Guy Mitchell.

Another blast from the past 50's again !!...an age of innocence !!....great tunes with unsophisticated titles and lyrics !!...what were the song writers on !!!....I doubt whether we will hear anything like these today !!..What is "The Po Po" !!!.....but great nostalgia !!!!! and I love Um !!!!

1. My Heart Cries For You
2. The Roving Kind
3. Sparrow In The Tree Top
4. My Truly Truly Fair 
5. Belle Belle My Liberty Belle 
6. Pittsburg Pennsylvania
7. Feet Up Pat Him On The Po Po
8. Cause I Love You That a Why

1. Ninety Nine Years
2. Singing The Blues
3. Knee Deep In The Blues
4. Rock a Billy
5.  Heartaches By The Number
6. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You 
7. Call Rosie On The Phone
8. She Wears Red Feathers

          4. My Truly Truly Fair

Jack Teagarden

Off now to the land of "Chocolate" for a couple from "Bob" thanks to him for the diverse L/P's that we have from him !!

           3. Alone Together

Charles Aznavour.

A set of Charles Aznavour's songs sung in English by him..some are a bit "Frantic" but they are great lyrics...I wonder if he wrote the lyrics or composed the songs or maybe did both. there is one or two other names credited after the song titles on the back of the L/P...Maybe someone out there could enlighten me and tell me !!....The best song for the best lyrics has to be "You've let Yourself Go" and I just love "I'll Go On Loving Her" !!!

1. All Those Pretty Young Girls
2. Love Is New Every Day
3. You've Got To Learn
4. C'est Fini
5. Two Guitars
6. You've Let Yourself Go

1. Yesterday When I Was Young
2. We'll Drift Away
3. I'll Go On Loving Her
4. My Hand Needs Your Hand
5. Go On Laugh Little Girl
6. Somewhere 

3. I'll Go On Loving Her.

Barbara Lewis

Barbara Ann Lewis (born February 9, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter whose smooth style influenced rhythm and blues....Lewis was born in Salem, Michigan, United States. She was writing and recording by her teens with record producer Ollie McLaughlin, a black DJ at Ann Arbor radio station WHRV, now WAAM.

Lewis' first single release in 1962, the uptempo "My Heart Went Do Dat Da," did not chart nationally, but was a local hit in the Detroit, Michigan area. She wrote all of the songs on her debut LP, including the hit "Hello Stranger" which reached #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and featured extensive use of the Hammond organ. Lewis had moderate follow-up hits with "Straighten Up Your Heart" (#43) and her original "Puppy Love" (#38) before Bert Berns produced her million-seller "Baby I'm Yours" (U.S. #11), written by Van McCoy. Berns also produced the followup "Make Me Your Baby" (U.S. #11) which had originally been recorded by the Pixies Three, and Lewis' final Top 40 hit "Make Me Belong to You" (#28 in 1966), written by Chip Taylor and Billy Vera.

           9. He's So Bad

Shirley Scott

If you like organ music and jazz then this will be for you...Its the "Jazziest" Hammond organ that I have heard and well worth a listen to....Non Jazz enthusiasts might be surprised if they give it a listen...Its Cool !!

1. Miles Theme

2.Autumn Leaves

3. Bridge Blue

4. Slaughter On 10th Avenue

1. Work Song

2. Chapped Chops

Shirley Scott as a performer in the 1950s, she played the Hammond B-3 organ. Her recordings with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis included the hit "In the Kitchen". Influenced by gospel and blues, she played soul jazz in the 1960s with Stanley Turrentine, who became her husband during the same decade.

          4. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue

Joe Loss & His Orchestra

Obviously I imagine that this is not the "Joe Loss Band" of the 40's.....Not much info about this L/P anywhere just a general note about the Sound !....But it was the 70's the Hey Day of Stereo !!

But it is still a good set of sweeping orchestral tunes !!!!..As quoted below from the back sleeve !

Joshua Alexander "Joe" Loss LVO OBE (22 June 1909 – 6 June 1990) was a British musician popular during the British dance band era, and was founder of the Joe Loss Orchestra.

The Joe Loss Orchestra was one of the most successful acts of the big band era in the 1940s, with hits including "In the Mood". In 1961 they had a hit with "Wheels—Cha Cha", a version of the String-A-Longs' hit "Wheels". Other hits included David Rose's "The Stripper" in 1958,'Sucu Sucu','Must Be Madison','The Theme from Maigret' and "March of the Mods (The Finnjenka Dance)" of 1964.

The Joe Loss Orchestra carries on under the musical direction of Todd Miller, who was a vocalist with the band for 19 years before Loss's death. In 1989 Joe Loss became too ill to travel and in 1990 he entrusted the leadership to his longest serving band member, trombonist and player manager of many decades, Sam Watmough and to Todd. The orchestra has been in constant operation since 1930 and in 2015 it celebrated its 85th anniversary.

Specialist dance band radio stations continue to play his records.

          12. Make Believe

           1. At The Woodchoppers Ball  

Woodchopper's I Believe could be Joe Loss 1940 Band !

Tom Jones.

Tom in the late 60's with his "Hit" "Delilah" and 11 tracks that seem to be L/P "fillers"...a couple of well known songs as well....all sung as only TJ can !!

1. Delilah
2. Weeping Amaleah
3. One Day Soon
4. Laura
5. Make This Heart Of Mine Smile Again 
6. Lingering On

1. You Can't Stop Love
2. My Elusive Dreams
3. Just Out Of Reach
4. Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart
5. Why Can't I Cry 
6. Take Me

          4. Laura

Dean Martin & Caterina Valente - One Note Samba

Caterina Valente.

Another first class effort from Caterina...I wish it was the "Stereo"version...in the early 60's when most of these "Decca" releases were bought if I remember it was quite an effort for the record shops to stock "Stereo" versions unless you asked for them....it was in the late 60's I think that they began to stock both the "Stereo" and The "Mono" versions as part of their ordering system.....Back to the L/P with "Johnny Keating & His Orch" this swings like the big bands of the 50's !!!

1. I Happen To Like New York
2. Lullaby Of Broadway
3. Autumn In New York
4. Chinatown My Chinatown
5. Somethings Coming

1. New York New York / Manhattan Serenade
2. Broadway
3. Sidewalks Of New York
4. Take the A Train
5. Oh Lawd I'm On My Way

    2. Lullaby Of Broadway

Ella Fitzgerald, Caterina Valente, Perry Como

Lita Roza

This L/P has to be listened to when the lights are low and you have 100% concentration....to get the most out of listening to it put your feet up grab yourself a drink and just relax and let the voice waft over you !!....a beautiful set of songs sung by a great singer who unfortunately is no longer with us....and just one swinging track so if you fall asleep it will bring you back with a bump !!

 1. How Did He look
2. Trust In Me
3. This Is No Laughing Matter
4. Misty
5. I'll Close My Eyes
6. Paradise

1. Wild Is The Wind
2. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
3. But Beautiful
4. Tenderly
5. Wee Small Hours
6. They Say

 1. How Did He Look.

Lita Roza - Oh Dear,What Can The Matter Be

Tom Jones.

Ok now change of pace now !!! we have Mr TJ in "Las Vegas"in the early 70's doing his thing it seems that he must have gone off the stage and into the audience a few times as you can hear by all his "Hello Where You From" bits !!....It would be great if anybody out there who has seen his show in "Las Vegas" or even better was there when this recording was made could fill us in on some details..it would be a very interesting comment !!
This is "Tom Jones" at his best his voice is spot on and a faultless performance of his hits as well as songs of the day...

Mantovani & His Orchestra

Ok I Know it's not Xmas yet but it will soon be here, so get your Woolly Jumpers and Snow Shoes ready !!

1. Hark The Herald Angels Sing

2. I Saw Three Ships

3. White Christmas

4. The Holly And The Ivy

5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

6. Mary's Boy Child

1. Jingle Bells

2. Silent Night

3. Once In Royal David's City

4. The Twelve Days of Christmas

5. Good King Wenceslas

6. The First Noel

7. White Shepherds Watched

          10. The Twelve Days Of Christmas

Liza Minnelli

Another part of the Legend of Judy Garland 

This is Liza in the 70's 1973 to be exact so I recon that she made this after her Film "Cabaret"I think I'm safe saying that looking at the hair style !....It's a typical 70's style music with songs of the day and she does a good job on all of them...best tracks for me is "I'd Love You To Want Me"...and "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" !!

 1. I Believe In Music

2. Use Me

3. I'd love You To Want Me

4. Oh Babe What Would You Say

5. You're So Vain

6. Where Is The Love

1. The Singer

2. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight

3. Dancing In The Moonlight

4. You Are The Sunshine Of My life

5. Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

          3. I'd Love You To Want Me

Bob Thompson His Chorus And Orchestra

 Thanks John for finding the other two "Bob Thompsons" L/P's which are as good as the first one further down this Blog....Ray Conniff & Stereo enthusiasts take note well worth a listen !!

          9. Hello Young Lovers

Judy Garland.

 Even with the lack of a professional recording system Judy still has that magical Ooomph !
Ok !  her voice wasn't at its best BUT considering what we know now it is a fitting Epitaph for a great singer...And I think that you had to be there to appreciate the performance 100%
RIP Judy !! 

1. I Belong To London
2. Get Happy
3. The Man That Got Away
4. I'd Like To Hate Myself In The Morning 

1. Just In Time
2. Medley
    a. You Made Me Love You
    b. For Me And My Girl
    c. The Trolley Song
3. For Once In My Life
4. San Francisco
5. Over The Rainbow

 

Charles Aznavour.

 Ok now off we go again this time we will have some Re-Posts before we go Zipping Around the world again !!
 Another Aznavour selection of songs sung in English and recorded in England sung as only "Charlie" can...I always think that the voice doesn't suit the face !!...BUT saying that its not a bad thing !!..the voice is great !!

1. Then
2. Let's Turn Out The Lights
3. I Will Warm Your Heart
4. It's Heaven
5. Take Me Along

1. The Happy Days
2. You Make Me Hungry For Your Love
3. Until Tomorrow Comes
4. Pretty Shitty Days
5. We Had It All

          3. I Will Warm Your Heart

Ethel Ennis

Another set of classy songs from one of my favourite classy  songbirds !!

Ethel Llewellyn Ennis (November 28, 1932 – February 17, 2019) was an American jazz musician whose career spanned seven decades. Ennis spent the majority of her life in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, where she was affectionately known as the "First Lady of Jazz".

Ethel Ennis was born November 28, 1932. Beginning her vocal career while a pianist in a high school jazz group, she quickly went on to sing with everyone from Louis Armstrong to Duke Ellington to Count Basie. Ennis' debut LP, Lullabies for Losers, appeared on Jubilee in 1955, with the follow-up, Change of Scenery, issued two years later on Capitol. Around the same time, she toured Europe with Benny Goodman, but finding the grind of the road too intense, she returned home to Baltimore, and -- much to the detriment of her rising fame -- rarely played outside of the Charm City area in the decades to come. After 1958's Have You Forgotten?, Ennis did not resurface until six years later, landing at RCA for This Is Ethel Ennis; three more LPs -- Once Again, Eyes for You, and My Kind of Waltztime.

           

            7. How About Me