Saturday, January 10, 2009

Don a posh frock at eight

It's work, what I will play for you:
Rip CDs, download torrents,
Overlooked clips off YouTube,
What ever the needs warrant.
So holler on for more, than
Here at the normal time
Who cares how it all began?
Let's make the Velvet shine.
It's really not that hard, I think
But don't forget to bring a drink.

We spent a good amount of time trying to create a river of blood, but to no avail. We didn't do very well at building a barkeep who tells you to kill your family; and, try as we might, no one managed to get together a bathtub and a crone. Someone did, however, find a 404 for us.

8:00
1. Fatty George & Band - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (4:03)
2. Sammy Kaye/Vocal: Billy Williams - It Might As Well Be Spring (3:11)
3. Ted Weems/Vocal: Bob Edwards - Peg o' My Heart (2:42)
4. Fred Waring/Vocal: The Three Waring Girls - Soft Lights and Sweet Music (3:27)
5. Wayne King - Maria Elena (2:32)
6. Leo Reisman/Vocal: Ran Weeks - With A Song In My Heart (3:14)
7. Eddy Howard/Vocal: Eddy Howard - Now Is The Hour (Maori Farewell Song) (2:45)
8. Orleans Jazz Combination - Bei mir biste scheen (2:44)
9. Horace Heidt/Vocal: Larry Clinton, Donna Wood and The Don Juans - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire (3:20)
10. Ken Colver - Under The Bamboo Time (6:09)
11. Jimmie Winceford - T'aint What You Do (3:07)
12. Percy Faith/Vocal: Felicia Sanders - The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) (3:17)
13. Bob Crosby/Vocal: Kay Weber - Whispers In The Dark (2:50)
14. Bix Beiderbecke - Sorry (2:56)
15. Jackie Gleason - Melancholy Serenade (3:17)
16. Perez Prado/Billy Regis, trumpet solo - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (3:01)
17. Shep Fields/Vocal: Hal Derwin - South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way) (2:56)
18. Charlie Barnet/ Vocal: The Barnet Modernaires - Make Believe Ballroom (2:32)
19. Kay Kyser/Vocal: GinnySimms, Ish Kabibble, Harry Babbitt and Sully Maon/introduction by Kay Kyser - Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Pool) (3:04)

Oh, and that last track triggered some odd memories for folks. Someone's granma used to sing it for them. I remember singing it myself at preschool, only we didn't call it preschool or even daycare; we called it "mother's day out" and it was at Methodist church downtown.

9:00
20. Moondog - Bird's Lament (1:41)
21. Vic Damone - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (3:52)
22. The Ink Spots - We'll Meet Again (3:19)
23. Jimmy Johnson and Clarence Williams - How Could I Be Blue (3:26)
24. Alabama Jug Band - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (2:40)
25. The Dorsey Brothers/Vocal: Bob Crosby - Lullaby Of Broadway (2:48)
26. Robert Johnson - Love In Vain (2:23)
27. Nat Shikret/Vocal Lewis James - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (3:04)
28. Patricia Perez Prado (2:18)
29. Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody (2:43)
30. Maxine Sullivan - If I had a Ribbon Bow (3:13)
31. Soundtrack - Les Parapluies De Cherbourg (I Will Wait For You) (3:55)
32. Benny Goodman - Bach Goes to Town (2:44)
33. Paul Whiteman/Vocal: Bob Lawrence - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (3:28)
34. Lazy Levee Loungers - Shout, Sister, Shout! (2:51)
35. Vaughn Monroe/Vocal: Vaughn Monroe and The Moon Men - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) (3:01)
36. Joe Primrose - St. James Infirmary (6:22)
37. Art Mooney/Vocal:Bud Brees, Galli Sister and The Ensemble - Bluebird Of Happiness (3:22)

I've heard a fair number of drunk old Canadians sing "Riders in the Sky". Maybe because they were from the central plains.

10:00
38. Louis Prima - Just A Gigolo (4:43)
39. Russ Morgan/Voval: Russ Morgan - So Tired (3:19)
40. Mr. Acker Bilk - Da Da Strain (3:39)
41. Warren Covington and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - The Tea for Two Cha-Cha (2:58)
42. Bunny Berigan/Voca/: Bunny Berigan - I Can't Get Started (4:46)
43. Claude Thornhill/Vocal: Fran Warren - A Sunday Kind Of Love (3:21)
44. Alabama Jug Band - Somebody Stole My Gal (2:56)
45. Russ Morgan/Vocal: Russ Morgan - I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams (2:46)
46. Sara Vaugn - Whatever Lola Wants (2:37)
47. Ted Weems/Vocal: Parker Gibbs - Walkin' My Baby Back Home (3:25)
48. Woody Herman And His Big Band - Blue Flame (3:22)
49. Charlie Spivak/Vocal: Johnny Saunders - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (3:08)
50. Guy Lombardo/Vocal: The Lombardo Trio - Boo-Hoo! (3:05)
51. GM - BarkForBarksdale (3:23)
52. Chico Hamilton Quintet - Drums West (4:19)
53. Ken Nordine - Looking at Numbers (2:28)
54. Percy Faith & His Orchestra - Delicado (2:50)
55. King Oliver's Jazz Band - Sweet Lovin' Man (2:49)
56. Grocho Marx - Hello, I must Be Going (0:55)