This crooner is the most successful charting music artist in history. He was in films and on TV and radio. He helped finance the development of videotape, bought television stations, bred racehorses, and co-owned the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, during which time they won two World Series. But, boy could he sing.

So get ready for a billion selling voice in Volume 130: Bing’s Hit Parade.

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Bing Crosby – Bing Crosby’s All Time Hit Parade
Label: Longines Symphonette Society – LWS 349
Format: Vinyl, LP
Released: 1970
Genre: Pop

Where The Blue Of The Night
written by Fred E. Ahlert, Bing Crosby and Roy Turk
Released on Brunswick records December 1931
reached #4 on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1932.

June In January
written by Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
Performed in the movie Here Is My Heart released on December 22, 1934
Reached #9 on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1934

Just One More Chance from the movie of the same name
written by Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
recorded on May 4, 1931, Released on Brunswick records
which topped the various charts of the day in 1931.

Let Me Call You Sweetheart
written by Beth Slater Whitson, Leo Friedman
recorded on August 8, 1934 and released on Decca records

Moonlight Becomes You
written by Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen
Featured in the movie Road to Morocco released November 10, 1942
This topped the Billboard charts in 1942 and spent a total of 17 weeks in the lists.

Goodnight Sweetheart
Written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, and Ray Noble
Released on Brunswick records October 1931
As far as I can tell made it to the top 10 in 1931.

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.

My dad had 10 different Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass records, several with duplicates. After this episode, we’ll have featured half of them. I guess you could say he was crazy about TJB. He played them enough that I became crazy about TJB. So, get ready for one of the bands my dad and I shared a love of in Volume 129: Brass’ Beat for Father’s Day.

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Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – The Beat Of The Brass
Label: A&M Records – SP-4146
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album, Terre Haute Press, Gatefold
Released: 1968
Genre: Jazz, Pop
Style: Easy Listening, Latin Jazz

Photography By – Guy Webster
Photography By [Contributing] – Jim McCrary
Because there is quite a bit of photography

Monday, Monday
Written-By – John Phillips and Michell Phillips of the Mamas and Papas

Cabaret
Written-By – John Kander and Fred Ebb

Talk To The Animals
Written-By – Leslie Bricusse

This Guy’s In Love With You
Vocals – Herb Alpert
Written-By – Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Slick
Written-By – Herb Alpert and John Pisano
The Robin
Written-By – John Pisano

Thanks For The Memory
Written-By – Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger and of course made famous by Bob Hope.

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.

Even though both my dad and I played trumpet in our respective high school bands, we had way more percussionists in the family. My brother Mike was a drummer as were all three of his sons. My sister Michelle’s son minors in percussion at Baldwin Wallace University and we’ve gone to see his ensemble perform. Which just all means, we all grew up in loud households.

So get ready to hear music led by the instrument even I learned how to play in Volume 128: Let There Be Drums.

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Sandy Nelson Dies at 83: Let There Be Drums
Surf Rock Giant Drummer Sandy Nelson – Boulder City

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Sandy Nelson – Let There Be Drums
Label: Imperial – LP-9159
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US, also released in Canad, the UK and Australia
Released: 1961
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll

Let There Be Drums
Written-By – Richard Polodor and Sandy Nelson

Slippin’ And Slidin’
Written-By – Richard Penniman AKA Little Richard

Tequila
Written-By – Chuck Rio
My Girl Josephine
Written-By – Dave Bartholomew and Antoine Domino, better known as Fats Domino

Big Noise From Winnetka
Written-By – Bob Crosby, Bob Haggart, Gil Rodin and Ray Bauduc

Quite A Beat
Written-By – Richard Polodor and Sandy Nelson
Get With It
Written-By – Richard Polodor

Bouncy
Written-By – Sandy Nelson

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.

This June 6th would have been my parents’ 64th wedding anniversary. I’ve often said my family had its own D-day. And as I’ve mentioned before on this show, even though none of us spoke a lick of Italian, that didn’t mean we didn’t listen to the music from that country. So get ready to hear several short musical pieces that we don’t have to worry about singing since they’re all instrumentals in Volume 127: Italian Favorites.

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Various – 30 Italian Favorites
Label: Wyncote – W-9181
Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1967 (and I had to find that out through research)
Genre: Folk, World, & Country

We will hear 10 of those 30 songs on this episode.

Cielito Lindo
Ciribiribin
O Mari
Funiculi Funicula
O Sole Mio
Tarantella
La Donna E Mobile
Santa Lucia
Ela Luna Mezzo Mare
Italian Street Song

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.

Here’s a trumpeter we heard before on this show back in the first season. He’s a lesser known musician from that era, mostly because of some of the big names he played around. But he still had what’s considered a very successful career. So get ready to hear music listed as recorded at a New York City restaurant and nightclub, yet we hear no applause in Volume 126: Live Jonah.

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The Jonah Jones Quartet – Jonah Jones At The Embers
Label: Vik – LX-1135
Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono, Reissue, Album
Released: 1958
Genre: Jazz
Style: Swing, Dixieland

The Jonah Jones Quartet
Bass – John Browne*
Drums – Harold Austin
Piano – George Rhodes
Trumpet – Jonah Jones

Liner Notes – Ben Kemper

It’s All Right With Me
Written-By – Cole Porter

Learnin’ The Blues
Written-By – Delores Silver

Something’s Gotta Give
Written-By – Johnny Mercer

Tin Roof Blues
Written-By – Ben Pollack, George Brunies, Leon Roppolo, Mel Stitzel, and Paul Mares

Muskrat Ramble
Written-By – Edward Ory, Ray Gilbert

At Sundown
Written-By – Walter Donaldson

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We actually heard this band leader’s orchestra in the last episode. I guess I wasn’t paying attention when I scheduled them. But this time, there is no famous lead singer fronting these musicians. It’s all instrumental, and it’s from a popular movie musical. So get ready for Cole Porter broadway music rearranged for the big screen then rearranged for this album in Volume 125: Riddle Can Can.

Promised link to Riddle and Ronstadt article.

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Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra – Can Can
Label: Capitol Records – T1365
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Released: 1960
Genre: Pop, Stage & Screen

We’ll hear 7 of the 12 songs on this album.

It’s All Right With Me
You Do Something To Me
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)
Just One Of Those Things
I Love Paris
C’est Magnifique
Can Can

All music written by Cole Porter and arranged by Nelson Riddle

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