In London, In Love - Norrie Paramor

The Touch Of Your Lips

In London, In Love
Music For Listening by Norrie Paramor
His Strings and Orchestra
Recorded in London
Cover Photo by Interstate Photographers
Capitol Records ST 10025
1956

From the back cover: One of England's most popular musicians is Norrie Paramor, who came out of Trinity School in London as a fledgling dance orchestra leader and, as time passed, played piano with the Maurice Winnick, Jack Harris and Billy Gerhardt bands.

A halt to his career in popular music was abruptly experienced by Norrie in 1940 when he joined the gallant R.A.F. But even in service Norrie's superb musicianship became known to his fellow airmen. Norrie wound up as an R.A.F. musical director (with Ralph Reader's famed "Gang") and toured military bases as far as India. "I suspect," he says, "I played every N.A.A.F.I. piano in the world before the war ended."

Free to resumé's his civilian career in 1944, Norrie formed a brilliantly successful partnership with Harry Gold in a jazz combo called the "Pieces Of Eight," That lasted through '49 In May of the following year Norrie started recording regularly for the British Columbia label. Since then he has waxed more than 125 selections, and his name means good music on the B.B.C., Radio Luxembourg and in television.

But Norrie refuses to reveal the identity of the girl who sings so fetchingly on this record! (Patricia Clarke)

The Nearness Of You
Stairway To The Stars
Stardust
Embraceable You
Stars Fell On Alabama
The Touch Of Your Lips
All The Things You Are
I'll Get By
Deep Purple
Someone To Watch Over Me
Dearly Beloved
The Very Thought Of You

More Soul Sounds - WDAS

The Nitty Gritty - Shirley Ellis

WDAS Charities Presents
More Soul Sounds
22 Original Hits By The Original Artists
Produced by Buzz Curtis
Post Records

From the back cover: Hi! This is Butterball! You all know me as the over-loading', sound exploding' world's most adequate DJ on WDAS. But I would like to step out of character just for the time being to fill you in on the new WDAS Charities Album you've got in your hands. Just by checking the list you can see it's made up of 22 of the greatest soul sounds that ever hit Philadelphia. But what you can't see, and the most important part of this album, is all the good the WDAS Charities will do with the proceeds that come from the sale of this album... WDAS presents: More Soul Sounds

Mine Exclusively - The Olympics
Make Me Yours - Bettye Swann
Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
The Nitty Gritty - Shirley Ellis
Open The Door - Darrell Banks
Gotta Have Your Love - The Sapphires
Searchin' For My Love - Bobby Moore
I Know - Barbara George
She Blew A Good Thing - The Poets
I Wanna Love Him So Bad - The Jelly Beans
But It's Alright - J. J. Jackson
Hey Girl - Freddie Scoot
That's How Heartaches Are Made - Baby Washington
Lovers Never Say Goodbye - The Flamingos
All In My Mind - Maxine Brown
You Gave Me Somebody To Love - The Dreamlovers
The Love Of My Man - Theola Kilgore
Island Of Love - The Sheppards
Love Letters - Kitty Lester
A Message To My Babe - Billy Harner
When Love Slips Away - Dee Dee Warwick
Nothin' Takes The Place Of You - Toussaint McCall

The New Glenn Miller Orchestra In Hi-Fi - Ray McKinley

Hallelujah, I Just Love Her So

The New Glenn Miller Orchestra In Hi-Fi
Directed by Ray McKinley
Photo: Sy Friedman
RCA Victor LPM-1522 & LSP-1522
1957

From the back cover: Ray McKinley at the head of the current Glenn Miller band is one of the most natural courses of events dancebandom could and should take. for when the Miller AAF band suddenly lost it's leader, Ray McKinley took over – not in rank, perhaps, but in spirit – not a soldier with a commission, but one with a mission – a mission to carry on the music, the spirit and the tradition of a very dear friend.

Back in the early Thirties, Glenn and Mac had become close friends as members of Smith Ballew's band. Together they joined and sparked the Dorsey Brothers' orchestra, working together, riding together on one-nighters, growing up together. Friends and mutual admirers they remained, apart as leaders of their own successful bands, reunited as Major Miller and T/Sgt. McKinley in one of the greatest musical outfits of all time.

When Glenn was lost, his bandsmen found a new leader in Ray. It was McKinley who led the great dance band; who fought for its rights with Army brass; who won the respect and affection of its soldier-musicians. And when, more than ten years later, the Miller band was reorganized, Helen Miller, Glenn's widow, asked Ray to assume the leadership of the new group.

The band's career has been most successful, both here and abroad. It has brought the music of Miller to many nations, including several behind the Iron Curtain. Its trip to Europe, where millions had heard the original Mill AFF band, was a resounding success, and upon its completion, the band settled into RCA Victor's Webster Hall studio for a series of recording sessions, the results of which are contained herein.

The band is mostly Miller-is. There is the warm reed sound with the familiar clarinet lead and the ooh-was of the brass in arrangements written by Joe Cribari and Deane Kincaide. But there is also a lot that is distinctly McKinley: his crisp, incisive, swinging drums; his witty, rhythmic vocals; his unending enthusiasm.

Ray's pulsating drums move as easy-going Don't Be That Way just as they did when Miller AFF band played it "in a medley that always thrilled me!" (End McKinley quote.) The trumpet solo is by Ed Zandy, a former Tex Beneke bandsman, who plays all trumpet solos on this record.

Don't Be That Way
I'm Thrilled
Whistle Stop
Hallelujah, I Just Love Her So
Mine
Anything Goes
I Almost Lost My Mind
Slumber Song
My Prayer
Accentuate The Positive
On The Street Where You Live
Lullaby Of Birdland

The Greatest Dixieland Ever - Jonah Jones

J J Special

The Greatest Dixieland Ever
Jonah Jones
Guest Star G-1420

1960

From the back cover: Jonah Jones was born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 31, 1909. He has been playing trumpet ever since he joined a kid's band in his home town at the age of twelve. He stayed on for the next six years and sat in with Bill Beason, Russell Bowles, Dicky Wells and Robert Carroll. From 1929 on Jonah has been featured with various organizations such as Horace Henderson, Jimmy Lunceford, Lil Armstrong, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Stuff Smith, Teddy Wilson, Lionel Hampton, Benny Carter, Billie Holiday, Adrian Rollini, Fletcher Henderson and Cab Calloway. In 1944 to 1946 he had his own combo and in 1952 he played with Joe Bushkin art the Embers nightclub in New York City. During 1952 and 1953 he toured with the Earl Hines Combo and the Porgy & Bess pit band in 1953. In 1954 he spent several months in Europe as a solo attraction. In the late 1950's his albums suddenly began to catch the public's fancy in a big way, and in conjunction with very frequent television exposure his career enjoyed a tremendous renaissance. In Jonah Jones you find a musician whose balance of warmth and volume in his tone is the result of great skill on his instrument, which allows him to articulate every note as he feels it.

J J Special
Bill Bailey
Delilah's Delight
Drowsy River
Flying Trapeze
Beale Street Blues
Lazy Trombone
Dixie
Humoresque
Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Big Hot Rod Hits!

Night Rider

Bit Hot Rod Hits!
The Big Winners By Your Drag-Circuit Favorites
Produced by Jim Economides
Capitol Records ST 2024
1963

From Billboard - December 21, 1963: The hot West Coast sound is offered in a sure-fire package. Four tracks are from the Beach Boys' current hit LP, "Little Duce Coupe." Dick Dale offers three strong tracks from his LP "Checkered Flag," and there are other tracks by the Cheers, Jimmy Dolan and the Super Stocks. A strong program, designed from heavy sales.

Custom Machine - The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (S) T-1998
Ho-Dad Machine - Dick Dale - Checkered Flag! (S) T-2002
Night Rider - Dick Dale - Checkered Flag! (S) T-2002
Hot Rod City - Super Stocks - Hot Rod Rally (s) T-1997
No-Go Showboat - The Beach Boys (S) T-1998
The Scavenger - Dick Dale - Checkered Flag! (S) T-2002
Our Car Club - The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (S) T-1998
Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots - The Cheers - Shut Down (D) T-1918
Hot Rod Race - Jimmy Dolan - Shut Down (D) T-1918
Little Street Machine - Hot Rod Rod - Hot Rod Really (S) T-1997
Cherry, Cherry Coupe - The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (S) T-1998

All Through The Night - Julie London

All Through The Night

All Through The Night
Julie London Sings The Choicest Of Cole Porter
With The Bud Shank Quintet
Producer: Richard Bock
Arranger: Russ Freeman
Engineer: Richard Bock
Art Direction: Woody Woodward
Cover Photo: Fred Seligo
Liberty Records LST-7434
1966

Bud Shank: Alto Sax and Flute
Russ Freeman: Piano
Joe Pass: Guitar
Monty Budwig: Bass
Colin Bailey: Drums

From Billboard - February 5, 1966: Julie London, with able backing of the Bud Shank Quintet, romps through some of the great Cole Porter songs – classics like "I've Got You Under My Skin," "Easy To Love" and "My Heart Belongs To Daddy," She's sultry and sophisticated, and she's great with the material.

I've Got You Under My Skin
You Do Something To Me
Get Out Of Town
All Through The Night
So In Love
At Long Last Love
Easy To Love
My Heart Belongs To Daddy
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
In the Still Of The Night

I Wish You Love - Carmen Cavallaro

Comme Ci Comme Ca

I Wish You Love
Fabulous French Songs
Carmen Cavallaro
The Poet Of The Piano
Piano Solos with Orchestra Conducted by Dick Jacobs
Decca Records DL 74566
1965

I Wish You Love (Que Rest-T-ll De Nos Amours)
Danse Avec Moi
N'oublie Jamais
Domino
C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)
Tu Sais
If You Go (Is Tu Partais)
Comme Ci Comme Ca (Clopin Clopant)
If You Love Me (Really Love Me) (Hymne A L'amour)
Mine For The Taking
Padam... Radam (It Echoes The Beat Of My Heart)
Somewhere, Somehow, Someday (Chante)

Poetry In Ivory - Carmen Cavallaro

Autumn In New York

Poetry In Ivory

Carmen Cavallaro at The Piano
And His Orchestra
Decca Records DL 8326
1956

From the back cover: It is as a poet that Carmen Cavallaro has combined grace and brilliance, beauty and dexterity. His ability as a performer was recognized while Carmen was still an undergraduate in De Witt Clinton High School. Reared on the music of the masters, he played in the school orchestra – and, since this organization was called on to play for school dances as well as social functions, he made the transition from the classics to dance music naturally. By the time he graduated, Carmen had developed his own unique style, already suggesting the brilliant keyboard agility and subtle underlying rhythms which he made famous.

After playing with various dance bands in the New York area, he joined the orchestra of Rudy Vallee and, later Al Kavelin's organization. In 1939, Carmen formed his own orchestra, acted as arranger and director, and revealed his now full developed piano virtuosity.

His recording were immediately successful. His record of the then little-known Cuban rhythm number, "Enlloro" evoked such acclaim the this rendition of it was featured in a Warner Brothers film. The sales of Decca's recording of this selection passed the million mark and created an immediate demand for further recordings. Following the release of Decca's now famous "Dancing In The Dark," Cavallaro has been represented by more than a half-dozen albums, including "All The Things You Are," "I'll See You In My Dream," "Strauss Waltzes," "Serenade," "Music At Midnight," "The Eddy Duchin Story," and others.

Cavallaro's first personal appearance engagement was at the Strand Theatre in New York. The ovation he received there was tremendous; it marked the beginning of a theatre tour which took him to every leading city in the country. The plaudits after his appearance as a concert pianist brought him offers for concert engagements in this country and South America, culminating in a nation-wide concert tour.

In 1950, Carmen Cavallaro decided to disband his orchestra and to perform exclusively as a soloist. Playing with a dance band had restricted him to the dance tempo; playing solo in his own way, he felt that he could attain a greater rhythmical flexibility as well as a freedom in interpretation. His judgment was sound. Once again he showed his personal versatility as well as the variety of his talent. He was as effective with jazz as with the gentler moods; he was equally at home with Brahms and Boogie Boogie. When "The Eddy Duchin Story" was produced, the choice of Carmen Cavallaro as the pianist was inevitable. Like Duchin, Cavallaro had performed at the most famous hotels and nightclubs in the brilliantly melodic manner common to both.

This new album is a renewed proof of Cavallaro's scope. It reveals the range which won countless audiences at New York's Waldorf-Astoria, Chicago's Palmer House and Los Angeles' Cocoanut Grove – and it also displays the dramatic jazz technique which thrilled his listeners at New York's "Embers,"

From Billboard - October 27, 1956: Cavallaro's playing on the "Eddy Duchin Story" hit sound track package has brought him maximum showcasing, and riding on that crest of popularity, this new LP, too, should come in for good retail activity. Re-issue includes some of his most requested readings, including, "Dream Of Olwen," "Just Say I Love Her," "Beyond The Sea," "Autumn Leaves," etc. Jocks will find much playable stuff here.

The Dream Of Olwen
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Autumn In New York
In Love
Obsession
Shadow Time
Heaven Drops Her Curtain Down
Autumn Leaves
Beyond The Sea
Just Say I Love Her
Portrait Of Jennie
Twilight

Whistle A Happy Tune - Fred Lowery

Easy Goin'

Whistle A Happy Tune
Fred Lowery
Decca Records DL 8995
1960

From the back cover: Fred Lowery is one of the most amazing musicians in the world – he is a virtuoso without an instrument. An instrument, that is, in the generally accepted sense.

Fred Lowery whistles, a small accomplishment in itself, but through his lips pass some of the most delightful music ever heard. He has elevated the commonplace practice of "making a shrill sound by forcing the breath through the teeth of "lips" (Webster), into an acknowledged musical art form.

Born in Palestine, Texas, Mr. Lowery has been almost totally blind since early childhood. While attending a school for the blind, he met a bird imitator who encouraged him to take up the unusual hobby. "Before long," Mr. Lowery recalls, "I discovered to my delight there was more to whistling than bird calls."

Although he could not have imagined it as the time, his hobby was to become a highly successful career. After a series of initial professional engagements – radio shows in Dallas, several years with the Vincent Lopez Orchestra in New York, and so on, he attained national fame as a featured art of Horace Heidt's popular show. The popularity of his extraordinary artistry has since reached unprecedented proportion in every medium of entertainment.

Here, with beautiful songs such as the unforgettable The High And The Mighty, Over The Rainbow, Danny Boy and many others and accompanied by Anita Kerr Singers. Fred Lowery melodically urges you to Whistle A Happy Tune!

I Whistle A Happy Tune
Whispering
Mockin' Bird Hill
Easy Goin'
Over The Rainbow
Tammy
William Tell Overture
Red River Valley
Londonderry Air
Marie
Gypsy Love Song
Estrellita (Little Men)

My Fair Lady & The King And I - Al Goodman

I Have Dreamed

My Fair Lady & The King And I
Orchestra Conducted by Al Goodman
Promenade Records 2061
1958

From the back cover: Al Goodman famous conductor and musician has devoted all his life to music. His love for music and his inherent musical ability were manifest at an early age when he sang soprano in his father's choir, became a musician in the pit of a local "movie house", and was awarded a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.

In 1915 Al Goodman was selected by Earl Carroll to accompany him to California as arranger and conductor. That was Goodman's official entry into show business... the start of an illustrious musical career which brought him into personal contact with the all-time "greats" of show business... as the conductor of many shows and musical productions whose successes were due in great measure to his outstanding ability.

Al Goodman produced musical comedies with Earl Carroll... never-to-be director and composer of all Shubert musical productions. He later became associated with various Radio and TV Shows as musical consultant and director such as the Hit Parade and the Colgate Hour. In his wide and varied career he was associated arranger, conductor, recording artist or musical supervisor for about 200 famous musical shows and programs. He has worked with the biggest names in the history of Broadway: Earl Carroll, Al Jolson, George White, Sigmund Romberg, Jack Benny, Fannie Brice, George Jessel, Flo Ziefeld, James Melton, Max Gordon, Bob Hope and many, many others.

From Billboard - March 3, 1958: For the price this is a real bargain. The top hits from both of the Broadway classic are presented with charm and appeal by the artists with excellent ork settings. Miss Fisher, former understudy to Julie Andrews in "My Fair Lady," gives polished performances.

With A Little Bit Of Luck
Wouldn't It Be Lovely
On The Street Where You Live
The Rain In Spain
I Could Have Danced All Night
Get Me To Church On Time
Shall We Dance
I Have Dreamed
Getting To Know You
We Kiss In The Shadow
Something Wonderful