2 Sides Of Winterhalter

 

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2 Sides Of Winterhalter

Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra

RCA Victor LPM-1905 & LSP-1905

1959

From the back cover: Winterhalter's experience dips back into the heart of the Swing Era. He studied violin and the reed instruments at St. Mary's High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and continued his musical ambitions while a student at Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He later became a big band musician but after several years left active playing to devote full energies to arranging. His work was played by bands such as those of Tommy Dorsey, Vaughn Monroe, Larry Clinton, Count Basie, Raymond Scott, Claude Thornhill, Will Bradley and Jimmy Dorsey. The singers for whom he has written orchestral settings include Frank Sinatra, Billy Eckstine, Dinah Shore, Tony Martin and Perry Como. – Ferris Benda

Warsaw Concerto

Gigi

Invitation

Laura

Intermezzo

Spellbound

All Of You

A Chap From Chappaqua

The Brothers Go To Mother's 

Really O'Reilly

I Still Get A Thrill (Thinking Of You)

One O'Clock Jump

Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard

 

Keeper Of The Key

Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard

Produced by Ken Nelson

Capitol Records STEREO ST 1482

1961

From the back cover: I first met Buck when he came to Nashville in 1957. At the time he was virtually unknown as a singer, although he had considerable reputation as a guitar player with Tommy Collins. (Buck had played on most of Tommy's hit Capitol records and had also appeared with him on the "Grand Ole Opry" in 1954.) But in 1959 Capitol released a record called "Under Your Spell Again," and this tune (written, incidentally, by Buck himself) became the first of many hits which have helped to establish Buck Owens as a full-fledged singing star in his own right. He was named by the music industry as the "Most Promising Country and Western Male Artist of the Year" for 1960, in addition to winning many other coveted awards.

One of Buck's greatest hits in 1961 was a tune called Foolin' Around, written by Buck and a brand new songwriting talent named Harlan Howard, whom Buck had met several years before in California. This young Kentuckian also crashed the big-time in 1959, the year in which his ballad Heartaches By The Number was chosen as the number one country song of the year. That fine tune was followed by such hits as I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today, Pick Me Up On Your Way Down and another Owens-Howard collaboration titled Let's Agree To Disagree.

And while their respective careers flourished, the friendship between Buck Owens and Harlan Howard (both of whom were born in 1929) continued to grow over the years.  – Notes by Ralph Emery, WSM Radio, Nashville, Tennessee

Foolin' Around

Heartaches For A Dime

Heartaches By The Number

Let's Agree To Disagree

Keeper Of The Key

I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today

Pick Me Up On Your Way Down

I'll Catch You When You Fall

Lyin' Again

The One You Slip Around With

Think It Over

Keys In The Mailbox

The Many Faces Of Sammy Davis Jr.

Azure

The Many Faces Of Sammy Davis Jr.

Pickwick / 33 PC 3002

Inka Dinka Doo

Smile, Darn Ya Smile

Wagon Wheels

Laura

Here Lies Love

I Ain't Got Nobody

Can't You See I've Got The Blues

You Are My Lucky Star

Dedicated To You

Azure

My Town, My Guy & Me - Lesley Gore

 

No Matter What You Do

My Town, My Guy & Me

Lesley Gore

Produced by Quincy Jones

Cover Photo: RAMA

Mercury Records MG 21042

1965

From Billboard - October 2,  1965: Built upon the hot sales appeal of her current hit single, "My Town, My Guy and Me," the dynamic teen favorite offers a package of strong pop material. Listening and dancing material is all here with a standout vocal performance on the pulsating "No Matter What You do" which rocks from start to finish. Single possibilities on that one.

My Town, My Guy And Me

What's A Girl Supposed To Do

What Am I Gonna Do With You

You Didn't Look 'Round

I Don't Care

No Matter What You Do

The Things We Did Last Summer

A Girl In Love

Baby That's Me

Just Another Fool

Let Me Dream

Before And After

Connie Francis Sings Modern Italian Hits

 

Il Cielo In Una Stanza

Connie Francis Sings Modern Italian Hits

MGM SE-4102

1962

From the back cover: In this album I am thrilled and happy to be able to present it to you. Many of these songs have been prize winners at the annual popular San Remo Festival. All of them have been smash hit songs in the past few years - hummed and whistled by every Italian from Torino to Sicily, and in almost every corner of Europe.

Al Di La

Il Cielo In Una Stanza

Quando Quando Quando

Addio Addio

Arrivederci

Come Sinfornia

Come Prima

Nessuno Al Mondo

24 Mila Bacci

Romantica

Nun E Peccato

Tango Italiano

Dance To Duke! - Duke Ellington

 

Satan Takes A Holiday

Dance To Duke!

His Piano And Orchestra At The Bol Masque

Columbia Special Products

Special Archives Series

CSRP 8098

From the back cover: A couple of seasons ago the Ellington band was encamped at the American Hotel in Miami Beach, playing nightly, except Sunday, in the hotel's own beautiful supper club, the Bol Masque. Duke, always adaptable to his environment, played for dancers in the best dance-band tradition and began referring to himself and his fifteen jazz-poll winners as "Duke Ellington, his piano and his orchestra." And, playing this new role to the utmost, he introduced new arrangements featuring himself at the piano, playing of all things, other people's songs.

And, inspired by the room's masquerade decor, Duke fashioned his own musical masquerade of twelve couples. Alice and the wolf, an angel and Satan, a butterfly and a peanut vendor, a satin doll and a donkey, the lady in red with her Indian and a gypsy and a clown all paraded by, while Duke, dressed like Carmen Cavallaro , sat at the piano and hosted the party. This is the recording of that famous affair, featuring the full Ellington band and soloists in a program of dozen danceable standards, all in costume, never dressed quite like this before.

Alice Blue Gown

Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?

Got A Date With An Angel

Poor Butterfly

Satan Takes A Holiday

The Peanut Vendor

Satin Doll

Lady In Red

Indian Love Call

The Donkey Serenade

Gypsy Love Song

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Soul Of A Convict - Porter Wagoner

 

Folsom Prison

Soul Of A Convict

And Other Great Prison Songs

Porter Wangoner

Recording Engineers: Jim Malloy & Chuck Seitz

Recorded in RCA Victor's "Nashville Should" Studio, Nashville, Tennessee

RCA Victor STEREO LPS-3683

1967

Boston Jail

The Convict And The Rose

I Relived My Life Today

I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail

Let Me In

The Big River Train

The Snakes Crawl At Night

They're All Going Home But One

Folsom Prison

Soul Of A Convict

Green, Green Grass Of Home

(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

The Adventures Of GI Joe - Book And Record

 

The Adventures Of GI Joe

The Adventures Of GI Joe

The Secret Of The Mummy's Tomb

The Secret Of Spy Island 

The Rescue From Adventure Team Headquarters

Book And Record - At The Signal Turn The Page And Follow Along

Peter Pan Records BR 510

1975

Johnny Tillotson Sings

 

I Never Loved You Anyway

Johnny Tillotson Sings

Produced by Paul Tanner

Director of Engineering: Val Valentin

Cover Design: Acy Lehman

Cover Photo: John Engsted

A Tanridge Production

MGM Records E-4328

1965

One's Yours, One's Mine

One Red Rose

Just As Long

I Never Loved You Anyway

Strange Things Happen

Our World

(Wait 'Til You See) My Gidget

You Forget To Say I Love You

I'll Be Seeing You

Angel

How High The Moon

Red Roses For A Blue Lady

Black Magic - Kostelanetz

 

The Old Black Magic

Black Magic

Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra

Columbia CL 712 (two cover variations)

Photo Credit on the second cover image: Jerry Placer / Graham Associates

That Old Black Magic (from "Star Spangled Rhythm")

Our Of This World (from "Out Of This World")

Our Waltz (Nat Burton – David Rose)

Little Girl Blue (from "Jumbo")

Limehouse Blues

Mad About The Boy (from "Words and Music")

Easy To Love (from "Born To Dance")

Some Day (from "The Vagabond King")

LeRoy Van Dykes At The Trade Winds

 

The Last Letter

LeRoy Van Dyke At The Trade Winds

LeRoy Van Dkye Recorded During An Actual Performance At The Showboat Lounge,

Trade Winds Hotel, On The Beach In Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Produced by Shelby S. Singleton, Jr.

Mercury Records STEREO SR 60950

1964

From the back cover: LeRoy Van Dyke opened a two week engagement at the Trade Winds Hotel in Fr. Lauderdale, Florida on June 18, 1964. Billboard magazine reported that the Van Dyke show in the Trade Wind was "another giant step forward in Country Music." A new chapter in show business history was written in those two weeks, and in the years to follow it's destined to be a long one.

Ft. Lauderdale has become known as the city "where the boys are" and where the girls are plentiful. Beginning at Easter time and continuing throughout the spring and summer, young people by the thousands migrate there to soak up the sun and enjoy the night life. At that time and throughout the year the Trade Wind's Showboat room headlines the big name in show business. Now LeRoy – and in essence – Country Music has joined that list. Mercury records has captured "live" the highlights of the Van Dyke show, so that you may sit back and enjoy all the excitement of being there in the audience at a 'swinging' floor show! 

In addition to LeRoy you'll hear his band, "The Auctioneers." There's Jack Eubanks on electric guitar... X. Lincoln on bass guitar... Billy Rainsford on piano... Jim Stewart on drums and "The Auctioneers," a trio of lovely young ladies composed of Sally Harrison, Connie Landers and Barbara Voohries.

LeRoy leads off the show with "I'm Glad You Didn't Walk On By" written especially for him by his manager-choreographer Gene Nash. He moves next to "The Last Letter," a song that's become a tremendous standard from the country field, and really pours his heart into it. Then he and the band really rock the room with a driving arrangement of "Black Cloud" and Johnny Cash's "Frankie's Man, Johnny" which shows the great versatility of Mr. Van Dyke, and we think you'll like the real 'tongue in cheek' ending on this one.

He then turns the mike over to young Billy Rainsford. This lad has one of the most powerful deliveries we've come across in the a long time. He gets a great, fresh feel in "I Can't Stop Loving You."

Guitarist Jack Eubanks appears on this album thought he courtesy of Monument Records. When you hear, "Rush Hour" you'll known why he's one of their 'hot' properties and a hot contender in the new crop of guitar soloists. Incidentally, Jack wrote this song!

The 'unbelievable' X. Lincoln really has to be seen to be appreciated. He's a 6'4" funny, funny guy with 'pretzel' legs and a 'poor soul' expression. He's perfectly cast as the "Long Tall Texan"!

The show wouldn't be complete without LeRoy biggest hits, "Walk On By" and "The Auctioneer," which this 'live' performance gives him the chance to really do them up'. The finale is a standout arrangement of "On That Great Come And Get It Day" and the whole cast joins in to really drive this one home. – Ed Hamilton, WENO Radio - Music City, U.S.A., Nashville, Tennessee

I'm Glad You Didn't Walk On By

The Last Letter

Black Cloud

Frankie's Man Johnny

I Can't Stop Loving You

Instrumental - The Rush Hour

Long Tall Texan

Walk On By

Auctioneer

That Great Come And Get It Day

Good-Bye To Audience - The Time Has Just Slipped Away Too Fast

Hits Made Famous By Jim Reeves - Slim Boyd

 

Cow Poke

Hits Made Famous By Jim Reeves 

Sung By Slim Boyd

SPIN-O-RAMA M-138

From the back cover: Reeves was a former member of the Grand Ole Opry. He gave up a promising baseball career to follow his first love, music. Reeves big hits – including Mexican Joe (1953), Bimbo (1953), Billy Bayou (1958), Four Walls (1957), Adios Amigo (1962) and He'll Have To Go (1959). Reeves has scored in the international market too. He has had number one records in Denmark, England and Sweden. Reeves had just returned from a rousing world tour when disaster struck. Jim Reeves was killed in the crash of a single engine plane August, 1964. Disaster had struck him down in the same fashion that the country music world has lost Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins.

Bimbo

Adios Amigos

Mexican Joe

Promenade Back Home

Home On The Range

Ridin' Down The Canyon

Cow Poke

Bad Brahma Bull

Sweet Betsy From Pike

Red River Valley

Something New - The Glenn Miller Orchestra

 

What Now My Love

Something New

The Glenn Miller Orchestra

Under The Direction Of Buddy DeFranco

Translates The Tijuana Brass Hits

Produced by Manny Kellem & Bob Morgan

Arranged by Chico O'Farrill & Walt Stewart

Cover Art: Sandy Hoffman

Epic STEREO BN 26206

1966

A Taste Of Honey

What Now My Love

I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You

Whipped Cream

Tijuana Taxi

Theme From "Zorba The Greek"

The Lonely Bull

Mexican Shuffle

The Third Man Theme

Spanish Flea

Does Your Heart Beat For Me - Russ Morgan

 

Sweet Eloise

Does Your Heart Beat For Me?

Russ Morgan And His Orchestra

"Music In The Morgan Manner"

Decca Records DL 4503

From the back cover: Few careers reveal as great a set of contrasts as the career of Russ Morgan. Few people have lived between such extremes as playing music in white tie and tails at the swankest of hotels – and mining coal at the bottom of the darkest shaft in a Pennsylvania coal mine. But Russ Morgan somehow managed to span this incredible gap. His successful progress from miner to musician is almost fictional; it follows the line of every book by Horatio Alger, Jr., a traditional "Fame and Fortune" formula come true.

When he was seven years old, Russ sat down at a piano in scranton, Pennsylvania, and began serious study. However, as soon as he was old enough, it was into the mines to earn a day's pay – Russ put on a miner's lamp and went to work. The dangerous and discouraging routine of a miner made him determine to try for a musical career and, at the age of 14, he began earning odd dollars as pianist in a Scranton theatre. This extra money paved the way for the acquisition of Russ' first trombone. He played with a local band, the "Scranton Sirens," for a while and when he was 18, headed for Broadway. His training in the "Sirens" had given him a fine background in the same school that produced the Dorsey Brothers and other headed-for-fame jazzmen.

Two years after Morgan arrived in New York, his talent as an arranger landed him jobs with John Philip Sousa and Victor Herbert. But the urge to play was stronger than the urge to arrange somebody else's music, and Russ joined Paul Specht for a trip touring Europe. On his return to America, Gene Goldkette invited Russ to organize, lead and do the arranging for the now famous all-star Goldkette orchestra. After the Goldkette band came a period as musical director for WXYZ, a Detroit station. Russ' music lured no less than nine sponsors a week at one time during his engagement at the station.

From then on, he became a sweet-swing power to be reckoned with. Getting together an outfit of musical specialists, Russ played at the New York Biltmore and other topnotch spots, landed several lush commercials selling soap and cigarettes, did film shorts for Paramount and Warner Brothers, and became one of Decca's most regular and consistently popular record-makers.

Does You Heart Beat For Me?

Somebody Else Is Taking My Place

Sweet Eloise

So Tired

Tell Me You Love Me

It Only Takes A Minute

You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You

Please Think Of Me

Whisper

It's All Over But The Crying

Good Night Little Angel

So Long

Lonesome Sad And Blue - Kitty Wells

 

Dear Heart

Lonesome Sad And Blue

Kitty Wells

With The Jordanaires (Courtesy of Columbia Records)

Vocal with Chorus and Instrumental Accompaniment

Cover Photo: Hal Buksbaum

Decca Records DL 4658

1965

From the back cover: You call her Kitty... I call her Mom. But we'll both agree on what to call this new album of hers – "Some of the most appealing heart songs she has ever recorded."

A prouder son never introduced his mother around the place he works than when, that day a year or so ago, Mom came to visit our television show's set here in Hollywood. And not long afterward, perhaps I made her a little bit proud in presenting her with a new granddaughter. (My wife, Brenda, and I might have considered naming our lovely Theresa LeAnn after Mom – except we felt that really there's only one Kitty Wells.)

My first recollection of seeing Mom perform dates back more than seventeen years, to a Saturday night in Shreveport at the "Louisiana Hayride," I was six and considered to be a very noisy, bothersome brother by Ruby, who thought of herself as quite a grown-up lady, at age nine; and the wee one who tagged along after us backstage was three-year old Carol Sue. We kids fidgeted excitedly in the wings, watching Mom and Dad and Hank Williams and a lot of others who were later to become country music legends.

I didn't know it at the time what it was that so impressed me with the way the audience received Mom, but I was impressed. As I grew older and as she gained in fame, I watched her performances more closely and came to understand that she didn't simply hold an audience "in the palm of her hand," as the expression goes; it was more as though she held them by the very heartstrings. And, amazing as it may sound to the kind of performers who feel they must come bounding on-stage and "give it their all," Mom has never been any different when singing before thousands than she is when singing to herself around the kitchen, back home.

If your memory is especially good, you may recall that  Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright's son, Bobby, made records for Decca some years ago. Well, that was me – before I came to Hollywood and discovered there were already so many Bob Wrights in movies and TV that I had to get used to being called John. And no sooner had I begun answering to that name than I became "Willy" on my present weekly television series. So, call me what you like, but please think of me as one who shares with you a great respect and admiration for that lady, the Queen of Country Music! – John Wright "McHale's Navy," Hollywood.

Oh, Lonesome Me

A Thing Called Sadness

Blues Are Sit-in' In

When Your Little High Horse Runs Down

You're The Only World I Know

Loving You Then Losing You

Leaving' Town Tonight

Dear Heart (from the Warner Brothers film "Dear Heart")

The Race Is On

Welcome To My World

Watch It Heart, Don't Fall

Cheatin' Is Catching

Today's Greatest Movie Hits - Andre Kostelanetz

 

Two For The Road

Today's Greatest Movie Hits

Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra

Produced by Teo Macero

Engineering: Frank Laico & Russ Payne

Picture of Andre Kostelanetz by Bob Cato

Background picture from Culver Pictures

Columbia STEREO CS 9556

1968

Two For The Road

Barefoot In The Park

Tara Theme

Thoroughly Modern Millie

What To Do?

(Carol's Theme) The Eyes Of Love

Doctor Dolittle

This Is My Song

Fabulous Places

Dreamsville

Happy Barefoot Boy