Constellation..VA

Another compilation L/P of instrumental tracks from the record company to try and show you how good your stereo equipment might be !!....and it works !! that is if you have a first class Stereo System !!!...if not its still a good listen !!

           10. Carnival

Liberace

This Liberace L/P has him introducing the tracks with information of how they came to be recorded which to me is an added bonus of a very pleasant L/P from 1965....and there is some good info on the back sleeve which makes a change !!!

1. Rhapsody In Blue

2. You Made Me Love You 

3. The Blue Danube

4. The Rosary

5. Tea For Two

1. Boogie Woogie

2. Paderewski's Minuet

3. I Don't Care

4. Liszt  Concerto In A Major

           6. Boogie Woogie

Katie Lee

A quick dip into the New York Record store and this quirky L/P jumped out at me !!

 It's a hoot !!!!!.....It's one that You have to listen to the words !

Katie Lee (October 23, 1919 – November 1, 2017) was an American folk singer, writer, photographer and environmental activist.Lee's early folk music albums, Songs of Couch and Consultation (1957) and Life Is Just a Bed of Neuroses (1960), parody the rising popularity of psychoanalysis at the time.

         10 Properly Loved

The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett.

 Let's now jet off now to Sunny "Spain" and do some "Flemenco" Dancing !!
 This one is IMHO one of the best of The 50 Guitar series....and again we have that little man running around fiddling with the knobs and sliders !!....Seriously I shouldn't deride the talent of the main guitar performers who according to the back of the sleeve and one or two other people that have made a comment is...TOM TEDESCO......But I like the thought of that little man running around the recording studio !!!

 1. Lady Of Spain
2. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
3. Conquest
4. Meditation
5. La Violetera
6. Adios Mariquita Linda

1. Valencia
2. In A Little Spanish Town
3. El Relicario
4. Blue Tango
5. Marcheta
6. Temptation

         10. Blue Tango

Bing Crosby

 El Señor Bing is a long-playing vinyl album recorded in June 1960 by Bing Crosby for his own company, Project Records. It was released by MGM Records in October, 1961. The album consists of ten tracks each consisting of two songs set to a Latin American rhythm. Billy May & his Orchestra provided the musical accompaniment. 

Frank Murphy, writing in the fan club magazine, Crosby Post, said......"This is one of Bing’s very rare solo LPs these days. Bing likes to hide himself away in choruses and with other artistes just now, and whoever persuaded him to make this solo album is deserving of deepest gratitude and thanks. Here is Bing we love to hear, all by himself, and with a batch of great standards".

1. In The Still Of The Night/I Could Have Danced All Night

2. C'est Magnifique/Taking A Chance On Love

3. Heavenly Night (Cielito Lindo)/My Shawl

4. Marta/The Rose In Her Hair

5. How High The Moon/Old Devil Moon

6. Pagan Love Song/Cuban Love Song

7. Ramona/Amapola

8. Malaguena/Andalucia

9. Down Argentina Way/What A Diff'rence A Day Made

10. Again/Allez-vous-en, Go Away

          3. Heavenly Night (Cielito Lindo) / My Shawl

Marilyn Maye

And is if by Magic!!...we have another voice that I have not heard of !!....John & the Cosmos must be very busy !!!....and a quote from the late "Ella"
 Ella Fitzgerald referred to Maye as "the greatest white female singer in the world".
Soooooo Guy's And Gal's have listen to this and the above post for a treat !!!

1. The Lamp Is Low
2. I See The Rainbow Now
3. If I Were In Your Shoes
4. Love Me True
5. You're Gonna Hear From Me
6. If I Just Stand Still

1. The Night we Called it a Day
2. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
3. Livin'Alone
4. Too Late Now
5. Someday Forget Me Not
6. Maybe Love Wise

       4. Too Late Now

Marilyn Maye

Meet Marvelous Marilyn Maye

(Stereo LSP-3397)
Marilyn's first RCA album was recorded in New York's Webster Hall in 1965. It was produced by Joe Rene and featured arrangements by both Don Costa and Manny Albam. Not surprisingly Steve Allen authored the album notes, which ended with Allen penning "All in all, this is probably the best damned vocal album of 1965--so there."
According to "Wikipedia" Marilyn is still singing and performing at the grand age of 88 !!

1. Get Me To The Church On Time
2. Misty
3. Washington Square
4. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe 
5. I Love You Today
6. Hello Dolly

1. Take Five
2. Where Are You
3. Night Of My Nights
4. Put On A Happy Face
5. Make Someone Happy
6. The Song Is You

        2. Where Are You

Dionne Warwick.

Side One is  gentle soft Dionne and Side Two is Dionne in power mode....recorded in 1969

1. I Say A little Prayer
2. This Girls In love With You
3. Little Green Apples
4. Where Is Love
5. Who Is Gonna Love Me

1. The Windows Of The World
2. Where Am I Going
3. Silent Voices
4. Lonely In My Heart
5. Yesterday I Heard The Rain

         4. Where Is Love

Pat Boone

Another  now from "Belguim" "Bob"....Some of "Pats" Hits of bygone days !!

          4. Bernadine

Count Basie & The Alan Copeland Singers

If I didn't know I would think that it was "The Mike Sammes Singers"that was singing on this L/P....but that does not distract from it being a good set of songs and a good L/P...Basie swinging with his "One Note Piano Style"and "The Alan Copeland Singers" just doing that !!

1. Happiness Is
2. I Surrender Dear 
3. Oh Lady Be Good
4. You Are My Sunshine
5. Until I Met You
6. Candy

1. Down By The Old Mill Stream
2. Fantastic That's You
3. One For My Baby
4. Girl Talk
5. Call Me

           1. Happiness is

Bing Crosby

 Some classic songs from a couple of Bing's Films with some great Duets..

1. A Flight Of Fancy

2. Just For You

3. I'll Si-Si-Ya in Bahia...with The Andrews Sisters

4. The Live Oak Tree...with The Andrews Sisters

5. Zing A Little Zong...with Jane Wyman

6. On The 10-10 From Ten-Ten-Tennessee...with Ben Lessey

1. The Road To Bali...with Bob Hope

2. Chicago Style...with Bob Hope

3. Hoot Mon...with Bob Hope

4. Merry-Go-Run-Around...with Peggy Lee & Bob Hope

5. To See You

6. Moonflowers...Peggy Lee

          5. Zing A Little Zong

Pat Boone.

Here's a new singer ! to the Blog that is !...he started his hits career in the 50's so he's at home here !!..this time he's singing from the "Film's" (Movies) to you over the pond !!...his hit records will be posted at a later date !!

    2. Mona Lisa 

Vikki Carr.

Here's one from "Bob" getting us back on track and its a "Gud Un" !!....Vikki singing some well known songs and putting her own spin on them...That's what I like to hear singers doing there own interpretation of songs and getting as far away from the original so it sounds different.....Having said that it doesn't mean to say I don't enjoy the originals most of the time they are the definitive versions...BUT there are exceptions !!!!

    4. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

Pat Boone.

Pat Boone not cashing in on his hits and singing a selection of songs about "Memories" recorded in about 1966 I believe !!...Good stuff for the "Pat Boone" Fans!!
Thanks Bob !

          6. Drifting And Dreaming

Lynn Hope

Lynn Hope, also known as El Hajj Abdullah Rasheed Ahmad, (September 26, 1926 – February 24, 1993) was an American jazz and blues tenor saxophonist He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Hope was noted for his instrumental remakes of established pre-rock pop anthems. Hope joined King Kolax's band when he graduated from high school in Birmingham during the 1940s. After converting to Islam, he became noted for wearing a turban or fez....Hope signed with Miracle Records in 1950, but the contract proved invalid. He moved to Premium Records, where he recorded "Tenderly," a song that was later picked up by Chess Records. Hope recorded often for Aladdin Records between 1951 and 1957, doing such reworked standards as "September Song" and "Summertime." These numbers were often performed with little or no melodic embellishment or improvisation; however the B-sides sides were often up tempo blues or jump tunes. "Tenderly" earned Hope his only hit in 1950, reaching number eight on the US Billboard R&B chart and number 19 on the pop music chart.

Hope recorded his last sessions for King in 1960, but then seemingly left the music industry.

Lynn Hope was one of the “screamers,” the wild r&b saxophone honkers whose horns helped beget rock and roll. He strode up and down bar tops blowing his horn, bent over backwards and wailed, jumped from the bandstand and paraded through his crowd, worked each room he played until it was ready to explode.

1. Tenderly

2. Rose Room

3. Body And Soul

4. Sands Of The Sahara

5. Blue And Sentimental

6. Shockin'

1. Oo Wee

2. A Ghost of A Chance

3. Full Moon

4. Little Landslide

5. Stardust 

6. Juicy

          1. Tenderly

Kitty White

Another classy forgotten singer from the 50's/ 60's well worth a listen to  

Kitty Jean Bilbrew, better known as Kitty White (July 7, 1923 – August 11, 2009) was an American jazz singer who was popular in Los Angeles nightclubs.

She was a popular jazz vocalist best remembered for the song "Crawfish" which she sang as a duet with Elvis Presley in the film "King Creole" (1958).

She started her career at the age of sixteen as a singer and a pianist. She appeared in local night clubs in her home town Los Angeles like the Hob Nob, the Club Gala, the Haig and The Captain's Table. When Kitty branched out and opened at the Black Orchid in Chicago, Illinois, she was introduced to the executives of Mercury Records, and she became a Mercury recording artist.In the 1960s, she recorded for the jazz division of Mercury Records with hits including "The End", The Ballad of Emmett Till", "Roly Poly", "Rather Have the Blues" and "I Went to Your Wedding". She also performed and recorded with jazz artists, Duke Ellington, Laurindo Almeida, Red Callendar, Buddy Collette and Ben Webster.

           4. So Many Beautiful  Men (So Little Time)

          10. See Saw

Aretha Franklin

Here's a Lady that will sadly be missed !! "The Queen Of Soul"

Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was minister. At the age of 18, she embarked on a secular musical career as a recording artist for Columbia Records. While Franklin's career did not immediately flourish, she found acclaim and commercial success after signing with Atlantic Records in 1966. Hit songs such as "Respect", "Chain of Fools", "Think", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", and "I Say a Little Prayer", propelled her past her musical peers. By the end of the 1960s, Aretha Franklin had come to be known as "The Queen of Soul".

1. Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky)

2. Somewhere

3. So Swell When You Are Well

4. Angel

5. Sister From Texas

1. Mister Spain

2. That's The Way I feel About Cha

3. Moody's Mood

4. Just Right Tonight

          2. Somewhere

James Last

JAMES LAST Paintings (1979 Japanese-only 10-track LP - Mr Last entertains with renditions of Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe Part 5 & Frank Mills' Music Box Dancer alongside his own compositions.

James Last (German born Hans Last; 17 April 1929 – 9 June 2015), also known as Hansi, was a German composer and big band leader of the James Last Orchestra. Initially a jazz bassist (Last won the award for "best bassist" in Germany in each of the years 1950–1952, his trademark "happy music" made his numerous albums best-sellers in Germany and the United Kingdom, with 65 of his albums reaching the charts in the UK alone. His composition "Happy Heart" became an international success in interpretations by Andy Williams and Petula Clark.

1. Music Box Dancer

2. All Of a Sudden

3. Summertime

4. Children of Sanchez

5. Photographs

1. Paintings

2. Equinoxe Part 5

3. Fool

4. Gonna Make The First Time Last

5. Good Night Tokio

          7. Equinox Part 5