Middle Of The Road

Middle of the Road is a Scottish pop group who have enjoyed success across Europe and Latin America since the 1970s. Before ABBA established themselves in the mid 70s, Middle of the Road were the sound of early europop with their distinctive harmonies and lead vocals from Sally Carr. Four of their singles sold over one million copies each, and received a gold disc: "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep". "Sacramento", "Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" and "Soley Soley". By early 1972 the group had sold over five million records.

Original lead singer Sally Carr, drummer Ken Andrew, guitarist Ian McCredie and his bassist brother Eric McCredie, founded the band on 1 April 1970 in Glasgow, Scotland. They had already played together under the name Part Four since 1967 and later in Latin American style under the name Los Caracas. Under the name Los Caracas they won the UK TV talent show Opportunity Knocks. They moved to Italy in 1970 because they had not found success in the United Kingdom. There they met the Italian music producer Giacomo Tosti, who gave the band their distinctive sound and gave them their international break.

The band had their first and biggest hit record in the United Kingdom with debut UK single, "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" to reach #1 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1971 and keep it for four more weeks. In all, Middle of the Road had five hit singles in the UK during 1971-1972.

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1. Sacramento

2. Queen Bee

3. The Talk Of All USA

4. On This Land

5. Louise ( My Little Ship )

1. Soley Soley

2. Samson And Delilah

3. Medicine Woman

4. Try A Little Understanding

5. Then You'll Know What Love Is

           7. Samson And Delilah

Ray Anthony & His Orchestra

Raymond Antonini (born January 20, 1922), known as Ray Anthony, is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor. He is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Anthony was born to an Italian family in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania but moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he studied the trumpet. He played in Glenn Miller's band from 1940–1941 and appeared in the Glenn Miller movie Sun Valley Serenade before joining the U.S. Navy during World War Two. After the war he formed his own group. The Ray Anthony Orchestra became popular in the early 1950s with "The Bunny Hop", "Hokey Pokey", and the theme from Dragnet He had a No. 2 chart hit with a remake of the Glenn Miller tune "At Last" in 1952, the highest charting pop version of the song in the U.S.

In 1953, Anthony and his orchestra were featured when Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly headlined a summer replacement program for Perry Como's CBS television show.Anthony was considered one of the most modern big band leaders...(Info Edited From Wikipedia)

1. Sometimes I'm Happy

2. Lets Dance

3. Sleepy Time Gal

4. Wolverine Blues

1. What is This Thing Called Love

2. A String of Pearls

3. Lackawanna Local

4. Blue Moon

         8. Blue Moon

The Chordettes

The Chordettes were an American female popular singing quartet, usually singing a cappella, and specializing in traditional popular music. They are best known for their hit songs "Mr. Sandman" and "Lollipop".

After performing locally in Sheboygan, they won on Arthur Godfrey's radio program Talent Scouts in 1949. They held feature status on Godfrey's daily program, and then they recorded several 10-inch EPs for Columbia Records.

In 1953, Godfrey's music director and orchestra leader, Archie Bleyer, founded Cadence Records. He signed a number of Godfrey regulars and former regulars, including the Chordettes, who had a number of hit records for Cadence.

Their biggest hit was "Mr. Sandman" in 1954. Archie Bleyer himself is on that record along with the group, Bleyer stripping the sound down the better not to clutter the girls' voices. They also hit No. 2 with 1958's "Lollipop".

The Chordettes appeared on American Bandstand on August 5, 1957, the first episode of that show to be broadcast nationally on the ABC Television Network. (Info Edited From Wikipedia).

1. Mr Sandman

2. Eddie My Love

3. Born To be With You

4. Soft Sands

5. Come Home To My Arms

6. Echo Of love

1. Just Between You And Me

2. Teen Age Goodnight

3. Hummingbird

4. Like A Baby

5. Lay Down Your Arms

6. Love Never Changes

           7. Just Between You And Me

Charles Magnante

Charles Magnante (December 7, 1905 – December 30, 1986) was an American piano-accordionist, arranger, composer, author and educator. His artistry helped raise the image of the accordion from an instrument considered suitable only for folk music to an instrument accepted in many music genres.

For much of the 1940s, he was, with Tony Mottola on guitar and George Wright on organ, a fixture of CBS radio, providing the network with its own version of the early Three Suns. Like Mottola, he remained a member of the CBS musical staff for many years while working a steady series of studio sessions on the side.Magnante was certainly one of Enoch Light's favorite accordionists, for he was the only one Light featured as a performer on two of his three labels. Magnante recorded three albums on Command. Magnante stayed to conventional material on all of these, preferring to showcase his skills as an interpreter rather than his proficiency on the instrument.

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         2. La Paloma

Helen Shapiro.

When I bought this L/P I was pleasantly surprised....I've always liked Helen Shapiro in her "Pop" days and always thought that when she got older she would be good....a couple of her old tracks reminded me of an early Ella....well folks' I was 100% right....It's a corker...she joined forces with "Humphrey Lyttelton" and the "Jazz" influence has been brought out......Don't know whether "Humph" has had any input in this L/P but the producer and arranger has managed to do something different with the standard songs on it....You usually find that most of standard songs follow similar arrangements this one doesn't...best track is "Its Only A Paper Moon

1. Let Yourself Go
2. You Go To My Head
3. The Way You Look Tonight
4. Where Or When
5. Straighten Up And Fly Right
6. Cry me A River

1. It's Alright With Me
2. It's Only A Paper Moon
3. Serenade in Blue
4. They Can't Take That Away From Me
5. Funny

     2. It's Only A Paper Moon.

Deanna Durbin

Here's a real "Blast From The past"...late 30's early 40's to be exact...whether or not it's "The Best Of " is not important its a collection of her early recordings from the "Films & Studio"....One wonders what would be the difference if she could record with the technology we have today....But of course that is impossible as she died in 2013 at the grand age of 92 !!...This is a great musical document of the music of the 30's & 40's !!!!

         4. The Turntable Song

Tom Jones

We have a double set of L/P's from TJ....some of the tracks are on other L/P's that are posted on here but there are some that are not hence my posting it...Its "Tom" singing most of his Hits and then some !!.....The tracks are not in the order as printed below but they are all there so all you "Tom Jones" fans out there enjoy Tom at his best !!!...
Thanks "Bob" for all those "Goodies !!!!

         9. Proud Mary

Caterina Valente.

 Now this cover looks a lot battered and torn..so it should be... it's my favourite L/P of all time and like all the "Valente" records that I will be posting on here has been played thousands of times.. times ten!!...word to everyone !!...if you only download one L/P from this site this is the one !! every track is pure gold...you usually find that an L/P or CD that you buy has one or two excellent tracks on it the rest are OK ..if you are lucky....this one has got every track 100% grrrrrrrrreat....Cor' I do go on dont I !!!
But don't take my word for it have a
"Download" on me !!....I would definatly like some comments on this one PLEASE !!!
The 1st track "Secret Love" is going to take you by surprise!!!

1. Secret Love
2. Kiss Of Fire
3. All My Love
4. Tenderly
5. Stairway To The Stars
6. Over The Rainbow

1. Side By Side
2. C'est Si Bon
3. Them There Eyes
4. You Better Go
5. Yes My Darling Daughter
6. Golden Earrings

 Somebody kindly cleaned up the front cover and sent it back to me so here it is !!!

     4. You Better Go Now.

RIP..Caterina Valente

Just heard some SAD SAD news that my favourite Singer has died, On September 9th at home in Switzerland...She was great and will be missed by millions of fans that includes me...Her memory will live on with all the music that she has recorded over the 93 Years of her fantastic life....RIP Caterina

Caterina Valente

This L/P goes to the top of my list for fantastic orchestral arrangements if fact it has my top favourite singer singing my favourite song of all time "The Breeze And I"...friends of mine can't understand why I like singers singing in a foreign language they always say "can't understand what she is singing"so why listen....to me its the whole of the song if the singer is good and the orchestra is good and a good arrangement if you cant understand the words that's okay.....

P.S.This L/P contains the songs that began my number one fan status of "La Valente"....before I got this L/P I had quite a few songs on 78's then on 45's in fact I still have the 45's the 78's got broken years ago as everybody of my era knows they were very brittle and prone to getting broken usualy by people sitting on them !!...or dropping them....but these are some of the best early recordings of "Caterina's"....and I still play them today...wish I had a £ for every time this one has been on the turntable  I'd be a rich fella!!!!

    1. The Breeze And I

Nippers Greatest Hits..The 30's

 A stroll down memory lane when times were calmer than they are now !! at least till the 1st September 1939 !!!......Music courtesy of "Nipper" the HMV / RCA Dog

     14. I Can't Get Started

Tom Jones.

Its 1966 and Mr Tom Jones has been to America Met "Elvis" done all the Major American TV programs and this is his second L/P....All tracks are original not a hit or a standard in sight !! with the exception of "More" which seems to me out of place !!...Plenty of info on the back cover !!
It shows just how "Tom" earned the Title of the L/P ATOMIC !!!.

1. Dr Love
2. Face Of A Loser
3. It's Been a Long Time Coming
4. In a Woman's Eye
5. More 
6. I'll Never Let You Go
7. The Loser 

1. To Make a Big Man Cry
2. Key To My Heart
3. True Love Comes Only Once In A Lifetime
4. A Little You
5. You're So Good For Me
6. Where Do You Belong
7. These Things You Don't Forget

          6. I'll Never Let You Go

Samantha Jones

The distinctive voice of Sam Jones singing her heart out with 12 tracks...She definatly should have been more successful than she was.

Jean Owen (born 17 November 1943), known as Samantha Jones is a former English singer whose career spanned the mid-1960s through the early 1980s. She won three international pop music contests and charted records in the Benelux countries. Her recordings later experienced a revival on the Northern soul scene. Jean Owen started her career in 1961 as part of popular English vocal group The Vernons Girls. During her time with the group, the line-up went from sixteen members to just three girls. 
In 1964, with the help of producer Charles Blackwell, Owen embarked on a solo career and signed with the international record label United Artists, who gave her the stage name Samantha Jones. Her first TV performance as a solo performer was a duet with Long John Baldry on 20 November 1964, with whom she had also duetted in Around the Beatles while a member of the Vernons Girls. She released several unsuccessful 45s (amongst them "Surrounded by a Ray of Sunshine," later a staple on the Northern soul circuit). Two of Jones' songs were covered by Françoise Hardy and released on the LP known as L'Amitié. In 1967, two of Samantha Jones's performances were included in the soundtrack of the film The Vengeance of Fu Manchu. Her first album Call It Samantha was released in US only in 1968. Jones switched to UK label Penny Farthing in 1969 and recorded her second album A Girl Named Sam with the producer Mark Wirtz. The performance of one of the tracks, the chugging "Today (Without You)" brought Samantha Jones the Grand Prix of the Radio-Télé Luxembourg in October 1969 and charted in Belgium and the Netherlands. A year later, Jones won the music festival held in Knokke-Heist with a version of "My Way", which subsequently reached No. 4 on the Dutch charts. In 1988, the track was included in the compilation album World Stars – 28 Greatest Artists of the World.

On 15 July 1970, Samantha Jones made a guest appearance on The Morecambe & Wise Show, performing "You've Got Your Troubles". Later that year, she released her third LP The Other Jones. Samantha Jones appeared on the edition of 5 June 1971 of Disco aired in West Germany on the ZDF network. By then, Jones had become a known cabaret act and performed on cruise ships including the Queen Elizabeth 2. Samantha Jones sang on numerous BBC radio shows. In 1982, the Dutch label Dureco released the album Goin' Places. She stopped singing in 1986 and became a producer placing numerous musical production shows on cruise lines. Today, Jean Owen lives with her husband in London and Henley-on-Thames 

    1. The Other Side Of Me

Hillbilly Hit Parade

How's about some "Country & Western".......Yee Hah !!!!

1. Why Baby Why.....George Jones
2. You Are The One....Leon Payne
3. Searching....Jeanette Hicks
4. Any Old Time....George Jones
5. I Take The Chance....George Jones & Jeanette Hicks
6. Conscience I'm Guilty....Benny Barnes
7.  Hold Everything. George Jones
8. I Want You I Need You I Love You....Eddie Noack

1.  Crazy Arms....Leon Payne
2.  You Gotta Be My Baby....George Jones
3.  I Walk The Line....Benny Barnes
4.  Sweet Dreams....George Jones
5.  Blackboard Of My Heart....Leon Payne
6.  A Satisfied Mind....Joe Red Hayes
7.  Yes I Know Why....George Jones
8.  Heartbreak Hotel....Thumper Jones

          1. Why Baby Why

Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin Vol 2

 Here Is Sarah's Volume 2 Of the Gershwin Songs... I Forgot That I had found it but was reminded that I had it when "Adison" requested a repost for Vol 1 which is below. 

              2. Aren't You Kinda Glad We Did