The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals..VA

Not only do we have songs from the M.G.M musicals  but also from the rest of the Hollywood studios and as it says on the cover digitally remastered so on some tracks you do get some extra sounds that you didn't get on the original releases....its a great retro treat !!

1. Singin' In The Rain......Gene Kelly

2. There's No Business Like Show Business.....Betty Hutton, Howard Keel.

3. 'S Wonderful.....Gene Kelly & Georges Guetary

4. That's Entertainment.....Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan.Annette Fabray,Oscar Levant

5. Stranger In Paradise......Anne Blythe & Vic Damone

6. Easter Parade......Judy Garland & Fred Astaire

7. Lullaby Of Broadway......Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell

8. Get Happy......Judy Garland

9. Night And Day......Fred Astaire

10. True Love......Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly

11. Honeysuckle Rose......Lena Horne with Benny Carter

12. Milkman' Keep Those Bottles Quiet......Nancy Walker & Tommy Dorsey

13. Baby Its Cold Outside......Esther Willians & Ricardo Montalban

14. For Me And My Gal......Gene Kelly & Judy Garland

15. Puttin' On The Ritz......Clark Gable & Co

16. Hallelujah.....Tony Martin, Vic Damone, Kay Armen, Ann Miller. Debbie Reynolds

17. Bless Your Beautiful Hide.....Howard Keel

18. Takin' A Chance On Love.....Ethel Waters & Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

19. As Time Goes By.....Dooley Wilson & Elliot Carpenter

20. Lara's Theme (Main Title)......The MGM Studio Orchestra

21. Over The Rainbow......Judy Garland

22. Its A Most Unusual Day.....Jane Powell

23. Wunderbar..... Kathryn Grayson & Howard Keel

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

25. Going Hollywood......Bing Crosby

26. The Trolley Song.....Judy Garland & The MGM Studio Chorus

27. Gigi......Louis Jourdan

28. I Got Rhythm......Judy Garland & Micky Rooney & Co

29. Aba Daba Honeymoon......Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter 

30. The Lady Is A Tramp......Lena Horne

31. The Best Things In Life Are Free......June Allyson & Peter Lawson

32. Cheek To Cheek.....Fred Astaire

33. A Kiss To Build A Dream On......Louis Armstrong

34. Put Em' In A Box......Doris Day & The Page Cavanaugh Trio

35. If Swing Goes I Go To......Fred Astaire

36. Almost Like Being In Love.....Gene Kelly

37. Let's Face The Music And Dance......Fred Astaire

38. Be A Clown......Gene Kelly & Judy Garland

39. Embraceable You......Connie Francis

41. On The Atchison Topeka And The Santa Fe......Judy Garland & Co

42. One For My Baby And One More For The Road......Fred Astaire

          1. Singin' In The Rain

Judy Garland..Classic Duets 2.

Here's No 2 of the Duets of Judy Garland.

Judy on the radio !...Judy from soundtracks !....Judy on 78's....All re-mastered fantastically not a hiss or scratch or fades heard... could have been recorded yesterday!!...BUT all tracks are from 1936 to 1943 !!

1. Its A Great Day For the Irish...with Douglas McPhall...(Little Nelly Kelly)...1940

2. We Must Have Music...with Tony Martin...(Ziegfield Girl)...1940

3. Laugh? I Thought I'd Split My Sides...Charles Winninger...(Ziegfield Girl)...1941

4. Ballin' The Jack...with Gene Kelly...(For Me And My Gal)...1942

5. For Me And My Gal...with Gene Kelly...(For Me And My Gal)...1942

6. For Me And My Gal...with Gene Kelly...(Decca 78rpm)...1942

7. When You Wore A Tulip And I Wore A Red Rose..with Gene Kelly.(Decca 78rpm).

8. All Through The Day...Gene Kelly...(Hollywood Bowl Rehearsal)...1946

9. Be A Clown...with Gene Kelly...(The Pirate)...1947

10. (Howdy Neighbor) Happy Harvest...with Gene Kelly...(Summer Stock)...1950

11. All For You...with Gene Kelly...(Summer Stock)...1950

12. You Wonderful You...with Gene Kelly...(Summer Stock)...1950

13. Where Do We Go From Here...with The King's Men...(for Me And My Gal)...1950

14. Bidin' My Time...with The King's Men...(Girl Crazy)...1943

15. Play That Barbershop Chord...The King's Men.(In The Good Old Summertime)

16. Every Little Movement Has A Meaning...with Mary Kent...Presenting Lily Mars.

17. There'll Always Be An England...with Charles Thomas...(Radio)...1943

18. People Will Say We're In Love...with Bing Crosby...(Radio)...1943

19. People Will Say We're In Love...with Bing Crosby...(Radio)...1944

20. You Tell Me Your Dream...with Bing Crosby...(Radio)

21. Something To Remember You By...with Bing Crosby...(Radio)...1944

22. The Way You Look Tonight...with Bing Crosby...(Radio)...1944

23. Medley...with Bing Crosby...(Radio)...1944

24. You've Got Me Where You Want Me...with Bing Crosby...(Decca 78rpm)

25. Mine...with Bing Crosby...(Decca 78rpm)

26. Connecticut...with Bing Crosby...(Decca 78rpm)

27. Yah-Ta-Ta-Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk Talk Talk)...with Bing Crosby...(Decca 78rpm)

          7. When You Wore A Tulip

Tiny Irvin...You don't Know What Love Is.

Here we have a lady singer that I have not heard of and unfortunately this seems to be the only studio L/P (Album) that she has recorded...which is a pity I would have liked to hear more of her  there is some great Piano playing from Carl Arter and this is a A1 set of songs !....So here is some Info about this Fab singer !!

Tiny Irvin is a native Pittsburgh who is a quiet, private person, who loves people and always tries to be happy. Tiny has sung with Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae, Dean Martin, Sarah Vaughn, Dizzy Gillespie and Betty Bebop Carter.

Tiny had impeccable tone and phrasing, with a lot of blues feeling and swing. She was a great scat singer too. Fans of Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughn will hear their influences in Tiny's singing, but she was no copyist, she had a distinctive style of her own. 

Since the mid 1960s Tiny has worked regularly with Carl Arter, who has been her bandleader, arranger, and mentor.

With pianist Carl Arter, Tiny has been the star attraction at Eileen's Zebra Room in Pittsburgh for five years on weekends.

Tiny made her only recording,  accompanied by the Carl Arter Trio, for Earwig Music Company in 1982. She retired from singing in the late 1980s. 

1. You Don't Know What Love is

2. Watch What Happens

3. My One And Only Love

4. Moanin'

1. Skylark

2. I'll Remember April

3. You Stepped Out Of A Dream

4. You've Changed

5. Satin Doll

         1. You Don't Know What Love Is

Sarah Vaughan's Golden Hits.

Another great singer that needs no introduction !!

1. Misty

2. Broken Hearted Melody

3. Make Yourself Comfortable

4. Autumn In New York

5. Moonlight In Vermont

6. How Important Can it Be

1. Smooth Operator

2. Whatever Lola Wants

3. Lullaby of Birdland

4. Eternally

5. Poor Butterfly

6. Close To You

          7. Smooth Operator

Clea Bradford...Her Point Of View

A great set of standards sung great by a singer that should have had more success than she did....First track seems to be out of place with the rest of the songs !

Arguably one of the finest vocalists to go under everyone's radar. Hard to believe she released only 3 albums & 2 singles.

Her later albums included "Her Point of View," which combined her jazz stylings with soul arrangements by Richard Evans. Her composition from that album, "My Love's a Monster," was a regional R&B hit in the Midwest and had recently become a club favorite of British club DJs. 

1. My Loves A Monster

2. Spring Is Here

3. Summertime

4. The Thrill Is Gone

5. Bye Bye Blackbird

6. Think About That

1. I need Love

2. A Place In The Sun

3. What is this Thing Called Love

4. Anything Goes

5. Any Day Now

6. The View From up here

          3. Summertime

Great Big Bands..Duke Ellington--Benny Carter--Fletcher Henderson.

Its "Big Band Time " !!  now and three of the greats of the 1930's ! 1933 to be exact 

So swing away Duke / Benny & Fletcher !!.......Followed by a trip to Paris & a Waltz Quickstep and a Shuffle around the dance floor !!

          4. I've Got The World On A String

Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra...Evening In Paris

Euro Star or Plane or even a Dusty old Carpet and Whoosh !! we are in France's capital city sipping coffee at the sidewalks cafe's !!

         14. Can Can

Joe Loss & His Orchestra...In The Mood For Dancing.

Nothing to do with The Nolan's !!....just memories of whizzing around the ballroom floor !! Plus a bonus of "In The Mood"....

          9 After You've Gone

12 Tops Today's Top Hits.

Here's a budget label from 1973 stating "Today's Top Hits"..WELL !! I think I must have been in the land of nod for 21 hours a day because I can only recognise 3 tracks !!...once again no credits for the singers...so I guess they might be session singers !!...doing a great Job !!
And of course For TODAY read YESTERDAY !!

1.  By Your Side
2.  Ghetto Child
3.  Top Of The World
4.  A Hard Rains Gonna Fall
5.  This Flight Tonight
6.  Knockin' On Heavens Door

1.  Let Me In
2. Photograph
3.  Wont Somebody Dance With Me
4.  Sorrow
5.  5.15
6. Showdown

         5.This Flight Tonight

Domingo Sings Caruso.

Not had a "Classical" sound for a while so here is a very young looking "Placido" doing the songs that are associated with "Caruso"....Thanks "Bob"

          8. La Donna e Mobile

Creedence Clearwater Revival...Cosmo's Factory.

Thanks Luc for this one and the short one below....Cheers....Luigi

1. Ramble Tamble

2. Before You Accuse Me

3. Travelin' Band

4. Ooby Dooby

5. Lookin' Out My Back Door

6. Run Through The Jungle

1. Up Around The Bend

2. My Baby Left Me

3.Who'll Stop The Rain

4. I Heard It Through The Grapevine

5. Long as I Can See The Light

         10. I Heard It Through The Grape Vine

Angelica Maria

This short one is a 45 rpm EP...courtesy Of Luc....Thanks !

         2. Toco A Tu Puerta

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book Vol 1.

 Another of Ella's Songbooks Vol 1....Vol 2 will arrive shortly !!.....This time the Orchestra is by "Paul Weston".....you do run out of things to say about Ella....even in the later years when her voice wasn't at it's best the "Magic" was still there....This Songbook is Ella definatly at her Peak !!

P.S. "It only seems  like yesterday" is a Quote that everybody at some point in their life has stated !! so here's me having a say !!...65 Years have shot by since "Ella" got behind the microphone in the recording studio and produced this "Gem".....sadly she is missed by the thousands of fans around the world !!!...RIP "Ella" !!!

1. Lets Face The Music And Dance
2. You're Laughing At Me
3. Let Yourself Go
4. You Can Have Him
5. Russian Lullaby
6. Puttin' On The Ritz
7. Get Thee Behind Me Satan
8. Alexander's Ragtime Band

1. Top Hat White Tie And Tails
2. How About Me
3. Cheek To Cheek
4. I Used To Be Colour Blind
5. Lazy
6. How Deep Is The Ocean
7. All By Myself
8. You Forgot To Remember

          10. How About Me 

Rock Machine...I Love You .VA

A few now from JohnF who resides on the other side of the world, NZ...Thanks John !

        6. Brandenburg Concerto No 3

The World Of Josh White.

I wonder if Barbara and Matilda and Molly and a Lass and a Gal are eating all those Apples Peaches and Cherries !!

         6. Barbara Allen

The Hits Of Ray Anthony.

Some Big Band Sounds Now....Thanks JohnF

        6. Thunderbird

Johnny Cash...Story Songs Of The Trains And Rivers.

Johnny Cash On The Move !

         7. Rock Island Line

Booker T & The M.G.s...Green Onions

Let's have a bit of "Funk & Soul"....

 Booker T. & the M.G.'s is an instrumental R&B/funk band that was influential in shaping the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul.
 They also released instrumental records under their own name, of which the best known is the 1962 hit single "Green Onions". As originators of the unique Stax sound, the group was one of the most prolific, respected, and imitated of its era. By the mid-1960s, bands on both sides of the Atlantic were trying to sound like Booker T. & the M.G.'s.^[

          2. Rinky Dink

Jeannie C. Riley...Things Go Better With Love.

Country and Western Via NZ...Courtesy Of JohnF

         10. Thin Ribbon Of Smoke