Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Volume 130: Bing’s Hit Parade
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.
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Episodes
Episodes
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
My dad had 10 different Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass records, several with duplicates. After this episode, we’ll have featured half of them. I guess you could say he was crazy about TJB. He played them enough that I became crazy about TJB. So, get ready for one of the bands my dad and I shared a love of in Volume 129: Brass' Beat for Father's Day.
Credits and copyrights
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – The Beat Of The BrassLabel: A&M Records – SP-4146Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album, Terre Haute Press, GatefoldReleased: 1968Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Easy Listening, Latin Jazz
Photography By – Guy WebsterPhotography By [Contributing] – Jim McCraryBecause there is quite a bit of photography
Monday, MondayWritten-By – John Phillips and Michell Phillips of the Mamas and Papas
CabaretWritten-By – John Kander and Fred Ebb
Talk To The AnimalsWritten-By – Leslie Bricusse
This Guy's In Love With YouVocals – Herb AlpertWritten-By – Burt Bacharach and Hal David
SlickWritten-By – Herb Alpert and John PisanoThe RobinWritten-By – John Pisano
Thanks For The MemoryWritten-By – Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger and of course made famous by Bob Hope.
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 Jun 11, 2023
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
Even though both my dad and I played trumpet in our respective high school bands, we had way more percussionists in the family. My brother Mike was a drummer as were all three of his sons. My sister Michelle’s son minors in percussion at Baldwin Wallace University and we’ve gone to see his ensemble perform. Which just all means, we all grew up in loud households.
So get ready to hear music led by the instrument even I learned how to play in Volume 128: Let There Be Drums.
Promised links: https://www.notsomoderndrummer.com/not-so-modern-drummer/2022/2/28/sandy-nelson-dies-at-83-let-there-be-drumshttps://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2015/oct/01/surf-rock-giant-drummer-sandy-nelson-boulder-city/
Credits and copyrights
Sandy Nelson – Let There Be DrumsLabel: Imperial – LP-9159Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoCountry: US, also released in Canad, the UK and AustraliaReleased: 1961Genre: RockStyle: Rock & Roll
Let There Be DrumsWritten-By – Richard Polodor and Sandy Nelson
Slippin' And Slidin'Written-By – Richard Penniman AKA Little Richard
TequilaWritten-By – Chuck RioMy Girl JosephineWritten-By – Dave Bartholomew and Antoine Domino, better known as Fats Domino
Big Noise From WinnetkaWritten-By – Bob Crosby, Bob Haggart, Gil Rodin and Ray Bauduc
Quite A BeatWritten-By – Richard Polodor and Sandy NelsonGet With ItWritten-By – Richard Polodor
BouncyWritten-By – Sandy Nelson
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 Jun 04, 2023
Sunday Jun 04, 2023
This June 6th would have been my parents’ 64th wedding anniversary. I’ve often said my family had its own D-day. And as I’ve mentioned before on this show, even though none of us spoke a lick of Italian, that didn’t mean we didn’t listen to the music from that country. So get ready to hear several short musical pieces that we don’t have to worry about singing since they’re all instrumentals in Volume 127: Italian Favorites.
Promised link: https://www.bsnpubs.com/philadelphia/wyncote/wyncote.html
Credits and copyrights
Various – 30 Italian FavoritesLabel: Wyncote – W-9181Format: Vinyl, LP, MonoCountry: USReleased: 1967 (and I had to find that out through research) Genre: Folk, World, & Country
We will hear 10 of those 30 songs on this episode.
Cielito LindoCiribiribinO MariFuniculi FuniculaO Sole MioTarantella La Donna E MobileSanta LuciaEla Luna Mezzo MareItalian Street Song
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 May 28, 2023
Sunday May 28, 2023
Here’s a trumpeter we heard before on this show back in the first season. He’s a lesser known musician from that era, mostly because of some of the big names he played around. But he still had what’s considered a very successful career. So get ready to hear music listed as recorded at a New York City restaurant and nightclub, yet we hear no applause in Volume 126: Live Jonah.
Credits and copyrights
The Jonah Jones Quartet – Jonah Jones At The EmbersLabel: Vik – LX-1135Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono, Reissue, AlbumReleased: 1958Genre: JazzStyle: Swing, Dixieland
The Jonah Jones QuartetBass – John Browne*Drums – Harold AustinPiano – George RhodesTrumpet – Jonah Jones
Liner Notes – Ben Kemper
It's All Right With MeWritten-By – Cole Porter
Learnin' The BluesWritten-By – Delores Silver
Something's Gotta GiveWritten-By – Johnny Mercer
Tin Roof BluesWritten-By – Ben Pollack, George Brunies, Leon Roppolo, Mel Stitzel, and Paul Mares
Muskrat RambleWritten-By – Edward Ory, Ray Gilbert
At SundownWritten-By – Walter Donaldson
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 May 21, 2023
Sunday May 21, 2023
We actually heard this band leader’s orchestra in the last episode. I guess I wasn’t paying attention when I scheduled them. But this time, there is no famous lead singer fronting these musicians. It’s all instrumental, and it’s from a popular movie musical. So get ready for Cole Porter broadway music rearranged for the big screen then rearranged for this album in Volume 125: Riddle Can Can.
Promised link: https://blog.martinoakscemeteryandcrematory.com/when-riddle-and-ronstadt-made-beautiful-music-together/
Credits and copyrights
Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra – Can CanLabel: Capitol Records – T1365Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumReleased: 1960Genre: Pop, Stage & Screen
We'll hear 7 of the 12 songs on this album.
It's All Right With MeYou Do Something To MeLet's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)Just One Of Those ThingsI Love ParisC'est Magnifique Can Can
All music written by Cole Porter and arranged by Nelson Riddle
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 May 14, 2023
Sunday May 14, 2023
This is the third of five albums in my dad’s collection from one of the greatest and most recognizable voices of all time. While this is my dad’s collection, Sinatra was often heard in the house while my mom was in control of the stereo. So, get ready for music only the way old blue eyes can sing it with Volume 124: Frank's All for Mother's Day.
Credits and copyrights
Frank Sinatra – All The WayLabel: Capitol Records – W 1538, Capitol Records – W-1538Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Los Angeles PressingReleased: 1961Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Swing, Ballad, Vocal
All The WayWritten-By – James Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn
River, Stay 'Way From My DoorWritten-By – Harry Woods, Mort Dixon
This Was My LoveWritten-By – Jim Harbert
High HopesWritten-By – James Van Heusen-Sammy CahnRecorded on May 8, 1959 at Capitol Studios in Hollywood.
WitchcraftWritten-By – Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman
Ol' Mac DonaldWritten-By – Alan Bergman, Lew Spence, and Marilyn Keith
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 May 07, 2023
Sunday May 07, 2023
We pull out the first of five albums my dad has of this popular pianist. His first hit is still the greatest selling piano instrumental recording of all time. He played for presidents and performed an annual marathon of requests. So get ready to hear plenty of arpeggio flourishes from the guy they called Mr. Piano in Volume 123: Roger by Request.
Credits and copyrights
Roger Williams – By Special RequestLabel: Kapp Records – KS-3Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition, StereoReleased: 1964Genre: PopStyle: Easy Listening
We will hear 6 of the 12 songs on this album.
Roger's Bumble BeeWritten-By – Roger Williams based on Flight of the Bumblebee written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
I'm going to be flying all over this album. I usually play them some sort of album listed order.
The Merry Widow WaltzWritten-By – Charles Ross Perlee, and Franz Lehár
Listen To The Mocking BirdMusic written by Richard Milburn in 1855.Arranged By – Roger Williams
Moonlight SonataWritten-By – Ludwig van Beethoven
O Sole MioWritten-By – Eduardo di Capua
We are going to whirl our way out of hereWhirlawayWritten and Arranged By – Roger Williams
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 Apr 30, 2023
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Back to the distinct album from my dad’s collection that sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s slightly broader than normal LP records and the cover is a soft padding that holds a small booklet and five records in a spiral binding, inside a perfect binding. So get ready for two more sides filled with the music from a band leader who lost his life in the service of this country with Volume 122: Glenn Miller Collection Part 4.
Credits and copyrights
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – Second PressingLabel: RCA Victor – LPT 6700Series: Collector's Issue SeriesFormat: 5 x Vinyl, LP, CompilationCountry: CanadaReleased: 1956Genre: JazzStyle: Big Band, Swing
American PatrolWritten-By – FW MeachamBroadcast April 23, 1942
I Guess I'll Have To Change My PlanVocals – Marion Hutton, Tex BenekeWritten-By Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz (lyricist and composer respectively)Broadcast July 30, 1940
Bugle Call RagWritten-By – Billy Meyers, Elmer Schoebel, and Jack PettisBroadcast November 25, 1941
Chattanooga Choo ChooVocals – Tex Beneke, The ModernairesWritten-By – Harry Warren, Mack GordonBroadcast December 30, 1941
Sleepy Town TrainWritten-By – Allan Roberts, Bill FontaineRecorded July 16, 1942
Medley My Melancholy BabyWritten-By – Ernie Burnett, George Norton, and Maybelle WatsonMoon LoveVocals – Ray EberleWritten-By – André Kostelanetz, Mack David, Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyStomping At The SavoyWritten-By – Andy Razaf, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, and Edgar SampsonBlue MoonWritten-By – Composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz HartBroadcast January 10, 1940
FlagwaverWritten-By – Jerry GrayBroadcast November 25, 1941
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.