I think the Ray Conniff Singers were exactly what Ray Hamm had in mind for the sound when he invented the Music of Your Life Radio Format in the late 1970s. Soft luxurious arrangements of popular hits. So, get ready to hear plenty of chart-topping movie music from a chart-topping group in Volume 76: My Song.

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I think he had Rat Pack Company Badge number 2. He was always so smooth whether delivering a tune or a punchline, still never spilling his drink. He tied his wagon to a goofy comedian, and put out hit after hit. So, get ready to hear from the King of Cool in Volume 75: Everybody Loves Dean.

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Dean Martin – Everybody Loves Somebody
Label: Reprise Records – R-6130
Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono
Released: 1964
Genre: Jazz
Style: Easy Listening

We will hear 6 of the 12 songs from the album.

Everybody Loves Somebody
by Irving Taylor and Ken Lane
Your Other Love
by Mort Shuman and Doc Pomus
Shutters And Boards
by Audie Murphy and Scott Turner
Things
by Bobby Darin
Corrine Corrina
by Armenter “Bo Carter” Chatmon
Siesta Fiesta
by Marcus Barkan and Ben Raleigh

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It’s a 78RPM Sunday. So far, when we’ve played these extra old records, they’ve come in an album with several records tied around one theme. But my dad had a ton of shellac records with no covers just lying around in stacks. After sorting them by record label, I thought you might like to hear from the most popular label in this part of my dad’s collection. So get ready for lots of high speed hiss but fun tunes two-at-a-time with Volume 74: 8 Sides from Columbia.

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Yes, my parents loved their musicals and got to see many shows. Mostly at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, but they saw their share in New York City. This popular musical tells the tale of 1912 River City, Iowa in a Tony AND Grammy-winning musical from 1957. So, get ready for Trouble with a capital “T” which rhymes with “P” that stands for pool in Volume 73: The Music Man.

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Back to one of my favorite composers/arrangers/conductors, Henry Mancini. And this recording has him boiling the music down to the essence of jazz. So, get ready for an interesting take on some classic tunes with Volume 72: Blues and the Beat.

Here’s the link to the YouTube video where you hear Mancini’s voice as a caller on Frazier Crane’s radio show.

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Henry Mancini – The Blues And The Beat
Label: RCA Victor – LPM-2147
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Released: 1960
Genre: Jazz, Pop
Style: Easy Listening

The Blues
Composed by Henry Mancini
Misty
Composed by Johnny Burke and Erroll Garner
Blue Flame
Composed by Joe Bishop, Leo Corday and James Noble
After Hours
Composed by Erskine Hawkins and Avery Parrish
The Beat
Composed by Henry Mancini
Big Noise From Winnetka
Composed by Ray Bauduc, Bob Crosby, Bob Haggart and Gil Rodin
Sing, Sing, Sing
Composed by Louis Prima

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It’s mothers day…and I miss my mom very much. She’s been gone for almost seven years now. But I know that this is one of those albums that she would have chosen to be on the stereo. She was a poodle skirt-wearing bobby soxer when Old Blue eyes was really hot in the 1940s and 50s. And it’s an entertainer both my parents were able to see in concert a couple of times. So get ready for the Sultan of Swoon in Volume 71: This Is Sinatra! for Mothers Day.

Here’s the Britannica article I mention.

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Frank Sinatra – This Is Sinatra!
Label: Capitol Records – T-768
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Scranton Pressing
Released: 1956
Genre: Jazz, Pop
Style: Big Band, Swing, Easy Listening, Vocal

Recorded : April 30, 1953 – September 13, 1955 at Capitol Studio on Melrose Ave.in Hollywood.

I’ve Got The World On A String
Written-By – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
Love And Marriage
Written-By – James Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn*
South Of The Border
Conductor, Arranged By – Billy May
Written-By – Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr
Young-At-Heart
Written-By – Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards
My One And Only Love
Written-By – Guy Wood, Robert Mellin
Learnin’ The Blues
Written-By – Dolores Vicki Silvers

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