Wednesday 31 March 2010

Re-upload: Carlo Monteverdi et son grand Orchestre joue Simon & Garfunkel (1970)

Carlo Monteverdi
et son
Grand Orchestre

joue

Simon & Garfunkel

mfp 5103


A re-upload of the album by Carlo Monteverdi playing the songs made famous and mostly written by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. The first performances this duo made was under the name Tom and Jerry at the end of the 50's and in the early 60's. They split up but came back together in 1965. This is when they began producing their best known hits, many of which can be found on this album.
I can't tell you anything about Carlo Monteverdi but I hope some of our visitors maybe can.
- Enjoy -
- DancingJohnny -

01. Mrs. Robinson
02. Scarborough fair
03. Leaves that are green
04. Feelin' groovy
05. At the zoo
06. Bridge over troubled water
07. The sound of silence
08. The boxer
09. April, come she will
10. Homeward bound
11. I am a rock
12. El condor pasa

Kai Warner - Swingtime Forever (1981)




Pyzam Glitter Text Maker

 Swingtime Forever
 Philips 6435-107

 01 C-Jam Blues
 02 Dancing In The Dark
 03 Sweet Georgia Brown
 04 Blue Moon
 05 In A Persian Market
 06 Satin Doll
 07 I Get A Kick Out Of You
 08 Stompin' At The Savoy
 09 September Boogie
 10 Daylight Boogie
 11 Tuxedo Junction
 12 After You've Gone

Tuesday 30 March 2010

Hugo Strasser - Die Tanzplatte '90 (1989)

Hugo Strasser
Das Tanz-Orchester

Die Tanzplatte '90

EMI CDP 566 79 2926 2


The dancerecord of the year 1990 by Hugo Strasser and his Orchestra. It was their 25th one and the 29th that can be found on this blog. Just one more and then the series is complete.
- Enjoy -
- DancingJohnny -

01. Three little words - Foxtrot
02. Marylin - Slow waltz
03. In einer kleinen Konditorei - Tango
04. Padam padam - Viennese waltz
05. April in Paris - Slowfoxtrot
06. I've got my love to keep me warm - Quickstep
07. Tango Argentino - Argentinian tango
08. Lambada - Lambada
09. Gecco - Samba
10. Blue velvet - Rumba
11. The happy farmer - Cha cha cha
12. Little brown jug - Jive
13. El secondo - Paso doble
14. Stardust - Rumba
15. Wedding samba - Samba

The Anita Kerr Singers - The Harry van Hoof Orchestra - TOGETHER

The Anita Kerr Singers
Harry van Hoof Orchestra
Pieter van Vollenhoven-(piano)
- T O G E T H E R - 
Philips 6423-143 (1979)


This unusual cooperation between the Anita Kerr Singers, the Harry van Hoof Orchestra and the dutch prince Pieter van Vollenhoven on piano, results in a magesterial mood album. The proceeds of this album got to the Sport fund for the Handicapped.

Tracklisting;
01 Together
02 You Needed me
03 How Deep Is Your Love
04 Happy Cat
05 Diary
06 Piece of Cake
07 Bright Eyes
08 Everything Must Change
09 Theme from "Deerhunter"
10 Song of Joy
11 Mary Kay's Theme
12 Adiago

Monday 29 March 2010

Franck Pourcel - Les plus grands succes 1

Franck Pourcel

Les plus grands succes volume 1


Cappy donated a 3 part compilation set of titles performed by French lounge master Franck Pourcel. Here is part 1. Thanks Cappy.
- Enjoy -
- DancingJohnny -

01. Chariot
02. Concorde
03. Dancing Queen
04. Penny Lane
05. Begin the Beguine
06. Caravan
07. Holiday for strings
08. Love at First Sight
09. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
10. La Balanga
11. Czardas
12. The Importance of Your Love
13. Music to watch girls by
14. Mamy blue
15. L'Été Indien
16. Manhattan Skyline (Saturday Night Fever)
17. The Big Country
18. Song For Guy
19. Charleston
20. Black bottom
21. Those Were The Days
22. Les Bicyclettes De Belsize
23. In the year 2525
24. The fool
25. Butterfly


Klaus Wunderlich - Summernight Party


 Klaus Wunderlich
 Summernight Party
 Telefunken  655.066 

 01 In The Summertime; Wann wird's mal wieder richtig Sommer?
 02 Summer Samba
 03 Coconuts from Congoville; Eviva España
 04 The Green Leaves of Summer
 05 Akropolis Adieu; Song of Santiago;Borriquito
 06 Cuando Caliente El Sol
 07 Un Rayo de Sol
 08 Tico Tico
 09 Summertime
 10 La Felicidad
 11 asta La Vista; Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie; Bella Italia
 12 Teneriffa melodie; Griechischer Wein
 13 Fiesta Mexicana; Let The Sunshine In; Knallrotes Gummiboot; Soley Soley

Sunday 28 March 2010

Tol & Tol - the Greatest Hits


 Tol & Tol
 the Greatest Hits

Araglin provided this fantastic recording of the dutch brothers Tol & Tol ( Cees Tol and Thomas Tol), who had a huge succes with their instrumental hit "Eleni" which even hit the American charts. With their smooth instrumental music they also were very popular in countries like Taiwan, Germany, England and South Africa.
 01 Antarctic sunrise
 02 Centennial
 03 Eleni
 04 Hellenic anthem
 05 Ja sèna
 06 Kentucky lament
 07 Kiriaki
 08 Mississippi journey
 09 Morning dew
 10 Recuerdos de la Alhambra
 11 Riding bikes
 12 Rounding the cape (a tribute to..)
 13 Sedalia
 14 Siciliano
 15 The Fool
 16 The Indian song
 17 The old music box
 18 There she comes
 19 Viënna
 20 Watching the guards

The Columbia Ballroom Orchestra - Let's dance vol. 3 (1985)

The Columbia Ballroom Orchestra

Let's dance vol. 3

DENON 32C32 7450


Let's dance again to the music of The Columbia Ballroom Orchestra, volume 3 this time.
- Enjoy -
- DancingJohnny -

01. Samba for you - Samba
02. Quiet village - Cha cha cha
03. Mulata - Cha cha cha
04. Hey! - Rumba
05. I'm missing you - Rumba
06. Toreo fino - Paso doble
07. Ballroom jive - Jive
08. Silent & patient - Slow waltz
09. Summer serenade - Slow waltz
10. Rosita - Tango
11. Amapola - Slowfoxtrot
12. And I love you so - Slowfoxtrot
13. Tickled pink - Quickstep
14. Summer love - Viennese waltz

The Lounge Legends in full Color !!

The Lounge Legends
in
Full Color

This weekend we've introduced the brand new look of the LoungeLegends blog. Gone has the grey and white, in comes the colorfull background. Hope you all like it.....we certainly do !!
To celebrate our new design, we bring you also a brand new LoungeLegend compilation with songs which have a color in their title. From yellow to green and everything in between.... Enjoy !!!


01  -   A Walk in the Black Forest  - Chaquito and The Quedo Brass  -
02  -   Red Sky At Morning  - Bert Kaempfert  -
03  -   Tie A Yellow Ribbon  - Baja Marimba Band  -
04  -   White Silver Sands  - The Clebanoff Strings  -
05  -   Little Green Apples  - Floyd Cramer  -
06  -   The Orange Vendor  - Mantovani  -
07  -   Brown Eyed Woman  - Helmut Zacharias  -
08  -   Mamy Blue  - Kurt Edelhagen  -
09  -   That Old Black Magic  - Percy Faith  -
10  -   The Lady In Red  - James Last  -
11  -   Goodbye Yellow Brick Road  - Ray Conniff  -
12  -   The Pink Panther Theme  - Oranj Symphonette  -
13  -   Black and White  - Hugo Strasser  -
14  -   Deep Purple  - Werner Müller  -
15  -   Little Green Bag  - Metropole Orkest  -
16  -   Orange Colored Sky  - Bert Kaempfert  -
17  -   Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue  - Joe Loss  -
18  -   Song Sung Blue  - Botticelli  -
19  -   Black is Black  - Kai Warner  -
20  -   99 Red Balloons  - Ray Conniff  -
21  -   Yellow Boomerang  - Roberto Delgado  -
22  -   White Ornaments  - Maurice Pop Und Sein Orchester  -
23  -   A Legend Of Greensleeves  - James Last & Richard Clayderman  -
24  -   Orange Tamoure  - Henry Mancini  -
25  -   Little Brown Jug  - James Last  -
26  -   Blue Theme  - The Clebanoff Strings  -
27  -   Pink Balloon  - Horst Jankowski  -
28  -   Grey Eyes Make Me Blue  - Bert Kaempfert  -
29  -   Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White  - Stanley Black  -

Richard Clayderman - Classic piano gala (1994)

Richard Clayderman

Classic piano gala

ROMAN Disc 280724


And for some relaxing moments on this sunday here is Richard Clayderman playing favorite and well-known classical titles on this 1994 album.
- Enjoy -
- DancingJohnny -

01. Für Elise
02. Ave Maria
03. Largo
04. Mondschein Sonate
05. Warsaw Concerto
06. Rhapsody in blue
07. Romance
08. Jesus joy of man's desiring
09. Liebestraum
10. Summertime
11. Clair de lune
12. Ode an die Freude
13. Elvira Madigan
14. Elisabeth Serenade

Saturday 27 March 2010

Biddu Orchestra - The Best Disco In Town (20 Disco Greats) 1978


-THE BIDDU ORCHESTRA -
 THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN
DISCO GOLD 20 GOLDEN DISCO GREATS.

Biddu or Biddu Appaiah (born 1943 or 1944) is an Indian-British music producer, composer and song-writer who produced and composed a number of hit records during the early part of the British Disco scene of the mid-1970s. He lifted the careers of British Disco music stars Tina Charles, Carl Douglas, Jimmy James  among others; and later found success producing several hits on the Indian subcontinent.  From the mid-1970s, Biddu has also been producing his own pop instrumental albums as Biddu Orchestra.
Biddu, now 64 (as of 2008), is still active in the Indian and western music scene, producing albums which are more spiritual and eastern-oriented.



SIDE 1.

PART 1.

01 - Shaft
02 - Star Wars
03 - I Can't Give You Anything But My Love
04 - Reach Out And I'll Be There
05 - Love Train

PART 2.

06 - All Right Now
07 - Sugar Sugar
08 - Heard It Thru The Grapevine
09 - Good Bad And Ugly
10 - Aquarius


SIDE 2.

PART 1.

11 - Satisfaction
12 - Be What You Wanna Be
13 - Exodus
14 - Telstar
15 - Black Is Black

PART 2.

16 - Jailhouse Rock
17 - Band Of Gold
18 - Now Is The Time
19 - Rock Your baby
20 - Kung-Fu Fighting

PR5054
CBS and Warwick
Produced by Biddu.
Recorded at Marquee, Nova and Pye Studios
1978

Jackie Gleason George Shearing - Emidisc Twinserie


Jackie Gleason - George Shearing -
 Emidisc Twinserie   
EMI SC 048-50786

Side 1 (Jackie Gleason)
01-Moon River
02-Fly Me To The Moon
03-More
04-Come Saturday Morning
05-Didn't We
06-Rainy Night In Georgia

Side 2 (George Shearing)
07-I Say A Little Prayer
08-Autumn Leaves
09-Strangers In The Night
10-Snowfall
11-Don't Sleep In The Subway
12-Never My Love

James Last - James Last im Allgäu (1984)

James Last und sein Orchester

James Last im Allgäu

Polydor 821 995-2


Cappy donated this wonderful album to us, James Last im Allgäu. Allgäu is a region in the southern part of Germany and has it's own typial kind of music, beautifully performed here by the James Last Orchestra together with on track 7 the Tölzer Knaben ( a boys choir), on track 8 Alfons Bauer, on track 12 Vicky Leandros and on track 14 the Blasorchester Fischen.
Thanks Cappy.
- Enjoy -
- DancingJohnny -

01. Polka party
02. Schnackl Polka
03. Ich spiel für mich (Westallgäuer)
04. Der Lumpensammler
05. Auf dem höchsten Berge
06. Frisch vom Fass
07. Jodler
08. Wo der Auerhahn balzt
09. De Schean
10. Im Schweinsgalopp
11. Schottisch
12. Frieden in den Bergen
13. Der lustige Fritz
14. Fesche Jugend

Friday 26 March 2010

James Last - Sing Mit 8 (1981)

Sing Mit 8
- ...und ab geht die Feuerwehr!- (1981)
Polydor 2372-060


Potpouri 1:

Zabadak
Ich wollt', ich wär ein Huhn
Ra-Ta-Ta-Ta

Dann heirat' doch dein Büro
Kalle mit der Kelle
Kleiner Engel

The Yellow Rose Of Texas
Zuviel Whisky
Ja so einfach ist das mit den Frau'n

Liebe kleine Schaffnerin
Ich fahr' mit meiner Lisa

Eine Seefahrt, die ist lustig
Come On Hansi
Yellow Submarine

Potpouri 2:

Komm, mach' mit (Alles easy, alles klar)
Chewy, Chewy
Flink wie ein Wiesel

Abfahr'n
Jetzt kommen die lustigen Tage
Tra-Ra-Ra Boom-Der-E

Don't Dilly Dally On The Way
Einmal war ich auf der Insel KRK
Schön ist so ein Ringelspiel
Adele

All Together Now
Have A Drink On Me
Good Bye, Good Bye, Good Bye

Horst Fischer "Ciribiribin" 1977 mit Orchester Hugo Strasser

Hugo Strasser - Die Tanzplatte '88 (1987)

Hugo Strasser
Das Tanz-Orchester

Die Tanzplatte '88

EMI 1C 088 14 7285 1


The dancerecord of the year 1988 by Hugo Strasser and his Orchestra.
- Enjoy -
- DancingJohnny -


01. American patrol - Foxtrot
02. La luna - Slow waltz
03. Tanze mit mir in den Morgen - Tango
04. Wunderbar - Viennese waltz
05. When you're smiling - Foxtrot
06. Crazy rhythm - Quickstep
07. Moonlight and roses - Slowfoxtrot
08. Undecided - Cha cha cha
09. Frénésie - Cha cha cha
10. Tara's theme - Rumba
11. Ay, ay, ay, Maria - Samba
12. Sweet Georgia Brown - Jive
13. Reet petite (Ros' Marie ) - Jive
14. Gitano - Paso doble

Frank Valdor - Jede menge Hits

"Jede menge Hits"
Non Stop Dancing mit der 
Frank Valdor Band


Medley 01

01 Sind Sie der Graf von Luxemburg
02 On the Street where you live
03 Hello Dolly
04 City Girl
05 Die Sonne von Mexico
06 John Browns Body
07 Words
08 Am I that easy to forget
09 Paradise Lost
10 World
11 My Maria
12 Whistle Boys
13 Valleri
14 The Legend of Xanadu

medley 02

01 Romeo and Julia
02 Simons Says
03 How About You
04 Rowbottom Square
05 Doch dan kamst du
06 Delilah
07 Bells of Love
08 Kiss me Goodbye
09 Everlasting Love
10 Denk nicht mehr daran
11 Hidy-Didy
12 If I were a rich man
13 Thank You Very Much
14 Lady Madonna

Thursday 25 March 2010

The strings of Paris - Great movie themes (1987)

The strings of Paris

Great movie themes

SPA 87111


On the same market where I found the album in my previous post I also found this album by The strings of Paris playing their arrangements of great movie themes.
- Enjoy -
- DancingJohnny -

01. Singin' in the rain
02. Over the rainbow
03. Midnight cowboy
04. The broadway melody
05. High noon
06. Hi-lili, hi-lo
07. Last tango in Paris
08. Three coins in the fountain
09. How the west was won
10. Pagan love song
11. Love is a many splendored thing
12. The green leaves of summer
13. The return of the seven
14. You are my lucky star
15. Gonna fly now
16. The professional gun

Kai Warner - Go In 1 (1968)


 Kai Warner
 Go In
 Polydor 249-244 (1968)


In every series there is a first.....and this is the very first issue of the Go In records by Kai Warner. Maybe not so succesfull as the Non Stop Dancing series of his brother James Last, but nevertheless very pleasant music and beautiful arrangements of the hits of that year.
 1 Harlekin, Der Mond von Fudchijama, Mama
 2 Flower Power Kleid, Arriverderci Hans, Lieber mal weinen im Glück
 3 Du bist da, Bleib bei mir, La Golondrina
 4 Sommernacht, Wenn du mal einsam bist, Gold auf der Strasse
 5 What A Wonderful World, Traurigsein lohnt sich nicht
 6 Lieber Maler male mir, 99.9 Prozent, Wärst du doch in Düsseldorf geblieben
 7 Don Diri Don, La-La-La, Quando M'Innamoro
 8 Delilah, Congratulations, A Banda
 9 If I Only Had Time, Meine Welt ist Schön
 10 Cuando Sali de Cuba, Love is Blue, Young Girl

Wednesday 24 March 2010

Bert Kaempfert - Now and Forever


Now and Forever
-written by-
Bert Kaempfert
Polydor 2311-178


Mrs. Hanne Kaempfert. the widow of the late composer, 
bandleader and arranger Bert Kaempfert,
who died in 1980, looked over this compilation of some less known, 
some deleted and someunreleased productions, 
which all were recorded over a period of 15 years.
"Now and Forever"- Music which will - today and in the future- be delighting non only the
innumerable faithful fans of Bert Kaempfert but also anybody whos' interested in first class
big-band arrangements. Music which will make you want to swing along and whisch will also give you some tender vibrations.

Side 1;
A1 Now and Forever
A2 One Lonely Night
A3 Bell Bottoms
A4 Wake up and Live
A5 Petula's Song
A6 A Song for Satch

Side 2
B1 Lonely is the Name (vocal)
B2 In the Everglades
B3 Cry Baby Cry
B4 Walkin'and Shoutin'
B5 Reggae Romp
B6 One Smile Away (LIVE)

The New World Show Orchestra - The Music Of Jerome Kern (1963)

The New World Show Orchestra
 The Music Of Jerome Kern (1963) 
  MFP 1044


With vocals by 
Ray Ellington, Valerie Masters, Barbara Virgil and The Mike Sammes Singers

The New World Show Orchestra was conducted by Alan Braden

01-Ol' Man River
02-I Won't Dance
03-The Last Time I Saw Paris
04-Who
05-She Didn't Say Yes
06-The Folks Who Live On The Hill
Side 2
07-The Way You Look Tonight

08-Till The Clouds Roll By
09-A Fine Romance
10-Look For The Silver Lining
11-They Didn't Believe Me
12-The Song Is You

The famous seven orchestra - Great instrumental hits

The famous seven orchestra

Great instrumental hits

OLYMPIC OCD 1328


I have never heard of the famous seven orchestra and searching the internet didn't tell me much more. I found the album a few days ago on a market and bought it because I saw it contained mostly Kaempfert tracks. Judging the cover I think it must have been made at the end of the 80's or begin 90's. The arrangements are very Kaempfert like and I must admit I have heard them being played in a much worser way. Well, just listen to it and judge yourself.
- Enjoy -
- DancingJohnny -

01. Danke schön
02. Three o'clock in the morning
03. That happy feeling
04. Wonderland by night
05. Down by the riverside
06. The world we know
07. Michaela (Stephen)
08. Spanish eyes
09. African beat
10. Red roses for a blue lady
11. Swingin' safari
12. Danny boy
13. Tschagalatschag
14. Strangers in the night
15. Pimpernell
16. Wiedersehn

Tuesday 23 March 2010

Max Greger - In The Mood for Hits (1974)


Max Greger
 In The Mood for Hits
 Polydor 2371-465 (1974)

12 Popular Hits in the very recognizable and incomparable
 Glenn Miller Sound!!

 1/12 Ich hab' die Liebe geseh'n
 2/12 Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
 3/12 I'd Love You Want Me
 4/12 Sweet Gypsy Rose
 5/12 Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye
 6/12 Ich komm bald wieder
 7/12 Pour Un Flirt
 8/12 Der kleine Prinz
 9/12 Michaela
 10/12 Rote Rosen
 11/12 Wenn ein Schiff vorüberfährt
 12/12 Eviva España

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