Here are the songs, artists and "set themes" for the shows I produced during May 2006. Many of these tracks are available on CD; you can try searching the database at Worlds Records, an excellent mail-order company based in Novato, California, which sells CDs of vintage jazz and pop music. A wonderful "brick-and-mortar" store for vintage music on CD is Canterbury Records, a legendary venue in Pasadena, California. They even carry phonograph cartridges and styli for those of us who love real records!
WEEKLY SHOW LISTINGS
May 7, 2006
This week we had some likable songs, songs about partners both devious and devoted, a musical stroll, a salute to the theater organ, some tunes for the horsey set, a tribute to May, and a wild finish.
LIKABLE SONGS: I Like That - Frank Trumbauer with Bix Beiderbecke, 4/30/29; You Don't Like It, Not Much! - Jan Garber with Harry Goldfield and Webb Hahne, vocal, 5/18/27; I Like to Do Things for You - Paul Whiteman with the Rhythm Boys, vocal, 3/23/30; I Like What You Like - Annette Hanshaw, 6/27; That's What I Like About You - Jack Teagarden with Fats Waller, 10/14/31; That's What I Like About You - Jackie Taylor with the Boswell Sisters, vocal, 7/20/30.
PARTNERS, DEVIOUS AND DEVOTED: You Took Advantage of Me - Paul Whiteman with Bix, Tram and Bing, 4/28/26; I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You - Fletcher Henderson, Claude Jones, vocal, 7/31; I Know That My Baby Is Cheatin' On Me - Sophie Tucker, 1928; Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home - Annette Hanshaw, 5/31/29; I'm Following You - Vivian and Rosetta Duncan, 1/4/30; You Can Depend on Me - Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing, 1937; Side By Side - Gene Krupa with Anita O'Day, 1/23/42.
A BRIEF STROLL: Would You Like to Take a Walk? - Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson, 2/11/31; Walkin' My Baby Back Home - The Charleston Chasers with Paul Small, 2/9/31; Wob-a-ly Walk - Waring's Pennsylvanians, 11/10/27.
THE MIGHTY WURLITZER - WITH A BAND!: Thou Swell - The Louisiana Sugar Babes, 1928; Maybe - Jesse Crawford with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra, 1926; The Spell of the Blues - Milton Charles with Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians, 1928; I'd Love to Call You My Sweetheart - Jesse Crawford with Jean Goldkette's Book-Cadillac Hotel Orchestra, 1926.
TROTTING OUT SOME SONGS: Horses - George Olsen and His Music, vocal by Fran Frey, 3/4/26; The King's Horses - New York Syncopators, 1931; I Can't Get Offa My Horse - The Korn Kobblers, 1946; William Tell Overture - Spike Jones with Doodles Weaver, 1947; Horse Playing Poppa - Sophie Tucker, 1956; Horses Don't Bet on People - Kay Kyser, vocal by Clyde Rogers, 5/18/45.
MAY WE?: One Morning in May - Ray Noble with Al Bowlly, 4/5/34; In the Merry Month of Maybe - Frank Trumbauer with the King's Jesters, 6/24/31; In the Middle of May - The Pied Pipers, 10/9/45.
A WILD FINISH: I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers - Six Jumping Jacks with Tom Stacks, vocal, 6/1/26; I'm Just Wild About Harry - Jimmy Dorsey with Spike Hughes' Three Blind Mice, 7/15/30.
May 21, 2006
On this show we saluted recent college graduates, promoted conformity, made note of a grand old name, had our ups and downs and wild rides, and finished the whole thing off with dessert.
LET'S GO COLLEGIATE!: Varsity Drag - George Olsen and his Music with vocal by Fran Frey, 8/19/27; Collegiate - Waring's Pennsylvanians, 4/4/25; Freshie - Park Lane Orchestra with vocal duet, 11/11/25; Freddy the Freshman - Gene Kardos with vocal by Dick Robertson, 11/13/31; Sophomore - Andy Kirk with vocal by Dick Robertson, 12/15/30; Sophomore Prom - Ted Weems with vocal by Parker Gibbs, Art Jarrett and Country Washburne, 6/21/29; Collegiate Sam - The Six Jumping Jacks, vocal by Tom Stacks, 9/14/29; We Love the College Girls - The California Ramblers, vocal by Ed Kirkeby, 1/19/27; College Rhythm - Johnny "Scat" Davis, 10/15/34; Collegiate Blues - Waring's Pennsylvanians, 12/18/25.
GOT ANY CHANGE? NAW!: Just the Same - Hollywood Dance Orchestra, vocal by Scrappy Lambert, 4/16/27; We'll Be the Same - Victor Arden and Phil Ohman and their Orchestra, vocal by Frank Luther, 2/11/31; I'll Never Be the Same - Lew Stone, vocal by Al Bowlly, 12/2/32; She Loves Me Just the Same - Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees, 10/27/30; You'll Always Be the Same Sweetheart - Annette Hanshaw, 1932.
A GRAND OLD NAME: Little Mary Brown - Ben Selvin's Orchestra with vocal trio, 1931; They All Start Whistling Mary - Debroy Somers with vocal by Dan Donovan, 9/1/32; Mary-Ann - Cliff (Ukulele Ike) Edwards, 1/3/28; Building a Nest for Mary - The Captivators, vocal by Scrappy Lambert, 3/29/29; (What Are You Waiting For) Mary - Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra with Henry Busse and Bix Beiderbecke, vocal by Bing Crosby, 11/25/27.
A WILD RIDE: Merry-Go-Round - Duke Ellington, 4/30/35; I Love to Catch Brass Rings on a Merry-Go-Round - Billy Jones and Ernest Hare (The Happiness Boys), 12/21/27; The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down - Jimmie Lunceford, vocal by Sy Oliver, 6/15/37; Merry-Go-Runaround - Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee, 6/24/52; The Ferris Wheel - Alvino Rey, vocal by Skeets Herfurt, 6/2/42.
LET'S HAVE SOME DESSERT: You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It - Fats Waller, 6/13/39; If I Knew You Were Comin', I'd Have Baked a Cake - Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, 1951; Coffee and Cakes -Frankie Masters, vocal by The Swingmasters; Sweetie Pie - Ted Lewis, vocal by the Royce Sisters, 10/2/34; Cookies, Pie and Cake - Yogi Yorgesson, Spring 1951; Hot Jazz Pie - Joe Haymes, vocal by Mike Doty, 8/2/32.
May 28, 2006
We're nothing if not eclectic. So, we've got your songs about misogynists (with one dissenting voice), electric lights, singing cowboys, pardonable acts, wonderful things, interesting gals, soldiers and sailors, and memories.
THAT'S THE MISOGYNIST GUY I EVER SAW: Wimmin-Aahh! - Irving Aaronson and his Commanders, vocal by Phil Saxe, 3/19/26; Help! - Earl Gresh and his Gangplank Orchestra, 9/22/25; Cigareets, Whuskey and Wild, Wild Women - Sons of the Pioneers, 1947; Don't Talk to Me About Women - Spike Jones and his City Slickers, vocal by Del Porter, 11/24/41; I Learned About Women From Her - Frank Crumit, 1927; Aren't Women Wonderful? - Sophie Tucker, 8/3028.
WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS?: Soft Lights and Sweet Music - Ambrose and his Orchestra, vocal by Sam Browne, 6/17/32; House of Blue Lights - Ella Mae Morse, 1946; Love Turned the Light Out - Ethel Waters, 11/7/40; Pray for the Lights to Go Out - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, vocal by Tommy Duncan, 5/16/38; Lights Out and Hold Tight - Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, vocal by Connie Haines, 1942.
ERSATZ COWBOYS: All Right, Louie, Drop the Gun - Cass Daley, 2/22/49; He Rides the Range for Republic - The Andrews Sisters, 10/26/49; Panhandle Rag - Gene Krupa, vocal by Bobby Scoots, 9/11/50; Big Bad Bill - Spike Jones and his City Slickers, vocal by Del Porter, 11/41; Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now - Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, vocal by Pee Wee Hunt, 2/40; Cowboy From Brooklyn - Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, vocal by Skeets Hurfurt, 4/15/38; Haim Afen Range - Mickey Katz, 1950.
YOU'VE BEEN PARDONED: Pardon My Southern Accent - Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, vocal by Johnny Mercer and Peggy Healy; Pardon Me, Pretty Baby - Joe Venuti's Blue Four, vocal by Harold Arlen, 6/10/31; Pardon, Madame - Jeanette MacDonald, 1930; I Beg Your Pardon - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, vocal by Ray Eberle, 12/6/39; Pardon Me for Loving and Running - Mae West with Josef Cherniavsky's Orchestra, 1947.
WUNNERFUL, WUNNERFUL!: Something Wonderful - Dorothy Sarnoff, 1949; Miss Wonderful - Ted Weems and his Orchestra, vocal by Parker Gibbs, 9/13/29; S'Wonderful - The Ipana Troubadours, vocal by Scrappy Lambert, 11/30/27; What a Wonderful World - Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, vocal by Eleanor Powell, 10/14/35.
GALS WITH COLORFUL NAMES: Nobody Else But Elsie! - Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra, vocal by Val Rosing, 4/15/32; Hard-Hearted Hannah - Cliff (Ukulele Ike) Edwards, 1924; Hard-to-Get Gertie - Esther Walker, 6/7/26; Florida Flo - Fats Waller and his Rhythm, 3/11/38; Hey, Mabel! - Spike Jones and his City Slickers, vocal by Del Porter and Quartet, 1941; Everybody's Happy for Myrtle - The Smoothies with Hal Kemp and his Orchestra, 9/5/39.
A MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE: The Story of Jitterbug Joe - Carson Robison, 1942; He's 1-A in the Army and He's A-1 in My Heart - Les Brown and his Band of Renown, vocal by Betty Bonney, 10/15/41; Bell Bottom Trousers - Tony Pastor; This Is the Army, Mister Jones - Irving Berlin, 1942; What Do You Do in the Infantry? - Glenn Miller AAF Band, vocal by the Crew Chiefs; My Feet Are Killing Me, Marching in the Infantry - Louis Jordan, 10/2/42; G.I. Jive - Johnny Mercer, 10/15/43; A G.I. Wish - The Four Vagabonds; This Is Worth Fighting For - Shep Fields and his New Music.
MEMORY-AL DAY: In My Bouquet of Memories - Paul Whiteman, vocal by Jack Fulton, 4/21/28; Memories of You - Ethel Waters, 8/29/30; Memories - Al Jolson; I'm Stepping Out with a Memory Tonight - Kate Smith; Thanks for the Memory - Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, vocal by Martha Tilton, 12/2/37.
THE INDY 500: Dance of the Hours - Spike Jones and his City Slickers, commentary by Doodles Weaver (1947 broadcast version); She's a Cornfed Indiana Girl - George Olsen and his Music, vocal by Bob Rice and Fran Frey, 1/15/26; Hoosier Sweetheart - Jean Goldkette and his Orchestra, vocal by Ray Meurer, 1/31/27.
