"Nursing a Grouch" September 13, 2013

(Week 367)

This RADIOLA! is getting better but it will never get well.

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Nita Mitchell (Rube Bloom p) - Because My Baby Don't Mean “Maybe” Now (1928) - Okeh 41084

Jack Shilkret and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - I Love You From Coast to Coast (1936) - Melotone 7 02 14

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

Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) (Bonnie Laddies v) - Hello Bluebird (1926) - Vocalion B 15480

The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) - A Little Bungalow (1926) - Vocalion A 15233

Jan Garber and his Orch (Harry Goldfield v) - Sweetie Pie (1926) - Victor 20360 A

Louise Groody and Charles King - Sometimes I'm Happy (1927) - Victor 20609 A

Johnny Marvin - Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs Off the Moon (1927) - Victor 21153 A

Sonia Meroff - There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland To Me (1927) - Okeh 40899

Emil Coleman and his Montmarte Orch - Blue Eyed Blues (1922) - Vocalion B14356

Albert E. Short and his Tivoli Syncopators - Love (My heart is calling you) (1923) - Vocalion B14657

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ed Smalle v) - So This is Venice! (1924) - Victor 19252 A

Irving Kaufman - Dapper Dan (1921) - Vocalion A14247

Tim Brymn's Black Devil Four - Aunt Hagar's Children Blues (1921) - Okeh 8011 A

Carl Fenton's Orch (Billy Jones Ernest Hare v) - Oh! How I Love My Darling (1924) - Brunswick 2757 B

Mona's Hot Four (Tamar Korn v) - Moonglow (2009) - Live at Mona's

The Morganville Four (Bria Skonberg v) - Que Sera, Sera (2011) - Alone With My Dream (Jazz Rules JR 1001)

Henry Burr - Love Me and the World is Mine (1906) - Zon-O-Phone 622

Oriole Orch - Chansonette (1923) - Brunswick 2505 A

Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orch - The One I Love (1924) - Okeh 40051B

Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys - Telling It To The Daisies (1930) - Columbia 2151 D

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Jack Fulton v) - When My Dreams Come True (1929) - Columbia 1822 D

Jack Purvis and his Orch - Poor Richard (1930) - Parlophone R 992

Mildred Hunt (acc by Landt Trio and Leonard Joy orch) - S'posin (1929) - Victor 22102 B

Frank Luther Trio - In a Little Red Barn (1934) - Perfect 13020 A

Isham Jones and his Orch (Eddie Stone v) - Everyone Says “I Love You” (1932) - Victor 24118 A

Paris Washboard - Keep Your Temper (2010) - Live in Monségur

Chick Webb and his Orch (Ella Fitzgerald v) - Rock It For Me (1937) - Decca 1586 A

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ramona v) - I Get a Kick Out of You (1934) - Victor 24769 B

Jack Leon and his Band (Les Allen) - For You (1931) - Piccadilly 853

"Inevitability" September 6, 2013

(Week 366)

This RADIOLA! concedes there's no avoiding it.

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Nora Bayes - Why Worry? (1920) - Columbia A3360

Mississippi Jook Band - Dangerous Woman (1935) - Creole 16 A (Melotone 6 12 71)

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

Harry Reser's Jazz Pilots (Tom Stacks v) - Pretty Lips (1926) - Okeh 40730 A

The Rhythm Breakers (Sol S. Wagner) - You Don't Like It Not Much (1927) - Parlophone R 3383

Johnny Ringer and his Rosemont Ballroom Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Who's That Knockin' At My Door? (1927) - Gennett 6264 A

Lillian Morton - Evening Star (1928) - Okeh 41072

Frank Crumit - Frankie and Johnnie (1927) - Victor 20715 A

Johnny Marvin - Crazy Rhythm (1928) - Victor 21650 B

The Benson Orch of Chicago - Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (1922) - Victor 18954 A

Original Memphis Five - You Mamma's Gonna Slow You Down (1923) - Banner 1296 B

Mound City Blue Blowers - Red Hot! (1924) - Brunswick 2602 B

Dolly Connolly - Oh Mr Dream Man Please Let Me Dream Some More (1911) - Columbia A1083

Johnny Marvin - Trudy (1926) - Okeh 40683 A

Happy Martin (Jack Kaufman) - It Goes Like This (1928) - Diva 2756 G

Al Duvall - One Fathom Down (2013) – Insomnibus

Al Duvall (with Bree Benton) (Franklin Bruno p) - Taxidermy Hunter (2013) - Insomnibus

Vess L. Ossman - Peter Piper (1909) - Victor 16935 B

The Benson Orch of Chicago - Copenhagen (1924) - Victor 19470 A

The Original Memphis Five - Static Strut (1926) - Victor 20039 A

Jack Berger and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Would You Like to Take a Walk? (1931) - Oriole 2211 B

Henri Gendron's Ambassadors - With The Help Of The Moon (1931) - Columbia 2455 D

The High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - Sweet and Hot (1931) - Victor 22607 B

Edith Evans (Ray Mayer p) - My Kinda Love (1929) - Brunswick 4291

Harry Shalson - With My Guitar and You (1930) - HMV B 3628

Anona Winn - She Wore a Little Jacket of Blue (1935) - Rex 8466 A (UK)

Harry Wilson and his Orch (Jacques Renard) (Howard Phillips v) - This Is Romance (1933) - Edison Bell Winner W64 B

Casani Club Orch (Charlie Kunz) (Harry Bentley v) - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1934) - Sterno 1528

Little Jack Little and his Orch - Moonburn (1935) - Columbia FB 1337

Layton and Johnstone - Night and Day (1933) - Columbia FB 1218

Red Norvo and his Orch (Mildred Bailey v) - Please Be Kind (1938) - Brunswick 8088

Jack Phillips' Melodians (Harry Bidgood) (Sam Browne v) - Beyond The Blue Horizon (Intro: Give Me a Moment, Please) (1931) - Broadcast Twelve 3039 A

"Before the Fall" August 30, 2013

(Week 365)

This RADIOLA! is pleased to bid Farewell (and Good Riddance) to summer.

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Aileen Stanley (w The Virginians) - Don't Think You'll Be Missed (1923) - Victor 19039 B

Jack Hylton and his Orch - Praeludium (Arno Jarnefelt) (1933) - Decca G 25713 B

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

Sam Lanin and his Famous Players (Les Reis v) - Summertime Sweethearts (1927) - Okeh 40913

Park Lane Orch - Lo Nah (1926) - Vocalion A 15239

Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - There'll Come a Time (1928) - Parlophone R 2097

Seger Ellis - I'll Think of You (1927) - Columbia 1239 D

Irene Williams (Eva Taylor) (Clarence Williams p) - You're a Real Sweetheart (1928) - Okeh 41104

The Palm Beach Boys - Magnolia (1927) - Okeh 40878

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Song of India (1921) - Victor 18777 B

The Virginians - Farewell Blues (1923) - Victor 19032 A

The Lanin Orch (Billy Jones v) - Big Boy (1924) - Okeh 40111 A

Billy Murray - The Red Rose Rag (1911) - Victor 16965 B

Aileen Stanley - Broadway Blues (1920) - Victor 18691 B

Willard Robison - The Devil is Afraid of Music - Original Recordings 1926-1930 (Superbatone 736)

Ian Whitcomb - Marzipan (A Ragtime Confection) (1981) - Songs Without Words (Rivermont BSW 3136)

Baby Soda (Emily Asher v) - Sugar (2011) - Live at Radegast

Fred Van Eps - The Lobsters' Promenade (1911) - Victor 17033 B

Collins and Harlan - When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam (1912) - Victor 17246 B

The Virginians - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (1922) - Victor 18965 A

The High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - Gotta Feelin' For You (1929) - Victor 22041 B

Tiny Parham and his Musicians - Subway Sobs (1929) - Victor V 38041 A

Lloyd Keating and his Music (Spitalny) (Paul Small v) - Sing You Sinners (1930) - Diva 3118 G

Ted Lewis and his Band - I Love You (1929) - Columbia 1916 D

Ruth Etting - I'll Be Blue Just Thinking Of You (1930) - Columbia 2307 D

The Boswell Sisters - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1932) - Columbia 36520

Original Memphis Five - Anything (1931) - Columbia 36064

Dorsey Bros' Orch - Milenberg Joys (1934) - Decca 119 A

Harlem Hot Shots (Manone) - House Rent Party Day (1935) - Melotone M 13353 B

Turner Layton - Dinner For One Please James (1936) - Columbia FB 1205 (UK)

Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bobby Goday v) - September in the Rain (1937) - Bluebird B 6805 A

Lee Sims - When Summer is Gone (1928) - Brunswick 4010

"Another Round" August 23, 2013

(Week 364)

This RADIOLA! is ready for more of the same.

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Bert Williams - Get Up (1920) - Columbia A 3305

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

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

Austin Wylie's Golden Pheasant Orch (Radio Franks v) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Vocalion B 15333

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - It's Hard To Laugh Or Smile (1928) - Kansas City Breakdown (Frog DGF 30)

The Five Harmaniacs - Carolina Bound (1926) - Brunswick 3664 A

The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - Thinking (1926) - Columbia 710 D

Freddie Rose - The Voice of the Southland (1927) - Brunswick 3769 B

Alma Rotter (Henderson) - Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away (1927) - Okeh 40823

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

Oriole Orch - I Need Some Pettin' (1924) - Brunswick 2637 A

Vick Myers Orch (Billy Meyers v) - I'd Rather Be Alone (1926) - Okeh 40614 A

Victor Roberts - Oh How I Laughed When I Think How I Cried About You (1920) - Victor 18670 A

Butterbeans and Susie (Eddie Heywood p) - Love Me and The World Is Mine (1926) - Okeh 8323 A

Nick Lucas - Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses (1926) - Brunswick 3283 A

The Morganville Four - Russian Lullaby (2011) - Alone With My Dream (Jazz Rules JR 1001)

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

Columbia Band - Any Rags (Schottiche) (1903) - Columbia A 64

Billy Jones - Of All My Wife's Relations I Love Myself the Best (1925) - Okeh 40299 A

Lowe Stokes and his North Georgians - Take Me To The Land of Jazz (1928) - Columbia 15367 D

Snooks' Memphis Ramblers - Hello Beautiful (1931) - Victor 23038

Wayne King and his Orch - Goofus (1930) - Victor 22600 A

Ben Selvin and his Orch - High and Low (1931) - Columbia 2473 D

Gladys Rice and Franklyn Baur (Arden and Ohman p) - Just You Just Me (1929) - Victor 22226 B

Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - It Was So Beautiful (1932) - Brunswick 1352 B (UK)

Roland Smith's Rascals - Loveless Love (1932) - Romeo 1805 A

Sir Henry Lytton - Whene'er I spoke sarcastic joke (1932) - Princess Ida (Conifer 75605 52273 2B)

Bill Staffon and his Orch (Bennett Sisters v) - Lost My Rhythm Lost My Music Lost My Man (1935) - Bluebird B 6049 B

Billy Cotton and his Band (Peter Williams v) - No Regrets (1936) - Regal Zonophone MR 2261

The Castilians - Carioca (1934) - Decca 111 A

Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - So Little Time (1938) - Vocalion 4070

Abe Lyman and his Orch (Frank Parrish v) - Love Is Here To Stay (1937) - Bluebird B 7369 B

Richard Tauber - Serenata (Toselli) (ca. 1930) - Odeon 10561

"Off The Track" August 16, 2013

(Week 363)

This RADIOLA! is testing its shocks on the Road Not Taken.

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Irving Kaufman - Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar (1919) - Emerson 9184

Andre Kostelanetz Conducts - Casey Jones (1938) - Brunswick 8233

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

Harry Raderman's Dance Orch (Jimmy Kern v) - Halleleujah (1927) - Okeh 40829

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - She's No Trouble (1928) - Victor 24893 B

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - I Love To Bumpity Bump (1929) - Columbia 1757 D

Kitty O'Connor (The Girl Baritone) - Who's That Knockin' At My Door? (1927) - Columbia 1174 D

Alma Rotter (Henderson) - Where the Wild, Wild Flowers Grow (1927) - Okek 40823

Buddy Prince and his Seven Jewels - Huggable, Kissable You (1929) - Piccadilly 382

Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orch - Amber Nights (1923) - Okeh 40002 A

Vic Meyers and his Orch (Reser bj) - Shimmy (1924) - Brunswick 2800 B

Te Roy Williams and his Orch - Oh Malinda (1927) - Diva 2439 G

Vaughn De Leath - I'm a Dog Gone Struttin' Fool (1921) - Okeh 4577 A

Billy Jones - When It's Night Time In Italy (1923) - Bell P267 A

The Southland Jubilee Singers - Southbound Passenger Train (1928) - Champion 15543 B

Andrés Segovia - Suite Española No. 1 Granada (Isaac Albéniz) (1939) - The Legendary Segovia (EMI CDM 567009)

Andrés Segovia - Suite Española No. 3 Sevilla (Isaac Albéniz) (1939) - The Legendary Segovia (EMI CDM 567009)

Sam Moore (octacorda) - Chain Gang Blues (1921) - Okeh 4412 A

Arthur Fields - Lonely Acres (1926) - Bell 472 B

Te Roy Williams and his Orch - Lindbergh Hop (1927) - Diva 2439 G

Al Goodman and his Flying High Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Red Hot Chicago (1930) - Brunswick 4787

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

Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - Dinah (1930) - Victor 23005 B

Libby Holman - Like a Ship Without a Sail (1930) - Brunswick 4700

Singin' Sam - Was That The Human Thing To Do? (1932) - Perfect 12786 A

Jim Davidson and his New Palais Royal Orch - Pink Elephants (1933) - Regal Zonophone G21718 (Australia)

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (1932) - Columbia 2600 D

Roy Palmer's Sizzling Six - Endurance Stomp (1932) - British Rhythm Society 16 (orig Oriole 8137)

Adrian Rollini and his Orch - Sugar (1934) - Decca 265 A

Gene Gifford and his Orch (Wingy Mannone v) - Squareface (1935) - HMV B 8374

Henry King and his Orch - Tabu (1938) - Decca 2070 B

Enrique Madriguera and his Rhumba Orch (Smith Ballew v) - Adios (1931) - Columbia 2434 D

"In The Clouds" August 9, 2013

(Week 362)

This RADIOLA! suggests that there's not enough room in Denial for all of us to live there.

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Wendell Hall - We're Gonna Have Weather (Whether or Not) (1924) - Victor 19501 B

Freddie Fisher and his Orch - Washboard Man (1937) - Decca 1537 A

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

Essex Club Orch (Ray Miller) - Dreaming of a Castle In The Air (1926) - Vocalion A 15224

The Cavaliers - Trail of Dreams (1926) - Columbia 805 D

Harry Hudson's Melody Men (Joe Leigh v) - Miss Annabelle Lee (1928) - Edison Bell Radio 850

Charles Kaley (w/Abe Lyman Orch) - Don't Wake Me Up Let Me Dream (1926) - Brunswick 3071 B

Chris Bouchillon - Let It Alone (1928) - orig Columbia 15178 D (Dr. Demento Country collection-ToNY)

The Revelers - Moonlight On The Ganges (1926) - Victor 20140 B

The Columbians - Apple Sauce (1923) - Columbia A 3853

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Where's My Sweetie Hiding? (1924) - Victor 19546 A

McLaughlin's Melodians - Play Gypsies, Dance Gypsies (1926) - Perfect 14696 B

Margaret Young (w/Bennie Krueger's Orch) - Stumbling (1922) - Brunswick 2284 A

The Dixie Stars (Al Bernard and Russel Robinson) - Blue Eyed Sally (1924) - Brunswick 2689 A

Irving Kaufman - Ukulele Lady (1925) - Vocalion B 15010

Bryan Wright - Pastime Rag No. 4 (Artie Matthews) (2004) - Syncopated Musings (Rivermont BSW 2204)

Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke - Thou Swell (2012) - Racine Connection (Rivermont BSW 2225)

Fred Van Eps - Dance of the Bugs (1911) - Victor 17834 B

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

King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators - Someday Sweetheart (1926) - Vocalion A 1059

Loring Nichols and his Orch (Smith Ballew v) - How The Time Can Fly (1931) - Jazz Oracle 8064

BBC Dance Orch (Henry Hall) (Flanagan and Allen v) - Dreaming (1932) - Columbia CB 530

Mickey Alpert and his Orch (Selvin) (Paul Small v) - Rain On The Roof (1932) - Columbia 2614 D

Leslie Hutchinson - I Love You So Much (1930) - Parlophone R 738

Arthur Tracy (The Street Singer) - Masquerade (1932) - Panachord 25269 B

Connie Boswell - Chasing Shadows (1935) - Brunswick 7445

Eddie Jackson and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - My Old Flame (1934) - Vocalion 2734 B

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Song of India (1935) - Decca 404 B

Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Plantation Moods (1934) - Victor 24834 B

Mantovani and his Tipica Orch (Stella Roberta v) - Did I Remember? (1936) - Columbia FB 1522 (UK)

Larry Adler - They Can't Take That Away From Me (1937) - Columbia FB 1714 (UK)

The High Hatters (Frank Luther v) - Look For The Silver Lining (1929) - Victor 22250 A

"Shandy Gaffe" August 2, 2013

(Week 361)

This RADIOLA! considers that while life may give us lemons, it's a mistake to add lemonade to our perfectly good beer.

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Charles Penrose - Laughter and Lemons (1926) - Columbia 4014

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Announcer's Blues (1935) - Victor 25404 B

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

Ace Brigode and his 14 Virginians - I'm Tired of Everything But You (1925) - Columbia 426 D

Normand Walton (Edmund Cromwell) organ (Arthur Fields v) - I'm Looking for a Girl Named Mary (1927) - Oriole 891 A

Irving Aaronson and his Commanders - What Good is Good Morning? (1926) - Let's Misbehave (Rivermont BSW 1155)

Sophie Tucker - Moanin' Low (1929) - Victor 22049 A

Ernest Hare and Billy Jones - Bridget O'Flynn (1927) - Regal 8250 A

Johnny Marvin - Marvelous (1927) - Victor 20893 A

Rega Dance Orch - Bring Back My Blushing Rose (1921) - Okeh 4396 A

Mound City Blue Blowers - San (1924) - Brunswick 2602 A

The Knickerbockers - All Aboard For Heaven (1925) - Columbia 355 D

Nora Bayes - You Can't Get Lovin' Where There Ain't Any Love (1919) - Columbia A 2771

Cliff Edwards - Hard Hearted Hannah (1924) - Perfect 11552 A

Frank Crumit (Phil Ohman p) - Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes (1924) - Victor 19365 B

Annie and the Hedonists - Just a Closer Walk with Thee (2012) - Women Be Wise
Andy Senior - Rockin' Chair - recorded at Hotel Utica  June 7, 2013

Ian Whitcomb, Adam Swanson, and Danny Coots - Under Hawaiian Skies (2011) - I Love a Piano (Rivermont BSW 2218)

Marion Harris - I Ain't Got Nobody (1920) - Columbia A 3371

The Lanin Orch - I Want To See My Tennessee (1924) - Okeh 40219 B

The Harmonians (Arthur Fields v) - That's My Weakness Now (1928) - Velvet Tone 1667 V

Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orch - Band Box Shuffle (1929) - Band Box Shuffle 1929-1932 (Hep CD 1071-1)

Loring “Red” Nichols and his Orch (Harold Arlen v) - Things I Never Knew Till Now (1931) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8064

Enrique Madriguera and his Rhumba Orch (Smith Ballew v) - Siboney (1931) - Columbia 2434 D

Red McKenzie - Time On My Hands (1931) - Columbia 3556 D

Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Mood Indigo (1931) - Columbia 2530 D

Mills Brothers - My Gal Sal (1934) - Decca 165 B

Isham Jones and his Orch - To-morrow (My Honey's Comin' Home) (1933) - Shadows on the Swanee (Rivermont BSW 1159)

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - I Won't Dance (1935) - Decca 404 A

Harlem Hot Shots (Manone) - Dust Off That Old Piano (1935) - Melotone M 13353 A

Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy (Pha Terrell v) - What Will I Tell My Heart (1936) - Decca 1085 A

Bob Crosby and his Orch (Zurke p) - Yancey Special (1938) - Decca 1747 A

New Mayfair Orch - The Hour of Parting (1931) - HMV B 3884 A

"Woolgathering" July 26, 2013

(Week 360)

This RADIOLA! is spinning yarns but no sweater is forthcoming.

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Vess L. Ossman - Persian Lamb Rag (1908) - Victor 16127 A

Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy (Pha Terrell v) - Dedicated to You (1936) - Decca 1146 A

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

Essex Club Orch (Katzman) (Al Bernard v) - My Cutey's Due At Two To Two Today (1926) - Vocalion A 15424

Eddie Jordan and his Old Fashioned Boys - Medley of Old Timers (School Days, My Gal Sal, After the Ball) (1928) - Brunswick 4150

Oscar Papa Celestin and his Original Tuxedo Orch - Papa's Got The Jim-Jams (1927) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8002

Peggy English - Lazy Weather (1927) - Vocalion A 15561

Charles W. Hamp - Rosette (1928) - Columbia 1487 D

Ruth Etting - When You're With Somebody Else (1928) - Columbia 1288 D

The Cotton Pickers - Duck's Quack (1923) - Brunswick 2461 B

The Virginians - Mindin' My Business (1924) - Victor 19269 A

The Gilt-Edged Four - Best Black (1925) - orig Columbia 3704 (courtesy Ray Mitchell)

Marie Cahill - An Idle Woman's Busy Day (1916) - Victor 55081 A

Aileen Stanley - Singin' the Blues (1920) - Victor 18760 B

Isabella Patricola - Mystery (1920) - Pathe 22332

Molly Ryan and Maude Maggart - Medley Save Your Sorrow/Look For the Silver Lining (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Paul Asaro and The Fat Babies - Baby Brown (2012) - What a Heavenly Dream (Rivermont BSW 2222)

Van Eps Trio - The Original Fox Trot (1915) - Victor 17677 A

The Virginians (Vernon Dalhart v) - Stavin' Change (1923) - Victor 19189 B

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

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - You Made Me Happy (1930) - Band Box Shuffle 1929-1932 (Hep CD1071-1)

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Dick Robertson v) - Twenty One Years (1931) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8064

Eddie Lang's Orch - Bugle Call Rag (1929) - Parlophone R 510

Gus Elen - 'Arf a Pint of Ale (1931) - Decca F 2721 B

Bing Crosby (Helen Crawford, organ) - Can't We Talk It Over (1932) - Brunswick 1271 B

Elsie Carlisle - Algernon Whifflesnoop John (1935) - Decca F 5524 A

Don Bestor and his Orch (Neil Buckley v) - My Darling (1933) - Victor 24142 B

Bob Crosby and his Orch - Thru the Courtesy of Love (1936) - Decca 903 B

Harlem Hot Shots (Manone) - Love is Just Around the Corner (1935) - Melotone M 13333 B

Jimmie Grier and his Orch (Julie Gibson v) - If It's the Last Thing I Do (1937) - Decca 1475 B

Phil Regan (w Cy Feuer Orch) - Last Night I Dreamed of You (1937) - Brunswick 7864

Eddie Jackson and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Elmer Feldkamp v) - Sleepy Head (1934) - Vocalion 2734 A

"Blues Without Tears" July 19, 2013

(Week 359)

This RADIOLA! isn't crying on the outside.

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Vaughn De Leath - I've Got The Blues But I'm Just Too Mean To Cry (1921) - Okeh 4577 B

Bob Crosby and his Orch - At the Jazz Band Ball (1938) - Decca 1747 B

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

Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Biltmore Orch - I Never Knew (1925) - Victor 19845 B

Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton - King Porter Stomp (1926) - Ferd "Jelly Roll" Morton (Retrieval RTR 79002)

Southampton Society Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Meet Me in the Moonlight (1927) - Pathe Actuelle 36657 B

Chick Endor - Let's Call It A Day (1926) - Vocalion A 15382

Sophie Tucker (Ted Shapiro p) - ('Cause I Feel) Low Down (1928) - Okeh 41058

Sam Lanin and his Troubadours (Scrappy Lambert v) - My Ohio Home (1927) - Cameo 8109

Ted Lewis and his Band - Beale Street Mamma (1923) - Columbia A 3892

Pickard's Chinese Syncopators - China Lily (1926) - Gennett 3316 A

Vincent Lopez and his Casa Lopez Orch - A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You (1926) - Okeh 40542 A

Marion Harris - Grieving For You (1920) - Columbia A3353

Billy Murray - He Went in Like a Lion and Came Out Like a Lamb (1919) - Victor 18657 B

Bessie Smith (Clarence Williams p) - Baby Won't You Please Come Home Blues (1923) - Columbia A3888

Tom Lehrer - The Masochism Tango (1959) - Songs & More Songs By Tom Lehrer (Rhino R2 72776)

Blind Boy Paxton - Dirtiest Little Darling (2009) - Evangelist 101

The Fat Babies - Tight Like This (2012) - Chicago Hot (Delmark DE 253)

The Krulee Novelty Orch - Cherie (1921) - Jewel L 829 A

Marion Harris - The Blues Have Got Me (1924) - Brunswick 2747 B

Ross Gorman and his Virginians - Phantom Blues (1927) - Diva 2427 G

Ted Black and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - An Evening in Caroline (1931) - Victor 22872 B

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - New Vine Street Blues (1929) - Band Box Shuffle (Hep CD 1071-1)

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Johnny “Scat” Davis v) - Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail (1931) - Jazz Oracle 8064

Bing Crosby - Just One More Chance (1931) - Brunswick 6120

Elsie Carlisle - Whisper Sweet (1935) - Decca F 5436 A

Mills Brothers - The Love Bug Will Bite You (1937) - Decca 1227 A

Will Osborne and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (WO v) - I Cover the Waterfront (1933) - Oriole 2702 A

Isham Jones and his Orch (Eddie Stone v) - Sittin' on a Log Pettin' My Dog (1933) - Shadows on the Swanee (Rivermont BSW 1159)

Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings - Early Morning Blues (1936) - Decca 975 A

Jack Hylton and his Orch - Poeme (Zdenek Fibich) (1933) - Decca G 25713 A

Paul Robeson - Trees (1938) - Victor 26168 A

Dick Robertson and his Orch - Dear Mom (1942) - Decca 4167 A

"Wandering in Place" July 12, 2013

(Week 358)

This RADIOLA! is drifting within certain boundaries.

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Jack Warner - Somebody's Asked Me (1939) - Parlophone F 1605

Freddie Fisher and his Orch - Listen to the Mocking Bird (1937) - Decca 1537 B

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

Waring's Pennsylvanians - Let's Wander Away (1925) - Victor 19814 A

The Charleston Chasers - Five Pennies (1927) - Columbia 1229 D

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Billy Murray v) - The Farmer Took Another Load Away! Hay! Hay! (1925) - Victor 19769 A

Seger Ellis - Where in the World (1927) - Columbia 1290 D

Harry Richman - It All Depends on You (1927) - Brunswick 3501 A

Lizzie Miles - I Hate a Man Like You (1929) - Jelly Roll Morton Rarities (Jazz Oracle BDW 8065)

Bennie Krueger's Orch - Everybody Step (1921) - Brunswick 2151 A

Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orch - What Do You Do Sunday, Mary? (1923) - Okeh 4959 A

Bob Haring and his Orch - Sweet California (1924) - Cameo 619

Cal Stewart - Uncle Josh in a Barber Shop (1915) - Victor 17820 B

Al Bernard - You Know What I Mean (1919) - Victor 18644 A

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

Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys - If You Only Knew (1950) - Coral 65589

The Sweetback Sisters - Boozefighters (2012) - Bulldog

The Sweetback Sisters - Glory Hallelujah (2012) - Bulldog

Noel Coward w Leo Reisman and his Orch - Noel Coward Medley Pt 1 (1933) - Victor 36239 A

(Tokay/World Weary/Caballera/Green Carnations/I'll See You Again)

Noel Coward w Leo Reisman and his Orch - Noel Coward Medley Pt 2 (1933) - Victor 36239 B

(Poor Little Rich Girl/Zigeuner/Dear Little Cafe/The Call of Life/Ladies of the Town)

Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orch (Loyce Whiteman Bing Crosby v) - Ho Hum! (1931) - Victor 22691 A

Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf Astoria Orch - My Shawl (1933) - Victor 24508 B

Eddie Lang Joe Venuti and their All Star Orch - Farewell Blues (1931) - Commodore Music Shop 106 A

Elsie Carlisle - Gosh! I Must Be Falling In Love (1934) - Decca F 3887 A

Bob Crosby and his Orch - My Kingdom For a Kiss (1936) - Decca 903 A

Dick Powell (Victor Young Orch) - All's Fair In Love And War (from "Gold Diggers of 1937") (1936) - The Singing Troubadour (Great Movie Themes CD 60020)

Eddie Elkins and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - I Ain't Lazy I'm Just Dreamin' (1934) - Melotone M 13015

Hal Davis and his Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Because of Once Upon a Time (1935) - Bluebird B 5793 B

Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy (Harry Mills v) - The Lady Who Swings the Band (1936) - Decca 1085 B

Fats Waller - I Ain't Got Nobody (1937) - Victor 27766 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Jimmy Brierly v) - Afterglow (1936) - Victor 25356 B

Will Osborne and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (WO v) - Isn't It Heavenly? (1933) - Oriole 2702 B

"Go Away!" July 5, 2013

(Week 357)

This RADIOLA! ponders the futility of reasoning with meteorological phenomena.

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Frank Crumit - Oh Didn't It Rain (1924) - Victor 19469 B

Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Troubled (1934) - Victor 24834 A

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

Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Cecilia (1925) - Victor 19756 B

Harry Bidgood and his Broadcasters (Bobby Sanders v) - When The Love-Bird Leaves The Nest (1927) - Broadcast 126

Elgar's Creole Orch - Cafe Capers (1926) - Vocalion A 15477

Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman) - Skies of Gray (1927) - Jewel 5135 B

Al Jolson - Little Pal (1929) - Brunswick 4400

Harry Richman - Exactly Like You (1930) - Brunswick 4747

Jos. B. Franklin's Orch (Samuels) - Somebody Else Took You Out Of My Arms (1923) - Cameo 444

Fry's Million Dollar Pier Orch - Gone But Still in My Heart (1923) - Pathe Actuelle 020938 (Jack Theakston collection)

Jelly Roll Morton and his Jazz Trio - My Gal (1924) - Jelly Roll Morton Rarities (Jazz Oracle BDW 8065)

Edgar Guest - The Boy and the Flag and At the Door (1921) - Victor 45341 B

Morton Harvey - I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier (1915) - Victor 17716 A

Marion Harris - Where Is My Daddy Now Blues (1920) - Columbia A 3371

Bryan Wright - Ragtime Nightingale (Joseph Lamb) (2004) - Syncopated Musings (Rivermont BSW 2204)

Molly Ryan - My Dreams Are Gone With the Wind (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Macy and Smalle (Radio Aces) - I'd Love to Meet That Old Sweetheart of Mine (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 32199 B

Josie Miles - Mad Mama's Blues (1924) - Hill and Dale Rarities IAJRC 49 (LP)

Rega Dance Orch - Learn To Smile (1921) - Okeh 4396 B

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Carmen Lombardo v) - Stay Out of My Dreams (1933) - Brunswick 6550

Casa Loma Orch - White Jazz (1931) - Brunswick 6092 B

Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf Astoria Orch (Carmen Castillo v) - Silencio (1933) - Victor 24508 A

Seger Ellis - Nobody But You (1929) - Okeh 41289

Ruth Etting - Nevertheless (1931) - Imperial 2579

Billy Banks Rhythmakers - Bald Headed Mama (1932) - UHCA 112

Eddie Elkins and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Easy Come, Easy Go (1934) - Melotone M 13015

Jack Hylton and his Orch - Rose Room (1936) - Victor 25555 A

Bob Crosby and his Orch - Grand Terrace Rhythm (1938) - Decca 1725 A

Phil Regan (w Cy Feuer Orch) - Was It Rain? (1937) - Brunswick 7864

Jimmie Grier and his Orch (Dick Webster v) - Everything That You Said Came True (1937) - Decca 1475 A

Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne v) - We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow (1933) - Brunswick 6773

"More Than I Can Chew" June 28, 2013

(Week 356)

This RADIOLA! is suffering from over-bite.

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Jack Warner - I Didn't Orter 'A Ett It (1939) - Parlophone F 1605

Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings - Mile-Or-No Bird Rag (1936) - Decca 975 B

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

The Rangers (Lanin) (Scrappy Lambert v) - You Don't Like It Not Much (1927) - Lincoln 2653

Missouri Jazz Band (Haring) (Leroy Montesano v) - My Sue (1927) - Banner 6167 B

Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) - Yankee Rose (1927) - Vocalion A 15524

Harry Richman - What Does It Matter? (1927) - Brunswick 3501 B

Edmonia Henderson - Georgia Grind (1926) - Jelly Roll Morton Rarities (Jazz Oracle BDW 8065)

Seger Ellis - There Was Nothing Else to Do (1929) - Okeh test mx 402882 B

Oriole Orch - Oriole Blues (1922) - Brunswick 2300 B

Gene Rodemich's Orch - Sunshine of Mine (1924) - Brunswick 2579 B

Jelly Roll Morton's Kings of Jazz - Fishtail Blues (1924) - Jelly Roll Morton Rarities (Jazz Oracle BDW 8065)

Billy Murray - When You Drop Off at Cairo, Illinois (1916) - Victor 18102 B

Nick Lucas - My Best Girl (1924) - Brunswick 2768 A

Joe Candullo and his Everglades Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Mary Lou (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 36461

Alex Mendham and his Orch - Home (2012) -Whistling in the Dark (Rivermont BSW 2224)

The Fat Babies - Alexander's Ragtime Band (2012) - Chicago Hot (Delmark DE 253)

Michael Casey - Casey at the Dentist's (1915) - Columbia A1886

Carroll Gibbons and Arthur Young - Shanghai Shuffle (1925) - Two Grands Four Hands (Rivermont BSW 1152)

Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians - East St Louis Toodle-O (1927) - Columbia 953 D

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lewis Levin v) - Here Am I (1929) - Victor 22187 B

Ted Black and his Orch (Frank Munn v) - Two Loves (1931) - Victor 22872 A

Don Bestor and his Orch (Neil Buckley DB v) - Along Came Love (1933) - Victor 24142 A

Elsie Carlisle - Dancing With My Shadow (1935) - Decca F 5436 B

Joe Venuti and his Orch (Howard Phillips v) - My Dancing Lady (1933) - Melotone M 12838

Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne v) - Bom-Ba-Diddy-Bom-Bom (1933) - Brunswick 6566

Hal Davis and his Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Throwin' Stones at the Sun (1935) - Bluebird B 5793 A

Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy (Harry Mills v) - Fifty-Second Street (1936) - Decca 1146 B

Bob Crosby and his Orch (Nappy Lamare v) - Do Ye Ken John Peel? (1938) - Decca 1725 A

Jack Hylton and his Orch - Solitude (1935) - Victor 25555 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Johnny Hauser v) - I'm Sittin' High on a Hilltop (1935) - Victor 25151 B

Dick Robertson and his Orch - Let's Sail to Dreamland (1938) - Decca 1797 A

"Perseverance" June 21, 2013

(Week 355)

This RADIOLA! boldly asserts: None dare call it Futility.

This week also marks the 100th birthday anniversary of our friend Al Gallodoro (born June 20, 1913). A concert celebrating Al's life and music (featuring Chad Smith) will be held Thursday June 20th, at the B-Side Ballroom & Supper Club , Oneonta, NY. This event will be available for streaming on the internet (by Kevin Wood Media) starting 8 PM the day of the concert. Stream the concert HERE.

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Paul Robeson - Just Keepin' On (1929) - Victor 22395 B

The Sophisticates (Malneck) - Dark Eyes (1938) - Decca 1883 A

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

Ben Selvin and his Orch (Radio Franks v) - Then I'll Be Happy (1925) - Vocalion 15199 A

Ray Miller and his Orch (Bob Nolan v) - Mia Bella Rosa (1928) - Brunswick 4108

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Me Too (1926) - Victor 20197 B

Ed Smalle - Papa, De-Da-Da (1925) - Columbia 542 D

Seger Ellis - Beautiful (1927) - Columbia 1290 D

Ruth Etting - I'll Get By (1929) - Columbia 1733 D

Gene Rodemich's Orch - My Sweetheart (1924) - Brunswick 2572 A

Bennie Krueger's Orch - Twelve O' Clock At Night (1924) - Brunswick 2572 B

Oriole Orch - Maybe (She'll Write Me She'll Phone Me) (1924) - Brunswick 2579 A

Arthur Fields - Sunny Weather Friends (1920) - Emerson 10137

Nick Lucas - Dreamer of Dreams (1924) - Brunswick 2768 B

Eddie Cantor - Oh Gee! Oh Gosh! Oh Golly I'm In Love (1923) - Columbia A3934

Al Gallodoro (Ralph Hermann orch) - Fantasie Impromptu (Chopin) (1948) - Manor 9008 B

Al Gallodoro (Ralph Hermann orch) - Oodles of Noodles (1948) - Manor 9008 A

Florrie Forde - Florrie Forde Old Time Medley Pt 1 (1929) - Columbia 9780

Florrie Forde - Florrie Forde Old Time Medley Pt 2 (1929) - Columbia 9780

Arthur Lally and his Orch (Maurice Elwin v) - Hold My Hand (1931) - Brunswick 6328

Casa Loma Orch (Pee Wee Hunt v) - I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (1931) - Brunswick 6092 A

Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orch (Bing Crosby v) - I'm Gonna Get You (1931) - Victor 22691 B

Elsie Carlisle - Hangin' On To That Man (1932) - Decca F 3038 B

Mills Brothers - Old Fashioned Love (1934) - Decca 166 A

Ramona and her Grand Piano - That's Love (1934) - Victor 24520 A

Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne v) - Butterflies in the Rain (1933) - Brunswick 6566

Isham Jones and his Orch - Down a Long, Long, Road (1933) - Shadows on the Swanee (Rivermont BSW 1159)

The New Music of Reginald Foresythe - The Melancholy Clown (1935) - Columbia 3060 D

Don Bestor and his Orch (Neil Buckley v) - The Last Round-Up (1933) - Victor 24391 A

Stanley Lupino and Elsie Carlisle - I Don't Want To Go To Bed (1932) - Decca F 3319

Paul Robeson - Mighty Lak' a Rose (1929) - Victor 22395 A

"Or Someone Like Him" June 14, 2013

(Week 354)

This RADIOLA! admits that parthenogenesis has nothing to do with it.

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Elsie Carlisle - Sweet Flossie Farmer (1935) - Decca F 5524 B

Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinny Ennis v) - When You Were a Smile on Your Mother's Lips (1934) - Brunswick 6947

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

Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Oh Say! Can I See You To-night? (1925) - Victor 19786 B

Ray Miller and his Orch (Bob Nolan v) - I'm Sorry Sally (1928) - Brunswick 4108

Miff Mole and his Molers - You Made Me Love You (1929) - Okeh test mx 402986 B

Melville Gideon - Ramona (1928) - HMV B 2731

Ruth Etting - Say “Yes” Today (1928) - Columbia 1352 D

Seger Ellis - Don't Be Like That (1928) - Okeh 41160

Bennie Krueger's Orch - Kicky-Koo (1922) - Brunswick 2293 B

Jelly Roll Morton's Steamboat Four - Mr. Jelly Roll (1924) - Jelly Roll Morton Rarities (Jazz Oracle BDW 8065)

Emil Coleman and his Club Trocadero Orch - Tia Juana (1924) - Vocalion B 14879

Princess Watahwaso (Thurlow Lieurance p Hubert Small fl) - A Sioux Serenade (1917) - Victor 18431 B

Nick Lucas - Because They All Love You (1925) - Brunswick 2803 B

Tuxedo Orch (Reser) (Frank Munn v) - Here in My Arms (1925) - Vocalion B 15162

Manhattan Rhythm Kings - I Like to Do Things For You (2005) - From Monday On

Molly Ryan, Maude Maggart, and Banu Gibson - Was That The Human Thing To Do? (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Wilfred Glenn - Down Deep Within the Cellar (1913) - Victor 17326 A

Clyde Doerr - Saxanola (1922) - Victor 19028 B

Jelly Roll Morton's Kings of Jazz - High Society (1924) - Jelly Roll Morton Rarities (Jazz Oracle BDW 8065)

Jesse Stafford and his Orch (Laurence Grey v) - Should I? (1929) - Brunswick 4658

Jack Hylton and his Orch (Pat O'Malley v) - You're Blase (1931) - Brunswick 6328

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Carmen Lombardo v) - Stormy Weather (1933) - Brunswick 6550

Noel Coward - Zigeuner (1929) - HMV B 3158

Miss Billie Young - When They Get Lovin' They's Gone (tk 1) (1930) - Jelly Roll Morton Rarities (Jazz Oracle BDW 8065)

Harry Richman - On the Sunny Side of the Street (1930) - Brunswick 4747

Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne v) - On a Steamer Coming Over (1933) - Brunswick 6773

Ramona and her Grand Piano - Why Not? (1934) - Victor 24520 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Johnny Hauser v) - Thanks a Million (1935) - Victor 25151 A

Dick Robertson and his Orch - Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me (1941) - Decca 4167 B

Billy Banks Rhythmakers - Who's Sorry Now? (1932) - UHCA 112

Hal Kemp and his Orch (Bob Allen v) - For All We Know (1934) - Brunswick 6947

"Nomentum" June 7, 2013

(Week 353)

This RADIOLA! is getting nowhere as fast as it can.

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Noel Coward - World Weary (1929) - HMV B 3158

The Sophisticates (Matty Malneck) - Song of the Volga Boatman (1938) - Decca 1883 B

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

Ben Selvin and his Orch - I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (1925) - Vocalion 15199 B

Jean Goldkette and his Orch (Lewis James v) - Blue River (1927) - Victor 20981 B

Six Black Diamonds (Schubert) (Leroy Montesano v) - Chloe (1928) - Banner 6167 A

Seger Ellis - Blue Shadows (1928) - Okeh 41160

Melville Gideon - Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) - HMV B 2731

Charles Penrose - The Laughing Policeman (1926) - Columbia 4014

Jimmie Pollack's Orch (Lanin) - Let the Roses Tell My Story (1924) - Domino 181242 B

Lou Gold and his Orch - No Man's Mama (1925) - Banner 1640 A

Wolverine Orch - Lazy Daddy (Take B) (1924) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Nick Lucas - Somebody Like You (1925) - Brunswick 2803 A

Harmony Brothers - Gorgeous (1927) - Harmony 435 H

Jane Gray (Peggy English) - There's Everything Nice About You (1927) - Harmony 435 H

Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke - If You Want the Rainbow (2012) - Racine Connection (Rivermont BSW 2225)

Brian Holland and Danny Coots - Seagull Shuffle (Martin Spitznagel) (2012) - Two Man Job (Rivermont BSW 2223)

Mose Tapiero - L'usignuolo Valzer (1910) - Columbia E 1070

Blue Diamond Dance Orch (S S Fagan whistling) - Born and Bred in Brooklyn (1923) - Okeh 4922 B

Missouri Jazz Hounds (Samuels) (Arthur Hall v) - Oh! Harold (1923) - Banner 1200 B

Pavilion Dance Orch (Spitalny) (Smith Ballew v) - Sunny Side Up (1929) - Domino 181242 A

Jesse Stafford and his Orch (Laurence Grey v) - Only Love is Real (1929) - Brunswick 4658

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lewis Levin v) - Why Was I Born? (1929) - Victor 22187 A

Al Jolson - I'm In Seventh Heaven (1929) - Brunswick 4400

Gus Elen - It's a Great Big Shame (1931) - Decca F 2721 A

Ruth Etting - Just One More Chance (1931) - Imperial 2579

Isham Jones and his Orch (Eddie Stone v) - Ain't-Cha Glad? (1933) - Shadows on the Swanee (Rivermont BSW 1159)

Joe Venuti and his Orch (Howard Phillips v) - Everything I Have Is Yours (1933) - Melotone M 12838

Joe Loss and his Orch - Madame Ah! La Marquise Ah! (1936) - Victor 25404 A

Mills Brothers - Miss Otis Regrets (1934) - Decca 166 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ramona Davies v) - On Your Toes (1936) - Victor 25356 A

Dick Robertson and his Orch - Good Night Angel (1938) - Decca 1797 B

"Anything Stays" May 31, 2013

(Week 352)

This RADIOLA! is not letting go of anything, whatever it is.

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Harry Jacobson (Arthur Young piano) - Anything Goes (1934) - Decca F 5544 A (UK)

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Pee Wee Hunt v) - Savage Serenade (1934) - Brunswick 6647

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

B F Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (Knecht) (Joe White “SMT” v) - So Will I (1926) - Victor 20436 B

Jack Crawford and his Orch - Beautiful (1927) - Victor 21217 B

Elgar's Creole Orch - When Jenny Does Her Low Down Dance (1926) - Vocalion B 15477

Mildred Grizelle - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) - Supertone 9276 A

Lee Morse and her BG Boys - There Must Be a Silver Lining (1928) - Columbia 1303 D

Willard Robison and his Orch (Bob Christie v) - Dew Dew Dewey Day (1927) - Perfect 14834

Victor Military Band - Camp Meeting Band Medley One Step (1914) - Victor 35384 A

Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Has Anybody Seen My Corinne (1918) - Columbia A2663

The Virginians - The Yankee Doodle Blues (1922) - Victor 18913 B

Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan - Lily of the Valley (1917) - Columbia A2296

Van and Schenck - Virginia Blues (1922) - Columbia A3577

Bob Haring and his Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Will You Remember Me (1925) - Cameo 681

Alex Mendham and his Orch - 'Tain't No Sin (To Dance Around in Your Bones) (2012) -Whistling in the Dark (Rivermont BSW 2224)

Molly Ryan (Bucky Pizzarelli guitar) - A Hundred Years From Today (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Victor Herbert's Orch - Cavalleria Rusicana Intermezzo (Mascagni) (1912) - Victor 60074

Great White Way Orch - Carolina Mammy (1923) - Disque Gramophone K 2257

Fry's Million Dollar Pier Orch - Seven or Eleven (My Dixie Pair O' Dice) (1923) - Pathe Actuelle 020938 B (Jack Theakston collection)

Al Katz Orch (Bill Brookins v) - I May Be Wrong (1929) - Columbia 1971 D

The Savanna Players (Ambrose) (Sam Browne v) - Laughing at Life (1931) - Decca F 2260 A

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch - Blue Room (1932) - Bluebird B 5585 A

Reilly and Comfort - St Louis Blues (1933) - Decca F 3574 (UK)

Edward Malloy - I Travel Alone (1932) - Sterno 1548

Billy Cotton Band (Teddy Foster v) - I'm Getting Off The Chain (1935) - Regal Zono MR 1670 (UK)

Meade Lux Lewis - Yancey Special (1936) - Decca 3387 B

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Come Down to Earth, My Angel (1941) - Bluebird B 11010 A

Erskine Butterfield and his Blue Boys - Chocolate (1940) - Decca 3356 B

Bing Crosby - Shadow Waltz (1933) - Melotone M 13136 B

Richard Himber and his Orch - Was I To Blame For Falling in Love With You (1940) - Decca 3618 A

George Metaxa - Bye Bye Blues (1930) - HMV B 3648 (UK)

"Understating the Obvious" May 24, 2013

(Week 351)

This RADIOLA! subtly explains what everyone already knows.

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Billy Murray and Victor Mixed Chorus - When I Get Back to the USA (1915) - Victor 17930 B

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Liver Lip Jones (1941) - Bluebird B 11010 B

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

The Ambassadors (Katzman) - If I'd Only Believed in You (1926) - Vocalion B 15482

Cotton Blossom Orch - I Wonder Who the Fool Is Now (1926) - Radiex 1370 B

Irving Aaronson and his Commanders - An' Furthermore (1928) - Let's Misbehave (Rivermont BSW 1155)

Frank Luther - The Bowery Bums (1928) - Banner 6229 B

Virginia Lee - Just a Little Blue For You (1928) - Supertone 9276 B

Seven Little Polar Bears (Tom Stacks v) - Show That Fellow The Door (1926) - Cameo 919

The Virginians - Nobody Lied (1922) - Victor 18913 A

Eddie Elkins' Orch - Blue (1922) - Columbia A3751

Wolverine Orch - Tiger Rag (1924) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Van and Schenck - Carolina Rolling Stone (1922) - Columbia A3577

Benny Davis - Look What You've Done With Your Dog-Gone Dangerous Eyes (1920) - Columbia A3348

Lou Gold and his Orch (Murray Amster v) - Forgive Me (1927) - Velvet Tone 1349 V

Molly Ryan - Ready For the River (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Paul Asaro and The Fat Babies - Ain'tcha Got Music (2012) - What a Heavenly Dream (Rivermont BSW 2222)

Mike Bernard - They Were All Out of Step But Jim (1918) - Columbia A2577

Boyd Senter - St Louis Blues (1925) - Banner 0621 A

Frank Westphal and his Orch - Forgetful Blues (1923) - Oh! Sister, Ain't That Hot! (Rivermont BSW 1158)

Debroy Somers Band (Dan Donovan v) - Them There Eyes (1931) - Columbia CB 245

Oscar Rabin Romany Band (Sam Browne v) - Moon Song (1933) - Sterno 1186

Freddy Martin Orch (Lois Elliman v) - April in Paris (1933) - Liberty Music Shop L 155

Helen Morgan - It's Home (1934) - Brunswick 7329

Mills Brothers - Dirt Dishin' Daisy (1932) - Melotone 13222-A

Jenny Howard - Looking On The Bright Side (1932) - Edison Bell Winner 5515 (UK)

Joe Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys - Foot Scuffle (1933) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8057

Honey Hill - Boogie Woogie (1938) - Decca 3387 A

Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass - I've Found a New Baby (1939) - Decca 2466 B

Gene Kardos and his Orch (Pat Henry v) - Half Moon on the Hudson (1937) - Perfect 8-03-01

John Kirby and his Orch - Opus 5 (Chopin arr. Shavers) (1939) - Vocalion 5048

Jan Garber and his Orch (Lee Bennett v) - And So, Goodbye (1933) - Victor 24412 B

"Back in Tune" May 17, 2013

(Week 350)

This RADIOLA! is back with a rare display of even temperament.

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Leo Watson and his Orch - It's the Tune That Counts (1939) - New World NW 295 (LP)

Andre Kostelanetz Conducts - Tiger Rag (1938) - Brunswick 8233

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

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Manhattan (1925) - Victor 19769 B

Paul Bolognese and his Orch - Barcelona (1926) - Radiex 1370 A

The Original Wolverines - Royal Garden Blues (1927) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Willard Robison - Deep Elm (You Tell 'Em I'm Blue) (1926) - Original Recordings 1926-1930 (Superbatone 736)

Missouri Jazz Band (Schubert) (Irving Kaufman v) - My Pal Jerry (1926) - Banner 1776 B

Aileen Stanley - Cheyenne (c. 1946) - Music Hall Favorites (Take Two TT433CD)

Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Dallas Blues (1918) - Columbia A2663

All Star Trio - Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere (1920) - Brunswick 2052 A

Eddie Elkins' Orch - Who Cares? (1922) - Columbia A3751

Van and Schenck - Sittin' in a Corner (1923) - Columbia 6 D

Frank Crumit - No One Knows What It's All About (1924) - Victor 19469 A

Harmony Brothers - My Pet (1928) - Velvet Tone 1640 V

Molly Ryan, Maude Maggart, and Banu Gibson - Sing For Your Supper (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Molly Ryan - My Heart Belongs To Daddy (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Vernon Trio - My Wonder Girl (1920) - Brunswick 2052 B

Mario Chamlee - Dream On (Indian Lullaby) (Victor Herbert) (1924) - Brunswick 10158 A

Ernie Golden and his Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Sonny Boy (1928) - Diva 2737 G

Dallas String Band - Dallas Rag (1928) - New World NW 235 (LP)

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Shanghi Lil (1933) - Guy Lombardo16 Most Requested Songs

Earl Hines - Love Me Tonight (1932) - Columbia 35877

Bing Crosby - Down By the River (1935) - Decca 392 A

Frank Munn - Don't Fence Me In (c. 1944) - The Golden Voice of Radio (TT434CD)

King Radio - Sedition Law (1940) - Calypsos From Trinidad (Arhoolie CD 7004)

Xavier Cugat and his Orch (Don Reid v) - Tina (1935) - Victor 27601 B

Ben Pollack's Pick A Rib Boys - Alice Blue Gown (1937) - Decca 3526 A

Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass - Rose Room (1939) - Decca 2466 A

Mary Lou Williams - Overhand (New Froggy Bottom) (1936) - Decca 3385 A

Clyde McCoy and his Orch - When You're Smiling (1937) - Decca 1109 B

Molly Ryan and Maude Maggart - Hushabye Mountain (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

"What's New in Normal" April 26, 2013

(Week 349)

This RADIOLA! is dealing with what passes for reality.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station.  Near-normal podcast here. RADIOLA! is sent each week to subscribers on my mailing list (email here).

Al Herman - I Thought I'd Die, Part 2 (1927) - Columbia 1230 D

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - I'm Gonna Salt Away Some Sugar (1940) - Bluebird B 10943 A

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

Ipana Troubadours (Lanin) (Scrappy Lambert v) - There's One Little Girl Who Loves Me (1927) - Columbia 1212 D

The Original Wolverines - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (1927) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five - Beau Koo Jack (1928) - Columbia 35879

Little Jack Little - I Wonder (1928) - Columbia 1324 D

The Singing Sophomores - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Columbia 1032 D

Thelma Tuson - Villanelle (Dell' Acqua) (1928) - Brunswick 152 B (UK)

Plantation Dance Orch (Raderman) - I'm Nobody's Baby (1921) - Emerson 10398

Benson Orch of Chicago - Dreams of India (1923) - Disque Gramophone K 2257

The Astorites (Fred Rich) (Paul Hagan v) - Hugs and Kisses (1926) - Harmony 251 H

Wilmouth Houdini - Trinidad Hurricane (1933) - Roosevelt in Trinidad (Rounder CD 1142)

Lord Beginner and Atilla the Hun - Women Are Good and Women Are Bad (1935) - Fall of Man (Rounder CD 1141)

King Radio - Man Smart, Woman Smarter (1936) - Fall of Man (Rounder CD 1141)

Blind Boy Paxton - Railroad Bill (2009) - Evangelist 101

Brian Holland and Danny Coots - Pork and Beans (C. Luckeyth Roberts) (2012) - Two Man Job (Rivermont BSW 2223)

Jockers Dance Orch - Tears of Love (Intro I'm Glad I Can Make You Cry & Pahjamah) (1919) - Columbia A2741

Louise Bowers - You Know You Belong to Somebody Else (1923) - Cameo 340

Manhattan Dance Makers (IK v) - Is It Possible? (1927) - Velvet Tone 1462 V

The Original Wolverines - Limehouse Blues (1928) - The Complete Wolverines (Archeophone OTR-03)

Joe Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys - Stormy Weather (1933) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8057

Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers - Maple Leaf Rag (1932) - HMV B 9408

Beatrice Lillie - Paree (1935) - New World NW 215 (LP)

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - You're Laughing at Me (1937) - Victor 25530 A

Leo Watson and his Orch - Ja-Da (1939) - New World NW 295 (LP)

The Tiger - Miss Marie's Advice (1938) - Calypsos From Trinidad (Arhoolie CD 7004)

The Growler - Calypso Behind the Wall (1938) - Fall of Man (Rounder CD 1141)

King Radio - John O'Carr (1939) - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder 1077)

Joe Turner and Willie "The Lion" Smith - Careless Love (1940) - New World NW 295 (LP)

Ida Cox and her All Star Orch - Last Mile Blues (1940) - Okeh 6405

Lee Sims - Sonny Boy (1928) - Brunswick 4152

Molly Ryan's New Album is Here!

Molly Ryan's new CD, Swing For Your Supper!, is the best thing to happen this year. (Full disclosure: my wife and I contributed to Molly's Kickstarter project for this album--and boy are we glad we did!)