Jimmie Rodgers – The Very Best Of

 James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920's. Widely regarded as the "Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive yodeling. Rodgers was known as "The Singing Brakeman" and "America's Blue Yodeler". He has been cited as an inspiration by many artists, and he has been inducted into multiple halls of fame.

1 Train Whistle Blues 3:01

2 Blue Yodel #1 (T Is For Texas) 2:40

3 T.B. Blues 3:05

4 In The Jailhouse Now 2:54

5 Frankie & Johnny 2:56

6 Blue Yodel #8 (Mule Skinner Blues) 2:59

7 The Brakeman's Blues (Yodeling The Blues Away) 3:11

8 Why There's A Tear In My Eye 3:16

9 Mississippi River Blues 2:39

10 Jimmie Rodgers' Last Yodel 3:19

11 Gambling Bar Room Blues 3:31

12 Mystery Of Number Five 3:03

13 Waiting For A Train 2:46

14 Travellin' Blues 2:49

15 My Blue Eyed Jane 2:51

16 Blue Yodel #9 (Standing On The Corner) 2:41

17 Pistol Packin' Papa 2:58

18 Miss The Mississippi And You 2:58

19 Somewhere Down Below The Dixon Line 2:58

20 The Soldier's Sweetheart 3:11

21 Hobo Bill's Last Ride 2:35

22 Peach Picking Time Down In Georgia 2:45

The Very Best Of Jimmie Rodgers

Louis Prima...Jump, Jive An' Wail: The Essential Louis Prima

Louis Prima (né Louis Leo Prima; 7 December 1910 – 24 August 1978) was an Italian-American singer, actor, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece New Orleans-style jazz band in the late 1920's, fronted a swing combo in the 1930's and a big band group in the 1940's, helped to popularize jump blues in the late 1940's and early to mid 1950's, and performed as a Vegas lounge act in the late 1950's and 1960's.

From the 1940's through the 1960's, his music further encompassed early R'n'B and rock'n'roll, boogie-woogie, and even Italian folk music, such as the tarantella. Prima made prominent use of Italian music and language in his songs, blending elements of his Italian identity with jazz and swing music. At a time when "ethnic" musicians were often discouraged from openly stressing their ethnicity, Prima's conspicuous embrace of his Italian ethnicity opened the doors for other Italian-American and "ethnic" American musicians to display their ethnic roots.

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Vintage Inspired Rock and Roll Artist Cado releases EP "Take Me Back"

Be transported back to the 50's & 60’s with Cado’s brand new EP

Vintage inspired rock and roll artist Cado, brings us a refreshingly nostalgic EP, ‘Take Me Back’.

Having been born half a century too late in 1990, Cado is a modern rock and roll artist with an obsession for music of the past! After stealing a Beatles album from a record shop aged 10, he was inspired to make music that will make   people smile, dance and enjoy themselves!

Cado, who grew up in County Kildare, Ireland, was mesmerised at an early age by the sound of The Beatles and Chuck Berry and from then commenced a lifelong obsession with music! His father would perform Johnny B. Goode to him, and when he heard the hard hitting opening riff featured in back to the future at age 11, he did not hesitate to pick up a guitar and has rarely put it down since!
The multi instrumentalist has toured the UK and Ireland with The Shades and in early 2016 he began recording a collection of songs inspired by the music he adores. 

The singer-songwriter takes a completely DIY approach, self recording and mixing everything in his home studio. Every instrument on the EP was performed by him allowing him make music that he truly loves. The retro sounding EP has strong nods towards classic artists such as Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Stream the EP here: 

Spotify - https://play.spotify.com/album/3SlafrQsP2ixHRjhy0yTtf

Bandcamp - https://cadomusic.bandcamp.com/

YouTube - www.youtube.com/CadoOfficial

Marty's review: Cado takes us back to the 50's and 60's with this 4 track gem that rocks and sways with pure rockabilly and rock and roll on 3 tracks, "Take Me Back", "Record Machine" and "Would You Dance" and a little bit of balladry on "Oh Baby". Cado has captured the essence of the period with a raw and uncluttered sound that sounds fresh and exciting. An impressive debut that will please all lovers of vintage rock and roll.

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Frank Sinatra .. Sinatra Sings the Songs of Van Heusen and Cahn

Here's a conversation many years ago between Frank Sinatra and his favorite lyricist Sammy Cahn one night at the Palladium Ballroom during the earliest part of his musical career:
Sinatra: "I'm gonna be the best singer in the world."
Cahn: "There's no doubt about it."

Yes, indeed, both Sinatra and Cahn were right about it. Cahn didn't doubt Sinatra when he said that he's going to be the best singer in the world. Of course, he became the best of the best, unmatched, one-of-a-kind and unsurpassed.

In this remarkable album, Sinatra sings the songs of an exceptional songwriting pair of Sammy Cahn and Jim Van Heusen, who have written some of the most beautiful songs from the Great American Songbook. Sammy Cahn's compositions are exceptionally charming and he really had a way with words. Five out of twenty-two songs are from the creative pens of Jim Van Heusen and Johnny Burke. All these are the songs made popular by the Chairman of the Board and were recorded between 1960 and 1968 with seven creative and the best arrangers/conductors of all-time: Nelson Riddle, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mandel, Sy Oliver, Quincy Jones, Neal Hefti and Torrie Zito. He left his indelible mark of excellence into these songs and made them his very own. 

One of the most influential and humanitarian people in the world, Bono, once said, "Sinatra's songs are his home, and he lets you in." It's very true, one can just imagine the beauty that he injected into each song even the most ordinary and obscure songs. They become magically wonderful to the ears of the listeners when he interpreted them.

1. Ring-A-Ding-Ding
2. The Last Dance
3. Imagination
4. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
5. It's Always You
6. Indiscreet
7. Come Waltz With Me
8. The Look of Love
9. The Tender Trap
10. Come Blow Your Horn
11. Call Me Irresponsible
12. All The Way
13. Swinging On A Star
14. My Kind Of Town
15. I Like to Lead When I Dance
16. The September Of My Years
17. I'll Only Miss Her When I Think Of Her
18. Come Fly With Me
19. Love And Marriage
20. Moonlight Becomes You
21. Oh, You Crazy Moon

22. Star!

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