The Blue Diamonds

The Blue Diamonds were a Dutch 1960s rock and roll duo, best known for their million-selling chart-topping single, "Ramona". Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) brothers Ruud de Wolff (12 May 1941 – 18 December 2000) and Riem de Wolff (15 April 1943 – 12 September 2017) founded the group shortly after immigrating to Driebergen-Rijsenburg in the Netherlands in 1949. They were born in Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia.

A great L/P this one....all songs easy recognisable even sung in Spanish !!

1. Ramona

2. Sukiyaki

3. Me Siento Bein

4. Para Mi

5. Por El Boulevard

6. Amor

1. Claro Que Si 

2. Siboney

3. Ocho Dias A La Semma

4. Guantanamera

5. Buenas Noches Pequeno Mio

6. Amopola

      1. Claro Que Si

Ady Zehnpfennig.

Here's that man again with the Fantastic Organ playing some well known 70's songs.. courtesy of "Bob"

      1. Aranjuez

Michael Holiday

Holliday's style of singing was heavily influenced by Bing Crosby, who was his idol. The style would earn him the title of "the British Bing Crosby". A biography entitled The Man Who Would Be Bing, written by Ken Crossland, was published in 2004.

1. The Yellow Rose Of Texas

2. Nothin' To Do

3. Old Cape Cod

4. Palace of Love

5. I'll Always be in Love With You

6. Ten Thousand Miles 

7. Hot Diggity

1. Stairway Of Love

2. Starry Eyed

3. My Heart Is An Open Book

4. Dream Talk

5. The Gal With The Yaller Shoes

6. In Love

7. The Story Of My Life 

     7. The Story Of My Life

Jessye Norman.

Here's the great voice of "Jessye" supplied by Bob.....Wow ! we do have some variety on this "Blog" I hope everybody is keeping up with it !!...as they say "Variety Is The Spice Of Life"..so I hope people are not getting bored !!....This is a great L/P that makes you think of the finer points in life !!!

      1. I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray

Caterina Valente

When Caterina was in England she recorded quite a few L/Ps that came out on the "Decca" label this one featured some of the songs that she sang on "The Perry Como Show"....The arrangements are by "Johnny Keating" so it does kinda swing!!

1. Make Someone Happy
2. You're Following Me
3. More Than Likely
4. Couci Couca
5. Corcovado
6. Blue Moon

1. Falling In Love With Love
2. Stella By Starlight
3. To Be A Performer
4. Yours
5. Dimelo En Septiembre
6. Whispering

      6. Blue Moon

Kathryn Grayson

 Some great songs from the great soprano of the MGM musicals...Hey Ho The 50's !!

1. Jealousy

2. You Are Love

3. Love Is Where You Find It

4. Always

5. Lover Come Back To Me

6. Will You Remember

7. Yesterdays

8. All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings

9. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

10. This Is My Lovely Day

11. They Didn't Believe Me

12. Waltz Serenade

13. Whats Wrong With Me

14. My Heart Stood Still

15. Wanting You

      9. Smoke Gets In You Eyes

Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't G...

Ella & Dean

Couldn't Resist another one !!

Robert Byrne & Orchestra

Pulsating sounds from the "Command" Label....Stereo Galore !

1. Limehouse Blues

2. Ebb Tide

3. Talk To The Animals

4. This Heart

5. Spanish Eyes

6. March of The Space Cadets

1. South Rampart St Parade

2. The Sound Of Music

3. El Gato Montes

4. Blue Hawaii

5. Get Me To The Church On Time

      6. March Of The Space Cadets

Elaine Paige.

I did expect to enjoy this L/P more than I did....nothing wrong with it a nice set of songs sung ok but nothing to rave about...It only comes realy alive on the last track !!....BUT I reckon all the "Elaine Paige" fans out there will love it !!!!!

1. Love Hurts
2. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
3. This Is Where I Came In 
4. All Things Considered
5. Macarther Park

1. For You
2. My Man And Me
3. Without You
4. The Apple Tree
5. Shaking You
6. I Know Him So Well...with Barbara Dickson

      2. Sorry Seems The Hardest Word 

Acker Bilk

 This one and the next one from "Bob" in Belgium !! Thanks Bob !!

      5. I Can't Get Started

Acker Bilk

So now we have a change supplied by "Bob" from "Belgium"....That cool cool cool sound of the clarinet from the master of that instrument !!!..with some great Hit sounds !

      4. The Fool On The Hill

Maurice Chevalier

Always something different from Bob and as the cover says "Movie Hits" and you can tell by the recordings its definatly "early"!!

      7. You Bought A New kind Of Love To Me

Sammy Davis

 Great performances of songs from Sammy with only a guitar for accompaniment...Not many singers are brave enough to do that !...these were recorded in 1957....In 1966 he did another guitar only with Laurindo Almeida which is posted on here October 2016 !

This post has also got some bonus tracks 6 *of them with orchestra....Cheers And Thanks to the person who tacked them on the end !!

1. What Is There To Say

2. Why Shouldn't I

3. Love Me

4. Bewitched

5. I Could Have Told You

6. For All We Know

1. Deep In A Dream

2. I Get Along Without You Very Well

3. Mam'selle

4. Try A Little Tenderness

5. This love Of Mine

6. I've Got A Crush On You

7. It's Bigger Than You And Me*

8. Back Track*

9. Circus*

10. Dangerous*

11. Adelaide*

12. All About Love*

      4. Try A Little Tenderness

Laurie Johnson & His Orchestra

Some Big Bands sounds now ! before the speakers go haywire with the sounds below !

1. Something's Coming

2. I'm Beginning To See The light

3. Bye Bye Brown Eyes

4. There Comes A Time

5. Once In love With Amy

6. Gigi

1. Funny Face

2. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

3. Night Of My Nights

4. When Chiquita Says

5. Looking For A Girl

6. My Foolish Heart

 

      3. Night Of My Nights

Enoch Light

Wa-hay !..36 tracks of percussion !...music drifting from one speaker to the other... Command Records at it's best !!......3 L/P's in one place !

      2. La Cucraracha

Marion Ryan

 Back to the 50's with this songbird !

Marion Ryan (4 February 1931 – 15 January 1999) was a popular British singer in the 1950s.She was once called "the Marilyn Monroe of popular song", Marion Ryan was a pop singer of the 1950s in the early years of British Independent Television. Her song "Love Me Forever" peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart in 1958. She was the regular singer in the popular musical quiz Spot the Tune on Granada Television for seven years from 1956, with a total of 209 half-hour programmes......With the reference to MM the sound bite can only be !!!

1. A Lady Loves

2. I'll Take Romance

3. I'm Beginning To See The Light

4. Hit The Road To Dreamland

5. This Can't Be Love

6. My Heart Belongs To Daddy

1. Doing What Comes Naturally

2. Over The Rainbow

3. Isn't This A Lovely Day

4. There Will Never Be Another You

5. It Might As Well Be Spring

6. Heat Wave

      6. Heat Wave !!!
 

Ray Tchicoray & His Orchestra

 Further afield now with some Latin American Rhythms to keep you on the move!!.. just in case of couch potatoitiss !!..but nice and gentle !!

1. Andalucia

2. Cachita

3. La Comparsa

4. Karabali

5. Siboney

1. Malaguena

2. Maracas

3. Canto Indio

4. Babalu

5. Panama

  4. Babalu

Dean Martin....320 Kbps

This is a very early L/P of Dean's it's an American release that I Bought when I was in the
Army in the Middle East in 1958...and yes it's me in the photo at the tender age of 21 !

1. Who's Your Little Who-Zis
2. I'm Yours
3. I Feel A Song Coming On
4. Come Back To Sorrento
5. Oh Marie
6. With My Eyes Wide Open

1. Just One More Chance
2. Louise
3. That's Amore
4. I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze
5. When Your Smiling
6. A Girl Named Mary

      6. With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming   

Luigi !!

Phew!!!!!....Thats me over 50 years ago !!!!....note the funky record player !!

Brigitte Bardot

This is a half & half L/P. !!..to be more precise one track the breathless voice of Brigitte then an Instrumental or two !!....this was definitely in the era of let all the "Stars" of the time make a record !!...but it does have a kinda charm about it !!...and the covers are "Fab" !!

      4. On Demenage

The Ink Spots..

Here's another different one from "Bob".....it's great having and hearing L/P's that I would never ever get to hear if the "Net" wasn't here !!...I had a suspicion that this was one of those that takes old recording's and adds more music tracks to it....but according to the back sleeve no its not !!..and they have done Vol 1 And 2....wonder if anybody has any information on "Spinorama" records ?? !!!! and if anybody has links to Vol 1 & 2 be cool to get them...its a great L/P !!...so people give it a download !!....still not sure tho' the man fiddling with the knobs and sliders on the "Recording Console" is responsible !!

      3. When My Sugar Walks Down The Street