Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl

Volume 234: Sugar Blues

What? Yet another trumpet player in my dad’s collection I haven’t introduced you to yet? But of course.
Clyde McCoy is not nearly as well known as the myriad of other horn players I’ve shown off, but he recorded a lot of music from 1917 through 1985.
His 1931 version of a song written nine years earlier set off a mini craze within jazz and set his career on fire.
So get ready to hear a trumpet played in such a style that it inspired a popular electronic tool for guitar players used still to this day in Volume 234: Sugar Blues.
For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 
Credits and copyrights
Clyde McCoy – The Golden Era Of The Sugar BluesLabel: Design Records – DLP 28Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoReleased: 1957Genre: JazzStyle: Big Band
We will hear 7 of the 12 songs on this album.
Sugar Blueswritten by Clarence Williams and Lucy FletcherRecorded in 1931
Honeysuckle Rosewritten by Andy Razaf and Fats WallerRecorded January 22, 1931
Beale Street Blueswritten by W.C. HandyRecorded 10/14/1935
Swamp Firewritten by Hal MooneyRecorded sometime in 1936
Farewell Blueswritten by Elmer Schoebel, Paul Mares, and Leon RoppoloRecorded 7/5/1935
Deep In A Dreamwritten by Jimmy Van Heusen and Eddie DeLangeIt was recorded maybe in 1938 or 1939.
Ridin' To Glory On A Trumpetwritten by Clyde McCoyRecorded 3/24/1936
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
#clydemccoy #sugarblues #dixielandmusic #trumpetsrule #musichistory #musicalmemories #vinylcollecting #vinylrecords

Volume 233: Frank's Life for Fathers Day

Well, it’s Fathers Day.
For me, that means another trip to the cemetery rather than a trip to visit my dad for dinner. I’m not looking for sympathy. That’s just the way it is. I mean. That’s life!
And this episode’s featured artist certainly saw his share of ups and downs during his incredibly influential and talented life. He was also my dad’s favorite singer.
This is the last of five of his solo albums my dad had. But we have heard sing him with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey Orchestras as well.
So, get ready to hear the man who went from pauper to king, a couple of times, in Volume 233: Frank's Life for Fathers Day.
For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 
Credits and copyrights
Frank Sinatra – That's LifeLabel: Reprise Records – F 1020Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, MonoReleased: 1966Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Vocal, Swing
Supported by a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Ernie Freeman
We will hear 6 of the 10 songs from this album.
That's LifeWritten-By – Dean Kay and Kelly Gordonnumber 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966-67. It also reached number 1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.
I Will Wait For YouComposed By – Michel LeGrand and Norman Gimbel
Somewhere My LoveComposed By – Maurice Jarre and Paul Francis Webster
Winchester CathedralWritten By – Geoff StephensThe New Vaudeville Band/September 26, 1966/Hit song
The Impossible Dream Composed By – Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion
What Now My LoveComposed By – Carl Sigman and Gilbert Bécaud
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
#franksinatra #thatslife #musichistory #musicalmemories #vinylcollecting #vinylrecords #fyp

Volume 232: Ray on the Road

Time to take a road trip around this great country we call the US of A. And who better to be our tour guide than the incredible Ray Charles. 
He had over 1,700 listings in discogs, the website I use to catalog my vinyl collections. And it’s not easy to catalog just what genre this genius belongs to.
Well, he belongs to them all: pop, blues, jazz, gospel, country, and rock.
So get ready to hear a guy who once tried to sell an electric piano to Jake and Elwood Blues, “2,000 bucks and it's yours. You can take it home with you. As a matter of fact, I'll throw in the black keys for free!" In Volume 232: Ray on the Road.
For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 
Credits and copyrights
Ray Charles – The Genius Hits The RoadLabel: ABC-Paramount – ABC 335, ABC-Paramount – ABC-335Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoReleased: Sep 1960Genre: Jazz, Funk / SoulStyle: Rhythm & Blues
We will hear 7 of the 12 tunes on this album.
Alabamy BoundWritten-By – Bud Green, Buddy DeSylva, and Ray Henderson
Georgia On My MindWritten-By – Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell
Moonlight In VermontWritten-By – John Blackburn and Karl Suessdorf
Mississippi Mud Written-By – Harry Barris and James Cavanaugh
Deep In The Heart Of TexasWritten-By – Don Swander and June Hershey
California, Here I ComeWritten-By – Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Meyer
Chattanooga Choo-ChooWritten-By – Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
#musicalmemories #musichistory #vinylcollecting #vinylrecords #fyp

Volume 231: Simply Belafonte

When I featured this artist the first time on this show, he was still with us. 
Unfortunately, Harry Belafonte passed away just a few weeks later. 
This is the second record we will hear of the two my dad had from this singer. This was Harry’s second LP in his illustrious career. While his first did hit number three on the Billboard charts. This was his first of two number one albums.
So, get ready to hear one of the purest singing voices ever recorded in Volume 231: Simply Belafonte.
For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 
Credits and copyrights
Harry Belafonte – BelafonteLabel: RCA Victor – LPM 1150, RCA Victor – LPM-1150Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Rockaway PressingReleased: 1956Genre: Pop, Folk, World, & CountryStyle: Calypso, Vocal, Folk
We will hear 7 of the 11 songs from this album.
WaterboyWritten-By – Harry Belafonte
TroublesWritten-By – Harry Belafonte
Matilda (This one made me get my bongo drums out)Written-By – Harry Thomas
Noah (Next up a song of biblical proportions)Written-By – Harry Belafonte and William Attaway
Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)Written-By – Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal
Unchained MelodyWritten-By – Alex North, Hy Zaret
Jump Down, Spin AroundWritten-By – H. Belafonte, Norman Luboff, and William Attaway
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
#harrybelfonte #calypsomusic #musicalmemories #musichistory #vinylcollecting #vinylrecords #fyp

Volume 230: Golden Memories of Radio Record 6

We now pull out the final disk of this six record box set filled with memories of radio days past. Back in the days before television when you had to imagine what was being described. To the days of live happenings. Expected and extremely unexpected.
This last LP features many news recordings that were captured as they happened from 1920 through the early 1940s.
So get ready to hear history as it unfolded live to countless listeners around the globe during a time of financial turmoil and approaching world war in Volume 230: Golden Memories of Radio Record 6.
For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 
Credits and copyrights
Jack Benny – Golden Memories Of RadioLabel: Longines Symphonette Society – noneFormat: 6 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Maroon Labels Box SetReleased: 1969Genre: Non-MusicStyle: Radioplay
We will hear 12 tracks from this album
KDKA Election Returns/Pres. Coolidge Presents Charles Lindberg To Congress (The music world then honored him by naming a dance after Lindy. Check out episode ??? for details on that dance.)
Eddie Cantor On 1929 Crash/Billy Sunday On Prohibition
FDR Is Inaugurated (include some of the most famous words in presidential speech history)
The King George V Funeral/Edward VIII Abdicates/King George VI Coronation
In this segment we will hear from four leaders of three countries from the late 1930s and early 40s. The lead up and declaration of war: Hitler, Chamberlain, FDR, ChurchillHitler Declares War On Poland/Chamberlain Announces War/FDR "America Hates War"/Winston Churchill "Give Us The Tools"
The Hindenburg DisasterI do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
#radiohistory #oldtimeradio #musicalmemories #musichistory #vinylcollecting #vinylrecords #fyp

Volume 229: White Album Front Half

It’s a 78 RPM Sunday. These episodes should probably more appropriately be labelled spinning my dad’s dad’s shellac. 
In the old days of records coming on 10” disks with one song per side, it made collections rather large. So in order to organize them, record stores would sell large books that you can put several records in. The same you would do with photos. They came with a generic front cover and several sleeves to slip the disks into. My dad has a couple of these albums.
I decided to pull out the ten record set inside a, now cream colored, album. But I only have time for ten songs.
So get ready to hear the first five records in a personalized collection of 78 RPM disks in Volume 229: White Album Front Half.
Credits and copyrights
Harry James And His Orchestra – I Can't Begin To Tell You / Waitin' For The Train To Come InLabel: Columbia – 36867Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPMReleased: Oct 22, 1945Genre: Jazz, Pop, Stage & ScreenStyle: Big Band, Swing, Vocal
Recorded in New York, NY, August 20, 1945.
I Can't Begin To Tell YouVocals [Vocal Chorus] – Ruth HaagWritten-By – James Monaco and Mack Gordon
Waitin' For The Train To Come InVocals [Vocal Chorus] – Kitty KallenWritten-By – Martin Block and Sunny Skylar
Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra – A Sunday Kind of Love / SonataLabel: Columbia – 37219Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, Bridgeport PressingReleased: Jan 1947Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Big Band
Recorded New York, NY, November,11 1946.
A Sunday Kind of LoveVocals [Vocal Chorus] – Fran WarrenWritten-By – Anita Leonard, Barbara Belle, Louis Prima and Stan Rhodes
SonataVocals [Vocal Chorus] – Buddy HughesWritten-By – Alex Alstone, Ervin Drake, and Jimmy Shirl
Dinah Shore / Dinah Shore With Spade Cooley And His Orchestra – Anniversary Song / Heartaches, Sadness And TearsLabel: Columbia – 37234Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPMReleased: Feb 1947Genre: Pop, Folk, World, & CountryStyle: Vocal, Country, Swing
Dinah Shore– Anniversary SongWritten By – Al Jolson and Saul Chaplinfrom a theme by – Ion Ivanovici
Dinah Shore With Spade Cooley And His Orchestra– Heartaches, Sadness And TearsWritten-By – Ella May Evans and Spade Cooley
Frank Sinatra – People Will Say We're In Love / Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'Label: Columbia – 36682Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPMReleased: Sep 1943Genre: PopStyle: Ballad, Vocal
Written-By – Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers for the Broadway musical Oklahoma
Frankie Yankovic And His Yanks – Oh Marie / On The BeachLabel: Columbia – 12376-FFormat: Shellac, 10", 78 RPMReleased: Oct 1948Genre: Folk, World, & CountryStyle: Folk
Written-By – Frank Yankovic
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
#78RPM #oldmusic #musichistory #musicalmemories #vinylcollecting #vinylrecords #fyp

Volume 228: A Bobby Happy Mothers Day

Happy mothers day. This one’s for my mother who we lost ten years ago this month.
As we go through this large record collection, I can tell which records my mom might have picked out. This is one of them.
It’s a self-titled debut album from a singer who already had a hit single and a starring role in a popular TV show. He was just a bit of a heartthrob.
So get ready to hear a singer and actor who gave up that life to save lives in Volume 228: A Bobby Happy Mothers Day.
More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 
Credits and copyrights
Bobby Sherman – Bobby ShermanLabel: Metromedia Records – MD 1014Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, StereoReleased: 1969Genre: Pop
We'll hear 6 of the 11 songs on this album.
Little WomanWritten-By – Danny Janssen
Rainy Day ThoughtWritten-By – Danny Janssen, Gary Young, Myrna Janssen, and Wally Keske
This Guy's In Love With YouWritten-By – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
BluechipWritten-By – Paul MacNeil
TimeWritten-By – Bobby Sherman
SeattleWritten-By – Ernie Sheldon, Hugo Montenegro, and Jack Keller
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
#bobbysherman #mothersday #musicalmemories #musichistory #vinylcollecting #vinylrecords #fyp

Volume 227: Beethoven's 4th & 5th

We now pull out the third record from this seven disk box set. A record that features a relatively unknown work AND probably one of the most famous works in music history. Talk about a dichotomy.
 
This is music from the immortal Ludwig Van Beethoven. His symphonies live on in performances to this very day.
 
Plus I decided to play three movements from each symphony. I thought this joint needed some classing up.
 
So, settle in and get ready to hear the man who is said to have set music free in Volume 227: Beethoven's 4th & 5th.
 
For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 
 
Here is the promised Leonard Bernstein video. 
 
Credits and copyrights
 
Beethoven, René Leibowitz, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Beecham Choral Society – The Nine Symphonies Of Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Label: Reader's Digest – RD 4-6
Format: 7 x Vinyl, LP Box Set
Released: 1966
Genre: Classical
Style: Romantic, Choral
 
This is record 3 of a 6 record set. We will hear two movements from the 4th Symphony and three from the 5th.
 
Symphony No. 4 In B-Flat Major, Op. 60
First Movement - Adagio; Allegro Vivace
Second Movement - Adagio
Fourth Movement - Allegro Ma Non Troppo
 
Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67
First Movement - Allegro Con Brio
Third Movement - Allegro
Fourth Movement - Allegro
 
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
 
#beethoven #beethovensfifth  #musicalmemories #musichistory #vinylcollecting #vinylrecords #fyp