The Kirby Stone Four.320.Kbps

Now then !!! who's not heard of TKS4's version of "Baubles Bangles And Beads "so just as an introduction to this first class group of singers in the essence of "The Ray Conniff Singers" and "The Mike Sammes Singers"A great selection of songs and a great L/P !

1. Rain
2. Volare
3. When The Sun Comes Out
4. When Your Lover Has Gone
5. Hambone
6. Ti-Pi-Tin

1. I Love Paris
2. Lullaby Of Birdland
3. Lassus Trombone
4. I Love You
5. Red Shoes
6. Don't Stop

2. Volare

We now have some music from the 20's ..My !! how Jazz has changed with time !! But enjoy this BLAST !!!!

01 Richard A. Whiting & Raymond B. Egan 

02 Maceo Pinkard & William Tracey and Harry Tobias

03 Lou Handman & Henry Creamer 

04 Earl Carroll 

05 Jerome Kern & Anne Caldwell 

06 Ben Black and Louis Nova  

07 Harry Warren and Dan Dougherty & Bud Green

08 Fred Rose

09 Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields 

10 J. Fred Coots & Benny Davis and Arthur Swanstrom 

Sergio Franchi.320.Kbps

Not in the same class as "Mario Lanza" but a good tenor from the 60's....it says on the back sleeve that his appearance on British TV namely "Sunday Night At The London Palladium" started his career...its a good nostalgic walk or stroll down the "Italian Streets" !!!

P.S. Just a quick note !..the year is1962 ! so when the "Italy's Brilliant New Tenor" that is on the front is 53 Years ago !!!!......Cor' don't time Fly !!!!

1. Core 'ngrato
2. Funniculi Funicula
3. O Sole Mio
4. Mattinata
5. Mamma Mia Che Vo' Sape
6. La Vilanella

1. Marechiare
2. A Vucchella
3. Come facette Mammeta
4. Fenesta Che Lucive
5. Torna a Surriento
6. O Surdato Namorato 

5. Torna a Sorrento< /b>

Nina Simone

The title says it all !!.....Nina In Concert !!!..Grrrrrrreat !!!!

1. In The Morning
2. Sunday In Savannah
3. The Backlash Blues
4. Please Read Me
5. Gin House Blues

1. Why
2. Peace Of mind
3. Ain't Got No
4. I Loves You Porgy
5. Take my Hand Precious Lord
6. Do What You Gotta Do

4. I Loves You Porgy

Ann Hathaway

Another great forgotten / lost voice....Can't find much about this singer... I "Googled" her and kept getting the "Other " Ann Hathaway"  american actress....If anyone has any info be great to hear it !!

1. Lush Life
2. Walk In The Country
3. The Very Thought Of You
4. What Is There To Say
5. So Ends The Night
6. Suppertime

1. Stormy Weather
2. Day Dream
3. Honeysuckle In The Wind
4. Nobody's Heart
5. About The Blues
6. New Love new Wine

1. Stormy Weather

Aretha Franklin

Now we have Two Singers one an Icon of Soul !!..who unfortunately is now no longer with us ...the other one..One of those forgotten singers that made a couple of L/Ps then seemed to vanish  into the mists of time to be revived on this Blog in 2018 !!.....Aretha singing pop songs of the time and Ann singing standards !!....Pure Heaven !!!

1. How Glad I Am

Ann Gilbert

We now have a set of standard songs sung by a classy singer that I've not heard of before so off I go to "Wikie" to see what I can find !!!.....Thanks John for this find !!.....Its a good  Un !!

Discovered on Chicago's South Side, Ann Gilbert emerged briefly in the mid-'50s on the Groove label, RCA's blues/jazz subsidiary. She'd begun singing in church at the age of four and by ten, she was a regular on the radio program Young America Sings. She acted and sang in summer stock musicals and seemed destined for a career in classical music when jazz beckoned.  She began improvising at the piano and found that she preferred experimenting with music rather than the formality of classical study. Gilbert began singing in clubs, working as her own accompanist, and began building a reputation at clubs in Indianapolis and Chicago. In 1956, she got her big chance to record when she was signed to Groove Records by a talent scout passing through Chicago.  In a Swingin' Mood pairs singer Ann Gilbert with arranger Elliot Lawrence, whose bold, buoyant charts keep the session every bit as lively as its title promises. Stock selections like "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Makin' Whoopee," and "Lover Come Back to Me" may not look particularly impressive on paper, but Gilbert's vocals are never anything less than heartfelt, yet remarkably free of pathos. A crack supporting unit featuring tenor saxophonist Al Cohn, altoist Hal McKusick, trumpeter Nick Travis, and trombonist Eddie Bert also contributes mightily to the album's effervescent spirit. 

               

4. Back In Your Own Back Yard

The Chi - Lites..320..Kbps

A couple of "Greatest Hits" L/P's that hopefully live up to their title !!

1. Oh Girl
2. I Wanna Pay You Back
3. I Like Your Loving
4. Give It Away
5. Let Me Be The One my Daddy Was
6. Love Uprising
7. The Coldest Days of my Life Part 1
8. The Coldest Days of my Life Part 2

1. Have You Seen Her
2. Give More Power To The People
3. Are You My Woman
4. We Are Neighbors
5. Living In The Footsteps Of Another Man
6. I'm Ready
7. 24 Hours of Sadness
8. A Lonely Man

3. Are You My Woman

Texas..320..Kbps

Flash forward to 1989....Leaving the Disco Fad behind and we have a "Scottsh" band that you perhaps would mistake them for an American band by the name !! But no they are wee folks from "Scotland" !!!

Texas are a Scottish pop rock band from Glasgow. They were founded in 1986 by Johnny McElhone (formerly of the bands Altered Images and Hipsway) and Sharleen Spiteri on lead vocals. Texas made their performing debut in March 1988 at the University of Dundee. They took their name from the 1984 Wim Wenders movie Paris, Texas.

1. I Don't Want A Lover

Gladys Knight & The Pips..320..Kbps

There are some excellent tracks on this one !

7. Daddy Could Swear I Declare

Hiyah !!

Ok Folks !!.....been to bed over the weekend....had a think.... brain working overtime !!...so to those who were a bit confused about "The Corner" and probably had a walk round the roundabout !...at the moment "Zippyshare" is on hold !!..and the posts below are different !!....so lets hope it works out ok... It is possible that I will be working on "The Corner" and "The Right Angle"...not at the same time of course !!!...comments  would be welcome if you have any trouble ....cheers...Luigi

Liberace

Although the title is Rhapsody In Blue it is only an excerpt and the rest is made up of light classical pieces which most of you should be familiar with !!....Thanks Bob for these two !!

9. Chopsticks

Frankie Laine

Some early recordings of Frankie's

5. Thats My Desire

Resurrection !!

Take a stroll round the corner and see what turns up !!