This is the third of five albums in my dad’s collection from one of the greatest and most recognizable voices of all time. While this is my dad’s collection, Sinatra was often heard in the house while my mom was in control of the stereo. So, get ready for music only the way old blue eyes can sing it with Volume 124: Frank’s All for Mother’s Day.

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Frank Sinatra – All The Way
Label: Capitol Records – W 1538, Capitol Records – W-1538
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Los Angeles Pressing
Released: 1961
Genre: Jazz, Pop
Style: Swing, Ballad, Vocal

All The Way
Written-By – James Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn

River, Stay ‘Way From My Door
Written-By – Harry Woods, Mort Dixon

This Was My Love
Written-By – Jim Harbert

High Hopes
Written-By – James Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn
Recorded on May 8, 1959 at Capitol Studios in Hollywood.

Witchcraft
Written-By – Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman

Ol’ Mac Donald
Written-By – Alan Bergman, Lew Spence, and Marilyn Keith

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We pull out the first of five albums my dad has of this popular pianist. His first hit is still the greatest selling piano instrumental recording of all time. He played for presidents and performed an annual marathon of requests. So get ready to hear plenty of arpeggio flourishes from the guy they called Mr. Piano in Volume 123: Roger by Request.

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Roger Williams – By Special Request
Label: Kapp Records – KS-3
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition, Stereo
Released: 1964
Genre: Pop
Style: Easy Listening

We will hear 6 of the 12 songs on this album.

Roger’s Bumble Bee
Written-By – Roger Williams based on Flight of the Bumblebee written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

I’m going to be flying all over this album. I usually play them some sort of album listed order.

The Merry Widow Waltz
Written-By – Charles Ross Perlee, and Franz Lehár

Listen To The Mocking Bird
Music written by Richard Milburn in 1855.
Arranged By – Roger Williams

Moonlight Sonata
Written-By – Ludwig van Beethoven

O Sole Mio
Written-By – Eduardo di Capua

We are going to whirl our way out of here
Whirlaway
Written and Arranged By – Roger Williams

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Back to the distinct album from my dad’s collection that sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s slightly broader than normal LP records and the cover is a soft padding that holds a small booklet and five records in a spiral binding, inside a perfect binding. So get ready for two more sides filled with the music from a band leader who lost his life in the service of this country with Volume 122: Glenn Miller Collection Part 4.

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Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – Second Pressing
Label: RCA Victor – LPT 6700
Series: Collector’s Issue Series
Format: 5 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Canada
Released: 1956
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band, Swing

American Patrol
Written-By – FW Meacham
Broadcast April 23, 1942

I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plan
Vocals – Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke
Written-By Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz (lyricist and composer respectively)
Broadcast July 30, 1940

Bugle Call Rag
Written-By – Billy Meyers, Elmer Schoebel, and Jack Pettis
Broadcast November 25, 1941

Chattanooga Choo Choo
Vocals – Tex Beneke, The Modernaires
Written-By – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
Broadcast December 30, 1941

Sleepy Town Train
Written-By – Allan Roberts, Bill Fontaine
Recorded July 16, 1942

Medley
My Melancholy Baby
Written-By – Ernie Burnett, George Norton, and Maybelle Watson
Moon Love
Vocals – Ray Eberle
Written-By – André Kostelanetz, Mack David, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Stomping At The Savoy
Written-By – Andy Razaf, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, and Edgar Sampson
Blue Moon
Written-By – Composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart
Broadcast January 10, 1940

Flagwaver
Written-By – Jerry Gray
Broadcast November 25, 1941

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Here’s an interesting album in my dad’s collection. It is filled with stars of the jazz era. It’s from a special recording session for a TV show that went live a couple days later. As we’ll find out, that show was groundbreaking. So get ready to hear an all-star list of who’s who of jazz in the late 1950s with Volume 121: Jazz Sounds.

Here’s the video of the televised show from four days after this album was recorded.

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Various – The Sound Of Jazz
Label: Columbia – CL 1098
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
Released: 1958
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band, Swing

Red Allen All-Stars – Wild Man Blues
Written-By – Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong

Billie Holiday With Mal Waldron And All-Stars–Fine And Mellow
Written-By – Billie Holiday

Pee Wee Russell, Jimmy Giuffre, Danny Barker, Jo Jones – Blues
Written by those musicians

Count Basie With All-Stars – I Left My Baby
Written-By – Andy Gibson, Count Basie, and Jimmy Rushing

The Jimmy Giuffre Trio – The Train And The River
Written-By – Jimmy Giuffre

Count Basie All-Stars – Dickie’s Dream
Written-By – Count Basie, Lester Young

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Of all the musicians in the Franklin Mint Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time multi-box collection, only one has his own box all to himself. Composer, pianist, influencer, band leader and legend, Ellington composed thousands of scores over his 50-year career. So get ready to hear an originator of big-band music in Volume 120: Duke, A Jazz Classic Part 2.

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Duke Ellington – Great Jazz Classics
Label: The Franklin Mint Record Society – JAZZ6
Series: The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time
Format: 4 x Red Vinyl, LP, Red Compilation Box Set
Released: 1983
Genre: Jazz

We will hear six of the 12 songs from record 22 of this collection.

Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra (1940s)

Ko-Ko
Duke Ellington
Recorded March 6, 1940

Jumpin’ Punkins
Mercer Ellington
Recorded February 15, 1941

Raincheck
Billy Strayhorn
Recorded December 2, 1941

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (Post 1940s)

Heaven
Duke Ellington
Recorded January 19, 1968, released in 71

Aristocracy A La Jean Lafitte (From New Orleans Suite)
Duke Ellington
Recorded April 27, 1970

Rockin’ In Rhythm
Ellington, Harry Carney and Irving Mills.
Recorded February 2, 1954. It was first recorded by Ellington in January 1931 at the Cotton Club.

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We once again have a musician claiming he’s top trumpet. Or at least his recording label is saying that. I can see why my dad liked this album. This is a high-flying trumpet player surrounded by more than just the other five or six musicians he’s used to. So get ready to hear a wildly successful and talented trumpet player with Volume 119: World’s Greatest Horn.

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Al Hirt – The Greatest Horn In The World
Label: RCA Victor – LSP2366
Series: Living Stereo
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Released: 1961
Genre: Jazz

Stompin’ At The Savoy
Written by Edgar Sampson

Begin the Beguine
written by Cole Porter

Undecided
written by Charlie Shavers and published in 1938.

What’s New?
composed by Bob Haggart

Stella By Starlight
Written by Victor Young

Let’s Do It
composed by Cole Porter

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