Liner NotesHappy Valentine's Day!   Of course my dad had plenty of romantic music. So that’s why we are able to do this special episode.   There was a popular radio format known as Easy Listening. We listened to one of those stations from Cleveland when we were young....

Liner NotesMerry Christmas! My dad had a couple dozen records meant just for this time of year. So I HAD to come back for a Christmas Day music show.   I talked a lot in yesterday's deep dive into the music of the seasonal favorite, The Nutcracker. So we're going to...

Liner NotesThe Nutcracker: Concert Suite vs. Ballet Welcome back and Merry Christmas Eve.   My girlfriend Karen and I partook in a Northcoast Christmas season tradition a week and a half ago for the very first time. And of course, my dad had a record for that.    It’s...

Liner NotesMy Dad's Greatest Hits This will be my last regularly scheduled weekly episode. We’ll talk about that as we go along.   One of the last songs my dad heard in his hospital bed the day he died and the one we played as we wheeled his casket out of the church...

Liner NotesHistoric Papal Visit We haven't broken away from music for a while, but what have I told you before? My dad has a record for every occasion.   60 years ago yesterday, on October 4, 1965, Pope Paul VI visited the United States for a 14-hour trip that was...

Liner NotesTJB South of the Border OK…I was having Tijuana Brass withdrawals.   While I did play plenty of his music in Volume 222: A TJB Concert Rewind earlier this year, that was a special episode shortly after I saw Herb and the gang in concert.   It’s been over a...

Liner NotesRay Conniff Improvisations My father must have really loved the music of Ray Conniff. This is the sixth of eight albums from this arranger and orchestra leader in my dad’s collection. This one has a bit of a twist to it. No. Not the dance.   While the title...

Liner NotesReal Country and Western Music We are pulling out the 6th record of this seven record set that has really grown on me over the four and a half years of this show. Reader’s Digest has compiled 83 classic country and western songs and arranged them in...

Liner NotesJoy from Sammy and Joya Usually I don’t title the episode exactly the same as the album I’m featuring, but this one was just too good not to use. Yes, we will hear the artist I think is the greatest showman who ever lived, but this record is really about...

Liner NotesGreat Big Band Vocalists Most times when the Longines Symphonette Society put out albums, we had no idea who the musicians were. But sometimes they did give us all the information. And it’s even rarer when they cram an album full of star singers.   THIS is...