Monthly Archive: November 2011

Mary Martin, Ethel Merman

Mary Martin, Ethel Merman

The actual recording of the duet from the Ford 50th anniversary television show (recorded during telecast).as produced by LELAND HAYWARD • staged by JEROME ROBBINS conducted and arranged by JAY BLACKTON. There’s no business...

George Feyer Hollywood

Echoes of Hollywood

BILLBOARD, April 1954 noted the release of another Feyer record with this comment: “He plays in an unaffectedly simple manner which is almost a definition of sophisticated taste”. This simplicity — so easy to...

Tom Lehrer

Tom Lehrer

His lyrics, his music, his so-called voice, and his piano. About the composer: This recording of the imitable songs of Tom Lehrer has been issued, in spite of widespread popular demand for its suppression,...

Blirl Ives

Burl Ives

Ballads and folk songs, Vol II. (1949). VOCAL WITH GUITAR AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC SERIES Edited by Alan Lomax The man who has written most frankly about Burl Ives is Burl Ives himself. The fellow...

Roger Miller

Roger Miller

That dashing young man with the fine voice and the keen sense of humor, Roger Miller, offers you here a choice sampling of the type of song styling that has soared him to sensational...

Big Band Era

Songs of the Big Band Era

The danceable, swingable music of the 1930’s burst upon the American scene like a rocket showering the decade with the sparkle of big musical stars to spangle the musical firmament. Tommy Dorsey, Fred Waring,...

George Feyer Echoes of Vienna

Echoes of Vienna

GEORGE FEYER, born in 1908, studied at the Budapest Conservatory under Dohnanyi, Kodaly and Szekely. Being recognized as one of the most promising young concert-pianists in his country, he caused quite a sensation when...

George Feyer Echoes of Childhood

Echoes of Childhood

Piano and Harpsichord with Rhythm Accompaniment. For Children from Six to Sixty-Six. Do you remember when you were a child? Was it fifty years ago, or perhaps just yesterday? Remember the first songs you...