Putumayo Presents Vintage Italia

 

Enjoy La Dolce Vita with this nostalgic musical stroll through the golden age of Italian popular song.

The 1950's musical love affair between Italy and the United States was a two-way street. A golden era of Italian popular songs that resulted in a deep repertoire of classics that continue to be influential to this day.

Italian-American stars such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Louis Prima were known for drawing on influences from their ancestral Italy, hitting it big on the pop charts with songs in Italian (or pseudo-Italian, as the case may be). Even singers such as Rosemary Clooney and Nat King Cole were sprinkling their hits with musical oregano.

With Vintage Italia, Putumayo dig deep into the vaults of Italian music to unearth some of the favorite songs by iconic singers of the era, as well as newer recordings by artists who continue to find inspiration in the music that served as the backdrop for an era that has earned the moniker "La Dolce Vita – The Sweet Life."

1 Fred Buscaglione– Boccuccia di Rosa 2:17

2 Renzo Arbore E Gli Arborigeni– Ba...Ba...Baciami Piccina 2:33

3 Flo Sandon's– T'ho Voluto Bene (Non Dimenticar) 3:35

4 Teddy Reno– Accarezzame 3:07

5 Nicola Arigliano– Musetto 1:39

6 Jula De Palma– Piccolissima Serenata 3:00

7 Quadro Nuevo– Roma Nun Fa la Stupida Stasera 3:11

8 Pink Martini– Ninna Nanna 4:40

9 Gianmaria Testa– Dimestichezze d'Amor 3:28

10 Emanuele Tozzi– Cristina's World 3:55

11 Marco Calliari– Torna A Surriento 3:01

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Putumayo Presents Vintage Italia 

La Vie Parisienne - Great French Stars Of The 30s & 40s

 

1 Edith Piaf– La Vie en Rose 3:12

2 Charles Trenet– Boum! 2:37

3 Yves Montand– Clopin-clopant 3:17

4 Josephine Baker– Si J'Étais Blanche 2:47

5 Jean Sablon– Rendez-Vous Sous La Pluie 2:40

6 Maurice Chevalier– Toi et Moi 2:59

7 Django Reinhardt & His American Swing Band– Ultrafox 3:23

8 Edith Piaf– Monsieur Lenoble 3:30

9 Tino Rossi– J'Attendrai 2:58

10 Jean Sablon– La Dernière Bergère 3:06

11 Georges Ulmer– Pigalle 3:01

12 Yves Montand– Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves) 3:24

13 Josephine Baker– J'Ai Deux Amours 3:16

14 Charles Trenet– Le Retour des Saisons 3:13

15 Edith Piaf– Les Amants de Paris 3:15

16 Jean Sablon– Un Baiser 3:22

17 Maurice Chevalier– Bouquet de Paris 3:06

18 Tino Rossi– Poème (In Your Eyes) 3:09

19 Charles Trenet– Vous Êtes Jolie 2:20

20 Lucienne Boyer– Parlez-Moi d'Amour 3:02

21 Django Reinhardt– My Sweet 2:58

22 Charles Trenet– La Mer 3:23

23 Yves Montand– C'est Si Bon 2:36

24 Edith Piaf– C'est Merveilleux 3:08

25 Jean Sablon– Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous (Life Is a Song) 3:08

 La Vie Parisienne

Nellie Melba - Aria and Song 1904-1921

 

Dame Nellie Melba GBE (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 1861 – 23 February 1931) was an Australian operatic lyric coloratura soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th century, and was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. She took the pseudonym "Melba" from Melbourne, her home town.

Melba studied singing in Melbourne and made a modest success in performances there. After a brief and unsuccessful marriage, she moved to Europe in search of a singing career. Failing to find engagements in London in 1886, she studied in Paris and soon made a great success there and in Brussels. Returning to London she quickly established herself as the leading lyric soprano at Covent Garden from 1888. She soon achieved further success in Paris and elsewhere in Europe, and later at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, debuting there in 1893. Her repertoire was small; in her whole career she sang no more than 25 roles and was closely identified with only ten. She was known for her performances in French and Italian opera, but sang little German opera.

During the First World War, Melba raised large sums for war charities. She returned to Australia frequently during the 20th century, singing in opera and concerts, and had a house built for her near Melbourne. She was active in the teaching of singing at the Melbourne Conservatorium. Melba continued to sing until the last months of her life and made a large number of "farewell" appearances. Her death, in Australia, was news across the English-speaking world, and her funeral was a major national event. The Australian $100 note features her image.

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This title attempts to convey the distinctive voice of Dame Nellie Melba, re-recorded and mastered by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia utilising an innovative process. The original disc recordings were played using archival Gramophone equipment, and the music recorded through ambient microphones. The recordings took place in the Senate Chamber of Old Parliament House in Canberra - a location already associated with Melba as she sang in person at the opening of Parliament House in 1927.

PART 1 - Arias from Operas (15 tracks)

1. God Save the King (Trad)

2. Puccini: LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimi

3. Puccini: LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla

4. Puccini: LA BOHÈME: Donde lieta uscì al tuo grido d'amore

5. Mozart: IL RE PASTORE: l'amero saro costante

6. Mozart: LE NOZZE DE FIGARO voi che sapete

7. Mozart: LE NOZZE DE FIGARO porgi amor

8. Massenet: DON CÉSAR DE BAZAN: À Séville, belle Señoras (Sevillana),

9. Lalo: LE ROI D'YS: Puisqu'on ne peut fléchir… Vainement, ma bien aimée (Aubade)

10. Verdi: RIGOLETTO: Caro nome

11. Verdi LA TRAVIATA: Ah! Fors'è lui… Follie! Follie!... Sempre libera

12. Donizetti: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: Del ciel clemente un riso (Mad Scene)

13. Charpentier: LOUISE: Depuis de jour

14. Wagner: LOHENGRIN: Sola ne miei prim anni (Elsa's Dream)

15. Rimsky-Korsakov: SADKO: Les diamants chez nous… (Chanson Hindoue)

PART 2 - Songs (16 tracks)

1. Arditi: Se saran rose

2. Hahn: Si mes vers avaient des ailes

3. Bemberg: Sur le lac

4. Bemberg: Chant hindou

5. Bemberg: Les anges pleurent

6. Lottie: Pur dicesti, o bocca, bocca bella

7. Bizet: Pastorale

8. Hahn: D'une prison

9. Hue: Soir paiën

10. Debussy: (i) Romance (ii) Mandoline

11. Duparc: Chanson triste

12. Chausson: Le temps des lilas

13. Ronald: The White Sea Mist

14. White: Andersen. My Jo

15. Lehmann: Magdalen at Michael's Gate

16. Dvorak: Songs my mother taught me

Nellie Melba - Aria and Song 1904-1921

Hearts On Fire - 20 Torrid Tracks from the Age of Romance

 

My romance / Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore 

Thanks for the memory / Mildred Bailey

Don't blame me / Nat King Cole

I've got my love to keep me warm / Alice Faye

A kiss to build a dream on / Louis Armstrong

Fecho meus olhos ... Vejo você (I close my eyes and I see you) / Dóris Monteiro

My resistence is low / Hoagy Carmichael

That old feeling / Peggy Lee ; Capitol Jazzmen

Night and day / Fred Astaire ; Leo Reisman

The way you look tonight / Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson

Mad about the boy / Maxine Sullivan ; John Kirby

Hey doc / The Ink Spots

I've got it bad and that ain't good / Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington

Vous qui passez sans me voir (Why do you pass me by?) / Jean Sablon

Can't help lovin' dat man / Nan Wynn

Too marvellous for words / Andy Russell ; Dean Elliot

I've got you under my skin / Frances Langford ; Victor Young

You've got me crying again / Leslie 'Hutch" Hutchinson

Love is the danrndest thing / Dorothy Claire ; Tommy Dorsey

La vie en rose / Edith Piaf ; Guy Luypaerts

Hearts On Fire

Songs That Won The War - The White Cliffs Of Dover - various artists

 

1-1 Gracie Fields– Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye 3:00

1-2 Vic Schoen & His Orchestra*– Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive 2:41

1-3 Jay Wilbur & His Band*– The White Cliffs Of Dover 2:40

1-4 Ambrose & His Orchestra– Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer 2:46

1-5 Sam Browne– There'll Always Be An England 3:19

1-6 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra– Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree 3:11

1-7 Vera Lynn– When The Lights Go On Again 3:18

1-8 Billy Cotton And His Band– Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major 2:52

1-9 George Stoll & His Orchestra*– The Trolley Song 2:52

1-10 Joe Loss And His Band– Somewhere In France With You 2:53

1-11 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra– Chattanooga Choo Choo 3:23

1-12 Joy Nichols– When A Boy From Alabama Meets A Girl From Gundagai 3:03

1-13 Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin– People Will Say We're In Love 2:56

1-14 Ambrose & His Orchestra– Blue Skies Are Round The Corner 2:35

1-15 Gracie Fields– Home 3:36

1-16 Turner Layton– I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen 2:48

1-17 Nat Gonella & His New Georgians*– It's A Pair Of Wings For Me 2:46

1-18 Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra– Blues In The Night 5:22

1-19 Al Bowlly, Jimmy Messene*– When That Man Is Dead And Gone 3:00

1-20 Flanagan And Allen– FDR Jones 3:06

1-21 Deanna Durbin– Beneath The Lights Of Home 3:07

1-22 Nat Gonella & His New Georgians*– Oh Buddy! I'm In Love 2:34

1-23 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Take The 'A' Train 2:59

1-24 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra– Elmer's Tune 3:11

1-25 Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson*– A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square 3:15

2-1 The Andrews Sisters– Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy 2:41

2-2 Lew Stone And His Band– Wings Over The Navy 3:14

2-3 Frank Sinatra– A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening 3:15

2-4 Oscar Rabin And His Band– I'm Nobody's Baby 2:40

2-5 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra– On The Sunny Side Of The Street 3:12

2-6 The Mills Brothers– Paper Doll 2:34

2-7 Gracie Fields– Sing As We Go 2:26

2-8 Leon Cortez And His Coster Pals*– Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel/Knees Up Mother Brown/Little Brown Jug/There's A Tavern In The Town) 2:43

2-9 George Formby– Our Sergeant Major 2:47

2-10 Vera Lynn– All Alone In Vienna 2:55

2-11 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra– Moonlight Serenade 3:25

2-12 Flanagan And Allen– Down Forget-Me-Not Lane 2:43

2-13 Harry Roy And His Orchestra– You Are My Sunshine 2:44

2-14 Ambrose & His Orchestra– Ma, I Miss Your Apple Pie 3:21

2-15 Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson*– The Nearness Of You 3:08

2-16 Henry Hall And His Orchestra*– Here's To The Next Time 2:28

2-17 Eric Winstone & His Orchestra– My Devotion 3:19

2-18 Artie Shaw And His Orchestra– Frenesi 3:05

2-19 Dinah Shore– Yes, My Darling Daughter 2:19

2-20 Bing Crosby– Moonlight Becomes You 3:08

2-21 Ambrose & His Orchestra– You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 3:02

2-22 The Organ, The Dance Band And Me*– All Over The Place 3:06

2-23 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra– String Of Pearls 3:18

2-24 Geraldo And His Orchestra– We Must All Stick Together 3:05

2-25 George Formby– Bless 'Em All 3:04

The White Cliffs Of Dover

Putumayo Presents: Vintage France

 

1 Juliette Gréco– La Valse Brune 2:47

2 Asier Etxeandia– J'attendrai 2:57

3 Madeleine Peyroux– La Javanaise 4:09

4 Patrick Nugier– Jardin d'Hiver 2:47

5 Martijn Luttmer– Les Parapluies De Cherbourg 3:25

6 Daniel Roure– Les Baleines Bleues 3:15

7 Norbert Slama Trio– Nany 2:28

8 Francesca Blanchard– Sous Le Ciel De Paris 3:11

9 Raphaël Bas– Confessin' 2:39

10 Art Mengo & Lara Guirao– Je Me Fais Des Idées 2:15

11 Jean-Claude Laudat– Cloviswing 3:18

12 Philippe Gautier – Ménilmontant 2:31

Vintage France

Forces' Sweethearts and Heart Throbs of World War II - 47 original mono recordings 1939-1945

 

The Forces Sweethearts

1-1 Judy Garland– Over The Rainbow

1-2 Vera Lynn– We’ll Meet Again

1-3 Gracie Fields– Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye

1-4 Martha Raye– Melancholy Mood

1-5 Connie Boswell– On The Isle Of May

1-6 The Andrews Sisters– I’ll Be With You In Apple-Blossom Time

1-7 Ella Fitzgerald– Imagination

1-8 Helen Ward– I Cover The Waterfront

1-9 Elsie Carlisle– A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

1-10 Peggy Lee– Somebody Else Is Taking My Place

1-11 Helen Forrest– I Don’t Want To Walk Without You

1-12 The Andrews Sisters– Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

1-13 Lena Horne– Stormy Weather

1-14 Maxine Sullivan– When Your Lover Has Gone

1-15 Dinah Shore– Skylark

1-16 Peggy Lee– The Way You Look Tonight

1-17 Vera Lynn– The White Cliffs Of Dover

1-18 Frances Langford– Serenade In Blue

1-19 Deanna Durbin– Say A Prayer For The Boys Over There

1-20 Anne Shelton– Lili Marlene

1-21 Jo Stafford– I Love You

1-22 Dinah Shore– I’ll Walk Alone

1-23 Doris Day– Sentimental Journey

1-24 Anne Shelton– I’ll Be Seeing You

1-25 Mary Martin– Goodnight, Wherever You Are

The Heart-Throbs

2-1 Frank Sinatra– This Love Of Mine

2-2 Chick Henderson– Begin The Beguine

2-3 Dick Todd– To You Sweetheart, Aloha

2-4 Jean Sablon– J’attendrai

2-5 Ray Eberle– Faithful Forever

2-6 Denny Dennis– Stardust

2-7 Frank Sinatra– I’ll Never Smile Again

2-8 Bing Crosby– Only Forever

2-9 Al Bowlly– Dreaming

2-10 Bob Eberly– Blue Champagne

2-11 Tony Martin – Where In The World?

2-12 Ray Eberle – Skylark

2-13 Kenny Baker – Always In My Heart

2-14 Vaughn Monroe– When The Lights Go On Again

2-15 Fred Astaire– Dearly Beloved

2-16 Turner Layton– As Time Goes By

2-17 Dick Haymes– You’ll Never Know

2-18 Hutch – You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To

2-19 Nat King Cole– Embraceable You

2-20 Perry Como– Long Ago And Far Away

2-21 Bing Crosby– I'll Be Seeing You

2-22 Donald Peers– In A Shady Nook, By A Babbling Brook

2-23 Sam Browne– I’m So All Alone

2-24 Dick Haymes– Love Letters

Forces' Sweethearts and Heart Throbs

Happy Days Are Here Again - various artists compilation

 

Happy Days Are Here Again

Remembering The Forties - Goodnight Wherever You Are - Various Artists

 

1 Geraldo And His Orchestra– Time On My Hands

2 Louis Levy And His Orchestra– I Haven't Time To Be Millionaire

3 Lou Preager & His Orchestra– I Heard You Cried Last Night

4 Geraldo And His Orchestra– Do I Worry

5 Nat Gonella And His New Georgians– I'm Nobody's Baby

6 Paul Fenoulhet And His Skyrockets– Till Stars Forget To Shine

7 Sydney Lipton And His Dance Orchestra– You Made Me Care

8 Eugene Pini & His Septet– We Must Never Say Goodbye

9 Harry Roy And His Orchestra– Rosita

10 Paul Fenoulhet And His Skyrockets– San Fernando Valley

11 Sydney Lipton And His Orchestra– Don't You Ever Cry

12 Harry Roy And His Orchestra– Shake Down The Stars

13 Geraldo And His Orchestra– Tenement Symphony

14 Louis Levy And His Orchestra– Meet The Sun Halfway

15 Harry Leader And His Band– At The End Of A Wonderful Day

16 Harry Leader And His Band– Shoo Shoo Baby

17 Harry Roy And His Band– Sweet Little Sweetheart

18 Nat Gonella And His New Georgians– The Jumpin' Jive

19 Jack Hylton And His Orchestra– The Only One Who's Difficult Is You

20 Eugene Pini & His Orchestra– Goodnight Wherever You Are

Remembering The Forties

Jean Shepard – Honky Tonk Heroine - Classic Capitol Recordings 1952-1964

 

Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016) was an American honky-tonk singer-songwriter who pioneered for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached the number-one spot. She recorded a total of 24 studio albums between 1956 and 1981, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955.

After Kitty Wells' 1952 breakthrough, Shepard quickly followed, and a national television gig and the Opry helped make her a star when few female country singers had enduring success. Her first hit, "A Dear John Letter", a 1953 duet with Ferlin Husky, was the first post-World War II record by a woman country artist to sell more than a million copies.

1 Twice The Lovin' (In Half The Time) 2:43

2 Crying Steel Guitar Waltz 2:29

3 A Dear John Letter 2:37

4 My Wedding Ring 2:49

5 Two Whoops And A Holler 2:22

6 Don't Fall In Love With A Married Man 2:53

7 A Satisfied Mind 2:31

8 Beautiful Lies 2:53

9 Sad Singin' And Slow Ridin' 2:39

10 Under Suspicion 2:26

11 I Want To Go Where No One Knows Me 2:17

12 The Other Woman 2:23

13 Act Like A Married Man 2:17

14 A Thief In The Night 2:12

15 He's My Baby 2:22

16 How Do I Tell It To A Child 2:12

17 Color Song (I Lost My Love) 2:38

18 The Root Of All Evil (Is A Man) 2:11

19 Under Your Spell Again 2:54

20 One White Rose 2:10

21 I've Learned To Live With You (And Be Alone) 2:30

22 That's What Lonesome Is 2:50

23 Cigarettes And Coffee Blues 2:27

24 Second Fiddle (To An Old Guitar) 2:22

Honky Tonk Heroine

Vintage Charleston - Great Tunes of the Charleston Era..Original Recordings 1924-1928

 

The Charleston is a dance named for the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called "The Charleston" by composer/pianist James P. Johnson which originated in the Broadway show Runnin' Wild and became one of the most popular hits of the decade. Runnin' Wild ran from 29 October 1923 through 28 June 1924. The peak year for the Charleston as a dance by the public was mid-1926 to 1927.

While the Charleston as a dance probably came from the "star" or challenge dances that were all part of the African-American dance called Juba, the particular sequence of steps which appeared in Runnin' Wild were probably newly devised for popular appeal. "At first, the step started off with a simple twisting of the feet, to rhythm in a lazy sort of way (this could well be the Jay-Bird). When the dance hit Harlem, a new version was added. It became a fast kicking step, kicking the feet, both forward and backward and later done with a tap." Further changes were undoubtedly made before the dance was put on stage.

The Charleston was one of the dances from which Lindy Hop and Jazz Roots developed in the 1930s. A slightly different form of Charleston became popular in the 1930s and '40s, and is associated with Lindy Hop. In this later Charleston form, the hot jazz timing of the 1920s Charleston was adapted to suit the swing jazz music of the '30s and '40s. This style of Charleston has many common names, though the most common are Lindy Charleston, Savoy Charleston, '30s or '40s Charleston and Swing(ing) Charleston. In both '20s Charleston and Swinging Charleston, the basic step takes eight counts and is danced either alone or with a partner.

This compilation captures the sounds of the 20's craze about as well as anything. Great titles, especially by Paul Whiteman, "I'd Rather Charleston" by Fred and Adele Astaire with George Gershwin accompanying, "South Wind", by Roger Wolfe Kahn's Orchestra, a great arrangement and spirited playing, plus tracks from Jelly Roll Morton and George Olsen among others. A well remastered collection of hard-to-find recordings.

1    Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra–    Charleston
2    Nat Star & His Orchestra–    Chili Bom Bom
3    Ben Selvin & His Orchestra–    Don't Bring Lulu
4    Manhattan Dance Makers–    Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?
5    Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra–    Sweet And Low Downdon parker
6    Don Parker–    My Cutey's Due At Two-To-Two Today
7    Roger Wolfe Kahn And His Orchestra–    Down And Out Blues
8    Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra–    Sweet Child (I'm Wild About You)
9    Sam Lanin, Broadway Bell-Hops–    Let's Talk About My Sweetie
10    Debroy Somers–    Fascinating Rhythm
11    Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire–    I'd Rather Charleston
12    George Olsen's Music–    Lucky Day
13    Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders–    Black Bottom
14    Jan Garber And His Orchestra–    Baby Face
15    Jack Hylton And His Orchestra–    By The Tamarisk
16    Frank Raymond's Dance Orchstra–    Meadow Lark
17    Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers–    The Chant
18    Jay Whidden And His Band–    Let's All Go To Mary's House
19    Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra–    It All Depends On You
20    Irving Aaronson And His Commanders–    Crazy Words, Crazy Tune (Vo-Do-De-O)
21    Roger Wolfe Kahn And His Orchestra–    South Wind
22    Carroll Gibbons And The Orpheans–    The Blue Room
23    Ted Weems And His Orchestra–    Miss Annabelle Lee (Who's Wonderful, Who's Marvellous?)
24    George Olsen's Music–    Because My Baby Don't Mean "Maybe" Now
25    Savoy Havana Band–    At Sundown

 Vintage Charleston

Josephine Baker – Bonsoir My Love - recordings from 1930-1937

 

Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent and civil rights activist. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant.

During her early career, Baker was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her performance in the revue Un vent de folie in 1927 caused a sensation in the city. Her costume, consisting of only a short skirt of artificial bananas and a beaded necklace, became an iconic image and a symbol both of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties.

Baker was celebrated by artists and intellectuals of the era, who variously dubbed her the "Black Venus", the "Black Pearl", the "Bronze Venus", and the "Creole Goddess". Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she renounced her U.S. citizenship and became a French national after her marriage to French industrialist Jean Lion in 1937. She raised her children in France.

She aided the French Resistance during World War II. After the war, she was awarded the Resistance Medal by the French Committee of National Liberation, the Croix de Guerre by the French military, and was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by General Charles de Gaulle. Baker sang: "I have two loves, my country and Paris."

Baker refused to perform for segregated audiences in the United States and is noted for her contributions to the civil rights movement. In 1968, she was offered unofficial leadership in the movement in the United States by Coretta Scott King, following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. After thinking it over, Baker declined the offer out of concern for the welfare of her children.

On 30 November 2021, she entered the Panthéon in Paris, the first black woman to receive one of the highest honors in France.

This compilation is from recordings she made from 1930-1937 where she is accompanied by various artists including the Orchestra Melodic Jazz of the Casino De Paris, Adrien Lamy, Pills and Tabet, The Comedian Harmonists, Lecuona Cuban Boys and the Wal-Berg Orchestra.

Tracklist
1        J'Ai Deux Amours 3:09
2        La Petite Tonkinoise    2:37
3        Voulez-Vous De La Canne A Sucre    2:55
4        Dis-Moi Josephine    3:06
5        Ram-Pam-Pam 2:38
6        Si J'Etais Blanche    2:39
7        Madiana    2:58
8        Les Mots D'Amour    2:51
9        C'est Lui    2:59
10        Haiti    3:14
11        Sous Le Ciel D'Afrique    3:17
12        Espabilate    2:47
13        Partir Sur Un Bateau Blanc    3:03
14        Nuit D'Alger    2:50
15        Doudou    3:09
16        Nuits De Miami    2:51
17        Mayari    3:15
18        La Conga Blicoti    2:24
19        Vous Faites Partie De Moi    3:04
20        C'est Si Facile De Vous Aimer    2:58
21        C'est Un Nid Charmant    3:07
22        Comme Une Banque    3:08
23        J'ai Un Message Pour Toi    3:05
24        Bonsoir My Love    2:51

Josephine Baker

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Mum's the Word....60 Fabulous Songs Your Mother Should Know by various artists

 

Tracklist
1-1    Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra*–    Your Mother And Mine
1-2    Eddy Arnold–    Mother's Prayer
1-3    Flatt & Scruggs–    Mother Prays Loud In Her Sleep
1-4    Bill Haley & His Comets*–    Teenager's Mother
1-5    Jimmie Rodgers –    Whisper Your Mother's Name
1-6    The Stanley Brothers–    Memories Of Mother
1-7    Al Jolson–    My Mammy
1-8    Hank Williams–    I Heard My Mother Praying For Me
1-9    Roy Acuff–    Mother's Prayers Guide Me
1-10    Nat King Cole–    Unforgettable
1-11    Roy Smeck–    My Mom
1-12    Lefty Frizzell–    Mom And Dad's Waltz
1-13    The Sons Of The Pioneers–    Gold Star Mother With Silvery Hair
1-14    George Formby–    Oh Dear Mother
1-15    Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers–    Write A Letter To My Mother
1-16    The Original Irish Boys–    Gentle Mother
1-17    Five Blind Boys Of Alabama–    Living On Mother's Prayer
1-18    Nina Simone–    My Baby Just Cares For Me
1-19    The Carter Family–    There's No One Like Mother To Me
1-20    Anne Shelton–    My Yiddishe Momme

2-1    Carmen Miranda–    Mama Yo Quiero
2-2    Eddy Arnold–    I Wouldn't Trade The Silver In My Mother's Hair
2-3    Frank Sinatra–    Young At Heart
2-4    Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers–    Mother's Last Farewell Kiss
2-5    Nat King Cole–    My Mother Told Me
2-6    Morton Downey–    I'll Always Be My Mother's Boy
2-7    Dean Martin–    Memories Are Made Of This
2-8    Peerless Quartette–    I Just Want A Girl Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad
2-9    Ella Fitzgerald–    Dream A Little Dream Of Me
2-10    Jim Reeves–    Have I Told You Lately That I Love You ?
2-11    Rosemary Clooney–    This Ole House
2-12    Roy Harvey And Leonard Copeland–    Mother's Waltz
2-13    Sammy Davis Jr.–    Someone To Watch Over Me
2-14    Paul Robeson–    Songs My Mother Taught Me
2-15    The Original Irish Boys–    Your Mother's Eyes
2-16    Bing Crosby–    You Are My Sunshine
2-17    Earl King–    A Mother's Love
2-18    Sister Rosetta Tharpe–    I Heard My Mother Call My Name
2-19    Arthur Tracy–    It's My Mother's Birthday Today
2-20    Al Jolson–    Remember Mother's Day

3-1    Bing Crosby–    My Mother's Waltz
3-2    Ella Fitzgerald–    The Nearness Of You
3-3    Elvis Presley–    Love Me Tender
3-4    Charlie Monroe's Boys–    Once I Had A Darlin' Mother
3-5    Nat King Cole–    Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
3-6    Dinah Washington–    Embraceable You
3-7    Little Richard–    Thinkin' 'Bout My Mother
3-8    Nina Simone–    Summertime
3-9    Vera Lynn–    This Is My Mother's Day
3-10    Ernest Tubb–    My Mother Must Have Been A Girl Like You
3-11    Jewel King–    I Broke My Mother's Rule
3-12    Judy Garland–    Over The Rainbow
3-13    John McCormack –    Mother My Dear
3-14    Arthur Tracy–    To Mother, With Love
3-15    Sammy Davis Jr.–    The Way You Look Tonight
3-16    Jeri Southern–    Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
3-17    Eddy Arnold–    That Wonderful Mother Of Mine
3-18    Frank Sinatra–    I Get A Kick Out Of You
3-19    The Pilgrim Travelers–    Mother Bowed
3-20    Bobby Breen–    M-O-T-H-E-R

 Mum's the Word...one...two...three

Have Yourself An Easy Listening Christmas - various artists

 

Tracklist
1    Bing Crosby–    Christmas Is Here To Stay    4:07
2    Connie Francis–    Baby's First Christmas    2:26
3    The Platters–    White Christmas    2:24
4    The Harry Simeone Chorale–    Little Drummer Boy    3:00
5    David Essex–    A Winter's Tale    4:10
6    The Harry Simeone Chorale–    Sleigh Ride    2:42
7    Roger Whittaker–    Little Shepherd    2:50
8    The Swingles–    I Believe In Father Christmas    2:41
9    Isla St Clair–    The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)    3:23
10    John Gregory Strings & Voices –    The Holy And The Ivy    2:29
11    Peters & Lee–    Mary's Boy Child    5:02
12    The Beverley Sisters–    And Kings Came A-Calling    2:19
13    Tommy Steele–    Must Be Santa    2:24
14    The Anita Kerr Singers–    The First Noel    3:06
15    The Springfields–    Bambino    2:30
16    The Statler Brothers–    Christmas Eve (Kodia's Theme)    3:12
17    Sweet Substitute–    A Musical Christmas Card    3:01
18    The Blue Diamonds–    Christmas Day Is Coming    2:42
19    Sari Martin–    Greensleeves    3:58
20    New Jordal Swingers–    Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer    1:51

 An Easy Listening Christmas

The Green Hills Of Ireland...Vintage Irish Songs...Original 1920's-1940's recordings

 

The rolling hills, gentle mountains and lush fields, the breathtaking natural wonders, the welcoming warmth of the pubs, the smell of the sea and the charm of the locals: all the very best of the Emerald Isle reaches out to our hearts through Celtic song. Cast your ears back to the tunes of the old country with this collection of vintage Irish songs. The Green Hills of Ireland is sure to rouse the nostalgia, the tradition, the emotions and the cheekiness of the Irish character.

From Galway to Tipperary, Belfast to County Down, from the lanes of Dublin to the Giants Steps, The Green Hills of Ireland is an experience not to be missed. Whether you’ve been enjoying these songs from your earliest years or are discovering them now for the first time, this album will bring alive one of the world’s richest musical cultures and landscapes. Singers Irish-born like John McCormack, James McCafferty and Delia Smith, together with those who embraced Ireland as a spiritual home, including Peter Dawson and Dame Maggie Teyte, bring to life some of the all-time classic Celtic ballads and folk songs enjoyed back home and in the adopted lands of the vast Irish diaspora in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

You’ll be sure to be whistling along to this grand celebration of vintage Irish song!


1 A Little Bit of Heaven 

2 The Kerry Dance

3 The Lark in the Clear Air

4 Off to Philadelphia

5 The Meeting of the Waters

6 That’s How I Spell I-R-E-L-A-N-D

7 Kathleen Mavourneen

8 That Tumbledown Shack in Athlone

9 The Garden Where the Praties Grow

10 Macushla

11 When They Sing ‘The Wearin’ o’ the Green’

in Syncopated Blues

12 The Last Rose of Summer

13 The Rose of Tralee

14 Rory O’More

15 The Dawning of the Day

16 The Mountains o’ Mourne

17 Oft in the Stilly Night

18 Mother Machree

19 The Star of the County Down

20 The Spinning Wheel

21 The Green Hills of Ireland

22 She Moved thro’ the Fair

23 The Pride of Tipperary

24 Danny Boy

25 Ireland, Mother Ireland

 The Green Hills Of Ireland

 

Pennies From Heaven...37 original songs from a golden era

 

Pennies From Heaven one two

alt links one two

https://youtu.be/_IFgC7JhVrM 

Chart-Toppers of the Thirties - The 25 Greatest Hits of the Decade

 

Tracklist
1    Rudy Vallee–    Stein Song
2    Nathaniel Shilkret–    Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
3    Gus Arnheim–    Sweet And Lovely
4    Bing Crosby–    Please
5    Ted Lewis–    In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
6    Fred Astaire–    Night And Day
7    Harold Arlen–    Stormy Weather
8    Al Bowlly–    Love Is The Sweetest Thing
9    George Olsen–    The Last Round Up
10    Paul Whiteman–    Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
11    Bing Crosby–    June In January
12    Al Bowlly–    Isle Of Capri
13    Fred Astaire–    Cheek To Cheek
14    Benny Goodman–    The Glory Of Love
15    Bing Crosby–    Pennies From Heaven
16    Fred Astaire–    The Way You Look Tonight
17    Bing Crosby–    Sweet Leilani
18    Tommy Dorsey–    Once In A While
19    Ella Fitzgerald–    A Tisket A Tasket
20    Tommy Dorsey–    Music Maestro Please
21    Larry Clinton–    My Reverie
22    Artie Shaw–    Begin The Beguine
23    Larry Clinton–    Deep Purple
24    Glenn Miller–    Over The Rainbow
25    Frankie Masters–    Scatterbrain

 Chart-Toppers of the Thirties

alt link 

https://youtu.be/Q6CIDved-bY