Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Volume 94: Glenn Miller Collection Part 3
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 Oct 09, 2022
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
We turn our ears to yet another singer who gained popularity during the big band era. A star in radio, recording, film, and TV. So get ready for the journey that started in Winchester Tennessee and ended up in Beverly Hills with Volume 93: Dinah Indeed.
Credits and copyrights
Dinah Shore – Dinah, Yes Indeed!Label: Capitol Records – T-1247, Capitol Records – T 1247Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: USReleased: 1959Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Easy Listening, Vocal, Swing
It All Depends On YouWritten-By – Buddy DeSylva-Lew Brown- and Ray Henderson
Falling In Love With LoveWritten-By – Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart
Sentimental JourneyWritten By – music was written by Les Brown and Ben Homer, and the lyrics were written by Bud Green
I'm Old FashionedWritten-By – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
Taking A Chance On LoveWritten-By – John Latouche, Ted Fetter, Vernon Duke
Yes Indeed!Written-By – Sy Oliver
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 Oct 02, 2022
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
It’s been a while since we’ve pulled out this collection. We are going to hear some memorable comedians and some historical moments from just one of the six records in this Jack Benny hosted box set. So get ready for a severe contrast as we hear about our country at war and the comedians who kept us laughing during it with Volume 92: Golden Memories of Radio Part 3.
Credits and copyrights
Jack Benny – Golden Memories Of RadioLabel: Longines Symphonette Society – noneFormat:6 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Box SetCountry: USReleased: 1969Genre: Non-MusicStyle: Radioplay
The Great Radio Comedians"Allen's Alley" With Fred Allen, Senator Claghorn, Titus Moody, And Mrs. Nusbaum
Radio Reports World War II - "D" Day To Final Victory:Dwight D. Eisenhower Announces "D" Day/FDR On "D" Day/"Live" Report From Landing Ship/Iwo Jima InvadedFDR Death/ Arthur Godfrey At Funeral
Baron Munchausen, Featuring Jack PearlFibber McGee And Molly, With Mr. And Mrs. Jim Jordan
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 Sep 25, 2022
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
Finishing up unofficial Franklin Mint Month we come across another influential cornet player. In fact, he influenced my dad’s favorite cornet player. So get ready for the musician and bandleader who helped make Dixieland music popular outside of Dixie in Volume 91: Oliver is King.
Credits and copyrights
Jelly Roll Morton / King Oliver / Sidney Bechet – Kings Of New Orleans JazzLabel: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 017, The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 018, The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 019, The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 020Series: The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time, Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive CollectionFormat: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Vinyl and Box Box SetCountry: SwedenReleased: 1983Genre: Jazz
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Canal Street BluesComposed by King Oliver and Louis Armstrong
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dipper Mouth BluesComposed by King Oliver and Louis Armstrong
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Frog-I-Moorewritten by Jelly Roll Morton
King Oliver's Jazz Band - Riverside Blueswritten by Richard M. Jones
King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators - Snag ItComposed by King Oliver
King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators - Aunt Hagar's Blueswritten by W. C. Handy and J Tim Brymn
King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators - Wa Wa WaDon't know
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 Sep 18, 2022
Sunday Sep 18, 2022
Moving on with unofficial Franklin Mint Month we come across another extremely talented and influential saxophone player. His tragic life may have mirrored another sax player featured in a past episode, but Lester’s playing was all his own. So get ready to hear the musician Billie Holiday nicknamed Prez in Volume 90: Sax Master Young.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/08/billie-holiday-and-lester-young-friendship-between-lady-day-and-prez
Credits and copyrights
Various – Jazz Masters Of The SaxLabel: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 014Series: Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection, The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All TimeFormat: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Vinyl Box SetCountry: SwedenReleased: 1983Genre: Jazz
Jones-Smith Inc. – Shoe Shine BoyWritten by Saul ChaplinTenor Saxophone – Lester YoungTrumpet – Carl "Tatti" SmithPiano - Count BasieString Bass - Walter PageDrums - Jo JonesRecorded Autumn 1936Released on Vocalion Records
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra – I Can't Get StartedMusic by Vernon Duke and lyrics by Ira GershwinTrumpet - Buck ClaytonTrombone - Dicky Wells Piano – Margaret "Queenie" JohnsonGuitar - Freddie GreeneString Bass - Walter PageDrums - Jo JonesVocals – Billie HolidayTenor Sax Lestor YoungRecorded September 15, 1938Released on Columbia Records
Count Basie & His Orchestra– Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!written by Billy Rose, Ballard MacDonald and Joseph MeyerAlto Saxophone – Earle WarrenAlto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jack WashingtonTrombone – Dickey Wells, Benny Morton, and Dan MinorTrumpet – Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison and Shad CollinsGuitar - Freddie GreeneString Bass - Walter PageDrums - Jo JonesPiano - Count BasieAlto Sax - Lester YoungRecorded August 4, 1939Released on Vocalion Records
Young Quartet– I Never Knewwritten by Gus Kahn, Ted FioRitoPiano - Johnny GuarnieriString Bass - Slam StewartDrums - Sid CatlettAlto Sax - Lester YoungRecorded on December 28, 1943Released on Kenote Records
Young Quintet– Lester Blows AgainWritten by Lester YoungTrombone – Vic DickensonPiano - Dodo MarmarosaGuitar - Freddy GreeneString Bass - Red CallendarDrums - Henry Tucker GreenAlto Sax - Lester YoungRecorded in October 1945Released on Alladin
Young Quartet– NeenahCould not find the composer on this oneAcoustic Bass – Joe ShulmanDrums – Bill ClarkePiano – John LewisRecorded in July of 1950Released on Clef Records
Young-Cole-Rich Trio – I Want To Be Happywritten by Vincent Youmans, Otto Harbach, Irving CaesarPiano - Nat King ColeDrums – Buddy RichAlto Sax - Lester YoungRecorded in December 1945Released on Clef Records
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 Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
We continue with my unofficial naming of September as Franklin Mint Month since there is so much good music in this collection, The Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time. And back to the keyboards we go for a talent whose technical ability was regarded by fellow musicians as extraordinary. So get ready for the greatest piano virtuoso Jazz has known in Volume 89 : Tatum on Keys.
Credits and copyrights
Various – Jazz Masters Of The Keyboard Vol. ILabel: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 010Series: The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time, Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive CollectionFormat: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Box and Vinyl Box SetCountry: SwedenReleased: 1982Genre: Jazz
Tea For Two1924 song composed by Vincent Youmans
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warmwritten in 1937 by Irving Berlin
Tiger RagNick La Rocca, Eddie Edwards, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, and Larry Shields.
Indianacomposed by James F. Hanley in 1917
How High The Moonmusic by Morgan Lewis in 1940.
Cocktails For Twowritten by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow in 1934
Makin' WhoopeeComposed by Walter Donaldson in 1928
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 Sep 04, 2022
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
We now enter the unofficial Franklin Mint Month. Unofficial, because I just made it up in order to get through all of the records that make up this special section of my Dad’s collection. So, get ready for some sweet vocal performances in Volume 88: Greatest Jazz Singers Part 1.
Credits and copyrights
Taken from the Franklin Mint Box SetVarious – The Jazz SingersLabel: The Franklin Mint Record Society – The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 007Series: The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time, Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive CollectionFormat: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Box and Vinyl Box SetCountry: SwedenReleased: 1982Genre: Jazz
Ethel Waters– Guess Who's In TownPiano – James P. Johnson
The Boswell Sisters– It's The GirlDouble Bass – Joe TartoPiano – Arthur SchuttTrumpet – Mannie KleinViolin – Joe VenutiVocals – Connie, Helvetia, Martha Boswell, the Boswell Sisters
Mildred Bailey– All Too SoonDouble Bass – Frenchy CovettiDrums – Jimmy HoskinsGuitar – Dave BarbourPiano – Herman ChittisonVocals – Mildred Bailey
Ivie Anderson– Big Butter And Egg ManDrums – Lee YoungGuitar – Irving AshbyPiano, Arranged By – Phil MooreTenor Saxophone – Lucky ThompsonTrumpet – Karl GeorgeVocals – Ivie Anderson
orchestra playing so light behind her.Maxine Sullivan With Claude Thornhill's Orchestra– Blue SkiesAlto Saxophone – Pete Brown Clarinet – Buster BaileyDouble Bass – John KirbyDrums – O'Neil SpencerPiano, Arranged By – Claude ThornhillTenor Saxophone – Babe RussinTrumpet – Frankie NewtonVocals – Maxine Sullivan
Julia Lee– My SinAlto Saxophone – Benny CarterCornet – Red NicholsDouble Bass – Red CallenderDrums – Baby LovettGuitar – Jack MarshallTenor Saxophone – David CavanaughTrombone – Vic DickensonVocals, Piano – Julia LeeXylophone – Red NorvoAnita O'Day– Honeysuckle RoseTrombone – Joe Howard, Lloyd Elliott, Milt Bernhardt, Si Zentner
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 Aug 28, 2022
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
It’s a 78 RPM Sunday. This time we head to Cuba and get treated to the latin beat that was so popular in the first half to middle of the 20th century and a rhythm that still rules some of the best music in the world. So, get ready to hear both sides of all four records in Volume 87: Rumba Rhapsody.
Credits and copyrights
Caney – Rumba RhapsodyCuarteto Caney - Rumba Rhapsody album coverMore images
Label: Decca – A-238Series: 21M Series, Serie HispanaFormat: 4 x Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, Album, RepressReleased: 1942Genre: Jazz, LatinStyle: Rumba, Latin Jazz, Cubano
We will hear all eight sides of this collection.
Rumba RhapsodyWritten-By – Rafael AudinotPare CocheroWritten-By – Marcelino Guerra, Miguel A. BanguelaEl MondongueroWritten-By – F. BauzáUn Brujo De GuamabacoaWritten-By – H. CárdenasParan Pan PinWritten-By – Luciano Pozo (Chano)Oye El CarboneroWritten-By – Iván FernándezMis Cinco Hijos Se CasaronWritten-By – Osvaldo FarrésCon Un Solo PieWritten-By – B.J. Gutierrez
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 Aug 21, 2022
Sunday Aug 21, 2022
My dad’s taste seemed to refine over the years. Many were the days late in his life when I would catch him listening to opera when he wasn’t listening to old country or one of the members of the rat pack. But it wasn’t just any old opera. So, get ready for one of the most popular contemporary vocal performers in the world with Volume 86: Pavarotti's Greatest Part 1.
Credits and copyrights
Luciano Pavarotti – Pavarotti's Greatest HitsLabel: London Records – PAV 2003-4Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, GatefoldReleased: 1980Genre: ClassicalStyle: Opera
We are listening to Record One of the two record set and we will hear 6 of the 13 songs on the album.
Turandot: Nessun DormaComposed By – Puccini*Conductor – Zubin MehtaOrchestra – The London Philharmonic Orchestra
La Bohème: Che Gilida ManinaComposed By – Puccini*Conductor – Herbert von KarajanOrchestra – The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra*
La DanzaComposed By – Rossini*Conductor – Richard BonyngeOrchestra – Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna
Torna A SurrientoComposed By – de Curtis*Conductor – Gian Carlo Chiaramello*Orchestra – The National Philharmonic Orchestra*
Carmen: Flower SongComposed By – Bizet*Conductor – Leone MagieraOrchestra – The Vienna Volksoper Orchestra*
Il Trovatore: Di Quella PiraChorus – The Vienna Opera Chorus*Composed By – Verdi*Conductor – Nicola RescignoOrchestra – The Vienna Opera Orchestra*Soprano Vocals – Gildis Flossmann
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.