Blog: Music Makes Me

Peggy Lee Sings The Man I Love (Arr. Riddle, Cond. Sinatra)

Peggy Lee Sings The Man I Love (Arr. Riddle, Cond. Sinatra) Featuring an orchestra conducted by Sinatra. And he does a good job. Please help us to improve the site by answering one quick question: “How do you access the mp3s on this site?” Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe A beautiful, witty song by Harold Arlen, but hard to find a really convincing [...]
Artist:Peggy Lee
Title:Happiness is A Thing Called Joe
Link Text:Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe
File Name:Happiness is A Thing Called Joe.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Artist:Peggy Lee
Title:Just One Way to Say I Love You
Link Text:Just One Way to Say I Love You
File Name:Just One Way to Say I Love You.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz

The Left Bank Bearcats in Hi-Fi

The Left Bank Bearcats in Hi-Fi I hope you’re ready for some Snazzy New Orleans arrangements with some nice solos. This is a really upbeat, fun record. But I think you’ll agree that the cover is what really swings it. Comin’ Round the Mountain – Camptown Races (Medley) The power of collective improvisation. Very trad. The two tunes make nice bedfellows. Glow Worm What happens when you open the [...]
Artist:The Left Bank Bearcats
Link Text:Comin’ Round the Mountain - Camptown Races (Medley)
File Name:Comin' Round the Mountain - Camptown Races (Medley).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12
Artist:The Left Bank Bearcats
Link Text:Glow Worm
File Name:Glow Worm.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12
Artist:The Left Bank Bearcats
Link Text:Muskrat Rumble
File Name:Muskrat Rumble.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12

The Left Bank Bearcats in Hi-Fi

The Left Bank Bearcats in Hi-Fi I hope you’re ready for some Snazzy New Orleans arrangements with some nice solos. This is a really upbeat, fun record. But I think you’ll agree that the cover is what really swings it. Comin’ Round the Mountain – Camptown Races (Medley) The power of collective improvisation. Very trad. The two tunes make nice bedfellows. Glow Worm What happens when you open the [...]
Artist:The Left Bank Bearcats
Link Text:Comin’ Round the Mountain - Camptown Races (Medley)
File Name:Comin' Round the Mountain - Camptown Races (Medley).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12
Artist:The Left Bank Bearcats
Link Text:Glow Worm
File Name:Glow Worm.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12
Artist:The Left Bank Bearcats
Link Text:Muskrat Rumble
File Name:Muskrat Rumble.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12

With Bells On: Novelty Marches and Pieces for Brass

With Bells On: Novelty Marches and Pieces for Brass You can hear some marching bands letting their hair down a bit here in some descriptive records, sometimes with attendant sound effects. 01 The Phantom Brigade – The Home Guards Band If it is possible to be both spooky and sprightly, well, this is. 02 Baby Parade – Band of H.M. Welsh Guards [...]
Artist:Band of H.M. Welsh Guards
Title:Baby parade
Link Text:02 Baby Parade - Band of H.M. Welsh Guards
File Name:02 Baby Parade - Band of H.M. Welsh Guards.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Artist:Reg. Band of H. M. Scots Guards, Cond. Mr. F. W. Wood
Title:In the Shadows (with bells)
Link Text:03 In the Shadows (with bells) - Reg. Band of H. M. Scots Guards, Cond. Mr. F. W. Wood
File Name:03 In the Shadows (with bells) - Reg. Band of H. M. Scots Guards, Cond. Mr. F. W. Wood.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Classical
Artist:The Black Diamond Band
Title:In A Clockmaker's Shop
Link Text:04 In A Clockmaker’s Shop (Orth) - The Black Diamond Band
File Name:04 In A Clockmaker's Shop (Orth) - The Black Diamond Band.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Artist:The Home Guards Band
Title:The Phantom Brigade
Link Text:01 The Phantom Brigade - The Home Guards Band
File Name:01 The Phantom Brigade - The Home Guards Band.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Unknown
Title:The sunshine of your smile
Link Text:05 The Sunshine of your Smile (cornet solo) - Sgt. Hunt (cornet) & Irish Guards Band
File Name:05 The Sunshine of your Smile.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz

With Bells On: Novelty Marches and Pieces for Brass

With Bells On: Novelty Marches and Pieces for Brass You can hear some marching bands letting their hair down a bit here in some descriptive records, sometimes with attendant sound effects. 01 The Phantom Brigade – The Home Guards Band If it is possible to be both spooky and sprightly, well, this is. 02 Baby Parade – Band of H.M. Welsh Guards [...]
Artist:Band of H.M. Welsh Guards
Title:Baby parade
Link Text:02 Baby Parade - Band of H.M. Welsh Guards
File Name:02 Baby Parade - Band of H.M. Welsh Guards.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Artist:Reg. Band of H. M. Scots Guards, Cond. Mr. F. W. Wood
Title:In the Shadows (with bells)
Link Text:03 In the Shadows (with bells) - Reg. Band of H. M. Scots Guards, Cond. Mr. F. W. Wood
File Name:03 In the Shadows (with bells) - Reg. Band of H. M. Scots Guards, Cond. Mr. F. W. Wood.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Classical
Artist:The Black Diamond Band
Title:In A Clockmaker's Shop
Link Text:04 In A Clockmaker’s Shop (Orth) - The Black Diamond Band
File Name:04 In A Clockmaker's Shop (Orth) - The Black Diamond Band.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Artist:The Home Guards Band
Title:The Phantom Brigade
Link Text:01 The Phantom Brigade - The Home Guards Band
File Name:01 The Phantom Brigade - The Home Guards Band.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Unknown
Title:The sunshine of your smile
Link Text:05 The Sunshine of your Smile (cornet solo) - Sgt. Hunt (cornet) & Irish Guards Band
File Name:05 The Sunshine of your Smile.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz

Links of the Month - June 2011

Links of the Month - June 2011 Another month, another five musical links that reveal to what extent the real world has slipped away from our reaches. June 13th How to Be A Retronaut – Vintage Ventriloquist Dummies Warning: contains some unsettling images. 16th June [...]

Links of the Month - June 2011

Links of the Month - June 2011 Another month, another five musical links that reveal to what extent the real world has slipped away from our reaches. June 13th How to Be A Retronaut – Vintage Ventriloquist Dummies Warning: contains some unsettling images. 16th June [...]

Evocations of The Dance - Part II - A Eudora Welty Playlist

Evocations of The Dance - Part II - A Eudora Welty Playlist If you’re wondering what the first Evocations of the Dance post was, click here to find out. The opening of Eudora Welty’s Powerhouse (1941) is one of those masterful pieces of writing you come up with in your dreams but which on real paper seem to elude you: He’s here on tour from the city – “Powerhouse and His Keyboard” – “Powerhouse and His Tasmanians” – think of the things he calls himself! There’s no [...]
Link Text:Why I Live at the P.O. - Eudora Welty.
File Name:welty - why i live at the p.o.mp3
Bitrate:27 kbps
Artist:Bessie Smith
Title:Empty Bed Blues
Link Text:05 Empty Bed Blues - Bessie Smith (1928)
File Name:05 Empty Bed Blues - Bessie Smith (1928).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Year:1928
Artist:Clifford 'Boots' Douglas
Title:The Goona Goo
Link Text:07 The Goona Goo - Clifford ‘Boots’ Douglas (1937)
File Name:07 The Goona Goo - Clifford 'Boots' Douglas (1937).mp3
Bitrate:42 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Year:1937
Artist:Count Basie And His Orchestra Feat. Jimmy Rushing
Title:Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today
Link Text:06 Sent for You Yesterday And Here You Come Today - Count Basie (v. Jimmy Rushing) (1938)
File Name:06b Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today - Count Basie (v. Jimmy Rushing) (1938).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Year:1938
Artist:Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra
Title:Tuxedo Junction
Link Text:04b Tuxedo Junction - Erskine Hawkins (1939)
File Name:04b Tuxedo Junction - Erskine Hawkins (1939).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Year:1940
Artist:Fats Waller
Title:Honeysuckle Rose
Link Text:02a Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller (1937)
File Name:02a Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller (1937).mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Year:1937
Artist:Fletcher Henderson Orch
Title:Somebody Loves Me
Link Text:08 Somebody Loves Me - Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra (1930)
File Name:08a Somebody Loves Me - Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (1930).mp3
Genre:Jazz
Year:1930
Artist:Glenn Miller
Title:Tuxedo Junction 1939
Link Text:04a Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller (1939)
File Name:04a Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller (1939).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Year:1939
Artist:Harold 'Scrappy' Lambert
Title:Pagan Love Song
Link Text:03 Pagan Love Song - Harold ‘Scrappy’ Lambert (1929)
File Name:03 Pagan Love Song - Harold Scrappy Lambert (1929).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Year:1929
Artist:Leo Watson
Title:Honeysuckle Rose
Link Text:02b Honeysuckle Rose - Leo Watson (1945)
File Name:02 Honeysuckle Rose (Honey Sock-Me-On-The-Nose) - Leo Watson (1945).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Year:1945
Artist:The Ink Spots
Title:Marie, The Dawn is Breaking
Link Text:01 Marie, the Dawn is Breaking (Berlin) - The Ink Spots (1953)
File Name:01 Marie, The Dawn is Breaking - The Ink Spots (1953).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Year:1953

Hey John: Beatles-Related Web Goodies

First of all, a musical treat: Blossom Dearie extends her affection to Lennon, whom she met on a chat show: Hey John, look at me digging you digging me! It’s a lovely little soufflé called Hey John . Right, now onto the links! 1. Faux-Beatles records on WFMU: ‘Have You Heard The Word?’ 2. Pop Hates the Beatles - Allan Sherman clearly wasn't their biggest fan. 3. Kenny Everett’s interviews with the Beatles – and one where [...]
Artist:Blossom Dearie
Title:Hey, John
Link Text:Hey John
File Name:Hey John - Blossom Dearie.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Vocal
Year:1973

Two Great Albums by Lee Wiley

A Touch of the Blues and I've Got the World on a String

Links of the Month - May 2011

Every month I’ll post five links to sites that I’ve really liked. Some will be music, some for people blogging their opinions, pictures or other silly crap. 5th May (Pic) Sex - B I G S L E E P A bit of a tune, this. 4th May (Pic) Amateur Cylinder Recordings: experimental sounds from over a century ago Turn of the century home recordings, including a drunken singalong to ‘John Brown’s Body’. [...]

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Vaughan Williams) - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir Adrian Boult

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Vaughan Williams) - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir Adrian Boult Even on a fairly crackly 78 this is a fascinating record. Well done, that man. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Vaughan Williams) - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir Adrian Boult (1940)
Artist:The BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir Adrian Boult
Title:fantasia on a theme by thomas tallis (vaughan williams) pts 1-4 - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir Adrian Boult
Link Text:Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Vaughan Williams) - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir Adrian Boult (1940)
File Name:fantasia on a theme by thomas tallis (vaughan williams) pts 1-4 - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir Adrian Boult.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Classical

The Fool on the Hill: The Beatles Songbook Vol. 1

The Fool on the Hill: The Beatles Songbook Vol. 1 It contains multitudes (of cheesy crap) but there is something spirited about this at times amateurish tribute to the Four Horsemen of the Popocalypse. A Hard Day's Night Eleanor Rigby Michelle She's Leaving Home This Boy
Title:a hard day's night
Link Text:A Hard Day's Night
File Name:a hard day's night.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:255
Title:eleanor rigby
Link Text:Eleanor Rigby
File Name:eleanor rigby.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:255
Title:michelle
Link Text:Michelle
File Name:michelle.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:255
Title:she's leaving home
Link Text:She's Leaving Home
File Name:she's leaving home.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:255
Title:this boy
Link Text:This Boy
File Name:this boy.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:255

Name Band - 1959 - Bob Florence & His Orchestra

A one-finger mysterioso introduction; a guitar that thrums an almost inaudible heartbeat; beautiful structures that have as much room for carefree ensemble lollops as for solos of heart-rending intensity: sounds like I’m describing the music of Count Basie. And it seems to me that Florence’s arrangements have some of the laid-back glitziness of the later Basie band orchestrations, particularly the ones by Neal Hefti for E=MC 2 /The Atomic Basie (1957). The sleevenotes boast of the LP being completely manually compressed by skilful engineers. It [...]
Artist:bob florence and his orchestra
Link Text:Baby Come Here
File Name:baby come here - bob florence and his orchestra.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Artist:bob florence and his orchestra
Link Text:Little Girl
File Name:little girl - bob florence and his orchestra.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz

Ambrose - A Tribute to Cole Porter

Ambrose - A Tribute to Cole Porter Sam Browne, Anne Shelton and Evelyn Dall sing to these stylish orchestrations from the Porter songbook. Anne Shelton has been featured at MMM before here and here . I didn't realise I had such a thing for her. After You, Who? Easy to Love I Get A Kick Out of You I've Got You [...]
Artist:Anne Shelton
Link Text:You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
File Name:you'd be so nice to come home to.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12
Artist:Evelyn Dall
Link Text:My Heart Belongs to Daddy
File Name:my heart belongs to daddy.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12
Artist:Sam Browne
Link Text:After You, Who?
File Name:after you, who.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12
Artist:Sam Browne
Link Text:Easy to Love
File Name:easy to love.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12
Artist:Sam Browne
Link Text:I Get A Kick Out of You
File Name:i get a kick out of you.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Other
Artist:Sam Browne
Link Text:I've Got You On My Mind
File Name:i've got you on my mind.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12
Artist:Sam Browne
Link Text:I've Got You Under My Skin
File Name:i've got you under my skin.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12
Artist:Sam Browne
Link Text:Just One of Those Things
File Name:just one of those things.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Other
Artist:Sam Browne
Link Text:You're the Top
File Name:you're the top.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:12

Different Views of Music Makes Me

You can now view this blog in funky new ways. It kind of defeats the object in me designing the blog, but then I think it might appeal to some readers. If you like either of these, maybe bookmark that link. Music Makes Me - Snapshot View Music Makes Me - Timeslide View

More Ronald Frankau - The M&W Show

More Ronald Frankau - The M&W Show Nicholas Frankau presents a programme about the remarkable double act his grandfather had with Liverpudlian Tommy Handley. I’ve just listened to it and really enjoyed it, especially the clips showing the pair’s incredible facility for fast patter. Listen to it here, NOW! (It expires in three days, so go now.) If you liked our Ronald Frankau posts, you’ll love it. Here are the links to those posts: Frankau’s World War II propaganda verses (and a helping [...]

Shedloads v. Shitloads

I always thought the ‘shedload’ was a strange unit of measurement. I can, however, imagine people using ‘shit’ to reckon amounts. This quick Google Ngram search would suggest that this is because ‘shitloads’ came first. Presumably, then, ‘shedloads’ is a euphemising version, or some kind of genteelism? If anyone had any more information, please let me know.

Why Harrison Preferred Minors: Notes Towards An Analysis Of The Beatles’ Use Of Descending Chord Progressions

Why Harrison Preferred Minors: Notes Towards An Analysis Of The Beatles’ Use Of Descending Chord Progressions Whenever someone proclaims in a review of a new single that it is ‘Beatlesque’, my ears prick up. Of course, you’re going to give any song with this kind of press a hard time, but what really bugs me is when lazy reviewers describe as ‘Beatlesque’ any song that features a descending chord progression. I wondered if there was any truth in the idea. I looked around on a few sites and forums and found nothing on this topic – in fact, I was told it was unquantifiable. I liked the idea of the challenge. So here [...]
Artist:The Beatles
Title:She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Link Text:Illustration A
File Name:Illustration A - A Beatles' Descending Chord Medley.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009

Four Last Songs (1959-1980) - II - Four More Last Songs

Four Last Songs (1959-1980) - II - Four More Last Songs A quartet of beautiful songs continuing from the earlier post. ASIDE: It’s now two years since the first post on Music Makes Me . It doesn’t feel like real time, web time. And does MMM really look that much older? Edelweiss (Rodgers & Hammerstein, 1959) Simple and stately, a wonderful distillation of what was best about this most famous of partnerships of composer and lyricist. [...]
Artist:Barbra Streisand
Title:That's A Fine Kind O'Freedom
Link Text:That’s a Fine Kind o’ Freedom (Harold Arlen, 1965)
File Name:That's a Fine Kind O' Freedom.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Bill Lee & Charmian Carr
Title:Edelweiss (Bill Lee & Charmian Carr)
Link Text:Edelweiss (Rodgers & Hammerstein, 1959)
File Name:Edelweiss (Bill Lee & Charmian Carr).mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Ethel Merman & Neilson Taylor
Title:An Old-Fashioned Wedding
Link Text:An Old-Fashioned Wedding (Irving Berlin, 1966)
File Name:An Old-Fashioned Wedding.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Frank Sinatra
Title:South - to a Warmer Place
Link Text:South - To a Warmer Place (Alec Wilder, 1980)
File Name:South - to a Warmer Place.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Jazz
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