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Music To Your Ears
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 20 เม.ย. 2023
Bringing you the overlooked and oft forgotten music of 78rpm records from my personal collection, from scarce recordings to big names to stuff I just enjoy and hope you do too! Be sure to check out the description of each video for a bio of the artist, history of the song, or a blurb about what makes that day's entry unique and interesting!
I Want You For Christmas - Dick Robertson and His Orchestra ~1937
Dick Robertson was born in New York City on July 3, 1903. I couldn't find anything about is younger years, but it appears his recording career began in 1928 on multiple labels all at once, but similarly his life got real rocky. Unfortunately his earnings and savings got wiped out from the stock market collapse in 1929, his favorite dog died, he had to shoot his horse who went lame, his home in the Catskills was destroyed by fire, and he got shot in the leg from a ricochet while out hunting. This is where karma comes into play. When he went to get treated for the gunshot wound and broken leg, he refused to be put in a private room. When the pain would subside, he would pass the time singing or making jokes with his hospital roommates. One day, he was mentioned by name to a doctor by another patient who was so depressed about his leg amputation that he wouldn't eat. It was Robertson's charm that got the other patient through and the doctor credited him for saving that patient's life.
This good deed truly led to more as Dick thoroughly enjoyed giving toys and games to orphanages and singing any song the children wanted to hear. It doesn't come as much shock to know Christmas was his favorite holiday. After he had healed up from his wounds, he started going into the family business of construction but when winter came and he needed other work, he bought a cab and became a taxi driver. One fateful ride, he was taking a couple musicians to the radio station for a broadcast and upon recognizing him, urged him to come sing with them. It was a hit and he was contacted to become a song-plugger for a publishing house and suddenly had spots on radio stations all over town.
He was a popular vocalist for many bandleaders like Leo Reisman and Roger Wolfe Kahn. He was prolific enough to come up in lists with names like Irving Kaufman, Chick Bullock, Scrappy Lambert, Elmer Feldkamp, Paul Small and Smith Ballew. He was mainly a vocalist in the first half of his career up until around 1940, but he did dabble in playing the bandleader role first in 1931 with Brunswick, then again in 1934 with Victor, and finally in 1937 which produced todays record, and the song entitled "I Want You For Christmas", originally written by Charlie Tobias and Ned Washington and first recorded earlier that year by Mae Questel, one of the three women vying for contention as to who the inspiration for Betty Boop was. The recording took place on October 19, 1937 with the following performers: Bobby Hackett (cornet), Ralph Muzillo (trumpet), Al Philburn (trombone), Sid Stoneburn (clarinet), Frank Signorelli (piano), Frank Victor (guitar), Haig Stephens (bass), Stan King (drums), and Dick Robertson providing the vocals.
Although he continued to be a vocalist until 1949, Robertson started to transition over to song writing. His biggest hit came in 1940 with "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" which became popular when it was released and was revived when Sinatra covered the song. He continued to write and would remain in the music business until 1955 with the wave of Rock and Roll sweeping the nation. During his career, he had rebuilt his cabin in the Catskills and retired there. He would pass away in 1979.
This good deed truly led to more as Dick thoroughly enjoyed giving toys and games to orphanages and singing any song the children wanted to hear. It doesn't come as much shock to know Christmas was his favorite holiday. After he had healed up from his wounds, he started going into the family business of construction but when winter came and he needed other work, he bought a cab and became a taxi driver. One fateful ride, he was taking a couple musicians to the radio station for a broadcast and upon recognizing him, urged him to come sing with them. It was a hit and he was contacted to become a song-plugger for a publishing house and suddenly had spots on radio stations all over town.
He was a popular vocalist for many bandleaders like Leo Reisman and Roger Wolfe Kahn. He was prolific enough to come up in lists with names like Irving Kaufman, Chick Bullock, Scrappy Lambert, Elmer Feldkamp, Paul Small and Smith Ballew. He was mainly a vocalist in the first half of his career up until around 1940, but he did dabble in playing the bandleader role first in 1931 with Brunswick, then again in 1934 with Victor, and finally in 1937 which produced todays record, and the song entitled "I Want You For Christmas", originally written by Charlie Tobias and Ned Washington and first recorded earlier that year by Mae Questel, one of the three women vying for contention as to who the inspiration for Betty Boop was. The recording took place on October 19, 1937 with the following performers: Bobby Hackett (cornet), Ralph Muzillo (trumpet), Al Philburn (trombone), Sid Stoneburn (clarinet), Frank Signorelli (piano), Frank Victor (guitar), Haig Stephens (bass), Stan King (drums), and Dick Robertson providing the vocals.
Although he continued to be a vocalist until 1949, Robertson started to transition over to song writing. His biggest hit came in 1940 with "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" which became popular when it was released and was revived when Sinatra covered the song. He continued to write and would remain in the music business until 1955 with the wave of Rock and Roll sweeping the nation. During his career, he had rebuilt his cabin in the Catskills and retired there. He would pass away in 1979.
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Ella Logan - Jingle (Bingle) Bells ~1943
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Georgina Armour Allan, aka Ella Logan, was born on March 6, 1913 in Glasgow, Scotland. She got the name Ella when she began performing as a child. She would become a band singer in music halls and in 1930, made her first recording right before turning 17 as a vocalist for Jack Hylton Orchestra singing "Moanin' Low" and "Can't We Be Friends?" for HMV records. This followed with a tour of Europe ...
Patti Page - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus ~1950
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Clara Ann Fowler, aka Patti Page, was born November 8, 1927 in Claremore, Oklahoma to a large and impoverished family. She didn't have electricity for most of her childhood years. Even as a girl, the family knew she had talent and by her graduation of high school, she had a career singing with Al Clauser and his Oklahoma Outlaws on radio KTUL out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. At only age 18, she became a...
Red Allen and His Orchestra - Down In Jungle Town ~1940
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Henry James "Red" Allen Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 7, 1908. His fate was almost sealed that very day as he was born to bandleader Henry Allen Sr. Growing up, he took trumpet lessons from Peter Bocage and Manuel Manetta. Red was playing professionally by 1924 with his career beginning in Sidney Desvigne's Southern Syncopators, then moving on to the Excelsior Brass Band, th...
Jimmy Wakely - Easy To Please ~1947
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James Clarence Wakeley was born February 16, 1914 in Howard County, Arkansas, moving to Rosedale Oklahoma at age six. He was a mere teenager when he decided to drop the second "E" in his last name to make it Wakely. By 1937, he was already forming his own band, "The Bell Boys", named after their sponsor Bell Clothing, and consisted of Johnny Bond, Dick Reinhart, Scotty Harrell and Jack Cheney a...
Brown's Ferry Four - Rock Of Ages Hide Thou Me
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The Brown's Ferry Four was a mashup of some big name country singers of the day, consisting of Grandpa Jones, the Delmore Brothers, and Merle Travis. The band gained nearly 100% of their notoriety from radio broadcasts, becoming one of the most beloved country-gospel groups in during their short 10 year existence. They also put out nearly 50 sides for Kind Records between 1946 and 1952. Let's b...
Cats 'N Jammer Three - Jockey Blues ~1945
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The Cats 'N Jammer Three had a bit of tumultuous start, forming with someone who would end up not even in the band at all. In 1944, guitarist Ernest Ashley, pianist Bill Samuels (Ernest Ashley's brother in-law), and bassist Sylvester Hickman were in band together called the "Three Cats 'N Jammers" (not confusing at all). Ernest Ashley was very much the lead of this original band as made evident...
Thomas & West (Ernest Hare & Billy Jones) - You Tell Her I S-T-U-T-T-E-R ~1922
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The song is credited to "Thomas & West". The Thomas in this pairing is Thomas Ernest Hare, born in March of 1883. His recording career started in 1918 performing with the Cleartone Four, the Crescent Trio, the Harmonizers Quartet, and the Premier Quartet, and by 1919 he became Al Jolson's understudy in the Broadway musical "Sinbad". He was quickly in with popular acts of the day, even recording...
Tennessee Ernie Ford w/ Cliffie Stone's Orchestra - Snowshoe Thompson ~1952
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Ernest Jennings Ford, aka Tennessee Ernie Ford was born on February 13, 1919 in Fordtown, Tennessee. He took an interest in country music early on in life and spent a lot of time listening to the radio or performers growing up. He began hanging around Bristol, Tennessee in his high school years and got a job as an announcer on WOPI radio in 1937. He would eventually leave the station study clas...
LaVerne Baker and the Gliders - Tra La La ~1956
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Delores LaVern Baker (maiden name Delores Evans) was born on November 11, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Calumet City. She started singing in local clubs like the Club DeLisa in 1946, initially billed as Little Miss Sharecropper, which is also the name she first recorded under in 1949. That recording would lead to a record deal with National Records in 1951, but unfortunately the label...
Fletcher Henderson and His Club Alabam Orchestra - Strutter's Drag ~1924
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James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, born in 1897 in Cuthbert, Georgia, the son of a principal and a teacher. By 13, everyone knew he had a penchant for reading music and a marvelous sense of pitch. After getting his bachelors degree in chemistry and mathematics, he pursued his masters degree in New York City. His roommate, a pianist in a riverboat orchestra became ill one night and Henderson too...
Red Foley and Ernest Tubb - Goodnight Irene ~1950
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Clyde Julian "Red" Foley was born June 17, 1910 on a farm in Blue Lick, Kentucky and grew up in nearby Berea. He got the nickname "red" in his youth on account of his hair color. By the time he was nine, he was able to play French harp, piano, banjo, trombone, harmonica and guitar and would frequently give impromptu concerts at his fathers store. He got into the music business in 1930 when a ta...
Eddie Condon and His Orchestra w/ Peggy Ann Ellis - Charleston ~1950
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The band playing for her however is quite well known. Led by Albert Edwin "Eddie" Condon was born November 16, 1905 in Goodland, Indiana and grew up in Momence and Chicago Heights, Illinois. He originally learned to play the ukulele, then switched to the banjo and guitar. He became a professional musician by 1921 and received his union card at the age of 15. He hung around Chicago for the first...
Rosetta Crawford w/ James P. Johnson & His Hep Cats - I'm Tired Of Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes ~1939
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Sadly, little is known about Rosetta Crawford. She began her recording career with Victor, but her first side where she sung as soprano was never issued and was presumably destroyed. She shows up a few months later in October 1923 singing for the Okeh Label (prior to its absorption into Columbia's stable of labels) where she produced two sides. She shows up on another record under the Perfect l...
Georgia Gibbs w/ Glenn Osser Orchestra - A Moth And A Flame ~1952
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Frieda Lipschitz, aka Georgia Gibbs, was born on August 17, 1918 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her father died when she was six months old and grew up with her three sisters in a Jewish orphanage. After her mother gained employment enough to care for the girls once more, she came back for them, but would often have to leave them for weeks at a time for work, leaving them with a Philco radio for ...
Dave Landers - How Many Hearts Do You Have ~1950
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Dave Landers - How Many Hearts Do You Have ~1950
Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings - Boogie-Woogie Stomp ~1936
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Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings - Boogie-Woogie Stomp ~1936
Moon Mullican - I'll Sail My Ship Alone ~1949
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Moon Mullican - I'll Sail My Ship Alone ~1949
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra - In The Chapel In The Moonlight ~1936
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Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra - In The Chapel In The Moonlight ~1936
Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate ~1939
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Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate ~1939
Merle Travis - So Big, So Round, So Fully Packed ~1947
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Merle Travis - So Big, So Round, So Fully Packed ~1947
Henry Gilliland & Eck Robertson - Turkey In The Straw ~1922
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Henry Gilliland & Eck Robertson - Turkey In The Straw ~1922
Bob Scobey's Frisco Band - Peoria ~1952
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Bob Scobey's Frisco Band - Peoria ~1952
Alex Hill - Stompin' 'Em Down ~1929 (1943 Reissue)
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Alex Hill - Stompin' 'Em Down ~1929 (1943 Reissue)
The Cope Brothers - Wednesday Night Waltz ~1946
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The Cope Brothers - Wednesday Night Waltz ~1946
Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - We'll Rest At The End Of The Trail ~1936
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Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - We'll Rest At The End Of The Trail ~1936
Wingy Manone and his Orchestra - Shoe Shine Boy ~1936
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Wingy Manone and his Orchestra - Shoe Shine Boy ~1936
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - South ~1928 (1946 Repress)
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Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - South ~1928 (1946 Repress)
Red Kirk - Knock Out The Lights And Call The Law ~1952
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Red Kirk - Knock Out The Lights And Call The Law ~1952
Thank you for sharing this great post. I love it.
@@waltergray7722 She's one of my favorites but sadly made so few records! I have the flip side posted as well and it's even better!
Incredible sound quality for 1940! must be a very pristine disc! I am only familiar with Vince Giordano's version of this same tune, made for the "Boardwalk Empire" television series, though this version is pretty good as well. Gonna have to keep my eyes peeled for a copy of this one!
It is a very clean record! I ran into a collection of Dixieland & Jazz records in amazing shape that will keep the channel fed for a long while! It's amazing how good 78's can sound!
A shuffln' jiver!!'
Geweldig! 😊
Smooth 😊
A Golden Classic 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Albert Ammons Forever!!!! 🎹
I heard a tune on a YT video a while back by this singer called 'I Got A Cinder In My Eye' that was pretty cool. It's gone now. Hope someone will repost it. This guy had some interesting music for such a short career. Thanks for this one. Good stuff!!
@@CiscoDuck I agree. Sadly I only have this one record, but I'll be keeping my eye out for more!
Early 1950's I enjoyed hearing Moon Mullican on an RCA radio while listening to him on the Grand Old Opry. Wasn't old enough to appreciate the man or the music I enjoyed so much.
Magnificent!
Merle doesn't receive much if any air play these days, this tune is new to me. I sure do miss the old timers, bering one them maybe sometime in the future it'll be said of me. Thankee.
Well, there it is…😉
Fine!
You'll never guess what city I'm listening to this in.
Made me smile to hear that voice again.
1930-32 there are some crazy territorial orchs on Broadway. They probably never made it to the 75 cent Paramount. I had one of Blue Hawaiian moonlight with Johnny Olsen on the vocal. Strange stuff!
This is undoubtedly a Columbia orchestra band, led by Charles Prince. The name "New York Military Band" was exclusive to Edison, but surely they contained NYC musicians who crossed over, back and forth, at the time. I was saddened to read about Carl Peter, as I visited the Terezin camp about a dozen years ago. It was my understanding that few people lost their lives there -- that it was more of a "holding station" for transfer to other destinations. Obviously atrocities occurred there as well. Sad.
Thank you for bringing to light another Felix Arndt piano recording! I've been collecting them all (and posting a few on my channel) on this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLLMkuz4vEFoO-G4s015V0ELPjRah0wfq9.html&si=15lvLXv2y8Sjq5UJ
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Great tune, great singer…Eddie Bracken was a true show business “triple threat”…actor, singer and dancer. Fine talent.
A triumphant life with an heroic ending.
December 5th, 1933 and the "long dry" (LOL) was over. Fortunes were made and political dynasties were founded on froth and illegal liquor sales, among them the Kennedy clan.
Very nice song. Greetings from Amsterdam, Netherlands 😊
@@peterpiets3631 Greetings back! Definitely a fun little number.
Thanks for this. Such fluid playing...Sometimes I feel that Van Eps pushes the beat a bit too much, but this recording is just right.
@@elbschwartz when I first transferred the record, I thought the same, but then I learned the early Victor records were meant to turn at either 71 or 76 rpm which slowed it down just enough to take the edge off that pushiness.
Really like her voice and style, not at all "typical". The more variety, the better. If you have any more, please upload them.
Recorded 15 years before I was born, I like it a lot. Thankee!
To use a very old expression: This is a real tearjerker, I write this with respect to the author and for the singer. How sweet.
Thanks for the Ray Miller Orchestra info. In my living room ,I have a framed newspaper photo of his early band from the Columbas Dispatch dated May 6,1925.The newspaper came from saxaphonist Larry Abbott's wifes scrapbook. Larry Abbott Was on 100s of recordings with the Harry Reser bands. I didn't know Ray Miller was from Reading and Don Voorhees was from nearby Allentown,Pa.
@@Bigband78 That's the exact reason I do those little abstracts. You never know what little bit of info will catch someone's intrigue or further their understanding of a topic! I'm so glad it was useful for you!
Fantastic.
❤❤❤ pre-rockabilly?
I knew Burt from the 1960s, but I didn't know this song was that old.
Such great quality recording, as well as great music.
Thank you for sharing this brilliant post. I love it.
Roaring gay 20s!
Great.
Great performance and marvellous record quality.
I was born 100 years too late to enjoy this music 'live'.
@@CrampedGrampy I say the same thing! It's a shame!
Super!
Looks like Amazon has a lot of music from her.
Upon viewing the photo and title I thought to myself, Grampy, I heard Moon when he played on the Grand Old Opery during the 1950's, I was about 12 or 13 years of age. Thankee to the uploader for reviving a quite old memory.
@@CrampedGrampy Would have been neat to have heard him back in the day on radio, but happy to have the record to share!
Nice! Can you upload the flip? This is the only good quality post of this 78 so far in the entire internet.
@@loogieloogie I'll try to dig it back out, but let me tell you, the other side is... it's not great. There's a reason I only posted this side...
Can’t get much snappier than this. Absolutely wonderful!
I've not heard this song or the singer since the very early 1950's. A sad wartime song with really very good guitar picking. Only when beginning to listen did I realize how much this was missed in my memory. Thankee to the uploader. The 78 r.p.m. record was in my mother's collection which is why I got to hear it way back then.
@@CrampedGrampy I'm glad it brought back some memories! I have a few other earlier songs by him on the channel and will continue to post more in the future (I have 2 or 3 more of his records), so stay tuned! I usually post old Pre-war or wartime country on Mondays.
He sure sounds better than Minnesota fats!!
Any true musical ear will recognise Willard for what he was- a unique voice in American music. I was first captivated upon hearing Mildred Bailey's interpretations of his songs. An aching nostalgic melancholy, deeply cinematic. There are some of us who couldn't forget Willard Robison even if we tried. Other lucky ones are, thanks to TH-cam, discovering him for the first time.
Great record.
Sounds as an early electric recording to me......
This is country music to me.
I love it. This will become a hip-hop beat
We need good, snappy music.
AKA The Quack Quack Woof Song!