Sunday Jul 03, 2022
Volume 79: Fountain Comes Alive
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 Jun 26, 2022
Sunday Jun 26, 2022
It's a 78 RPM Sunday. This 5-record album of 10 inch shellac disks has some of the great Irving Berlin music re-recorded for a 1946 movie, which starred a couple of characters. So get ready for Vaudeville partners vying for the same beautiful woman on Volume 78: Berlin's Blue Skies.
Credits and copyrights:
Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire – Blue SkiesLabel: Decca – A-481Format: 5x shellac 10” 78 RPM Disks in a bound bookYear: 1946Genre: soundtrack, Jazz, PopStyle: Vocal, Swing
All music written by Irving BerlinBlue SkiesI'll See You In Cuba(Running Around In Circles) Getting NowhereEverybody StepA Couple Of Song And Dance MenPuttin' On The Ritz
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 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
It’s Fathers Day…I miss my dad very much. He’s been gone two and half years now leaving us with this magnificent record collection. The trumpet was the biggest musical connection I had with my dad. And I know this is the kind of record he probably pulled out very often. So get ready for seven more trumpet players I have yet to introduce you to in Volume 77: Trumpets for Father's Day.
Credits and copyrights:
Various – Man With A Horn: Trumpet Solos By Famous JazzmenLabel: Decca – DL 8250Format: Vinyl, LP, Promo, MonoReleased: 1954Genre: JazzStyle: Big Band, Ragtime, Dixieland, Swing
Randy Brooks And His Orchestra - The Man With The HornFeaturing – Randy BrooksMusic by Jack Jenney and Bonnie Lake. Lyrics by Eddie DeLange.
Jimmy McPartland And His Jazz Band - Singin' The Blues Till My Daddy Comes HomeFeaturing – Jimmy McPartlandby Con Conrad, Sam Lewis, J. Russel Robinson, Joe Young
Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra - Memories Of YouFeaturing – Sonny Dunhamby Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf
Muggsy Spanier And His Ragtimers - Hesitating BluesFeaturing – Muggsy SpanierA traditional tune meaning no known composer.
Bunny Berigan And His Blue Boys - You Took Advantage Of MeFeaturing – Bunny Beriganby Richard Rodgers
Andy Kirk And His Orchestra - McGhee SpecialFeaturing and written by Howard McGhee
Ralph Mendez - Hora Staccatocomposed and originally performed by Jascha Heifetz, Grigoras Dinicu in 1906
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 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
I think the Ray Conniff Singers were exactly what Ray Hamm had in mind for the sound when he invented the Music of Your Life Radio Format in the late 1970s. Soft luxurious arrangements of popular hits. So, get ready to hear plenty of chart-topping movie music from a chart-topping group in Volume 76: My Song.
Credits and coptyrights:
Ray Conniff And The Singers – This Is My Song And Other Great HitsLabel: Columbia – CS 9476Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue, StereoReleased: 1970Genre: JazzStyle: Easy Listening
This Is My SongWritten-By – C. ChaplinMameProducer – Jack WiedenmannWritten-By – J. HermanSunrise, SunsetLyrics By – S. HarnickMusic By – J. BockCabaretLyrics By – F. EbbMusic By – J. KanderProducer – Jack WiedenmannGeorgy GirlLyrics By – J. DaleMusic By – T. SpringfieldBorn FreeLyrics By – D. BlackMusic By – J. Barry
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 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
I think he had Rat Pack Company Badge number 2. He was always so smooth whether delivering a tune or a punchline, still never spilling his drink. He tied his wagon to a goofy comedian, and put out hit after hit. So, get ready to hear from the King of Cool in Volume 75: Everybody Loves Dean.
Credits and copyrights:
Dean Martin – Everybody Loves SomebodyLabel: Reprise Records – R-6130Format: Vinyl, LP, MonoReleased: 1964Genre: JazzStyle: Easy Listening
We will hear 6 of the 12 songs from the album.
Everybody Loves Somebodyby Irving Taylor and Ken LaneYour Other Loveby Mort Shuman and Doc PomusShutters And Boardsby Audie Murphy and Scott TurnerThingsby Bobby DarinCorrine Corrinaby Armenter "Bo Carter" ChatmonSiesta Fiestaby Marcus Barkan and Ben Raleigh
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 29, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
It’s a 78RPM Sunday. So far, when we've played these extra old records, they've come in an album with several records tied around one theme. But my dad had a ton of shellac records with no covers just lying around in stacks. After sorting them by record label, I thought you might like to hear from the most popular label in this part of my dad’s collection. So get ready for lots of high speed hiss but fun tunes two-at-a-time with Volume 74: 8 Sides from Columbia.
Credits and Copyrights:
Kay Kyser And His Orchestra - Woody WoodpeckerKay Kyser's Kampus Kowboys - When Veronica Plays the HarmonicaModernaires - Juke Box Saturday NightModernaires - Glen Miller TributeRosemary Clooney, Jose Ferrer - AY AY Who’s the GuyRosemary Clooney, Jose Ferrer -A Bunch of BananasHarry James and His Orchestra - The Carnival of VeniceHarry James and His Orchestra - Flight of the Bumblebee
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 22, 2022
Sunday May 22, 2022
es, my parents loved their musicals and got to see many shows. Mostly at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, but they saw their share in New York City. This popular musical tells the tale of 1912 River City, Iowa in a Tony AND Grammy-winning musical from 1957. So, get ready for Trouble with a capital "T" which rhymes with "P" that stands for pool in Volume 73: The Music Man.
Credits and Copyrights
Meredith Willson – The Music Man - Original Broadway CastLabel: Capitol Records – WAO-990Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, GatefoldReleased: Jan 20, 1958Genre: Stage & ScreenStyle: Soundtrack, Musical
We'll hear 7 of the 18 tracks from this album on this episode.
Overture/Rock IslandTroubleGoodnight My SomeoneSeventy-Six TrombonesShipoopiTill There Was YouFinale
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 15, 2022
Sunday May 15, 2022
Back to one of my favorite composers/arrangers/conductors, Henry Mancini. And this recording has him boiling the music down to the essence of jazz. So, get ready for an interesting take on some classic tunes with Volume 72: Blues and the Beat.
Credits and copyrights:
Henry Mancini – The Blues And The BeatLabel: RCA Victor – LPM-2147Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoReleased: 1960Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Easy Listening
The BluesComposed by Henry ManciniMistyComposed by Johnny Burke and Erroll GarnerBlue FlameComposed by Joe Bishop, Leo Corday and James NobleAfter HoursComposed by Erskine Hawkins and Avery Parrish The BeatComposed by Henry Mancini Big Noise From WinnetkaComposed by Ray Bauduc, Bob Crosby, Bob Haggart and Gil RodinSing, Sing, SingComposed by Louis Prima
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 08, 2022
Sunday May 08, 2022
It’s mothers day…and I miss my mom very much. She’s been gone for almost seven years now. But I know that this is one of those albums that she would have chosen to be on the stereo. She was a poodle skirt-wearing bobby soxer when Old Blue eyes was really hot in the 1940s and 50s. And it’s an entertainer both my parents were able to see in concert a couple of times. So get ready for the Sultan of Swoon in Volume 71: This Is Sinatra! for Mothers Day.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frank-Sinatra/The-Rat-Pack-and-the-mob
Credits and copyrights:
Frank Sinatra – This Is Sinatra!Label: Capitol Records – T-768Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Scranton PressingReleased: 1956Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Big Band, Swing, Easy Listening, Vocal
Recorded : April 30, 1953 – September 13, 1955 at Capitol Studio on Melrose Ave.in Hollywood.
I've Got The World On A StringWritten-By – Harold Arlen, Ted KoehlerLove And MarriageWritten-By – James Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn*South Of The BorderConductor, Arranged By – Billy MayWritten-By – Jimmy Kennedy, Michael CarrYoung-At-HeartWritten-By – Carolyn Leigh, Johnny RichardsMy One And Only LoveWritten-By – Guy Wood, Robert MellinLearnin' The BluesWritten-By – Dolores Vicki Silvers
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.