At Last! - The First UK Chart - 14th November 1952

 

LISTEN HERE (First 16 tracks in reverse order)

 

1CD Set
Released 2002
Cat No.: RDCD3641
RD Code: 1ST 657
Compilation & Booklet Notes by J K Hall

01 Al Martino - Here In My Heart
02 Jo Stafford - You Belong To Me
03 Nat 'King' Cole - Somewhere Along The Way
04 Bing Crosby - Isle Of Innisfree
05 Bing Crosby - At Last! At Last!
06 Guy Mitchell - Feet Up (Pat Him On The Po-Po)
07 Rosemary Clooney - Half As Much
08 Vera Lynn - Forget Me Not
09 Frankie Laine - High Noon
10 Doris Day & Frankie Laine - Sugarbush
11 Ray Martin Concert Orch - Blue Tango
12 Vera Lynn - Homing Waltz
13 Vera Lynn - Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart
14 Mario Lanza - Because You're Mine
15 Max Bygraves - Cowpuncher's Cantata
16 Johnnie Ray - Walkin' My Baby Back Home
17 Perry Como - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
18 Eddie Fisher - Outside Of Heaven

ORIGINAL 78 r.p.m. LABELS

 

The Very Best Of Bing Crosby

3CD Set
Released 1995
Cat No.: RDCD921-3 (RDC92591-3)
RD Code: OSBY 342
Compiled by M Moritz

CD1      IT’S EASY TO REMEMBER

1 - Where The Blue Of The Night

2 - Just One More Chance

3 - June in January

4 - It's Easy To Remember

5 - Red Sails in The Sunset

6 - I'm An Old Cowhand

7 - Pennies From Heaven

8 - Blue Hawaii

9 - Sweet Leilani

10 - Too Marvellous For Words

11 - I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams

12 - Mexicali Rose

13 - Seirra Sue

14 - New San Antonio Rose

15 - Only Forever

16 - Please

17 - An Apple For The Teacher

18 - Dolores

19 - Be Careful It's my heart

20 - Moonlight Becomes You

21 - Road To Morocco

CD2      GOING MY WAY

22 - Sunday, Monday Or Always

23 - People Will Say We're In Love

24 - San Fernando Valley

25 - Pistol Packin' Mama

26 - I Love You

27 - Poinciana

28 - I'll Be Seeing You

29 - Swinging On A Star

30 - Going My Way

31 - Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral

32 - It's Been A Long, Long Time

33 - Don't Fence Me In

34 - I Can't Begin To Tell You

35 - Bells Of St. Mary's

36 - MacNamara's Band

37 - Put It There Pal

38 - Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive

39 - You Keep Coming Back Like A Song

40 - Blue Skies

41 - A Couple Of Song And Dance Men

42 - Alexander's Ragtime Band

43 - South America, Take It Away

44 - Easter Parade

45 - White Christmas

CD3      THANKS FOR THE MEMORY

46 - Dear Hearts And Gentle People

47 - Spaniard That Blighted My Life

48 - There's No Business Like Show Business

49 - You Don't Have To Know The Language

50 - Wiffenpoof Song

51 - But Beatiful

52 - Galway Bay

53 - Far Away Places

54 - Now is The Hour

55 - Some Enchanted Evening

56 - Harbour Lights

57 - Autumn Leaves

58 - Sams Song

59 - Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy

60 - Play A Simple Melody

61 - In The Cool Cool Cool of The Evening

62 - Hoot Mon

63 - Zing A Little Zong

64 - In A Little Spanish Town

65 - Count Your Blessings Insteed of Sheep

66 - Around The World

67 - Thanks For The memory

68 - Gone Fishin'

Bring Me Sunshine

5CD Set
Released November 1996
Cat No.: RDCD1331-5  (RDC93001-3)
RD Code: BMS 366

CD1  Showcase Of Golden Stars
 

1 - Morecambe And Wise - Bring Me Sunshine

2 - Bernard Cribbins - Right Said Fred

3 - Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)

4 - Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren - Goodness, Gracious Me!

5 - Rolf Harris - Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport

6 - Harry Belafonte And Odetta - Hole In The Bucket

7 - Nat ‘King’Cole - Orange Coloured Sky

8 - Anthony Newley - Strawberry Fair

9 - Tommy Steele - What A Mouth (What A North And South)

10 - Lonnie Donegan - Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour

11 - Danny Kaye - Triplets

12 - Eartha Kitt - Just An Old Fashioned Girl

13 - Louis Armstrong And Bing Crosby - Gone Fishin'

14 - Lena Horne - New - Fangled Tango

15 - Stargazers - I See The Moon

16 - Alma Cogan - In The Middle Of The House

17 - Max Bygraves - Cowpuncher's Cantata

18 - Billy Cotton & His Band - Forty Fahsend Fevvers On A Frush

19 - Spike Jones And His City Slickers - I Went To Your Wedding

CD2  Down Memory Lane

20 - Red Ingle And the Natural Seven - Cigareets, Whuskey And Wild, Wild Women

21 - Danny Kaye with the Andrews Sisters - Woody Woodpecker Song

22 - Bing Crosby And Al Jolson - Spaniard That Blighted My Life

23 - Louis Jordan - Open The Door, Richard!

24 - Fats Waller - Your Feet's Too Big

25 - Spike Jones And His City Slickers - All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)

26 - Fred Waring And his Pennsylvanians - Dry Bones

27 - Andrews Sisters - One Meat Ball

28 - Danny Kaye - I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts

29 - Pied Pipers - Mairzy Doats And Dozy Doats

30 - Billy Cotton & His Band - Hut - Sut Song

31 - Harry Roy And his Band - She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor

32 - Noel Coward - Stately Homes Of England

33 - Bebe Daniels And Ben Lyon - Three Little Fishes

34 - Flanagan And Allen - We're Gonna Hang Out The Washing On

35 - Gracie Fields - Walter Walter (Lead Me To The Altar)

36 - George Formby - With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock

37 - Stanley Holloway - With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her

38 - Max Miller - Mary From The Dairy

CD3 Remembering The 60s

39 - Bonzo Dog Doo - Dah Band - Intro And The Outro

40 - Scaffold - Lily The Pink

41 - Herman's Hermits - I'm Henery The Eighth (I Am)

42 - Lance Percival - Shame And Scandal In The Family

43 - Rolf Harris - Jake The Peg

44 - Morecambe And Wise - Boom Oo Yatta Ta Ta

45 - Ronnie Hilton - Windmill In Old Amsterdam

46 - New Christy Minstrels - Three Wheels On My Wagon

47 - Vernons Girls - You Know What I Mean

48 - Bernard Cribbins - Hole In The Ground

49 - Pat Boone - Speedy Gonzales

50 - Perry Como - Delaware

51 - Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren - Bangers And Mash

52 - Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's A Dustman

53 - Benny Hill - Gather In The Mushrooms

54 - Anthony Newley - Pop Goes The Weasel

55 - Charlie Drake - My Boomerang Won't Come Back

56 - Andy Stewart - Donald, Where's Yer Troosers?

57 - Pete Seeger - Little Boxes

CD4  Magical Moments

58 - Bing Crosby And Bob Hope - Road To Morocco

59 - Ethel Merman And Ray Middleton - Anything You Can Do

60 - Bing Crosby, William Bendix And Sir Cedric Hardwicke - Busy Doing Nothing

61 - Danny Kaye - King's New Clothes

62 - Doris Day - Deadwood Stage (Whip Crack - Away)

63 - Rex Harrison And Julie Andrews - Rain In Spain

64 - Ron Moody - You've Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two

65 - Bruce Forsyth - When I See An Elephant Fly

66 - Max Bygraves - Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be

67 - Tommy Steele - Flash, Bang, Wallop!

68 - Russ Tamblyn - Gee, Officer Krupke!

69 - Ronnie Hilton - Ugly Bug Ball

70 - Ray Conniff Singers - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

71 - Ken Barrie - Bare Necessities

72 - Clive Peterson - Never Smile At A Crocodile

73 - Shani Wallis - Second Hand Rose

74 - Max Bygraves - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

75 - Brian Greene And Matt Zimmerman - Brush Up Your Shakespeare

76 - National Symphony Orchestra - Mums And Dads

 
CD5  Favourites Forever!

77 - Charles Penrose - Laughing Policeman

78 - Ernest Butcher - Peaceful Street

79 - George Formby - When I'm Cleaning Windows

80 - Stanley Holloway - Lion And Albert

81 - Flanagan And Allen - Run, Rabbit, Run

82 - Noel Coward - Mad Dogs And Englishmen

83 - Reginald Gardiner - Trains

84 - Arthur Askey - Bee Song

85 - Spike Jones And His City Slickers - Cocktails For Two

86 - Jimmy Durante - I'm The Guy Who Found The Lost Chord

87 - Eartha Kitt - Let's Do It

88 - Joyce Grenfell And Norman Wisdom - Narcissus

89 - Flanders And Swann - Gnu Song

90 - Victor Borge - Phonetic Punctuation (Live)

91 - Burl Ives - I Know An Old Lady

92 - Joyce Grenfell - Nursery School

93 - Peter Sellers - Balham, Gateway To The South

94 - Ian Wallace - Hippopotamus Song

95 - Goons - Ying Tong Song

MUSIC & MEMORIES OF THE 30s & 40s: Friendship! - Great Combinations Of The 30s & 40s

Volume 8 of the 'Music And Memories of the 30s & 40s' series which was to run for 12 volumes.

3CD Set
Released 2003
Cat No.: RDCD3891-3
RD Code: TFGC 008
Series Code 507
Compilation by J K Hall and C Brown, Production by P Marchant, Booklet by T Watts

CD1 – What It Seemed To Be

1 - Cab Calloway & The Palmer Brothers - Blues In The Night

2 - Sinatra~Frank & Connie Haines - That's How It Goes

3 - Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell - Amapola

4 - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

5 - Glenn Miller & Tex Beneke & Marion Hutton - When Johnny Comes Marching Home

6 - Sinatra~Frank & Connie Haines - You Might Have Belonged To Another

7 - Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - It Had To Be You

8 - Jimmy Messene & Al Bowlly - Make believe Island

9 - Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots - I'm Beginning To See The Light

10 - Kitty Kallen & Bob Eberly - Besame Mucho

11 - Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy - Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life

12 - Teddy Johnson & Pearl Carr - I Can Give You The Starlight

13 - Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth - We'll Gather Lilacs

14 - Paul Robeson & Elisabeth Welch - Sleepy River

15 - Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - Come Rain Or Come Shine

16 - Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - Oh! What It Seemed To Be

17 - Helen O'Connell & Bob Eberley - Yours

18 - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots - I'm Making Believe

CD2 – Good Morning!

1 - Murgatroyd & Winterbottom - Good Morning

2 - Flanagan & Allen - Free (Isn't It The Way It Ought To Be)

3 - Claire Hogan & Kenny Martin - Tangerine

4 - Glenn Miller & Tex Beneke & Marion Hutton - Kalamazoo~(I've Got A Girl In)

5 - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan - Patootie Pie

6 - Jill Page & Harry Bolton* - Monday Tuesday Wednesday

7 - Joy Nicholls & Benny Lee - On the 5.45

8 - Bebe Daniels & Ben Lyon - There's A Boy Coming Home On Leave

9 - Flanagan & Allen - Smiths And The Jones~The

10 - Max & Harry Nesbitt - Georgia's Gotta Moon

11 - Two Leslies - Forty Four Fousand And Five

12 - Rawicz & Landauer - In A Persian Market

13 - Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots - Cow Cow Boogie

14 - Tony Martin & Fran Warren - I Said My Pyjamas (And Put On My

15 - Elsie & Doris Waters - London Pride

16 - Monica Lewis & the Ames Brothers - A Tree In The Meadow

17 - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - You Won't Be Satisfied

18 - Glenn Miller & Tex Beneke & Marion Hutton - A - Tisket A - Tasket

19 - Two Leslies - Cut Yourself A Little Piece Of Cake

CD3 – Bing, Danny, Judy and Friends

1 - Judy Garland & Johnny Mercer - Friendship

2 - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - South America, Take It Away

3 - Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell - An Apple For The Teacher

4 - Bing Crosby & Bob Hope - Put It There Pal

5 - Bing Crosby & Judy Garland - Yah ta Ta, Yah ta Ta,

6 - Bob Hope & Shirley Ross - Thanks For The Memory

7 - Judy Garland & Gene Kelly - For Me And My Gal

8 - Danny Kaye & the Andrews Sisters - Bread And Butter Woman

9 - Bing Crosby & Al Jolson - Alexander's Ragtime Band

10 - Bing Crosby & Mary Martin - Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid

11 - Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters - Anything You Can Do

12 - Bing Crosby & Judy Garland - Mine

13 - Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin - People Will Say We're In Love

14 - Danny Kaye & the Andrews Sisters - Woody Woodpecker Song~The

15 - Danny Kaye & the Andrews Sisters - Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)

16 - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters - Ciribiribin

17 - Judy Garland & Gene Kelly - When You Wore A Tulip

18 - Bing Crosby & Johnny Mercer - Mister Meadowlark

19 - Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire - A Couple Of Song And Dance Men

*listed as 'Jill Day & Barry Bolton' on CD & Booklet