Moments To Remember

Cast your mind back and relax to some great tracks from times gone by !!..when the world was going at a slower pace than it is today !!... thanks Bob for these retrospective L/P's they certainly jog my memory to some great moments !!

21. Shall We Dance

Collecters Choice.VA

We are in the land of "Chocky's" (Belgium) at the moment rummaging through Bob's collection to see what comes up above and below post's...so thanks Bob for that!!....I will have to have a good listen to this one and see if i can tell which track is an original one and which are the re-recordings !!...make a comment and see if our minds are one !!..and we agree !!

 
6. Chanson D'amour

Benny Goodman

Some classic Big Band tracks now from way back when !! In fact this was the year I was born 1937 !!....Thanks Bob ! for the reminder !!

 
3. Begin The Beguine

Great Italian Love Songs

  Let's keep it International !!!..The title says it all !!!
Unfortunatly track 3 "Come Prima" must still be whizzing around trying to find a home !!!

6. Volare

The Swingles

Its great to hear the "Swingles" singing the words as well as all the "Doobee Doo's"...this is a cool selection of songs usually not associated with them....just shows how clever they are not much music involved just the voices in harmony !!!...GRRRRRReat !!

1. Overture To The Marriage Of Figaro

2. All The Things You Are
3. Oh Johnny
4. Come Live With Me
5. Round Midnight
6. Fascinating Rhythm
7. Flight Of The Bumble Bee

1. Organ Fugue
2. Bist Du Bei Mir
3. Just One Of Those Things
4. L'il Darlin'
5. It's Alright With Me
6. London By Night
7. Country Dances

5. It's Alright With Me

Ted Heath And His Music

A great studio recording of the Ted Heath band plus Strings in glorious "Phase 4 Stereo !!...so give it a download !! and play it loud to get the full benefit of the sound ! making sure the next door neighbours are not around !!!.The Brass section could have been a bit more "Loud" and "Bouncy"!!!

1. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
2. I Had The Craziest Dream
3. Sentimental Journey 
4. Moonlight Serenade
5. Mirage
6. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good

1. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
2. Close Your Eyes
3. At Last
4. Egyptian Night
5. They Didn't Believe Me
6. Ebb Tide

  1. Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Shorty Rogers

Ok folks this is a first for me !...heard the name but never heard anything by this swing band!.....so another one from the 50's 1954 to be presise

 Milton "Shorty" Rogers (April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) was one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arranger.
 After the early 1960s Rogers stopped performing on trumpet, and left the jazz scene for many years. Among other composing and arranging activities, he arranged a series of records for the Monkees (including "Daydream Believer") in the late 1960s, and in the 1970s wrote the jazzy background score to TV's The Partridge Family during the show's first season. He also contributed episode scores for the fourth season of Starsky & Hutch.

 1. Jump For Me
2. Topsy
3. It's Sand Man
4. Basie Eyes
5. Doggin' Around
6. Down For Double

1. Over And Out
2. H And J
3. Taps Miller
4. Tickletoe
5. Swingin' The Blues
6. Walk Don't Run

6. Walk Don't Run

Peggy Connelly

Another great voice from the 50's in fact this was recorded in "Hollywood" in 1956 !!....Music tastes do change and I guess there are many singers that are out there today that could equal voices like these "Lost & Forgotten" ones but where are they !! and why are they not promoted by the "Music Moguls" !!!...still they do say that "Music & Fashion" tastes do come round again eventually !!!


Connelly was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She had a career as a singer and actress, starting with local dance bands (the first Harvey Anderson's) in the Fort Worth-Dallas area. In 1956 she recorded an album of standards, Peggy Connelly with Rusell Garcia – That Old Black Magic, for Bethlehem Records, reissued by Fresh Sound on Russell Garcia's Wigville Band. She also recorded two albums with The New Christy Minstrels.
 She moved to Europe in the early 1970s and worked as a single act until the mid-1990s, when she, Sarah Tullamore and Wendy Taylor formed a trio called The Jazzberries. The Jazzberries played extensively in Paris and throughout Europe until they disbanded in 2000.

 
8. What Is There To Say

Eydie Gorme

Here's an Eydie Gorme that I missed on Vinyl !!..got it on CD and thanks to John over the pond I can now see if there is any difference in the sound !!....of the L/P's that I have and also got them on CD's the Vinyl always seem to be a better sound....I suppose that if it was a straight transfer from L/P to CD there might be not much difference ..But they always seem to fiddle with the knobs and sliders to make it sound better !!

5. After You've Gone

The 50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett

The 50 Guitars are twanging their way across Italy !

1. O Sole Mio
2. Al Di La
3. Sumertime In Venice
4. Non Dimenticar
5. Return To Me
6.  Love Theme From La Strada

1. Volare
2. Come Back To Sorrento
3. Mattinata
4. Ciao Ciao Bambino 
5. Anema E Core
6. Arrivederci Roma

 
5. Anema E Core

Samantha Jones

The distinctive voice of Sam Jones singing her heart out with 12 tracks...She definatly should have been more successful than she was....Another great L/P from Bob thanks !!

3. This I Find Is Beautiful

Mel Torme

Some Live performance now from "The Velvet Fog" himself from December 1954 !.....He also recorded again at the Crescendo in Feb 1957...the tracks below are from the 1954 performance..
there is a CD available that has both dates on and it contains 41 Tracks !...

1. From This Moment On
2. That Old Black Magic 
3. Get Out Of Town
4. Goody Goody
5. Love Is Here To Stay
6. Blue Moon
7. Old Devil Moon

1. Get Happy
2. Mountain Greenery
3. The Country Fair
4. The Christmas Song
5. Jeepers Creepers
6. You're Driving me crazy
7. Bernies Tune

  2. Mountain Greenery

Frank Sinatra

Some classy songs !!!.....The back sleeve says it all !!!

 
1. The Coffee Song

Mario Lanza

The glorious voice of Mario Lanza not a "Lost" voice but a well missed one !!

5. I'll See You Again

Joan Regan

Here we have nostalgia by the bucketfull !!...a singer from the 50's and if my memory is working on full power her voice was likened to "Gracie Fields " so that gives you an idea of the quality of her voice.

1. It Could Happen To You
2. When I Grow To Old To Dream
3. I Know Why And So Do You
4. Iv'e Got A Feeling Your Fooling
5. Deep In A Dream
6. Home

1. Sinner or Saint
2. That Old Feeling 
3. All The Things You Are
4. Someone To Watch OverMe
5. Never In a Million Years
6. For All We Know

3. I Know Why And So Do You

Skeeter Davis

This one and the two below come all the way from New York via Johns record store... so thanks John for all the contributions to this Blog in 2017 !!....And when the weather gets a bit warmer and not too windy I'll get the carpet out for one or two visits....cheers John !!

7. Gonna Get Along Without You Now

Clinton Ford

How's about some Razz-a-ma Tazz !!.....some great swingin' tracks that moves along like a runaway train !!...and a great voice !!...including "Fanlight Fanny" a knockout track !! and a great different L/P..well worth a download !!...If you like different & quirky!!

 Clinton Ford (4 November 1931 – 21 October 2009) was an English popular singer of the 1950s and 1960s.He began his recording career as Clinton Ford with the Oriole record label, changing his name because his own did not fit some of his American songs. He performed skiffle in the Backwoods Skiffle Group and recorded some unsuccessful singles with the Hallelujah Skiffle Group. He appeared at the Royal Albert Hall, and with Ken Dodd on Dodd's television shows. He also appeared in Stars and Garters, The Billy Cotton Band Show, and The Good Old Days.Ford had his first success with a cover of the Red Foley song "Old Shep", which appeared on the chart in 1959. Ford donated all his royalties from this recording to the Guide Dogs for the Blind. It was the only version of the song ever to chart in the UK. His next singles were "Too Many Beautiful Girls" followed by "Fanlight Fanny" which was his most successful single, reaching 22 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1962. His album Fanlight Fanny (1962) reached number 16 in the UK Albums Chart. He toured with Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen and played at the Cavern Club in Liverpool around the time that the Beatles were starting to become popular.

 1. Everthing Is Peaches Down in Georgia
2. And he'd say Oo-La-La- Wee-Wee
3. Sleepy Time Girl
4. I Wouldn't Leave My Wooden Hut For You
5. A Little White Gardenia
6. What More Can I Say
7. Fanlight Fanny

1. Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On A Saturday
2. Louise
3. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
4. Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula
5. Please
6. Huggin' And a Chalkin'
7. My Little Bimbo

1. Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On A Saturday Night