"SMOKE RINGS" GLEN GRAY & CASA LOMA ORC. DECCA 1473 P.1937 USA

LEIF "SMOKE RINGS" ANDERSSON

Ja, då var det dags att sätta igång igen efter ett långt uppehåll....hoppas att ni har längtat! Lite iallafall...eller hur?Dagens låt är en cool sak med Glen Gray & Casa Loma Orchestra från 1937. Första gången jag hörde "Smoke Rings" var just i radioprogrammet "Smoke Rings" med legendaren Leif "Smoke Rings" Andersson (1925-1999) där han spelade soft jazz på grammofon.Detta program ledde han åren 1960 till 1999, alltså hela 39år & 1786st program!! Det var en ren njutning att sitta vid radion och höra Leif´s hesa röst presentera god "cool" jazz där man pgr av den speciella atmosvär Leif lyckades skapa runt varje låt gjorde programmet unikt på många sätt. Gå gärna in på "SR minnen" på Sveriges Radios hemsida och lyssna på programmet, sätt er bekvämt, blunda och njut.

"BANJO PICKIN´ GIRL" COON CREEK GIRLS 78RPM CONQUEROR 9125 P.1938

En liten pärla med flickorna i Coon Creek Girls från 1938. Man blir nästan förälskad när man tittar på den här bilden på, Lily May & Rosie Ledford samt Esther "Violet" Koehler & Evelyn "Daisey" Lang där dom svalkar sina fötter i bäcken.Coon Creek Girls bildades i mitten av 1930,talet i Cincinatti , Ohio USA och var föregångare till den "moderna" countrymusiken. Bla Dolly Parton har nämnt Coon Creek Girls som en av sina förebilder.Njut av glädjen i musiken och inte minst den underbara bilden på tjejerna.From idag blir sidan svensktextad igen.

"MUSIC IN THE MOONLIGHT" JIMMIE GRIER & HIS ORCH. VICTOR 22971 P.1932 (VOC. BY HARRY BARRIS)

This one is for my lovely wife,i love you B.

"KEEP YOUR UNDERSKIRT ON" BEN POLLACK & HIS ORCH. VICTOR 22267 P.1929 USA

KEEP YOUR UNDERSKIRT ON
The song for today is a number with  Ben Pollack & His Orchestra, Ben who´s real name was Benjamin Pollack,  was born, June 22,1903 in Chicago,ILL.He was a drummer and bandleader,not so well known outside the States.As good as he was at playing swing music,as troubled he was in is private life,with money trouble,and lots of trouble with his wife´s.Sadly the dark pages of his life followed him to the bitter en,he hanged him self on June 7,1971 in Palm Springs CA,tired of  living in this lousy world.But nevertheless,his music lives on.

BEN POLLACK 1929

The tune you´re about to hear was banned from all radio broadcast in 1929,listen to the lyrics and you´ll understand why!

ADA JONES & BILLY MURRAY "COME JOSEPHINE IN MY FLYING MACHINE" VICTOR 16844 P.1911

COME JOSEPHINE IN MY FLYING MACHINE

Here´s another of my favorite songs,a duet by Ada Jones & Billy Murray recorded November 1910 & released on record in 1911. Music by Fred Fisher & words by Alfred Bryan. The first recording was made by Blanch Ring in 1910,and it become her signature song for a while.But this is the recording that become the most famous of the two.A song about the new invention, aeroplane.Great tune!

"SING BABY SING" CHARLIE BARNET & HIS ORCH. BLUEBIRD 6593 P.1936

SING BABY SING

Here´s a catchy little tune by one of my favorite bands from the pre war era, Charlie Barnet & his Orchestra with "Sing Baby Sing" from 1936. The vocal on this great swinging tune is for sure, but not 100% sure Charlie Barnet him self!? The band was known as " The Blackest White Band Of Them All", listen and you´ll understand why.

"ROLL ALONG PRAIRIE MOON" SMITH BALLEW(voc) & HIS ORCH. MELOTONE 351006 P.1935

ROLL ALONG PRAIRIE MOON

One of many recordings of that song the year of 1935 (Harry Stockwell,Al Bowlly) & and on this recording we will hear the sadly less known Smith(Sykes) Ballew(born jan 21, 1902 in Palestine, Texas and he past away may 2, 1984 in Fort Worth,Texas) with his orchestra. I just love this song and think this is the best recording because of Smith Ballew´s warm and tender voice! The song came from in it´s orginal from the 1935 MGM movie "Here Comes The Band" with Harry Stockwell on voc. If you wanna know more about the guy go to the great site "Red Hot Jazz Archives" on the net.