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paneity 1st Aug 2017		78 RPM Billy Cotton - Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner / Come Into The Parlour	The thoroughly Irish song from 1919 "If You're Irish (Come Into The Parlour)" by Shaun Glenville and Frank Miller is here given a decidedly international lyric by Cy Coben - "If you're Swedish come into the parlour Yes, come in and score with us If your name is Carl or Ingeborg Just pull up a chair and we'll prepare A little smorgasbord ..."
paneity 1st Aug 2017		78 RPM Woody Herman - Lemon Drop / I Ain't Gettin' Any Younger (I Ain't Gonna Wait Too Long)	"Lemon Drop" was recorded during Herman's first session for Capitol on 29 December 1948 in Hollywood, and "I Ain't Gettin' Any Younger" was recorded the following day. The "Choir" are Chubby Jackson, Shorty Rogers and Terry Gibbs.
paneity 31st Jul 2017		78 RPM Frank Sinatra - These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) / You Go To My Head	Label variant added. Both sides were recorded on 30 July 1945 at Columbia Studios in Hollywood.
paneity 31st Jul 2017		78 RPM Frank Sinatra - I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) / I Only Have Eyes For You	Label variant added. I Don't Know Why was recorded on 30 July 1945, I Only Have Eyes For You on 27 August 1945, both at Columbia Studios, Hollywood.
paneity 30th Jul 2017		78 RPM Duke Ellington - Swing Music 1940 Series No. 417 & 418	Both sides were recorded on 15 March 1940 in Chicago. "Concerto For Cootie" was written by Ellington for his then lead trumpet player Cootie Williams. Later that year, Williams left Ellington for Benny Goodman, prompting Raymond Scott to write the song "When Cootie Left the Duke". In 1943, Bob Russell wrote words for "Concerto For Cootie", and it became "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me", which spent 8 weeks at the top of the Billboard R&B charts in early 1944.
paneity 30th Jun 2017		78 RPM Bennie Goodman's Boys - Jungle Blues / Room 1411	Both sides recorded on 23 June 1928 in Chicago. The Boys include Glenn Miller on trombone (co-writer of Room 1411) and Jimmy McPartland on cornet.
paneity 30th Jun 2017		78 RPM Jelly-Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen - I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say / High Society	Both sides recorded on 14 September 1939 in New York. Sidney Bechet (s sax); Wellman Braud (b); Happy Caldwell (t sax); Sidney de Paris (tpt); Claude Jones (tbn); Lawrence Lucie (g); Jelly Roll Morton (p, voc); Albert Nicholas (cl); Zutty Singleton (d)
paneity 19th Feb 2017		78 RPM Paul Robeson - Water Boy / Steal Away	Both sides recorded on 14 December 1933 in London. The pianist is probably Ruthland Clapham.
paneity 17th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Ink Spots - Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) / Maybe	Both sides were recorded on 11 June 1940.
paneity 17th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Ink Spots - Street Of Dreams / Someday I'll Meet You Again	"Street Of Dreams" was recorded on 28 July 1942, and "Someday I'll Meet You Again" on 6 January 1944.
paneity 17th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Ink Spots - Bless You / Thoughtless	"Thoughtless" was recorded on 6 October 1939, and "Bless You" 5 days later.
paneity 16th Feb 2017		78 RPM Louis Levy And His Gaumont British Symphony - Where There's You There's Me / You're Sweeter Than I Thought You Were	Both sides recorded on 6 February 1936 in London. Vocals on "Where There's You There's Me" by Judy Shirley and on "You're Sweeter Than I Thought You Were" by Robert Ashley.
paneity 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Jay Wilbur - Roll On, Mississipi, Roll On / Whistling In The Dark	"Roll On, Mississipi, Roll On" recorded 3 September 1931 in London. Vocals by Billy Scott-Coomber (plus one other). "Whistling In The Dark" recorded March 1931 in New York. Vocals by Smith Ballew (a.k.a. Buddy Blue).
paneity 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Jean Sablon - Sur Le Pont D'Avignon / Je Tire Ma Reverence	Both sides recorded 4 June 1940 (the day of Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech to Parliament).
paneity 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Artie Shaw - Swing Music 1940 Series No. 345 & 346	Both sides recorded on 12 June 1939.
paneity 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Myra Hess - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (Chorale From The Cantata No. 147) / Sonata In G Major	"Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring" recorded on 15 January 1940; "Sonata In G Major" recorded on 9 January 1940.
paneity 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Anne Ziegler And Webster Booth - Love Steals Your Heart / We'll Gather Lilacs	Both sides recorded on 4 June 1946. "We'll Gather Lilacs" is from the musical "Perchance To Dream" (1945), the only musical for which Ivor Novello wrote both music and lyrics. "Love Steals Your Heart" is from the 1945 Margaret Lockwood/James Mason film "The Wicked Lady".
paneity 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Hal Swain - I Wanna Sing About You / The Waltz You Saved For Me	"I Wanna Sing About You" recorded early August 1931 in London; "The Waltz You Saved For Me" recorded March/April 1931 in New York.
paneity 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Jay Wilbur - He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down	Recorded on c. 28 January 1932. The vocal, uncredited, is by Leslie Sarony.
paneity 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Duke Ellington - Second New Rhythm Style Series No.s 119 / 120	"Black And Tan Fantasy" was recorded on 3 November 1927; "Wabash Blues" on 25 February 1927.
paneity 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Harry James - The 1942 Super Rhythm-Style Series, No. 25 & 26	Both sides recorded on 28 April 1941.
paneity 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Benny Goodman Trio - Swing Music 1936 Series No. 63 & 64	Both sides recorded on 23 April 1936 in Chicago. The trio is Benny Goodman (clarinet), Gene Krupa (drums) and Teddy Wilson (piano).
paneity 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Les Brown - Fooled / Ya Lu-Blu (I Love You)	Both sides recorded on 23 December 1941.
paneity 26th Nov 2016		78 RPM Billie Holiday - No More / You Better Go Now	No More was recorded on 4 October 1944 at Holiday's first session with Decca. The arrangement and direction are by Toots Camarata. You Better Go Now was recorded on 14 August 1945, under the direction of Bob Haggart.
paneity 26th Nov 2016		78 RPM Billie Holiday - What Is This Thing Called Love? / Don't Explain	Although she did record Don't Explain on 8 November 1944 as mentioned in the comment below, both of the recordings on this record were made on 14 August 1945. This remake of Don't Explain uses the same Toots Camarata arrangement as in the 1944 session, though the band here (for both What Is This Thing Called Love? and Don't Explain) is directed by Bob Haggart.
paneity 20th Nov 2016		78 RPM Frank Sinatra - Hello, Young Lovers / I Whistle A Happy Tune	"Hello, Young Lovers" was recorded on 2 March 1951, and "I Whistle A Happy Tune" on 27 March 1951, both in New York. Vocal backing on "I Whistle A Happy Tune" is by the Ray Charles Singers (Ray Charles the arranger and composer, not the R&B singer-songwriter).
paneity 20th Nov 2016		78 RPM Frank Sinatra - I've Got The World On A String / South Of The Border	Both sides were recorded on 30 April 1953 at KHJ Studios in Hollywood. It seems that the "South Of The Border" credit is inaccurate. According to a number of sources, including sinatrafamily.com, the arrangement is by Nelson Riddle "in the style of Billy May". May was in Florida with his band and couldn't make the session. According to Nancy Sinatra's book Frank Sinatra, My Father, producer Voyle Gilmore hired Riddle, launching the Riddle-Sinatra partnership that would span decades and carry them through over 90 recording sessions.
paneity 20th Nov 2016		78 RPM Bing Crosby And Grace Kelly - True Love / Well Did You Evah ?	"True Love" was recorded on 22 February 1956 and "Well Did You Evah?" on 17 January 1956, both in Los Angeles.
paneity 30th Oct 2016		78 RPM Nat "King" Cole - The Christmas Song / Nature Boy	"The Christmas Song" was recorded on 19 August 1946 at WMCA Radio Station in New York - the first time that the King Cole Trio had recorded with session musicians. The four strings and harp accompaniment are from Charlie Grean's Orchestra. The Trio had recorded an unaccompanied version of the song on 14 June that year. "Nature Boy" was recorded on 22 August 1947 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles. This was the second time the Trio had recorded with session musicians, and the first time with an orchestra (woodwind and strings). Buddy Cole (no relation) plays celeste.
paneity 29th Oct 2016		78 RPM King Cole Trio - That Ain't Right / Scotchin' With The Soda	"That Ain't Right" recorded on 22 October 1941 in New York City; "Scotchin' With The Soda" on 14 March 1941 in Chicago. With Oscar Moore (guitar) and Wesley Prince (bass).

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