Russ Conway.

Let's celebrate the over 3 Million hits of this Blog with a classy "Honky Tonk" style of piano !!
No over produced orchestration just a "Guy" having fun playing and as the title say's "Enjoy Yourself".....and he did and hopefully all you out there in the "Cosmos" will !!!

1. Get Happy
2. Enjoy Yourself
3. SWinging On A Star
4. I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time
5. In A Shady Nook
6. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
7. It Had To Be You
8. Don't Bring Lulu 

1. Beyond The Blue Horizon
2. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
3. This Can't Be Love
4. Whispering
5. Mister Sandman
6. Alice Blue Gown
7. When I Take My Sugar To Tea
8. Smile Darn Ya Smile

      4. I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time 

Carpenters.

Ok !! I hope you all have recovered from all those high notes and crescendo's of the last few bars of the last L/P !!...Now being that this is the last of the L/P's from Geoff from the Gym its a quiet one !!!....The Carpenters with a couple of there hits Plus....Sooooooooooo thanks Geoff for the use of your L/P's !!!!

1. A Song For You
2. Top Of The World
3. Hurting Each Other
4. It's Going To Take Some Time
5. Goodbye To Love
6. Intermission

1. Bless The Beasts And Children
2. Flat Baroque
3. Piano Picker
4. I Wont Last A Day Without You
5. Crystal Lullaby 
6. Road Ode
7. A Song For You

 

       4. It's Going To Take Some Time

Tony Bennett.

Here's a "Tony Bennett" that I have not seen or heard of !!...It's a great one as well even tho' its on a "Budget Label"and has "Electronically Created Stereo" !!...as the back cover says he uses drums in many ways and it is definatly a good sound....I should think that it dates to the late 60's....no dated on the record or sleeves !!!.....Pity There Is Only 10 Tracks !!!

1. Lets Begin
2. Lullaby Of Broadway
3. Let There Be Love
4. Love For Sale
5. Crazy Rhythm

1. The Beat Of My Heart
2. Blues In The Night
3. Lazy Afternoon
4. Let's Face The Music And Dance
5. Just One Of Those Things

 

       2. Lullaby Of Broadway

Gene Vincent.

I should imagine that this is an L/P of "Gene's" early recordings 1964 to be exact !!..there are some great classic "Oldies" on this one !!!...I'm quite suprised about the clarity in "Gene's" voice even when he is singing and rocking you can here every word !!...today's singers should take note !!!

1. Hey Hey Hey Hey
2. Lavender Blue
3. Private Detective
4. Shimmy Shammy Shingle
5. Someday
6. Another Saturday Night
7. Slipin' And Slidin' 

1. Long Tall Sally
2. Send Me Some Lovin'
3. Love Love Love
4. Good Golly Miss Molly
5. Baby Blue
6. Susie Q
7. You Are My Sunshine

 

 

      3. Private Detective

Elvis Presley.

Its great that the record company has done the listener a good turn for once and what its say's on the L/P is what you get !! Elvis's all well known hits are on this one all 20 of them are some of his finest...No obsure tracks to fill the L/P are used !!....Sooooo Well done RCA !!....There are some stylus jumps here and there but nothing to spoil the mood !!

1. Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear
2. Heartbreak Hotel
3. Hound Dog
4. Jailhouse Rock
5. Are You Lonesome Tonight
6. Wooden Heart
7. King Creole
8. Blue Suede Shoes
9. Guitar Man
10. Suspicious Minds

1. Love Me Tender
2. It's Now Or Never
3. Hard Headed Woman
4. Crying In The Chapel
5. You're The Devil In Disguise
6. Return To Sender
7. My Baby Left Me
8. Can't Help Falling In Love
9. I'm all Shook Up
10. In The Ghetto

      6. Return To Sender 

Bernard Mannings 40 Singalong Party Hits.

 It seems that my friends and relations might have a fixation for "Sing-a- Long" music with all the L/P's that have been posted featuring just that !!!...This is one of the better ones and does deserve a listen too and maybe a "Sing-a-Long"..SOOOOOO altogether Now 1. 2. 3.!!!!!

Glenn Miller & Orchestra

 Now here's a treat for all you "Big Band Enthusiasts" this is from"Bob"....So lets enjoy a trip down memory lane...All 72 tracks are "Magic"....Probably never hear anything like it again !!!
BUT then maybe !!!!!

          Record One..                           Record Two..

1. Moonlight Serenade                                1. Slumber Song

2. Make Believe Ballroom Time                 2. Ida Sweet As Apple Cider

3. Stardust                                                    3. St Louis Blues march

4. I Want To Be Happy                               4. Our Love Affair

5. Stairway To The Stars                            5. My Blue Heaven

6. Anvil Chorus

1. A Handfull Of Stars                               1. Alice Blue Gown

2. Farewell Blues                                        2. The Lady's In Love With You

3. Medley                                                    3. Londonderry Air

4. Five O'clock Whistle                             4. Song Of The Volga Boatmen

5. Yours Is My Heart Alone                      5. You Stepped Out Of A Dream

                                                                    6. When Johnny Comes Marching Home

          Record Three..                       Record Four..

1. Frenesi                                                   1. It Happened In Sun Valley

2. The Story Of A Starry Night               2. In The Mood

3. Rug Cutters Swing                               3. At Last

4. Falling Leaves                                      4. Sun Valley Jump

5. Who's Sorry Now                                5. I Know Why

6. Boulder Bluff                                       6. Chatanooga Choo Choo

1. Along The Santa Fe Trail                   1. Serenade In Blue

2. The Spirit Is Willing                           2. American Patrol

3. Elmers Tune                                        3. Moonlight Sonata

4. The Angels Come True                       4. I've Got A Girl In Kalamazoo

5. Medley                                                 5. People Like You And Me 

                                                                  6. Bugle Call Rag

         Record Five..                           Record Six..                        

1. Rhapsody In Blue                               1. Carribean Clipper

2  Sweeter Than The Sweetest               2. Oh You Crazy Moon

3. Moon Love                                          3. Boogie Woogie Piggy

4. Pavanne                                              4. Fools Rush In

5.  Adios                                                  5. Deep Purple

6. Glen Island Special                            6. Yes My Darling Daughter 

                                                                 7. The Nearness Of You

1. Sunrise Serenade

2. Shake Down The Stars                     1. I'm Old Fashioned

3.  Baby Me                                            2. I Got Rhythm

4.  The Lamplighters Serenade            3. Polka Dots And Moonbeems

5. Slow Freight                                      4. CrossTown

6. Dreamville Ohio                                5. My Devotion 

       2. In The Mood

British Number One Hits..1953 & 1954

Here's another 50's compilation that you should all enjoy !!...There were no UK record charts before 14 November 1952. in England..this was the start of the lists of the Top Twenty record sales and the first No 1 was "Al Martino's Here In My Heart"...

Up to November 1952 the Top Songs Lists were made up of the sale of Sheet Music 

I think I had most of these tracks as 78's at some point...

If you want to hear some of music on 78's check out this Blog it's a good one !!

         https://78rp.blogspot.com/

1. Here In My Heart......Al Martino

2. You Belong To me......Jo Stafford

3. Comes A-long A love.......Kay Starr

4. Outside of Heaven......Eddie Fisher

5. Don't Let The Stars get in Your Eyes......Perry Como

6. She Wears Red Feathers......Guy Mitchell

7. Broken Wings......The Stargazers

8. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window......Lita Roza

9. I Believe.......Frankie Laine

10. I'm Walking Behind You......Eddie Fisher

11. Theme From Film Moulin Rouge......Mantovani

12. Look At That Girl......Guy Mitchell

13. Hey Joe.......Frankie Laine

14. Answer Me.......David Whitfield

15. Answer Me.......David Whitfield

       1. Here In My Heart.

Terry Dene

 Some classic 50's Rock'n Roll.....Thanks Ozzieguy for this one !!

Terry Dene (born Terence Williams, 20 December 1938) is a British rock music singer popular in the late 1950s and early 60s. He had three Top Twenty hits between June 1957 and May 1958.

Dene was born in Lancaster Street, Elephant & Castle, London, and was discovered by Paul Lincoln at the 2i's Coffee Bar (the London club that helped launch Tommy Steele, Adam Faith and Cliff Richard) in Soho in the late 1950s. Jack Good, producer of Six-Five Special, and Dick Rowe helped him obtain a recording contract with Decca. At the time he was regarded as the British Elvis and recognised as one of the best voices of the rock and roll era of pre-Beatles Britain. His first single, "A White Sport Coat", in the first seven weeks sold in excess of 350,000 copies, together with "Stairway of Love", which remained in the chart for eight weeks, and his own version of "Start Movin'" at number 14, put his records in the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart twice in the same year, securing his name in the Guinness Book of Records. He toured Britain, was one of the first to appear in the BBC Television's first pop show, Six-Five Special in April 1957, and appeared in a film, The Golden Disc (1958).

1. A White Sports Coat And A Pink Carnation

2. Start Movin'

3. C'mine And be Loved

4. Bimbombay

5. Come And Get It

6. Lover Lover

7. This Is The Night

8. Baby She's Gone

9. The Stairway of Love

10. Pretty Little Pearly

1. Charm

2. Teenage Dream

3. The man In The Phone Booth

4. The Golden Age

5. Seven Steps Of Love

6. Now And Always

7. Careless Hands

8. I've Come Of Age

9. A Boy Without A girl

10. Thank You Pretty Baby

        2. Start Movin'

The Cool One...VA

This is one of the first CD's that I made when I first got a computer many many many years ago...it has been in the car and played thousands of times hope you like the selection !

        2. Bewitched Bothered And Bewildered

        21. Cuncho

Richard Clayderman.

Now this one is playing on the same page as me !!!....The arrangements are definitely an improvement and imaginitive than on the last two L/P's....Piano playing with Oomfffff !!!...so it gets the "Luigi's" seal of approval !!!..It wont be the last time I will play it !!

1. Bewitched
2. Embraceable You
3. Long Ago And far Away
4. Night And Day
5. The Way You Look Tonight
6. Smoke Get In Your Eyes

1. People
2. All The Things You Are Are Mine
3. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
4. On The Street Where You Live 
5. If I Loved You
6. You'll Never Walk Alone

 

 

        4. Night And Day

Dinah Shore & Ella Fitzgerald.mpeg

Another Video that's Pure Magic !!

Judith Durham - Fifties Medley

A great video showing a great underestimated singer !!!....Why oh Why are there none around these day's that sound as good as "Judith"

Ray Conniff And Billy Butterfield.

 This was a favourite of mine when I first bought it in the late 50's just loved the Swing and Shuffle Beat that was Conniff's Trade mark not played it for a while till I've put it on here and it still sounds great !!...One more for the Easy Listening Brigade....Best track I think would be "Something To Remember You By "..got quite a few Conniff's so if you like him keep a lookout!!

1. Beyond The Blue Horizon
2. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby 
3. All The Things You Are
4. Oh What A Beautiful Morning
5. Time On my Hands
6. Something To Remember You By

1. What A Difference A Day Made
2. South Of The Border
3. Can't We Be Friends
4. Rosalie
5. A Love Is Born
6. I Found A Million Dollar Baby

        6. Something To Remember You By

Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong.

This is the perfect matching of two great musicians one a singer Ella of course.. and Louis a great trumpet player and a voice that you could not mistake for anyone else....I think that everyone in the world should have a copy of this....Not this one... definitely not... got too many "clicks" "jumps" and stylus getting stuck which I apologise for....but it has been played thousands of times and is over 50 years old...Go down to your local record store and get the CD....I have it but this is a Vinyl Blog !!!.......Every track is fantastic and I hope that everyone who does download this will go out and buy the CD

 

 

1. Can't We Be Friends

2. Isn't This A Lovely Day

3. Moonlight In Vermont

4. They Can't Take That Away From Me

5. Under A Blanket Of Blue

 

1. Tenderly

2. A Foggy Day

3. Stars Fell On Alabama

4. Cheek to Cheek

5. The Nearness Of You

6. April In Paris



 

 

 

        3. Stars Fell On Alabama

Samantha Jones

"Wikie" is certainly getting a lot of hits from me !!

 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.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,^[1] 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.^[1] Her first album Call It Samantha was released in US only in 1968.

With all the above information the "Gal" has definatly got a distinctive voice and its a pity that she was not more appreciated in her Home Country !!

 

V.A. Memories Are Made Of This.

Now !!! this is what I call a compilation L/P !!...takes me back to my teenage years with memories of "78 RPM's" " 45's" "Blue Suede Shoes" "Mods & Rockers" "Winkle Pickers" "Lager & Lime" !!!!...Ah Happy Days !!!.....Soooooo all you 50 ites enjoy "This Blast From The Past"!!!!!....Just a couple of jumps but nothing to spoil your listening pleasure !!!

1. Memories Are Made Of This...Dean Martin
2. Whatever Will Be Will Be...Doris Day
3. A Certain Smile...Johnny Mathis
4. Softly Softly...Ruby Murry
5. Rose Marie...Slim Whitman
6. It's Almost Tomorrow...The Dreamweavers
7. Just Walking In The Rain...Johnny Ray
8. A Tear Fell... Teresa Brewer
9. Around The World...Bing Crosby
10. Little Things Mean A Lot...Kitty Kallen
11. St Theresa Of The Roses...Malcolm Vaughan

1. The Story Of my Life...Michael Holiday
2. Tammy ...Debbie Reynolds 
3. A woman In Love...Frankie Laine
4. Till There Was You...Peggy Lee
5. This Ole House...Rosemary Clooney
6. Moon River...Andy Williams
7. Oh Mein Papa...Eddie Calvert
8. No Other Love...Ronnie Hilton
9. Dreamboat...Alma Cogan
10. Sugartime...McGuire Sisters
11. Stranger In Paradise...Tony Bennett

 

        7. Just Walking In The Rain

The Ray Conniff Singers.

I think that this was the second L/P with the singers singing the lyrics...and a great job they do...I think that Ray Conniff set the standard and the "Benchmark" for most of the "Singing Groups" that came after !!

1. Remember
2. You'll Never Know
3. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
4. I'm In The Mood For Love
5. I'll Be Seeing You
6. It's Dark On Observatory Hill

1. These Foolish Things
2. Ma He's Making Eyes At Me
3. Young At Heart
4. If I Loved You
5. Harbour Lights
6. I'll See You In My Dreams

      6. I'll See You In My Dreams

Dusty Springfield.

A compilation of Dusty's hits and some tracks from her L/P's....so if you like Dusty then this might be for you !!.....Th'o it sounds like the record company has had a fiddle with the setting's on some tracks...I guess trying to get "Stereo" from Mono !!!...or maybe it's my ears !!

1. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
2. You Don't Own Me 
3.  Do Re Mi
4. When The Lovelight Starts Shinning Through His Eyes 
5. My Colouring Book
6. Mocking Bird

1. Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
2. Anyone Who Had A Heart 
3. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
4. Wishin' And Hopin'
5. Don't You Know 
6. Son Of A Preacher Man

        6. Son Of A Preacher Man

Jack Jones.

Another perfect L/P from Jack singing songs of the time 70's to be exact....not a standard song in sight !!!


1. I'll Never Fall In Love Again
2. Sweet Child
3. Easy To Be Hard
4. Josephine For Better Or For Worse
5. Spinning Wheel

1. A Time For Us
2. Isn't It Lonely Together
3. I Keep Leavin' Houses Behind
4. The Seven Last Days
5. And I'll Go
6. Home

      6. Home

The Ray Conniff Singers.

Here's a "Conniff" I must have missed !!...best track is "Young And Foolish" 1966 was the year !!

1. Red Roses For A Blue Lady
2. Downtown
3. Charade
4. King Of The Road 
5. Edelweiss
6. Young And Foolish

1. Somewhere My Love
2. Days Of Wine And Roses
3. Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport
4. Would'nt It Be Luverly
5. So Long Farewell

 

        6. Young And Foolish

Jack Jones.

This is one of JJ better releases on the RCA label...a really good selection of songs some well known ones the rest are excelent especially "Traces Of A Long Forgotten Tune" and I love what he does to "The Jealous Kind" a TOP A1 L/P !!!!


1. With One More Look At You
2. Goodbye Old Buddies
3. Traces Of A Long Forgotten Tune
4. The Jealous Kind
5. Belonging

1. If I Only Had The Words To Tell You
2. Dixie Chicken
3. Perfect Strangers
4. Cajun Song
5. Empty Hearts

    4. The Jealous Kind

Jo Stafford

We are still over the channel and over the Pond with the next few selections...so for your delight the hits of "Miss Jo Stafford" plus some non hits !!!.....The track "Shrimp Boats" is missing probably whizzing around in the "Stratos" some where !!!

       5. Jambalaya