| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra |
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo |
The Duke: The Columbia Years |
Columbia |
|
| Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies |
Am I Blue? |
Daddy of Western Swing |
Proper UK |
|
| Abe Lyman & His California Orchestra |
Keep Young and Beautiful |
The Golden Age of American Sweet Bands |
Jasmine |
|
| Fred Astaire |
Flying Down to Rio |
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at RKO |
Rhino |
title track from Fred & Ginger's first movie together |
|
| Red Nichols and His Five Pennies |
Washboard Blues |
Hoagy Carmichael: Best of the Singer Songwriters |
JSP |
inst. |
| Lalo Guerrero Y Sus Cincos Lobos |
Los Chucos Suaves |
Pachucho Boogie |
Arhoolie |
Guerrero and Tosti were pachuchos, a Mexican American youth movement in CA in the late 40s/early 50s |
| Don Tosti Y Su Conjunto |
Mambo Del Pachuco |
Pachucho Boogie |
Arhoolie |
|
| Ricardo Montalban |
Baby It's Cold Outside |
Neptune's Daughter OST |
MGM |
Montalban was the first Mexican actor to be a Hollywood leading man |
| Ricardo Montalban |
My Heart Beats Faster |
Neptune's Daughter OST |
MGM |
both of these songs from his movie Neptune's Daughter, in other movies like Latin Lover his singing was dubbed |
| Andy Russell |
Amor |
Capitol Records From the Vaults: Love Letters |
Capitol |
Russell was Mexican American popular singer, this was his signature song |
| MGM Studio Orchestra |
La Bamba |
Maracas, Marimbas and Mambos |
Rhino |
traditional Mexican song popularized in the US by Richie Valens, this recording from the movie Fiesta is credited to the MGM Studio Orchestra but I don't think that's correct, I think they had Mexican performers in the scene |
|
| Xavier Cugat |
Perfidia |
Golden Selection |
|
inst. |
| George Formby |
Imagine Me in the Maginot Line |
Till Then |
History Channel |
|
| Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan |
Aba Dabba Honeymoon |
Edison Cylinder |
|
possibly the oldest thing I have ever played |
| Eddie Cantor |
If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie) |
Charming Gents of Stage and Screen |
ASV Living Era |
|
| Ethel Merman |
Lady Needs a Change |
I Get a Kick Out of You |
Flapper |
|
| Al Bowlly |
The Isle of Capri |
The Very Thought of You |
Sanctuary |
|
| Bing Crosby |
I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store) |
Bing: His Legendary Years |
MCA |
rec. 1931, just as Bing was starting to really break out |
| Mildred Bailey o/ Red Norvo |
Weekend of a Private Secretary |
1931-1939 |
L'Art Vocal |
|
| Duke Ellington Orchestra v/ Ivie Anderson |
Happy As the Day is Long |
The Song Is ... Harold Arlen |
ASV Living Era |
this must be from the period in the early 30s when Arlen was staff songwriter and Ellington was the house band at the Cotton Club |
|
| Fats Waller |
Ain't Misbehavin' |
The Complete REcorded Works Volume 2 |
JSP |
|
| Duke Ellington v/ Betty Roche, The Loumel Morgan Trio, Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, Ethel Waters, The Mills Brothers, Jimmie Lunceford, host Ernie "Bubbles" Whitm |
Jubilee November 2 1943 |
Jubilee |
otr-cat.com |
this was billed as the first anniversary of the program & had a bigger line-up than usual for Jubilee |
|
| Chu Berry & His 'Little Jazz' Ensemble |
Stardust |
Little Jazz Trumpet Giant |
Proper UK |
inst. |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Cutie Pants |
Ella at Juan-Les Pins |
Verve |
live performance from 1964 |
| Sammy Davis Jr. |
Falling in Love Again |
At the Cocoanut Grove |
Reprise |
live performance from 1962 |
| Frank Sinatra |
Night and Day |
A Swingin' Affair |
Capitol |
|
| Rosemary Clooney & Perez Prado |
I Only Have Eyes for You |
A Touch of Tabasco |
BMG |
|
| Mel Torme |
Swingin' On the Moon |
Swingin' on the Moon |
Verve |
|
| Wayne Newton |
Danke Shoen |
Capitol Collector's Series |
Capitol |
|
|
| Tito Rodriguez |
The Magnificent Seven |
Ultra-Lounge: Cha Cha De Amor |
Capitol |
inst. |
| Kay Starr |
Wheel of Fortune |
Capitol Collector's Series |
Capitol |
|
| Dinah Washington |
Willow Weep for Me |
s/t |
Jazz Round Midnight |
the most emo song ever? |
| Peggy Lee |
Fever |
The Best of Miss Peggy Lee |
Capitol |
|
| Sarah Vaughan |
Dream |
Live at Mister Kelly's |
Polygram |
|
|
| The Three Suns |
Flamingo |
1949-1956 |
Circle |
inst. |
| The Three Suns |
Caravan |
Movin' n Groovin' |
Liberty |
|
| Mel Torme |
Sunshine Superman |
Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks Part 2 |
Capitol |
|
| Sondi Sodsai o/ Martin Denny |
Love Dance |
Sondi |
Liberty |
|
| Peggy Lee |
Bali Ha'i |
Far Away Places: Capitol Sings Around the World |
Capitol |
|
|
| Les Baxter |
Tropicando |
Que Mango |
Scamp |
inst. |
| Benny Goodman Orchestra v/ Martha Tilton |
Live from the Madhattan Room November 6 1937 |
Madhattan Room |
otr-cat.com |
live radio broadcasts like this are an opportunity to hear Goodman as he was meant to be heard: a live band with a dancing audience. |
|
| Teddy Wilson Orchestra |
Sweet Lorraine |
Little Jazz Trumpet Giant |
Proper UK |
inst. |
| Billie Holiday o/ Teddy Wilson |
April in My Heart |
Lady Day |
Sony |
rec. 1938 |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra v/ Herb Jeffries |
My Little Brown Book |
The Blanton-Webster Band |
RCA |
|
| Nat King Cole Trio |
Come to Baby, Do |
Complete Capitol Recordings |
Mosaic |
|
| Helen Ward o/ Teddy Wilson |
But Not for Me |
The Queen of Big Band Swing |
ASV Living Era |
|
| Julia Lee |
Lotus Blossom |
Snatch and Grab It |
EPM |
|
| Cab Calloway |
Kickin' the Gong Around |
1930-1939 |
L'art Vocal |
|
|
| Earl Hines Orchestra |
Blue Drag |
Classic Earl Hines Sessions 1928-1945 |
Mosaic |
|
| Louis Jordan |
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' |
Let the Good Times Roll |
Bear Family |
|
| Pearl Bailey |
Legalize My Name |
Takes Two to Tango |
ASV Living Era |
|
| Sammy Davis Jr. |
Ee-O Eleven |
Sammy & Friends |
Rhino |
|
| Dinah Washington |
Teach Me Tonight |
Dinah Washington Story |
Mercury |
|
|
| Count Basie Orchestra |
Corner Pocket |
April in Paris |
|
inst. |
| Bing Crosby |
Swingin' on a Star |
Bing! His Legendary Years |
MCA |
happy birthday Bing! |
| Bing Crosby |
Pennies from Heaven |
Song Hits from the Movies |
|
|
| Benny GOodman |
Japanese Sandman |
"Let's Dance" Broadcasts |
Circle |
inst. rec. 1935 |
| Benny Goodman Orchestra |
Honeysuckle Rose/Jam Session |
At Carnegie Hall |
Columbia |
thanks for the excellent request! great way to close out the show |
