1936 Bob Pope - Big Chief De Sota (Bob Pope, vocal)

Here's more music by Bob Pope and His Orchestra "Big Chief De Sota."  Bob does the vocal here.



Recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 21, 1936 and released on Bluebird #B-6452.

1936 Bob Pope - Let's Get Hot And Truck (instrumental)

"Let's Get Hot And Truck" with Bob Pope and His Orchestra in this instrumental recording.



Recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 21, 1936 and released on Bluebird #6471.

1936 Bob Pope - On The Alamo (Nolan Canova, vocal)

Here's music by Bob Pope and His Orchestra, "On The Alamo," with vocal by Nolan Canova.



Recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 2, 1936 and released on Bluebird #B-6502.

Remember, kids, it's Bob POPE, NOT Bob Hope.

1938 HITS ARCHIVE: A-Tisket A-Tasket - Chick Webb (Ella Fitzgerald, vocal)

Here's music by Chick Webb and His Orchestra, "A-Tisket A-Tasket."



Vocal by the song's co-composer Ella Fitzgerald.



Recorded in New York City on May 2, 1938 and released on Decca #1840.

1938 HITS ARCHIVE: Don’t Be That Way - Benny Goodman

Classic swing instrumental from Benny and the boys.



"Don't Be That Way," with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra as recorded on February 16, 1938 in New York City.



Released on Victor #25792.

1934 HITS ARCHIVE: Cocktails For Two - Duke Ellington (instrumental)

Here's "Cocktails For Two" as presented by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.



You won't hear The Duke resort to Spike Jones-style embellishments here.



This song was featured in the Paramount picture "Murder at the Vanities."



Recorded in Hollywood on April 12, 1934 and released on Victor #24617.

1934 HITS ARCHIVE: What A Difference A Day Made - Dorsey Brothers (Bob C...

Perhaps best remembered as a big 1959 hit for Dinah Washington, here's the Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra's version of "What A Diff'rence A Day Made" with vocal by Bob Crosby.



Recorded in New York City on October 29, 1934 and released on Decca #283.

1936 Leo Reisman - On The Beach At Bali-Bali (Larry Stewart, vocal)

Like to travel?  Well, then, let's have fun "On The Beach At Bali-Bali" as performed by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra with vocal by Larry Stewart.



Recorded on June 17, 1936 and released on Brunswick #7696.

1937 George Hall - There's A Lull In My Life (Modernaires, vocal)

Here's music by George Hall and His Orchestra, "There's A Lull In My Life" from the 20th Century-Fox motion picture "Wake Up And Live."



Vocal by the pre-Glenn Miller ( and pre-Paula Kelly) Four Modernaires.



Recorded on March 25, 1937 and released on Variety #VA 526.

1933 Fran Frey (Ben Selvin) - Learn To Croon

Here now is music by Ben Selvin and His Orchestra (under the nom de plume of Fran Frey and His Orchestra) with "Learn to Croon," from the Paramount picture "College Humor," which starred Bing Crosby.



Fran Frey handles the vocal here.



Recorded in New York City on July 5, 1933 and released on Columbia #2788-D.

1933 Wayne King - Blue Danube Waltz (instrumental)

Here's Wayne King, the Waltz King, and His Orchestra with Johann Strauss' immortal "Blue Danube Waltz," recorded on January 12, 1933 in Chicago and released on Brunswick #6475.



Enjoy---and Happy Waltzing!

1936 Vincent Lopez - It's De-Lovely (Beth Wilson, vocal)

 


How 'bout some Cole Porter music?  Here's Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra with "It's De-Lovely," from the Broadway musical "Red, Hot, and Blue."


Beth Wilson handles the vocal here.


Recorded on November 24, 1936 and released on Oriole #7-02-06 (and possibly on other ARC labels).

1936 Kay Kyser - You'd Be Surprised (Ish Kabibble, vocal)

Here's more fun music from Kay Kyser and His Orchestra, "You'll Be Surprised," composed by Irving Berlin.


Vocal by Merwyn (Ish Kabibble) Bogue.


Recorded on May 29, 1936 and released on Brunswick #7701.

1938 HITS ARCHIVE: Cry Baby Cry - Kay Kyser (Sully Mason, vocal)

Time for music by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra, "Cry, Baby, Cry."  



Sully Mason handles the vocal with Harry Babbitt handling the singing song title.  



Recorded in New York City on April 5, 1938 and released on Brunswick #8114.

1934 Herman Waldman - Out For No Good (Meri Bell, vocal)

Here's music by Herman Waldman and His Orchestra with "Out For No Good" from the Warner Brothers motion picture "Twenty Million Sweethearts."


The song was written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren.


Vocal by Meri Bell.


Recorded in San Antonio, Texas on April 3, 1934 and released on Bluebird #5439.

JUMP SESSION by Slim and Slam 1938

Time for Slim Gaillard and Slam Stewart's "Jump Session."


Recorded in 1938 and released on Vocalion #4346.

1934 Ted Fio Rito - Hot Dogs And Sasparella (Muzzy Marcellino, vocal)

Hungry and thirsty?  How 'bout some "Hot Dogs And Sasparella" by Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra, with vocal by Muzzy Marcellino?


Recorded in Los Angeles on June 4, 1934 and released on Brunswick 6924.

"It's About Time" Joe Haymes and Orchestra 1932

Here's music by Joe Haymes and His Orchestra, "It's About Time," with vocal by Larry Murphy.


Recorded on June 7, 1932 in Camden, New Jersey and released on Victor #24038.

You Showed Me The Way by Gene Kardos and His Orchestra with Dick Roberts...

Here's more music by Gene Kardos and His Orchestra (also known as Gene's Merrymakers), "You Showed Me The Way," with vocal by Dick Robertson.



Recorded on March 4, 1937 and released on Conqueror #8800 and also on other American Record Corporation budget labels.

1938 Gene Kardos - Love Is Here To Stay (Lee Russell, vocal)

Here now is music by Gene Kardos and His Orchestra, "Love Is Here To Stay," from "The Goldwyn Follies," with vocal by Lee Russell.



Recorded in New York City on January 13, 1938 and released on Conqueror #8994.

1932 Ben Selvin - Dancing On The Ceiling (Chester Gaylord, vocal)

Here's music by Ben Selvin and His Orchestra, the Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart-co-penned "Daning on the Ceiling," with vocal by Chester Gaylord.



Recorded on January 29, 1932 and released on Columbia #2618-D.

1935 Richard Himber - Broadway Rhythm (Stuart Allen, vocal)

Here a version of "Broadway Rhythm" (from the MGM movie "Broadway Melody of 1936" and revived in the 1952 MGM classic "Singin' In The Rhythm") as performed by Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra with vocal by Stuart Allen.



Recorded on June 19, 1935 and released on Victor #25124.

1935 Guy Lombardo - Broadway Rhythm (instrumental)

Time for another instrumental, this time it's "Broadway Rhythm" from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture "Broadway Melody of 1936," as only Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians can do it.



Recorded on August 30, 1935 and released on Decca #549.



The song was later revived in the 1952 MGM classic "Singin' In The Rain."

1935 Ray Nichols - Restless (instrumental)

Now, it's time for instrumental music by Ray Nichols and His Four Towers Orchestra, "Restless."



Recorded in New York City on April 1, 1935 and released on Bluebird #B-5904.

1933 Rudy Vallee - Nagasaki (instrumental, complete version)

Here's a hot instrumental from Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees, "Nagasaki."



Recorded in New York City on September 6, 1933 and released on Bluebird #B-5177.

1935 Henry King - Footloose And Fancy Free (Joe Sudy, vocal)

Here's music by Henry King and His Orchestra, "Footloose and Fancy Free" with vocal by Joseph Sudy.



Recorded in New York City on May 23, 1935 and released on Columbia #3048-D.

(1954) Sun 209 ''That's All Right'' Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill

This, of course, is Elvis Presley's first commercial recording for Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.  The future King of Rock 'n' Roll recorded Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All Right" on July 5, 1954 with Scotty Moore on lead electric guitar and Bill Black on stand-up bass, thus the labels says "Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill."


Released on July 19, 1954 on Sun #209 (with Elvis' version of "Blue Moon of Kentucky" on the flip side).

(1954) Sun 209 ''Blue Moon Of Kentucky'' Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill

Here's Elvis Presley with the his rendition of the Bill Monroe-penned "Blue Moon of Kentucky," with Scotty Moore on electric lead guitar and Bill Black on stand-up bass.  

Recorded in Memphis on July 6 and 7, 1954 and released on July 19 of that year on Sun #209 (on the flipside of "That's All Right.").

(1955) Sun 223 ''I Forgot To Remember To Forget'' Elvis Presley, Scotty ...

Before he began recording for RCA Victor, Elvis Presley recorded for Sam Phillips' Sun Records in Memphis.  "I Forgot To Remember To Forget," recorded on July 11, 1955 and released on August 1 of that same year on Sun #223, was Elvis' first national number one hit, on Billboard magazine's Country and Western charts.


It, along with "Mystery Train," made up Elvis' final single to be released on Sun Records.

Heartbreak Hotel

On this, the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's passing, we present the King of Rock'n' Roll with his first major pop hit, his 1956 recording of "Heartbreak Hotel.

It was Elvis' first major hit for RCA Victor Records, recorded in Nashville.

Sam Robbins and his Hotel McAlpin Orchestra "Six Women and Henry the Eig...

From 1934, here's music by Al Mitchell and His Orchestra (under the nom de plume of Sam Robbins and His Hotel McAlpin Orchestra, "Six Women (Me And Henry The Eighth)" from the Fox picture "George White's Scandals."

Fox Movietone was a client label for the American Record Corporation and their records were available only at Fox Theaters.
 

Casa Loma Orchestra "It's The Talk Of The Town" with vocalist Kenny Sargent

Here's more great music by the Casa Loma Orchestra, under the direction of Glen Gray."



"It's The Talk of the Town" features Kenny Sargent on the lead vocal.



Recorded on August 7, 1933 and originally released on Brunswick #6626.



This is a Vocalion re-issue (#4713) from 1939.

1937 Glen Gray Casa Loma - Never In A Million Years (Kenny Sargent, vocal)

Here music by Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchesta, "Never In A Million Years" (from the 20th Century-Fox motion picture "Wake Up And Live").



Kenny Sargent handles the vocal here.



Recorded on March 30, 1937 and released on Decca #1211.

1192 Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers - Barn Dance Rag

Here's more music by Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers, "Barn Dance Rag," recorded on August 12, 1935 (82 years ago today!) in San Antonio, Texas and released on Bluebird #B-6177 in December of that same year.

Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers "Red Lips Kiss my Blues away" 1937

Here's music by Bill Boys and His Cowboy Ramblers, "Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away."



Bill's brother Jim handles the vocal here.



Recorded in San Antonio, Texas on March 1, 1937 and released on Bluebird #B-7507 in April, 1938.

1936 HITS ARCHIVE: Melody From The Sky - Jan Garber (Lee Bennett, vocal)

Here's still more music by Jan Garber and His Orchestra, "Melody From The Sky," one of the Idol of the Air Lanes' biggest hits.



Lee Bennett handles the vocal.



Recorded in Chicago on February 27, 1936 and released on Decca #761.

Summer Souvenirs by Jan Garber and His Orchestra

Here's another tune by Jan Garber and His Orchestra (with vocal by Lee Bennett), somewhat appropriate for this time of the year, "Summer Souvenirs."



Recorded in 1938 and released on Brunswick #8235.

1941 Jan Garber - Bedelia (Lee Bennett, vocal)

Here's music by Jan Garber and His Orchestra, "Bedelia," with vocal by Lee Bennett.



Recorded on March 21, 1941 and originally released on Okeh #6182.



This is a re-issue on Columbia #38205, which came out in 1948, during the American Federation of Musicians strike against the record companies.

1940 HITS ARCHIVE: In An Old Dutch Garden - Dick Jurgens (Eddy Howard, v...

Here's music by Dick Jurgens and His Orchesta, "In An Old Dutch Garden (By An Old Dutch Mill)," with vocal by Eddy Howard.



Recorded on November 24, 1939 and released in 1940 on Vocalion #5263.

1937 HITS ARCHIVE: Powerhouse - Raymond Scott Quintette

Here's one of the songs that Raymond Scott made famous (or made Mr. Scott famous), "Powerhouse."


The Raymond Scott Quintette included Raymond himself (the song's composer) on Piano, Dave Harris on Saxophone, Pete Pimiglio on Clarinet, Dave Wade on Trumpet, Louis Shoobe on Bass, and Johnny Williams on Drums.


Recorded in New York City on February 20, 1937 and released on Brunswick #7993.

1939 Al Donahue - Stairway To The Stars (Paula Kelly, vocal)

Let's travel that "Stairway to the Stars" with Al Donahue and His Orchestra with vocal by Paula Kelly, from her pre-Modernaires and pre-Glenn Miller days.


Recorded on May 5, 1939 and released on Vocalion #4846.

FATS DOMINO Baby Please 78 1954

From Imperial Records in 1954, here's Fats Domino with "Baby Please."


Written by Fats and his long-time collaborator, Dave Bartholomew.

1930 Phil Spitalny - Beyond The Blue Horizon (Brunswick version) (Scrapp...

Now here's some wonderful music by Phil Spitalny's Music (this was in the days before Phil led his all-girl orchestra), "Beyond the Blue Horizon" from the Paramount picture, "Monte Carlo."


Vocal by Scrappy Lambert.


Recorded on September 15, 1930 in New York City.

1939 Vincent Lopez - If I Only Had A Brain (Sonny Schuyler, vocal)

From the legendary Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture "The Wizard of Oz," we have music by Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra, "If I Only Had A Brain," with Sonny Schuyler doing his Ray Bolger impersonation with his vocal.



Recorded in Chicago on July 5, 1939 and released on Bluebird #B-10367.



Good stuff from Vincent and the boys here.

1931 Anson Weeks – Was It Wrong? (Don Raymond, vocal)

Time to go Dancin' with Anson!



Here's music by Anson Weeks and His Orchestra entitled "Was It Wrong?"



Vocal by Don Raymond.



Recorded in San Francisco on October 13, 1931 and released on Columbia #2552-D.

1942 HITS ARCHIVE: Remember Pearl Harbor - Sammy Kaye (Glee Club, vocal)

Time to once again Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye.



Recorded ten days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, here are Sammy and the boys with a song he co-wrote entitled "Remember Pearl Harbor."



Vocal by the Glee Club.



Released on Victor #27738.

Powder Your Face With Sunshine by Sammy Kaye on 1949 RCA Victor 78.

For our first video since this blog's latest name and format change, we present music by Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra, "Powder Your Face With Sunshine."



The Three Kaydets handle the vocal here on this 1949 RCA Victor record (#20-3321).

Time to Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye!

NOT AGAIN ?!

I've decided to expand the musical reach of this newly-re-re-named blog as of today.

1887 Cliff Bruner - Draft Board Blues

Time for "Draft Board Blues" with Cliff Bruner and His Texas Wanderers, with vocal by banjo player Bruce Pierce.



Recorded in Dallas on April 28, 1941 and released on Decca #5953 in May of that year.

ZEKE MANNERS &THE SINGING LARIATEERS You'll Get Used To It VICTOR 1947

Here's music by Zeke Manners and The Singing Lariateers, "You'll Get Used To It."



Recorded in 1946 in New York City and released on RCA Victor #20-2247 in April, 1947.