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Norma Bruni – Notte [At Night] (Buzzacchi) Orchestra EIAR dir. Angelini, Cetra 1939 (Italian) NOTE: Norma BRUNI (born 1913 in Bologna, Italy - died 1971 in Milan, Italy) - Italian pop singer remembered for her exceptionally warm and original voice, extraordinary beauty and nonconformist personality. She was the most recognized diva of Italian song during the World War II years, called the Divine Norma or the Voice of Black Velvet. Her outstanding sensual interpretations infused a whole generation of Italian radio listeners with hypnotic...

Alina Bolechowska & Chór Czejanda (Czejand’s Choir) – Witaj gwiazdko złota! (Na niebios przestworze) [Welcome, O Golden Star! / On The Skies Above] Polish Christmas Carol (Z. Noskowski), Muza 1948 (Polish) TO ALL MY DEAR FRIENDS AND PARTICIPANTS IN THIS CHANNEL: HAPPY AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!!!! 2024 !!!!!!!!! NOTE: Alina BOLECHOWSKA (b. 1924 in Warsaw - d. 2002...

Six Jumping Jacks – Crazy Words-Crazy Tune (Vo-Do-De-O) Fox-Trot (Yellen – Ager) with Vocal trio by The Bonnie Laddies, Brunswick 1927 (USA) NOTE: Six Jumping Jacks was a group of studio musicians led by banjo virtuoso and dance band leader Harry Reser. It was one of many groups led by Harry Reser in the 1920s and was notable for its particularly innovative style. The Six Jumping Jacks played light, peppy music with a comic touch - this is what the general public considered jazz in the 1920s. Musicians such as trumpeters Tommy Gott and Earl...

Will Osborne singing with His Orchestra and with Morton Downey, Annette Hanshaw, Singin’ Sam – Say It Isn’t So, Perfect 1932 (USA) NOTE: Will OSBORNE (b. 1905 as William Osborne Oliphant in Toronto, Canada – d. 1981 in Santa Monica, CA) - Canadian-born American bandleader, trombonist and crooner. He began his musical career playing in local dance bands as a multi-instrumentalist (drums and cornet, trumpet, slide trombone). In 1924 Osborne formed his own dance orchestra, but had to wait until April 1929 to rise in popularity, when Rudy...

Chór Juranda – Czerwony Kapturek (Little Red Riding Hood), Slow-fox (Dan-Oldlen) Syrena-Electro 1935 (Polish) NOTE: It's a fun song sung by a group of men trying to remember how the fairy tale about Little Red Riding Hood runs. But they get it all mixed up: which way did the girl go, who did she meet on the way, a wolf or a bear, or maybe three bears, and what did she carry in a basket for her grandmother (one of the soloists claims she carried her vodka!). One singer keeps correcting the other and so another „nonsense song” is created - so...

The High Hatters dir. by Leonard Joy – I May Be Wrong (But I Think You’re Wonderful!) Fox-Trot from the Musical Comedy „Murray Anderson’s Almanac” (Harry Ruskin – Henry Sullivan) with Vocal refrain bt Frank Luther, Victor 1929 (USA) NOTE: The High Hatters were a Victor studio orchestra led by Leonard Joy – band leader and songwriter, a music director for Victor and later Decca Records. Joy directed a large number of dance orchestras for the company, including the Southerners, All String Orchestra, and many uncredited bands yet his most...

Odeon-Tanz-Orchester (Otto Dobrindt’s Band) – Adieu Mimi (Ralph Benatzky) Shimmy aus der Operette „Adieu Mimi” mit Gesang (with Vocal chorus) Odeon 1926 (German)NOTE: Otto DOBRINDT (b. 1886 in Henkendorf/West Prussia – d. 1963 in Berlin) German dance band leader and film composer. Dobrindt began as a recording director at the Carl Lindström AG record company, where he became chief recording director. From 1925, he recorded his own productions in various styles, from dance jazz to light promenade music, under various pseudonyms including...

Bert Lown & His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra - I'm So Aftaid Of You, Fox-Trot (Kalmar-Ruby) with Vocal chorus by Elmer Feldkamp, Victor 1931 (USA) NOTE: Here's one more rendition by the fabolous Bert Lown's Orchestra with vocal chorus by Elmer Feldkamp. Enjoy!

Adam ASTON & Ork. pod dyr. Henryka Warsa - Adios, Pasodoble (Wars-Włast) z teatru „Rex”, Syrena-Electro 1933 (Polish)NOTE: This hot pasodoble from Warsaw's music-hall "Rex" is performed by Adam Aston, accompanied by the ever-reliable bandleader and composer Henryk Wars. They are accompanied by photos and posters of several more and less famous dance venues in pre-war Poland.

Jack Shilkret’s Orchestra – Tell Me Yes, Tell Me No (Myers) Fox-Trot / Charleston, Victor 1925 (USA) NOTE: Here’s one more fabulous rendition from the hot madness of the charleston dance in USA, Europe and worldwide. Jack Shilkret - the Nat’s brother – seems to be a perfect performer of those crazy tunes from the mid-1920s. Enjoy it!

Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Ten Dance Orchestra – Charleston Is The Best Dance After All, Fox-Trot (G. Johnson-A. Porter), Victor, 1927 (USA) NOTE: Charlie "Fess" JOHNSON (b. 1891, Philadelphia – d. 1959, New York City) American jazz bandleader, who led the fabulous dance/jazz orchestra called the Paradise Ten, between 1925-38. Their name came from the Harlem night club „Small’s Paradise”, where the band performed between 1925-32.They had 5 excellent recording sessions between 1925-29. Although Charlie was a good jazz pianist, he rarely...

Bert Lown & His Biltmore Hotel Orch. – Was That The Human Thing To Do? Fox-Trot (Joe Young – Sammy Fain) with Vocal refrain by Elmer Feldkamp, HMV 1932 (USA) NOTE: For many visitors to this channel, Bert Lown’s orchestra belongs to those Jazz Age bands, which can be listened to over and over, without boredom or fatigue. Unfortunately, that composer of one of greatest Jazz Age hits: Bye Bye Blues, had a short career as bandleader. It was only between 1929 -1933 when he was really active on the orchestral market, having been contracted at the...

Odeon-Tanz-Orchester (Otto Dobrindt’s Band) – Adieu Mimi (Ralph Benatzky) Shimmy aus der Operette „Adieu Mimi” mit Gesang (with Vocal chorus) Odeon 1926 (German) NOTE: Otto DOBRINDT (b. 1886 in Henkendorf/West Prussia – d. 1963 in Berlin) German dance band leader and film composer. Dobrindt began as a recording director at the Carl Lindström AG record company, where he became chief recording director. From 1925, he recorded his own productions in various styles, from dance jazz to light promenade music, under various pseudonyms including...

Mieczysław Fogg: Bez śladu [Without Trace] Tango (J. Petersburski – W. Stępień) z orkiestrą Iwo Wesby’ego, Syrena-Electro 1936 (Polish) NOTE: Refrain: Without a trace your great love will pass away And one day I will be left alone I will drown my longing in a strong wine And a tear of sadness will shine in my eye. This is one of many beautiful tangos that were composed in the 1930s by the Polish tango master Jerzy Petersburski, author of such worldwide hits as "O, Donna Clara" and "This Last Sunday." And it is sung by Mieczyslaw Fogg...

Paul Whiteman & His Orch. - Pack Up Your Sins (And Go To The Devil) Fox-Trot (Irving Berlin) from "Music Box Revue", Victor 1922 (USA) NOTE: How I love those old fox-trots from the acoustic era, when they are played in such a way that it is hard to distinguish them from the one step or ragtime! The musical arrangements are very simple, usually involving all the instruments of the band at the same time, with very little improvisation. This fox-trot was composed by the master Irving Berlin and presented in a Broadway revue in 1922, becoming...

Rodolfo De Angelis – Finestra chiusa (A Closed Window) Tango (De Angelis- Olivieri) con Orchestrina dir. Olivieri, Disco Grammofono 1932 (Italian) NOTE: Rodolfo De ANGELIS (b. in Naples 1983 – d. in Milan, 1965) a versatile Italian artist: singer, stage actor, playwright, painter and theoretician of futurism. He began writing in 1912 for the magazine “Il Minestrone” and then spent the 1910s singing and acting in Italy in the café-concert environment, achieving great success. In Naples he founded his own theater company, and started a...

Slatz Randall & His Orchestra - I’d Do Anything For You, Fox-Trot (Cliff Friend - Lew Pollack) with Vocal Chorus, Brunswick 1929 (USA) NOTE: Slatz („Slatts”) RANDALL – American jazz pianist and bandleader, a native of Little Falls, Minnesota, who was one of the student band players performing with Hal Kemp at the University of North Carolina in mid-1920s. He traveled extensively with Hal Kemp’s band before returning to Twin Cites (Minneapolis – St. Paul metropolitan area) to form his own dance band in 1929. They were contracted to perform...

Chór Dana (The Dan's Choir) - Tango Notturno (Borgmann – Lipski, Szlengel), Odeon 1938 (Polish) NOTE: The Dan's (or The Dana) Choir was undoubtedly the most popular Polish revellers group of the interwar period. Founded in 1929 by composer Władysław Daniłowski (a.k.a. "Dan"), who got inspired by the German revellers Comedian Harmonists, it became immensely popular in Poland until the outbreak of the Second World War and had large audiences at its tours the USA, Russia and Germany. It was the home vocal group of the most popular Polish...

Franciszek ZWIĄZEK z jego orkiestrą (The Crazy Kiddies) – Siboney (Lecuona-Dorian) Rumba (nowy taniec kubański) z Refrenem (Tadeusz Faliszewski) Syrena-Electro 1930 (Polish) NOTE: : Franciszek Związek (born 1898 near Katowice, Upper Silesia, Poland - died 1976) was a Polish trumpeter and bandleader. He completed his musical education in 1916 and in 1919 got his first job in the orchestra of the Municipal Theatre in Katowice. He then worked in the theatre orchestras of the operas in Katowice and Gliwice before moving to Berlin, where he...

Kyrle Bell’s Orchestra (Smith Ballew & His Dance Band) – Charming, Fox-Trot from Motion Picture „Devil May Care” (Grey-Stothart) with Vocal refrain (Smith Ballew) Parlophone 1929 (USA) NOTE: Smith BALLEW (b. 1902 in Palestine, Texas – d. 1984 in Longview, Texas, USA) – American pop singer and film actor. Smith Ballew was a really handsome guy, so it's no surprise that he began his career with show business. He started out as a radio singer before becoming one of the first "singing cowboys" in movies in the 1930s. He appeared in a series of...