What is This Thing Called Love? #2421
. . . a pops potpourri, proving that there will never be but one answer to this time-honored question!
Hour 1
COLE PORTER: From this moment on –Tom Hazleton (Möller/Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA) DJP 1980
JOHNNY MERCER: Something’s gotta give –Chris Gorsuch (Barton/Granada Theatre, Kansas City, KS) CDP 619
LIONEL BART: Where is love?, fr Oliver! –Jelani Eddington (Midmer-Losch/Adrian Phillips Studio, Phoenix, AZ) RJE 4920
COLE PORTER: What is this thing called love –George Wright (Pasadena Studio Organ) Banda 82820
VICTOR HERBERT: A kiss in the dark, fr Orange Blossoms –Walt Strony (1928 Wurlitzer/Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WI) WSOC 3
DAVID RAKSIN: Love is for the very young, fr The Bad and the Beautiful. ARTHUR JOHNSON: My old flame –Chris Elliott (Wurlitzer/Plummer Auditorium, Fullerton, CA) CPE 106
BILLY TAYLOR: Wish I knew –Gary Hobbs, drums; Dan Bellomy (Wurlitzer/Uncle Milt’s Pipe Organ Pizza, Vancouver, WA) MK Recordings 102
RICHARD RODGERS: South Pacific Medley –Tom Hazleton (Kimball/Dickinson High School, Wilmington, DE) DTOS 301
Filler – JOHN FARRAR: Hopelessly devoted to you, fr Grease –Tom Hazleton (Möller/Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA) DJP 1980
Hour 2
JOSÉ PADILLA: Valencia. GEORGE GERSHWIN: S’wonderful, fr Funny Face. HARRY SULLIVAN: I may be wrong –Leonard Leigh (Wurlitzer/KSTP Studio, Saint Paul, MN) RCA LSP-1665. Also listen to the 1926 Paul Whiteman Orchestra version of Valencia with which Michael Barone first became entranced by this once-popular tune!
SAMMY FAIN: Secret Love –George Wright (Hollywood Philharmonic Organ) Banda 438
VICTOR YOUNG: When I fall in love –Charlie Balogh (Wurlitzer/Organ Stop Pizza, Mesz, AZ) ERB 106
HAROLD ARLEN: The man that got away –Simon Gledhill (Wurlitzer/Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington, IL) Musical Contrasts 210
ANTONIOI CARLOS JOBIM: The Girl from Ipanema. HENRY MANCINI: Dear heart –John Seng (Wurlitzer/St. Mary of the Lake Seminary Auditorium, Chicago, IL) DSP 051193
CHARLIE SHAVERS & SID ROBIN: Undecided. JAMES MONACO: You made me love you –Skip Stine, trumpet; Ken Double (Kimball/Dickinson High School Auditorium, Wilmington, DE) DTOS 2009
RICHARD RODGERS: Something wonderful, fr The King & I –Dan Bellomy (Wurlitzer/Long Island University Auditorium, Brooklyn, NY) DBP 1001
Filler – FAIN (See above)
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