Pack Up Your Playlist in Your Old Kit-Bag

Coffeetime, October 30, 2009, Angelynn Grant

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Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004

set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley [1568] / Mighty Moe & Joe / Blue Note / 6.23.57
André Persiany / Persiany in New York / Jessie's Idea / French Columbia / summer 1956
George Gerswhin / Someone to Watch Over Me / Columbia / 11.8.26
Freddie Rich & his Orch / Nobody's Sweetheart / CBS radio transcription, Fred's Friendly Five / fall 1931 / vocal = Elmer Feldkamp or Paul Smalle, announcer = David Ross
Helen Humes / Rock Me to Sleep / Discovery [unissued] / LA 5.9.50 / with Marshall Royal & his Orch
Floyd Dixon & his Band / Let's Dance / Peacock [Aladdin] / Houston 1949
Ann Sothern / Sothern Exposure / Last Time I Saw Paris / Tops / LA 1957

set 2
Art Farmer / To Sweden with Love / Kristallen den Fina (The Fine Crystal) / Atlantic / Stockholm 4.30.64
Red Garland / Mr. Wonderful / Prestige / 8.12.59
Joe Venuti / Autumn Leaves / radio transcription, Bing Crosby GE show / LA 1952-53 season (when Venuti was a regular)
Ruth Etting / Stay as Sweet as You Are / Columbia / 11.21.34
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orch / You Can Fool Some of the People / 9.14.39 / vocal = Jimmie "Trummy" Young
T-Bone Walker / I Got the Blues / Imperial / LA 1951-52

set 3
Curtis Fuller / Cabin in the Sky / The Prayer; Taking a Chance on Love / Impulse! / 4.25.62
Jerome Richardson / Midnight Oil / Delerious Trimmings / New Jazz / 10.10.58
Coleman Hawkins / The Hawk in Hi Fi / Bean and the Boys aka 39"-25"-39" / RCA Victor / 1.18.56 / with Billy Byers & his Orch
Mills Brothers / Paper Doll / Soundie / Hollywood early 1942
Ella Mae Morse / Robin Hood / AFRS Swingtime #36 / Hollywood 1946 / with the AFRS orch, arranged & conducted by Murray McEachern
Bobby Darin / Winners / When Day is Done / Atco / 1964

set 4
Benny Carter / Swingin' the '20s / Mary Lou / Contemporary / LA 11.2.58
Buddy Collette / Buddy Collette in Italy / Hunt and Peck / Ricordi / 1961
Lionel Hampton & his Orch / I Know That You Know / Bluebird / 4.26.37
Dean Martin / Let's Take an Old Fashioned Walk / radio transcription / 1950s
Anthony Newley / Tony / Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag / London / 1961 http://www.anthonynewley.com/recordings.html
Bobby "Blue" Bland / Sometimes You Gotta Cry a Little / Duke / 1963
Unknown Detroit Female Group / Are You Ready? / Gotham [unissued] / Detroit late 1950, early 1951

last soul song
Betty Everett / Chained to Your Love / Vee Jay / 1963

Playlist Confidential

Coffeetime, October 23, 2009, Angelynn Grant

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Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004

set 1
Louis Hayes / Louis Hayes / Sassy Ann /Vee Jay / 4.30.60
John Coltrane / Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette / Sunday / Prestige / 5.17.57
Georgie Auld & his Orch / Poinciana / transcription / 3.28.44
Ambrose & his Orch / Walking with Susie / Decca / Chenil Galleries, Chelsea, London 6.13.29 / vocal = Phil Arnold
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson / High Class Baby / Mercury / 1947
Ella Fitzgerald / Sings the George and Ira Gerswhin Song Book, vol. 3 / Boy Wanted / Verve / LA 1.5,7, 8.59 / with Bernard Buffet cover art

set 2
Herbie Hancock / My Point of View / The Pleasure is Mine / Blue Note / 3.19.63
Bill Hardman / Jackie's Pal / It Could Happen to You / Prestige / 8.31.56
Bobby Hackett & his Orch / Singin' the Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home) / Parlophone / 2.1.40
Cliff Jackson & his Crazy Kats / Waiting thru the Night / Radiex / 2.27.30
Cleo Brown / Pinetop's Boogie Woogie / Decca / 3.12.35
Joe Morris & his Orch / You're My Darling / Atlantic / 11.20.50 / vocal = Laurie Tate (not Teddy Smith)
Frank Sinatra & Shelley Winters / A Good Man is Hard to Find / soundtrack to Universal Pictures film Meet Danny Wilson / Hollywood 1951

set 3
Kenny Burrell / Kenny Burrell / Strictly Confidential / Prestige / 2.1.57
Jimmy Hamilton / Can't Help Swinging / Lullaby of the Leaves / Prestige Swingville / 4.4.61
Erskine Butterfield / Movin' Along / Davis / 6.20.56
Maxine Sullivan / Cry, Buttercup, Cry / Apollo / 1948 / possibly with Larry Johnson & his Orch
The Four Buddies / My Summer's Gone / Savoy / 1.31.51
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / I Didn't Know What Time It Was / Decca / 1954

set 4
Bob Cooper / Coop!: The Music of Bob Cooper / 2nd Variation: Happy Changes / Contemporary / LA 8.27.57
Herbie Harper / Herbie Harper Quintet / Jim's Tune / Tampa / LA 6.15.55
International Sweethearts of Rhythm / Sweet Georgia Brown / AFRS Jubilee No. 82 radio broadcast / Hollywood 5.44 recording, 6.5.44 dubbing / with announcer Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman
Maxwell Davis & his Band / When I'm in My Tea / Aladdin / LA 6.11.46 / with Jo-Jo Adams

Big "T" Tyler / King Kong / Aladdin / LA 4.25.57
Original cast score to How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying / Been a Long Day / RCA Victor / 1961 / with Robert Morse, Bonnie Scott, & Claudette Sutherland
The Mello-Tones / Cool by the Riverbanks / Okeh / 10.24.50

last soul song
The Entertainers IV / Temptation Walk (People Don't Look No More) / Doré / Hollywood 1966

Oh Ho Doodle Playlist

Coffeetime, October 16, 2009, Angelynn Grant

bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messenger / A Night at Birdland, vol 1 / Mayreh / Blue Note / 2.21.54
Joe Newman / At Count Basie's / The Midgets / Mercury / live, Count Basie's Lounge 1961
Neal Hefti / The Band with Young Ideas / Sure Thing / Coral / early 1950s
The Ramblers Dance Orch / Alabama Swing / Decca [unreleased] / Casino Hamdorff, Laren, The Netherlands 11.33
Little Jack Little / I'm Shooting High / Columbia / 12.23.35
Mr. "Google-Eyes" August / Oh Ho Doodle Lu / Duke / Houston 7.14.54 / with Johnny Otis Band
Betty Carter / Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant / Moonlight in Vermont / Epic / 5.13, 16.55

set 2
Shelly Manne / My Fair Lady / With a Little Bit of Luck / Contemporary / LA 8.17.56
Russ Freeman / Quartet / Lush Life / Pacific Jazz / 11.6.56
Gray Gordon & his Tic-Toc Rhythm Orch / Annabelle / radio transcription / 1939
Walter Barnes & his Royal Creolians / If You're Thinking of Me / Brunswick / Chicago 7.25.29
Alice Faye / Sittin' Up, Waitin' for You / radio broadcast / 12.21.33
Orquesta America del 55 / Clases de Cha-Cha-Cha / Poco Pelo / Panart / Havana 1955
Barbara George / I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) / Since I Fell for You / A.F.O. / 1962

set 3
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Strikes / Mid-Nite Oil / Prestige / 9.15.64
Prestige Blues-Swingers / Outskirts of Town / Blue Flute / Prestige / 8.29.58
Vido Musso Orch / Checkerboard / Trilon / LA 8.47
Sarah Vaughn / I'm Crazy to Love You / Columbia / 12.21.49
Steve Gibson & the Red Caps / Wedding Bells are Breaking up That Old Gang of Mine / Mercury / 9.47
Frank D'Rone / In Person / My One and Only Love / Mercury / live, hungry i, San Francisco 1962

set 4
Jimmy Raney / In Three Attitudes / Strike Up the Band / ABC-Paramount / 1956
Corky Hale / Gene Norman Presents Corky Hale / Autumn in New York / GNP / 6.27.56
Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra / medley: Among My Souvenirs; September Song; As Time Goes By / radio broadcast: General Electric Presents The Bing Crosby Show / LA 3.21.54
Little Milton / Sings Big Blues / Fever / Checker / Chicago 6.3.66
Pilgrim Travelers / I Never Knew Joy Before / Specialty / Hollywood 12.21.51

last soul song
Gene Chandler / River of Tears / Checker / Chicago 1968

A Playlist is a Wish Your Heart Makes

The Annex, September 4, 2009, Angelynn Grant

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Michel Legrand / soundtrack to A Matter of Innocence aka Pretty Polly / Decca / Hollywood 1967

set 1
Boris Karloff / The Ugly Duckling and Other Tales of Hans Christian Andersen / The Fir-Tree / Caedmon TC 1109 / 1959

set 2
Hugo Peretti & his Orch / 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea / Childcraft Records no. 55 (Mercury) / narrated by Gilbert Mack
Patti Page / Nobody Likes a Crybaby / Playcraft Records no. 28 (Mercury) / with Jack Rael & his Orch
unknown / They're Wearing 'Em Higher in Hawaii / Little Wonder no, 495
Patti Page / The Froggie Love Song / Playcraft Records no. 28 (Mercury) / with Jack Rael & his Orch
unknown / At the Ball That's All / Little Wonder no, 61

set 3
Uncle Lumpy with Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians / Little Orley, his Adventures with The Bubble Gum, The Cricket, The Haunted House, The Bull Fiddle / Decca 88013 / stories and music by Lumpy Brannum aka Mr Green Jeans from Captain Kangaroo

last kiddie record
unknown / The City Mouse and the Country Mouse / Victor 212A



The Annex, August 14, 2009, Angelynn Grant

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Michel Legrand / soundtrack to A Matter of Innocence (aka Pretty Polly) / Decca / 1967

Art Gentry / Play-a-Long Songs, side 1 / Caravan Records / with orch & sound effects; arranged & edited by Hecky Krasno & Peter Steele / 1949 / Art Gentry was in The Four Eton Boys and was the grandfather of Matt Lauer
Susan Reed / Mary Doodle, side 1 / Children's Record Guild ("For Creative Children Whose Parents Want Them to Love, Understand and Grow with Good Music") / early 1950s
Art Gentry / Play-a-Long Songs, side 2 / Caravan Records
Susan Reed / Mary Doodle, side 2 / Children's Record Guild / early 1950s
B. Landeck [Beatrice Landeck] / Grandfather's Farm, side 1 / Children's Record Guild / early 1950s / not too coincidentally, I own Landeck's book More Songs to Grow On because it has illustrations by renowned album cover artist David Stone Martin; DSM, however, did not do the illustrations for any of my CRG kiddie records
Unknown / Cinderella See-Read-Hear book + record / A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes / Disneyland / 1965
Eugene Lowell Singers / Pinocchio, sides 1, 2, & 4 / Children's Record Guild / early 1950s
Jack Gilford / Winnie the Pooh: 17 Songs from The Pooh Song Book / Cottleston Pie; Lines Written By a Bear with a Very Little Brain / Golden Records / 1952
Thurl Ravenscroft / Barnaby's Songs [from Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland] / Castle in Spain / Disneyland / 1961
Unknown / Barnaby's Songs [from Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland] / Just a Whisper Away / Disneyland / 1961
Thurl Ravenscroft / Barnaby's Songs [from Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland] / We Won't Be Happy Till We Get It / Disneyland / 1961
Unknown / Barnaby's Songs [from Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland] / I Can't Do the Sum / Disneyland / 1961
Mitch Miller & the Sandpipers / Romper Room Do Bee Songs, side 1 / Golden Records
Gene Autry / Where Did My Snowman Go? / Columbia / 1953 / with the Mitchell Choirboys, orch conducted by Carl Cotner
Unknown / The Ugly Bug Ball / side B, Femininity / Disneyland / 1963

Poor Little Rich Playlist

Coffeetime, October 9, 2009, Angelynn Grant

bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004

set 1
Art Taylor / Taylor's Tenors / Cape Millie / New Jazz / 6.3.59
Louis Smith / Here Comes Louis Smith / South Side / Blue Note / 2.4.57
Claude Thornhill & his Orch / Poor Little Rich Girl / radio transcription / 1947
Whispering Jack Smith / Miss Annabelle Lee / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex, England 1.12.28
Frank Haywood / Now or Never / Apollo [unissued] / 2.27.46 / with Monroe Tucker & his All Stars
Dinah Washington / I Remember Clifford / EmArcy / 10.4.57

set 2
Milt Jackson / Bags Opus / I Remember Clifford / United Artists / 12.28-29.58
Yusef Lateer / The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef / From Within / Riverside / 5.9.60
Big Jay McNeely / Serenade in Blue / radio transcription / live, Birdland 3.7.53
Fats Waller & his Rhythm & Orch / Really Fine / Bluebird / 3.16.42
Mildred Baily / Ain't That Good News / Vocalion / 9.21.39 / with Alec Wilder's Orch & the Charioteers
Gordon Macrae / [Sings with Walter Gross' Orch] / Oh, But I Do / Musicraft [Allegro] / 1946
Mary Stallings / Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings / It Ain't Necessarily So / Fantasy / LA 5.19.61

set 3
Billy Taylor / Billy Taylor with Four Flutes / Back Home / Riverside / 7.20.59
Sonny Stitt / Thou Swell / Phoenix [unissued] / live , Hi Hat, Boston 2.11.54
Earl Hines Orch / Everything Depends on You / Bluebird / 1941 / vocal = Madeline Green & The Boys
Bob Zurke & his Delta Rhythm Band / [Tom Cat on the Keys] / Rhum-Boogie/ RCA Victor / 1940 [1955] / vocal = Evelyn Poe
Bob Stewart / Let's Talk About Love / Stardust / Dawn / 1956

set 4
Chico Hamilton / South Pacific in Hi-Fi / This Nearly Was Mine / Pacific Jazz / LA 1958
Shorty Rogers & his Giants / Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers / Mimi / RCA Victor / 1957
Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers / Dinah [take B] / soundtrack to The Big Broadcast / Hollywood 12.16.31
King Cole Trio / Flo and Joe / radio transcription / live, public concert, LA 1949
Valerie Carr / Ev'ry Hour Ev'ry Day of My Life / I'll Be Around / Roulette / 1959
The Chosen Gospel Singers / The Lifeboat is Coming / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 4.28.54

last soul song
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye / Diana & Marvin / My Mistake / Motown / LA 1973

Playlist in the Rain

Coffeetime, October 2, 2009, Angelynn Grant

bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004

set 1
Tina Brooks / Back to the Tracks / Ruby & the Pearl / Blue Note [unissued - Mosaic] / 10.20.60
Steve Allen / Jazz for Tonight / S'posin / Coral / LA 12.5.55
Eddie South / Fiddle Ditty / Chess [unissued] / Chicago 1956
Horace Henderson & his Orch / Ain't Cha Glad / Parlophone / Chicago 10.3.33
Geraldo & his Orch / Indian Summer / Columbia / London early 40s / vocal = Cyril Grantham
Peggy Lee / September in the Rain / MacGregor transcription / LA 1.45
Joe Liggins & his Honeydrippers / Walkin' / Exclusive / LA 1946
Doris Day / Day By Day / Autumn Leaves / Columbia / LA 1956 / with Paul Weston & His Music From Hollywood

set 2
Mile Davis / Blue Moods / Nature Boy / Debut / 7.9.55
Joe Thomas & his Orch / Blue Shadows / King / Cincinnati 3.20.50
Alex Combelle et son Orch / Deux Pieds Gauches / Swing / Paris 10.21.40
Blind Willie Dunn aka Eddie Lang/ (Norfolk) Church Street Sobbin' Blues / Okeh / 11.17.28 / Lang is without Lonnie Johnson, but joined by Frank Signorelli on piano and Justin Ring on chimes
Johnny Mercer / G. I. Jive / radio transcription AFRS #61 / Hollywood c. 12.43 / with Cee Pee Johnson & his Orch and master of ceremonies Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman
Miguel Aceves Mejía / Mexican Folk Songs / Serenata Hausteca / RCA Victor / 1955

set 3
Gene Ammons / Live! in Chicago / Falling in Love with Love / Prestige / DJ Lounge, Chicago 8.29.61
George Benson / It's Uptown / Clockwise / Columbia / 1965
Johnny Hodges & his Orch / Jump That's All / Vogue / Paris 4.15.50
Benny Carter & his Orch / Chilpancingo / Reina / LA 1948 / vocal = Bob Decker
The Syncopaters / Rivers Stay Away from My Door / National / 10.49
Sammy Davis Jr / California Suite / A Stranger in Town / Reprise / LA late 1963 / arranged by Marty Paich

set 4
Chet Baker / Chet Baker Big Band / Phil's Blues / Pacific Jazz / LA 10.18.56
Lennie Niehaus / Lennie Niehaus Quintet with Strings / Full House / Contemporary / LA 3.30.55
Machito & his Orch / Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite: Mambo II / Verve / 12.21.50 / with Charlie Parker
Casa Loma Orch / Washboard Blues / Brunswick / 3.16.32 / vocal = Connee Boswell
Ann Cole / That's Enough / Sir / 1959
The Elite Jewels / Ride On King Jesus / Cleveland late 1940s

last soul song
Tony Joe White / Black and White / Wichita Lineman / Monument / Muscle Shoals, Alabama 1969