Tony Clarke - The Entertainer (Original Stereo)
A very handsomely produced recording and a Carolina Beach music classic of the first order that went into the Top 40 for Tony Clarke in May of 1965.
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Johnny Mathis - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
The song was composed by Meredith "The Music Man" Wilson in 1951, and tradition holds that he wrote it while staying in the Yarmouth Grand Hotel in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (a park is referenced in the song which would be Frost Park across from this same hotel). The first hit recording of it was by Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters in the fall of 1951. Johnny recorded this in 1986 and it has since been used to great effect in the film "Home Alone 2", popularizing the song and this recording ...
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Billy Stewart - Strange Feeling (Original Stereo)
"Strange Feeling" was released in September of 1963 and began a series of "unrequited love" themed songs for its composer and singer, Billy Stewart. "Strange Feeling" has a hauntingly beautiful melody ... Billy Stewart Strange Feeling Original Stereo
Nat King Cole - Who Do You Know In Heaven
This song was recorded on May 20, 1949 while Nat was transitioning from the "Trio" and becoming a solo performer. I know very little about it except that Alyce King's Vocalettes backed him up (the King Sisters and some unidentified male voices). Sometimes there is beauty in simplicity, and that's what this song is, a very simple melody sung in wonderful voice and harmony.
Andy Williams - Little Altar Boy
"Little Altar Boy" was written in 1961 by Howlett Smith and was first a hit for Vic Dana that year. In 1963, Andy Williams recorded this version of it for his "Christmas Album".
The Tams - Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me (Original Stereo)
Few groups are as synonymous with the Carolina Beach Music scene as The Tams, and they continue today to entertain live (albeit with not all of the original members). Joe Pope is the lead voice you hear on this and most of the Tams early recordings, and although "Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me", released in early 1964 didn't quite make the national Top 40 in the US, it went all they way to #1 in Great Britain, and did so in 1971, seven years after its original release. ... Tams "Hey Girl Don't ...
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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Our Love Is Here To Stay
Recorded in 1956 with the Oscar Peterson Quartet, Louis takes the lead and then hands it over to Ella on the Gershwin classic, "Our Love Is Here To Stay".
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Art and Dotty Todd - Chanson D'Amour (Song of Love)
This married couple originally from Rhode Island took "Chanson D'Amour" into the Top 10 in June of 1958, and with the success of this their only hit became a popular lounge act in Las Vegas for years thereafter. Art and Dotty Todd eventually would retire to Hawaii in 1980 where they opened a dinner lounge and lived the rest of their lives.
Bing Crosby and Les Paul Trio - It's Been A Long, Long Time
One of the most popular songs coming at the end of WW2 was this one composed by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. The song was first a hit for Harry James & His Orchestra with Kitty Kallen doing the vocal. On December 8, 1945, Bing Crosby accompanied by Les Paul and his Trio overtook Harry James' recording of the same song, and Bing and Les went to #1. The song has since become a standard recorded by many.
Artie Shaw - Where Or When
At the height of his popularity in the late 1930's and early 1940's, Artie Shaw was making $60000 a week (by comparison the comedy act of George Burns & Gracie Allen was making about $5000/wk). Only Benny Goodman would rival Artie as the best jazz clarinetest in the land, and hit after hit and wife after wife would follow him for years. Married 8 times to the likes of Betty Kern (Jerome Kern's daughter), and actresses Ava Gardner and Evelyn Keyes, he was a self-admitted "difficult" man to ...
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