Happy Playlist Stomp

Wonder what Jimmy and Frank said to you, Bobby…

Coffeetime, September 26, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Roy Brooks / Beat / Soulsphere / Workshop Jazz / 1964 / Blue Mitchell t, Junior Cook ts, George Bohanon tb, Hugh Lawson p, Eugene Taylor b, Brooks d
Dave Burns / Dave Burns / Something Easy / Vanguard / 6.62 / Burns t, Herbie Morgan ts, Kenny Barron p, Steve Davis b, Edgar Bateman d
Roy Johnson’s Happy Pals / Happy Pal Stomp / Okeh / Richmond, VA 8.15.29
Ben Selvin & his Orchestra (also issued under pseudonyms Chester Leighton & his Sophomores and Golden Terrace Orchestra) / Makin’ Faces at the Man in the Moon / Okeh / 6.18.31 / vocal = Eddie Walters
Rabon Tarrant / Opus Boogie / Apollo / LA 8.45 / with Jack McVea & his All Stars: Teddy Buckner t, Jack McVea ts, Bob Mosley p, Gene Phillips g, Frank Clarke b, Tarrant d & voc
Peggy Connelly / It Never Entered My Mind / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1.56 / with Russ Garcia & the Wigville Band; fabulous cover design by Burt Goldblatt (as with many Bethlehem records in this show) 

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

set 2
John Coltrane / Soultrane / Theme for Ernie / Prestige / 2.7.58 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soultrane
Dorothy Ashby / Hip Harp / Moonlight in Vermont / Prestige / 3.21.58 
Buck Clayton & Buddy Tate / Buck & Buddy / When a Woman Loves a Man / Prestige Swingville / 12.20.60
Walter Huston / September Song / Brunswick / 1938 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra
Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, & Bobby Long / I Believe / from the MGM movie It Happened in Brooklyn / Hollywood 1947 
Frankie Laine / One for My Baby / Necessary Evil / Columbia / 1951 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra

set 3
Brother Jack McDuff & David Newman / Double Barrelled Soul / Sunny / Atlantic / 8.9.67 
John Wright / South Side Soul / South Side Soul / Prestige / 8.30.60 
Charlie Parker / Crazeology / Dial / 12.17.47 
Frank Masters & his Orchestra / Harbor of Dreams / Okeh / 1941 / vocal = Phyllis Myles
The Four Knights / A Few Kind Words / Capitol / 1953 / solo = Gene Alford 
Johnny Holiday / Holiday for Lovers / How Long Has This Been Going On / Mode / Hollywood 9.57 / with Marty Paich Octet: Paich cel, Herb Geller as & cl, Ronnie Lang bs & cl, Bob Enevoldsen tb, Vince De Rosa fh, Jack Sheldon t, Max Bennett b, Mel Lewis d

set 4
Max Bennett / Max Bennett / Rubberneck / Bethlehem / 12.14.55 / Charlie Mariano as, Frank Rosolino tb, Claude Williamson p, Bennett b, Stan Levey d; composed by Rosolino
Joe Puma / Joe Puma / Pumatic / Bethlehem / 1955 / Puma & Barry Galbraith g, Don Elliott vb, Vinnie Burke b, Teddy Sommer d
Russ Garcia / Wigville / Then the Lid Blew Off / Bethlehem / 1955 
Peggy Lee / The Way You Look Tonight / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 5.14.46 / with celeste!; with Buddy Cole’s Four of a Kind: Dave Barbour g, Phil Stephens b, Edwin "Buddy" Cole cel, Tommy Romersa d 
King Cole Trio / Too Marvelous for Words / Capitol / Hollywood 4.11.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Sam Cooke / My Kind of Blues / Exactly Like You / RCA Victor / 5.61
The Southland Jubilee Singers (aka The Four Knights) / You Go, I’ll Go with You / Lang-Worth Transcription / c. 1945

last soulful song
The Montclairs / Hung Up on Your Love / Paula / 1973

Lost & Found: Drowning in the Playlist of Love

Not many sparkle like Chaka Khan.

Lost & Found, September 26, 2025, Angelynn Grant

intro: Little Sister / Somebody’s Watching You / Stone Flower / 1970

set 1
Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters / A Quiet Place / United Artists / 1964
Stacy Johnson / Remove My Doubts / Sony / 1963 / produced by Ike & Tina Turner; written by Ike
The Contours / That Day When She Needed Me / Gordy / 1964
Major Lance / Please Don’t Say No More / Okeh / 1964
The Ethics / Sad, Sad, Story / Vent / 1969
Ralfi Pagan / El Hijo De Mamá / Fania / 1969

bed
Leith Stevens & Stu Phillips / Soundtrack to the Columbia Pictures movie The Interns / Pitcher of Martinis / Colpix / 1962

set 2
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston / I Want You ’Round / Tamla / 1964
The Lollipops / Step Aside Baby / Impact / 1966
Mary Wells / Your Old Stand By / Motown / 1963
The Joys of Life / Good Times Are Over / Columbia / 1967
The Independents / Lucky Fellow / Wand [unissued] / 1973

bed
David McCallum / Music: A Bit More of Me / Call Me / Capitol / 1967

set 3
Lori & Lance / I Don’t Have to Worry / Federal / 1969
The Soul Children / Give ’Em Love / Stax / 1968
Willie Mitchell / It’s Dance-Time With Willie Mitchell / Fever / Hi / 1965
The Marvellos / Don’t Play With My Heart / Warner Brothers / 1967
William Bell / I’ll Show You / Stax / 1963
The Presidents / I Want My Baby / DeLuxe / 1969

bed
Santi Latora / Mo’plen Bacharach [La Douce] / The Look of Love / Durium / 1970

set 4
Ponderosa Twins + One / Bound / Astroscope / 1971
Charlene & the Soul Serenaders / Love Changes / Volt / 1970
The Dramatics / In the Rain / Volt / 1972
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles / More Love / Tamla / 1967

bed
Little Milton / Friend of Mine [instrumental] / Glades / 1973

set 5
Smokey Robinson & Mary Wells / I Want You ’Round / Tamla [unissued] / 1963
Friday, Saturday and Sunday / There Must Be a Better Way / Dig / 1971
Satisfaction Unlimited / Think of the Children / Let’s Change the Subject / Hot Wax / 1972
Darrow Fletcher / Those Hanging Heartaches / Revue / 1968
The Free Movement / I’ve Found Someone of My Own / Decca / 1971

bed
The Mustang / Dance to Swing Organ / Undergrad / Somerset / 1965

set 6
The Constellations / I Don’t Know About You / Gemini Star / 1968
The Innersection / Let Me Love Yuh / Group 5 Records / 1975
The Friends of Distinction / Whatever / Check It Out / RCA Victor / 1969 / Tavares had the hit with this in 1973
The Independents / I Love You, Yes I Do / Wand / 1972

bed
Isaac Hayes / Tough Guys (soundtrack to Three Tough Guys) / Kidnapped / Enterprise (Stax) / 1974

set 7
Jesse Anderson / Let Me Back In / Thomas / 1970
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes / You Know How to Make Me Feel So Good / Philadelphia International Records / 1975 / featuring Sharon Paige; written & produced by Kenneth Gamble And Leon Huff
Joe Simon / Drowning in the Sea of Love / Spring Records / 1971
Rufus / Street Player / Street Player / ABC Records / 1978 / featuring Chaka Khan

last found soulful song
Gene Chandler / Simply Call It Love / Mercury / 1970

Blame It on My Playlist

Billy, can I borrow those cool slacks sometime?

Coffeetime, September 19, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Bill English / Bill English / 222 / Vanguard / 1963
Donald Byrd & Gigi Gryce / Modern Jazz Perspective / Stablemates / Columbia / 9.5.57
Eddie Cole’s Solid Swingers / Thunder / Decca / Chicago 7.28.36
The Revelers / Lucky Day / Victor / 7.14.26
Annisteen Allen & her Home Town Boys / I Want a Man (Who’s Gonna Do Right) / Queen / 12.20.45
Anita O’Day / At Mister Kelly’s / I Have a Reason for Living / Verve / Chicago 4.27.58

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

set 2
John Lewis & Sacha Distel / Afternoon in Paris / Willow Weep for Me / Atlantic / Paris 12.56
Art Farmer / When Farmer Met Gryce / The Infants Song / Prestige / 5.26.55
Jo Jones / The Jo Jones Special / Lover Man / Vanguard / 1955
Peggy Lee / Aren’t You Glad You’re You / Capitol / Hollywood 4.49
T-Bone Walker / I’m Still in Love with You / Comet / LA 12.29.47 / Walker g, Jack Trainor t, Bumps Myers ts, Willard McDaniel p, Billy Hadnott b, Oscar Lee Bradley d
Dean Martin / I’d Cry Like a Baby / Capitol / Hollywood 12.24.53 / with Dick Stabile & his Orchestra

set 3
Ike Quebec / Bossa Nova Soul Samba / Me ’n’ You / Blue Note / 10.5.62
Bill Harris / Jazz Guitar [The Harris Touch] / Midnight Blue / Mercury [EmArcy] / 5.2.57 / composed by Harris & James Moody; Hank Jones celeste!
James Moody / Bootsie / Royal Roost / Paris 7.27.51
The Basin Street Boys / Nothing Ever Happens to Me / Exclusive / LA late 1945 / with the Eddie Beal Trio (including Lucky Thompson)
Jo Stafford / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / CBS radio show, The Carnation Contented Hour (AFRS Melody Hour #332) / Hollywood 9.3.50 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra 
Earl Coleman / Earl Coleman Returns / Reminiscing / Prestige / 6.8.56

set 4
Bob Cooper / Coop!: The Music of Bob Cooper / Fourth Variation: Saturday Dance / Contemporary / LA 8.27.57
Quincy Jones / Go West, Man! / No Bones at All / ABC-Paramount / LA 2.57
Billy Taylor Quartet / I Don’t Ask Questions, I Just Have Fun / HRS / 6.47 / vocal = Taylor
Nat King Cole & his Trio / After Midnight / Blame It on My Youth / Capitol / Hollywood 9.21.56
Swan Silvertones / The Swan Silvertones / Come Out of the Wilderness / Vee Jay / 1959

last soulful song
Billy Butler / Careless Heart / Brunswick / 1967

I’m the Lonesomest Playlist in Town

Nat, where’s Oscar?

Coffeetime, September 12, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Horace Silver / Silver’s Blue / Shoutin’ Out / Epic / 7.17.56 
Lee Morgan / Lee Morgan [1541] / Latin Hangover / Blue Note / 12.2.56
Cliff Jackson & his Crazy Kats / Soubrette / Grey Gull / 2.27.30
Little Jack Little / With Every Breath I Take / Columbia / 10.25.34
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Hey! Now Let's Live / Decca [unissued] / 3.1.44
Carmen McRae / Book of Ballads / The Thrill Is Gone / Kapp / 1958

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

set 2
Max Roach / Max / That Ole Devil Love / Argo / Chicago 1.14.58 / produced by Holmes “Daddy-O” Daylie 
Kenny Burrell / Kenny Burrell / All of You / Prestige / 2.1.57
Les Jazz Modes / Les Jazz Modes / Goodbye / Dawn / 2.56
Gene Austin / (I’ve Grown So Lonesome) Thinking of You / Victor / 12.31.26 / with Abel Baer p
Ethel Merman / You’re a Builder Upper / Brunswick / 10.8.34 / with Johnny Green & his Orchestra
Ivory Joe Hunter / Mean Woman Blues / Pacific / San Francisco 2.47
Jerry Colonna / Jerry Colonna Entertains at Your Party / I Came to Say Goodbye / Bravo! / 1959

set 3
Curtis Fuller / Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns / A-Drift / New Jazz / 5.18.57
Barry Harris / Preminado / My Heart Stood Still / Riverside / 1.19.61
Gene Krupa & his Orchestra / Side by Side / Columbia / 1.23.42 / vocal = Anita O’Day

The Four Vagabonds / Ask Anyone Who Knows / Apollo / 3.24.47 
Bobby Short / Speaking of Love: The Songs of Bobby Short / Easy Come, Easy Go / Atlantic / 1958

set 4
Jack Sheldon / Jack’s Groove / Green Dolphin Street / GNP / LA 7.57
Bob Enevoldsen / Bob Enevoldsen Quintet [Reflections in Jazz] / Iron Works / Tampa / LA 8.8.55
Bud Shank / Blowin’ Country / Love Nest / Pacific Jazz / LA 1.21.58
The Charioteers / Careless Love / NBC Reference Recording, transcription / 1942
Kay Starr / I’m the Lonesomest Gal in Town / Capitol / Hollywood 9.11.47
Nat King Cole / That Sunday, That Summer / BBC TV broadcast, An Evening With Nat King Cole / London 7.63 / with the Cliff Adams Singers and the Ted Heath Orchestra 
Delta Rhythm Boys / Keep On to Galilee / radio transcription / 1941

last soulful song
Fontella Bass / Sweet Lovin’ Daddy / Checker / Chicago 1967
Peggy Woods / You Better Be Good to My Baby / Kent [unissued] / LA c. 1968

New Playlist in the Sky

Mickey’s happy to see he’s the featured image on the blog again.

Coffeetime, September 5, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Sonny Clark / Leapin’ and Lopin’ / Somethin’ Special / Blue Note / 11.13.61
Gene Ammons / Jammin’ in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons / Four / Prestige / 7.13.56
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra / Got a Feelin’ for You / Okeh / 3.21.29 / vocal = Smith Ballew
Little Esther / Other Lips, Other Arms / Federal / Cincinnati 1.27.51 / with Earle Warren Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald / I’ve Got a Crush on You / Decca / 9.11.50 / with Ellis Larkins on piano

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

set 2
Teddy Edwards / Nothin’ But the Truth! / But Beautiful / Prestige / 12.13.66
Gigi Gryce / Reminiscin’ / Reminiscing / Mercury / 11.10.60
Garland Wilson / Tenderly / HMV / London 3.16.51
Bandanna Girls [Mozelle France & Mae Hopkins] / Part Time Papa / Decca / 1.24.39
Jo Stafford / Smoke Dreams / Capitol / Hollywood 3.26.47 / with the Starlighters & celeste!
Honey Brown / Lonesome and Mistreated / Derby / 1951 / with Freddie Mitchell Orchestra
Fred Astaire / New Sun in the Sky / Clef / Hollywood 12.52 / Oscar Peterson p, Barney Kessel g, Ray Brown b, Alvin Stoller d

set 3
Wayne Shorter / Juju / Yes or No / Blue Note / 8.3.64
Oliver Nelson / Nocturne / Azure-té / Prestige Moodsville 13 / 8.23.60
Lynn Hope / Tenderly / Premium / Chicago 4.50
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / One Umbrella for Two / Victor / 10.18.35 / vocal = Cliff Weston
The Ravens / You’re Always in My Dreams / Columbia / 10.30.50
Joe Mooney / Lush Life / Nina Never Knew / Atlantic / 1958

set 4
Shorty Rogers / Shorty Rogers Courts the Count / Basie Eyes / RCA Victor / LA 2.2.54 / Rogers t & arr, Curtis Counce b, Bud Shank bs, 
Barney Kessel / Poll Winners Three! / It’s All Right with Me / Contemporary / 11.2.59
Howard Rumsey / Lighthouse All-Stars, Volume 4 – Oboe/Flute / A Bit of Basie / Contemporary / Hermosa Beach, Calif 9.25.54 / Bud Shank fl, Bob Cooper oboe, Claude Williamson p, Rumsey b, Max Roach d
King Cole Trio / I Thought You Ought to Know / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Mickey Rooney, Bill Lee, & Marshall Thompson / Manhattan / soundtrack to Words and Music / MGM / Hollywood 1948 / with Roger Edens on piano; Bill Lee dubs for Tom Drake
Percy Mayfield & his Orchestra / Strange Things Happening / Specialty / Hollywood 1950
Golden Gate Quartet / Didn’t Old Pharaoh Get Lost / radio broadcast, NBC Thesaurus #1044 / c. 2.42

last soulful song

Barbara Lynn / I'm a One Man Woman / Atlantic / 1971