Snips & Snails met Sugar & Spice
here are the sounds of 1947 : well traveled big band jazz, classic country & western, the first Atlantic R&B sides, a few words from the president, the blues, themes from the earliest children’s television shows, bebop and the Academy Award winner for best original song. made with luv for ma & pa.
image : Detail of a wallpaper sample from “Wallpaper: what it is and how to use it” by Devoe and Raynolds Co., 1947
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Tracklist:
- Intro from Carnegie Hall Concert on December 27, 1947 – Duke Ellington – Prestige (1947/1977)
- “1947” excerpt from The Sounds of History Record 12 : From 1945 The Great Age Of Change – Fredric March – Time-Life Records (1964)
- Honeysuckle Rose – King Cole Trio – MCA (1947/1973) > buy link
- Fly Trouble – Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys – MGM Records / Polygram (1947/1985) > buy link
- Riverboat Shuffle – Hoagy Carmichael – Decca / MCA (1947/1982) > buy link
- Half Step Down, Please – Coleman Hawkins Orchestra – RCA (1947/1964) > buy link
- Emanon – Dizzy Gillespie – Savoy (1947/1953) > buy link
- Rockin’ Chair – Louis Armstrong – RCA (1947/1978) > buy link
- Lowe Groovin’ – Joe Morris – Atlantic (1947/1985) > buy link
- I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me – Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – CBS (1947/1973)
- Bird’s Nest – Charlie Parker Quartet – Dial Records / Warner Bros. (1947/1977) > buy link
- excerpt from President Harry S. Truman’s speech to Congress describing the Truman Doctrine (June 5th, 1947) – Time-Life Records (1964)
- The Cross On The Hill – The Blue Sky Boys – Bluebird / RCA (1947/1976) > buy link
- September Song (version 1) – Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France – Barclay (1947/1975) > buy link
- Call It Stormy Monday – T-Bone Walker – Capitol New World Records (1947/1958/1977) > buy link
- Gray Goose – Leadbelly – Smithsonian Folkways (1947/1989) > buy link
- That Old Black Magic – Tiny Grimes – Atlantic (1947/1985) > buy link
- The Spinach Song (I Didn’t Like It The First Time) – Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends – Capitol / Stash Records (1947/1977) > buy link
- Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah – James Baskett – Disneyland Records (1946/1970) > buy link
- Hang The Key On The Bunkhouse Door – Wilf Carter (a.k.a. Montana Slim) – RCA / Camden (1947/1962) > buy link
- Here We Are (Kukla, Fran and Ollie theme) – Burr Tillstrom, Fran Allison & Jack Fascinato – TVT Records (1947/1996)
- Cumana – Freddy Martin & his Orchestra – Victor / Time-Life Records (1947/1972) > buy link
- Mister Roberts’ Roost – Count Basie and his Orchestra – RCA (1947/1971) > buy link
- Good Rockin’ Tonight – Wynonie “Blues” Harris – King / New World Records (1947/1977) > buy link
- It’s Howdy Doody Time! – Buffalo Bob & Howdy Doody – TeeVee Toons (1947/1985)
- A Night In Tunisia – Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie – Savoy Jazz (1947/1987) > buy link
- Blue Lou – Wardell Gray – Giants of Jazz (1947/1985) > buy link
- April In Paris – Thelonious Monk – Blue Note (1947) > buy link
- There Is No Greater Love – Billie Holiday – MCA (1947/1972) > buy link
I be liking it! Better n a beer und a sausage!
Cool mix Lew, post war spirits in musical form! I got 2 white label 78’s from Manitoba from the 30’s, very funny and quite sexual for the time, one of them is like a soft porn jingle. To think its canadian… : 0