Yes…I knew he had this album. Yes…I listened to it every once in a while. Yes…there is an extra special connection to my father. Not because of this album. But because of how important the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was to me and my brothers growing up. And how often we listened to the race each year on the radio.

This will be a special format episode. Between segments of the album, I will read from an essay I wrote in a college creative writing class in 1995. Yes…when I was 33. Yes…as my radio career was winding down.

So get ready to turn left 800 times with Volume 22: The Indy 500.

You can read the entire essay here.

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Van Camp’s Pork And Beans Presents Great Moments From The Indy 500
Label: Fleetwood Records ‎– FMS 1006,
Format: Vinyl, LP
Released: 1974
Genre: Non-Music
Style: Spoken Word

Arranged By [500 Theme By] – Joe Jordan
Edited By [Tape Editor] – Bob Lindgren, Jeff Landroche
Engineer [Associated Engineer] – Paul Bender
Engineer [Chief Engineer] – Bill Ferruzzi
Executive-Producer – Victor F. Mancini
Illustration – Dick Hamilton
Research [Consultant] – Al Bloemker
Written-By – Ron Dorson
Written-By, Edited By – Donald Davidson
Written-By, Edited By AND Narrator by– Sid Collins

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The Vaccariello Family

If you’re a regular listener to the show, you’ll know how eclectic my dad’s collection is. And sometimes just one album is eclectic. So get ready for the 1960s looking back at the previous three decades in Volume 21: Remember How Great?

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Various ‎– Remember How Great…?
Label: Columbia Record Productions ‎– XTV 66640
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Released: 17 Jan 1961
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band, Easy Listening

Dinah Shore Buttons And Bows
Written-By – Livingston – Evans
Recorded November 30, 1947

André Kostelanetz Night And Day
Written-By – Cole Porter
Released in 1954

Les Brown Sentimental Journey
Vocals – Doris Day
written by Les Brown and Ben Homer, and the lyrics were written by Bud Green.
recorded it in 1945

Mary Martin My Heart Belongs To Daddy
Written-By – Cole Porter
First live performance on November 9, 1938

Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra Brazil
Written-By – A. Barroso
30 December 1941

Cab Calloway Blues In The Night
Written-By – Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen
Recorded New York, NY, September 10, 1941

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Thefilmcsa.com (Dinah Shore)
Library of Congress (André Kostelanetz)
Wikipedia (Les Brown)
Bettmann Archive (Doris Day)

Moviefit.me (Mary Martin)
Ranneygallery (Mary Martin)

pbs.org (Cab Calloway)
Wtju.net (Cab Calloway)

My dad’s collection is filled with Dixieland jazz. You’ve already heard a couple in previous episodes. This album has an all-star cast that was pulled together in the wee hours of the morning. But they definitely were not ready to stop swinging yet. So get ready to put on your all night dancing shoes for Volume 20: Golden Era of Dixieland Jazz.

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Claude Hopkins, Pee Wee Erwin, Vic Dickenson, Buster Bailey, Milt Hinton, George Wettling ‎– The Golden Era Of Dixieland Jazz 1887 – 1937
Label: Design Records (2) ‎– DLP 38
Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono
Released: 1957
Genre: Jazz
Style: Dixieland

Bass – Milt Hinton
Clarinet – Buster Bailey
Drums – George Wettling
Piano, Leader – Claude Hopkins
Trombone – Vic Dickenson
Trumpet – Pee Wee Erwin

When The Saints Go Marching In
Traditional
Struttin’ With Some Barbeque
1927 by Lil Hardin Armstrong
Muskrat Ramble
written by Kid Ory in 1926.
Clarinet Marmalade
composed by Larry Shields and Henry Ragas in 1918
I Would Do Anything For You
Written in 1932 by Alex Hill, Claude Hopkins and Bob Williams
Birth Of The Blues
Written in 1926 by Ray Henderson

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The voice you will hear on this episode is from a hugely important singer…in history…and in my parents’ lives. His music fills up many of the tracks in my dad’s collection and would fill the air when I went to visit him late in his life. Not just vinyl, but cassettes and CDs.

However this is a Mother’s Day Special and my mom was a huge fan as well. I mean how couldn’t she be? She graduated high school in the mid-1950s during this singer’s heyday. She was the epitome of the bobbysoxer.

So…let’s hear some of the most tender ballads ever recorded in Volume 19: Frank Sinatra The Voice for Mothers Day

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Frank Sinatra ‎– The Voice
Label: Columbia ‎– CL 743
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono
Released: 1955
Genre: Jazz
Style: Easy Listening

Over The Rainbow
Written in 1939 by Yip Harburg
These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
written in 1936 by Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey
Fools Rush In
Written in 1940 by Johnny Mercer
Lover
Written in 1932 by Richard Rogers
Laura
Written in 1945 by Johnny Mercer
That Old Black Magic
Written in 1942 by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen

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Rolling Stone Magazine

It is one of the greatest movies of all time. It has been talked about, joked about, satirized and it propelled a few careers into stardom. It has been imitated, but never duplicated. In fact, we won’t even be hearing from the original soundtrack in this episode, so get ready for an offer you can’t refuse in Volume 18: NOT the Original Godfather.

Mentioned in the show
Vicin O Mare by Massimo Raneiri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzS01Zot-4w

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The Italia Concert Orchestra, Angelo Di Pippo ‎– Music From The Motion Picture The Godfather
Label: Pickwick/33 Records ‎– SPC-3306
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Classical, Stage & Screen
Style: Theme

Music composed by Nina Rota except where indicated.
Main Title (The Godfather Waltz)
Connie’s Wedding (written by Carmine Coppola)
Vicin’ ‘O Mare (written in 1893 by Salvatore Gambardella with lyrics by Patrizio Buanne)
The Pick Up
Love Theme From Godfather
The Halls Of Fear
The New Godfather

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I grew up listening to some of the greatest musicians in jazz because of my dad’s collection. This album has several huge name talents playing together. Time to get inducted into the avante garde with Volume 17: Modern Jazz Hall of Fame

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Various Artists ‎– Modern Jazz – Hall Of Fame Volume 1
Label: Design Records ‎– DLP 29
Series: The Design Collectors’ Series – , Hall Of Fame – Volume 1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono
Released: 1957
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bop

Charlie Mingus Quintet Extrasensory Perception
Alto Saxophone – Lee Kontiz
Bass, Leader – Charlie Mingus
Cello – George Koutzen
Drums – Al. Levitt
Piano – Phyllis Pinkerton

Sam Most Quartet Notes To You
Bass – Percy Heath
Clarinet, Leader – Sam Most
Drums – Louie Bellson
Piano – Bob Dorough

Jazz Workshop
Kai’s Day
Bass – Charlie Mingus
Drums – Arthur Taylor
Piano – John Lewis
Trombone – Bennie Green, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Willie Dennis

Bud Powell Trio Under My Skin
Bass – Charlie Mingus
Drums – Max Roach
Piano, Leader – Bud Powell

Thad Jones With Strings Portrait
Alto Saxophone – John La Porta
Bass – Milt Hinton
Cello – Jackson Wiley
Drums – Joe Morello
Piano – Billy Taylor
Trumpet, Leader – Thad Jones

Dizzie Gillespie Quintet Perdido
Written by Juan Tizol
Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker
Bass – Charlie Mingus
Piano – Bud Powell
Trumpet, Leader – Dizzie Gillespie
Drums – Max Roach

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Bob Parent
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