Pure Imagination #2528
. . . enjoy a dollop of good-natured tunefulness and registrational color as theatre organists strut their stuff.
Hour 1
JEROME KERN: Waltz in Swing Time –Nathan Avakian (1939 Kimball-Wurlitzer/Cleveland High School, Portland, OR) Avakian Creative Works 709
NICHOLS BRODZSKY: Be my love –Ken Double (1926 Wurlitzer/Babson College, Babson Park, MA) Ken Double Entertainment 2011
JEROME KERN: Medley –Mark Herman (1928 Page/Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, IN) Mark Herman 1001
IRVING BERLIN: Alexander’s Ragtime Band. HOAGY CARMICHAEL: Stardust –Dave Wickerham (1926 Barton/Rialto Theatre, Joliet, IL) JATOE 2004
ANTHONY NEWLEY & LESLIE BRICUSSE: Pure Imagination, fr Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory –Charlie Balogh (Wurlitzer/Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ) ERB 104
LEROY ANDERSON: Phantom Regiment –Lyn Larsen (Wurlitzer/Sanfillippo Place de Musique, Barrington, IL) Musical Contrasts 207
HARRY LINCOLN: Repasz Band March –Donnie Rankin (1929 Wurlitzer/Civic Theatre, Akron, OH) DR4 Productions 1993
Filler - KERN Medley (see above)
Hour 2
HARRY RUBY & BERT KALMAR (et al): What a perfect combination. BILLY MAYERL: Shallow waters. HAROLD ARLEN: Strikes me pink –Jim Riggs (1927 Wurlitzer/Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, AL) ALA 1783
GUS KAHN: Toot, toot tootsie –Don Baker (1928 Wurlitzer/Senate Theatre, Detroit, MI) Pipe Organ Presentations 137
JIMMY VAN HEUSEN: Nancy –Jonas Nordwall (Wurlitzer/Organ Grinder, Portland, OR) Organ Grinder 2013
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: West Side Story Medley –Jonathan Ortloff (1928 Wurlitzer/Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY) Ortloff 2009
LUCIEN DENNI: The Oceana Roll. KARL HOSCHNA: Every little movement –Leonard Leigh (1926 Wurlitzer/KSTP Studios, Saint Paul, MN) RCA LSP-1795
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Someone to watch over me. JULE STYNE: Kiss me once, kiss me twice, kiss me once again. FRANZ LISZT (arr. Erwin): Liebestraum –Lee Erwin (1929 Morton/Loew’s Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NY) GSTOS 0357
GIACOMO PUCCINI: Opera Medley –Tony Fenelon (Wurlitzer/Sanfillippo Place de Musique, Barrington, IL) PD Archive (r. 5/19/04)
Filler - KERN Waltz in Swing Time (see above)
The 2025 annual conventions of the American Theatre Organ Society (July 21-27) takes place in Milwaukee this week.
PIPEDREAMS is supported in loving memory of Lucinda and Wesley Dudley by their family, with additional support from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, from Ed and Wanda Eichler, from the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, and from the Berghaus Organ Company, Inc. of Bellwood, IL and Bond Organ Builders, Inc. of Portland, OR, members of APOBA, the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, a collaborative of designers, creators, and maintainers of pipe organs found in religious and educational institutions, concert halls, and residences throughout the United States and beyond. An APOBA resource guide and member prospectus is available at APOBA.COM.
