What are you listening to?

[LizzieMaine]

78s to welcome back the sun by --

Starting off in 1930 with Ben Bernie and his Orchestra, with Scrappy Lambert pouring his heart out on "F'r Instance." If there was ever such a thing as a diction award for dance band vocalists, Scrappy would have won it.

Next, ahead to 1937 and Hal Kemp and his Orchestra offer one of the best songs from a year overflowing with best songs, "Never In A Million Years," as crooned by Skinnay Ennis. Somebody feed that boy a hamburger.

 

[Chas]

Putting the final ink to the 2009 Tax forms (I know - an 11th hour-er all the way) to Ben Webster's "Woke Up Clipped"

 

[StetsonHomburg]

Anvil Chorus - BBC Band

I actually just found them on itunes they are a new british band that plays all the old songs, like Sing, Sing, Sing, or Chatanooga Choo Choo

 

[lolly_loisides]

I'm listening to this

It's great fun, performers include Ray Noble, Harry Roy, Jack Hylton & the BBC Dance Orchestra.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"The Clive Amadio half hour" probably from the mid 1940's"

 

[Widebrim]

"Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar," on commercial radio.

 

[Shangas]

Jack Hylton and His Orchestra - "I Lift Up My Finger and I Say 'Tweet Tweet'!"

 

[Chas]

Nina Hagen. Who better to see one through a night shift working in a psychiatric ward?

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[LizzieMaine]

78s to race off to work by ---

Now playing, it's 1933 with the Washboard Rhythm Kings, one of the most successful of the novelty groups on the depression-era Victor roster, and "A Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid. Eddie Miles sings thru the soapsuds with the vocal.

Next, following a commercial for Beeman's Pepsin Gum -- it really aids digestion! -- we continue in the novelty vein with Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra in 1937 and "The Merry Go Round Broke Down." Yes, it's the soon-to-be Looney Tunes theme song, as vocalized by arranger Sy Oliver and the ensemble. "Anyone wish a bag o' popcorn, salted peanuts, Hershey choc'lit?"

 

[Antje]

Love Story, Taylor swift

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"Oh I love Nina Hagen! ( and Zarah Leander) she's sort of Lottie Lenya on unauthorised medication!"

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"I am willing to declare myself to the world "I am a star" ........ Nina's words

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Zarah Leander - lovely slide show

 

[chanteuseCarey]

Uh, well... me! As a lark for a FL friend, I recorded myself singing- just standing in front of the digital camera set up on a tripod. Just a capella, no orchestration.

The song is from the film 42nd Street, by Harry Warren

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[vitanola]

Limbered up the Columbia AH (an early "front mount" disc talking machine dating to 1903-04) to play a group of early De-Luxe discs (12" victor pressings from 1903-04) that recently came my way, including:

Deluxe 2039 "Selection from Martha" played by the Victor Symphony Orchestra (all twelve of 'em!)
Deluxe 3148 "The Irish King" Arthur Pryor's Orchestra
Deluxe 31043 "Tell Me, Dusky Maiden" S. H. Dudley and Harry Macdonough
Deluxe 31381 "Faeckletaenz" Arthur Pryor's Band
Deluxe 31012 "Magic Flute Overture" Victor Grand Concert Band
Deluxe 31074 "Hurrah for Baffin's Bay!" Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan
Deluxe 31199 "Indian Medley" Arthur Pryor's band
Deluxe 31127 "La Marseillaise" Sig. E. Fransisco
Deluxe 31330 "Star Spangled Banner" Frank C. Stanley (one of my favorite performances of our national anthem.

 

[Mario]

Uh, well... me! As a lark for a FL friend, I recorded myself singing- just standing in front of the digital camera set up on a tripod. Just a capella, no orchestration.

The song is from the film 42nd Street, by Harry Warren

Carey...that was the most charming surprise! Sweet!! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[Hepville]

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One of my favourite german Bands

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Uh, well... me! As a lark for a FL friend, I recorded myself singing- just standing in front of the digital camera set up on a tripod. Just a capella, no orchestration.

The song is from the film 42nd Street, by Harry Warren

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"Oh I rather like that, you remind me of Dianne Keaton, funny how static photos can say one thing about someone , but voice, facial expressions, say So much more!
:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap from me

 

[Antje]

Rodeo Garth Brooks

 

[vitanola]

One of my favourite german Bands

Fine, hard-swinging group!

Not exactly what one would think of as a "German Band", though.

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I tend to yet associate the words "German", "Dorfmusik" and "Blaskapelle", althoug, of course, some of the best jazz and swing organisations of today are Teutonic.

 

[LizzieMaine]

78s to get the washing done before it rains by --

Now playing, Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra in 1939 with Edythe Wright and the boys joining in on "Stop Beating Round The Mulberry Bush." Less talk and more swing, fellas.

Next up, its the biggest hit tune of 1933, as performed by Harry Reser and his Eskimos, with a vocal by an unidentified hiccuping young lady, augmented from rousing HA HA HAs from the band. This side came out on at least a dozen different labels in the US and abroad -- which is rather ubiquitous even by Harry's frequently-pseudonymous standards.

 

[Hepville]

Fine, hard-swinging group!

Not exactly what one would think of as a "German Band", though.

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I tend to yet associate the words "German", "Dorfmusik" and "Blaskapelle", althoug, of course, some of the best jazz and swing organisations of today are Teutonic.

Well there are a couple of authentic Swing, RaB and Rockabilly groups up there.

... and you forgot a few associations in your listing... "Oktoberfest", "Sauerkraut", "Weizenbier" and "Kartoffeln"

It´s always funny to see when they are doing a German Fest in foreign countries it always seems to be a Bavarian kind of thing lol