"The Newest Math" November 8, 2013

(Week 375)

This RADIOLA! suspects there's a reason it doesn't quite add up.

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Billy Murray - I Can't Do That Sum (1904) - Columbia cylinder (UCSB collection)

Jelly Roll Morton Seven - Good Old New York (1940) - General 1704 A

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

Howard Lanin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Lucky Day (1926) - Columbia 689 D

Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Riverboat Shuffle (1927) - UHCA 30

All Star Orch - Add a Little Wiggle (1928) - Victor 21423 B

Fess Williams' Royal Flush Orch - Gambler's Blues (1927) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8041

Varsity Eight (Irving Kaufman v) - He Ain't Never Been To College (1928) - Cameo 9003

Chick Endor - Lady Luck (1929) - Victor 22245 B

Yerkes Blue Bird Orch - Kismet (1920) - HMV (Canada) 216195 B

Nathan Glantz and his Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Love Is Just A Gamble (1924) - orig Edison 51355 (Healey col)

Isham Jones' Orch - Get Lucky (1924) - Brunswick 2678 B

Arthur Moss and Ed Frye - How High Is Up? Pt. 2 (1923) - Victor 19081 B

Bert Williams - Unlucky Blues (1920) - Columbia A 2941

Thomas and West (Jones and Hare) - In the Little Red Schoolhouse (1922) - Regal 9327 A

Eddie South - Daybreak (1944) - The Dark Angel of the Fiddle (Soundies SCD 4120)

Dick Hyman and Stan Kurtis - Satan's Holiday (1985) - Runnin' Ragged (Fanfare CDJ 652)

Avon Comedy Four - The New School Teacher (1924) - Victor 35750 (Library of Congress)

Sophie Tucker (w/Milo Rega's Orch) - Seven Or Eleven - My Dixie Pair O' Dice (1923) - Jazz Age Hot Mamma (Take Two TT404)

Palace Trio (Wiedoeft) - I'll See You in C-U-B-A (1920) - Victor 18663 A

The Charleston Chasers (Eva Taylor v) - Turn on the Heat (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-040

Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Gambling Jack (1930) - JSP CD323

Isham Jones and his Orch (Rita Smith v) - It Isn't Fair (1933) - Shadows on the Swanee (Rivermont BSW 1159)

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

Buddy Morgan and his Veterans - Don't Get Collegiate (1929) - Columbia 2011 D

New Dixie Demons - Ace In The Hole (1936) - Decca 5257 B

Casani Club Orch (Charlie Kunz) (Harry Bentley v) - Learning (1934) - Sterno 1528

Jimmy Dorsey and his Orch (Bob Eberle v) - I'm A Gambler (1935) - orig Decca 607 (Healey col)

Archie Bleyer and his Orch (Russ Morgan v) - You Are My Lucky Star (1935) - Melotone 35 10 23 A

Fred Astaire - Pick Yourself Up (1937) - Brunswick 7717

Ted Weems and his Orch - Gambler's Blues (1939) - orig Decca 2408 (Healey col)

Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - The Old Apple Tree (1938) - Vocalion 4070

"On Top of It" November 1, 2013

(Week 374)

This RADIOLA! is getting to the summit in its roundabout fashion.

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Banjo Bill Bowen (Charles Baumshlag p) - I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (1926) - Okeh 40553 A

Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Roseland Stomp (1936) - Decca 833 B

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

Lyall Bowen and his Philadelphians (Frank Bessinger v) - Nothin' on My Mind (1928) - Perfect 14965

Arnold Frank and his Roger's Cafe Orch (Swanny Swenumsen c) - Black Maria (1927) - Okeh 40896

Devine's Wisconsin Roof Orch - Tiger Rag (1927) - Broadway 1140 B

Kate Smith (w/The Charleston Chasers) - I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now (1927) - Timeless CBC 1-040

Beth Challis - Gorgeous (1927) - Okeh 40899

La Palina Broadcasters (Fred Rich) (Irving Kaufman v) - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929) - Perfect 15197 B

Eddie Davis Orch - Hot Lips (1922) - Grey Gull 1120

Oriole Orch - Bonnie (1923) - Brunswick 2505 B

Bob Haring and his Orch (Arthur Fields v) - My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) - Cameo 795

American Quartet - Strut Miss Lizzie (1921) - Victor 18799 B

Fred Hillebrand - Come On Spark Plug (1923) - Okeh 4998 A

Arthur Fields - Captain Jinks (c 1927) - Radiex 4119

Bryan Wright - Key-Stone Rag (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont BSW 2212)

Molly Ryan - Say It With a Kiss (2012) - Swing For Your Supper!

Arthur Pryor's Band - Dill Pickles Rag (1909) - Victor 16482 B

The Krulee Novelty Orch - Emaline (1921) - Jewel L 829 B

Southern Trio - Loveless Love Blues (1928) - Madison 1921

Bill Haid's Cubs (J. Allen v) - Crazy Rhythm (1928) - Broadway 1206 B

Goody and his Good Timers (Irving Mills) - Stardust (1928) - Perfect 15084 B

Duke Ellington and his Orch - Doin' the Voom Voom (1929) - Bluebird B 7710 B

Ethel Waters - Trav'lin' All Alone (1929) - Columbia 1933 D

Bob Causer and his Cornelians (Paul Small v) - My Silent Love (1932) - Oriole 2486 A

Paul Robeson (V Young Orch) - Ol' Man River (1932) - Columbia 55004

Frank and Milt Britton's Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - All Of Me (1931) - Romeo 1767 A

Alfredo Brito and his Siboney Orch - Siboney (1931) - Victor 22685 A

Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Tear It Down (1933) - Columbia 2909 D

Harry Jacobson (Arthur Young piano) - You're The Top (1934) - Decca F 5544 A (UK)

Danny Polo and his Swing Stars - Doing the Gorgonzola (1939) - The Old Masters TOM 41 (LP)

Victor Young and his Brunswick Orch (Dick Robertson v) - The Hour of Parting (1931) - Brunswick 6116

"Near-Life Experience" October 25, 2013

(Week 373)

This RADIOLA! is just happy to be here.

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Conrad Thibault (Ferde Grofe Orch) - The Last Round Up (1933) - Victor 24404 A

Danny Polo and his Swing Stars - Montparnasse Jump (1939) - The Old Masters TOM 41 (LP)

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

Jean Goldkette and his Orch (Billy Murray v) - I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (take 4) (1927) - orig Victor 20466 B

Arnold Frank and his Roger's Cafe Orch (Stan Thompson v) - Rain (1927) - Okeh 40896

Willard Robison and his Orch (Murray Johns v) - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Supertone 36632

Eddie Lang (Arthur Schutt p) - Eddie's Twister (1927) - Parlophone R 3338

Johnny Marvin - From Midnight Until Dawn (1928) - Victor 21230 B

Sophie Tucker - Virginia (There's a Blue Ridge In My Heart) (1928) - Columbia 4942 (UK)

Rega Dance Orch - Patches (1919) - Okeh 4001 A

Ted Lewis and his Band - St. Louis Blues (1922) - Columbia A3790

Original Memphis Five (Joe Griffith v) - The Grass is Always Greener in the Other Fellow's Yard (1924) - Columbia 186 D

Billy Murray - The Little Ford Rambled Right Along (1915) - Victor 17755 A

Martha Pryor - Louisville Lou (1923) - Cameo 359

The Record Boys (Al Bernard) - Hello! Are You There Hello! (1926) - orig Harmony 154 H (ToNY)

Oscar Levant - Clair de lune (Debussy) (1945) - Columbia 71637 D

Oscar Levant - Tango in D (Albéniz) (1944) - Columbia 71638 D

Oscar Levant - Golliwogg's Cake Walk (Debussy) (1945) - Columbia 71637 D

Olly Oakley (Dave Rothe p) - Poppies and Wheat (1919) - Gennett 4557 B

Clara Smith (w/Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson) - Shipwrecked Blues (1925) - Columbia 14077 D

Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orch - Somehow (I'm Always To Blame) (1923) - Okeh 40002 B

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Evening Star (1928) - Columbia 1401 D

Wabash Dance Orch (Phil Baker v) - Ready For The River (1928) - Duophone D 4008

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

Will Osborne and his Orch - Heartaches (1931) - Melotone M 12078

Eddy Duchin Orch - La Cumparsita (1933) - Victor 24461 B

Georgia Washboard Stompers (Cal Clement v) - My Pretty Girl (1933) - Bluebird B 5089 B

Greta Keller - I Believe In Miracles (1935) - orig Decca F-5460

Billy Cotton and his Band (Harold “Chips” Chippendall v) - Believe It, Beloved (1935) - Regal Zono MR 1670 (UK)

Sid Phillips and his Rhythm (Jack Cooper v) - Woe is Me! (1936) Rex 8742 B

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

Danny Polo and his Swing Stars - Polo-Naise (1939) - The Old Masters TOM 41 (LP)

Henry King Orch (Joseph Sudy v) - No Regrets (1936) - Decca 823 A

"Moonlight Harvest" October 18, 2013

(Week 372)

This RADIOLA! opines that what we reap depends on the quality of our seeds.

We also celebrate singer Herb Jeffries, who turned one hundred years old on September 24.

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Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville - Au Clair de la Lune (1860)

Bert Williams - The Moon Shines on the Moonshine (1919) - Columbia A 2849

Duke Ellington and his Orch (Herb Jeffries v) - Jump For Joy - Take 1 (1941) - orig Victor 27517

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

Paul Specht's Georgians - Not Too Good - Not Too Bad (1927) - Columbia 1333 D

Miami Bell Boys (Robison) (Murray John v) - At Sundown (1927) - Broadway 1074 B

Ray Miller and his Orch (Harry Maxfield v) - Anything You Say (1928) - Brunswick 4077

Chick Endor - Precious (1926) - Vocalion B 15382

Aileen Stanley and Johnny Marvin - Side By Side (1927) - Victor 20714 B

Ed Smalle and Dick Robertson - Wob-a-ly Walk (1928) - Brunswick 3816 B

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

The Georgians - Farewell Blues (1923) - Columbia A3864

Golden Gate Orch (Billy Murray v) - Me and the Man in the Moon (1928) - Diva 2778 G

Elsie Clark - Oogie Oogie Wa Wa (1922) - Okeh 4597 A

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies - Cold Cold Winter Blues (1923) - Cameo 415

Edna Brown (Elsie Baker) and Elliott Shaw - Ka-Lu-A (1922) - Victor 18854 B

'Cile Turner - Full o' the Moon (1947) - Makin' Glory (Rivermont BSW 3135)

The Beau Hunks - The Moon and You (1993) - Play the Original Little Rascals Music

Django Reinhardt and his Quintette - Clair De Lune (1947) - Echoes of France (Fremeaux FA 313)

Joe Hayman - Cohen Listens In On The Radio (1922) - Columbia A 3832

The Benson Orch of Chicago - Mean, Mean Mamma (1923) - Victor 19138 B

Bennie Krueger's Orch (Jones and Hare v) - Why Did I Kiss That Girl? (1924) - Brunswick 2576 A

Vincent Lopez (Jack Parker v) - I'm a Dreamer Aren't We All? (1929) - Oriole 1786 a

Jack Miller and the New Englanders - Deep Night (1929) - Velvet Tone 1898 V

Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (Frank Luther v) - Dancing the Devil Away (1929) - Victor 22383 A

Annette Hanshaw (as Patsy Young) - Don't Be Like That (1929) - Velvet Tone 1829 V

Leslie Hutchinson - You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me (1930) - Parlophone R 738

Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - You Rascal You (1931) - Perfect 15506 A

Earl Hines and his Orch (Herb Jeffries v) - Blue (1934) - orig Brunswick 6872

Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Charles Chester v) - I Can't Escape From You (1936) - orig Bluebird B 6475

Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys - Moonlight and Roses (1938) - Vocalion 04439

Joe Reichman and his Orch - Moonlight Sonata (1941) - orig Victor 27484

Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter Orch - Au Clair de la Lune (1952) - orig Vogue 5139

Duke Ellington and his Orch (Herb Jeffries v) - There Shall Be No Night (1940) - orig Victor 26748

"What's Not to Like?" October 11, 2013

(Week 371)

This RADIOLA! agrees to be agreeable.

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Sir Henry Lytton - If you give me your attention (1932) - Princess Ida (Conifer 75605 52273 2B)

Hit Of The Week Orch - La Paloma (1931) - Hit Of The Week L3

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

Gus C. Edwards and his Orch (Cliff Covert v) - Alabama Stomp (1926) - Victor 20230 B

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Hurricane (1926) - Brunswick 6817

Frank Black and his Orch (Frank Munn v) - The Two of Us (1926) - Brunswick 3338 B

Gene Austin (Art Fowler uke) - Everything's Made For Love (1926) - Victor 20478 A

Ed Smalle - Horses (1926) - Brunswick 3147 B

Bessie Smith (Joe Smith cornet Fletcher Henderson piano) - Money Blues (1926) - Columbia 14137 D

Blue Diamond Dance Orch - Blue Danube Blues (1921) - Okeh 4497 A

Carl Fenton's Orch - Rose Marie (1924) - Brunswick 2759 A

Original Indiana Five - Deep Henderson (1926) - Harmony 217 H

Richard B. Gilbert (Taro Patch accomp) - Because of You (1925) - Okeh 40401 A

Gloria Geer (Vaughn De Leath) - Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue? (1925) - Cameo 802

Twin City Dance Orch (Nathan Glantz) (Arthur Fields v) - Say it Again (1926) - Challenge 148 B

Baby Soda - When You Wore a Tulip (2011) - Live at Radegast

Mona's Hot Four (with Dan Levinson) - Osage Stomp (2009) - Live at Mona's

Kitty Brown (acc by Ricketts' Stars) - Mean Eyes (Too Late Blues) (1923) - Okeh 8053 B

Original Memphis Five - How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (1924) - Victor 19480 A

The Harmonians (Bar Harbor Society Orch) (Irving Kaufman v) - I'm Afraid of You (1928) - Diva 2626 G

Golden Gate Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Glorianna (1928) - Perfect 15084

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Frank Luther v) - Charming (1929) - Victor 22233 A

Jimmy Joy and his Orch - I Got Worry (1928) - Brunswick 3959

Helen Richards - Am I Blue? (1929) - Conqueror 7392 B

Percival Mackey and his Kit Kat Band (Val Rosing v) - My Heart Is Where The Mohawk Flows Tonight (1931) - Regal MR 445

Frank Luther Trio - Buffalo Range (1934) - Perfect 13020 B

Maxwell House Orch (Don Voorhees dir) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (1931) - Hit Of The Week 1155

Jack Hylton and his Orch (Pat O'Malley v) - River, Stay 'Way From My Door (1931) - HMV B 6004

Arthur Lally and the Million Airs (Maurice Elwin and Cavan O'Connor v) - Sing a Little Jingle (1931) - Decca F 2612

Harry Roy and his Orch (Harry Roy and Bill Currie v) - I've Got a Note (1935) - Parlophone F 175

Mississippi Jook Band - Barbecue Bust (1935) - Creole 16 B (Melotone 6 12 71)

George Olsen and his Music - Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow (1925) - Victor 19715

"Some of the People" October 4, 2013

(Week 370)

Carey Orr cartoon from The Chicago Tribune, January 8, 1927


This RADIOLA! is reeling from the brisk slap of Truth.

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Arthur Moss and Ed Frye - How High Is Up? Pt. 1 (1923) - Victor 19081 A

Vincent Rose and his Orch (Dorothy Brent v) - On The Good Ship Lollypop (1934) - Perfect 16051 A

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

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - My Blue Heaven (1927) - Victor 20828 A

The Virginians (Lewis James v) - Did You Mean It? (1927) - Victor 21105 A

Paul Ash and his Orch (Milton Watson v) - Oh! If I Only Had You (1926) - Columbia 707 D

Vaughn De Leath - Banana Oil (1925) - Columbia 361 D

Walter Woolf - Blue Skies (1927) - Gennett 6043 A

Genevieve Davis and Leonard Mitchell - I've Got Something (1927) - Victor 20648 B

Albert E Short and his Tivoli Syncopators - Rose of Sunny Italy (1923) - Vocalion A14657

Carl Fenton's Orch - A Little Bit of This (Intro: My Road) (1924) - Brunswick 2759 B

Tommy Christian and his Orch - How Could Red Riding Hood? (1926) - Velvet Tone 1264 V

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake - Oriental Blues (1921) - Emerson 10396

Virginia Liston (Clarence Williams) - You Don't Know My Mind Blues (1923) - Okeh 8115 B

The Bar Harbor Society Orch (Charles Hart v) - Just an Old Love Song (1923) - Vocalion B14539

Martin Spitznagel - Maple Leaf Rag at 4 AM (2011) - Handful of Keys (Rivermont BSW 2217)

The Morganville Four - Thanks a Million (2011) - Alone With My Dream (Jazz Rules JR 1001)

Arthur Fields - Dear Old Southland (1922) - Grey Gull 2091b

Boyd Senter - Mobile Blues (1924) - Puritan 11341 B

Herb Wiedoeft and his Cinderella Roof Orch - Hard Hearted Hannah (1924) - Brunswick 2751 (Healey)

The Knickerbockers (Selvin) - Good For You, Bad For Me (1930) - Columbia 2129 D

Lloyd Keating and his Music (Selvin) (Dick Robertson v) - Hiding in the Shadows of the Moon (1931) - Clarion 5419 C

Snooks' Memphis Stompers - One More Time (1931) - Romeo 1647 A

Geechee Wiley - Last Kind Word Blues (1930) - orig Paramount 12951 A

Robert Gwenn - Living in the Sunlight, Loving in the Moonlight (1930) - Imperial (UK) 2345

Anona Winn - Gertie, The Girl With The Gong (1935) - Rex 8466 B (UK)

Abe Lyman and his Orch (Grace Barrie v) - I Cover The Waterfront (1933) - Brunswick 6572

Mal Hallett and his Orch (Clark Yocum v) - Sweet Misery of Love (1936) - Vocalion 3278

The New Music of Reginald Foresythe - The Greener the Grass (1935) - Columbia 3060 D

Arthur Young and his Strict Tempo Dance Orch - I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' (1935) - Decca F 5792

Chick Webb and his Orch - Strictly Jive (1937) - Decca 1586 B

Irving Kaufman - Tomorrow Is Another Day (1930) - Columbia 2281 D

"Taking the Chill Off" September 27, 2013

(Week 369)

This RADIOLA! warmly welcomes some welcome warmth.

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The Happiness Boys (Harry Reser uke) - Oh-My-Yes! (1924) - Okeh 40174 B

Les Brown and his Duke Blue Devils - Swamp Fire (1937) - Decca 1231 A

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

Ipana Troubadours - Paddlin' Madelin' Home (1925) - Columbia 503 D

Jack Pettis and his Band - St Louis Shuffle (1926) - Domino 3884 B

George Olsen and his Music - Hot Aire (1925) - 19761 B

Art Gillham - So That's The Kind of a Girl You Are (1925) - Columbia 442 D

Nick Lucas - Sleepy Time Gal (1925) - Brunswick 2990 A

Ethel Waters (James P. Johnson p) - My Handy Man (1928) - Columbia 14353 D

Emil Coleman and his Montmartre Orch - Deedle Deedle Bum (1922) - Vocalion A14356

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Learn to Do the Strut (1924) - Victor 19252 B

Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orch (Clyde Lucas v) - Ev'rything is Hotsy-Totsy Now (1925) - Brunswick 2916 A

Earl Rickard (Harry Reser guitar) - Dumb Dora (1924) - Okeh 40174 A

Edith Wilson and her Jazz Band - Daddy Change Your Mind (1924) - Columbia 14008 D

McKenzie's Candy Kids - Hot Honey (1925) - Vocalion A 15166

'Cile Turner - Down By The Riverside (1952) - Makin' Glory (Rivermont BSW 3135-2)

Martin Spitznagel - The Newbie Eubie (2011) - Handful of Keys (Rivermont BSW 2217)

Fiddlin' John Carson - Dixie Boll Weevil (1924) - Okeh 40095 B

Carl Fenton's Orch (Billy Jones Ernest Hare v) - Oh You Can't Fool an Old Hoss Fly (1924) - Brunswick 2757 A

Harry Reser - Ukulele Lady (1925) - Columbia 409 D

Paul Tremaine and his Orch - I Wanna Sing About You (1931) - Columbia 2462 D (Jeff Healey col)

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

Cab Calloway and his Orch - Hot Water (1932) - Oriole 2626 B

Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) - The Moon Is Low (1930) - Columbia 2169 D

Layton and Johnstone - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You (1933) - Columbia FB 1218

Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - Cheer Up (Good Times Are Comin') (1930) - Victor 22442 A

Harry Roy and his Orch (Harry Roy v) - Lazybones (1933) - Parlophone R 1611

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Will You, Won't You Be My Baby? (1934) - Vox 16059 B

Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys (Jesse Ashlock v) - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (1938) - Vocalion 04439

George Olsen and his Music (Ethel Shutta v) - Underneath The Arches (1933) - Victor 24229 A

Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Stanley Worth v) - My Reverie (1938) - Brunswick 8224

Billy Merrin and his Commanders (Sam Browne v) - No More Heartaches No More Tears (1933) - Regal Zono MR 1262

"Cross Currents" September 20, 2013

(Week 368)

This RADIOLA! drifts out beyond the three-mile limit and back again.

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Lillian Morton - Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky (1928) - Okeh 41072

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Carmen Lombardo v) - Riptide (1934) - Melotone M 13117 A

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

Harry Raderman's Red Hotters - Sunday (1926) - Okeh 40736 B

Harold Leonard and his Waldorf-Astoria Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Roses For Remembrance (1927) - Columbia 947 D

Paul Whiteman and his Orch - It All Depends On You (1927) - Victor 20513 A

Ethel Waters (James P. Johnson p) - Guess Who's In Town (1928) - Columbia 14353 D

Johnny Marvin - Is She My Girl Friend? (1927) - Victor 21153 B

The Palm Beach Boys - Under The Moon (1927) - Okeh 40878

Blue Diamond Dance Orch (Virginia Burt guitar imitation) - Ka-Lu-A (1921) - Okeh 4497 B

The Original Memphis Five - Stop Your Kidding (1922) - Vocalion A 14461

Emil Coleman and his Montmarte Orch - In a Little Rendezvous (1924) - Vocalion A14879

Palmetto Jazz Quartette - My Jazz Gal (1921) - Okeh 8011 B

Ernest Hare and Billy Jones - Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (1921) - Vocalion B14247

Esther Bigeou (acc by Ricketts' Stars) - Aggravatin' Papa (1923) - Okeh 8053 A

Bryan Wright - Country Club (Scott Joplin) (2004) - Syncopated Musings (Rivermont BSW 2204)

The Morganville Four (Bria Skonberg v) - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (2011) - Alone With My Dream (Jazz Rules JR 1001)

Michael Casey - Casey as a Doctor (1915) - Columbia A1886

The Bar Harbor Society Orch (Charles Hart v) - Marcheta (1923) - Vocalion A14539

Vincent Lopez and his Hotel PA Orch - Maybe (She'll Write Me) (1924) - Okeh 40051A

Majestic Dance Orch (Harry Salter) (Bob Merwin v) - I'm Just a Vagabond Lover (1929) - Perfect 15159

Johnny Hamp and his Orch (Carl Graub v) - Falling in Love Again (1931) - Victor 22638 A

Al Gold and his Band (Charlie Kunz) (Harry Bentley v) - Learn to Croon (1933) - Homochord HN 2

Ruth Etting - Happy Days and Lonely Nights (1928) - Columbia 1454 D

The Melody Three (Frank Luther, Jack Parker, and Phil Dewey) - Pals Forever (1929) - Victor 22028 B

Edward Malloy - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1932) - Sterno 1548

Sir Hamilton Harty and Halle Orch - Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms) (1929) - Columbia 2020 D

Reginald Foort - Finlandia Pt. 1 (Sibelius) (1938) - Victor 26225 A

Reginald Foort - Finlandia Pt. 2 (Sibelius) (1938) - Victor 26225 B

Gene Kardos and his Orch (Lee Russell v) - Sweet As a Song (1938) - Perfect 8-03-01

Mary Martin (w Eddy Duchin's Orch) - Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love (1938) - Brunswick 8282

Stanley Lupino and Elsie Carlisle - Just One More (1932) - Decca F 3319

"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.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. One is a wander-cast here. RADIOLA! is sent each week to subscribers on my mailing list (email here).

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.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. Rowboat on the back porch-cast here. RADIOLA! is sent each week to subscribers on my mailing list (email here).

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