Friday, October 27, 2023

Heigh Ho! Playlist Heigh-Ho!

Screenshot from black & white TV broadcast of The Ed Sullivan Show showing Jackie Wilson, in a suit and tie, singing in front of the stage curtain and his right hand is over his chest. He has a smiling face as he sings.
Hand to heart: we love you, Jackie!

Coffeetime, October 27, 2023, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Shelly Manne / Shelly Manne & his Men at the Black Hawk, volume 4 / Cabu / Contemporary / Black Hawk, San Francisco 9.24.59
Art Blakey’s Messengers / Blakey / Salute to the Bandbox [aka Salute to Birdland] / EmArcy / 5.20.54
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra / Stomp / Victor / 2.8.37 
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Heigh Ho! Ev’rybody, Heigh-Ho! / Victor / 6.3.29
Mabel Scott / Have You Ever Watched Love Die? / King [unissued] / 1950
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong / Ella and Louis Again / Autumn in New York / Verve / Hollywood summer 1957 

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

set 2
Ike Quebec / [Easy Living - not released] / Nancy (With the Laughing Face) / Blue Note / 1.20.62 
Julius Watkins / Julius Watkins Sextet, Volume 2 / Julie Ann / Blue Note / 3.20.55
Pete Rugolo & his All Stars / Out On a Limb / Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / EmArcy / LA 7.9.56 
Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) & his Hot Combination / Sunday / Perfect / 10.21.26
Ella Mae Morse / Cow Cow Boogie / radio transcription, AFRS Command Performance #27 / Hollywood 8.18.42 / with host Cary Grant and Freddie Slack & his Orchestra
Irene Reid / It’s Too Late / Big Spender / Verve / 1966 / arranged & conducted by Frank Foster

set 3
David “Fathead” Newman / Fathead Comes On / Scufflin’ / Atlantic / 12.9.61 
Kenny Burrell / Kenny Burrell / All of You / Prestige / 2.1.57
Pete Johnson & Hadda Brooks / Swings the Boogie / Boogie Celeste / Crown / 1958
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / Gloomy Sunday / Victor / 3.3.40 / vocal = Pauline Byrne
The Ravens / Leave My Gal Alone / National / 1.27.49
Bobby Short / Sing Me a Swing Song / Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up / Atlantic / 1957

set 4
Sal Salvador / Tribute to the Greats / Four Brothers / Bethlehem / 6.3-5.57
Jack Sheldon / Jack's Groove / Green Dolphin Street / GNP / LA 7.57
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / Frenesi / Victor / 3.3.40
Connee Boswell & Bing Crosby / Basin Street Blues / Brunswick / Hollywood 9.25.37 
King Cole Trio / Live at the Circle Room / Oh, But I Do / radio transcription, WEMP / Hotel LaSalle, Milwaukee 9.25.46
Jackie Wilson / Lonely Teardrops / The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS / live 5.27.62 
R.H. Harris & the Soul Stirrers / Does Jesus Care? / Aladdin / 12.48  

last soulful song
Dusty Springfield / Spooky / Philips / London 1970