What are you listening to?

[martinsantos]

Tommy Dorsey, a 10" LP of songs by Dietz/Schwartz... Probably recorded in the begining of the 50s... Alone Together is a preferred song. The sound of Dorsey is unique.

 

[Alan-Eby]

BSO and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy for me today.

 

[Mike1939]

Artie Shaw: Begin the Beguine

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Who Stole the Kishka? - Frankie Yankovic and his Yanks

[video=youtube;Au_jJmsfdMs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au_jJmsfdMs[/video]

 

[LizzieMaine]

Radio to take a night off to work on stuff that absolutely has to be done by tomorrow by --

It's August 9, 1934 and Rudy Vallee's guests on the Fleischmann's Yeast Hour are the Saxon Sisters (an extremely Boswellesque trio, and not at all Teutonic sounding), classical pianist Ferdinand Himmelreich (OK, maybe he *does* sound Teutonic), comedian Milton Berle, who lectures on the importance of Clean Entertainment, character monologist Cornelia Otis Skinner, and in the week's dramatic sketch Robert Armstrong and Lila Lee with a dandy bit of private eye/blackmail stuff revolving around a hidden recording machine. Given that Rudy's upcoming divorce case would make use of just such a device, you have to think he was paying close attention.

 

[MD_SPencer]

John Coltrane - Ballads

On Vinyl!

 

[carouselvic]

Christmas In The Trenches

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9coPzDx6tA&feature=related

 

[Wally_Hood]

The Plot to Overthrow Christmas, by Norman Corwin. Amazing poetry acrobatics.

 

[MissMittens]

I'm listening to my online Christmas station. 90% of which is 30's-late 40's Christmas music I've digitized over the years, some even from recording some of my 78's. Anyone can listen at http://whitechristmasradio.com

It's commercial free btw. 10% or less is contemporary Christmas music, just songs that I personally like or people have requested. Comments and criticisms welcome.

 

[HadleyH]

**warning**

Only for die hard lovers of mid 1920s music , not for the rest... they would never understand not in a hundred years.


[video=youtube;iZgdetHqtL4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZgdetHqtL4[/video]

Paul...

 

[MissMittens]

**warning**

Only for die hard lovers of mid 1920s music , not for the rest... they would never understand not in a hundred years.

Not a die hard 20's lover, but it's not bad at all. Most of what I have from that era is 1914-1924, the majority of which are comedy or opera, and a few "race" records as they were called back then. I have very few ballads from that era......need to expand my collection

 

[HadleyH]

Not a die hard 20's lover, but it's not bad at all. Most of what I have from that era is 1914-1924, the majority of which are comedy or opera, and a few "race" records as they were called back then. I have very few ballads from that era......need to expand my collection

Good to know that a few of us do appreciate songs of this period!

 

[MissMittens]

Good to know that a few of us do appreciate songs of this period!

One of my favorite ballads is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJaGZ4p5wc4

The funniest song I've probably ever heard from that period is this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8htITKV0FA

 

[RadioWave]

So I guess we're on a '20s kick tonight. Great posts! I just listened to Red Nichols "That's A Plenty" and Eddie Cantor's "Makin' Whoopie" - it always makes me laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kisV-Q0Uv9U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANRPmTZRqkg

 

[HadleyH]

So I guess we're on a '20s kick tonight. .........Eddie Cantor's "Makin' Whoopie" - it always makes me laugh.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANRPmTZRqkg

I love that movie "Whoopie" 1930s with Eddie Cantor, and that's a great song.

My favorite song from that movie is this, and this is also my favorite version from of that song ever!! "My Baby Just Cares For Me"

I hope i won't be banned from fedora for posting this not politically correct Golden Age version, my favorite ever! Eddie Cantor was so good!:eusa_clap

[video=youtube;D-EXfxLitAo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-EXfxLitAo[/video]

 

[RadioWave]

Wow, I figured the song would be recognized, but I didn't expect to run into someone who'd actually seen the movie! If you want to know non-PC, my high-school (Eastern Long Island) evidently did their last minstrel-show in 1964...

I have Al Jolson stuck in my head. Robins, indeed...

 

[HadleyH]

Wow, I figured the song would be recognized, but I didn't expect to run into someone who'd actually seen the movie! .....

Its all in the delivery of the song and Eddie Cantor does it in a superb way. .... and yes "Whoopie" is a classic, colorized and all! Fun movie!

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Some interesting Listening to be had here! Masters of Melody British radio orchestras of the 30;s 40s and 50's

http://www.mastersofmelody.co.uk/

 

[MissMittens]

I dug out Cantor last night after your post........great song, sums up the era perfectly

 

[MissMittens]

Right now, listening to Christmas Bells at Eventide by Gracie Fields, 1930