Lena Zavaroni...

I will let "Wikepedia" do the talking on this one...its a very different post courtesy of "Bob" from "Belgium"...I wonder what kind of "Singer / Entertainer" she would have been if her life hadn't gone the way it did !!!!

Lena Hilda Zavaroni (4 November 1963 – 1 October 1999) was a Scottish child singer and a television show host. With her album Ma! (He's Making Eyes At Me) at ten years of age, she is the youngest person in history to have an album in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart. Later in life she hosted TV shows and appeared on stage. From the age of 13 Lena suffered from anorexia nervosa which became clinical depression two years later at the age of 15. Lena died at the age of 35 from pneumonia.

In 1974 Lena appeared on Opportunity Knocks hosted by Hughie Green and won the show for a record-breaking five weeks running. She followed this with the album Ma! (He's Making Eyes At Me), a collection of classic and then-recent pop standards which reached number eight in the UK album chart. At 10 years, 146 days old, Lena is still the youngest person to have an album in the Top 10.
Lena also sang at a Hollywood charity show with Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball in 1974, at which Ball commented, "You’re special. Very special and very, very good," although some sources attribute the words to Sinatra. Following this, Lena guest-starred on The Carol Burnett Show. She also appeared on The Morecambe and Wise Show, the 1976 Royal Variety Show and performed at the White House for US President Gerald Ford. Signed to the soul-oriented Stax Records label in the United States, Lena was not widely popular despite the praise and television appearances; her Ma album was not listed in the popularity charts, and its title single only reached 91st position on the Billboard Hot 100 during a four-week chart run in the summer of 1974.

      4. Help Me Make It Through The Night

VA..Wunderbar.

This one is courtesy of "Bob" from "Belgium".....For all the "German" visitors ...Thanks for looking !!!....there are some songs on it that I'm sure everyone will know !!

      6. Was Kann Schoner Sein

Bread...320 Kbps

This one comes courtesy of "Geoff"..don't know much about "Bread" so I will leave the comments to those who do !!....It contains one of the most recorded song of the 70's !!!!!

1. Let Your Love Go
2. Take Comfort
3. Too Much Love
4. If
5. Be Kind To Me
6. He's A Good Lad

1. She Was My Lady
2. Live In Your Love
3. What A Change
4. I Say Again
5. Come Again
6. Truckin'

       6. Truckin'

Helmut Zacharias...320 Kbps

 

Still keeping in the easy listening mood and still across the channel in "Belgium" via "Bob" we have once again the man with the "Magic Violins" !!!

      6. Cielito Lindo 

Ray Conniff And Orchestra.

Another Conniff Gem.....this time with a touch of latin...as usual a great sound !!

1. Besame Mucho
2. Stranger In Paradise
3. Summertime
4. I've Got You Under My Skin
5. Too Young
6. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

1. Just One Of Those Things
2. Deep Purple
3. Brazil
4. Night And Day
5. Temptation
6. Say It With Music

      

      3. Brazil

Jane Russell

I think that if Jane had continued to record as well as making films she would have been pretty successful...Its a pity she didn't make more studio recordings

Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell (June 21, 1921 – February 28, 2011) was an American actress, singer, and model. She is known as one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s.

In 1940, Russell was signed to a seven-year contract by film mogul Howard Hughes, and made her motion-picture debut in The Outlaw (1943), a story about Billy the Kid that went to great lengths to showcase her voluptuous figure.

Russell played Dorothy Shaw in the hit film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) opposite Marilyn Monroe for 20th Century Fox. The film was a huge success, Russell's biggest hit since The Outlaw, making over $5 million.

In October 1957, she debuted in a successful solo nightclub act at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. A self-titled solo LP was issued on MGM Records in 1959. It was reissued on CD in 2009 under the title Fine and Dandy, "I finally got to make a record the way I wanted to make it," she said of the MGM album in the liner notes to the CD reissue

1. Fine And Dandy

2. Take Love Easy

3. Love On The Rocks

4. When A Woman Loves A Man

5. Can't We Talk It Over

6. You Don't Know What love Is

1. Love Is Here To Stay

2. The One I Love

3. How Long Has This Being Going On

4. You're Mine You

5. Born to Be Blue

6. There Will Never Be Another You

      3. How Long Has This Been Going On

David Rose & His Orchestra

Classics once again with a Beat !....Given a lush treatment by master David Rose !

These are well thought out arrangements of some well known classic sounds...One of the best that brings out the classic tunes up to date for today !!

David Daniel Rose (June 15, 1910 – August 23, 1990) was an American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader. His best known compositions were "The Stripper", "Holiday for Strings", and "Calypso Melody". He also wrote music for many television series.

1. Romeo And Juliet (Fantasy Overture)...Tchaikovsky

2. Serenade For Strings (Opus 48)....Tchaikovsky

3. Waltz of The Flowers (Nutcracker Suite)....Tchaikovsky

4. Symphony In D Minor....Franck

5. Swan Lake (Opus 20)....Tchaikovsky

6. Symphony No 6 In B Minor.....Tchaikovsky

1. Symphony No 1 in C Minor ( Finale )....Brahms

2 Piano Concerto No 1 In B Flat Minor....Tchaikovsky

3. None But The Lonely Heart (Opus 6 No 6)....Tchaikovsky

4. Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite)....Greig

5. String Quarette In D Major....Tchaikovsky

      1. Romeo And Juliet

Bobby Rydell

It's the 60's now and we are in the hey day's of the Teen Idol !.....Great Track of "I Cried For You " !

Bobby Rydell (born Robert Louis Ridarelli; April 26, 1942) is an American singer, mainly of rock and roll music. In the early 1960s, he was considered a teen idol. His most well known songs include "Wild One" and "Volare" (cover), and he appeared in the movie Bye Bye Birdie in 1963.

      9. I Cried For You

Adam Faith....320 Kbps

Now for something a bit different...Adam Faith as you have never heard him before....Forget the Pop singer and hear him in a new light...the first track is a "Wowzer"...the guitar solo is by "Richie Blackmore" one of the guitar greats..This L/P is an American Release don't know if its got a UK release but I recon that it must have....if you can play the first track on high volume it's a cool one....... Re-recording and listening to the tracks again this is a beautiful L/P and well worth a download IMHO !!!

1. I Survived
2. I Believe in Love
3. Honey
4. Foreign Lady
5. Change

1. Maybe
2. Never Say Goodbye
3.  Goodbye
4. In Your Life
5. Star Song

1. I Survived.

Clifford T Ward

A 23 track Selection from one of the singer songwriters that should have been more successful than he was.....Unfortunately he is no longer with us...

Clifford Thomas Ward (10 February 1944 – 18 December 2001) was an English singer-songwriter, best known for his career as a solo artist.Ward's 1973 album Home Thoughts remains his best known recording, and he had hit singles with songs such as "Gaye" and "Scullery". His reluctance to tour in support of recorded work may have affected his chances of more substantial mainstream success.

1. Gaye

2. When I Found You

3. Lady With The Book In Her Hand

4. Learning My Part

5. Wherewithal

6. Got To Get Into Your Way Of Life

7. Always Think About You

8. A Song For Susan

9. Before The World Was Round

10. For Emily

11. Sunshine Girl

12. New England Days

13. Scullery

14. All That Glitters Is Not Gold

15. Cellophane

16. Its Better To Believe

17. Give Me One More Chance

18. Mad About You

19. Ocean Of Love

20. The Best Is Yet To Come

21. This Was Our Love

22. Time The magician

23. Where Would That Leave Me

      13. Scullery

Carmen Cavallaro

Dizzy piano fingers doing a Latin Beat !!

Carmen Cavallaro (May 6, 1913 – October 12, 1989) was an American pianist. He established himself as one of the most accomplished and admired light music pianists of his generation.Carmen Cavallaro was born in New York City. Known as the “Poet of the Piano”,Cavallaro formed his own band, a five-piece combo, in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1939. His popularity grew and his group expanded into a 14-piece orchestra, releasing some 19 albums for Decca over the years. 

Cavallaro developed a piano-playing style of glittering and rippling arpeggios to augment his melody, which was often arranged in thick and lush triple- and quadruple-octave chords. His musical interests and arrangements included dance music, particularly Latin rhythms.

1. Enlloro (Voodoo Moon)

2. Dolores My Own

3. La Cumparsa

4. Frenesi

5. The Breeze And I

6. Maria my Own

1. Adios

2. Poinciana

3. You Belong To My Heart

4. Green Eyes

5. Come Closer To Me

6. Perfidia

      3. You Belong To My Heart

Boop Sisters

 Some Jazz Influence now from Italy !! A booper sound from the Sisters !

The Boop Sisters are a jazz / swing vocal trio composed by Lily Latuheru , Giò Giò Rapattoni and Alessya Piermarini .The Boop Sisters were born in 2001 from an idea of ​​Francesca Biagi, with the intention of reviving the repertoire of the Boswell Sisters, the three American sisters who pioneered vocal jazz in the 1930s. harmonized from other repertoires. They are accompanied by a quartet consisting of piano, guitar, bass and drums. The line-up is usually composed of pianist Silvia Manco , guitarist Davide Vaccari (who is often also the arranger of the songs), double bassist Guido Giacomini

1. Bibidi Bobidi Boo

2. Its The Girl

3. Allelluja Tutti Jazzisti

4. Tea For Two

5. Belleville Rendezvous

6. If I Had A Million

1. Fare Thee Well Annabelle

2. Chattanooga Choo Choo

3. 42nd Street

4. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself a Letter

5. Alleluja Tutti Jazzisti

6. Heebie Jeebies

     6. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter

Buddy Greco

Buddy Greco singing exactly as the title Says !

Armando Joseph "Buddy" Greco (August 14, 1926 – January 10, 2017) was an American jazz and pop singer and pianist who had a long career in the US and UK. His recordings have sold millions, including "Oh Look A-There Ain't She Pretty", "Up, Up and Away", and "Around the World". His most successful single was "The Lady Is a Tramp", which sold over one million copies. During his career, he recorded over sixty albums. He conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, performed for Queen Elizabeth II and with the Beatles.

1. I Wish You Love

2. What Kind Of Fool Am I

3. Nancy

4. My Funny Valentine

5. Then I'll Be Tired Of You

6. Gigi

1. The Easy Way

2. I Left My Heart in San Francisco

3. Moonlight In Vermont

4. Bewitched

5. Passing Pastels

6. Angel Eyes

      5. Then I'll Be Tired Of You

Bobby Darin

Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor in film and television. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music.

1. Clementine

2. Have You Got Any Castles Baby

3. Don't Dream Of Anybody But Me

4. My Gal Sal

5. Black Coffee

6. Caravan

1. Guys And Dolls

2. Down With Love

3. Pete Kelly's Blues

4. All Night Long

5. The Gal That Got Away

6. I Can't Give you Anything But Love

  

6. I Can't Give You Anything But Love   

Verlye Mills with The Billy May Band

A Harp Swings away with the Billy May Band !

The vivacious and dynamic Verlye Mills

has for many years been an acknowledged

master of her art. Considered one of the

top studio harpists in Los Angeles, her exceptional

talents with rhythm harp, improvisation and arranging have set her apart from other harpists.

Verlye’s love of rhythm and the jazz idiom started

very early in her career. While she was harpist with

the Cleveland Orchestra in the 1930’s she had her

own dance band, “Verlye Mills and Her Boyfriends.”

1. Latin Lady

2. In A Sentimental Mood

3. Polly

4. Lullaby Of The Leaves

5. Midnight Sun

1. Carlsbad Caper

2. I Dream To Much

3. Mine

4. In An 18th Century Drawing Room

5. C Sharp Minor Beat

      

      4. In An 18th Century Drawing Room

Johnny Mathis....320 Kbps

Recorded in 1975 Johnny sings a selection of other singers hits....sung in the "Mathis" style but very close to the original hits....would have liked him to have done them different and given the songs a different slant !!!......Didnt scan the back cover because the track listing was in white against a yellow background and all you can see on the scan is 12 inches of yellow colour !!!

1. Mandy
2. Nice To Be Around
3. You're As Right As Rain
4. When Will I See You Again
5. Only You

1. Let Me Be The One / I Won't Last A Day Without You
2. The Way We Were
3. Laughter In The Rain
4. You And Me Against The World
5. The Things I Might Have Been

3. Laughter In The Rain

Jack Jones....320 Kbps

A while ago someone asked if I had got JJ version of "God Only Knows"...well its on this one !!.....another first class one from Mr Jones !!

1. You Make It Easy
2. L.A. Break Down
3. You Need A Man
4. Once In A While
5. Send In The Clowns
6. God Only Knows

1. Don't Be Scared
2. Yesterday's News
3. Try It Again
4. Love Story
5. Disney Girls

     2. LA Breakdown

John McCormack---Perry Como---Ava Gardner---Max Bygraves

The second helping of 78's...singers need no introduction !!... or maybe the first one does !!

1. The Rose Of Tralee......John McCormack

2. Ireland Mother Ireland......John McCormack

3. If......Perry Como

4. Zing Zing Zoom Zoom......Perry Como

5. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man......Ava Gardner

6. Bill......Ava Gardner

7. Big Head......Max Bygraves

8. Say Si Si......Max Bygraves

John McCormack, (born June 14, 1884, Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland—died September 16, 1945, near Dublin), Irish American tenor who was considered to be one of the finest singers of the first quarter of the 20th century.

He was celebrated for his performances of the operatic and popular song repertoires, and renowned for his diction and breath control. He was also a Papal Count. He became a naturalised American citizen before returning to live in Ireland.

McCormack won the prize at the National Irish Festival (the Feis Ceoil) in Dublin in 1903. Later he studied in Italy. He made his London operatic debut in 1907 at Covent Garden as Turiddu in Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana. He appeared at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City, in 1909 as Alfredo in Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata. 

      3. If

Harry Belafonte---Paul Whiteman & Orch---Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders---Vienna Philharmonic---Primo Scala Accordian Band

A double dip in the 78 rpm "Box of Nostalgia"

1. Mary's Boy Child......Harry Belafonte

2. Eden Was Just Like This......Harry Belafonte

3. Ramona......Paul Whiteman & Orchestra

4. The Sunrise......Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders

5. Overture "TheMerry Wives Of Windsor"(Part 1)......Vienna Philharmonic Orch

6. Overture "TheMerry Wives Of Windsor"(Part 2)......Vienna Philharmonic Orch

7. Six Hit Medley (Part 1)......Primo Scala & His Accordian Band

8. Six Hit Medley (Part 2)......Primo Scala & His Accordian Band

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor. One of the most successful Jamaican-American pop stars in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Trinidadian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is known for his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". 

                                                                 Whiteman conducting his orchestra

in the 1940 MGM motion picture "Strike Up the Band" 

  Paul Samuel 'Pops' Whiteman (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violist.

As the leader of one of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s and early 1930s, Paul Whiteman produced recordings that were immensely successful, and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz". His most popular recordings include "Whispering", "Valencia", "Three O'Clock in the Morning", "In a Little Spanish Town", and "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers". Whiteman led a usually large ensemble and explored many styles of music.

Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders was a US jazz and dance band, active from the late 1910s through the 1920s. The group was known simply as The Serenaders until Johnny Hamp became the band leader. Johnny Hamp was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and should not be confused with British television producer Johnnie Hamp. 

The group toured in the eastern United States and toured England in 1930. In 1931, the group was renamed Johnny Hamp and His Orchestra.

The group made most of its recordings in New York City on the Victor label. Their biggest hit was "Black Bottom" recorded in 1926, which led to a dance fad.

The Vienna Philharmonic, founded in 1842, is an orchestra considered to be one of the finest in the world.

The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Its members are selected from the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera. Selection involves a lengthy process, with each musician demonstrating his capability for a minimum of three years' performance for the opera and ballet. After this probationary period, the musician may request an application for a position in the orchestra from the Vienna Philharmonic's board.

Henry "Harry" Bidgood (1898 – 15 November 1957), was an English composer, dance band leader and musical director for films.

Born in London, he studied at The Royal College of Music. Bidgood released dance band music under various names, mostly notably Primo Scala and his Accordion Band. Over the course of 20 years he would frequently broadcast on the BBC. Bidgood was also the musical director for numerous films including several George Formby films. Apart from the many recordings made under his own name, he also recorded as 'Rossini' and 'Don Porto'. As 'Primo Scala' he broadcast regularly on 'Music While You Work' until just before his death in November 1957.

      4.The Sunrise

Cleo Laine & Tubby Hayes

A very young Cleo from the 60's....enjoy some great Jazz Nostalgia !!

     6. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 

Billy Cotton.320 Kbps

Now here's a bit of a rarity...its a EP at 33 and a third RPM from the back of a book about "Billy Cotton"...usually EP's are recorded and played back at 45 RPM...size wise I guess you couldn't get an L/P in the back unless it was a giant of a book !!!
the content of this EP seems to be have been taken from some of "Billy Cottons" Radio Shows that was very popular in the 50's + with guests as you can see...
Its interesting because I doubt whether it would have been commercially released and I wonder how many of these are still with the book !!!!...This one and the next couple of posts we can Thank "Jenny " fron the Gym...cheers "Jenny" !!!!

     1. Side One