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TOM COAKLEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA #1


The Coakley Collection Volume One
The Complete Commercial Recordings San Francisco, March 1933

 

  1. I Had It - I Lost It - And It's Gone (McCarthy-Tierney) voc Carl Ravazza [Br 6577/SF-46].
  2. Here Is My Heart (Here Is My Hand) (Ballard-Henderson) voc Al Morris (Tony Martin) [Br 6577/SF-47]. San Francisco, October 1933
  3. Clean As A Whistle (from "Meet the Baron") (McHugh-Fields) voc Frank Barton [Br 6702/SF-71].
  4. Lucky Fella (McHugh-Fields) voc Carl Ravazza [Br 6702/SF-72]. Hollywood, November 20, 1933
  5. Good Morning Glory (from "Sitting Pretty") (Gordon-Revel) voc Armand Camgros [Vic 24480/68645-3].
  6. We Were The Best Of Friends (Pete Wendling-Lewis-Myer) voc Fred Williams [Vic 24489/68646-3].
  7. Many Moons Ago (from "Sitting Pretty") (Gordon-Revel) voc Carl Ravazza [Vic 24473/68647-3].
  8. Did You Ever See A Dream Walking (from "Sitting Pretty") (Gordon-Revel) voc Carl Ravazza and orchestra [Vic 24473/68648-2].
  9. Sing A Little Low Down Tune (Tobias-Scholl-Mencher) voc Frank Barton [Vic 24489/68649-3]. San Francisco, March 24, 1934
  10. That's What Makes The World Go Round (Stept-Green) voc Armand Camgros (who also played lead tenor in the reed section!) [Vic 24621/79126-2].
  11. I'll String Along With You voc Carl Ravazza [Vic 24600/ 79127-2].
  12. Fair And Warmer (from "Twenty Million Sweethearts") (Warren-Dubin) voc Carl Ravazza [Vic 24600/79128-1].
  13. Fair And Warmer (from "Twenty Million Sweethearts") (Warren-Dubin) voc Carl Ravazza [Vic 24600/79128-1].

Note:  John Leifert advises that these last two are the same…but are from two different sources.

  1. Call It Anything (It Wasn't Love) voc Frank Barton [Vic 24621/79129-2].
  2. I'm Satisfied (Harry Barris - Freedman) voc Carl Ravazza [Vic 24610/79130-2]. Hollywood, September 25, 1934
  3. Okay Toots (from United Artists film "Kid Millions") (Gus Kahn-Walter Donaldson) voc Dudley Nix. [Vic 24741-B/79374-2].
  4. Take A Number From One To Ten (from Paramount film "College Rhythm") (Mack Gordon-Harry Revel) voc Kay Thompson. [Vic 24744 A/79375-2].
  5. Let's Give Three Cheers For Love (from Paramount film "College Rhythm") (Mack Gordon-Harry Revel) voc Frank Barton [Vic 24744 B/79376-3].
  6. Your Head On My Shoulder (from United Artists film "Kid Millions") (Gus Kahn-Walter Donaldson) voc Carl Ravazza. [Vic 24741-A/79377-2]. Camden, N.J., May 28, 1935
  7. I'm Just An Ordinary Human (Al Jacobs - Larry Yuel) voc Carl Ravazza [Vic 25058 / 88975-3].
  8. Rhythm is our business voc Dudley Nix [Vic 25062/88976-2].
  9. Simply Grand voc Armand Camgros [Vic 25062/88977-1].
  10. Rainbow (Harry Archer - Haven Gillespie) voc Carl Ravazza [Vic 25058/88978-3].
  11. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) voc Carl Ravazza [Vic 25069/88979-2].

 


TOM COAKLEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA #2

 

The Coakley Collection Volume Two
Transcriptions, disc one

 

  1. We Just Couldn't Say Good Bye (Harry Woods) voc. Virginia Haig. Air check from Los Angeles Breakfast Club Program, Sep 14, 1932. Aluminum 18.
  2. The Last Round Up from "Ziegfeld Follies", 1933 (Billy Hill) voc. Carl Ravazza and Chorus. MGS 6108.
  3. I've Got The Jitters from "Casino de Paris" (revue) (Billy Rose- Paul Francis Webster-John Jacob Loeb) voc. Frank Barton. MGS 6219.
  4. Let's Fall In Love (Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler) voc. Armand Camgross. MGS 6277

NOTE:  Tracks 5-15 include announcements for Hills Brothers Coffee.

  1. There Goes My Heart (Benny Davis-Abner Silver) voc. Armand Camgross, Apr 6, 1934. MGS 6239.
  2. I've Got The Funniest Feeling, voc. Virginia Haig, Apr 9, 1934. MGS 6240.
  3. I'm Walkin' The Chalk Line (Mann Holiner-Alberta Nichols) voc. Virginia Haig, Apr 11, 1934. MGS 6241.
  4. Spin A Little Web Of Dreams from "Fashions of 1934" (Sammy Fain Irving Kahal) voc. Carl Ravazza, Apr 12, 1934. MGS 6242
  5. There'll Be Some Changes Made (Billy Higgins-W. Benton Overstreet) voc. Moreing Sisters, Apr 12, 1934. MGS 6246.
  6. Rhythm Man (Unspecified) voc. Moreing Sisters, Apr 13, 1934. MGS 6247.
  7. This Little Piggie Went To Market from "Eight Girls In A Boat" (Sam Coslow-Harold "Lefty" Lewis) voc. Moreing Sisters, Apr 25, 1934. MGS, 6248.
  8. I Hate Myself For Being So Mean To You (Joe Young Benny Davis- Milton Ager) voc. Moreing Sisters, 0-0-34. MGS 6249.
  9. My Song Goes Round The World (Jimmy Kennedy-Hans May) voc. Armand Camgross, Apr 24, 1934. MGS 6252.
  10. Moon About Town from "Ziegfeld Follies", 1933 (Dana Suesse-E.Y. Harburg) voc. Armand Camgross, Apr 25, 1934. MGS 6253.
  11. Speak To Me Of Love (Parlez-Moi D'Amour) from musical "Continental Varieties" (Jean Lenoir (Orig. Fr.), Bruce Sievier (Engl.)) voc Armand Camgross, May 11, 1934. MGS 6264.


TOM COAKLEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA #3

 

The Coakley Collection Volume Three
Transcriptions, disc two

 

  1. Fare-Thee-Well To Harlem (Johnny Mercer Bernie Hanighen) voc. Moreing Sisters, May 11, 1934. MGS 6265.
  2. Forty Years After The Fact T.C. introduces a collection of his records
  3. Haunting Me w/announcement (S.F. Palace Hotel)
  4. Strike Me Pink from "Strike Me Pink" (Lew Brown-Ray Henderson) voc. Kay Thompson
  5. Long About Midnight voc. Dudley Nix.
  6. As Far As I'm Concerned (Symes-Neiburg-Levinson) voc. Carl Ravazza.
  7. intro
  8. Why Don't You Practice What You Preach (Sigler-Goodhart-Hoffman) voc. Virginia Haig.
  9. I've Had My Moments from film "Hollywood Party" (Arthur Freed Nacio Herb Brown)
  10. Emaline (Frank Perkins-Mitchell Parish) voc. Dudley Nix
  11. intro
  12. Smoke Rings (Gifford-Washington) voc. Carl Ravazza
  13. intro
  14. The World Owes Me A Living from Disney Film "The Grasshopper And The Ants" (Morey-Harline) voc. Virginia Haig
  15. intro
  16. We'll Make Hay While The Sun Shines from film "Going Hollywood' (Freed-Brown) voc. Virginia Haig & Frank Barton
  17. Christmas Night In Harlem (Mitchell Parish-Raymond Scott)
  18. Mademoiselle (waltz) (Max and Harry Nesbitt)
  19. intro
  20. How Do I Know It's Sunday (Fain-Kahal) voc. Virginia Haig
  21. I Knew You When (J. Fred Coots-Herb Magidson) voc. Carl Ravazza
  22. Nagasaki (Harry Warren-Mort Dixon)
  23. Baby, Take a Bow, from film "Stand Up And Cheer" (Lew Brown-Jay Gorney)
  24. intro
  25. Easy Come, Easy Go (Johnny Green-Edward Heyman) voc. Carl Ravazza
  26. intro
  27. Humdinger
  28. intro
  29. Your Love
  30. intro
  31. Nasty Man from "George White's Scandals" (Ray Henderson-Irving Caesar-Jack Yellen) voc. Virginia Haig
  32. Someday I'll Find You from "Private Lives" (Noel Coward) voc. Armand Camgross
  33. The World Owes Me a Living from "The Grasshopper and the Ants" (Larry Morey-Leigh Harline) voc. Virginia Haig
  34. With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming from "Shoot The Works" (Mack Gordon-Harry Revel) voc. Carl Ravazza
  35. I Wish I Were Twins (Joseph Meyer-Frank Loesser-Eddie Delange) voc. Dudley Nix
  36. Your Guess Is Just As Good As Mine (Maurice Sigler-Al Goodhart-Al Hoffman) voc. Dudley Nix ----