A Real Humdinger
as a fond farewell to my forties here’s a mixtape of music from the 1940s. 80 year old country, jazz, blues & moon moods stitched together with dialogue and sound effects from movies and radio plays. it’s A Real Humdinger!
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Tracklist:
- excerpt from the Suspense radio series, episode Sorry, Wrong Number – Radiola (1943/1970)
- Hello – Sherman Williams Orchestra – Excelsior / Fantastic Voyage (1947/2014)
- Oop Bop Sh’Bam – Dizzy Gillespie – Musicraft / Book-of-the-Month Records (1946/1980)
- Tantalizing A Cuban – Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Bluebird / RCA (1940/1975)
- Laguna – Slim Gaillard & Bam Brown with Dodo Marmarosa & Zutty Singleton – Savoy Records (1945/1976)
- I Like To Riff – King Cole Trio – Ammor / MCA (1940/1973)
- Sweet Lorraine – Art Tatum – Onyx Records (1941/1972)
- excerpt from the movie They Drive By Night – Warner Bros. / United Artists Records (1940/1977)
- Junker’s Blues – Champion Jack Dupree – Jass Records (1940/1986)
- excerpt from The Shadow radio series, episode The Carnival Of Death – Biograph Records (1947/1977)
- The Devil’s Dream – Sid Hemphill – Alan Lomax Archive / Mississippi / Change Records / Global Jukebox (1942/2013)
- Dream – The Pied Pipers with Jo Stafford – Capitol Records / Realistic (1945/1975)
- Moon Moods – Les Baxter – Capitol Records / Vinyl Passion (1947/22018)
- excerpt from the Escape radio series, episode Leinengen vs. The Ants – Radiola (1949/1970)
- Pink Elephants On Parade from Dumbo – Disneyland Records (1941/1959)
- The Man On The Flying Trapeze – Spike Jones and His City Slickers – RCA Victor (1948/1975)
- Air Conditioned Jungle – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra ft. Jimmy Hamilton & Oscar Pettiford – Unique Jazz (1947/1977)
- Noites Cariocas – Jacob Do Bandolim – Sound Miracle Recordings (1943/2019)
- Sophtown Special – Sophtown Cool Seven – Ubuntu Publishing (1940/2011)
- The Little Goose – Rex Stewart’s Big Eight – Keynote Recordings / Stag-O-Lee (1944/2017)
- Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) – Tex Williams – Capitol Records / Rhino Records (1947/1985)
- Django’s Tiger – Django Reinhardt et Le Quintette du Hot Club du France – Pathé Marconi (1946/1970)
- My Blue Heaven – Rose Murphy – Stash Records (1947/1978)
- Samisen Boogie Woogie – Ichimaru – Canary / Mississippi / Change Records (1947/2012)
- GI Jive – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five – Decca / Fantastic Voyage (1944/2014)
- The Applejack – Joe Morris – Atlantic (1948/1985)
- excerpt from the movie Casablanca – Warner Bros. / United Artists Records (1943/1977)
- I’m My Own Grandpa – Lonzo & Oscar with The Winston County Pea Pickers – RCA Victor / Rhino Records (1948/1985)
- excerpt from the movie Citizen Kane – RKO Pictures / Mark Records (1941/1978)
- Only One Step More – Blue Sky Boys – Bluebird / RCA (1940/1976)
- excerpt from the movie Yankee Doodle Dandy – Warner Bros. / United Artists Records (1942/1977)
- Life Is Fine – Jimmie Lunceford – Decca / MCA (1942/1980)
