vintage music!

[Nathan Dodge]

Lately it's been:

Fred Astaire: Many of the standards were written with him in mind.

Jimmie Lunceford: A little "Sweet" with some of the vocals, but otherwise great.

Fletcher Henderson: I am really loving this! (I know of the Goodman connection)

 

[Girl Friday]

Lately I have been on a Gene Autry, Marty Robins, Patsy Cline, and the Carter Family kick. yee haw!

We saw a Tribute to The Rat Pack Saturday at the Bass Performance Hall on Saturday, so now I have Fly Me to the Moon stuck in my head!

 

[Wild Root]

My play list is..

As of late, it's been the Boswell Sisters and Jack Hylton... good late 20's and early 30's stuff! Can't forget the young Bing as well, his early work is amazing!

=WR=

 

[Cousin Hepcat]

As of late, it's been the Boswell Sisters and Jack Hylton... good late 20's and early 30's stuff! Can't forget the young Bing as well, his early work is amazing!

=WR=

Speakin' of which, backslid recently & got these on my doorstep last week, among others...

.

(Good thing I've stayed off the lounge recently; A Miller vs Goodman debate made me start listening to Miller clips online, then go buy about a dozen of the somewhat more obscure Millers, along w/ these two Bings well at $2 a pop w/s&h, can't complain)


Swing High,
- C H

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Just today I got my Frances Langford CD in the mail. I've yet to hear this wonderful songbird, but I'm sure I will not be unimpressed since I'm a HUGE fan of female singers from the 1890s to the early 1940s.

In my purse right now I have:
Dick Powell
Jane Green
Lee Wiley
Busby Berkeley Soundtrack
Marion Harris
Hits of '20
Hits of '33
Hits of '39
Pop Music The Early Years: 1890 to 1950

Yes, I have a big purse! All of this music is on CD but that's ok with me. I'd LOVE to own a 78rpm player, but it'll never happen The only time I ever really get to listen to music anyway is when I driving so CDs are perfect for me. I ADORE the surface noise that these CDs still contain -- I really hate it when they try to cover it up with that static air and/or heavy bass (my Helen Kane CD suffers from this!) I'm probably in the minority, but just leave the scratches, please! It lets me IMAGINE I'm listening to vinyl!!

 

[Brian Sheridan]

I dig the "1920's Radio Network" on my Itunes radio station. Dismuke also has a great stream.

Again, I love the irony of using high-tech, futuristic equipment to listen to vintage recordings.

BRS

 

[LadyStardust]

Of course I love all the very famous music--Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, et. al. I'm also wonderfully fond of Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael.

My favorites though are early jazz and swing, Annette Hanshaw, being at the top of my list. I also love Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, Ben Selvin, Ray Noble, Al Bowlly, Whispering Jack Smith, Helen Forrest, and also going way back, Billy Murray, Eileen Stanley, Ada Jones, Ed Smallee, American Quartet, and Peerless Quartet. I'm also fonder of vintage barbershop quartets than anyone I know, and right now, there's this one I love listening to, Del Monico Four, that seem to be very obscure, but I think they're just about the best ever. The bass part is simply phenomenal. Gives you chills.

 

[Kim_B]

Lately I've been listening to a lot of Patsy Cline (her voice gives me chills), Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, and Ruth Brown. I also have a collection of CDs titled "Rock and Roll Era" and have 1954-1961 programmed on my iPod.

 

[Lady Day]

Lady Day is my favorite singer of all time, but I find Ella a smoother lighter listen.

I also LOVE just about any 50s doo wop I can find. I have a lot, and a friend just gave me more! They cranked those songs out like gang busters, but most of those groups could sang'!

LD

 

[dhermann1]

Singers

If you like Billie Holiday, give a listen to Mildred Bailey. A lot of people point to Louis Armstrong as a strong influence on Billie's singing style, which is true. But listen to little old Mildred Bailey and you'll hear a lot that with into Lady Day's style as well. Can't beat Ella. But also check out Ivy Anderson, Joya Sherrill, Maxine Sullivan. MANY great artists of that day with not quite the fame of some bigger nmes, but still very great.

 

[Parallel Guy]

Hope this is the right thread for this post. Apologies, if not.

Anybody have any idea how to find out the month and year popular songs came out? Currently, I'm trying to track 1945 songs, but can't seem to Google the magic words. Ideas?

 

[onlyoneintown]

Nat King Cole

Did you guys know he sang in Spanish too? Thick accent but still he did it, its pretty good music too I was at a swampmeet in Chino when I heard a guy actually playing Big Band music I was surprised, I don't hear that every day. Anyways it turns out I got three Big Band Cds for 12 bucks a whole set (all the titles were in English and Spanish thats when I saw the Nat King Cole Cd and it was in Spanish! I quickly bought it it was great it turns out it was recorded in Mexico ( sorry if i went on guys I get of track a lot. ) Anyhow I was curious to see if anyone knew he sang in Spanish.

 

[Steve]

I've been stuck on Cab Calloway lately. I love how infused some traditional soul into traditional big band and jazz. Great sound.

And just as a heads up to everyone, this site has a ton of the aforementioned artists recorded as wav files:
http://vintager02.tripod.com/

 

[LadyStardust]

At present, I've been listening to The Chordettes quite often. What a fun group they were! :eusa_clap Also been listening to a lot of The Browns.

 

[LizzieMaine]

A bunch of Alice Faye sides from 1935-37. Talk about your great forgotten singers!

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Really digging Lucille Bogan at the moment.
A fresh alternative to the sappily-sweet mainstream jazz I've been listening to

I still can't get enough Dick Powell, though :cool2:

 

[cookie]

My Faves at the Moment

I still like the early Miles Davis stuff and am very fond of some early stuff from Dave Brubeck that you can buy now for AUD10 a CD in the cheap shops.

An interesting DVD that a friend had of an early Rat Pack concert hosted by
Johnny Carson was also a hit around the house.

 

[big kahuna]

I vote for the following:

Thomas "Fats" Waller
Stephane Grappelli & Django
Joe Venuti (especially the '30s recording w/ Louis Prima
Louis Armstrong (Hot 5 and Hot 7 recordings)

Louis Jordan
Louis Prima/ Keely Smith