The Amazing Spider-Man And Friends

The Hulk At Bay

Power Records Presents
The Adventures Of
The Amazing Spider-Man And Friends!
Power Records 8146
1974

Spider-Man: The Mark Of The Man-Wolf
The Incredible Hulk At Bay
Captain America And The Falcon (disk label title) And A Phoenix Shall Arise
The Fantastic Four: The Way It Began

The Shearing Piano - George Shearing

For Every Man There's A Woman

The Shearing Piano
Cover Photo by Philip March
Capitol Records T909
1957

From Billboard - November 11, 1957: This is Shearing's first solo package in several years, and it has strong pop and jazz potential. Those who go for the Shearing sound will like the mood created by such favorites as "Stella By Starlight," "It Might As Well Be Spring" and "On The Street Where You Live."

Stella By Starlight
On The Street Where You Live
Guilty
Friendly Persuasion
For Every Man There's A Woman
It Might As Well Be Spring
High On A Windy Hill
If
A Tune From Humming
Sigh No More

Dream Time Music By Paul Weston

Over The Rainbow

Dream Time Music By Paul Weston
Columbia Records CL 528
1953

From the back cover: Born in Springfield, Mass., in 1912 he (Weston) attended Dartmouth College and were organized his first orchestra. The Weston touch was at once evident and after graduation he did further scholastic work at Columbia University. His interludes in the classroom were varied with extra-curricular work making the arrangements for Rudy Valee and Phil Harris, among others and shortly thereafter he began making arrangements for Tommy Dorsey and Bob Crosby. His reputation as a dependable man with a musical idea spread quickly and he was summoned to the West Coast to do musical arrangements for such successful films as Holiday Inn and the Road to Morocco. Finding himself with a little time still left on his hands he began doing radio work as well and wound up with a number of network programs, accompanying vocalists and supplying musical interludes of his own. So successful were his contributions together with his eminently sympathetic background work for recording artists that he soon had his own show for the Naval Air Reserve Recruiting campaign and a number of first rate popular songs to his credit including Day By Day and I Should Care. In 1950 he joined Columbia Records as West Coast Director of Artist and Repertoire and West Coast Musical Director.

S'posin'
Over The Rainbow
I'll See You Again
Embraceable You
This Can't Be Love
Together
How High The Moon
You Were Meant For Me
Wonderful One
Why Shouldn't I
Sweetheart
Pennies From Heaven

It's A Lonesome Old Town - Kitty Kallen

The Lonely One

It's A Lonesome Old Town
Kitty Kallen
With Jack Pleis And His Orchestra
Decca Records DL 8397
1956

From the back cover: Kitty Kallen is a beautiful contradiction of all the old stereotypes. For one thing, she was born in a family with absolutely no show-business background. For another, although now she certainly is a beautiful young lady, as a child she was so freckled, pug-nosed, and awkward, that she was a typical ugly duckling. The fact that her nickname was "Monkey" did not decrease her sense of inferiority.

The very feeling of being insecure and unattractive made her determined to win a place for herself by being "best" in everything she undertook. One of seven children, she was not only pugnacious but the toughest tomboy in the neighborhood. She entered every contest in high school and established records in the fifty yard dash.

Along with her athletic prowess Kitty also wanted to attain eminence as a singer. Succeed she did, for at the age of eight she won her first amateur contest, after which she appeared on the original "Horn & Hardart Children's Hour" over WCAU. It wasn't long before she had her own program with Jan Savitt's Orchestra over the same station.

At fifteen, eager to measure herself against wider territory, Kitty joined the newly-formed Jack Teagarden swing band, consisting of sixteen men and a girl, Kitty, naturally, was the girl. Later, at eighteen, she was sharing an apartment with her good friend Dinah Shore when she received an offer to join Jimmy Dorsey's band, and it was with Dorsey that she recorded "Besame Mucho," her first big record hit for Decca. After leaving the Dorsey aggregation, Kitty went on to be vocalist with Harry James, as well as songster on the Danny Kaye, David Rose, Alec Templeton, and other radio shows. The nightclubs which she favored with her presence include New York's Copacabana, St. Regis' Maisonette, the Versailles, the Waldorf-Astoria's Empire Room, and Chicago's Chez Paris. Kitty also made repeated appearances on the "Colgate Comedy Hour" with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and went on two nationwide tours with the pair of comics. In 1955, she made her movie debut in Universal-International's "The Second Greatest Sex," and achieved international acclaim with her tremendous success at the Palladium in London.

Many singers owe their career to their industry and integrity. This is also true of Kitty Kallen, but her sense of loyalty resulted in her not getting tow important spots. Bing Crosby offered her the role of female singing star in his "Kraft Music Hall," but she refused out of loyalty to Dorsey, with whom she had just singed. A little later Frank Sinatra asked her to join the cast of "Hit Parade," but the Sinatra show was broadcast from Hollywood and Kitty's wedding was about to take place in New York – and this was one date Kitty decided not to postpone!

Since signing with Decca, Kitty has had several huge hits. Her interpretation of "Little Things Mean a Lot" sold a million copies, and it was followed by the almost equally popular "In The Chapel In The Moonlight." Her album Kitty Kallen Sings (ED 2164) was universally acclaimed.

It's A Lonsome Old Town
I Heard You Cried Last Night (And So Did I)
How Are Things In Glocca Mora
Look To The Rainbow
Just Between Friends
The Lonely One
How About Me?
Autumn Leaves
Wishing (Will Make It So)
It Could Happen To You
When Did You Leave Heaven?

Movie Themes For Lovers Only - Jackie Gleason

You're The World to Me

Movie Themes For Lover Only
Jackie Gleason
Arrangements by George Williams
Produced by Dick Jones
Cover Photo/Capitol Studio: Ken Veeder
Capitol Records SW 1877
1963

Tumpet Solos by Pee Wee Erwin
Saxophone Solos by Charlie Ventura

From Billboard - May 11, 1963: Gleason's back with the mood music sound again, this time the featured trumpet player in front of the strings is Pee Wee Erwin. In addition there's fine tenor sax blowing by Charlie Ventura. The sound is much the same as that which has hit some years ago. This time the theme is movie themes with "Days Of Wine And Rose," " Call Me Irresponsible," "My Romance" and a lush "Third Man Theme."

Days Of Wine And Roses - from "Days Of Wine And Roses"

Call Me Irresponsible - from "Papa's Delicate Condition"

You're All The World To Me - from "Royal Wedding"
The Third Man Theme - from "The Third Man"
The Man That Got Away - from "A Star Is Born"
Follow Me - Love Theme from "Mutiny On The Bounty"
Colette - from "Gigot"
My Romance - from "Jumbo"
A Home In The Meadow - from "How The West Was Won"
The Sweet Life - from "La Dolce Vita"
The Wishing Star - The Theme from "Taras Bulba"
Theme From Lawrence Of Arabia

The Golden Trumpet Of Eddie Calvert

Sidewalks Of Cuba

The Golden Trumpet Of Eddie Calvert
Cover Photo: Ron Harris
Cover Design by Viceroy
ABC-Paramount ABC-319
A Product Of Am-Par Record Corp.
1960

ABC-Paramount fixed a piece of tape to each side of the disc label during manufacturing to obscure some information.

From Billboard - February 19, 1960: Calvert's smooth trumpet style was a big hit in "Oh, My Papa" a few years back. Here he gives it a workout in a variety of numbers and tho he gets off a growl here and there, Calvert sticks mainly with sleek phrasing, a mellow tone and occasional triple-tongued breaks. Selections have an international twist and range from "I Love Paris" they "Slow Boat To China," to "Manhattan."

Around The World
I Love Paris
April In Portugal
Wonderful Copenhagen
Cossack Patrol
Indian Summer
On A Slow Boat To China
Song Of The Islands
Sidewalks Of Cuba
Manhattan
Jamaican Rhuma
London By Night

Hawaii Tattoo - Martin Denny

Beyond The Reef

Hawaii Tatto
Martin Denny
Liberty LRP-3394 (Canada)
1964

From the back cover: There are hits and there are HITS! Some soon disappear, but others become standards. The important difference is actually quite simple: the ones that sustain are the ones with appeal that is universal, both as to geography and to age. "Hawaii Tattoo" has this appeal, and I believe it will become a favorite standard.

As a lover of Hawaiian Music, I'm delighted with this new Martin Denny album, particularly as it contains Martin's remarkable and always welcome treatments of the most popular of all Island-oriented hits. Songs like the recent "Pearly Shells" and the all-time hits "Hawaiian Wedding Song" and "Beyond The Reef" are as fresh as ever in Martin's capable hands. I'm completely enchanted with the entire album; I think you will be, too. – Ira Cook

Ira Cook is one of Southern California's most popular radio personalities as is heard daily over station KMPC as well as throughout the world on the Armed Forces Radio Network. His partiality to Hawaiian music is no secret, and a special feature of each day's show is the playing of a Hawaiian music selection, usually specially requested records. He constantly receives requests for Martin Denny recordings from such far-flung places as Morocco, Japan, Germany and Greenland.

Hawaii Tattoo
Sweet Leilani
Song Of The Island
Beyond The Reef
Analani E
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Pearly Shells
Now Is The Hour
Leah
Sweet Someone
Red Sails In The Sunset
Sail Along Silvery Moon

Song Of Hawaii - Lani McIntire

Hawaiian War Chant

Song Of Hawaii
Lani McIntire And His Orchestra
Harmony
A Product Of Columbia Records
HL 7026
1957

Song Of The Islands
To You Sweetheart, Aloha
Little Brown Gal
Akaka Falls
Hawaiian War Chant
Sing Me A Song Of The Islands
O-Ko-Le Ma-Lu-Na
The One Rose
Hilo E
Sweet Leilani

Dancing In The Dark - Ralph Flanagan

Charmaine

Dancing In The Dark
Ralph Flanagan And His Orchestra
Designed For Dancing / One Of A Series
Photo: Murray Laden (top cover example)
RCA Camden CAL-387
1957

Singing Winds
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
La Vie En Rose
Charmaine
Penthouse Serenade
Where Or When
Dancing In The Dark
Harbor Lights
Nights Of Splendor
I'm Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time
Save The Last Dance For Me

Belly Dance Navel Academy - Gus Vali

Kashlarin Ingee Ingee

Belly Dance Navel Academy
Arranged and Conducted By Gus Vali
Produced by Gus Vali and Chet Amsterdam
Engineer: Gene Thompson
Recorded at Capitol Records Studios, New York City
P. I. Records - New York City
PI-LPS-30

Navel Academy Theme
Savgulum
Sauda Sauda
Kashlarin Ingee Ingee
Ahyazain
Port Said
Taxim
Semra Semra
Sesame
Farfara
Siseler
Byr Demet Yasemen
Rahks Taxim
Taxim Bassclaro