Liner NotesBeautiful Hawaiian Music This is episode eleventeen hundred three thousand and forty-three of Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl.    I might as well say anything I want anymore, because according to the liner notes on this album, the featured artist played all 32...

Liner NotesPeter Gunn TV Music This is the fourth of six Henry Mancini albums we’ve heard from my dad’s collection. This one is a little different, because most of the other records contained tunes that could have been released as singles or were the theme songs of...

Liner NotesThe Ultimate Nashville Stars Here’s a nice little compilation album with some pretty big names on it. The recordings you are about to hear sold millions of copies combined.   And they all came from a town at the heart of country music smack dab in the heart...

Liner NotesThe Voice of Louis Armstrong My dad’s favorite trumpet player also was an extremely popular vocalist. I have documented many trumpet players who have also recorded their singing voices during the course of this show. Rarely do they commit to a full record...

Liner NotesDixieland Veterans My dad loved his Dixieland music. Even when he had no idea who was performing it. This is a perfect album for that mindset, because this budget label doesn’t even get all of the tunes listed correctly on the cover and label, let alone...

Liner NotesMaynard Ferguson's Hot Trumpet   We now get to feature the second of two albums my dad had of MY favorite trumpet player. In fact, I haven’t seen a rock band more times than I’ve seen Maynard Ferguson and his big band.   This musician was known for his...

Liner NotesPatti Page's popular voice Here’s a voice we’ve heard before. It was during a 78 RPM Sunday when we had plenty of her shellac to fill a show. This singer went on to have her own TV show where she sang many of the pop hits from that time.   In fact, the...

Liner NotesOne of the great low voices We are going to have a ton of fun with this episode. Well 16 tons. Ah. That was too easy.    This is the only album my dad has of this great singer. But, it’s obviously the most important one from his releases.   This artist was...

Liner NotesCole Porter Music We’ve already come close to proving that the named orchestra leader on this album probably doesn’t exist. I discussed that mystery in Volume 199: Tea and Trumpets.   But the man who wrote all of the tunes on this album most certainly...

Liner NotesBirth of the Sugar Blues What? Yet another trumpet player in my dad’s collection I haven’t introduced you to yet? But of course. Clyde McCoy is not nearly as well known as the myriad of other horn players I’ve shown off, but he recorded a lot of music from...