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On a gray wintery afternoon in January of 1939, a production meeting was held by Tommy Dorsey at his mansion in Bernardsville, N.J. The gathering was attended by RCA executives and Tommy's top arrangers. As usual, special food and drinks were served by the band leader's lovely wife and hostess Mildred ("Toots"). Stories and laughs abounded, but most importantly arrangements of "Marie", "Who", "Blue Skies", "Blue Moon", and three others were created and later developed.
My dog, Augy, of only one year old died, Naturally I felt depressed. I had bought a box of 78s at a yard sale about a week before and just to get my mind off the death of Augy I decided to look through the records. The fist record I pulled from the pile was this one "Where Has My Little Dog Gone?". I cried and at the same time felt relief.
Boogie was popular from before the 1920s . Recordings from 1924 are out there. Became popular with the mainstream from 1938 after the New york Swing concerts.
This was promoted on a non-Red Seal 45 to radio stations. The other time the Red Seal was used for a non-classical 45 was for Elvis Presley's Touch of Gold series, mainly because RCA ran out of black labels.
Around 1960, when I was 4 or 5, I would listen to my dad's 45's and this song sung by Roy Hamilton is the one that meant anything to me. I would play it over and over, for the line "Walk on with hope in your heart and you'll never walk alone". I took it spiritually while never wondering why I thought that way. Like I always knew there was God.
Oct 11, 1940, New York - _A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square_ - Manning Sherwin (music) & Eric Maschwitz (words) - Glenn Miller Orchestra: Johnny Best, Charles Frankhauser, Dale McMickle, Zeke Zarchy - trumpets; Glenn Miller, Jimmy Priddy, Paul Tanner - trombones; Hal McIntyre, Wilbur Schwartz - clarinets, alto saxophones; Al Klink, Tex Beneke - tenor saxophones; Ernie Caceres - clarinet, baritone saxophone; Chummy MacGregor - piano; Jack Lathrop - guitar; Trigger Alpert - bass; Maurice Purtill - drums; Ray Eberle - vocals; Bill Finegan - arranger. *"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"* is a British romantic popular song written in 1939 and published in 1940, with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin. Setting Berkeley Square is a large leafy square in Mayfair, a part of London. The Ritz Hotel referred to is just outside Mayfair, adjacent to Green Park. That certain night, the night we met, There was magic abroad in the air, There were angels dining at the Ritz And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square. The nightingale, a migrant songbird, is celebrated in literature and music for the beauty of its song. It favours rural habitats and is unlikely to be heard in Central London. Composition The song was written in the then-small French fishing village of Le Lavandou-now a favourite resort for British holidaymakers and second-home owners-shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. It is typically sung in the key of D-flat major by male vocalists such as Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. "When the Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is the title of a short story by Michael Arlen, published in 1923 as part of his collection _These Charming People._ According to Maschwitz, the title of the song was "stolen" from that of the story. The song had its first performance in the summer of 1939 in a local bar, where the melody was played on piano by Manning Sherwin with the help of the resident saxophonist. Maschwitz sang the words while holding a glass of wine, but nobody seemed impressed. In the spring of 2002, an attempt was made to find the bar where this song was first performed: it was hoped that a blue plaque could be set up. With the help of the local tourist office, elderly residents were questioned, but it proved impossible to identify the venue. The verse and the additional lyrics to a second chorus were in the song as written but are rarely sung in recordings (those of Bobby Darin, Mel Torme, Blossom Dearie, Twiggy, Vera Lynn and Rod Stewart being notable exceptions). Twiggy's version was featured in an episode ("Fran's Gotta Have It") of The Nanny. The song was published in 1940, when it was first performed in the London revue New Faces by Judy Campbell (later the mother of Jane Birkin). In the same year it was also performed by both Ray Noble and then by Vera Lynn. The tune is a recurring theme in the Fritz Lang film _Man Hunt_ (1941). It was notably sung by Elsie Carlisle, an English female singer active both before and during the British dance band era. Recordings and performances Early chart hits of the song in the US were by Glenn Miller, Ray Noble, Guy Lombardo and Sammy Kaye. *The Glenn Miller recording (Bluebird 10931) with a Ray Eberle vocal was made in New York City on 11 October 1940. The fluttering clarinet that opens the track and no doubt is meant to suggest the sound of the nightingale began, it seems, with the Miller recording. The opening, using either a clarinet or flute, has been picked up by others including the Frank Sinatra recording. The record was first charted on 21 December 1940, peaking at No. 2.* The song has since become a standard, being recorded by Bing Crosby (recorded 20 December 1940), Frank Sinatra in London in June 1962, and Rod Stewart on the 2004 album _Stardust: the Great American Songbook 3._ It also appears on Vera Lynn's album _16 Most Requested Songs._ Anita O'Day performed it on her 1956 album _Anita,_ re-released in 1962 (V/V6-8483) as _This is Anita;_ the song became part of the jazz singer's repertoire. Nat King Cole sang it on the 1961 album _The Touch of Your Lips,_ Carmen McRae, Perry Como on his 1977 __ album, Stephane Grappelli, Bobby Darin on the 1962 album _Oh! Look at Me Now,_ British comedian Richard Digance in 1979 on both single and LP, Harry Connick Jr. on the 1990 album _We Are in Love,_ The Brian Setzer Orchestra on their eponymous 1994 album, and Sonny Rollins on the 2000 album _This Is What I Do._ The folk singer and accordionist John Kirkpatrick (musician) included the song on his album _Three in a Row_ released in 1983. A version by The Manhattan Transfer won a Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for _Two or More Voices_ in 1982 for its arranger, Gene Puerling. A version was featured in an early Tom Hanks movie titled _Everytime We Say Goodbye_ released in 1986. The British group the New Vaudeville Band wrote a highly distinctive version in 1966. The veteran British musician Ian Hunter, former vocalist for _Mott the Hoople,_ regularly performs it in his concerts; and it has appeared on two at least of his live recordings. A performance of the song by British actor Robert Lindsay was used as the theme to the British situation comedy series Nightingales. Faryl Smith released a cover of the song on her debut album _Faryl_ in 2009. The song was also sung in the episode "Captain Jack Harkness" on _Torchwood._ Lyrics from the song were also paraphrased in the 1990 novel _Good Omens_ by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (the story features an angel and a demon having lunch together at the Ritz, for example), and Tori Amos recorded the song for the 2019 television adaptation. The song is referenced again in season two when Crowley tells Aziraphale there are "no nightingales" during their fight and separation at the end of the season. The lyrics are spoken and sung by the actor John Le Mesurier on the album _What Is Going to Become of Us All?_ On 10 July 2005 there was a national celebration of the 60th anniversary of the ending of World War II when the song was sung live to millions by Petula Clark in central London to an audience of veterans and politicians as part of the programme _V45 Britain At War: A Nation Remembers._ On 9 May 2015 Katherine Jenkins sang the song at _VE Day 70: A Party to Remember_ at Horse Guards Parade in London. In 2015, British comedian and TV host Alexander Armstrong performed it on his first album, _A Year of Songs._ On a 2015 bonus episode of the podcast _My Brother, My Brother and Me_ ("The McElroy Family Fun Hour Brought to You by Totino's"), co-host Justin McElroy sang a parody entitled "A Pizza Roll Sang in Berkeley Square." Also in 2019, the song was performed in an episode of _The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel_ by Darius de Haas. The song features on Michael Bublé's 2022 album _Higher._
*A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE* *Vocal* Judy Campbell First live performance on April 11, 1940 Vera Lynn 1940 First recording on June 5, 1940 wing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan Nov 8, 1940 *Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle Nov 15, 1940* Jack Leonard - Orchestra dir. by Ray Bloch Nov 1940 Kate Smith - Orchestra dir. by Jack Miller Nov 1940 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo Nov 1940 Ambrose and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anne Shelton 1940 Turner Layton and His Piano 1940 Billy Cotton and His Band 1940 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Howard Du Lany 1940 Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Larry Stewart 1940 Eddie Allen [CA] 1940 Carol Bruce with Harry Sosnik and His Orchestra 1940 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra 1941 Anita O'Day May 1956 Don Heller - Orch. under the direction of Ralph Burns May 1956 Mark Murphy with Orchestra directed by Ralph Burns 1956 Mel Tormé 1957 Live The Crew Cuts - Orchestra dir. by David Carroll 1957 Carmen McRae with Orchestra dir. by Ralph Burns Feb 1959 Dorothy Baker with Orchestra dir. by Max Bostock 1959 Hildegarde Neff (Knef) with John Gregory and His Orchestra 1959 The Mello-Larks 1959 The Hi-Lo's - Orchestra conducted by Marty Paich 1960 Nat King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Ralph Carmichael March 1961 Joanie Sommers July 1962 Bobby Darin Oct 1962 Frank Sinatra Nov 1962 Mel Tormé 1962 Medley Live Vera Lynn, Tony Osborne and His Orchestra 1962 Tommy Leonetti Oct 1964 The Yale Alley Cats 1965 A cappella Brook Benton April 1966 Richard Dawson, Larry Hovis July 1966 The New Vaudeville Band Dec 1966 Jigsaw 1970 Syd Lawrence Orchestra 1971 Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band 1971 Max Bygraves 1973 Medley Dakota Staton 1974 Band of H.M. Guards Division & Chorus with Clinton Ford 1975 Mari Nakamoto with Isao Suzuki & Kazumi Watanabe 1975 Perry Como 1977 Expression Marks 1979 The Manhattan Transfer 1981 George Shearing and Mel Tormé Sep 1982 Live Dewey Erney with Ron Escheté 1983 The Vocal Majority 1983 Rosemary Clooney 1985 Cathie Harrop 1985 The University of Pennsylvania Counterparts 1985 A cappella Denis King 1986 Ann Williamson 1987 Isobel Buchanan - English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford 1987 The Mendicants 1987 A cappella The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1987 Graham Dalby and the Grahamophones 1988 Max Bygraves 1989 Silvi Vrait 1989 Gladys Carbò 1990 Harry Connick, Jr. 1990 Richard Rodney Bennett 1990 Andrea Marcovicci 1991 Tony Bennett Sep 15, 1992 Hotter Than Six 1992 Pam Bricker & Rick Harris 1992 Lorez Alexandria June 1993 Eileen Farrell 1993 Karen Akers June 28, 1994 Marlene VerPlanck 1994 Swing Sisters & The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1994 The Amalgamates 1994 A cappella The Brian Setzer Orchestra 1994 Christian Josi 1995 Jaye P. Morgan & Kaye Ballard 1995 Palm Court Theatre Orchestra April 23, 1996 Robson & Jerome Nov 11, 1996 James Moody 1996 Mark Kershner Jan 1997 Swing Dance Orchestra Sep 1997 Sathima Bea Benjamin 1997 PandemoniUM [US1] 1997 A cappella The Zumbyes May 1998 A cappella Pieces of 8 July 15, 1998 Live John McDermott Oct 27, 1998 Lindsay Hamilton 1998 Lynda Jamison 1998 Mattias Enn 1998 Beryl Davis 1999 Christopher Hopkins 1999 Emily Saxe 1999 Joni Janak 1999 Rita Reys 1999 Steve March Tormé 1999 Linda Tate Sep 2000 Sluníčko Sep 2000 Chris Dean's Syd Lawrence Orchestra 2000 Karen Oberlin Jan 9, 2001 Merv Griffin March 2001 James Darren July 2001 David Paquette & George Washingmachine 2001 Michele Anastasio 2001 Renée Tannenbaum 2001 The Pete Allen Jazz Band with Susan Valliant Speer May 27, 2002 Nancy Nelson with The Keith Ingham Quartet 2002 Cotton Club Singers 2002 Live Everett Greene 2002 Jan Gelberman 2002 Carol Welsman Feb 11, 2003 Quatuor Laqué April 2003 A cappella Meta Roos Aug 2003 Ian Hunter 2003 Denise Montana 2003 Lynn DiMenna 2003 Rachael Price 2003 Rebecca Ryan 2003 Sheridan Morley & Michael Law feat. Judy Campbell 2003 Christiane Weber Feb 2004 AJohn Hines April 6, 2004 Rod Stewart Oct 19, 2004 Judy Roberts & Neal Seroka Oct 2004 Frank Jackson Nov 2, 2004 Beryl Korman, Jennifer Partridge 2004 Catherine Bott - David Owen Norris 2004 Live Sean and Jimmy Gourley 2004 Mindy Smith Jan 19, 2005 Jeff Baker Jan 25, 2005 Deanna Dubbin June 2, 2005 Zoe Mace June 8, 2005 Operatunity 2005 Annie Ross 2005 Anna Beaumont 2005 Deborah Lippmann 2005 Jean Frye Sidwell 2005 Ron Barber & Francie Zucco 2005 Russ Lorenson May 2006 Medley Oscar "The Smooth One" Sheppard July 5, 2006 Orphei Drängar, Robert Sund, Trio X, Stefan Parkman Dec 2006 A cappella Connie Hays 2006 Don Latarski and Marilyn Keller 2006 Rick Reuther 2006 Double Down May 2007 Yoshiko Saita Aug 22, 2007 Barbara Knight Sep 7, 2007 Engelbert Humperdinck Sep 25, 2007 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Anna Sise Oct 31, 2007 Paul Shimomoto 2007 Billy Stritch 2007 Janet Seidel Trio 2007 Nyle Wolfe 2007 Scot Albertson 2007 Medley Nathan Hefner March 11, 2008 Dorothy Doring May 2008 Suss von Ahn Dec 10, 2008 Perla Batalla Dec 2008 Medley Carol Kidd 2008 Yasuko Agawa 2008 Faryl March 9, 2009 Ike Moriz June 2009 Twiggy [GB] Sep 14, 2009 Tim McCarver Sep 2009 Chita Rivera Oct 13, 2009 Keiko Lee Oct 21, 2009 Ken Greves Oct 2009 Julie Hamelin Dec 17, 2009 Palladium 2009 Julian Yeo & His Retro Jazz Band March 2010 Tianna Hall & Danny McKnight April 2010 Maureen Washington Oct 14, 2010 Judy Rafat with Thomas Rückert Oct 2010 Eric Comstock, Randy Napoleon Jan 25, 2011 Sue Raney - Alan Broadbent April 2011 Clare Teal May 21, 2011 David Keith Jones Dec 19, 2011 Hot Club Harmonists 2011 Jacqui Dankworth 2011 Carmen Lundy Feb 7, 2012 Bill A. Jones March 2012 Jessica Lee & Mark Strickland Dec 1, 2012 The Four Freshmen 2012 Barbara Fasano 2012 Joe Thayer Novr 9, 2013 Faith Amour 2013 Noelle Vaughn 2013 Stella Bass June 5, 2014 Denise King - Massimo Faraò 2014 Jacob Fischer Aug 7, 2015 Mayte Alguacil Sep 2015 Kinky Friedman Oct 2, 2015 Alexander Armstrong Nov 2015 Mandy Meadows Dec 4, 2015 No Strings a cappella Dec 2015 A cappella Lina Nyberg March 4, 2016 Live Shelley Biss April 2016 Rebekah Victoria & Jazzkwest Aug 2016 London Gay Men's Chorus Dec 2016 Maria Emrik 2016 Ann Martindale & Richard Busch 2016 Nicki Parrott March 15, 2017 Vera Lynn feat. The Ayoub Sisters March 17, 2017 Frank Mortenson Aug 20, 2017 Riley Elmore Oct 27, 2017 Wendell Brunious & Tom Hook 2017 Søren Sko & Benjamin Koppel Jan 14, 2018 Madrigal in Casa March 1, 2018 A cappella Janet Mudge Oct 19, 2018 Alfie Boe feat. Brennyn Lark Nov 23, 2018 Al Copley 2018 Tori Amos May 31, 2019 Shannon & Keast Sep 14, 2019 Acoustic Martin & Shirlie Nov 22, 2019 Russell Drago Dec 2019 Live Hetty Kate 2019 Amanda Palmer July 29, 2020 Kai Kunie Oct 28, 2020 Teresa Luján 2021 Michael Bublé March 25, 2022 Molly Ryan Nov 11, 2022 Judy Whitmore Jan 15, 2024
*Instrumental* Charlie Kunz 1940 Bud Powell 1953 The Confrey Phillips Trio 1954 Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra 1956 Eddie Thompson and His Ensemble 1958 iFrank Chacksfield and His Orchestra 1958 Reg Owen and His Orchestra 1958 The Vic Schoen Orchestra and Chorus 1958 Tony Osborne, His Piano and His Orchestra 1958 Wally Stott and His Orchestra 1958 Eddie South, Mike Simpson 1962 Knud Jörgensen 1962 TFrankie Carle, His Piano and Orchestra 1963 Medley The Melachrino Strings and Orchestra 1963 The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra 1964 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra 1965 Derek and Ray 1965 Mrs. Mills with Accompaniment directed by Geoff Love 1965 Medley Rufus Harley 1966 The Johnny Scott Orchestra 1966 iEddie Harris 1967 Mr. Acker Bilk 1967 Sadao Watanabe 1967 The Big Band of Al Cobine 1967 Vic Hammett 1968 Lars Erstrand 1971 Dill Jones 1972 Bobby Crush 1973 Medley Cy Payne 1973 Stéphane Grappelli & The Diz Disley Trio 1975 The John Barnes / Roy Williams Jazzband 1975 Ross Tompkins, Herb Ellis 1976 Gene DiNovi 1977 Medley Mick Pyne 1977 Jan Lindblad 1977 Jon Eardley/Mick Pyne 1978 Barbara Cartland with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The Mike Sammes Singers 1978 Jerry Allen 1979 Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grappelli 1980 Dexter Gordon 1981 J.R. Monterose Duo with Tommy Flanagan 1981 Masahiko Togashi 1981 George Shearing Trio & Robert Farnon Orchestra Feb 1982 Brian Hazelby 1982 Fraser MacPherson / Oliver Gannon 1982 Nigel Ogden 1983 Gordon Beck 1983 Fine Arts Brass Ensemble 1983 Michael Wooldridge 1984 Debbie Poryes, Hein Van de Geyn, Hans Eykenaar 1984 Henry "Thins" Francis 1984 The Geoff Love Banjos 1984 Medley Yoshiaki Miyanoue 1985 Dan Bellomy 1986 John Williams [AU] 1986 The Steve Abshire Quartet 1987 Bob Barnard 1988 Dave Bendigkeit Quartet 1988 Robert Wolfe 1988 Medley Stan Tracey and Don Weller 1988 ommy Reilly - James Moody 1988 David Kikoski - Eddie Gómez - Al Foster 1989 George Adams 1989 John Hicks 1989 Lars Roos 1989 Stanley Cowell 1989 Vile Bodies 1989 The Roy Patterson Trio 1990 Jiggs Whigham, Bud Shank, John Clayton, George Cables, Jeff Hamilton 1990 The Doug MacDonald Quartet 1990 Boško Petrović, Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Alvin Queen 1991 Red Richards 1991 Richard Carr 1991 Yoshiaki Masuo 1991 Ellis Marsalis Jan 28, 1992 The Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra 1992 Live Emile Pandolfi 1992 Joe Augustine 1992 Ray Alexander Sextet 1992 New York Unit May 21, 1993 iBill Mays Aug 1993 The Gray Sargent Trio with Special Guest Dave McKenna 1993 The British Tuba Quartet 1993 The Dutch Jazz Trio 1993 Von Freeman Quartet 1993 Van Craven 1994 Bob Rockwell Trio 1994 Monday Night Big Band 1994 David Syme April 16, 1995 John Harrison Trio Oct 1995 Simon Gledhill 1995 Naperville North Jazz Ensemble and Combo 1995 Lisa Pollard - Ray Brown, Benny Green, Grady Tate 1995 Scott Hamilton 1995 Live Phil Kelsall 1995 Medley Bob Alberti Trio 1995 Frank Mantooth Jazz Orchestra 1995 Masahiko Osaka & Tomonao Hara Quintet 1995 Steve Greene Trio 1995 Keith Lockhart and The Boston Pops Orchestra Oct 15, 1996 Ron Affif Trio 1996 Great British Jazz Band 1996 David Newman [US1] 1996 Ned Spurlock 1996 Sweet Jazz Trio 1996 Ulf Wakenius 1996 Equinox [US2] 1997 Ed Neumeister Quintet 1997 Stephane Grappelli Trio 1997 Live Medley SWR Big Band - Slide Hampton 1997 Medley Mark Miller [US4] 1997 The New Stanton Band with Michael Fortunato 1997 Thomas Snow 1997 The Galaxy Trio [CA] 1998 Andy MacKenzie 1998 Arnstein Johansen 1998 Corky Hale 1998 Maxine Willan 1998 Sam Yahel 1998 The Pete Cater Big Band 1998 The New York Allstars March 9, 1999 Live Mimi Fox March 23, 1999 Davide Petrocca Quartet 1999 Bill Carrothers with Bill Stewart 1999 Clusone 3 1999 Eric Alexander Quartet 1999 Michel Donato - James Gelfand 1999 Jackie McLean Feb 1, 2000 Stefano Sabatini 2000 John Sidney 2000 John Thulin, Jeff Eckels 2000 Russ Peterson 2000 Sonny Rollins 2000 Steve Houben 2000 Dan Faehnle Dec 18, 2001 Northern Europe Jazz Quartet 2001 The John Bunch Trio 2001 The Bob Rigter Quartet 2001 Steve Davis Quartet Feb 28, 2002 George Davidson July 2002 John Fremgen 2002 iSt Cuthbert's College 2003 Svare / Thoroddsen 2003 Boško Petrović Trio 2003 Live Jeff Barnhart's British Band 2003 Live John Bunch 2003 Bill Coon Trio 2003 Bob Burford 2003 iBob Shaw 2003 Keith Ingham, Bob Reitmeier 2003 Mark Soskin 2003 The David Leonhardt Trio 2003 Tore Johansen 2003 Jimmy Cobb Trio featuring Marco Tamburini July 2004 John Hart Trio Oct 2004 iMike Irish 2004 Ed Polcer and His Jazz All-Stars 2004 Massimo Faraò 2004 Manhattan Trinity Sep 21, 2005 Cees Slinger, His Trios and Guests 2005 John Horler / Jeff Clyne / Trevor Tomkins 2005 Mark Nightingale with The Fat Chops Big Band 2005 Roger Kellaway 2005 The Ace Hill Trio 2005 Pierrick Pédron - Mulgrew Miller, Thomas Bramerie, Lewis Nash 2006 Simon Schott 2006 The Pavão Quartet 2006 Eddie Higgins Trio Dec 2007 Christer Karlberg Trio 2007 Harry Allen 2007 Allan Vaché & Mark Shane 2007 Esmond Selwyn 2007 Tim Kliphuis / Nigel Clark / Roy Percy 2007 Waverly Seven 2007 Akiko Grace July 23, 2008 Snow College Jazz Orchestra 2008 Jörgen Strömberg 2008 Cedar Walton 2008 Paolo Recchia featuring Dado Moroni 2008 Ben Neuman July 21, 2009 Derek Smith [US] 2009 Fabio Jegher/ Doug Webb Quartet 2009 The Overton Berry Ensemble 2009 Jack Jezzro featuring Sam Levine Feb 19, 2010 Elmar Brass Trio March 2010 Terry Myers with Johnny Varro, Joel Forbes, Ed Metz Oct 12, 2010 Mark Lowrey 2010 Retaw Boyce - Joseph Zarb 2010 John Colianni Quintet 2011 Rennert - Roder - Soyka Dec 12, 2012 Live Steven Rogers and Lars Aukrust Dec 24, 2012 Uli Rennert 2012 Live David Halliday 2012 Rebirth::Collective 2013 Juraj Stanik Trio Sep 2014 Courtney Pine March 2015 Yoshitaka Kanno Oct 18, 2015 Bernt Rosengren Quartet 2015 Chris Hodgkins & Dave Price 2015 Rex Bell Trio 2015 The Ben Holder Quintet 2015 James Allsopp Quartet Feb 27, 2016 Paul Novotny and Robi Botos June 2016 Hashiyan Project Aug 2016 Siebels Johnson Jewell 2016 Tuomo Uusitalo 2016 Frederik Villmow Quartet feat. Tomas Franck Sep 27, 2019 Live Fabrizio Sciacca Quartet Sep 2019 Stringspace Oct 31, 2019 Akane Matsumoto Dec 18, 2019 Joan Chamorro & Jan Domènech Sep 18, 2020 Bjorn Ingelstam Oct 1, 2020 Szakcsi Jr. Trio 2022 Silk City Jazz Quartet 2022 Yamile Burich Aug 25, 2023 U Carl-Henri Morisset Sep 15, 2023 Jason Anick And Matt DeChamplain 2023 Bob Mover, Walter Davis Jr. April 26, 2024 Albert Bover with Yoni Zelnik & Philippe Soirat July 5, 2024
William James *"Bill" Finegan* (April 3, 1917 - June 4, 2008) was an American jazz bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer. He was an arranger in the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Life and career Born in Newark, New Jersey, United States,[Finegan grew up in a household full of piano players. While growing up in Rumson, New Jersey, he attended Rumson-Fair Haven High School and taught orchestration to schoolmate Nelson Riddle, and he studied piano with Elizabeth Connelly, piano and musicianship with flautist/alto saxophonist Rudolph John Winthrop (1883-1959), himself a student of Engelbert Humperdinck. He spent time studying at the Paris Conservatory and had his first professional experience leading his own piano trio. Finegan was offered a job as a staff arranger for Glenn Miller after Tommy Dorsey bought a copy of his "Lonesome Road" and recommended him; he remained with Miller until 1942 and arranged such hits as "Little Brown Jug", "Sunrise Serenade", "Song of the Volga Boatmen", Stardust, *A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square* and "Jingle Bells", arranged in collaboration with Glenn Miller. Finegan also arranged music for films in which the band appeared, such as _Sun Valley Serenade_ (1941) and _Orchestra Wives_ (1942). He then worked off and on for Tommy Dorsey from 1942 to 1952, including on the 1947 film _The Fabulous Dorseys._ After the demise of Miller's orchestra in 1942, Finegan joined Horace Heidt, writing "some pieces for the band that immediately sent its musical stock skyward." In 1947-48 Finegan studied with Stefan Wolpe in New York City and lived in Europe from 1948-1950 where he studied with Darius Milhaud and Valérie Soudères, a pianist and composer who premiered Bartók's 3rd Piano Concerto in Paris. After returning to the United States, in 1952, Finegan and Eddie Sauter (whom Finegan had met in 1939) formed an ensemble, the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, which remained active until 1957. His arrangement of "Doodletown Fifers" was one of the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra's best-known originals. Following this collaboration, Finegan found work in advertising, writing music for commercials. In the 1970s, he arranged for the Glenn Miller Orchestra and Mel Lewis's orchestra. He taught jazz at the University of Bridgeport in the 1980s. He wrote arrangements for cornetist Warren Vaché (with the Scottish String Ensemble) in 2004, and the vocal group Chanticleer until his death in 2008. Compositions He composed and/or arranged "Down for the Count", "Conversation Piece", "Are Ya Jumpin' Jack?", recorded by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, "Doodletown Fifers", "Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum", "Doodletown Races", "Yankee Doodletown", "Pussy Willow", "Bingo, Bango, Boffo", "Hollywood Hat", "Piccalilli Dilly", "Church Mouse", "Alright Already", "Texas Tex", recorded by Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1946, "Child's Play", and "Tail End Charlie" which was released by Glenn Miller and his AAFTC Orchestra as a V-Disc, no. 144A, in March, 1944. Other professional activities Finegan taught a class in arranging at Housatonic Community College in 1974. Personal life Finegan's first wife was Kay Finegan. They divorced in the early 1960s. Finegan later married to Rosemary O Reilly Finegan. They had a son James Finegan and a daughter Helen (Finegan) Dzujna. Bill Finegan died on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, in Bridgeport, Connecticut at the age 91. The cause of death was pneumonia. Sauter-Finegan Orchestra discography Moonlight on the Ganges/April in Paris (7") RCA Victor 1952 Rain/Stop! Sit Down! Relax! Think! (7") RCA Victor 1952 Doodletown Fifers/Azure-Té (Paris Blues) (7") RCA Victor 1952 Now That I'm in Love/Yankee Doodletown (7", Promo) RCA Victor 1953 Where's Ace/Hit the Road to Dreamland (7") RCA Victor 1954 Of Thee I Sing/Pale Moon (7") RCA Victor 1954 Concert Jazz (12") RCA Victor 1955 Directions In Music (CD Compilation) BMG Music 1989 Doodletown Fifers/Moonlight on the Ganges (7")
William James *"Bill" Finegan* (April 3, 1917 - June 4, 2008) was an American jazz bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer. He was an arranger in the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Life and career Born in Newark, New Jersey, United States,[Finegan grew up in a household full of piano players. While growing up in Rumson, New Jersey, he attended Rumson-Fair Haven High School and taught orchestration to schoolmate Nelson Riddle, and he studied piano with Elizabeth Connelly, piano and musicianship with flautist/alto saxophonist Rudolph John Winthrop (1883-1959), himself a student of Engelbert Humperdinck. He spent time studying at the Paris Conservatory and had his first professional experience leading his own piano trio. Finegan was offered a job as a staff arranger for Glenn Miller after Tommy Dorsey bought a copy of his "Lonesome Road" and recommended him; he remained with Miller until 1942 and arranged such hits as "Little Brown Jug", "Sunrise Serenade", "Song of the Volga Boatmen", Stardust, *A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square* and "Jingle Bells", arranged in collaboration with Glenn Miller. Finegan also arranged music for films in which the band appeared, such as _Sun Valley Serenade_ (1941) and _Orchestra Wives_ (1942). He then worked off and on for Tommy Dorsey from 1942 to 1952, including on the 1947 film _The Fabulous Dorseys._ After the demise of Miller's orchestra in 1942, Finegan joined Horace Heidt, writing "some pieces for the band that immediately sent its musical stock skyward." In 1947-48 Finegan studied with Stefan Wolpe in New York City and lived in Europe from 1948-1950 where he studied with Darius Milhaud and Valérie Soudères, a pianist and composer who premiered Bartók's 3rd Piano Concerto in Paris. After returning to the United States, in 1952, Finegan and Eddie Sauter (whom Finegan had met in 1939) formed an ensemble, the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, which remained active until 1957. His arrangement of "Doodletown Fifers" was one of the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra's best-known originals. Following this collaboration, Finegan found work in advertising, writing music for commercials. In the 1970s, he arranged for the Glenn Miller Orchestra and Mel Lewis's orchestra. He taught jazz at the University of Bridgeport in the 1980s. He wrote arrangements for cornetist Warren Vaché (with the Scottish String Ensemble) in 2004, and the vocal group Chanticleer until his death in 2008. Compositions He composed and/or arranged "Down for the Count", "Conversation Piece", "Are Ya Jumpin' Jack?", recorded by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, "Doodletown Fifers", "Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum", "Doodletown Races", "Yankee Doodletown", "Pussy Willow", "Bingo, Bango, Boffo", "Hollywood Hat", "Piccalilli Dilly", "Church Mouse", "Alright Already", "Texas Tex", recorded by Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1946, "Child's Play", and "Tail End Charlie" which was released by Glenn Miller and his AAFTC Orchestra as a V-Disc, no. 144A, in March, 1944. Other professional activities Finegan taught a class in arranging at Housatonic Community College in 1974. Personal life Finegan's first wife was Kay Finegan. They divorced in the early 1960s. Finegan later married to Rosemary O Reilly Finegan. They had a son James Finegan and a daughter Helen (Finegan) Dzujna. Bill Finegan died on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, in Bridgeport, Connecticut at the age 91. The cause of death was pneumonia.
Just found this through a friend. I am also digitizing 78s as I have probably over 1000. I wash them and then transfer them via a nice, higher end Audio Technica turntable with a moving magnet cartridge with a mono conical stylus through a small mixer into Adobe audition. Then make the cleaning up of the sound as best as I can. I'm not as proficient as you are but know audition pretty well after working in radio for many years. I'd love to chat sometime about your process of cleaning. Thanks!!
Terrible music! I don´t like this at all! I definitely prefer the pop and dance music from the late 20s and from the 30s on your channel! Much more listenable!
