Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Volume 112: Music America Loves Part 2
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 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.
Sunday Jan 08, 2023
Sunday Jan 08, 2023
We once again feature a trumpet player with an unmistakable sound. He is among one of the fastest trumpet players I’ve encountered. A common joke was that if a fly landed on his written music, James would play it. He also wrote a good portion of the music on this record. So get ready for a musician who played and arranged for Benny Goodman, and discovered old Blue Eyes in Volume 106: Harry's Favorites.
Credits and copyrights
Harry James – All Time Favorites By Harry JamesLabel: Columbia – CL 655Format: Vinyl, LP, MonoCountry: CanadaReleased: 1955Genre: JazzStyle: Big Band
We'll hear 7 of the 12 songs on this record.
My dad had two copies of this album,
Concerto For TrumpetWritten-By – Harry JamesNovember 30, 1939
Don't Be That WayWritten-By – Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Mitchell ParishOctober 11, 1951
Music MakersWritten-By – Harry JamesJanuary 8, 1941
Flatbush FlanaganWritten-By – Harry JamesJanuary 8, 1941
One O'Clock JumpWritten-By – Count BasieRecorded January 5, 1938
Two O'Clock JumpWritten-By – Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Harry JamesMarch 6, 1939
The Flight Of The Bumble BeeArranged By – Harry JamesWritten-By – Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovFebruary 13, 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.
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
My dad has several albums from the “Guy” we let enter our living rooms every new years eve and they still play his version of the song he made famous as the ball hits the bottom of the pole. So, get ready to flash back to what a new years eve on TV sounded like in the 1960s and 70 with Volume 105: Guy's New Year Tradition.
Promised link: http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2014/
Credits and copyrights
Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians – Guy Lombardo At Harrah's ClubLabel: Capitol Records – ST 1393Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, StereoCountry: USReleased: 1960Genre: JazzStyle: Big Band
Auld Lang Syne (Opening Theme)/Love, Look AwayRichard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein (STINE)
Humoresquewritten by a Czech composer Antonín Dvořák in 1894. Arranged by Guy Lombardo
FascinationF D Marchetti
Silver DollarClark Van Ness and Jack Palmer
Intro/Return To MeCarmen Lombardo Di Minno
Boo-HooEdward Heyman, Carmen Lombardo and John Jacob Loeb
When The Saints Go Marching In
Lombardo Sing-A-Long Medley/Auld Lang Syne (Closing Theme)
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 Dec 25, 2022
Sunday Dec 25, 2022
No matter what your thoughts are on this holiday, even I have to admit whether it be secular or not, this season has brought about some of the most beautifully written and joyous music there is. So, gather around the fire and get ready to hear about Vaccariello Christmases past while listening to several talented northeast Ohio high school choirs in Volume 104: A Cleveland Christmas.Give it a spin Sunday, December 25, 3P ETTurn up the volume at spinningmydadsvinyl.com
Credits and copyrights
Various – Christmas In Cleveland / Dedicated To The Society For The Crippled ChildrenLabel: Delta Records Of Ohio – none Format: Vinyl, LPReleased: 1962Genre: Folk, World, & CountryStyle: Religious
Short version:Lakewood High School Choir– Now Is The Carolling SeasonCathedral Latin H.S. Glee Club– Carol Of The DrumCleveland Heights H.S. Choir– O Holy NightHoly Name H.S. Choir– Ring Christmas BellsJohn Marshall H.S. Choir– Christmas Was Meant For ChildrenMagnificat H.S. Senior Choir– Adeste FidelisNotre Dame Academy Choral Club – To The MangerOur Lady Of Lourdes H.S. Choir– The Sleigh
Long Version:Lakewood High School Choir– Now Is The Carolling SeasonWritten-By – Dorothy PriesingDirected By – Thelbert R. Evans who was also the music directorPrincipal was Mahlon PovenmireSuperintendent was Dr. William Edwards
Cathedral Latin H.S. Glee Club– Carol Of The DrumComposed By – Katherine K. DavisDirected By – Brother Donald Boccardi, S.M.Principal was Reverend James McKaySuperintendent of Cleveland Catholic Diocese schools was Right Reverend Monsignor Clarence ElwellSupervisor of music was Evelyn SabolThose last two will be the same for all Catholic Schools.
Cleveland Heights H.S. Choir– O Holy NightDirected By – George F. StricklingMusic Director – John F. FarinacciPrincipal was Paul NashSuperintendent Dr. Theos Anderson
Holy Name H.S. Choir– Ring Christmas BellsComposed By – Mykola LeontovichDirected By – Sister Bernard Agnes, S.C.Principal was Reverend George EppleyThey are a part of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
John Marshall H.S. Choir – Christmas Was Meant For ChildrenComposed By – Gordon GoodmanArranged By – HawleyAdesDirected By – Helen L. BradshawJohn Marshall is part of the Cleveland Public Schools.Superintendent was Dr William Levenson.Director of Music was Ernest Manrig.
Magnificat H.S. Senior Choir – Adeste Fidelishas been attributed to various authors, including John Francis Wade (1711–1786), John Reading (1645–1692), King John IV of Portugal (1604–1656), and anonymous Cistercian monks. Arranged By – Rev. Russell DavisDirected By – Sister Mary Dominica, H.H.M.Principal Sister HonoraThey are a part of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
Notre Dame Academy Choral Club – To The MangerArranged By – Katherine K. DavisDirected By – Sister Mary Carol, S.N.D.Principal was Sister Mary ReeanThey are a part of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
Also a part of the Catholic Diocese of ClevelandOur Lady Of Lourdes H.S. Choir – The SleighComposed By – Ivor Tchervanow, Richard Kountz, Wallingford RieggerDirected By – Sister Mary St. Gabriel, S.N.D.Principal was Sister Mary Justille
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.