Showing posts with label Arthur Fiedler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arthur Fiedler. Show all posts
September 2, 2021
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April 20, 2021
December 19, 2020
Christmas ~ 2020
photo by Styrous®
2020
Do They Know It's Christmas? (12" single)
Arthur Fiedler ~ Pops Goes Christmas
Fred Waring ~ A Visit From St. Nicholas
December 17, 2020
Jack Haley articles/mentions
mentions:
Arthur Fiedler ~ Pops Goes Christmas
The Wizard of Oz
Jack Haley - 1930's
photographer unknown
20,000 vinyl LP 260: Arthur Fiedler ~ Pops Goes Christmas
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vinyl LP front cover
cover photo by David B. Hecht
photo of album cover by Styrous®
Today is the birthday of Arthur Fiedler who was born in n Boston, Massachusetts, in 1894, to parents who were Austrian Jewish immigrants. His father was a violinist who played in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and his mother was a pianist.
What
better tribute to this event at this time of year than his Christmas
album? All the songs are standards so nothing to really say about them
other than his treatment of them.
The one stand out on the album is the now traditional song, The Toy Trumpet. The song was written in 1937 by Raymond Scott who was an American composer, band leader, pianist, record producer, and inventor of electronic instruments (link below).
The trumpet solo is by Al Hirt who uses a trumpet mute so that it sounds distant, however, the arrangement is jazzy and fast. A very nice treatment of the song.
In the finale of the 1938 film, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson sing and dance to the song and they use the original version by Scott. The musical comedy film was directed by Allan Dwan and in addition, it starred Randolph Scott (no relation to Raymond) and Jack Haley who would portray the Tin Man the following year in the MGM film The Wizard of Oz.
The original version of The Toy Trumpet was recorded by The Raymond Scott Quintette in New York City on February 20, 1937 (link below). It was much faster, jazzier and stopped for a vamp stroll near the end. It featured Pete Pimiglio on clarinet, Dave Harris on sax, Dave Wade took the trumpet part, Raymond Scott played piano and Johnny Williams was on drums. Williams would later be the father of film score composer and Boston Pops Conductor John Williams. Funny how things come around.
A Christmas Festival was written by Leroy Anderson, in 1950. It was first performed on June 12, 1950, and recorded by Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops on June 19 of the same year. It is a medley of standard Christmas songs and ends with Joy To the World and a grand organ.
Tracklist:
Side 1:
Side 1:
Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orch.* – A Christmas Festival - (8:34)
A1a Joy To The World
A1b Deck The Halls
A1c Good King Wenceslas
A1d God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
A1e Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
A1f The First Nowell
A1g Silent Night
A1h Jingle Bells
A1i O Come, All Ye Faithful
A1a Joy To The World
A1b Deck The Halls
A1c Good King Wenceslas
A1d God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
A1e Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
A1f The First Nowell
A1g Silent Night
A1h Jingle Bells
A1i O Come, All Ye Faithful
A2 Arthur Fiedler And His Chorus And Orchestra* – The Little Drummer Boy - 2:28
A3 Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orch.* – What Child Is This? - 5:34
A4 Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orch.* – The Toy Trumpet, Trumpet – Al Hirt - 2:32
A5 Arthur Fiedler And His Chorus – Carol Of The Bells - 1:10
A6 Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orch.* – March Of The Toys - 3:46
Side 2:
B1 Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orch.* – White Christmas, Violin – Alfred Krips - 2:46
Arthur Fiedler And His Chorus And Orchestra* – Medley - (5:05)
B2a Here We Come A-Caroling
B2b O Christmas Tree
B2c I Saw Three Ships
B2a Here We Come A-Caroling
B2b O Christmas Tree
B2c I Saw Three Ships
B3 Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orch.* – Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers - 3:52
B4 Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orch.* – Sleigh Ride - 2:52
B5 Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orch.* – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - 2:08
B6 Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orch.* – Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - 2:35
B7 Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orch.* – Winter Wonderland - 2:54
B8 Arthur Fiedler And His Chorus And Orchestra* – Silent Night - 2:20
Companies, etc.
Copyright © – RCA Records
Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
Credits:
Conductor – Arthur Fiedler
Engineer [Recording] – Bernard Keville
Photography By – David B. Hecht
Producer – Peter Dellheim
Notes:
℗ © 1972, RCA Records
The label style, with "RCA" above the center hole to the left of Nipper and "Red Seal" on its side to the right of the center hole, indicates a 1976 to late-1980s pressing.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): BRRS-3815
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): BRRS-3816
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): BRRS-3815-7S I A1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped except "I" and "K" etched): BRRS 3816 36 I A1K
Rights Society: ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID (Etched in runouts): I
Arthur Fiedler / Boston Pops* And Arthur Fiedler Chorus* And Orchestra* – Pops Goes Christmas
Label: RCA Red Seal – LSC-3324
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Original release: 1972
Released: 1976 - 1980
Genre: Pop, Classical
Style: Religious, Choral, Light Music
Label: RCA Red Seal – LSC-3324
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Original release: 1972
Released: 1976 - 1980
Genre: Pop, Classical
Style: Religious, Choral, Light Music
Viewfinder links:
Randolph Scott articles/mentions
September 22, 2018
April 4, 2018
78 RPMs 5: Glenn Miller And His Orchestra ~ Moonlight Serenade
side 1
78 RPM 10" Shellac disc
On April 4, 1939, Glenn Miller recorded what would becom his theme song, Moonlight Serenade. It is an American swing ballad composed by Miller with lyrics later added by Mitchell Parish.
The recording used a clarinet-led saxophone section, which is widely considered the classic Miller style. Miller studied the Schillinger technique with Joseph Schillinger,
who is credited with helping Miller create the "Miller sound", and
under whose tutelage he himself composed Moonlight Serenade.
In the UK, Moonlight Serenade was released as the A-side of a 78 on His Master's Voice, with American Patrol as the B-side. However, in the US, Moonlight Serenade was on the B-side with Sunrise Serenade as the A-side.
side 1
78 RPM 10" Shellac disc& sleeve
Sunrise Serenade is a jazz song written by Frankie Carle with lyrics by Jack Lawrence. It was first recorded in 1939 by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Carle on piano as Decca 2321. It soon became Carle's signature piece. Glenn Miller released his famous recording of Sunrise a few months later, arranged by Bill Finnegan, with Moonlight Serenade on the backside (Bluebird 10214).
side 2
78 RPM 10" Shellac disc& sleeve
Frank Sinatra sang Moonlight Serenade on his album, Moonlight Sinatra, which was released in 1965 on Reprise Records. Each and every song title on the album had the word "Moon" in it. The album was arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. But the most beautiful interpretations have to be by Ella Fitzgerald and Thelma Houston.
Then came disco! The Ventures (1976), Tuxedo Junction (1978) and the Charlie Calello Orchestra (1979), gave it the get-down-and-boogy beat while Bobby Vinton, who reached number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976, did a samba-tempo disco complete with strings doing weird things. Laurin Rinder and W. Michael Lewis followed along in the same vein a year later. Deodato, who predated them all in 1974 and reached number 18 on the Billboard Easy Listening Chart, had a mellow disco-funk tempo that was kind of nice while going to sleep.
The intro to the song by Mina has to be the weirdest one ever; it does go into a traditional tempo with a great clarinet during the instrumental.
Then came disco! The Ventures (1976), Tuxedo Junction (1978) and the Charlie Calello Orchestra (1979), gave it the get-down-and-boogy beat while Bobby Vinton, who reached number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976, did a samba-tempo disco complete with strings doing weird things. Laurin Rinder and W. Michael Lewis followed along in the same vein a year later. Deodato, who predated them all in 1974 and reached number 18 on the Billboard Easy Listening Chart, had a mellow disco-funk tempo that was kind of nice while going to sleep.
The intro to the song by Mina has to be the weirdest one ever; it does go into a traditional tempo with a great clarinet during the instrumental.
Moonlight Serenade has been covered by Barry Manilow, The Airmen of Note of the U.S. Air Force with Air Force Strings, Charlie Haden, Marc Reift, Chet Baker with The Mariachi Brass in 1966, Santo and Johnny, Carol Burnett, Toots Thielemans, Count Basie and his Orchestra with vocals by Helen Humes in 1939, Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, Cab Calloway, The Modernaires, Gene Krupa and his Orchestra, Freddy Martin and his Orchestra, Bert Kaempfert, Ray Conniff, Mina, Dick Todd on RCA Bluebird, Geoff Love and His Orchestra, Lloyd Gregory on solo guitar, Dick Hyman, Maxwell Davis and his Orchestra, Tony Evans, Los Iracundos, Los Indios Tabajaras, David Rose of The Stripper fame, Richard Himber, Fi Dells Quartet, Waikikis, The Universal-International Orchestra conducted by Joseph Gershenson, Oleg Lundstrom, Charlie Byrd, Taco whose big hit was Puttin' On the Ritz, Alix Combelle, Richard Vaughn, Lisa Ono, Eddie Maynard, Simone Kopmajer, Hamburg Philharmonia, Frankie Capp, Dave, Robert Banks Trio, Karel Vlach, Transatlantic Swing Band, the Frankie Condon Orchestra, The Romantic Strings, Paul Mauriat, Tommy Leonetti, Johnny Desmond, the Boston Pops under Arthur Fiedler had to ham it up a little, John Williams, and Keith Lockhart, J.P. Torres and the Cuban All Stars, Tex Beneke and His Orchestra, the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra, Urbie Green, Bob Mintzer, Laura Fygi, Max Greger, Mario Pezzotta and His Orchestra, 101 Strings, Andrés Ramiro and His Orchestra, The Hiltonaires, Big Warsaw Band, Pep Poblet, Ray Anthony, Cheryl Bentyne, jazz trumpeter Bobby Hackett in 1965, The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic, Joe Loss, Ted Heath, Lawrence Welk, Henry Mancini, James Last, Michael Maxwell and His Orchestra, John Blair, Ray Eberle, Enoch Light, Modern Folk Quartet, Buddy Emmons on steel guitar, The Rivieras, a 1950s Doo Wop group whose recording reached number 47 on the pop charts in 1959, Yasuko Agawa, George Melachrino, German bandleader Kurt Edelhagen, Oscar Rabin, Henry Jerome and his Orchestra as a 45 single, Decca 25545, Kurt Elling, Syd Lawrence, Archie Bleyer, Mantovani, and the rock band Chicago as a 1995 3 inch CD single in Japan and on the big band album Night & Day Big Band, Robson & Jerome. Even Carly Simon tried to give it a shot.
Tracklist:
Side 1:
Side 1:
Sunrise Serenade, written by Frankie Carl
Side 2:
Side 2:
Moonlight Serenade, written by Glenn Miller
Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Notes:
Fox Trots
Label variation: Another versions exists with "For best results use Victor Needles." printed on the labels.
This version does not have this message.
Recorded on July 1, 1939
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Label A): B-10214-A
Matrix / Runout (Label B): B-10214-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): :B-10214A
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): B-10214B
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – Sunrise Serenade / Moonlight Serenade
Label: Bluebird (3) – B-10214
Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1939
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band
Viewfinder links:
Chet Baker
Count Basie
Arthur Fiedler
Ella Fitzgerald
Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Notes:
Fox Trots
Label variation: Another versions exists with "For best results use Victor Needles." printed on the labels.
This version does not have this message.
Recorded on July 1, 1939
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Label A): B-10214-A
Matrix / Runout (Label B): B-10214-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): :B-10214A
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): B-10214B
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – Sunrise Serenade / Moonlight Serenade
Label: Bluebird (3) – B-10214
Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1939
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band
Viewfinder links:
Chet Baker
Count Basie
Arthur Fiedler
Ella Fitzgerald
Mina - Salomé
Frank Sinatra
John Williams
YouTube links:
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra -
Moonlight Serenade
Sunrise Serenade
Frankie Carle ~ Sunrise Serenade - 1953 RCA Victor 78
Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra - Sunrise Serenade (1939)
Moonlight Serenade
Ella Fitzgerald
Thelma Houston
Frank Sinatra
Ray Anthony
Frank Sinatra
John Williams
YouTube links:
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra -
Moonlight Serenade
Sunrise Serenade
Frankie Carle ~ Sunrise Serenade - 1953 RCA Victor 78
Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra - Sunrise Serenade (1939)
Moonlight Serenade
Ella Fitzgerald
Thelma Houston
Frank Sinatra
Ray Anthony
Arthur Fiedler
The New Ventures ~ disco (1976)
Tuxedo Junction ~ disco (1978)
Charlie Calello Orchestra
Rinder & Lewis ~ disco (1978)
The New Ventures ~ disco (1976)
Tuxedo Junction ~ disco (1978)
Charlie Calello Orchestra
Rinder & Lewis ~ disco (1978)
Styrous® ~ Wednesday, April 4, 2018
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