Henry Mancini & Orchestra...Combo

Lets have a bit of "Big Band Swing" but not with the "Big Band Greats"...surprisingly "Henry Mancini" is giving it a go !!....I am listening to it now as I am posting so up to now sounds "Cool"!!

          6. A Powdered Wig

Peggy Lee...The Man I Love.

This is Peggy at her sultry best with the "Bonus" of "Frank Sinatra" conducting the orchestra
I would think that that was a "Gimicky" thing to do just to sell the idea of another big name on the record to sell it..I believe that there is also another L/P out there that "Frank Sinatra" conducts the orchestra with "Dean Martin " as the singer... I might be wrong but did FS ever front and conduct an orchestra without singers ????...Oooooops.... just read the back sleeve.. He Did !! with an L/P called "Tone Poems Of Colour"...That sounds a bit deep !!Wonder if it sold !!!

          8. Then I'll Be Tired Of You

Golden Songs...Original Artists.

A very nice compilation spanning the 50's 60's & 70's now with a surprise track (to me that is) !! said track is the "Liza Minnelli" one of "Try To Remember"...I must say that if it was not there in black and white or should I say blue & white !! I would never had guessed it was her !!

1. Rambling Rose...Nat King Cole
2. Born Free...Matt Monro
3. Maybe This Time...Liza Minnelli
4. Bridge Over Troubled Waters...Nancy Wilson
5. Love Is Blue...Al Martino
6. Thats Amore...Dean Martin

1. Volare...Dean Martin
2. What Now My Love...Al Martino
3. I Taught Him Everything He Knows...Ella Fitzgerald
4. Try To Remember...Liza Minnelli
5. When I Fall In Love...Nat King Cole
6. Fever...Peggy Lee

           4.Try To Remember

Dottie Clark...I'm Lost.

Here's one from John that are entirely new to me !...shades of Dinah Washington & Nancy Wilson !! so  join me in a new experience....Thanks John !

1. I'm Lost Without You Tonight
2. Come Back To Me
3. The More I See You
4. Tell Me
5. Please Send me Someone To Love
6. Gone Again

1. Not Without You
2. What's A Poor fool To Do
3. Everyone Has Someone
4. I'm Crying
5. Well Alright Ok You Win
6. Take Me

2. What's A Poor Fool To Do

The Wild Ones...The Arthur Sound.

Here's a couple From Luc....Thanks Luc !

The Wild Ones were an American rock band from New York City, initially led by singer Jordan Christopher. They are perhaps best known for recording the first version of Chip Taylor's song "Wild Thing", which later was a smash hit for The Troggs....They began playing at the Peppermint Lounge, soon becoming the house band there, but left in April 1965 to become the house band at Sybil Burton's nightclub, Arthur. Within a week of meeting, Sybil Burton and Jordan Christopher married. The band recorded an album, The Arthur Sound, which hit #149 on the US Billboard 200.

        6. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling

The Chi-Lites...Give It Away.

Thanks Luc !

The Chi-Lites are an American R&B/soul vocal quartet from Chicago. Forming at Chicago's Hyde Park High School in 1959, the group's original lineup consisted of singers Robert Lester, Eugene Record, Creadel Jones, Clarence Johnson, Burt Bowen, Eddie Reed and Marshall Thompson.

1. Give It Away

2. Let Me Be The One My Daddy

3. My Whole World Ended

4. I Heard It Through The Grape Vine

5. What Do I Wish For

6.That's My Baby For You

1. I'm Gonna make You Love Me

2. You're No Longer Part Of My Heart

3. 24 Hours Of Sadness

4. To Change My love

5. The Twelfth Of Never

          11. The Twelfth Of Never

Mantovani & His Orchestra...Favourite Melodies From Opera's

This one is courtesy of Marcos from Brazil...Thanks !

          12. Brindisi from La Traviata

Don Gibson...Oh Lonesome Me.

A few now courtesy of JohnF from NZ...

Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928 – November 17, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson wrote such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits ("Oh Lonesome Me") from 1957 into the mid-1970s.

Gibson was nicknamed "The Sad Poet" because he frequently wrote songs that told of loneliness and lost love.

          6. Sweet Sweet Girl

John Prine

This is a Singer that I have not heard of !!....Its defiantly one that you have to listen to his Lyrics to fully appreciate his songs....Thanks John for the introduction..

Prine released his eponymous debut album in 1971. Featuring such songs as "Paradise", "Sam Stone" and "Angel from Montgomery", it has been hailed as one of the greatest albums of all time.

John Edward Prine ( October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music. Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, Prine was known for his signature blend of humorous lyrics about love, life, and current events, often with elements of social commentary and satire, as well as sweet songs and melancholy ballads. He was active as a composer, recording artist, live performer, and occasional actor from the early 1970s until his death.

         10. Quite Man

Glen Campbell...A New Place In The Sun.

This album attained the #1 spot on the Billboard Top Country LP’s chart on August 10, 1968. The album spent 6 weeks at the top spot.

Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American country musician and actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television from 1969 until 1972. A revered session guitarist before breaking through as a solo performer, Campbell released 64 albums in a career that spanned five decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album.

          11. Sunny Day Girl

The World Of Dudley Moore.

The Piano Side Of Dudley !

Dudley Stuart John Moore (19 April 1935 – 27 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. He first came to prominence in the UK as a leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He was one of the four writer-performers in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe from 1960 that created a boom in satirical comedy. With a member of that team, Peter Cook, Moore collaborated on the BBC television series Not Only... But Also. In their popular double act, Moore's buffoonery contrasted with Cook's deadpan monologues. They jointly received the 1966 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance and worked together on other projects until the mid-1970s, by which time Moore had settled in Los Angeles, California, to concentrate on his film acting.

Jazz Pianist

On leaving Oxford University he joined Sir John Dankworth’s big band on piano. Subsequently he made a number of recordings leading his own trio including Pete McGurk (later replaced by Jeff Clyne) on bass and Chris Karan on drums.

1. My Blue Heaven

2. Lysie Does It

3.Poova Nova 

4. Take Your time

5. Indiana

1. Sooz Blues

2. Baubles Bangles And Beads

3. Sad One For George

4. Autumn Leaves

         7. Baubles Bangles And Beads

Marti Webb...Almost There.

Here's a very pleasant L/P also from the "Gym" Via "Geoff"....a selection of T/V theme tunes sung very well by "Marti"....there is a "Knockout" track on it "I Could Be So Good For You" and I reckon that if "Dennis Waterman" had not had a hit with it and "Marti's" version was available at that time then she should have had the hit !!!.....whoever designed the cover and decided to print the song titles in white against a pink background defiantly needs new glasses !!!!!

1. Always There
2. To Have And To Hold
3. He's Not You
4. I Could Be So Good For You
5. It's Still The Same Dream
6. Anyone Can Fall In Love

1. Someday Soon
2. Cheers
3. No One will Ever Know You
4. Moonlighting
5. I Don't Hurt Anymore
6. Only Love

       4. I Could Be So Good For You

Your Hit Parade...1950

Okay! another 50's compilation !!....But it's cool to hear all the music of the bygone day's when the world was running at a slower pace...AND some of the tracks are different recording's so you have multiple versions by the same artist

1. Music Music Music...... Teresa Brewer

2. Enjoy Yourself Its Later Than You Think......Guy Lombardo

3. I Wanna Be Loved......Andrews Sisters

4. A Bushel And A Peck......Betty Hutton & Perry Como

5. My Foolish Heart......Gordon Jenkins

6. Play A Simple Melody......Friend & Gary Crosby

7. The Cry Of The Wild Goose......Frankie Laine

8. All My Love......Patti Page

9. Sentimental Me......Ames Brothers

10. There's No Tomorrow......Tony Martin

11. I'll Never Be Free......Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie Ford

12. Harbour Lights.......Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye

13. Hoop Dee Doo......Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters

14. I Can Dream Can't I......Andrews Sisters

15. Mona Lisa......Nat King Cole

16. Nevertheless......Mills Brothers

17. Goodnight Irene......Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers

18. Bewitched.....Doris Day

19. Rag Mop......Ames Brothers

20. Bonaparte's Retreat......Kay Starr

21. La Vie En Rose......Tony Martin

22. Dear Hearts And Gentle People.....Bing Crosby

23. It Isn't Fair......Swing & Sway With Sammy Kaye.

          4. A Bushel And A Peck

           20. Bonaparte's Retreat

The Big Hits Of Yesterday No 2...VA

Are You Ready For The Second Trip To The Music Of Time Gone By !....with no 2 of "The Big Hits"

          6. Susan

          19. Papa,He Loves Mama

Werner Muller & His Orchestra...Goody Goody

Time now for a bit of Jigging around the floor !...or just sitting it out and listening!

1. Goody Goody

2. Oh Lady Be Good

3. Charleston

4. Bye Bye Blues

5. Kiss Me Sweet

6. Somebody Loves Me

7. Sweet Sue Just You

1. Some Of These Days

2. Hot Toddy

3. Black Bottom

4. There's A Small Hotel

5. Liza

6. You're Driving Me Crazy

          9. Hot Toddy

Contrasts In Brass...Locke Brass Consort.

An insight to the world of Symphonic Brass & Percussion 

1. Fanfare And Chorus. (Buxtehude)

2. March For The Prince Of Wales. (Haydn)

3. Funeral March. (Grieg)

4. Music For Brass. (Kauffmann)

1. Fanfare. (Tchereprin)

2. Mutations From Bach. (Barber)

3. Prism For Brass. (Carr)

          1. Fanfare And Chorus

Bobby Vee

A couple from JohnF In New Zealand Now !

Robert Thomas Velline (April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016), known professionally as Bobby Vee, was an American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s and also appeared in films. According to Billboard magazine, he had thirty-eight Hot 100 chart hits, ten of which reached the Top 20. He had six gold singles in his career.

1. Rubber Ball

2. Talk To me Talk To Me

3. One Last Kiss

4. Angels In The Sky

5. Stayin' In

6. Long Lonely Nights

1. Devil Or Angel

2. Poetry In Motion

3. More Than I Can Say

4. Mr Sandman

5. Foolish Tears

6. Love Love Love

         10. Mr Sandman

The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys No 2.

Just about manage to squeeze this one in my back pocket !..Oooops its just fallen out !!..so I will have to carry it under my arm...will have to steer the carpet back home one handed !!!
another one from the fantastic voice of Rita every track a winner !!!....thanks John for letting me wander about your store....whooosh I'm off !!!!!

1. Old Devil Moon
2. Star Eyes
3. The Song Is You
4. Keeping Myself for You
5. Falling In Love With Love
6. Spring Can Realy Hang You Up The Most 

1. He's My Guy
2. There's No Greater love
3. Please be Kind
4. Where Are you
5. They Didn't Believe Me
6. Only A Moment Ago

          11. They Didn't Believe Me

Gladys Knight & The Pips.

Here's an L/P that does live up to it's "Title" !!!..definatly a good "Best Of" including the great "Live" recording of "The Way We Were / Try To Remember !!

1. Make Yours A Happy Home
2. Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
3. I Feel A Song In My Heart
4. Part Time Love
5. The Going Up's And The Coming Downs
6. Midnight Train To Georgia

1. On And On
2. Where Peaceful Waters Flow 
3. I've Got To Use My Imagination
4. I Can See Clearly Now
5. The Way We Were / Try To Remember

          1. Make Yours A Happy Home