"Here and There" July 8, 2011

(Week 267)

This RADIOLA! is all over the map--in a good way.

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Phil Baker - Ann and Her Little Sedan (1925) - Columbia 521 D
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Band - Circus Echoes (1930) - Victor 22438 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Kensington Serenaders (Ben Selvin) - To-Night's My Night With Baby (1926) - Vocalion B 15340
Windsor Hotel Orch (Harold Leonard) (Lester O'Keefe v) - Hello, Aloha! How Are You? (1926) - Vocalion A 15356
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (Irving Kaufman v) - Hi-Ho! The Merrio (1926) - Vocalion A 15364
Arthur Brown (Irving Kaufman) - Baby Face (1926) - Vocalion B 15398
Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio (Annette Hanshaw v) - Singin' in the Rain (1929) - Volume 6 (Sensation 769 748 023-2)
Umbrian Glee Club - Swing Along! (1926) - Vocalion A 1012
Prince's Band - Sometimes You Get a Good One and Sometimes You Don't (1916) - Columbia A 5901
Murray's Melody Men - Cuban Moon (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A 14098
Keystone Serenaders (Ray McConnell dir) - Normandy (1925) - Vocalion A 15124
Carlos Gardel - Soy Una Fiera (1926) - The Best Of Carlos Gardel (Hemisphere 7243 8 23505 2 1)
Noel Rosa - Por Causa Da Hora (1931) - No Tempo De Noel Rosa (RCA Victor 82876641292) (Brazil)
King Radio - John O'Carr (1939) - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder CD 1077)
Al Duvall - Kentucky Mermaid (2011) - Squirt, Rubber Heart
Baby Soda - When My Dreamboat Comes Home (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
George H. O'Connor - Alabama Jamboree (1914) - Columbia A1669
Borbee's Jass Orch - Just the Kind of a Girl You'd Love to Make Your Wife (1917) - Columbia A2233
Columbia Novelty Orch (Samuels) (Billy Jones v) - Oh, Baby! (1924) - Columbia 131 D
Austin Wylie's Golden Pheasant Orch - Love Bound (1926) - Vocalion B 15230
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Singin' The Blues (1927) - Parlophone R 1838
Annette Hanshaw (w/The New Englanders) - The One in the World (1929) - Volume 6 (Sensation 769 748 023-2)
Avilés Jazz Band - Amor Indio (Indian Love Call) (1927) - orig Nacional 8266
Carlos Gardel - Buenos Aires (1930) - The Best Of Carlos Gardel (Hemisphere 7243 8 23505 2 1)
Almirante - O Orvalho Vem Caindo (1933) - No Tempo De Noel Rosa (RCA Victor 82876641292) (Brazil)
Red McKenzie - Just Friends (1931) - Columbia 3556 D
Capitol Salon Ensemble (Theodore Conrad v) - Farewell To Arms (1933) - Brunswick 20121
Jimmy Ray and his Orch - You're My Desire (1937) - Bluebird B 7077 B
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - On Treasure Island (1935) - Decca 648 A
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Keepin' Out of Mischief Now (1936) - Bluebird B 6684 B
The Ambassadors (Katzman) - The Road of Dreams (1926) - Vocalion B 15321

"Sons of Bees" July 1, 2011

(Week 266)

This RADIOLA! is dedicated to all drones of both the six-legged and the two-legged varieties.

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Frank Bacon - The Bee Story (from “Lightnin'”) (1921) - Vocalion A 14224
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Take Your Tomorrow (1928) - Bix Restored (Sunbeam)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) - A Little Bungalow (1926) - Vocalion A 15233
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Weston Vaughan v) - Charmaine! (1927) - Columbia 1048 D
Fleetwood Orch (Ben Bernie) (Arthur Fields v) - Headin' for Louisville (1926) - Vocalion A 15202
Phil Baker - Big Butter and Egg Man (1925) - Columbia 521 D
Peggy English - Who'll Be The One (1926) - Vocalion B 15485
Sammy Fain - I'm In The Market For You (1930) - Velvet Tone 2163 V
Borbee's Jass Orch - It's a Long Long Time (1917) - Columbia A2233
Isham Jones' Orch - Farewell Blues (1923) - Brunswick 2406 B
Oriole Orch (Mark Fisher v) – Ah-Ha! (1925) - Brunswick 2874 B
Ada Jones and Will H. Robbins - Sprinkle Me With Kisses (1915) - Columbia A1759
The Ponce Sisters - Put Your Arms Where They Belong (take A) (1926) - Edison 51816 L
Umbrian Glee Club - Ma Honey (1926) - Vocalion B 1012
Andy Senior - Ain't Misbehavin' - Capitol Theatre Rome NY May 26, 2011
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - Lazy Daddy (2002) - Echoes in the Wax (Stomp Off CD 1380)
Van Eps Trio - Hill and Dale (1916) - Columbia A2034
Prince's Band - Mr. Jazz Himself (Intro: Whose Little Heart Are You Breaking Now - Joan of Arc - I'm All Bound 'Round With The Mason-Dixon Line) (1917) - Columbia A 2370
Gene Rodemich's Orch - Flowers of Araby (1922) - Brunswick 2381 A
Harold Leonard and his Waldorf Astoria Orch (IK v) - I'll Just Go Along (1926) - Columbia 999 D
The Dorsey Bros and their Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Dixie Dawn (1928) - Parlophone R 280
Nick Lucas and his Crooning Troubadours - You're Driving Me Crazy (1930) - Brunswick 1055 A (UK)
Charles W. Hamp - Dream House (1928) - Columbia 1371 D
Ponce Sisters - So at Last It's Come to This (1932) - Venuti and Lang (Mosaic MD8-213/7)
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1931) - Perfect 15506 A
Seger Ellis - Shivery Stomp (1930) - Parlophone R 714
Joe Venuti and his New Yorkers - Doin' Things (1928) - Okeh 41133
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - I Like That (1929) - Parlophone R 714
Red Norvo and his Swing Octet - Blues in E Flat (1935) - Brunswick 8208
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - You Turned The Tables on Me (1936) - Bluebird B 6684 A
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in Drumnasticks - After You've Gone (1936) - Decca 1240 B

"Summer Sampler" June 24, 2011

The host of RADIOLA! with bassist Sam Burrell in 1996.

(Week 265)

This RADIOLA! acknowledges the solstice and remembers our friend and fellow musician Sam Burrell who died last week.

Umbrian Glee Club - Exhortation (1926) - Vocalion A 1013
Sidney Bechet Quintet - Summertime (1939) - orig Blue Note 6
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - Calling Me Home (1926) - Vocalion B 15399
Tiny Parham and his Musicians - Subway Sobs (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-022
Vermonte Orch (poss Lyman) (Arthur Fields v) - Westward (1926) - Vocalion B 15302
Peggy English - Where The Wild, Wild Flowers Grow (1927) - Vocalion B 15561
Arthur Brown (IK) (Bill Wirges p) - Could I? I Certainly Could! (1926) - Vocalion A 15330
Correll and Gosden (Delos Owen p) - I Just Wanna be Known as Susie's Feller (1926) - Victor 20255 B
Murray's Melody Men - Kamel Land (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion B 14098
Keystone Serenaders (Ray McConnell dir) - I'm Knee Deep In Daisies (1925) - Vocalion B 15123
Hollywood Dance Orch (Adrian Schubert) (IK v) - One Summer Night (1927) - Domino 3911 B
Arthur Fields - Carolina In The Morning (1923) - Vocalion A 14518
Miss Patricola with the Virginians - Lovin' Sam (The Sheik of Alabam') (1922) - Archeophone ARCH 9007
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) - Hokey Pokey (1925) - Vocalion B 15157
Dick Hyman and John Sheridan - Midsummer's Nightmare (2001) - Archives of Novelty Piano (Arbors ARCD 19248)
Terry Waldo's Jazz Entertainers (Janet Klein v) - Happy Feet (2001) - Let It Shine (Stomp Off CD1377)
Sam Moore and Horace Davis - Mighty Lak a Rose (1922) - Vocalion B 14403
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch - Wait'll It's Moonlight (1925) - Vocalion B 15130
Ben Selvin and his Orch (BS v) - Oh, Lovey, Be Mine (1925) - Vocalion B 15129
Kensington Serenaders (Selvin) (IK v) - Would Ja (1926) - Vocalion A 15399
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - Coal Miner's Dream (1926) - Vocalion B 15313
King Oliver's Orch - My Good Man Sam (take 2) (1929) - JSP CD 3404
Bob Ballin and Rennie McEvoy - When Hannah Plays Piano (1938) - Regal Zonophone G23721
Bob Howard and his Orch - You Fit Into The Picture (1935) - Decca 343 B
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys - Moonlight and Roses (1938) - Vocalion 04439
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Summer Holiday (1936) - Victor 25325 A
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenny Sargent v) - You Go To My Head (1938) - Decca 1783 A
Stew Pletcher and his Orch - You (1936) - orig Bluebird B-6343
Peggy English - Just a Little Longer (1926) - Vocalion B 15479
Louis Armstrong - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen (1938) - Decca 2085 B
Andy Senior - Rockin' Chair - piano solo recorded June 21, 2011

"The Family Way" June 17, 2011

(Week 264)

This RADIOLA! recognizes those who are somehow related to us with a nod toward Father (whoever he may be).

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Cliff Edwards - Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter? (1925) - Perfect 11562 B
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys (Jesse Ashlock v) - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (1938) - Vocalion 04439
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ben Selvin and his Orch (BS v) - Poor Papa (1926) - Vocalion B 15277
Vermonte Orch (poss Abe Lyman) (Arthur Fields v) - I'd Rather Be Alone (1926) - Vocalion A 15302
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) - Great Big Bear (1926) - Vocalion B 15233
Arthur Brown (IK) (Bill Wirges p) - Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya Huh? (1926) - Vocalion B 15330
Peggy English - I've Got Somebody Now (1926) - Vocalion A 15479
Al Bernard and Charles Aubrey (Sammy Stept p Buddy Wagner sax) - Eva (1926) - Vocalion A 15317
The Californian Ramblers - My Mammy Knows (1922) - Vocalion A 14300
Ted Lewis and his Band - Dream Daddy (1923) - Columbia 82 D
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) - There Ain't No Flies On Auntie (1925) - Vocalion A 15157
Billy Jones - Jinga Bula Jing Jing (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion B 14112
Helen Clark and Elliot Shaw - Just a Little Blue (1923) - Vocalion B 14518
Umbrian Glee Club - Rain Song (1926) - Vocalion B 1013
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - Baby Daddy - written and recorded June 11, 2011
Terry Waldo's Jazz Entertainers (Mike Walbridge v) - Let's Sow a Wild Oat (2001) - Let It Shine (Stomp Off CD 1377)
Frank Bacon - In The Reno Divorce Court (from “Lightnin”) (1921) - Vocalion B 14224
Sam Moore and Horace Davis - Mother Machree (1922) - Vocalion A 14403
Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Think Of Me Little Daddy (1920) - Columbia A 2994
Kensington Serenaders (Ben Selvin) - Show That Fellow The Door (1926) - Vocalion A 15340
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (IK v) - Lulu Belle (1926) - Vocalion A 15331
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - La Paloma (1926) - Victor 20172 A
Arthur Fields - That's What I Call a Pal (1927) - Bell 481 B
Peggy English - Lazy Weather (1927) - Vocalion A 15561
Red Nichols and his Strike Up The Band Orch - Soon (1930) - Brunswick 4695
Al Gold and his Band (Charlie Kunz) (Harry Bentley v) - Learn to Croon (1933) - Homochord HN 2
Clarence Williams and his Orch (CW v) - Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll (1934) - Vocalion 2805 B
Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - The Kid In The Three Cornered Pants (1937) - Perfect 7 04 07
George Bias - Dixie's Prodigal Son (1929) - Columbia 14470 D
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch - My Blue Heaven (1935) - Decca 712 A
Peggy English - Take In The Sun, Hang Out The Moon (1926) - Vocalion A 15485

"Vocalion Spectacular" June 10, 2011

(Week 263)

This RADIOLA! celebrates the sixth anniversary of the first broadcast (June 10, 2005) with a bumper crop of 15000-series Vocalions, with many more to come.

I want to thank all those listeners who have sent their kind words and constructive comments over the past six years--and even those who haven't.

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The Record Boys (Al Bernard, Frank Kamplain, and Sam Stept) - When Spring Comes Peeping Through (1926) - Vocalion A 15265
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) (F Baur v) - I Don't Believe It But Say It Again (1926) - Vocalion B 15272
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Essex Club Orch (Ray Miller) - Sweet Nothings (1926) - Vocalion A 15230
Frivolity Club Orch (Jack Denny) - Waters of the Perkiomen (1926) - Vocalion A 15313
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) (Irving Kaufman v) - Barcelona (1926) - Vocalion A 15417
Arthur Brown (IK) - For My Sweetheart (1926) - Vocalion A 15398
Chick Endor (Michael Loscalzo p) - On a Quiet Evening at Home (1926) - Vocalion A 15404
Windsor Hotel Orch (Harold Leonard) - You Need Someone To Love (1926) - Vocalion A 15386
Dixie Daisies - Yes Sir! That's Lazy Bones (1922) - Cameo 299
The Ambassadors - Rememb'ring (1923) - Vocalion A 14686
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch - Mother Me, Tennessee (1925) - Vocalion A 15130
Irving Kaufman - I Didn't Care 'Till I Lost You (1925) - Vocalion A 15010
Frank Bessinger - There Are Two Sides to Every Story (1926) - Vocalion A 15286
Glen Echo Serenaders (Markel) (Keller Sisters & Lynch v) - Nobody Worries 'Bout Me (1926) - Vocalion A 15427
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - A Bird In a Cage Making Minimum Wage - rec 2011-06-03
Waldo's Jazz Entertainers (Dan Levinson C Melody sax) - Saxarella (2001) - Let It Shine (Stomp Off CD1377)
Chris Chapman - Dill Pickles Rag (1908) - Victor 16678 B
Synco Jazz Band (Samuels) - Clover Blossom Blues (1922) - Perfect 14043
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Shake Your Feet (1923) - Edison 51278 R
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Ben Selvin v) - Tentin' Down in Tennessee (1926) - Vocalion A 15258
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (IK v) - Hoodle Dee Doo Dee Doodoo (1926) - Vocalion B 15371
Monarch Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - You Can't Hang Out With Annie (1926) - Vocalion A 15414
Frank Bessinger - Don't Be Afraid to Come Home (1926) - Vocalion B 15286
Chick Endor (Michael Loscalzo p) - I Can't Get Her off O' My Mind (1926) - Vocalion B 15404
The Record Boys (Al Bernard, Frank Kamplain, and Sam Stept) - When a Kid Who Came from the East Side Found a Sweet Society Rose (1926) - Vocalion B 15265
Tuxedo Orch (Reser) (Frank Munn v) - No More Worryin' (1926) - Vocalion A 15359
The Ambassadors (Katzman) (IK v) - Everything Will Happen For The Best (1926) - Vocalion A 15357
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) (F Baur v) - Everything's Gonns Be All Right (1926) - Vocalion A 15272
Slim Green - Shine (1935) - Decca 7120 B
Jimmy Ray and his Orch - So Rare (1937) - Bluebird B 7077 A
Night Club Orch (Reser) (Lester O'Keefe v) - Let's Grow Old Together (1926) - Vocalion A 15314

"Some Is Vanity" June 3, 2011

(Week 262)

This RADIOLA! must concede that since it is produced at the expense of the host it is essentially a "vanity" program. So be it!

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Arthur Fields - The Whisper Song (1927) - Bell 515 B
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm - Narcissus (1940) - Bluebird B 10688 A-cr-nr
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The Virginians (Franklyn Baur v) - It's A Million To One You're In Love (1927) - Victor 20837 A
Anson Weeks and his Orch - Dream House (1928) - orig Columbia 1409 D (Healey collection)
Red Nichols and his “Strike Up The Band” Orch - Strike Up The Band (1930) - Brunswick 4695
Richard B Gilbert - If I Can Find The Kind of Girl I Dream About (1925) - Columbia 566 D
Correll and Gosden (Delos Owen p) - Elsie Shultze-en-heim (1926) - Victor 20255 A
Utica Institute Jubilee Singers - Watermelon (1928) - Victor 21600 B
Dixie Daisies - House Of David Blues (1923) - orig Cameo 428 (Healey collection)
The Knickerbockers (Selvin) - The Original Charleston (1925) - Columbia 355 D
Tommy Christian and his Orch - Swamp Blues (1927) - Diva 2427 G
Herman Waldman and his Orch (Gene Hervey v) - Cocktails For Two (1934) - Bluebird B 5437 A
Dave Harman and his Orch - Marahuana (1934) - orig Bluebird B 5438 (Healey collection)
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - Co-Dependent Baby (2011) - written June 1993 recorded 2011-05-28
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - Shake It and Break It (2000) - Blue Roses of Far and Near (Stomp Off CD1361)
Keith Nichols and the Cotton Club Orch – Glorianna (1991) - Syncopated Jamboree (Stomp Off CD1234)
Chris Chapman - Sunbeam Dance (1907) - Victor 16678 A
Southern Serenaders - You've Gotta See Momma Ev'ry Night (1923) - Cameo 310
Ross Gorman and his Virginians - Phantom Blues (1927) - Diva 2427 G
The Virginians - Nothing Could Be Sweeter (1927) - Victor 20837 B
Victor Orch - Graham-Paige March (1927) - Victor Special Record
The Caroliners (Haring) (Arthur Fields v) - Thanks For The Buggy Ride (1926) - Cameo 892
Kitty O'Connor - That's Just My Way of Forgetting You (1928) - Columbia 1421 D
Chester Gaylord - Dance Away The Night (1929) - Brunswick 4582
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - Under Vesuvian Skies (1930) - Victor 22509 A
The Six Blue Chips - Steel Roof (1936) - Decca 740 A
Claude Hopkins and his Orch (Baby White v) - June Night (1937) - Decca 1286 A
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch (Sy Oliver v) - Running a Temperature (1936) - Decca 1035 A
The Street Singer - Ole Faithful (1934) - Panachord 25650 B
Dixie Lee Crosby and Bing Crosby - A Fine Romance (1936) - Decca 907 A
Donald Peers - Sundown In a Little Green Hollow (1932) - HMV B 8047

Memorial Day Special with Keith Hansen

Friday I recorded a special two-part Memorial Day program with my friend Keith Hansen (aka Vyzygoth) of Think Or Be Eaten. It's a different kind of observance in which we discuss and demonstrate how music was used in preparing people for both World Wars. Download the show here: PART 1 and PART 2.

"You Have a Song!" May 27, 2011

(Week 261)

This RADIOLA! belabors the obvious, and notes a warming trend.

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Bob Ballin and Rennie McEvoy - Then You'll Have a Song (1938) - Regal Zonophone G23721
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch - Stomp It Off (1934) - Decca 712 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Doc Daugherty and his Orch - Ninety In the Shade (1929) - Four-Four Rhythm (The Old Masters mb130)
Dixie Daisies - There's Something New 'Bout The Old Moon Tonight (1929) - Cameo 9085
Elmer Schoebel and his Friars Society Orch - Copenhagen (1929) - Frog Spawn - The White Hot Batch (DGF 76)
Arthur Fields - Oh What a Pal Was Whoozis! (1927) - Bell 515 A
Sammy Cloud - That's Like It Ought To Be (1929) - Van Dyke 72512 B
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - I'm Needin' You (1930) - Victor 22509 B
Southern Serenaders - Runnin' Wild (1923) - Cameo 310
Frank Banta and Cliff Hess - Shake Your Feet (1923) - Vocalion B 14707
Don Voorhees and his Earl Carroll's Vanities Orch (Harold Yates v) - Muddy Water (1927) - Edison 51927 R
Lucille Hegamin - My Sugar (1925) - Cameo 777
Art Fowler - Absolutely -Positively (1927) - Perfect 12331
Charles J. Correll and Freeman F. Gosden - All I Want To Do (1926) - Victor 19986 B
Dick Hyman and John Sheridan - Dancing Tambourine (2001) - Archives of Novelty Piano (Arbors ARCD 19248)
Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orch - Bethena (2006) – Steppin' Around (Stomp Off CD1415)
American Quartet - Where Do We Go From Here? (1917) - Victor 18335 B
Louisiana Five Jazz Orch - Alcoholic Blues (Intro: Minnie - Oh Lawdy - Victory Ball) (1919) - Columbia A 2768
Lanin's Roseland Orch - Happiness (1921) - Pathe 20494 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Can't You Understand? (1929) - Columbia 2089 D
Johnny Marvin - Old Man Sunshine (1928) - Victor 21609 A
Al Hopkins and his Buckle Busters - Round Town Gals (1926) - Brunswick 103 B
Greta Woodson (Leroy Shield p) - Kentucky Lullaby (1926) - Victor 20275 B
Paul Small - Congratulations (1930) - Harmony 1115 H
Mills Brothers - My Gal Sal (1934) - Decca 165 B
Will Osborne and his Orch - Heartaches (1931) - Melotone M 12078
Earl Hines and his Orch (Walter Fuller v) - Rosetta (1934) - Decca 3517 A
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Red Sails In The Sunset (1935) - Decca 648 B
Donald Peers - Don't Blame Me (1932) - HMV B 8047
Slim Green - It's Easy To Remember (1935) - Decca 7105 B
Bing Crosby - Dancing In The Dark (1931) - Brunswick 80056 B

"Out Of This World" May 20, 2011

(Week 260)

This RADIOLA! is staying earthbound along with its reprobate host.

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Al Bernard - Who's That Knockin' At My Door? (1927) - Edison 52110 R
Dave Harman and his Orch (George Marks v) - Live And Love Tonight (1934) - Bluebird B 5437 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - South Wind (1927) - Victor 20645 B
Thelma Terry and her Play Boys - Starlight and Tulips (1928) - Columbia 1532 D
Bob Haring and his Orch - Where Is My Meyer? (1927) - Cameo 1266
Chester Gaylord - Just You, Just Me (1929) - Brunswick 4582
Richard B. Gilbert - How I Love Her And She Loves Me Is Nobody's Business (1925) - Columbia 566 D
Utica Institute Jubilee Singers - Ain't It A Shame (1928) - Victor 21600 A
Phil Baker's Novelty Orch - I'm a Syncopatin' Mamma (1923) - Cameo 402
Dixie Daisies - Aggravatin' Papa (1922) - Cameo 299
Lou Gold and his Orch - The Baby Looks Like Me (1925) - Cameo 770
Bob White (Vernon Dalhart) (May Breen uke) - It Ain't Gonna Rain No More (1924) - Regal 9634 B
Lucille Hegamin - I Had Someone Else Before I Had You (1925) - Cameo 777
Frank Crumit - My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) - Victor 19701 B
Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orch - Let's You And I Just Say Goodbye (2006) - Steppin' Around (Stomp Off CD1415)
Keith Nichols and the Cotton Club Orch - You Can't Get To Heaven That Way (1991) - Syncopated Jamboree (Stomp Off CD1234)
Henry Burr - Last Night Was The End of The World (1913) - Cort F477 (Columbia master)
George Reneau - Lonesome Road Blues (1924) - Vocalion B 14809
Duke Yellman's Parody Club Pals - Song of the Wanderer (1926) - Edison 51927 L
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Wedding Bells (1929) - Cameo 9085
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Henry Burr v) - Somebody's Lonely (1926) - Victor 20059 A
McKinney's Cotton Pickers (Donald King v) - It's a Lonesome Old Town (1931) - Shag Nasty (Frog DGF 27)
George Bias - Ain't Mishehavin' (1929) - Columbia 14470 D
Annette Hanshaw - Love Me Tonight (1932) - Sophisticated Ladies (Columbia CK 52932)
Slim Green - Cocktails For Two (1935) - Decca 7104 A
Glenn Cross and his Orch - Too Late (1931) - Perfect 15539 B
Don Redman and his Orch (Harlan Lattimore v) - Pagan Paradise (1932) - Brunswick A 1400 (UK)
The Six Blue Chips - Cheatin' Cheech (1936) - Decca 740 B
Dixie Lee Crosby and Bing Crosby - The Way You Look Tonight (1936) - Decca 907 B
Nick Lucas - For All We Know (1934) - Perfect 13025 A
The Rhythmic Troubadours (Selvin) (Orlando Roberson v) - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (1931) - Regal MR 400

"Under My Hat" May 13, 2011

(Week 259)

This RADIOLA! says too much without saying enough.

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Jack Miller - Should I? (1930) - Harmony 1115 H
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - I Was Saying To The Moon (1936) - Bluebird B 6643 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Miff Mole's Molers - A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight (1927) - Slippin' Around (Frog DGF 19)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Countess Maritza (1926) - Victor 20138 B
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Beau Koo Jack (1928) - Vocalion 3085
Art Fowler - What Do I Care What Somebody Said? (1927) - Perfect 12331 B
Greta Woodson (Leroy Shield p) - What's the Use of Crying? (1926) - Victor 20275 A
Charles J. Correll-Freeman F. Gosden - Let's Talk About My Sweetie (1926) - Victor 19986 A
Ted Lewis and his Band - Bees Knees (1922) - Columbia A 3730
Frank Banta and Cliff Hess - Covered Wagon Days (1923) - Vocalion A 14707
The Ambassadors - Old Fashioned Love (Intro: Charleston) (1923) - Vocalion B 14686
Walter Leslie (Ernest Hare) - Dirty Hands-Dirty Face (1923) - Cameo 359
Martha Pryor - Louisville Lou (1923) - Cameo 359
Cliff Edwards - When My Sweetie Puts Her Lovin' On (1924) - Perfect 11552 B
John Henry and Blossom - Blossom's Film Scenario Pt. 1 (1926) - Victor 120809 A (Canada)
John Henry and Blossom - Blossom's Film Scenario Pt. 2 (1926) - Victor 120809 B (Canada)
Waldorf Astoria Dance Orch (Knecht) (Irving and Jack Kaufman v) - Tell Me (1919) - Columbia A 2783
Rega Dance Orch - Jokes (Okeh Laughing Dance Record) Pt 1 (1922) - Okeh 4731 A
Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - But (1920) - Columbia A 2994
Ben Litchfield - Painting The Clouds With Sunshine (1929) - Van Dyke 72512 A
The Rhythmic Troubadours - Whistling In The Dark (1931) - Regal MR 400
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - No One Else But You (1928) - Vocalion 3085
Charles Kaley - A Bundle Of Old Love Letters (1930) - Brunswick 4718
Red McKenzie - Time On My Hands (1931) - Columbia 3556 D
Al Gold and his Band - Lazybones (1933) - Homochord H.N. 2
Bob Howard and his Orch - Throwin' Stones At The Sun (1935) - Decca 343 A
Slim Green - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (1935) - Decca 7105 A
Red Norvo and his Orch (Mildred Bailey v) - Please Be Kind (1938) - Brunswick 8088
The Street Singer (Arthur Tracy) - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1934) - Pananchord 25650 A
Una Mae Carlisle - Oh! I'm Evil (1941) - Bluebird B 11159 B
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - A Rendezvous With a Dream (1936) - Victor 25325 B

"Not Dead Yet" May 6, 2011

(Week 258)

RADIOLA! conducts its yearly observance of mortality and the inexorable passage of time. Cut yourself a piece of cake.

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Charles Harrison - Over The Hill (1921) - Emerson 10350
Raderman's Radio Orch - While The Years Go Drifting By (1926) - Okeh 40672 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
California Ramblers - Changes (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-053
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Harold Lambert v) - Among My Souvenirs (1927) - Victor 21084 A
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Grandpa's Spells (1926) - JSP CD 321
Kitty O'Connor - There's Something About a Rose (1928) - Columbia 1421 D
Helen Kane - Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) - Victor 21863 A
The Singing Sophomores - My Ohio Home (1928) - Columbia 1257 D
California Ramblers - Rememb'ring (1923) - Columbia 49 D
The Georgians - You Tell Her I Stutter (1923) - Columbia A 3857
Lou Gold and his Orch (Jimmy Flynn v) - If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain) (1928) - Harmony 702 H
Henry Burr - Silver Threads Among the Gold (1903) - Archeophone ARCH 5502
Bessie Smith - Rainy Weather Blues (1924) - Frog DGF 42
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (IK v) - Half-Way To Heaven (1928) - Harmony 702 H
Anachronic Jazz Band - Move (1976) - Complete Audio Recordings (JBM 34011)
Gary Lawrence and his Sizzling Syncopators - Stayin' Alive (1980) - Columbia M 35824 (LP)
Wm. Eckstein - Coaxing The Piano (1923) - Silvertone 1250 B (orig Pathe)
Cliff Edwards - Hard Hearted Hannah (1924) - Perfect 11552 A
The Synco Jazz Band - Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) (1919) - Columbia A 2783
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Frank Munn v) - Your Mother And Mine (1929) - Victor 22012 B
Bud Richie and His Boys (Max Pugh v) - Rockin' Chair (1930) - Frog Spawn: The White Hot Batch (DGF 76)
Waring's Pennsylvanians (Chick Bullock v) - The Old Man Of The Mountain (1932) - Viper's Nest VN-179
Harold “Scrappy” Lambert - You Were Meant For Me (1929) - Brunswick 4275
Sophie Tucker - Some of These Days (1929) - Victor 22049 B
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Eadie Was a Lady (1932) - Oriole 2626 A
Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys - Knock, Knock, Who's There? (1936) - Hep CD 1085
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Patricia Norman v) - Ol' Man Mose (1938) - Brunswick 8155
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Public Melody Number One (1937) - Decca 1347 A
Rev. J. M. Gates - I'm Gonna Die With The Staff In My Hand (1926) - Okeh 8388 A
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - 'Til Times Get Better (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five - Mahogany Hall Stomp (1929) - JSP CD 315

"Getting The Bugs Out" April 29, 2011

(Week 257)

This RADIOLA! lightly considers the process of troubleshooting one's computer--and one's life.

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Ray Perkins - Following You Around (1927) - Brunswick 3495 A
Sam Lanin's Dance Orch (Arthur Fields v) - I Wish't I Was In Peoria (1925) - Banner 1674 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Levee Loungers (Bob Haring) (Irving Kaufman v) - Crazy Rhythm (1928) - Perfect 15030
The Royal Castilians (Terig Tucci) - La Cucuracha (1934) - Perfect 15977 A
Wingy Mannone and his Orch - Up The Country (1930) - Champion 40054 A
The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - Smile All The While (1925) - Columbia 411 D
Helen Kane - I Want To Be Bad (1929) - Victor 21863 B
The Singing Sophomores - Chloe (1927) - Columbia 1257 D
Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Kansas City Blues (1919) - Columbia A 2768
WMCA Broadcasters - My Cutey's Due At Two-To-Two Today (1926) - Harmony 234 H
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (IK v) - That's Annabelle (1926) - Harmony 234 H
Cliff Edwards - Insufficient Sweetie (1924) - Pathe Actuelle 032074 B
Southern Trio - Yellow Dog Blues (1927) - Madison 1921
Sophie Tucker - Virginia (There's a Blue Ridge In My Heart) (1928) - Columbia 4942 (UK)
The Carpal Tunnel Kid - Bowling Shirt (1996) - Non-Plugged
The Benny Goodman Sextet - Oh, Babe (1950) - The Chronological 1949-1951 (Classics) (orig Col. 39045)
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - Pork and Beans (1917) - Columbia A 2370
Wm. Eckstein - Knice and Knifty (1923) - Silvertone 1250 A (orig Pathe)
Isham Jones' Orch - Get Lucky (1924) - Brunswick 2678 B
Deep River Orch (Willard Robison) - Jumping Jack (1928) - Perfect 15030 B
Coon Sanders Orch (Carleton A Coon v) - My Suppressed Desire (1928) - Victor 21803 A
Isham Jones' Orch - China Boy (1934) - Decca 443 A
Harold “Scrappy” Lambert - Broadway Melody (1929) - Brunswick 4275
Sophie Tucker - The Man I Love (1928) - Parlophone R 100
Mills Brothers - Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider (1934) - Decca 165 A
The Royal Castilians (Terig Tucci) - In The Madness Of The Rhumba (1934) - Perfect 15977 B
Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy - Moten Swing (1936) - Decca 3517 B
Red Norvo and his Swing Octet - Bughouse (1935) - Brunswick 8208
Red Norvo and his Orch (Mildred Bailey v) - The Weekend of a Private Secretary (1938) - Brunswick 8088
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Patricia Norman v) - Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea (1938) - Brunswick 8155
Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) - I'll See You In My Dreams (1930) - Columbia 2169 D

"April Kisses" April 22, 2011

(Week 256)

This RADIOLA! celebrates that someone has been able to tolerate my company for 14 years (while about two hours a week is all most people can stand).

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Eddie Lang (Arthur Schutt p) - April Kisses (1927) - Parlophone R 3338
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket (1936) - Decca 698 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The High Hatters (Franklyn Baur v) - To Know You Is To Love You (1928) - Victor 21791 B
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - You're The Cream In My Coffee (1928) - Cameo 9003
Philip Spitalny and his Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Any Time's The Time To Fall In Love (1930) - Victor 22346 B
Arthur Hall - I've Got The Girl (1926) - Radiex 2297 a
Sophie Tucker - Aren't Women Wonderful (1928)- Columbia 5064 (UK)
The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - Angry (1925) - Columbia 411 D
Erdody's Hotel Pennsylvania Orch - Oh Me! Oh My! (1921) - Okeh 4352 A
The Georgians - You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night (1923) - Columbia A 3857
Ray Nichols and his Palais Royal Orch (IK v) - I'll Always be In Love With You (1929) - Harmony 902 H
Miss Lee Morse and Her Blue Grass Boys - An Old-Fashioned Romance (1925) - Perfect 11580 B
Cliff Edwards - Nobody Knows What a Red-Headed Mama Can Do (1925) - Perfect 11562
Mound City Blue Blowers - Red Hot! (1924) - Brunswick 2602 B
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Sweet Sue (2010) - Recorded Kellish Hill Farm, Manlius NY June 6, 2010
West End Jazz Band - Will You, Won't You Be My Baby? (2010) - Recorded Huntington WV May 14, 2010
Handy's Orch of Memphis - Fuzzy Wuzzy Rag (1917) - Columbia A2421
Arthur Lange and his Orch - Oh Gee! Oh Gosh! Oh Golly! I'm In Love (1923) - Cameo 379
Mound City Blue Blowers - San (1924) - Brunswick 2602 A
Mike Markels' Society Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Once in a Lifetime (1928) - Okeh 41161
Coon Sanders Orch – Oh! You Have No Idea (1928) - Victor 21501 B
Billy Hays and his Orch - Do You Believe? (1929) - Four Four Rhythm (The Old Masters mb130)
Arthur Fields - Blue Skies (1927) - Bell 481 A
Helen Kane - I Wanna Be Loved By You (1928) - Victor 21684 A
National Cavaliers - Beautiful (1928) - Victor 21516 B
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Jersey Joe (1929) - JSP CD 322
Johnnie Miller's New Orleans Frolickers - Dippermouth Blues (1928) - Sharkey Bonano (Timeless CBC 1-001)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - St. Louis Blues (1929) - JSP CD 315
Fredric Fradkin and his Fiddlers - A Little Love A Little Kiss (1928) - Brunswick 4071
Eddie Walters - I Love You So Much (1930) - Here Come The Boys 1925-1932 (Retrieval RTR 79062)
The Revelers - Was It a Dream? (1928) - Victor 21516 A

"Too Busy To Be Lazy" April 15, 2011

(Week 255)

That this RADIOLA! exists at all is a miracle. It's that time of year when everything needs doing all at once. Remembering to stop and breathe can be a problem.

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The Piano Twins (Dick Robertson v) - Lazy Day (1932) - Perfect 11334 B
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Bugle Call Rag (1931) - Brunswick 1339 B (UK)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Coon-Sanders Orch (C A Coon v) - Too Busy (1928) - Victor 21546 A
Carl Fenton's Orch - Doll Dance (1927) - Brunswick 3519 A
Warner's Seven Aces - Who'd Be Blue? (1926) - Jazz from Atlanta 1923-1929 (Timeless CBC 1-038)
Arthur Fields - Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling? (1927) - Bell 529 B
Annette Hanshaw - Mean To Me (1929) - Diva 2859 G
The Revelers - Nola (1927) - Victor 22110 B
Handy's Orch of Memphis - The Snaky Blues (1917) - Columbia A2421
The Night Club Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - I'll Fly To Hawaii (1926) - Harmony 266 H
The Dixie Stompers (Henderson) - Ain't She Sweet? (1927) - Velvet Tone 1353 V
Billy Jones - At The Choc'late Bon Bon Ball (1920) - Pathe 22472 B
Happy Martin (Jack Kaufman) - It Goes Like This (1928) - Diva 2756 G
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (Irving Kaufman v) - I Just Roll Along (1928) - Diva 2596 G
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Blue Skies (2007) - Cures Everything But The Blues
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Some of These Days (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Margaret McKee (whistling) - Spring Song (Mendelssohn) (1920) - Pathe 22477
Joseph Howard - Whistle a Song (1920) - Pathe 22361
Howard Kopp and Frank Banta - Oh Johnny! Oh Johnny! Oh! (1917) - Columbia A2321
The Cotton Pickers - If You Hadn't Gone Away (1925) - Brunswick 2937 B
The High Hatters (Sam Coslow v) - The Spell of the Blues (1928) - Victor 21835 A
Buddy Rogers and his California Cavaliers (Frank Parrish v) - In My Hide Away (1932) - Victor 24015 B
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Minnie the Moocher (1931) - Brunswick 1339 B (UK)
Buddy Jones - She's Sellin' What She Used To Give Away (1938) - Decca 5613 A
Wingy Mannone and his Orch - Shake That Thing (1930) - Champion 40054 B
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Yes-Yes! My-My! (1936) - Decca 698 B
Frances Langford (w/Jimmy Dorsey's Orch) - Rap Tap On Wood (1936) - Decca 939 B
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Gee But You're Swell (1937) - Bluebird B 6770 B
Coon-Sanders Orch - Sweeping The Clouds Away (1929) - Victor 22346 A
The Piano Twins (Dick Robertson v) - Got A Date With An Angel (1932) - Perfect 11334 A
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in “Drumnasticks” - Who? (1936) - Decca 1313 B

"Let It Go!" April 8, 2011

(Week 254)

This RADIOLA! emphasizes that we have to let some things go to make room for other, better things.

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Lee Sims - What's The Use Of Crying? (1926) - Brunswick 3320 A
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Band - Entry of the Gladiators (1930) - Victor 22438 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
The High Hatters - Don't Hold Everything (1928) - Victor 21791 A
Ipana Troubadours (Paul Small v) - Button Up Your Heart (1930) - Columbia 2340 D
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Ready Hokum (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Willard Robison - Deep River Blues (1928) - Victor 21651 B
Helen Kane - Is There Anything Wrong In That? (1928) - Victor 21684 B
The Revelers - Blue Shadows (1928) - Victor 21765 B
The Happy Six - Dance-O-Mania (1920) - Columbia A 2949
The Cotton Pickers - Those Panama Mamas (1925) - Brunswick 2879 B
The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (Irving Kaufman v) - Chloe (1928) - Diva 2596 G
Gene Austin (Billy Carpenter uke) - Yes Sir! That's My Baby (1925) - Victor 19656 B
Happy Martin (Jack Kaufman) - Do You? That's All I Want To Know (1928) - Diva 2756 G
Fred Rich and his Hotel Astor Orch - Could I? I Certainly Could (1926) - Harmony 136 H
Bear Cat Jass Band - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (2011) - Canastota NY April 3, 2011
Bear Cat Jass Band - The Chant (2011) - Canastota NY April 3, 2011
Harold Williams - In Enterprise of Martial Kind (from The Gondoliers) (1923) - Columbia 3335 (UK)
Louisiana Five Jazz Orch - Slow and Easy (1919) - Columbia A2949
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - I Found a Rose In The Devil's Garden (1921) - Edison 50783 L
The Cotton Pickers - Milenberg Joys (1925) - Brunswick 2937 A-cr-nr
Don Voorhees and his Orch - Soliloquy (1927) - Columbia 1129 D
The High Hatters - Wipin' The Pan (1928) - Victor 21835 B
Eddie Lang (Arthur Schutt p) - Eddie's Twister (1927) - Parlophone R 3338
Sophie Tucker - There's Something Spanish In My Eyes (1928) - Columbia 4941 (UK)
Frank Crumit - The King of Borneo (1929) - Victor 21899 B
Buddy Rogers and his California Cavaliers - Happy Go Lucky You and Broken Hearted Me (1932) - Victor 24015 A
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orch with Louis Armstrong - Dipper Mouth (1936) - Decca 906 B
Sleepy Hall and his Orch - That Old Oaken Bucket (1937) - Variety VA 583
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - If We Never Meet Again (1936) - Decca 906 A
Willard Robison - 'Taint So, Honey, 'Taint So (1928) - Victor 21651 A
Sleepy Hall and his Orch - Sleepy Time Gal (1937) - Variety VA 583

"Don't Ask!" April 1, 2011

(Week 253)

This RADIOLA! is about something--if anything. (There seems to be a hint of rain.)

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Gene Austin (Billy Carpenter uke) - Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now (1925) - Victor 19656 A
Ernie Golden and his Hotel McAlpin Orch - The Varsity Drag (1927) - Edison 52109 L
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - Down and Out Blues (1925) - Victor 19866 A
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch - Misty Mornin' (1929) - Victor V 38058 A
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - My One and Only (1928) - Victor 21113 B
Al Bernard - Beale Street Blues (1927) - Here Come The Boys (Retrieval RTR 79062)
Sophie Tucker - Moanin' Low (1929) - Victor 22049 A
Ray Miller and his Orch - Angry (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-066
Palace Trio (Wiedoeft) - Unlucky Blues (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A14053
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel PA Otch - Remember (1925) - Okeh 40471 B
The Astorites (Rich) (Paul Hagan v) - Gone Again Gal (1926) - Harmony 266 H
Bert Williams - Somebody (1919) - Columbia A 2849
Harold Williams - There Lived a King (from The Gondoliers) (1923) - Columbia 3335 (UK)
Butterbeans and Susie (Eddie Heywood p) - Deacon Bite 'Em In The Back (1926) - Okeh 8323 B
Bear Cat Jass Band - Too Busy (2010) - Recorded at Canastota Library March 21, 2010
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks (John Leifert v) - Isn't This a Lovely Day? (c. 1983) - Cheek to Cheek
Waikiki Hawaiian Orch - Golden Showers (1927) - Edison 51950 R
Bert Williams - The Moon Shines on the Moonshine (1919) - Columbia A 2849
Synco Jazz Band (Samuels) - The Alcoholic Blues (1919) - Pathe 22117
Arthur Fields - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Bell 529 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - I'm Tired Of Everything But You (1925) - Victor 19773 A
Seven Little Polar Bears (Tom Stacks v) - Got No Time To Feel Lonesome (1927) - Cameo 1098
Ipana Troubadours (Paul Small v) - Blue Again (1930) - Columbia 2340 D
Don Redman and his Orch - Two Time Man (1932) - Brunswick B 1400 (UK)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I've Got My Fingers Crossed (1935) - Decca 623 B
Borrah Minnevitch and his Harmonica Rascals - The Ghost Walk (1933) - Brunswick 7980
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Dick Robertson v) - Me and the Moon (1936) - Bluebird B 6548 B
Bunny Berigan and his Boys (Chick Bullock v) - Rhythm Saved The World (1936) - Vocalion 3225
Frances Langford (w/Jimmy Dorsey Orch) - I've Got You Under My Skin (1936) - Decca 939 A
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - The Folks Who Live On The Hill (1937) - Vocalion 3630
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in “Drumnasticks” - China Boy (1937) - Decca 2036 A

"Rumble of Spring" March 25, 2011

(Week 252)

This RADIOLA! celebrates the equinox with rumbly Edisons, Pathes, and Perfects among other delights.

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Victor Concert Orch - Spring Song (Mendelssohn) (1928) - Victor 21449 B
Hoosier Hot Shots - Take Me Out To The Ball Game (1936) - Melotone 6-10-51
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Don Voorhees and his Orch (Lewis James v) - My Blue Heaven (1927) - Columbia 1129 D
Donald Lindley and his Boys - Slidin' Around (1928) - Columbia 1443 D
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Charles Harrison v) – High, High, High Up In The Hills (1927) - Victor 20436 A
Annette Hanshaw - A Precious Little Thing Called Love (1929) - Diva 2859 G
Clarence Williams' Blue Five Orch (Eva Taylor v) - Baltimore (1927) - Brunswick 3664 B
Varsity Eight (Irving Kaufman v) - He Ain't Never Been To College (1928) - Cameo 9003
Synco Jazz Band (Samuels) - Chicago (1922) - Perfect 14043 B
The Jazz-O-Harmonists - I'm Goin' South (1924) - Edison 51302 R
Georgia Melodians - Tea Pot Dome Blues (1924) - Edison 51347 R
Cliff Edwards - Behind The Clouds (1926) - Pathe Actuelle 25177 A
The Radio Franks - I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (1925) - Regal 9956 A
Southampton Society Orch (CA Ramblers) (AF v) - Oh Say Can I See You To-night (1925) - Perfect 14457 B
The Airport Boys - Bad Girl (1940) - Bluebird B 10939 B
The Spirits of Rhythm - She Ain't No Saint (1945) - Black & White 23 A
Theodore Morse and Abe Frankel - Jazzin' Around (1917) - Pathe 20430 B
Rialto Dance Orch - Sweet Indiana Home (1921) - Federal 5193 B
Georgia Melodians - San (1924) - 51412 R
Golden Gate Orch (Ed Kirkeby v) - Clementine (From New Orleans) (1927) - Edison 52109 R
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Sorry (1927) - Vocalion 3148
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (SMT v) - So Will I (1927) - 20436 B
Bob Exton - Fuddle Your Duddle (1939) - Camp Tioga Home Recording
New Dixie Demons - Ace In The Hole (1936) - Decca 5257 B
Midge Williams and her Jazz Jesters - Fortune Tellin' Man (1937) - Vocalion 3865
Bunny Berigan and his Boys - I Can't Get Started (1936) - Vocalion 3225
Carl “Deacon” Moore and his Orch - A Woman Gets Tired (1938) - Decca 2183 A
Bob Causer and his Cornellians (Kardos) (Chick Bullock v) - You Little So-and-So (1932) - Melotone 91452 B
Sarah Gorby - Russian Song (Feb 1940) - Home Recording
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - Slumming On Park Avenue (1937) - Bluebird B 6758 A
Hoosier Hot Shots - Bye Bye Blues (1936) - Melotone 6-10-51

"What Can You Do?" March 18, 2011

(Week 251)

Not much, apparently. At least there's this great music to console us.

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Moran and Mack (Luckey Roberts p) - Two Black Crows Part 4 (1927) - Columbia 1094 D
Donald Lindley and his Boys - Nothin' Doin' (1928) - Columbia 1443 D
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Jack Shilkret and his Orch (Billy Murray v) - Roll 'Em Girls (1925) - Victor 19922 A
George Olsen and his Music - Sugar Plum (1925) - Victor 19859 B
Jack Pettis and his Pets - A Bag of Blues (1928) - Victor 21793 B
Ukulele Ike - The Moon Is Low (1930) - Columbia 2169 D
Libby Holman - I May Be Wrong (1929) - Brunswick 4506
Cab Calloway and his Orch, Roy Smeck, Chick Bullock - Git Along (1932) - Perfect 12843 B
Six Black Diamonds (Glantz) - Struttin' Jim (1923) - Banner 1236 B
The Lanin Orch - Some Other Day (1924) - Okeh 40219 A
Mal Hallett and his Orch (John Ryan v) - She's A Corn-fed Indiana Girl (1926) - Perfect 14618 B
Palmetto Jazz Quartette - Base Ball Blues (1921) - Okeh 8023 B
Fred Hillebrand - Oh, Min! (1923) - Okeh 4941 B
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Don't Forget to Mess Around (1926) - Okeh 8343 A
Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orchestra - Just Like A Butterfly (That's Caught in the Rain) (2005) - Crinoline Days (Stomp Off CD 1400)
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Hindustan (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Enrico Caruso - O sole mio (1916) - Victrola 501 A
Six Black Diamonds (Samuels) (Arthur Hall v) - Hot Roasted Peanuts (1923) - Banner 1236 A
Lou Gold and his Orch (IK v) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Perfect 14618
Leo Reisman and his Orch - Birth of the Blues (1926) - Columbia 701 D
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down (1927) - Vocalion 3148
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - Thou Swell (1928) - Victor 21113 A
Libby Holman - Can't We Be Friends? (1929) - Brunswick 4506
Morton Downey, Annette Hanshaw, Singin’ Sam, Will Osborne - Say It Isn't So (1932) - Perfect 12843 A
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I'm Shooting High (1935) - Decca 623 A
Bob Causer and his Cornellians (Kardos) (Harry Goldfield v) - Pu-leeze Mister Hemingway! (1932) - Melotone 91452 A
New Dixie Demons - Was I Drunk? (1936) - Decca 5257 A
Carl “Deacon” Moore and his Orch - Nobody Knows Where She's Gone (1938) - Decca 2183 B
Nick Lucas - Moon Glow (1934) - Perfect 13025 B
Billie Holiday - Night and Day (1939) - Vocalion 5377
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots in “Drumnasticks” - Farewell Blues (1937) - Decca 2036 B

"Iniquity" March 11, 2011

(Week 250)

This RADIOLA! spins the moral compass hoping for a happier direction.

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Joan Edwards - In Our Little Den of Iniquity (1940) - Liberty Music Shop L-322
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orch - Pretty Lil (1929) - Complete Recorded Sides (JSP CD 322)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders - Ya Gotta Know How To Love (1926) - Victor 20059 B
Berlyn Baylor Orchestra - Riverboat Shuffle (1928) - Frog Spawn - The White Hot Batch (DGF 76)
Ray Miller and his Hotel Gibson Orch - Weary Blues (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-066
Banjo Buddy - Let's Misbehave (1928) - Here Come The Boys 1925-1932 (Retrieval RTR 79062)
Irene Gibbons (Eva Taylor) - I'm Busy And You Can't Come In (1928) - Dreaming The Hours Away (Frog DGF 14)
Six Jumping Jacks - The Prune Song (1928) - 1926-1930 (Retrieval RTR 79048)
Gene Rodemich's Orch - Flowers of Araby (1922) - Brunswick 2381 A
Frank Westphal and his Orch - That Lullaby Strain (1924) - Columbia 108 D
Georgia Melodians - I'm Satisfied (Beside That Sweetie o' Mine) (1924) - 1924-1926
Steve Porter - Clancy's Wooden Wedding (1928) - Radiex 2381 (from John Leifert collection)
Louis Armstrong's Hot Five - Irish Black Bottom (1926) - Hot Fives & Sevens, Volume 1 (JSP CD 312
Dan Hornsby Novelty Quartet - Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928) - Columbia 1637 D
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down (2007) - Cures Everything but the Blues
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - As Long As I Live (1990) - Cotton Club Revisited - Nighthawks
Bert Williams - When I Return (1918) - Columbia A 2652
California Ramblers - On Such a Night (1924) - Columbia 91 D
Lee Sims - I'd Climb The Highest Mountain If I Knew I'd Find You (1926) - Brunswick 3266 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - Baby's Blue (1927) - Victor 20882 B
Henny Hendrickson & his Louisville Serenaders - Buffalo Rhythm (1931) - Four-Four Rhythm (TOM mb130)
The New Yorkers - Fireworks (1930) - Frog Spawn - The White Hot Batch (DGF 76)
Lucille Hegamin - Nobody But My Baby Is Getting My Love (1926) - Dreaming the Hours Away (DGF 14)
Barry Oliver - Let's Amalgamate (1929) - Here Come The Boys 1925-1932 (Retrieval RTR 79062)
Bubber Miley & His Mileage Makers (Edith Wilson v) - The Penalty Of Love (1930) - ''Ain't Gonna Settle Down'' (Archeophone ARCH 6006)
Chicago Hottentots - Put Me In The Alley Blues (1926) - Jazz Classics 509 B (orig Vocalion 1008)
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Take Me To The River (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orch - Tank Town Bump (1929) - Complete Recorded Sides (JSP CD 322)
Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo - My Last Affair (1937) - Bluebird B 6770 A
Joan Edwards - Bewitched (1940) - Liberty Music Shop L-322
Endor And Farrell - Happy Times (1932) - Here Come The Boys 1925-1932 (Retrieval RTR 79062)

RADIOLA! "Mardi Gras!" March 4, 2011

(Week 249)

This RADIOLA! revels in Mardi Gras--or indeed in any reason at all to celebrate.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station.

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - High Society (1933) - Complete RCA Victor (BMG 09026-68682-2)
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Jazz Battle (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Ray Miller and his Hotel Gibson Orch - That's A Plenty (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-066
California Ramblers - Stockholm Stomp (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-053
Tiny Parham and His Musicians - Skag-A-Lag (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-022
Lucille Hegamin - Senorita Mine (1926) - Dreaming the Hours Away (Frog DGF 14)
Ted Lewis and his Band - King For a Day (1928) - Columbia 1485 D
Sophie Tucker and Miff Mole's Molers - I Ain't Got Nobody (1927) - Slippin' Around (Frog DGF 19)
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Tin Roof Blues (1923) - Okeh 4885 A
Bennie Krueger's Orch - Doo Dah Blues (1922) - Brunswick 2194 A
Warner's Seven Aces - Go Get 'Em, Caroline (1925) - Jazz from Atlanta 1923-1929 (Timeless CBC 1-038)
Bert Williams - Ten Little Bottles (1920) - Columbia A 2941
Vaughn De Leath - Alabammy Mammy (1922) - Okeh 4588 A
Lee Morse - Yes, Sir, That's My Baby (1925) - Echoes of a Songbird (Jasmine JASCD 646)
The Beau Hunks - Mississippi Suite: Mardi Gras (1997) - Music Of Ferde Grofé (Basta 30-9083-2)
Baby Soda Band - Struttin' With Some Barbecue (2009) - Jazz Roots Elixir
Creatore's Band - Electric March (1925) - Victor 19844 B
Monk Hazel and his Bienville Roof Orch - Sizzling The Blues (1928) - Sharkey Bonano Timeless CBC 1-001
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Doctor Jazz (1926) - JSP CD 321
Ethel Waters - West End Blues (1928) - Dreaming the Hours Away (Frog DGF 14)
Edith Wilson - I'll Get Even With You (1930) - ''Ain't Gonna Settle Down'' (Archephone ARCH 6006)
Louis Armstrong - You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born (1932) - Complete RCA Victor (BMG 09026-68682-2)
Tiny Parham & His Musicians - That Kind Of Love (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-022
California Ramblers - Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-053
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Boston Skuffle (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Chicago Hottentots - All Night Shags (1926) - Jazz Classics 509 A (orig Vocalion 1008)
Frank Melrose - Jelly Roll Stomp (1929) - Brunswick 80031 B
Monk Hazel and his Bienville Roof Orch - Ideas (1928) - Sharkey Bonano Timeless CBC 1-001
Ray Miller and his Orch - My Honey's Lovin' Arms (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-066
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Decatur Street Tutti (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Sophie Tucker and Miff Mole's Molers - After You've Gone (1927) - Slippin' Around (Frog DGF 19)