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A great hit for Maxine Sullivan and now I'm getting to hear her all over again with this performance by Cat Russell ... go get em' kid!

"It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow" was written by Irving Berlin, 1940, and introduced by Irene Bordoni in the theatrical musical "Louisiana Purchase" ... later recorded by Glady's Swarthout (Victor) and also by Frank Sinatra when he was singing with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra in the early 40's.

This song was introduced to the public by Harriet Hilliard in the 1937 movie "LIFE OF THE PARTY" and was also recorded by Harriet singing with Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra on Brunswick. Ozzie and Harriet went on to become early television stars in their series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harr...

1955 ... This song was a #1 hit for the Four Aces. It was the winner of the Academy Awards for the Best Song of 1955. Don Cornell had a big success with the song and as a bit of trivia ... Frank Sinatra had the first chance to record the song and turned it down. It was on the Hit Parade for 20...

Serendipity ~ ~~ I was searching for some videos featuring John Williams, bari with the Count Basie Band and I came across this video ... another John Williams playing bari ... I just had to have a listen and was pleasantly surprised. Great job guys ... and gals. Went looking for more with thi...

Search for ... Marshall Royal The Midnight Sun Never Sets ... and have a listen to that video. It is from a BBC broadcast and of course Marshall plays it silky and smooth just like he's doing on "This Is All I Ask" which we all should know was a song written in 1963 by Gordon Jenkins and recorde...

Frank Wess's solo on "Corner Pocket" from way back in the 50's has never been matched by any other tenor sax man that has sat in Frank's chair after he departed the Basie band. Frank was so cool. The guys who played back in that period known as the "Swingin' Years" ... say from 1935 to 1945 ......

This is music from the main theme of the movie "The Mission" which was written by Italian composer/conductor Ennio Morricone. It is not quite like the song that Josh Gorban sings titled "Your Still You" which has music by Ennio Morricone as well. Very interesting.

Don Raye wrote the words and music to "Down the Road a Piece" in 1940. The song was introduced and recorded by Will Bradley and his Orchestra, featuring drummer Ray McKinley doing the vocals and Freddie Slack playing the piano. It first hit the charts on 12/21/40 and stayed on the charts for 6 ...

Is Scott Robinson playing a "C" Melody sax on this number?

I was watching my local TV station and they were evaluating a new candy bar called Lucky Charms and it reminded me of this song and so I went looking for the movie it appeared in. Alas! I've found it on YouTube. I also remember another scene from the movie where a bunch of chorus girls do a mor...

This is nice ... singer is excellent ... wish I knew who she was ... she's of this era and not of somewhere in the past ... can't find the embouchure of the bone player in the back of my head so I'm not getting help from him (or her) either. My favorite for this tune was a recording by Mildred B...

This song was written back in 1947 by Buddy Kaye (w) and Billy Reid (m) and recorded by Andy Russell (Capitol); Johnny Desmond with the Page Cavanaugh Trio (victor); Mildred Bailey *(Majestic - a great vocal); Hildegarde (Decca); Jack Fina and his orch (Mercury); and Ray Anthony and his orch (Son...

Picture of the band looks like it was taken sometime around 1935. Front row Allan Reuss, gt; Bill Depew, Hymie Schertzer, Art Rollini, Dick Clark on reeds; and Harry Goodman on bass. In the extreme left in the back is Jess Stacy on piano. Trumpets Nate Kazebier, Pee Wee Irwin, Chris Griffin an...