Dance Band Days: 1989-08-07


Celebrating the centenary of the Savoy Hotel, London

  1. Pasadena – Bert Ralton and the Savoy Havana Band, voc. Raymond Newton – 1924
  2. Fascinating Rhythm – The Savoy Orpheans, pianist Carroll Gibbons – March 1926
  3. Introducing the Savoy Hotel Orpheans: Yours Is My Heart Alone – The Savoy Hotel Orpheans, introduction Norman Long, feat. Howard Jacobs (saxophone), Carroll Gibbons (piano), Rudy Starita (xylophone), Hugo Rignold (violin), Bert Thomas (Guitar) – 1931
  4. Let’s Put Our Heads Together – Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans, voc. Anne Lenner
  5. Jerome Kern Medley: Lovely to Look At; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans, feat. Ian Stewart (piano)
  6. La Cumparsita – Geraldo & His Gaucho Tango Orchestra – Apr 1935
  7. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Geraldo and his Orchestra, voc. Dorothy Carless – 1940
  8. Brazil – Roberto Inglez & his Orchestra – 1948
  9. Too Marvellous for Words – Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans

CDs/LPs mentioned: CharlestonConifer-CDHD160

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