Last Song You Listened To

[Stephen]

For some reason, I've had the theme tune to Hong Kong Phooey going through my mind all morning!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n91lSO0wJQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Courtenay]

Thanks for that, Stephen — don't remember that one ever being on telly in Australia, though we had a lot of the classic American cartoons replayed over the years. But the next video after it was this, which I DO remember being on when I was little (not that I ever understood it)...

[number 6]

Enjoyed watching the Banana Splits when I was young. Joe 90 was another good one. Classic!

[Stephen]

Even though I'm too young to remember The Banana Splits, I LOVE that theme tune. I remember hearing on the radio early in the morning a few years ago, and it made my day!

[pete9012S]

Julian Lennon - Invisible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78rNDsw16CQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Domino]

Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra - Wrappin' It Up

https://www.dropshots.com/Domino43/date ... 5/16:38:17" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

He was born James Fletcher Henderson in Cuthbert, Georgia, in 1897. His father was a school principal. His mother taught him and his brother, Horace (who also became a bandleader for a while), to play the piano. Aged 18, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he dropped the name, James. He began by accompanying leading blues singers like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey. In 1923, he formed his first band, which played at the Roseland Ballroom in New York. This band included Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins.
His bands never quite did as well as they should have, mainly because he was too easy-going.
'Wrappin' It Up' was one of several sides he recorded in 1934, which showcased the band's 'call and response' technique, which Fletcher Henderson had developed. In 1935, Benny Goodman set up his famous swing band and hired Fletcher as his arranger. They re-recorded all the 1934 numbers, but even the Goodman band could not quite capture the terrific swing of the originals.
Fletcher suffered a stroke which crippled him in 1950 and died two years later.

Dave

[pete9012S]

Paul McCartney - Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUsW7S9aBYs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Eddie Muir]

I enjoyed listening to the Fletcher Henderson recording, which I hadn’t heard before, Dave.

[Domino]

Glad you enjoyed it, Eddie. That's always been a favourite of mine. It's also sometimes known as 'The Lindy Glide'. The tenor sax solo is by Ben Webster. Also heard are Henry 'Red' Allen (trumpet) and Buster Bailey (clarinet). The pianist is Horace, Fletcher's brother. As I said, it's the looseness of the ensemble that creates the swing.

Dave

[pete9012S]

Pink Floyd - Keep Talking (R.I.P. Stephen Hawking 1942 - 2018)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qsPPIKjYRs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[number 6]

Nice one, Pete! A like a bit of Floyd.
Here's Another Brick in the Wall..Pink Floyd.


https://youtu.be/HrxX9TBj2zY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Courtenay]

Brilliant, Pete. RIP Stephen Hawking.

Meanwhile (for something completely different!), I just ran across this and thought it was incredible:

Toto — Africa arranged for solo harp

[pete9012S]

Two of Us by John Grant - Beatles Cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHxc42Fp3lA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Domino]

Tommy Dorsey - The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round

https://www.dropshots.com/Domino43/date ... 0/22:32:08" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Several of the big swing bands of the 1930s and 1940s featured numbers by small groups drawn from them (think Artie Shaw and Gramercy Five, Bob Crosby's Bob Cats etc.) In Tommy Dorsey's case it was his Clambake Seven.

Edythe Wright was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, in 1914. In 1935 she stood in as a relief vocalist for a local band led by Frank Dailey. She was heard by Tommy Dorsey's agent and offered a job with his band. Although she reportedly disliked being a band vocalist, she accepted. She stayed with Tommy until 1939 and achieved much popularity. She died in 1965 from pancreatic cancer.

Dave

[pete9012S]

Daryl Braithwaite - Sugar Train

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnUOozTlqIM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;