Shellac Stack No. 94 knows Jack! From Zez Confrey’s Orchestra to Jan Garber, Jack Linx, Paul Whiteman, and Jack Payne, we’ve got plenty of hot dance bands this time around. We also hear from Ada Jones, “That Girl” Quartette, Bud Freeman, the Brox Sisters, and more.
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Shellac Stack No. 93 invites you to “Spread a Little Happiness.” We hear from Binnie Hale, British star of stage and film, as well as Duke Ellington, Lee Wiley, Irving and Jack Kaufman, the DePace Brothers, Brother Bones, and Dolly Connolly (wife of ragtime composer Percy Wenrich). We listen to a few cowboy songs, some “bee” songs, and lots more!
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Shellac Stack No. 92 whisks you to Virginia. We hear records associated in some way with the tenth U.S. state, including performances by Meyer Davis’s Le Paradis Band, the Peerless Quartet, Hugh and Shug’s Radio Pals, Frank Crumit, Paul Whiteman, Joe Venuti, Kelly Harrell, and others.
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Shellac Stack No. 91 visits two notable hotels (the Webster Hotel in Chicago and the Hotel Sinton in Cincinnati) and even makes a brief excursion to Hawaii! We hear from Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmy Blythe’s Washboard Band, the Princeton Triangle Club Jazz Band (as the “Equinox Orchestra”), the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, Henry Thies, the Midway Dance Orchestra, and others in this heavily jazz-flavored program.
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Shellac Stack No. 90 is at least partly bound ’round with the Mason-Dixon Line. In addition to a few “Dixie” songs, we hear some ragtime quartets, some dance bands, piano solos, and even a slightly risqué “party record.” Featured artists include Willie Bryant, Eddie Duchin, Irving Aaronson, Joe Candullo, Alec Wilder, Al Jolson, and others.
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Shellac Stack No. 89 devotes the entire hour to British dance bands of the 1920s and 1930s, from Bert Ambrose to Fred Spinelly. We’ve got Joe Loss, Harry Roy, Ray Noble, Jack Hylton, and more. Even such American-born bandleaders as Eddie Gross-Bart, Charlie Kunz, George Fisher, Jay Whidden, and Carroll Gibbons turn up!
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Shellac Stack No. 88 rags, stomps, and caresses the 88s! The spotlight this time is on popular pianists of the 78 era, from Ralph Sutton to Carmen Cavallaro. We hear fine performances by Jelly Roll Morton, Frankie Carle, Hazel Scott, Earl Hines, Johnny Wittwer, and many more.
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Shellac Stack No. 87 greets you with “Hello!” and “Aloha”! We hear some fine jazz from Lu Watters, Jack Jenney, Lester Young, and Louis Armstrong; solid dance records by Jacques Renard, Jack Harris, and the Great White Way Orchestra; and we even nod to the classics with pianist Hans Barth and the orchestra of George Cathie.
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Shellac Stack No. 86 takes you from the sidewalks of New York to Old MacDonald’s Farm via 17th century England! Along the way, we hear from bandleaders Ben Bernie, Ruby Newman, Fred Waring, Austin Wylie, Sam Lanin, and Benny Goodman. We also hear a rare Edison Diamond Disc by Sam Patterson, a colleague and friend of famed ragtime composer Scott Joplin.
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Shellac Stack No. 85 raises its hat to you! On this program, we climb mountains with Albert Campbell and Henry Burr, hear a song of Naples by Guido Deiro, and “Dream a Little Dream” with Flip Phillips. We’ve got hot tunes from Jean Goldkette and Roger Wolfe Kahn, the virtuosic musicianship of Rudy Weidoeft, a bit of bluegrass with Flatt and Scruggs, and much more.
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