May 20, 1990 – Sammy Davis Jr. – Jim Henson – A Week Loaded With Loss
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Tag: Frank Sinatra
Alec Wilder Octet – Walking Home In Spring – 1939 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Shellac Edition
– The Alec Wilder Octet – Walking Home In Spring – March 30, 1939 – Brunswick Records Taking it down several notches tonight. One of the most widely admired, but little known American Music composers of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Alec Wilder was very difficult to pin down as
Sarah Vaughan – Live At Antibes Jazz Festival 1963 – Past Daily Downbeat
Become a Patron! Sarah Vaughan – Live at Antibes Jazz Festival, July 29, 1963 – Radio France – Sarah Vaughan this weekend. Sassy, The Divine One and possessor of one of the greatest singing voices in Jazz, in concert at the Antibes Jazz Festival at Juan-les-Pins, France and recorded by
Two By Agustin Lara – Past Daily Nights At The Round Table: Archeology
– Agustin Lara – Noche Criolla Palmera – Rosa – Musart Records M-952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Two sides by the legendary Mexican composer/pianist Agustin Lara. Originally issued on a 78 rpm disc in the 1950s these sides were also part of a 10″ album issued by the
Frank Sinatra -Happy 107th! – Hungarian Relief Fund Concert 1956 – December 12, 1956 – Pop Chronicles
Frank Sinatra turns 107 today. The singer who became so identified with the Big Band era of the 1940s, and who branched out to become one of the Entertainment world’s great icons of the 20th century, was born on this December 12th in 1915. There is very little that hasn’t
Art Laboe At The Colony Club, Los Angeles – 1951 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles – RIP: Art Laboe (1925-2022)
Editors Note: As I was readying our nightly music post, word came down that the legendary Art Laboe had died. To say he was an instrumental figure in the early R&B and Rock scene in Los Angeles would be an understatement – he held court on the airwaves a remarkable
Bob Dylan – In Session – Skip Weshner’s Accent On Sound – 1963 – Past Daily Soundbooth.
Bob Dylan – live on Skip Weshner’s Accent On Sound Program – Feb. 1963 – WNCN-FM, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something rare but no doubt something fans, purists and completists have. An excerpt of a session Bob Dylan did for the weekly broadcast Skip Weshner’s Accent
A Word From Marlon Brando On Guys & Dolls – 1956 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles: Hollywood Edition
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Opening Day At Hollywood Park – June 9, 1938 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
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Jackie Lomax – Live At The Savoy, San Francisco – 1976 – Past Daily Soundbooth
When I first met Jackie Lomax, he was touring the U.S. as lead singer with the short-lived band Badger. But Jackie Lomax had been around for a while, and it was during his stay at Apple where he grabbed the most attention. His big hit was Sour Milk Sea and