Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Volume 115: Great and New Sounds
Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl
Extensive and Eclectic and we hear them as is with skips, scratches, and pops. Being a radio and mobile DJ for a decade and a half, I collected several hundred albums. I had nothing on my dad who owned more than 500 (33 1/3) LPs and over 100 78 RPMs at the time of his death in December 2019. I had no idea he had so many. We found them spread all over the house when we prepared for the estate sale. I went through every one and categorized them on an app called Discogs. I thought so many were unique, I decided to start a podcast called Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl. Each episode will feature an album. I’ll tell stories about the family listening to these albums and I’ll give other info about the album and the time it was released.
Listen on:
Episodes
Episodes
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
Here’s a beautiful voice we have not heard yet although we did hear a tune she wrote. And even better, this recording is in a live setting. She sings softly with feeling because of her nightclub experience. So get ready for the Queen of American pop music in Volume 114: Peggy at Basin Street East.
Credits and copyrights
Miss Peggy Lee – Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee Recorded At The Fabulous New York ClubLabel: Capitol Records – T 1520Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoCountry: USReleased: 1961Genre: JazzStyle: Big Band, Swing
Recorded live at Basin Street East in an after-hours performance with an invited audience on February 9 and at a New York studio on March 8, 1961.
Day In - Day OutWritten By – Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
Moments Like ThisWritten By – Burton Lane, Frank Loesser
FeverWritten By – Eddie Cooley, John Davenport
The Second Time AroundWritten By – James Van Heusen*, Sammy Cahn
I Love Being Here With YouWritten By – Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee
Them There EyesWritten By – Doris Tauber, Maceo Pinkard and William Tracey
A Tribute To Ray CharlesJust For A ThrillWritten By – Don Raye, Lil ArmstrongYes Indeed!Written By – Sy Oliver
Bass – Max BennettBongos, Congas – Chino PozoConductor, Piano – Joe HarnellDrums – Stan LeveyFlute – Bob DonovanGuitar – Dennis BudimirHarp – Abe RosenTrombone – Mickey Gravine, Ray DesioTrumpet – Danny Stiles, Phil Sunkel, Willie ThomasProducer – Dave CavanaughCover [Photo] – Lee Friedlander
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.
Sunday Feb 26, 2023
Sunday Feb 26, 2023
We return to a box set and a record filled with music from my dad’s favorite trumpet player, and we’re going to hear him sing every song. It comes from the first of 12 box sets in the Franklin Mint collection, the greatest jazz recordings of all time. And this musician has the first two records all to himself. So get ready to hear the man once billed as the world’s greatest trumpeter…by his wife…in Volume 113: Louis THE Jazz Masterpiece Part 2.
The promised link: (https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-louis-armstrong)
Credits and copyrights
Louis Armstrong Roy Eldridge Jazz MasterpiecesLabel: The Franklin Mint Record Society – JAZZ 001: 1/2/3/4Series: The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time, Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection – JAZZ 001Format: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red vinyl Box Set, Red BoxCountry: USReleased: 1982Genre: JazzStyle: Swing
As usual for a Franklin Mint record we will hear 8 of the 12 songs from record two, which is sides 3 and 4.
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra – Dusky StevedoreWritten by J.C. Johnson
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra – Swing That MusicLouis Armstrong & His Orchestra – Swing That MusicWritten by Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra – Alexander's Rag Time BandWritten by Irving Berlin
Louis Armstrong With Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five – You Rascal YouWritten by Sam Theard
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra – SolitudeWritten by Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers – Darling Nellie Graya 19th century anti-slavery ballad written and composed by Benjamin Hanby in 1856.
Louis Armstrong & The Dukes Of Dixieland – Avalona 1920 popular song written by Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva and Vincent Rose
Louis Armstrong & The All Stars – Someday, Sweetheartwritten by Los Angeles-based musicians John and Reb Spikes
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.
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
OK…a few months since episode 24 has turned into almost two years. But we are finally going to finish the great story about how early recording devices became the music machines of the 1950s. So get ready to hear some great tunes while we learn about how we got the music you want when you want it with Volume 112: Music America Loves Part 2.
Credits and copyrights
Various – 60 Years Of "Music America Loves Best"Label: RCA Victor Red Seal – LM-6074Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, GatefoldCountry: USReleased: 1959Genre: Jazz, Pop, Classical, Folk, World, & CountryStyle: Vocal, Opera, Romantic, Swing, Instrumental
We'll hear 7 of the 14 songs on disk two of this two-record set, which is sides 2 and 3.
Duke Ellington–Take The "A" TrainComposed by Billy Strayhorn and released in 1941, “Take the 'A' Train” became the Duke Ellington orchestra's signature tune. The February 15, 1941 recording of the song remained on the top charts for seven weeks and is now considered the definitive version.
Artie Shaw–Begin The Beguinewritten by Cole Porter who composed the song between Kalabahi, Indonesia, and Fiji during a 1935 Pacific cruise.Recorded July 24, 1938
Leopold Stokowski And The Philadelphia Orchestra–Blue Danube WaltzComposed by Johann Straus II in 1867Recorded in 1927
José Iturbi–Polonaise In A-Flatcomposed by Frédéric Chopin in 1842Recorded in 1946
Perry Como–Prisoner Of LoveClarence Gaskill, Russ Columbo, Leo Robin om 1931Recorded in March 1946
May the bird of happiness fly up your noseJan Peerce–Bluebird Of Happinesswritten by Edward Heyman, Sandor Harmati, Harry Parr-DaviesRecorded in 1958
Jascha Heifetz–Hora StaccatoHora staccato, written in 1906, is a virtuoso violin showpiece by Grigoraș Dinicu. It is a short, fast work in a Romanian hora style, and has become a favorite encore of violinists, especially in the 1932 arrangement by Jascha Heifetz you just heard.
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.
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
ou couldn’t help but feel the love in my parents’ house, especially when there was Italian music playing. My mom was very fond of this album. She often requested that I put this on the record player for her as she was preparing dinner. So, get ready to snuggle up with the one you love for record one of this two album set with Volume 111: Love Italian Style Part 2
Credits and copyrights
Louis Prima With Sam Butera And The Witnesses - Che La Luna (That the moon)Written-By – Kopak, Louis PrimaRecorded in 1964
Dick Contino - Roman GuitarAccordion – Dick ContinoWritten-By – Eldo Di Lazzaro and Marjorie HarperRecorded in 1958
Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra - Anna (El Negro Zumbon) (Spanish for The buzzing black)Written-By – Franco Giordano, Roman VatroRecorded in 1962
Enrico Caruso - O Sole Mio (My Sunshine)Written-By – Eduardo Di Capua, Giovanni Capurrorecorded on 5 February 1916
Sergio Franchi - A Man Without Love (Quando M'innamoro) (When I fall in love)Written-By – Barry Mason, Duranice Pace, Mario Panzeri, Roberto LivraghiRecorded July 1968
The Three Suns - Arrivederci, Roma (Goodbye To Rome)Written-By – Pietro Garinei, Renato Rascel, Sandro GiovanniniRecorded October 1955
Lou Monte with Joe Reisman and his Orchestra - Bella Notte (beautiful night)Written-By – Peggy Lee, Joseph "Sonny" BurkeRecorded in May 1955
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.
Sunday Feb 05, 2023
Sunday Feb 05, 2023
Back out west we go. To a simpler time in this country. Before the technology that has invaded our daily lives. When cowboys gathered to play guitar and sing. So get ready to hear what is technically Tumbling Tumbleweeds Part 2 with Volume 110: Around the Campfire.
Here's the promised link from the show, however, many of the videos I said were embedded have been taken down for ownership rights.
Credits and copyrights
Various – Tumbling TumbleweedsLabel: Reader's Digest – RDA-229 / AFormat: 7 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Box SetCountry: USReleased: 1982Genre: Folk, World, & CountryStyle: Country
The Sons Of The Pioneers - Home On The Range
Rex Allen - On Top Of Old Smokey
Slim Whitman - The Cattle Call
Tex Ritter - Big Rock Candy Mountain
Bing Crosby - Clementine
Jimmie Davis - You Are My Sunshine
Rex Allen - Sweet Betsy From Pike
The Weavers - So Long (It's Been Good To Know Yuh)
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.
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
This was an episode I was looking forward to since I digitized the record. And one I knew I would have a tough time picking just 6 tunes. I couldn't stop chair dancing...I was working from home that day. This music just makes you move. So, get ready for the King of Calypso in Volume 109: Harry's Day O.
Credits and copyrights
Harry Belafonte – CalypsoLabel: RCA Victor – LPM-1248Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Hollywood PressingCountry: USReleased: 1956Genre: Latin, Folk, World, & CountryStyle: Calypso
Day OWritten-By – Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess, Bill Attaway
Star OWritten-By – Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess, Bill Attaway
Dolly DawnWritten-By – Lord Burgess
The Jack-Ass SongWritten-By – Lord Burgess, Bill Attaway
Come Back LizaWritten-By – Lord Burgess, Bill Attaway
Brown Skin Girl (Calypso)
Man Smart (Woman Smarter)Written-By – Harry Belafonte
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.
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
This was an interesting find in my dad’s collection. When I saw the word Tango I think I immediately flashed back to one Bond film or another thinking about the precise movements and the long stemmed rose in the woman’s teeth. So get ready to learn that if you can walk you can do this dance in Volume 108: Tango King.
Credits and copyrights
Malando – King Of The TangoLabel: Philips – PHS-600-315Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: USReleased: 1969Genre: Folk, World, & Country
JealousyJalousie is a tango written by Danish composer Jacob Gade in 1925. Its full title is Jalousie "Tango Tzigane" (Jealousy "Gypsy Tango"). It soon became popular around the world and is today a classic in the modern songbook.
Holando - Tangowritten by Malando
Tango Du Revewritten by Edouard Van Malderen, Jean Carwald
Blue Tangocomposition by Leroy Anderson
Guapitawritten by Malando
Poor GigoloJust a Gigolo" is a popular song, adapted by Irving Caesar into English in 1929 from the Austrian tango "Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo", composed in 1928 in Vienna by Leonello Casucci to lyrics written in 1924 by Julius Brammer. Of course I've played the popular Louis Prima version on this show and most of you are familiar with the 1985 version from David Lee Roth.
Japanese Tangowritten by Malando
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.
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
We now return to one of my favorite composers. He wrote scores of movie and TV soundtracks, with some of them still being used to this day. And his music has a definite sound to let you know just who that composer/arranger was. So get ready to hear jazz arranged by a guy who was once with Glenn Miller-Tex Beneke with Volume 107: Big Band Mancini.
Credits and copyrights
Henry Mancini And His Orchestra – Mancini '67 (The Big Band Sound Of Henry Mancini)Label: RCA Victor – LSP-3694, RCA Victor – LSP 3694Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Indianapolis PressingCountry: USReleased: 1967Genre: Jazz, Stage & ScreenStyle: Big Band
The CatWritten-By – Lalo Schifrin
The Shadow Of Your SmileWritten-By – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
ConquestWritten-By – Alfred Newman
Autumn NocturneWritten-By – Josef Myrow, Kim Gannon
Tijuana TaxiWritten-By – Bud Coleman
The House Of The Rising SunWritten-By – Alan Price
'Round MidnightWritten-By – Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk
TurtlesWritten-By – Henry Mancini
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.
Former DJ Trying His Hand at a Podcast
Although I’m currently working in public relations and marketing, I spent 16 years in radio broadcasting. Some of that as a news and sports reporter, but mostly as a disk jockey.
My first two years in radio were spent learning from giants in the business at the nation’s number one nostalgia station, WBBG in Cleveland. That station is now long off the air.
From 1982 to 1984 I worked with and for my father’s favorite 1950s DJ Bill Randle, who helped put Elvis Presley on the musical map north of the Mason Dixon line. My dad was so excited when I told him I would be the intern writing his newscasts. Even after I took a full time position at the station, I relished the opportunities to have conversations with Bill about the radio business. He once told me a great Elvis story as I drove him to the bus station for one of his weekend trips.
I also can’t forget the influences of other on air legends like Carl Reece and Ted Alexander who now has his own internet show of oldies.
This collection isn’t made up of just a bunch of albums I found in my dad’s house after he died. I listened to these albums. Mostly at Sunday dinners. But I wore a few of these out on my own turntable. So I know this collection and I think you’re going to enjoy some of the unique selections.
My dad and I had very similar taste in a lot of music. I also have over 400 albums in my personal collection. Even after his death I found some of my albums in his collection and visa versa.
I consider myself a bit of an amateur music historian. I’ve always loved music that came way before I was born, although I’m still partial to Led Zeppelin.
Additionally, extra understanding and appreciation of much of what you will hear in my dad’s collection came from a great upper level class I had in college: The History of Jazz.
I do know one thing. It will be fun to get behind a microphone again and share some great recordings.