OK…a few months since episode 24 has turned into almost two years. But we are finally going to finish the great story about how early recording devices became the music machines of the 1950s. So get ready to hear some great tunes while we learn about how we got the music you want when you want it with Volume 112: Music America Loves Part 2.

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Various – 60 Years Of “Music America Loves Best”
Label: RCA Victor Red Seal – LM-6074
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 1959
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Classical, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Vocal, Opera, Romantic, Swing, Instrumental

We’ll hear 7 of the 14 songs on disk two of this two-record set, which is sides 2 and 3.

Duke Ellington–Take The “A” Train
Composed by Billy Strayhorn and released in 1941, “Take the ‘A’ Train” became the Duke Ellington orchestra’s signature tune. The February 15, 1941 recording of the song remained on the top charts for seven weeks and is now considered the definitive version.

Artie Shaw–Begin The Beguine
written by Cole Porter who composed the song between Kalabahi, Indonesia, and Fiji during a 1935 Pacific cruise.
Recorded July 24, 1938

Leopold Stokowski And The Philadelphia Orchestra–Blue Danube Waltz
Composed by Johann Straus II in 1867
Recorded in 1927

José Iturbi–Polonaise In A-Flat
composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1842
Recorded in 1946

Perry Como–Prisoner Of Love
Clarence Gaskill, Russ Columbo, Leo Robin om 1931
Recorded in March 1946

May the bird of happiness fly up your nose
Jan Peerce–Bluebird Of Happiness
written by Edward Heyman, Sandor Harmati, Harry Parr-Davies
Recorded in 1958

Jascha Heifetz–Hora Staccato
Hora staccato, written in 1906, is a virtuoso violin showpiece by Grigoraș Dinicu. It is a short, fast work in a Romanian hora style, and has become a favorite encore of violinists, especially in the 1932 arrangement by Jascha Heifetz you just heard.

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You couldn’t help but feel the love in my parents’ house, especially when there was Italian music playing. My mom was very fond of this album. She often requested that I put this on the record player for her as she was preparing dinner. So, get ready to snuggle up with the one you love for record one of this two album set with Volume 111: Love Italian Style Part 2.

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Louis Prima With Sam Butera And The Witnesses – Che La Luna (That the moon)
Written-By – Kopak, Louis Prima
Recorded in 1964

Dick Contino – Roman Guitar
Accordion – Dick Contino
Written-By – Eldo Di Lazzaro and Marjorie Harper
Recorded in 1958

Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra – Anna (El Negro Zumbon) (Spanish for The buzzing black)
Written-By – Franco Giordano, Roman Vatro
Recorded in 1962

Enrico Caruso – O Sole Mio (My Sunshine)
Written-By – Eduardo Di Capua, Giovanni Capurro
recorded on 5 February 1916

Sergio Franchi – A Man Without Love (Quando M’innamoro) (When I fall in love)
Written-By – Barry Mason, Duranice Pace, Mario Panzeri, Roberto Livraghi
Recorded July 1968

The Three Suns – Arrivederci, Roma (Goodbye To Rome)
Written-By – Pietro Garinei, Renato Rascel, Sandro Giovannini
Recorded October 1955

Lou Monte with Joe Reisman and his Orchestra – Bella Notte (beautiful night)
Written-By – Peggy Lee, Joseph “Sonny” Burke
Recorded in May 1955

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Back out west we go. To a simpler time in this country. Before the technology that has invaded our daily lives. When cowboys gathered to play guitar and sing. So get ready to hear what is technically Tumbling Tumbleweeds Part 2 with Volume 110: Around the Campfire.

Here’s the promised link from the show, however, many of the videos I said were embedded have been taken down for ownership rights.

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Various – Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Label: Reader’s Digest – RDA-229 / A
Format: 7 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Box Set
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country

The Sons Of The Pioneers – Home On The Range

Rex Allen – On Top Of Old Smokey

Slim Whitman – The Cattle Call

Tex Ritter – Big Rock Candy Mountain

Bing Crosby – Clementine

Jimmie Davis – You Are My Sunshine

Rex Allen – Sweet Betsy From Pike

The Weavers – So Long (It’s Been Good To Know Yuh)

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This was an episode I was looking forward to since I digitized the record. And one I knew I would have a tough time picking just 6 tunes. I couldn’t stop chair dancing…I was working from home that day. This music just makes you move. So, get ready for the King of Calypso in Volume 109: Harry’s Day O.

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Harry Belafonte – Calypso
Label: RCA Victor – LPM-1248
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Hollywood Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1956
Genre: Latin, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Calypso

Day O
Written-By – Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess, Bill Attaway

Star O
Written-By – Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess, Bill Attaway

Dolly Dawn
Written-By – Lord Burgess

The Jack-Ass Song
Written-By – Lord Burgess, Bill Attaway

Come Back Liza
Written-By – Lord Burgess, Bill Attaway

Brown Skin Girl (Calypso)

Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
Written-By – Harry Belafonte

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This was an interesting find in my dad’s collection. When I saw the word Tango I think I immediately flashed back to one Bond film or another thinking about the precise movements and the long stemmed rose in the woman’s teeth. So get ready to learn that if you can walk you can do this dance in Volume 108: Tango King.

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Malando – King Of The Tango
Label: Philips – PHS-600-315
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1969
Genre: Folk, World, & Country

Jealousy
Jalousie is a tango written by Danish composer Jacob Gade in 1925. Its full title is Jalousie “Tango Tzigane” (Jealousy “Gypsy Tango”). It soon became popular around the world and is today a classic in the modern songbook.

Holando – Tango
written by Malando

Tango Du Reve
written by Edouard Van Malderen, Jean Carwald

Blue Tango
composition by Leroy Anderson

Guapita
written by Malando

Poor Gigolo
Just a Gigolo” is a popular song, adapted by Irving Caesar into English in 1929 from the Austrian tango “Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo”, composed in 1928 in Vienna by Leonello Casucci to lyrics written in 1924 by Julius Brammer. Of course I’ve played the popular Louis Prima version on this show and most of you are familiar with the 1985 version from David Lee Roth.

Japanese Tango
written by Malando

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We now return to one of my favorite composers. He wrote scores of movie and TV soundtracks, with some of them still being used to this day. And his music has a definite sound to let you know just who that composer/arranger was. So get ready to hear jazz arranged by a guy who was once with Glenn Miller-Tex Beneke with Volume 107: Big Band Mancini.

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Henry Mancini And His Orchestra – Mancini ’67 (The Big Band Sound Of Henry Mancini)
Label: RCA Victor – LSP-3694, RCA Victor – LSP 3694
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Indianapolis Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1967
Genre: Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style: Big Band

The Cat
Written-By – Lalo Schifrin

The Shadow Of Your Smile
Written-By – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster

Conquest
Written-By – Alfred Newman

Autumn Nocturne
Written-By – Josef Myrow, Kim Gannon

Tijuana Taxi
Written-By – Bud Coleman

The House Of The Rising Sun
Written-By – Alan Price

‘Round Midnight
Written-By – Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk

Turtles
Written-By – Henry Mancini

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