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Two from Bob Crosby and two Shakespeare sonnets. Two from Bob Skyles and the Skyrockets- Lets play love and My darling Texas cow girl. Elias and his zig zag jive flutes . Red Nichols. Nat Gonella, Harry Parry and Lionel Hampton. The High Hatter, Paul Laval, Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti. Duke of Harlam and his Flunkies. The three boogie woogie pianos of Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons. Pine Top Smith, Blues and Boogie Woogie pioneer with two tracks on reissue 1928 recording. Died age 25.
This really is it folks! Episode 100, final and last Forgotten Songs from the Broom Cupboard podcast. No Sinatra type returns this time. Hope you enjoy this 90 minute trawl through some old favourites. I'm not abandoning the cause and will be using 78rpm records for a couple of drama type...
Published 01/20/23
We open with the madness of Irish Mambo from Alma Cogan. The two sides of Nat King Cole. First, pared back with his trio- Nat on piano, Oscar Moore guitar and Bob Miller drums. They give us- I'm lost. Then rich, orchestrated Nat with the Four Knights giving vocal backing- That's all there is to...
Published 01/13/23