What are you listening to?

[MissMittens]

Lizzie does it best

 

[Fletch]

Tony Pastor gives his usual big-grin-while-passing-a-kidney-stone routine on the lyrics.

We musickers call that "putting on the dance belt" - singing above your range.
But I think that was Tony's range - he just didn't have a trained voice.

Tony sings and Artie plays When Winter Comes in 1939.

 

[AmateisGal]

Michael Buble's Crazy Love. I just discovered Michael Buble this year. Really like his voice and how he's re-interpreted some of the classic songs.

 

[chanteuseCarey]

have recently been listening to a CD of Liberace. Say what you will about his persona et al, the guy was a helluva talented pianist in his day.

 

[Fletch]

Agree. Technique out the yaa yaa - and showmanship back up it. lol

Hey, I just found the 1937 Charlie Barnet date for Variety, billed as the California Ramblers. All covers (except for CB's own tune Swingin' Down to Rio)...but hep stuff from a band not yet getting much attention.

Down South Camp Meeting - Take My Word - Swingin' Down to Rio - Chris and His Gang

 

[RadioWave]

I was listening to Rudy Wiedoeft...

[video=youtube;3yMwc8olTLE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yMwc8olTLE[/video]

...but then got youtube ADD and ended up finding this. I don't envy their intonation endeavors.

[video=youtube;qqidejsFX0w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqidejsFX0w&feature=related[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Jack Hylton and his Orchestra -- Come On, Baby (1929)
vocal by Sam Browne

[video=youtube;XaHVmo9O8XM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaHVmo9O8XM[/video]

Debroy Somers Band -- Talkie Tunes Medley

[video=youtube;iu5ePpPo09Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu5ePpPo09Y[/video]

 

[Fletch]

eerie coincidence?

I'm listening to Radio Dismuke. In between selections I hear a vintage station break.
NBC identifies with the chimes. KFI, Los Angeles, follows with a time check: "13 seconds before 9."

Just for something to do, I look at my watch. 13 seconds before 10. Neat.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Making a fast transfer of shortwave recordings of BBC news reports from September 3, 1939 -- including the speech by King George VI -- for broadcast over our pre-show sound system during our upcoming showings of "The King's Speech." His Majesty is followed by announcements that all cinemas and places of public amusement will be closed until further notice, which will hopefully not cause our audience to stampede.

 

[HadleyH]

Jack Hylton and his Orchestra -- Come On, Baby (1929)
vocal by Sam Browne

[video=youtube;XaHVmo9O8XM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaHVmo9O8XM[/video]

Debroy Somers Band -- Talkie Tunes Medley

[video=youtube;iu5ePpPo09Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu5ePpPo09Y[/video]

Love them both!!!! I have the Hylton recording and .... what can one say about Sam Browne that it hasn't been said yet! Amazing! :eusa_clap

This is the first time I hear Debroy Somers Band.... I fell in love with that first song and will burn a CD ASAP!


Thank you so very much V.C.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

I'm listening to Radio Dismuke. In between selections I hear a vintage station break.
NBC identifies with the chimes. KFI, Los Angeles, follows with a time check: "13 seconds before 9."

What a coincidence. I'm listening to Tim Conway, Jr. on KFI right now.

At one time KFI was the NBC Red Network affiliate in Los Angeles. The Blue Network station was KECA, both of which were owned by West Coast broadcasting pioneer Earl C. Anthony. KECA was later spun off and became the present day KABC. One of the announcers at KFI in the 1930s was future NBC anchorman Chet Huntley.

Love them both!!!! I have the Hylton recording and .... what can one say about Sam Browne that it hasn't been said yet! Amazing! :eusa_clap

This is the first time I hear Debroy Somers Band.... I fell in love with that first song and will burn a CD ASAP!


Thank you so very much V.C.

I've always loved the British dance bands from the 1920s and '30s. They really gave the songs a certain touch of class. One recording I'm looking for is The Kerb Step by, I believe, Sam Lewis and his Orchestra. The Kerb Step was also known apparently as "The Daily Express Song"

And here's Sam Browne with Elsie Carlisle...

Ambrose and his Orchestra -- I'm Gonna Wash My Hands Of You (1934)
Decca F-5318
http://www.jazz-on-line.com/a/ramb/Joh030.ram

 

[HadleyH]

And here's Sam Browne with Elsie Carlisle...

Ambrose and his Orchestra -- I'm Gonna Wash My Hands Of You (1934)
Decca F-5318
http://www.jazz-on-line.com/a/ramb/Joh030.ram

To be honest I don't like that so much... I'm choosy, it has to be only so and so LOL ... it has to have that certain thing( for me of course)

Another British dance band who had that touch of class we were talking about was Ambrose, I have many versions of this beautiful song "Moaning For You"


[video=youtube;_dlAueg3Sks]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dlAueg3Sks[/video]

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Oh Hadley I love that sweet "Restaurant Orchestra" sound - thanks

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

My favorite Ambrose recording. Featured in the film Pennies From Heaven.

Ambrose and his Orchestra -- The Clouds Will Soon Roll By (1932)
vocal by Elsie Carlisle

[video=youtube;R_AQvsPB9n8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_AQvsPB9n8[/video]


Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra -- Down Sunnyside Lane (1931)
vocal by Al Bowlly

[video=youtube;oZ0WH3qRlLg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ0WH3qRlLg&feature=related[/video]

 

[martinsantos]

This is great! Never heard about him.

In fact, I only hearded bass sax with Boyd Reaburn. A beautiful tone!

Adrian Rollini, patron saint of the bass saxophone, and some of his fellow swing luminaries (Bunny, Benny, Big T and, IIRC, Krupa) in 1934 discings of Riverboat Shuffle and Davenport Blues.

More Roly at redhotjazz.com, who insists his recordings have a "general lack of excitement or beauty." So does a pork chop supper, but it's mighty satisfying, and so are they.

 

[Fletch]

Boyd was a good player but strictly a "paper" man - not a jazz soloist. He also split his time with a lot of reed doubles, such as English horn. I can't think of a Raeburn chart that out-and-out featured bass sax.

It was an uncomfortable fit with the bop-influenced sound anyway, as you'll know if you've ever heard Charlie Ventura play it. (Bugle Call Rag, 1951)

 

[AtomicEraTom]

[video=youtube;X7ymC7ipQWk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ymC7ipQWk[/video]

 

[HadleyH]

Bubbly and light as a glass of champagne!

"Every Now and Then" sung by Margie Kane and Donald Douglas<<<< his voice!!!! OMG :eusa_clap, dances staged by Maurice L. Kusell. From "The Great Gabbo", 1929

[video=youtube;5SVdxLMF5q8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SVdxLMF5q8[/video]

 

[BinkieBaumont]

[video=youtube;XnZmKxBgXMg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnZmKxBgXMg[/video]

The Blonde Bombshell from Swindon, this time from 1982, rather sad!

 

[Berlin]

Willeke Alberti & Paul de Leeuw - Mijn hoofd weer op je schouder