA Victor 40 0115 B

Singin' Sam - Take a Picture of the Moon - A Musical Journey Through Time (Take Two TT431CD)

Bing Crosby - Love is Just Around the Corner (1934) - Decca 310 B

Billie Holiday and her Orch - A Sailboat in the Moonlight (1937) - Columbia 37495

Jimmy Dorsey - Praying the Blues (1929) - Columbia 36063

J. C. Higginbotham and his Six Hicks - Higginbotham Blues (1930) - Columbia 36011

Mary Lou Williams - Night Life (1930) - Brunswick 80033 B

Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - Why Dream? (1935) - Victor 25104 B

Hal Kemp and his Orch (Bob Allen v) - Whispers in the Dark (1937) - Victor 27284 A

Singin' Sam - When Day is Done - AMusical Journey Through Time (Take Two TT431CD)

"Seasonal Elegies" September 28, 2012

(Week 331)

This RADIOLA! is having its autumnal sniffle.

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Art Tatum - Lullaby of the Leaves (1940) - Decca 18051 A

Hal Kemp and his Orch (Smoothies v) - Love For Sale (1939) - Victor 27285 A

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

Colonial Club Orch (Katzman) (Irving Kaufman v) - Would Ja (1926) - Brunswick 3280 A

Arnold Johnson and his Paramount Hotel Orch (Roy Strom v) - Ev'rybody Loves You (1928) - Brunswick 4125

McKinney's Cotton Pickers (Jean Napier v) - Cherry (1928) - RCA Victor 40 0114 B

Bessie Smith - Cake Walking Babies (1925) - Columbia 35673

Paul Johnson (Jack Kaufman) - Henry's Made a Lady Out of Lizzie (1927) - Perfect 12408 B

The Rangers (Lanin) (Arthur Hall v) - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Lincoln 2631

Art Hickman and his Orch - Patsy (1924) - Victor 19399 A

The Original Memphis Five - Sob Sister Sadie (1925) - Victor 19594 A

Golden Gate Orch (John Ryan v) - Where'd You Get Those Eyes (1926) - Perfect 14644

McGavock and Tilman - Blue Hoosier Blues (1923) - Pathe Actuelle 021002

Bessie Smith - You've Been a Good Old Wagon (1925) - Columbia 35672

Clarence Williams' Blue Five (Eva Taylor v) - Coal Cart Blues (1925) - Hot Record Society 6

The Singapore Slingers - When Summer Is Gone (2010) - When Summer Is Gone

Annie and the Hedonists - Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (2012) - Women Be Wise

Eddie Peabody (Arthur Fields v) - Collegiate (1925) - Banner 1572 A

Missouri Jazz Band (Lou Gold) - I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston (1925) - Banner 1644 B

Barney Rapp and his Orch - Because They All Love You (1924) - Victor 19497 B

Roy Carroll and his Sands Point Orch (Selvin) (Paul Small v) - Moonlight Saving Time (1931) - Clarion 5321 C

Original Memphis Five - Anything (1931) - Columbia 36064

Anglo Persians (Katzman) - The Peanut Vendor (1930) - Brunswick 4934

McKinney's Cotton Pickers (George Thomas v) - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (1930) - RCA 40 0116 B

Bing Crosby - Stardust (1931) - Brunswick 80056 A

Mildred Bailey and her Alley Cats - Willow Tree (1935) - Decca 18108 B

Dorsey Brothers Orch - Shim Sham Shimmy (1933) - Columbia 36066

Hal Kemp and his Orch - In Dutch With the Duchess (1937) - Victor 27286 A

Jimmy McPartland and his Orch - China Boy (1939) - Decca 18042 A

Joe Marsala and his Delta Six (Leonard Feather) - Feather Bed Lament (1939) - Decca 18111 B

Billie Holiday and her Orch - I Can't Get Started (1938) - Columbia 37494

Art Tatum - Elegie (1940) - Decca 18049 A

"Hold That Thought" September 21, 2012

(Week 330)

This RADIOLA! is bearing plenty in mind.

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Billy Murray - Three Thousand Years Ago (1923) - Victor 19132 A

Roland Smith's Rascals - Tiger Rag (1932) - Perfect 12784 A

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

Al Lentz and his Orch - How Could Red Riding Hood? (1926) - Puritan 11481 A

Harry Lewis and his Orch (Lou Gold) (Jimmy Kern v) - Just a Memory (1927) - Lincoln 2683

International Novelty Orch - Cossack Love Song (Intro Vodka) (1926) - Victor 19965 A

Willard Robison and his Piano - Yellow Dog Blues (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 32243

Tuxedo Orch (Park Lane Orch Reuben Greenberg) (Vaughn DeLeath v) - If Tears Could Bring You Back to Me (1927) - Vocalion B 15533

Paul Johnson (Jack Kaufman) - Ice Cream (1927) - Perfect 12408

The Original Memphis Five - Throw Down Blues (1925) - Victor 19594 B

Herb Wiedoeft and his Cinderella Roof Orch - Oh, Peter! (1924) - Brunswick 2627 B

The Dixie Stompers (Henderson) - I'm Feelin' Devilish (1928) - Harmony 974 H

Miss Lee Morse - Me Neenyah (1925) - Perfect 12182 A

Cliff Edwards - I'm a Hard to Get Can Be Had Papa (1925) - Perfect 11583 B

Paul Small - If You Don't Love Me (1928) - Harmony 683 H

Emily Asher's Garden Party - Limehouse Blues (2012) - Dreams May Take You

Baby Soda - Weary Blues (2011) - Live at Radegast

Aileen Stanley Billy Murray - Big Hearted Bennie (1923) - Victor 19221 B

Eddie Peabody (Arthur Fields v) - Oh Boy! What a Girl (1925) - Banner 1625 B

Bert Lown and his Loungers - The Jazz Me Blues (1929) - Harmony 974 H

Tommy Christian and his Orch (Jack Arthur v) - Something to Remember You By (1930) - Clarion 5185 C

Anglo Persians (Katzman) - African Lament (1930) - Brunswick 4934

Roy Carroll and his Sands Point Orch (Selvin) (Paul Small v) - Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (1931) - Clarion 5321 C

Roland Smith's Rascals - Kickin' the Gong Around (1932) - Perfect 12784 B

Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven (Edythe Wright v) - The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round (1935) - RCA Victor 20 3030 A

Bing Crosby (w DBO) - Takes Two to Make a Bargain (1935) - Decca 548 B

The Cotton Pickers - If You Hadn't Gone Away (1925) - Brunswick 2937 B

The Cotton Pickers (Lanin) - St. Louis Blues (1927) - Cameo 9048

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Dinah (1929) - Brunswick 6718

Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - I Wished on the Moon (1935) - Victor 25104 A

Bing Crosby - It's Easy to Remember (1935) - Decca 3731 B

Sam Lanin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Hangin' On The Garden Gate (1930) - Velvet Tone 2107 V

"Paddling in Place" September 14, 2012

(Week 329)

This RADIOLA! seems to be getting nowhere fast.

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Cliff Edwards - Paddlin' Madelin' Home (1925) - Perfect 11583

Hazel Scott - Blues in B Flat (1942) - Decca 18340 B

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

Al Lentz and his Orch - Gone Again Gal (1926) - Banner 1861 B

The Buffalodians (Harold Arlen v) - Baby Face (1926) - Banner 1776 A

Mike Speciale and his Orch (Billy Carola v) - Annabelle Lee (1927) - Perfect 14840

Arthur Hall - If I Didn't Love You So Much (1926) - Radiex 2297 b

Billy Murray and Walter Scanlon - Twelve O'Clock Waltz (1928) - Pathe Actuelle 32400

Lincoln Dance Orch (Bob Haring) (Leroy Montesano v) - One O'Clock Baby (1927) - Lincoln 2631

Six Black Diamonds (Samuels) - Sobbin' Blues (1923) - Banner 1265 B

Zez Confrey and his Orch (Phil Ohman p) - New Hampshire (1923) - Victor 19046 A

Sam Lanin's Dance Orch (Arthur Hall v) - I'm Sitting on Top of the World (1925) - Banner 1644 A

Southern Negro Quartette - I'm Wild About Moonshine (1921) - Columbia A 3444

Miss Lee Morse - Golden Dream Girl (1925) - Perfect 12182 B

Jay C. Flippen and his Gang - For My Sweetheart (1926) - Perfect 12302

Baby Soda - Whinin' Boy (2011) - Live at Radegast

Baby Soda - You Rascal You (2011) - Live at Radegast

Harry Snodgrass - The Moonlight, a Waltz and You (1925) - Brunswick 2850 B

Eddie Peabody (Arthur Fields v) - Ukulele Lady (1925) - Banner 1572 B

Missouri Jazz Hounds (Samuels) (Arthur Hall v) - Yes! We have No Bananas (1923) - Banner 1200 A

Arnold Johnson and his Paramount Hotel Orch (Roy Strom v) - Me and The Man in The Moon (1928) - Brunswick 4125

Roy Collins' Dance Orch (Billy James) (Arthur Fields v) - Just Today (1928) - Jewel 5441 B

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Indiana (1929) - Brunswick 6718

Jack Whitney and his Orch (CA Ramblers) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Why Have You Forgotten (1931) - Velvet Tone 2331 V

Franklin Ferris (Emil Velazco organ) (Paul Small v) - Song of the Islands (1930) - Velvet Tone 2108 V

Charles W. Hamp - These Foolish Things - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)

Boyd Senter - Yes Sir and How (1926) - Banner 0621 B

The Cotton Pickers - Milenberg Joys (1925) - Brunswick 2937 A

Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - At The Jazz Band Ball (1927) - Okeh 3042

Hazel Scott - Embraceable You (1942) - Decca 18341 A

Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven (Edythe Wright v) - The Lady is a Tramp (1937) - RCA Victor 20-3032 A

Southampton Serenaders (Selvin) (Walter Neff v) - Moonbeam, Kiss Her For Me (1927) - Perfect 14772

"Carry On Baggage" September 7, 2012

(Week 328)

This RADIOLA! faithfully observes its baggage limit.

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Moran and Mack - Two Black Crows in the Jail House Pt. 1 (1928) - Columbia 1560 D

Hazel Scott - Hazel's Boogie Woogie (1942) - Decca 18340 A

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

Colonial Club Orch (Katzman) (Irving Kaufman v) - Ain't We Carryin' On (1926) - Brunswick 3280 B

Chicago Loopers - Three Blind Mice Master No 1 (1927) - Hot Record Society 1

Phil Ohman and Victor Arden and their Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Hallelujah (1927) - Brunswick 3527 A

Vernon Dalhart - Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1927) - Brunswick 3523 A

Gay Ellis and her Novelty Orch (Hanshaw) - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Diva 2706 G

Broadway Broadcasters (Lanin) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Come On, Baby! (1928) - Perfect 15071 B

The Original Memphis Five - Pickles (1923) - Columbia A 3924

Herb Wiedoeft and his Cinderella Roof Orch - Hoodoo Man (1924) - Brunswick 2627 A

The Dixie Stompers (Henderson) - The St Louis Blues (1927) - Harmony 451 H

Billy Murray - Not Here Not There (1923) - Victor 19221 A

Gloria Geer (Vaughn De Leath) - Then I'll Be Happy (1925) - Cameo 845

Happy Hour Orch (Fred Rich) (Ray Stillwell v) - And Then I Forget (1926) - Perfect 14687

Reggie's Red Hot Feetwarmers - Someday Sweetheart (2005) - Saratoga Souvenir

Emily Asher's Garden Party - Muskrat Ramble (2012) - Dreams May Take You

Wendell Hall - It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' (1923) - Gennett 5271 A

The Benson Orch of Chicago - Pickin' 'em Up and Layin' 'em Down (1924) - Victor 19386 A

Harry Reser's Syncopators - Blue-Eyed Sally (1924) - Columbia 276 D

Deep River Orch (Robison) (Irving Kaufman v) - Rhythm King (1928) - Perfect 15071

Hollywood Dance Orch (Lanin) (Ralph Haines v) - Orange Blossom Time (1929) - Banner 6498 A

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - China Boy (1930) - Brunswick 80004 A

Gay Ellis and her Novelty Orch (Hanshaw) - I Must Have That Man (1928) - Diva 2706 G

Buck Wilson and his Rangers (Arthur Fields v) - When It's Springtime In the Rockies (1930) - Velvet Tone 2129 V

Sam Lanin and his Orch (Paul Small v) - I've Got Five Dollars (1931) - Velvet Tone 2331 V

Bessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan) - Changed Ways Blues (1934) - Melotone 6 02 64

Earl Hines and his Orch - Rosetta (1933) - Columbia 35878

Will Osborne and his Orch (Freddy Martin orch) (WO v) - It's the Talk of the Town (1933) - Melotone M 12764

The Quintet of the Hot Club of France - Are You in the Mood? (1936) - Victor 26506 B

Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven - The Sheik of Araby (1938) - RCA Victor 20-3032 B

Fleetwood Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Yours With Love and Kisses (1926) - Vocalion A 15422

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"Missing the Boat" August 31, 2012

(Week 327)

This RADIOLA! reflects on snatching Defeat from the jaws of Victory.

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Frank Crumit - I'm Bettin' the Roll on Roamer (1930) - Victor 22482 A

Anne Jamison w Victor Young Orch - Summertime (1939) - Decca 2876 A

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

Phil Ohman and Victor Arden and their Orch (Frank Munn v) - Sometimes I'm Happy (1927) - Brunswick 3527 B

Lanin's Arcadians - Dancing Tamborine (1927) - Pathe Actuelle 36687

Alabama Red Peppers (Leroy Montesano v) - San (1928) - Cameo 8109

Vernon Dalhart - Someday Sweetheart (1927) - Brunswick 3523 B

Casino Dance Orch (Lanin) (William Robyn v) - I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling (1929) - Perfect 15164 B

Bebe Daniels - If You're In Love, You'll Waltz (1929) - Victor 22132 B

The Cotton Pickers - Got To Cool My Doggies Now (1922) - Brunswick 2338 B

The Benson Orch of Chicago - The Cat's Whiskers (1923) - Victor 19103 A

Ben Selvin and his Orch - Mamie (1925) - Vocalion B 15081

Wendell Hall - Red Headed Music Maker (1923) - Gennett 5271 B

Gloria Geer (Vaughn De Leath) - Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie! (1925) - Cameo 845

Lou Gold and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - When Summer is Gone (1928) - Diva 2768 G

EmilyAsher's Garden Party - Sweet Pea (2012) - Dreams May Take You

EmilyAsher's Garden Party - Emperor Norton's Hunch (2012) - Dreams May Take You

May Irwin - Mat-ri-mony (1907) - Victor 5151

Markels Orch - Three O'Clock In The Morning (1922) - Okeh 4666 A

The Ambassadors - There's Nobody Else But You (1924) - Vocalion B 14769

Herman Kenin's Ambassador Hotel Orch (Ted O'Hara v) - Building a Nest For Mary (1929) - Victor 21991 A

Charley Straight and his Orch - Waiting and Dreaming (1928) - Brunswick 4026

Sam Lanin's Dance Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Who Wouldn't Be Jealous of You (1929) - Regal 8719 B

Don Bestor and his Orch (Neil Buckley v) - After You (1933) - Victor 24225 A

The Quintet of the Hot Club of France - Oriental Shuffle (1936) - Victor 26506 A

Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven (Edythe Wright v) - At the Codfish Ball (1936) - RCA Victor 20-3031 A

Bessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan) - I Hate That Train Called The M and O (1934) - Melotone 6 02 64

Earl Hines and his Orch - Deep Forest (1932) - Columbia 35878

Hazel Scott - Three Little Words (1942) - Decca 18341 B

Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven (Edythe Wright v) - Sailing at Midnight (1938) - RCA Victor 20-3030 B

Bing Crosby w Victor Young Orch - Maybe (1939) - Decca 2874 B

Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - I Love You Truly (1933) - Brunswick 6605

"Wurst Case Scenario" August 24, 2012

(Week 326)

This RADIOLA! senses that it's a lot of baloney.

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Billy Murray - It's a Lot of Bologny (1923) - Victor 19132 B

Hazel Scott - Dark Eyes (1942) - Decca 18342 A

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

Golden Gate Orch - My Heart Stood Still (1927) - Perfect 14900

Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Ol' Man River (1928) - Columbia 35666

Jan Garber and his Orch (Jack Gifford v) - Who Loved You Best? (1925) - Victor 19708 B

Art Fowler - In a Little Spanish Town (1926) - Perfect 12312

Frank Crumit - I'se Goin' From the Cottonfield (1925) - Victor 19777 A

Elder J H Burch - My Heart Keeps Singing (1927) - Victor 21476 B

Jazzazza Jazz Band (Samuels) - That's Got 'Em (1919) - Operaphone 31117 A

Rialto Dance Orch (Yerkes) - Who'll Be the Next One to Cry Over You? (1921) - La Belle 302 B

Memphis Five - Who's Sorry Now? (1923) - Victor 19052 A

Bessie Smith (Clarence Williams p) - Downhearted Blues (1923) - Columbia A 3844

The Honey Boys - Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue? (1926) - Perfect 12217

Paul Small - Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky (1928) - Harmony 683 H

Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven - Moten Swing (2001) - Goin' To Lindy Land

Baby Soda Jazz Band - Undecided (2012) - Kellish Hill Farm June 1, 2012

Lucy Isabelle Marsh - Italian Street Song (1911) - Victor 60031

Sousa's Band - Stars and Stripes Forever March (1912) - Victor 16777 A

Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Home Again Blues (1921) - Victor 18729 A

Ed Lloyd and his Rhythm Boys (Kirkeby) (Smith Ballew v) - Walking With Susie (1929) - Regal 8795 A

Sam Lanin's Troubadors (Smith Ballew v) - Used to You (1929) - Supertone 9458 B

Yoeng's Dance Orch (Al Friedman) (Leroy Montesano v) - It Was Only a Sun Shower (1928) - Domino 4023 A

Bebe Daniels - You're Always in My Arms (1929) - Victor 22132 A

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Jack Fulton v) - In Egern on the Tegern See (1933) - Victor 24225 B

Charles W. Hamp - Let's Call a Heart a Heart - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)

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

Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - The Jazz Me Blues (1927) - Okeh 3042

Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Ostrich Walk (1927) - UHCA 29

Ginny Simms - Night and Day - Favorite Songs From 1940s Radio Shows (Take Two TT430CD)

Hazel Scott - Hallelujah! (1942) - Decca 18342 B

Ford and Glenn - My Daddy's Lullaby (1929) - Columbia 2025 D

"Homemade" August 17, 2012

(Week 325)

This RADIOLA! is lovingly crafted from parts found lying around the house.

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Julius Tannen - More Chatter (1927) - Victor 21115 B
Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - I Don't Want To Make History (1936) - Melotone 6 05 07
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Harry Reser's Dance Orch (Tom Stacks v) - 'Way Back When (1928) - Domino 4023 B
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Rhythm King (1928) - Brunswick 8242
Golden Gate Orch (Ed Kirkeby v) - Is She My Girl Friend (1927) - Perfect 14897 B
Art Fowler - Just a Bird's Eye View of My Old Kentucky Home (1926) - Perfect 12312 B
Aileen Stanley - Six Feet of Papa (1926) - Victor 20198 A
Charley Straight and his Orch (The Vagabonds v) - Do You Don't You (1928) - Brunswick 4026
Hager's Orch - Bronco Trot (Tom Mix) (1921) - Okeh 4406 A
The Cotton Pickers - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (1922) - Brunswick 2338 A
The Great White Way Orch - Marcheta (1923) - Victor 19046 B
Al Jolson - Avalon (1920) - Columbia A2995
Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio (Annette Hanshaw v) - For Old Times' Sake (1928) - Harmony 666 H
Jerome Conrad and his Orch (Reser) (Irving Kaufman v) - Susianna (1928) - Harmony 824 H
Bryan Wright - Cottontail Rag (Joseph Lamb) (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont BSW 2212)
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor (2007)  - Cures Everything But The Blues
Hager's Orch - Old Blue (Tom Mix) (1921) - Okeh 4406 B
The Benson Orch of Chicago - The Doodle-Um Blues (1924) - Victor 19386 B
Harry Reser's Syncopators - Underneath a Sunny Sky (1924) - Columbia 276 D
Willard Robison and his Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Who's Blue Now? (1928) - Perfect 14931 B
Buck Wilson and his Rangers (Arthur Fields v) - In Dear Old Tennessee (1930) - Velvet Tone 2129 V
Dubin's Dandies (A Schubert) (Jack Kaufman v) - Cuddle Up Closer (1929) - Banner 6498 B
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Makin' Whoopee! (1929) - Velvet Tone 1825 V
Roy Smeck Trio (Veronica Wiggins v) - When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain (1931) - Conqueror 7878 A
Charles W. Hamp - Darkness on the Delta - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)
Ben Pollack and his Orch - Waitin' For Katie (1927) - Victor 21184 A
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Somebody Stole My Gal (1928) - Brunswick 8242
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - From Monday On (1928) - Victor 21274 B
The Quintet of the Hot Club of France - Clouds (1935) - Decca 23002 B
Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing - (Jack Teagarden v) - Jeepers Creepers (1938) - Decca 2222 A
Lee Sims - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Brunswick 3617 A

"Dreaming of Adequacy" August 10, 2012

(Week 324)

This RADIOLA! isn't there yet.

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Bob Roberts -  I Want Some One to Call Me Honey (1905) - Victor 4364
Archie Bleyer and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (1935) - Perfect 35 09 19 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Roy Collins' Dance Orch (poss A Schubert) - I'm Always Outside Looking In (1926) - Oriole 756 B
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - Behind the Clouds (1926) - Victor 19965 B
Waring's Pennsylvanians (Tom Waring v) - Her Beaus Are Only Rainbows (1926) - Victor 20146 A
Aileen Stanley - Looking at the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses (1926) - Victor 20198 B
Singer and Holton (Scrappy Lambert and Ed Smalle) - Just Another Day Wasted Away (1927) - Jewel 5133 A
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - If I Had You (1929) - Velvet Tone 1825 V
Gotham's Favorites (Lanin) - Say It With Music (1921) - Regal 9130
George Olsen and his Music - The Slave of Love (1924) - Victor 19497 A
Art Hickman and his Orch - G'wan With It! (1924) - Victor 19399 B
Robert Black (Eubie Blake) (Irving Kaufman v) - Sweet Lady (Medley) (1921) - Regal 9130
Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio (Annette Hanshaw v) - Was It a Dream? (1928) - Harmony 666 H
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Charles Kaley v) - The Little White House (1926) - Perfect 14703 B
West End Jazz Band (Mike Bezin v) - Mona (2010) - Burnin' The Iceberg (Rivermont BSW 2216)
Charles W. Hamp - Boo Hoo (1937) - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Rosetta (2007) - Cures Everything But The Blues
Arthur Pryor's Band - The Whistler and his Dog (1905) - Victor 4418
The Benson Orch of Chicago - In a Tent (1923) - Victor 19103 B
Piedmont Dance Orch (Lanin) - A New Kind of Man With a New Kind of Love For Me (1924) - Perfect 14304 B
Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Jack Parker v) - Singing a Vagabond Song (1930) - Perfect 15279
Grey Gull Studio Band (Frank Munn v) - Chinese Rose (1929) - Madison 5081 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Don Howard v) - Am I Blue? (1929) - Victor 22004 A
Charles W. Hamp - Muddy Water (1936) - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch (Henry Wells v) - Here Goes (1934) - Victor 24601 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ramona Davies v) - Something Had to Happen (1933) - Victor 24455 B
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Wa Da Da (1928) - Columbia 35666
The Savannah Syncopators (King Oliver) - Wa Wa Wa (1926) - Brunswick 3373 B
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch - Shout 'Em, Aunt Tillie (1930) - Victor 23041 B
Laurence Tibbett - Without a Song (1930) - Victor (Red Seal) 1507 A
The Quintet of the Hot Club of France - Avalon (1935) - Decca 23002 A
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Frank Munn v) - Let Me Have My Dreams (1929) - Victor 22004 B

"Moderate Excitement" August 3, 2012

(Week 323)

This RADIOLA! is feeling no undue thrill.

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Charles W. Hamp - My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes (1936) - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)
Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen - Climax Rag (1939) - Bluebird B 10442 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Goldkette's Book-Cadillac Orch - Just a Bird's Eye View of My Old Kentucky Home (1926) - Victor 20268 A
Mike Speciale and his Orch (Ted Wilson v) - He Loves and She Loves (1928) - Perfect 14931
Mayflower Serenaders (Ben Selvin v) - I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now (1927) - Perfect 14766 B
Gene Austin - Thinking of You (1927) - Victor 20411 A
Joe Sargent (Arthur Fields) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Madison 1602 A
Frank Luther -  A Gay Caballero (1928) - Brunswick 4180
Arthur Gibbs and his Gang - Louisville Lou (1923) - Victor 19070 A
Julie Wintz and his Hofbrau Orch (Bill Zimmer v) - Vo Do Do De O Blues (1927) - Velvet Tone 1436 V
Jimmy McHugh's Bostonians - Whoopee Stomp (1928) - Velvet Tone 1836 V
John Steel - Lady of the Evening (1922) - Victor 18990
Billy West (Billy Jones) - Get Hot (1921) - Regal 9124
The Melody Man (Joe Davis) - After My Laughter Came Tears (1928) - Harmony 597 H
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Creole Love Call (2007) - Cures Everything But The Blues
Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra -  I Ain't Got Nobody (1984) - Jazz and Hot Dance Music 1923-31 (Panton 81 0331)
Skeeter Sims (Al Bernard) - Strut Miss Lizzie (1921) - Regal 9124
Harry Blake and Robert Judson (Jones and Hare) - Last Night on the Back Porch (1923) - Perfect 12091 B
Mike Speciale and his Orch - On The Oregon Trail (1925) - Perfect 14430
Vic Randolphs and his Orch (Spitalny) (Eddie Gale v) - Turn on the Heat (1929) - Regal 8873 B*
Merry Collegians (IK v) - Tennessee Tess Among the Hills (1929) - Van Dyke 71791 B
Willie Creager and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Ten Cents a Dance (1930) - Perfect 15328 B
Jim Miller - Charlie Farrell - Congratulations (1930) - Victor 22277 A
Frances Day - It's Best to Forget (1933) - HMV B 4427
Charles W. Hamp - I've Got You Under My Skin (1936) - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)
Boyd Senter - New St. Louis Blues (1927) - Okeh 40755 A
Red Nichols and his Orch - Five Pennies (1928) - Victor 21560 A
Louisiana Sugar Babes - Thou Swell (1928) - Victor 21346 BRudy Vallee - Six Women (Me and Henry the Eighth) (1940) - Varsity 8203
Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtime Band - Someday Sweetheart (1939) - Bluebird B 10384 B
Charles W. Hamp - Pennies From Heaven (1936) - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)

*Contrary to the listing in the new American Dance Band Discography, I am reliably informed by John Leifert that this recording was in fact by Phil Spitalny (not Paul Specht), and that the vocalist was indeed Eddie Gale. Thanks, John!

"No Doze" July 27, 2012

(Week 322)

This RADIOLA! is not particularly well rested.

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Mildred Hunt (acc by Leonard Joy orch) - Sleepy Valley (1929) - Victor 22102 A

Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtime Band - That Da Da Strain (1939) - Bluebird B 10384 A

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

Colonial Club Orch (Katzman) (Tommy Weir v) - Then Came the Dawn (1928) - Brunswick 4088

Miami Royal Palm Orch (W. Robison) (Irving Kaufman v) - So Tired (1928) - Cameo 8181

Golden Gate Orch - After You're Gone (1927) - Perfect 14834 B

Seger Ellis - Out of the Dawn (1928) - Okeh 41103

Lewis James - Lay Me Down to Sleep in Carolina (1926) - Vocalion B 15438

Elder J. H. Burch - Life and Death (1927) - Victor 21476 A

Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Crazy Blues (1921) - Victor 18729 B

Memphis Five - Snakes Hips (1923) - Victor 19052 B

Piedmont Dance Orch (Lou Gold) (Arthur Fields v) - The Birth of the Blues (1926) - Perfect 14696

Bessie Smith (Clarence Williams p) - Gulf Coast Blues (1923) - Columbia A 3844

Harry Blake (Billy Jones) - Sittin' in a Corner (1923) - Perfect 12091 A

Jolly Good Scouts' Quartette - Bow! Wow! (1924) - Official Boy Scout Record mx 1101

Andy Senior - The Hour of Parting - May 18, 2012 home recording

Jean Goldkette and his Orch - It Had To Be You (1959) - Dance Hits of the 20s in Hi Fi (RCA Camden)

Baby Soda Jazz Band - Ida Sweet As Apple Cider (2010) - Kellish Hill Farm June 2, 2010

Haydn Glee Club of Utica, New York - The Pilot (1919) - Pathe 22313

Arthur Gibbs and his Gang - Beale Street Mamma (1923) - Victor 19070 B

Bennie Krueger's Orch (Hare and Jones v) - There's Nobody Else But You (1924) - Brunswick 2571 A

Grey Gull Studio Band (Irving Kaufman v) - Swingin' in a Hammock (1930) - Madison 5081 A

Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Jack Parker v) - Chant of the Jungle (1929) - Van Dyke 71791 A

St. Louis Serenaders (Fred Hall) (Arthur Fields v) - Oh, Gee! There's Ain't No Justice (1929) - Madison 1652 B

Ben Pollack and his Orch - Memphis Blues (1927) - Victor 21184 B

Red Nichols' Stompers - Make My Cot Where the Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows (1927) - Victor 21055 A

Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Sorry (1927) - Okeh 41001

Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio (Annette Hanshaw v) - It Happened in Monterey (1930) - Velvet Tone 2144 V

The Four Musketeers - Sylvia (1933) - Decca F 3466

Chick Bullock - The Music Goes 'Round and Around (1935) - Perfect 6 02 10

Adrian Rollini Trio - Isle of Capri (1940) - Okeh 5979

Eddie Condon and his Windy City Seven - Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland (1938) - Commodore 505 A

Southampton Society Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - When Day Is Done (1927) - Perfect 14853

"Lapse Into Song" July 20, 2012

(Week 321)

This RADIOLA! sings the joys of the uneven road.

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Jolly Good Scouts' Quartette - Sing Another Song (1924) - Official Boy Scout Record mx 1102
Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen - West End Blues (1939) - Bluebird B 10442 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Bill Wirges and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Where's That Rainbow? (1927) - Perfect 14762 B
The Halfway House Dance Orch - When I'm Blue (1927) - Columbia 1263 D
Oliver Naylor's Orch - Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) - Victor 19688 A
George Morbid - The Prisoner's Sweetheart (1926) - Perfect 12299 B
Madeline Beatty -  Afraid of You (1928) - Okeh 41034
Allen Craig (Irving Kaufman) - Nobody Loves Me (1927) - Jewel 8133 B
University Sextette (Varsity Eight) - Dear One (1924) - Lincoln 2276
Emil Coleman and his Club Trocadero Orch - Forget-Me-Not (1924) - Vocalion B 14833
The Dixie Stompers (Henderson) - Snag It (1927) - Harmony 353 H
Lee Morse - Bring Back Those Rock-A-Bye Baby Days (1924) - Perfect 12165
Arthur Fields - Don't Steal Daddy's Medal (1926) - Perfect 12265 B
D Onivas and his Orch (Ernest Hare v) - Doodle Doo Doo (1924) - Perfect 14272 A
Bryan Wright - Nove de Julho (Ernesto Nazareth) (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont BSW 2212)
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Diga Diga Doo (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Arthur Collins - Steamboat Bill (1911) - Aretino D706
Eddie Peabody and his Band - Along Came Love (1925) - Banner 1651 B
Manhattan Dance Makers - Sweet Marie (1927) - Harmony 458 H
Hollywood Dance Orch (A. Schubert) (Jack Kaufman v) - A Precious Little Thing Called Love (1929) - Regal 8719 A
Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Jack Parker v) - There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie (1930) - Perfect 15279 B
The High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - What Would I Care? (1930) - Victor 22267 B
Harold Scrappy Lambert - Beggars of Life (1928) - Brunswick 4054
Annette Hanshaw - If I Had a Girl Like You (1930) - Velvet Tone 2178 V
Chick Bullock - Mississippi Basin (1933) - Perfect 12927 A
The Savannah Syncopators (King Oliver) - Someday Sweetheart (1926) - Brunswick 3373 A
Boyd Senter - Bad Habits (1927) - Okeh 40755 B
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Since My Best Girl Turned Me Down (1927) - Okeh 41001
Robert Ashley - These Foolish Things (1936) - HMV B D 344
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Liza (1934) - Decca 555 A
Adrian Schubert's Salon Orch (Leroy Montesano v) - The Song Is Ended (1927) - Regal 8436 A

"Indolence" July 13, 2012

 (Week 320)

This RADIOLA! needs languor management.

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University Six (Arthur Fields v) - Lazy Weather (1927) - Velvet Tone 1433 V

Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Hotter Than 'Ell (1934) - Decca 555 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

The Halfway House Dance Orch (Johnny Saba v) - I Want Somebody to Love (1927) - Columbia 1263 D

The Ambassadors (Katzman) - In a Little Garden (1926) - Vocalion B 15475

Macy and Smalle (The Radio Aces) - Out in the New Mown Hay (1926) - Columbia 686 D

Madeline Beatty - Who's Blue Now? (1928) - Okeh 41034

Bernie Cummins and his Hotel New Yorker Orch - Minnie the Mermaid (1930) - Victor 22355 A

Ben Selvin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Charlie, My Boy (1924) - Vocalion A 14853

D. Onivas and his Orch - Big Boy (1924) - Perfect 14272 B

The Georgians - Henpecked Blues (1923) - Columbia A 3907

Collins and Harlan - Memphis Blues (1915) - Columbia A 1721

Lee Morse - Mail Man Blues (1924) - Perfect 12165 B

University Six (Arthur Fields v) - Slow River (1927) - Velvet Tone 1433 V

Bryan Wright - Red Elephant Rag (MartinSpitznagel) (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont BSW-2212)

West End Jazz Band - Torrid Rhythm (2010) - Burnin' The Iceberg (Rivermont BSW-2216)

Vaughn De Leath - I Ain't Nobody's Darling (1921) - Resona 75263 A

University Five (Fosdick) - Pickaninny Rose (intro If I Could Forget) (1920) - Pathe 20476 B

Ace Brigode and his Fourteen Virginians - A Sun-Kist Cottage (1924) - Okeh 40223 B

Sam Lanin and his Troubadours (Smith Ballew v) - I'm In The Seventh Heaven (1929) - Supertone 9458 A

Bernie Cummins and his Hotel New Yorker Orch (Walter Cummins v) - You Will Come Back To Me (1930) - Victor 22355 B

Ben Pollack and his Park Central Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Keep Your Undershirt On (1929) - Victor 22267 A

Harold “Scrappy” Lambert - Woman Disputed (1928) - Brunswick 4054

Annette Hanshaw - My Future Just Passed (1930) - Velvet Tone 2178 V

Tin Pan Paraders (Milt Shaw) (Ronnie Perry v) - The King's Horses (1930) - Supertone S2188

Louisiana Sugar Babes - Persian Rug (1928) - Victor 21346 A

Red Nichols and his Orch (Chauncey Morehouse v) - Harlem Twist (1928) - Victor 21560 B

Tampa Red's Hokum Jazz Band (Frankie Jaxon v) - Boot It Boy (1929) - British Rhythm Society 994

Chick Bullock - Lazybones (1933) - Perfect 12927 B

Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch (Sy Oliver v) - Breakfast Ball (1934) - Victor 24601 B

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - P. S. I Love You (1934) - Decca 200 B

"Too Much Fun" July 6, 2012

(Week 319)

This RADIOLA! rides the Good Time Express right off the rails.

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Billy Jones - Ain't We Got Fun (1921) - Okeh 4325 A
Bennie Moten's KC Orch - Blue Room (1932) - Bluebird B 5585 A-cr-nr
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Red Nichols' Stompers - Sugar (1927) - Victor 21055 B
The Ambassadors (Katzman) - I'm In Love With You, That's Why (1926) - Vocalion B 15300
Irwin Abrams' Dance Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - The Birth of the Blues (1926) - Banner 1783 B
Hall and Ryan - Hello, Aloha! How Are You (1926) - Regal 8095 A
Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio (Annette Hanshaw v) - I Love a Ukulele (1930) - Velvet Tone 2144 V
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Where the Sweet Forget-Me-Nots Remember (1929) - Victor 22078 B
The Georgians - Long Lost Mamma (1923) - Columbia A 3907
Tampa Blue Jazz Band - At the Weeping Widows Ball (1923) - Okeh 4777 B
Ace Brigode and his Fourteen Virginians - Bye Bye, Baby (1924)  - Okeh 40223 A
Billy Jones Ernie Hare - I Like It (1921) - Okeh 4325 B
Rosa Henderson with Fletcher Henderson's Jazz Five - Clearing House Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2612 A
Arthur Ross and his Westerners (Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Jericho (1929) - Velvet Tone 1908 V
Molly Ryan - Goody Goody (2002) - Dream a Little Dream
Baby Soda Jazz Band - I Found a New Baby (2012) - Kellish Hill Farm, Manlius NY June 1, 2012
Markels Orch - That Barkin' Dog (1923) - Okeh 4777 A
The Ambassadors - Monavanna (1924) - Vocalion A 14789
Manhattan Dance Makers (Irving Kaufman v) - What Do We Do on a Dew Dew Dewy Day (1927) - Harmony 458 H
Waring's Pennsylvanians (Clare Hanlon v) - Roses of Yesterday (1928) - Victor 21676 A
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Riverboat Shuffle (1927) - UHCA 30
Ed Lang and his Orch - Freeze an' Melt (1929) - Okeh 8696
Tampa Red's Hokum Jazz Band (Frankie Jaxon v) - My Daddy Rocks Me (1929) - British Rhythm Society 994
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Mighty River (1933) - Bluebird B 10703 B
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch - Nagasaki (1934) - Decca 200 A
Rudy Vallee - Plaza 6-9423 (1940) - Varsity 8203
Chick Bullock -  Moonburn (1935) - Perfect 6 02 10
Johnny Messner and his Orch - Bessie Couldn't Help It (1940) - Shellac Test (Varsity 8357)
Harry (The Hipster) Gibson - Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs Murphy's Ovaltine? (1945) - Musicraft 346 B
Adrian Rollini Trio - The Girl With the Light Blue Hair (1940) - Okeh 5979
Waring's Pennsylvanians (Tom Waring v) - My Window of Dreams (1928) - Victor 21676 B

"Bells and Whistles" June 29, 2012

(Week 318)

This RADIOLA! has almost everything.

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Frank Bessinger - Radio Lady O' Mine (1924) - Perfect 12164 B
Hal Kemp and his Orch - Whistles (1931) - The Hot Sides 1926-1931 (Retrieval RTR 79025)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Bell Hoppin' Blues (1926) - Victor 20092 A
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (Irving Kaufman v) - Tenderly (1926) - Vocalion A 15371
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Bless Her Little Heart (1927) - Perfect 14841
Gene Austin - Melancholy Baby (1927) - Victor 21015 B
Art Gillham - Angry (1925) - Columbia 411 D
Ernest Hare and Billy Jones - I Never See Maggie Alone (1927) - Regal 8250 B
Canadian Club Orch (Specht) (Johnny Morris v) - Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann (1925) - Perfect 14548 B
Joe Candullo and his Everglades Orch (John Ryan v) - All Alone Monday (1926) - Perfect 14720
Barth's Mississippians (IK v) - That's Living (1929) - Velvet Tone 1908 V
The Melody Man (Joe Davis) - Now I Won't Be Blue (1928) - Harmony 597 H
Miss Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Yes, Sir, That's My Baby (1925) - Perfect 11580
Ernie Golden and his Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Neapolitan Nights (1928) - Diva 2737 G
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - Hurricane (1992) - Quality Shout! (Stomp Off CD1260)
Dan Levinson and his Swing Wing (Molly Ryan v) - The Milkman's Matinee (2008) - At The Codfish Ball
Frank Banta and Harry Akst - Ding Toes (1920) - Columbia A 2953
Golden Gate Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Down By the Winegar Woiks (1926) - Perfect 14548
Carl Fenton's Orch - Lady, Be Good (1924) - Brunswick 2790 A
Nathan Glantz and his Orch (Leroy Montesano v) - Life Means Nothing To Me (1928) - Banner 7186 B
Franklin Ferris (Emil Velazco organ) (Paul Small v) - Congratulations (1930) - Velvet Tone 2108 V
The Rounders (Reser) (Scrappy Lambert v) - That's You, Baby (1929) - Regal 8795 B
Fain and Dunn - And Then You Came Along (1928) - Perfect 12423
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees - I'll Be Reminded of You (1929) - Victor 22193 B
Charles W. Hamp - Heigh Ho! Ev'rybody, Heigh-Ho! (1929) - Columbia 1792 D
Abe Lyman and his California Orch (Ella Logan v) - Doin' the Uptown Lowdown (1933) -  Columbia Special Products P 14846
Mildred Bailey and her Swing Band - Someday Sweetheart (1935) - Teddy Wilson Statements and Improvisations (Smithsonian R005)
A Jam Session at Victor - Honeysuckle Rose (1937) - Swing Vol 1 (Victor LPV-578)
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm (Hal Derwin v) - A Vous Tout De Vey, A Vous (1940) - Bluebird B 10688 B
Una Mae Carlisle - You Mean So Much To Me (1941) - Bluebird A 11159 B
Joe Wilbur (acc. by California Ramblers) - Auf Wiederseh'n (1928) - Perfect 12420 B

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"Silly Season" June 22, 2012

 (Week 317)

This RADIOLA! is lolling in much-needed levity.

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Julius Tannen - The Human Chatterbox Plays Golf (1927) - Victor 21115 A
Freddie “Schnickelfritz” Fisher and his Orch - Wilberforce, Get Off That Horse! (1943) - Decca 4424 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - St Louis Blues (1926) - Victor 20092 B
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - I Never Knew What the Moonlight Could Do (1926) - Vocalion A 15489
George Olsen and his Music - Somebody Else (1927) - Victor 20472 A
Harry Weil - There's a New Star in Heaven Tonight, Rudolph Valentino (1926) - Cameo 992
Gene Austin (Abel Baer p) - I've Got the Girl (1926) - Victor 20397 A
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Let's Give Three Cheers (1928) - Victor 21357 B
Hackel-Berge Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Yoo-Hoo (1921) - Victor 18802 B
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orch - I Love You (1923) - Okeh 4959 B
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Charles Kaley v) - Half a Moon (1926) - Perfect 14703
Robert Judson (Ernest Hare) - Down by the River (1923) - Perfect 12049 B
Arthur Fields - My Dream of the Big Parade (1926) - Perfect 12265
Earl Oliver's Jazz Babies (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Cows (1926) - Edison 51877 L
Dan Levinson's Palomar Quartet - Otolaryngology (Dan Levinson) (2008) - Four on the Floor
Molly Ryan - These Foolish Things (2007) - Songbird in the Moonlight
Billy Williams - It's Mine When You've Done With It (1913) - Columbia A 1761
Emil Coleman and his Club Trocadero Orch - Only You (From “I'll Say She Is”) (1924) - Vocalion A 14833
Ben Selvin and his Orch - Red Hot Mamma (1924) - Vocalion B 14853
Wabash Dance Orch (Eddy Thomas v) - She's A Great, Great Girl (1928) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8062
George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey v) - Big City Blues (1929) - Victor 21961 B
New Mayfair Dance Orch (Carroll Gibbons) - That Monte Carlo Song (1929) - HMV B 5676
Fleming and Townsend - Just One Little Kiss (1930) - Victor V 40297 B
National Cavaliers - Lonesome That's All (1930) - Victor 22347 A
Anona Winn and Bob Mackworth - You're My Everything (1932) - Regal MR 728 (UK)
Jack Hulbert - You're Sweeter Than I Thought You Were (1936) - HMV B D 334
Bing Crosby - Remember Me (1937) - Decca 1451 A
Music In The Russ Morgan Manner - Will You Remember Tonight, Tomorrow (1938) - Brunswick 8119
Adrian Schubert and his Orch (Charlie Lawman v) - Starlight (1932) - Crown 3257 A
Casa Loma Orch - Four Indian Love Lyrics (1932) - Brunswick 20108
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch - I'll See You In My Dreams (1924) - Vocalion A 14957

"We Never Sleep" June 15, 2012

(Week 316)

This RADIOLA! is unnaturally wakeful.

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Beatrice Lillie (Sam Walsh p) - I'm a Campfire Girl (1934) - Gramophone Shop Varieties 1003
Charlie Barnet and his Orch (Judy Ellington v) - The All Night Record Man (1939) - Bluebird B 10373 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (Irving Kaufman v) - That's Annabelle (1926) - Vocalion A 15411
Marsh McCurdy - Did You Mean It? (1927) - Columbia 1305 D
Harry Lewis and his Orch (Lou Gold) (Jimmy Kern v) - One Sweet Letter From You (1927) - Lincoln 2642
Gene Austin - There's a Cradle in Carolina (1927) - Victor 21015 A
Joe Wilbur - Four Walls (1927) - Perfect 12410 B
Fleming and Townsend - She's Just That Kind (1930) - Victor V 40297 A
Bennie Krueger's Orch - 31st Street Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2571 B
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch - Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me? (1925) - Vocalion B 14957
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Sonya (1925) - Vocalion A 15081
Billy Williams - Wait Till I'm As Old As Father (1913) - Columbia A 1761
Hare and Jones - Too Tired (1924) - Cameo 623
University Dance Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya Huh (1926) - Grey Gull 1353 A
Dan Levinson's Palomar Quartet (Molly Ryan v) - My Ideal (2008) - Four on the Floor
Dan Levinson and his Swing Wing (Molly Ryan v) - Ten Cents a Dance (2008) - At The Codfish Ball
Vess L. Ossman - Old Folks at Home (1909) - Victor 17417 A
Frank Banta and Harry Akst - Typhoon (1920) - Columbia A 2953
Carl Fenton's Orch - Fascinating Rhythm (1924) - Brunswick 2790 B
Lou Gold and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Weary River (1929) - Regal 8720 A
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - A Little Kiss Each Morning (1929) - Victor 22193 A
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long (1932) - Parlophone R 1207
Derickson and Brown - Paradise (1932) - HMV B 4204
Kitty Masters and Val Rosing - June in January (1935) - Regal Zonophone MR 1601
Beatrice Lillie (Sam Walsh p) - He Was a Gentleman (1934) - Gramophone Shop Varieties 1003
Rex Allan (Neo Bechstein p) - Look What You've Done (1933) - HMV B 4432
Adrian Schubert and his Orch (Charlie Lawman v) - Oh! What a Thrill (1932) - Crown 3257 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Pink Elephants (1932) - Brunswick 6399
Tommy Dorsey and his Orch - Tin Roof Blues (1938) - HMV B 8854
Fats Waller, his Rhythm and Orch - The Sheik of Araby (1938) - Victor 25847 B
Ray Noble and his New Mayfair Dance Orch (Al Bowlly v) - I'll Do My Best To Make You Happy (1932) - Victor 24333 B

"Sunlight and Shadow" June 8, 2012

(Week 315)

This RADIOLA asserts that those of us who are still here might as well play records.

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Joe Wilbur - Sunshine (1928) - Perfect 12420
Milt Herth Trio - The Whistler and his Dog (1939) - Decca 25067 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Sam Lanin's Dance Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Old Man Sunshine (1928) - Banner 7186 A
Jelly Roll Morton - Fat Meat and Greens (1926) - Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton (Retrieval RTR79002)
Jack Hylton and his Orch - Anybody But You (1927) - HMV B 5358
Brocco Brothers - My Ohio Home (1928) - Cameo 8166
Johnny Marvin - 'Deed I Do (1926) - Victor 20397 B
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Hello Bluebird (1926) - Victor 20291 A
Oriole Orch - There's Yes! Yes! in Your Eyes (1924) - Brunswick 2587 A
Coon-Sanders Original Night-Hawk Orch - Moonlight and You (1924) - Victor 19525 A
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch (Donald Redman v) - Then I'll Be Happy (1925) - Banner 1654 A
Blanche Ring - Yip! I Adee! I Aye (1909) - Victor 5692
Campbell and Burr - Hindustan (1918) - Columbia A2661
Frank Richardson - I've Got a Song For Sale (1923) - Cameo 431
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Weary Blues (2010) - Kellish Hill Farm June 2, 2010
Baby Soda Jazz Band - The Sheik of Araby (2012) - Kellish Hill Farm June 1, 2012
Fisk University Jubilee Quartet - Golden Slippers (1909) - Victor 16453 B
George Watts - I Want a Big Red Apple on a Stick (1923) - Cameo 431
Joe Candullo and his Everglades Orch (Arthur Fields v) - I Wish You Were Jealous of Me (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 36461 B
Van and his Hotel Half Moon Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (1927) - Perfect 14985 B
The Rounders (Reser) (Smith Ballew v) - Rainbow Man (1929) - Regal 8801 A
Wabash Dance Orch (D Robertson E Smalle v) - That's My Weakness Now (1928) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8062
Patricia Rossborough - Selections from The Crooner (1933) - Parlophone R 1437
Jack Buchanan - One Good Tune Deserves Another (1934) - Columbia DB1483
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - That's My Home (1932) - HMV B 6315
Gene Kardos and his Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Alexander's Ragtime Band (1932) - Victor 22920 A
George Hall and his Hotel Taft Orch (Johnny McKeever v) - The Night is Young and You're So Beautiful (1936) - Bluebird B 6702 A
Ray Nichols and his Four Towers Orch (Al Graff v) - What a Little Moonlight Can Do (1935) - Bluebird B 6011 A
Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf Astoria Orch (Carmen Castillo v) - Clavel Del Aire (1937) - Victor 25661 B
Milt Herth Trio - Honky Tonk Train Blues (1940) - Decca 25064 B
Harold Yates Cooper Lawley - In the Evening (1928) - Victor 21273 B

"Only Humid" June 1, 2012

(Week 314)

This RADIOLA! admits needing a towel.

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Art Gillham - She's My Gal (1925) - Columbia 550 D
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Some of These Days (1930) - Brunswick 1088 B (UK)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Club Royal Orch (Jules Herbuveaux) (Frank Sylvano v) - Meet Me In The Moonlight (1927) - Vocalion A 15603
Red and Miff's Stompers - Slippin' Around (1927) - Victor 21397 B
Mike Speciale and his Flippen Club Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Highways Are Happy Ways (1927) - Perfect 14897
Ray Hamilton (William Robyn) - Roam On Little Gypsy Sweetheart (1927) - Lincoln 2664
Miss Annette Hanshaw - If I'd Only Believed in You (1926) - Perfect 12305 B
The Crooning Cavaliers - I'm Blue Over You (1928) - Cameo 8166
Columbia Saxophone Sextette - Beautiful Ohio Blues (1919) - Columbia A2784
Castlewood Marimba Band - Mississippi Ripples (1923) - Brunswick 2511 A
Golden Gate Orch (John Ryan v) - Weary River (1929) - Velvet Tone 1839 V
Sam Ash - Oh! What a Girl (1919) - Emerson 10109
Miss Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - If You're Missing Me (1926) - Perfect 11631 B
Julie Wintz and his Hofbrau Orch (Bill Zimmer v) - She Don't Wanna (1927) - Velvet Tone 1436 V
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Ida Sweet As Apple Cider (2010) - recorded Kellish Hill Farm June 2, 2010
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (2010) - recorded Kellish Hill Farm June 2, 2010
Columbia Orch - Blue Danube Waltz (1902) - Aretino D523
Collins and Harlan - The Mississippi Dippy Dip (1911) - Aretino D706
Zez Confrey and his Orch - Are You Playing Fair? (1922) - Victor 18921 B
Wabash Dance Orch (Eddy Thomas v) - Oh Baby (1928) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8062
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Confessin' (1930) - Victor 22506 A
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - I Don't Mind Walkin' In the Rain (1930) - Velvet Tone 2198 V
Jack Buchanan -  I Think I Can (1934) - Columbia DB1483
Frances Day - Now You're Here (1933) - HMV B 4427
Kitty Masters and Val Rosing - One Little Kiss (1935) - Regal Zonophone MR 1601
Patricia Rossborough - Lying In the Hay (1933) - Parlophone R 1437
Billy Reid and The London Piano Accordion Band - 'Leven Pounds of Heaven (1932) - Regal MR 635
Don Redman and his Orch - Two Time Man (1932) - Parlophone R 2955
Boots and his Buddies - Lonely Moments (1938) - Bluebird B 7669 B
Milt Herth Trio - Canadian Capers (1941) - Decca 25065 B
Chester Gaylord - My Troubles Are Over (1929) - Brunswick 4269

Baby Soda at Kellish Hill Farm 6/1/2012

The amazing Baby Soda Jazz Band will be back to play at Kellish Hill Farm, Manlius, NY on Friday, June 1st at 7:30 PM. You've heard them on RADIOLA! so you know how good they are. Don't miss them!

"Miles To Go" May 25, 2012

(Week 313)

This RADIOLA! is in the process of getting there.

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Derickson and Brown - Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long (1932) - HMV B 4204
Milt Herth Trio - In an 18th Century Drawing Room (1939) - Decca 25066 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Sheridan Entertainers (Al Lynch) - What Do We Do On a Dew Dew Dewy Day (1927) - Banner 6026 A
The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) - Silver Song Bird (1927) - Vocalion A 15534
Harold Leonard and his Waldorf-Astoria Orch (Lewis James v) - Mine (1927) - Columbia 947 D
Art Gillham - Mean Blues (1925) - Columbia 550 D
Johnny Marvin - I Love My Baby (1925) - Columbia 511 D
Williams Sisters (Wayne Allen p) - Sam, The Old Accordion Man (1927) - Victor 20452 A
Nathan Glantz and his Orch - Some Sunny Day (1922) - Pathe Actuelle 020746
Oriole Orch - That Lullaby Strain (1924) - Brunswick 2587 B
Manhattan Dance Makers (Arthur Hall v) - Just a Memory (1927) - Harmony 486 H
George Alexander - I Want What I Want When I Want It (1906) - Columbia 3413
Anna Chandler - I'm Going Way Back Home and Have a Wonderful Time (1916) - Columbia A1976
The Dixie Stars (Al Bernard and Russel Robinson) - Never Gettin' No Place Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2689 B
Baby Soda - When My Dreamboat Comes Home (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Baby Soda - Struttin' With Some Barbeque (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Arthur Pryor's Band - Mr Rooster (Lampe) (1910) - Victor 16955 A
Collins and Harlan - Auntie Skinner's Chicken Dinner (1915) - Victor 17755 B
Bennie Krueger's Orch - How Many Times (1921) - Brunswick 2151 B
Bob Haring and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Let's Get Friendly (1931) - Perfect 15462 B
Nat Shilkret and his Orch (Paul Small v) - Delishious (1931) - HMV B 6156
The Jungle Band (Ellington) (Benny Paine Irving Mills v) - Wang Wang Blues (1930) - Brunswick 1088 A (UK)
Chester Gaylord - Mean to Me (1929) - Brunswick 4269
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - That's Why I'm Jealous of You (1930) - Victor 22277 B
Cicely Courtneidge Plonks Her Guitar - A Spanish Burlesque (Pt 2) (1930) - Edison Bell Winner 5275
The BBC Dance Orch (Henry Hall) (Les Allen v) - Did You Ever See a Dream Walking (1933) - Columbia CB 699
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Frances Maddux v) - Someday I'll Find You (1931) - HMV B 6156
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train (1932) - HMV B 6315
Scrappy Lambert - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Lincoln 2664
Casa Loma Orch with Connie Boswell - Washboard Blues (1932) - Brunswick 20108
Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - For You (1933) - Brunswick 6605

"The Mood Swings" May 18, 2012

(Week 312)

This RADIOLA! keeps swinging, moodily.

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Art Gillham - Smile All the While (1925) - Columbia 411 D
Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orch - Happy Today Sad Tomorrow (1938) - Decca 1788 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Frank Black and his Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - It's a Million to One You're in Love (1927) - Brunswick 3600 B
King Oliver and his Orch - Call of the Freaks (1929) - HMV JF 36
The Plaza Band (Reser) (Jerry White v) - Broadway Melody (1929) - Edison Bell Winner 4908
Frank Munn - Let the End of the World Come Tomorrow (1926) - Brunswick 3250 A
Williams Sisters (Wayne Allen p) - Nothing Else Matters Anymore (1927) - Victor 20452 B
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - That's When I'll Come Back to You (1927) - Parlophone R 2704
Oriole Orch - A Smile Will Go a Long, Long Way (1924) - Brunswick 2560 B
Castlewood Marimba Band - Steal a Little Kiss While Dancing (1923) - Brunswick 2511 B
Broadway Bell-Hops (Irving Kaufman v) - Hi Ho The Merrio (As Long As She Loves Me) (1926) - Harmony 176 H
Ada Jones - Poor John (1907) - Aretino D614
Irving Kaufman - In Florida Among the Palms (1916) - Columbia A2091
Shannon Four - Ching-A-Ling's Jazz Bazaar (1920) - Pathe 22338
Frank Shaw (Les Poe p) - A Night at Coffee Dan's Part 1 (1928) - Brunswick 4100
Frank Shaw (Les Poe p) - A Night at Coffee Dan's Part 2 (1928) - Brunswick 4100
Carroll C. Clark - De Little Old Log Cabin in De Lane (1909) - Aretino D650
Columbia Orch - Soko March (1904) - Aretino D523
Original Memphis Five - Memphis Glide (1923) - Pathe Actuelle 020981 B
Bob Haring and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Ho Hum! (1931) - Perfect 15462 A
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - My Bluebird Was Caught in the Rain (1930) - Victor 22506 B
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Dallas Blues (1929) - Parlophone R 973
Mildred Hunt (acc by Landt Trio and Leonard Joy orch) - S'posin (1929) - Victor 22102 B
Cicely Courtneidge Plonks Her Guitar - A Spanish Burlesque (Pt 1) (1930) - Edison Bell Winner 5275
Jack Hulbert - Where There's You There's Me (1936) - HMV B D 334
Billy Reid and The London Piano Accordion Band - Lullaby of the Leaves (1932) - Regal MR 635
Harry Roy and his Orch (Harry Roy Bill Currie v) - I've Got a Note (1935) - Parlophone F 175
The Delta Four - Swingin' on The Famous Door (1935) - Decca 737 A
Art Kassel and his Kassels-In-the-Air - Sobbin' Blues (1938) - Bluebird B 7668 A
Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orch - You Shall Reap What You Sow (1938) - Decca 1788 A
Anona Winn and Bob Mackworth - Let's Put Out the Lights (1932) - Regal MR 728 (UK)

"Still Fresh" May 11, 2012

(Week 311)

This RADIOLA! is nowhere near its expiration date.

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Rex Allan (Neo Bechstein p) - Young and Healthy (1933) - HMV B 4432
Don Redman and his Orch - Hot and Anxious (1932) - Parlophone R 2955
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Jack Hylton and his Orch - Gonna Get a Girl (1927) - HMV B 5358
Davis Saxophone Octette - Somebody's Lonely (1926) - Cameo 923
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Hotter Than That (1927) - Parlophone R 2704
Gene Austin (Abel Baer p) - Sunday (1926) - Victor 20411 B
Miss Annette Hanshaw - Falling In Love With You (1926) - Perfect 12290 B
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - No Wonder She's a Blushing Bride (1926) - Victor 20291 B
The Benson Orch of Chicago - Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (1922) - Victor 18954 A
Bob Haring and his Orch - Cecila (1925) - Cameo 784
Varsity Eight - Doo Wacka Doo (1924) - Cameo 641
Salt and Pepper - Doodle-Doo-Doo (1924) - Cameo 609
Cliff Edwards - How She Loves Me is Nobody's Business (1925) - Perfect 11594
Golden Gate Orch (John Ryan v) - Who Wouldn't Be Jealous of You (1929) - Velvet Tone 1839 V
Baby Soda - Some of These Days (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Andy Senior - Thou Swell - September 5, 2011 home recording
Baby Soda - That's a Plenty (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Stanley and Harlan - Dixie (1903) - Aretino D650
Arthur Pryor's Band - Morning in Noah's Ark (1907) - Victor 16955 B
Felix Arndt - Marionette (Arndt) (1917) - Victor 18284 B
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Spitalny) (Bill Coty v) - Confessin' (1930) - Velvet Tone 2198 V
New Mayfair Dance Orch (Gibbons) - All I Want Is 'Ittle Ootsie Oo (1929) - HMV B 5676
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I Got Rhythm (1931) - Parlophone R 1207
Harold Yates Cooper Lawley - My Ohio Home (1928) - Victor 21273 A
The BBC Dance Orch (Henry Hall) (Les Allen Phyllis Robins v) - On the Steamer Coming Over (1933) - Columbia CB 699
Harry Roy and his Orch - I'll Take the South (1935) - Parlophone F 175
Lee Sims - I'm Coming Virginia (1927) - Brunswick 3617 A
King Oliver and his Orch - The Trumpet's Prayer (1929) - HMV JF 36
Joe Venuti's Blue Four - Put and Take (1930) - Parlophone R 973
Milt Herth Trio (Teddy Grace v) - Down South (tk A) (1940) - Decca 25067 B
George Hall and his Hotel Taft Orch (Johnny McKeever v) - I'm In a Dancing Mood (1936) - Bluebird B 6702 B
The Delta Four - Farewell Blues (1935) - Decca 737 B

Milt Herth and the Trio

As a lucky coincidence I've recently managed to find both this image (many thanks to Leah Bezin of the West End Jazz Band) and an album set of Milt Herth's 1938-1941 trio recordings. I dig Herth!

"'Tis My Party" May 4, 2012

(Week 310)

This RADIOLA! observes a significant personal milestone by not really observing it.

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Thomas and West (Jones and Hare) - In the Little Red Schoolhouse (1922) - Regal 9327 A
Milt Herth Trio - Toy Trumpet (1938) - Decca 25066 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Irving Kaufman v) - Sweet Thing (1926) - Vocalion B 15494
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Henry Burr v) - Cross Your Heart (1926) - Victor 20071 B
International Novelty Orch - Song of the Vagabonds (1925) - Victor 19901 A
Johnny Marvin - Down By The Winegar Woiks (1925) - Columbia 511 D
Miss Annette Hanshaw - Six Feet of Papa (1926) - Perfect 12290
The Happiness Boys - He Ain't Never Been to College (1928) - Victor 21332 A
S. S. Leviathan Orch - Louisville (1923) - Victor 19127 B
Varsity Eight - Happy (Watchin' All The Clouds Roll By) (1924) - Cameo 641
Statler Hotel Dance Orch (Buffalo, NY) - You Flew Away From the Nest (1924) - Cameo 681
Irving Kaufman - There's a Little Bit of Bad in Every Good Little Girl (1916) - Columbia A2091
Gus Van - Mindin' My Business (1923) - Columbia 78 D
Cliff Edwards - I Want Somebody to Cheer Me Up (1925) - Perfect 11603
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - Tell Me (1998) - Salutes the ODJB (Loup-garous LG 1001)
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - Sweet Rhythm (1992) - Quality Shout! (Stomp Off CD1260)
Felix Arndt - Valse Bleue (Alfred Margis) (1917) - Victor 18284 A
Coon-Sanders Original Night-Hawk Orch (Joe Sanders v) - Show Me the Way (1924) - Victor 19525 B
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch - Let Me Linger Longer in You Arms (1925) - Vocalion A 15047
Imperial Dance Orch (Lou Gold) (Irving Kaufman v) - Big City Blues (1929) - Regal 8801 B
Edwin J. McEnelly's Orch (Jim Miller Charlie Farrell v) - All of the Time (1928) - Victor 21732 B
Hal Kemp and his Orch - She Loves Me Just the Same (1930) - The Hot Sides 1926-1931 (Retrieval RTR 79025)
Joe Wilbur - I Fell Head Over Heels In Love (1927) - Perfect 12404
Four Rajahs - Waitin' For Katie (1928) - Victor 21550 B
Gene and Glenn - Whippoorwill (1930) - Victor 22385 A
Eric Van Dusen -  Russian Lullabye [sic] (1927) - Perfect 11648
Ferd "Jelly Roll" Morton - Sweetheart O'Mine (1926) - Ferd "Jelly Roll" Morton (Retrieval RTR 79002)
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Gone (1930) - Velvet Tone 2107 V
Kitty Gray and her Wampus Cats - Baton Rouge Rag (1937) - Columbia CG 33566
Milt Herth Trio - Rockin' In Rhythm (1938) - Decca 25064 A
Jean Shepherd - The Human Comedy (!959) - Jean Shepherd and Other Foibles (Collectors' Choice CCM-343-2)

"We're Still Here" April 27, 2012

(Week 309)

This RADIOLA! celebrates the institution that it was committed to 15 years ago.

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Ada Jones and Len Spencer - Peaches and Cream (1906) - Aretino D614
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Phil Dewey v) - As Long as I Live (1934) - Columbia P 14847
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - She Belongs To Me (1926) - Vocalion B 15459
Al Lynn's Music Masters (Max Prival v) - I'm Crazy For Her (1927) - Oriole 874 B
Night Club Orch (Reser) (Irving Kaufman v) - You're the One I'm Looking For (1926) - Vocalion B 15314
Gladys Rice Billy Murray - D'ye Love Me (1925) - Victor 19903 A
Joe Wilbur - My Heart Stood Still (1927) - Perfect 12404 B
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Joy Bells (1927) - Victor 21081 B
Ray Miller and his Orch - Adoring You (1924) - Brunswick 2724 B
Mike Speciale and his Orch (Jimmy Flynn v) - I Wanna Go Where You Go (1925) - Perfect 14526
Arthur Ross and his Westerners (Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - She's My Girl (1929) - Velvet Tone 1892 V
Joe Weber and Lew Fields - The Marriage Market (1916) - Columbia A 2092 edit
Fred Duprez - When You Marry a Girl For Looks (1910) - Aretino D681
Raymond Dixon (Lambert Murphy) - Goodbye Girls, I'm Through (1914) - Victor 17715 A
Baltimore Society Orch (Selvin) (Arthur Fields v) - That Certain Party (1925) - Oriole 533 A
Dave Liddy - Invincible Home Guards March (2012) - Rome NY April 20, 2012
Ed Clute - A Little Love, a Little Kiss (2012) - Rome NY April 20, 2012
Emerson Military Band - Western Land (1919) - Emerson 1025
The Melody Men - Broadway Blues (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A 14138
Bob Haring and his Orch - Manhattan (1925) - Cameo 784
Ellis Stratakos and his Jung Hotel Orch (Fred Loyacano v) - A Precious Little Thing Called Love (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8066
Phil Spitalny's Orch (Paul Small v) - Sweet and Lovely (1931) - HoW K5
Fred “Sugar” Hall and his Sugar Babies (Arthur Fields v) - Red Headed Baby (1931) - Look Who's Here (Retrieval RTR 79061)
Raymond Dixon (Lambert Murphy) - The Little White House (1926) - Victor 20271 A
Miss Annette Hanshaw - Do Do Do (1926) - Perfect 12305
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Lovable and Sweet (1929) - Victor 22078 A
Anson Weeks and his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orch (Bill Moreing v) - Love Me Tonight (1932) - Columbia P 14844
George Formby - I'm the Husband of the Wife of Mr Wu (1939) - Regal Zonophone MR 3425
Teddy Wilson and his Orch (Billie Holiday v) - Twenty Four Hours a Day (1935) - Columbia CJ 40646
Freddy Martin and his Orch (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Then I'll Be Tired of You (1934) - Columbia P 14848
Albert Sandler and his Orch - I Want Your Heart (1932) - Columbia DB 924
Wabash Dance Orch (Phil Baker v) - Sweet Sue - Just You (1928) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8062

"Free Vacillation" April 20, 2012

(Week 308)

This RADIOLA! is veering between extremes in the Garden of Good and Lousy.

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Four Rajahs - Too Busy (1928) - Victor 21550 A
Ambrose and his Orch (Jack Cooper v) - Swing (1936) - GNP Crescendo GNPS 9005
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Frankie Masters and his Orch (Leroy Shield dir) (FM v) - Everywhere You Go (1927) - Victor 21217 A
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - I Lost My Heart In Monterey (1926) - Vocalion A 15459
Campus Boys (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - Tin Pan Parade (1927) - Banner 6152 A
Harry Weil - Old Pal, Why Don't You Answer Me? (1926) - Cameo 992
Annette Hanshaw - Song of the Wanderer (1927) - Perfect 12329
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - On a Summery Night (1929) - Victor 21984 B
Emerson Military Band - The Alcoholic Blues (1919) - Emerson 1025
Liberty Dance Orch (Hazay Natzy) - Mon Homme (1921) - Regal 9106 A
Mike Speciale and his Orch - Mammy Chasing Blues (1925) - Perfect 14526 B
Salt and Pepper - Holdin' the Sack (1924) - Cameo 609
Cliff Edwards - The Lonesomest Girl In Town (1925) - Perfect 11594 B
Lucky Strike Dance Orch (Glantz) (Arthur Fields v) - Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue? (1925) - Oriole 476 A
Bryan Wright - Efficiency Rag (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont BSW 2212)
Al Gallodoro - Saxophun (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290
Bear Cat Jass Band - Oriental Strut (2012) - Recorded Syracuse March 4, 2012 Mana Zucca - Valse Brillante (Zucca) (1921) - Regal 9168
Bert Williams - The Mississippi Stoker (1906) - Aretino D 673
Coleman's Orch - Karavan (1920) - HMV (Canada) 216092 A
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lewis Levin v) - Through! (1929) - Victor 22204 A
The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) - Indian Butterfly (1927) - Vocalion A 15533
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders (Roy Cropper v) - Avalon Town (1928) - Victor 21829 A
Harmony Brothers - Is She My Girl Friend? (1927) - Harmony 555 H
Manhattan Dance Makers (Arthur Hall v) - Dawning (1927) - Harmony 486 H
The Astorites (Fred Rich) (Ray Stillwell v) - And Then I Forget (1926) - Harmony 228 H
Jim Miller Charlie Farrell - Blue Hawaii (1929) - Victor 21984 A
Libby Holman - I'm One Of God's Children Who Hasn't Got Wings (1931) - Moanin' Low (Take Two TT415CD)
Gus Arnheim and his Orch (Jimmy Newell v) - Going to Heaven on a Mule (1933) - Columbia P 14846
Teddy Wilson - Don't Blame Me (1937) - Smithsonian R005
Gene Krupa's Swing Band - Swing is Here (1936) - Victor LPV-578
Willard Robison Orch (Walter Neff v) - Take in the Sun, Hang Out the Moon (1926) - Perfect 14747