Enoch Light was one of the most influential music producers of the 60s and 70s. Enoch Light was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer who was a pioneer of early stereo excellence. Light would go to ex...
Susannah McCorkle was an American jazz singer much admired for her direct, unadorned singing style and quiet intensity. She was the youngest singer ever to have been recorded by the Smithsonian Institution in its popular ...
Susannah McCorkle was an American jazz singer much admired for her direct, unadorned singing style and quiet intensity. She was the youngest singer ever to have been recorded by the Smithsonian Institution in its popular ...
Chet Atkins was an American guitarist and record producer who helped create the music style known as the Nashville sound. While mostly associated with country music, he also recorded...
Enoch Light was one of the most influential music producers of the 60s and 70s. Enoch Light was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer who was a pioneer of early stereo excellence. Light would go to ex...
Chuck Willis was a R&B and R&R songwriter and singer who became a major influence in the mid 50s. Major hits include his best known, "C. C. Rider" ('57) and "What Am I Living For" ('58), both reaching #1. The smooth beat...
Mel Tormé was an American musician and singer best known for his classic jazz vocals. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books. He was con...
S-M-O-O-O-T-H !! Joe Beck was an American guitarist who was notable in jazz for more than 30 years, playing a variety of jazz mediums. He was a pioneering guitarist who helped push jazz into the fusion age with peers suc...
The Chad Mitchell Trio was a North American vocal group who became known mostly for folk songs during the 1960s. The original group was formed by Gonzaga University students William Chadbourne Mitchell , Mike Kobluk & Mi...
Al Caiola is arguably the most versatile guitarist of the past 50 years. Al Caiola is a guitarist who plays jazz, country, rock, western, and pop music. He was the arranger and producer for several "Percussion" albums in...
CAUTION—Listening to this arrangement can become addictive!
Enoch Light was one of the most influential music producers of the 60s and 70s. Light was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer who was a p...
Bud & Travis was an American folk music duo consisting of Bud Dashiell and Travis Edmonson. Travis had previously been a member of The Gateway Singers, included in the Smithsonian's "Folk Song America" compilation. They ...
A fantastic interpretation of this Fats Waller classic.
Ton Van Bergeyk is a Dutchman widely admired for his complete mastery of finger-style guitar playing. He seems to be one of those artists who will forever toil in o...
Glenn Yarbrough is an American folk singer who has a very distinct timbre to his beautiful tenor voice. In 1957 he was one of the first singers to record the traditional "The House of the Rising Sun". He was the lead sing...
Mel Tormé was an American musician and singer best known for his classic jazz vocals. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books. He was con...
Several instrumental duets have billed themselves as "Duo Capriccio", but none with the mastery as reflected in this collaboration by Edith Haesendonckx and Michel Verkempinck. Theirs is arguably the definitive interpreta...
¡Gracias, José! Max Steiner was an Austrian composer of music for theatre and films and is often referred to as "The Father Of Film Music". Steiner was one of the best-known composers in Hollywood and was nominated for t...
Diane Schuur is an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Deedles", she, like Stevie Wonder, was blinded at birth due to retinopathy of prematurity. Having the rare gift of perfect pitch, she taught herself piano b...
Glenn Yarbrough is an American folk singer who has a very distinct timbre to his beautiful tenor voice. In 1957 he was one of the first singers to record the traditional "The House of the Rising Sun". He was the lead sing...
Al Caiola is arguably the most versatile guitarist of the past 50 years. Al Caiola is a guitarist who plays jazz, country, rock, western, and pop music. He was the arranger and producer for several "Percussion" albums in...
Arthur Prysock was an American jazz singer best known for his live shows and his deep soulful baritone voice. He has often been characterized as a deep-voiced Billy Eckstine, and his singing style was very similar. He jo...
Al Caiola is arguably the most versatile guitarist of the past 50 years. Al Caiola is a guitarist who plays jazz, country, rock, western, and pop music. He was the arranger and producer for several "Percussion" albums in...
Holly Yarbrough is the daughter of Glenn Yarbrough, former lead singer of The Limeliters. Best known for his hit "Baby, The Rain Must Fall", Glenn also had a series of hugely successful solo albums. Proving that the appl...
Susannah McCorkle was an American jazz singer much admired for her direct, unadorned singing style and quiet intensity. She was the youngest singer ever to have been recorded by the Smithsonian Institution in its popular ...
The Ventures is an American instrumental rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington. They have sold over 100 million records and are to date the best-selling instrumental band of all time. Their music has influenced ...
Jackie Gleason was an American comedian, actor and musician. He is best known for portraying the character Ralph Kramden in the pioneering TV segments "The Honeymooners". His most acclaimed movie role was as Minnesota Fa...
Time for some fun! Chet Atkins and Les Paul were inarguably two of the greatest guitarists ever. As vocalists, Chet Atkins and Les Paul were inarguably two of the greatest guitarists ever.
The progressive influence of the percussion really accents this rendition throughout. Enoch Light was one of the most influential music producers of the 60s and 70s. Enoch Light was a classical violinist, bandleader, and...
STEREO version. The Four Lads is a male singing quartet from Canada that enjoyed major success in the 1950s. In 1950 they were recruited by Mitch Miller to do backup for some of the artists he recorded. Johnnie Ray beca...
Chet Atkins was an American guitarist and record producer who helped create the music style known as the Nashville sound. While mostly associated with country music, he also recorded and performed most other genres, inclu...
Enoch Light was one of the most influential music producers of the 60s and 70s. Enoch Light was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer who was a pioneer of early stereo excellence. Light would go to ex...
Los Índios Tabajaras began as two guitar-playing brothers from northern Brazil. They initially claimed to have found a guitar in the Brazilian rain forest and taught themselves to play. Both were actually quite accomplis...
Chet Atkins was an American guitarist and record producer who helped create the music style known as the Nashville sound. While mostly associated with country music, he also recorded and performed most other genres, inclu...
Enoch Light was one of the most influential music producers of the 60s and 70s. Enoch Light was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer who was a pioneer of early stereo excellence. Light would go to ex...
The Pied Pipers was a popular singing group in the late 1930s and 1940s who continued performing into the 1950s. Originally they consisted of eight members: Jo Stafford (from The Stafford Sisters) and seven male singers....
Chet Atkins was an American guitarist and record producer who helped create the music style known as the Nashville sound. While mostly associated with country music, he also recorded and performed most other genres, inclu...
Donald Byrd is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. He was performing with Lionel Hampton before finishing high school. Byrd is one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk & soul ...
There is little that can be said here about Ray Charles that would not be redundant. Cleo Laine, like Ella Fitzgerald, has arguably one of the purest voices ever recorded. The third genius at work here was the producer (...
Absolutely THE definitive rendition of this jazz classic. Johnny Lytle was a jazz musician who began playing the drums and piano at a very early age. Before studying music in earnest he was a boxer, and was a successful ...
Roger Williams (born Louis Weertz) is an American popular music pianist who, as of 2004, has released 116 albums. Billboard Magazine ranks him as the top selling piano recording artist in history with 21 gold and platinum...
Mel Tormé was an American musician and singer best known for his classic jazz vocals. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books. He co-wrot...
About Texpaco
My love for music has been life-long; now I'm simply trying to share some of my favorites with those who might have similar taste. I've spent considerable time converting my collection (mostly vinyl) into digital and cleaning up static, clicks, snaps, crackles & pops into the best quality my software will allow. However, unless there are other considerations involved, I generally do not post songs that are already available on YouTube in quality format.
My uploads are tagged into categories of:
—Al Caiola (Fantastic arrangements)
—Christmas (That's my brother as Santa)
—Classical (Much more to come here, also)
—Enoch Light (Fantastic arrangements)
—Forgotten Treasures (Memories galore!)
—Guitar (Still much more to come)
—Jukebox (50s & 60s classics)
—Pairs (Different arrangements of the same song)
—Reflections (Gospel & Spiritual)
—Timeless (Music that will last forever)
—Keep those cards & letters coming in to let me know what you like.
My love for music has been life-long; now I'm simply trying to share some of my favorites with those who might have similar taste. I've spent considerable time converting my collection (mostly vinyl) into digital and cleaning up static, clicks, s...