Spinning My Dad's Vinyl

27/01/2024

In this episode's Interesting Side Note, I'll tell you about the impact Morales had on future generations of latin musicians even with only living a short life.. Give Volume 161: The Latin Dance a spin tomorrow.
Sunday, January 28, 3P ET
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26/01/2024

You can always go back and listen to the most recent episode any time you want. Give Volume 160: Andy Sets Us Free a spin here: spinningmydadsvinyl.com/volume-160-andy-sets-us-free

25/01/2024

Take a sneak peek at Volume 161: The Latin Dance
Give it a spin Sunday, January 28, 3P ET
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24/01/2024

The latin beat was all the rage when my dad was a teenager and young adult. You can tell he fell for it in a big way with all the Mambos, Cha Chas, Rhumbas, and Salsas he has in his collection. And like I’ve said before, it’s hard not to dance when the bongos, congas, timbales, and claves are working their magic.

So get ready to hear, yet another musical trailblazer from Puerto Rico in Volume 161: The Latin Dance.
Give it a spin Sunday, January 28, 3P ET
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23/01/2024

NEXT EPISODE!
Volume 161: The Latin Dance
Give it a spin Sunday, January 28, 3P ET
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Credits and copyrights

Morales – Morales Latin Dance Time
Label: Grand Prix Series – K-154
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: in 1962 I think. I'll tell you more in this episode's interesting side note.
Genre: Latin
Style: Cha-Cha, Mambo, Pachanga

We will hear 7 of the 10 songs on the album.

Norin-Norin
written by Noro Morales

For Me And My Gal
written by Edgar Leslie, George W. Meyer, E. Ray Goetz

Dark Eyes Mambo
Written by Florian Hermann

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Sounds like another famous latin song for a while)
written by Ned Washington, George Bassman

Who's Sorry Now
written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Ted Snyder

The Children's Merengue
written by Noro Morales

Mississippi Mambo
written by Cliff Ferre

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

21/01/2024

Music off the 20th studio album from this famous singer can now be heard on can now be heard on Volume 160: Andy Sets Us Free.

Give it a spin here: spinningmydadsvinyl.com/volume-160-andy-sets-us-free

20/01/2024

In this episode's Interesting Side Note, I'll tell you about Andy Williams and his singing siblings. Give Volume 160: Andy Sets Us Free a spin tomorrow.
Sunday, January 21, 3P ET
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19/01/2024

You can always go back and listen to the most recent episode any time you want. Give Volume 159: Those Were The Days a spin here: spinningmydadsvinyl.com/volume-159-those-were-the-days

18/01/2024

A blast from my past that involved, my dad and a great big band! Posted • .vaccariello Flashback: went to a four-year-old‘s birthday party at the Manchester West building in Perry today. As I walked into the gymnasium, I realized I was here 40 years ago, when it was the Perry high school gymnasium, introducing the Maynard Ferguson big band while my dad was also in the audience. Talk about a flashback.

17/01/2024

COMING UP in Episode 160:
We pull out the second of four records my dad has from this singer. While he never had a number one hit, he did sell over 45 million records, and was viewed regularly by many million more TV viewers on his show.

He got his start with his brothers singing for film productions in the 1940s. And he’s another halftime performer at an early Super Bowl.

So get ready to hear music from the 20th studio album by this pop singer with Volume 160: Andy Sets Us Free.
Give it a spin Sunday, January 21, 3P ET
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15/01/2024

NEXT EPISODE!
Volume 160: Andy Sets Us Free
Give it a spin Sunday, January 21, 3P ET
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Credits and copyrights

Andy Williams – Born Free
Label - Columbia – CL 2680
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Terre Haute Pressing
Released: 1967
Genre: Jazz
Style: Easy Listening

We will hear 6 of the 12 songs from the album.

Born Free written for the 1966 movie of the same name.
Written-By – Don Black and John Barry

Spanish Eyes
Written-By – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Sing, and Eddie Snyder

Sunny
Written-By – Bobby Hebb

I Want To Be Free
Written-By – Tommy. Boyce and Bobby Hart

Strangers In The Night
Written-By – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Sing, and Eddie Snyder

Music To Watch Girls By
Written-By – Sid Rami and Tony Velona

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

14/01/2024

Audio from a groundbreaking TV show from the early 1970s can now be heard on Volume 159: Those Were The Days.

Give it a spin here: https://spinningmydadsvinyl.com/volume-159-those-were-the-days

13/01/2024

In this episode's Interesting Side Note, I'll tell you about the many spin offs created from All in the Family. Give Volume 159: Those Were The Days a spin tomorrow.
Sunday, January 14, 3P ET
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12/01/2024

You can always go back and listen to the most recent episode any time you want. Give Volume 158: Hirt So Good a spin here: spinningmydadsvinyl.com/volume-158-hirt-so-good

11/01/2024

Take a sneak peek at Volume 159: Those Were The Days
Give it a spin Sunday, January 14, 3P ET
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10/01/2024

COMING UP in Episode 159:
"The program you are about to see…well hear… is All in the Family. It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices and concerns. By making them a source of laughter, we hope to show — in a mature fashion — just how absurd they are."

That was the disclaimer made before the start of the first episode of an early 1970s TV show where the main character is an obnoxious, prejudiced, big mouth, bigot, played by a brilliant actor, who actually was credited with bringing highly controversial subjects to light every week. But no matter what the subject, he was highly humorous. And millions laughed along.

The character and the show was the brainchild of a TV mastermind that we just lost last month at the age of 101.

So, Boy...get ready to hear the way Glenn Miller played, and songs on the hit parade, not really, there’s no music on this record, in Volume 159: Those Were The Days.
Give it a spin Sunday, January 14, 3P ET
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08/01/2024

NEXT EPISODE!
Volume 159: Those Were The Days
Give it a spin Sunday, January 14, 3P ET
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Credits and copyrights

All In The Family – 2nd Album
Label: Atlantic – SD 7232
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Released: 1972
Genre: Non-Music
Style: Dialogue, Comedy

Archie Meets Mike
Breasts
The Man In The Street
The Elevator
Stifle
Sammy's Visit
Those Were The Days

I do not own the rights to this music or recording. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

07/01/2024

Dixieland from the King as well as a more honeyed horn can now be heard on Volume 158: Hirt So Good.

Give it a spin here: spinningmydadsvinyl.com/volume-158-hirt-so-good

06/01/2024

In this episode's Interesting Side Note, I'll tell you about how Al Hirt migrated through different musical styles and had his critics for it too. Give Volume 158: Hirt So Good a spin tomorrow.
Sunday, January 7, 3P ET
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05/01/2024

You can always go back and listen to the most recent episode any time you want. Give Volume 157: 50 Years of Lombardo a spin here: spinningmydadsvinyl.com/volume-157-50-years-of-lombardo

04/01/2024

Take a sneak peek at Volume 158: Hirt So Good
Give it a spin Sunday, January 7, 3P ET
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03/01/2024

COMING UP in Episode 158:
Here’s a great compilation disk to kick off the new year and season. It’s one of my dad’s favorite trumpet players who is famous for playing my dad’s favorite kind of music. Dixieland. In fact, Al is known as the king.

But he also played some straightforward instrumentals that the critics complained about. Not only will you hear some of both those styles on this best of album, you get to hear him with a full orchestra and one of the most famous s*x symbols and actresses of the 1960s and beyond.

So get ready to hear a musician hailed as a one-man trumpet section in Volume 158: Hirt So Good.
Give it a spin Sunday, January 7, 3P ET
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01/01/2024

NEXT EPISODE!
Volume 158: Hirt So Good
Give it a spin Sunday, January 7, 3P ET
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Credits and copyrights

Al Hirt – The Best Of Al Hirt
Label: RCA Victor – LPM-3309
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono, Indianapolis Pressing
Released: 1965
Genre: Jazz
Style: Dixieland

Conductor [Orchestras And Choruses] – Billy May, Henri René, Marty Paich

8 of the 12 songs on the album.

Java
Written-By – Allen Toussaint, Alvin Tyle, and Freddy Friday
taken from the album Honey in the Horn released in 1963.
Of the 21 times Al Hirt was nominated for a Grammy Award, this was his only winner, bringing home the gramophone shaped trophy in 1964.

Stranger In Paradise from the Broadway musical "Kismet."
Written-By – George Forrest and Robert Wright
taken from the album Trumpet and Strings released in 1962

The Best Man - Another trumpet player and his singing
Arranged By, Conductor – Marty Paich
Vocals – Al Hirt and Ann-Margret
Written-By – Fred Wise, Roy Alfred
taken from the album Beauty and the Beard, an entire album he did with Ann Margret, released in 1964.

Holiday For Trumpet
Written-By – Mario Ruiz Armengol
taken from the album Horn-a-Plenty released in 1962.

I Love Paris from the musical Can Can
Written-By – Cole Porter
taken from the album Al (He's the King) Hirt and his Band released in 1961.

Sugar Lips
Written-By – Billy Sherrill, Buddy Killen
taken from the album Sugar Lips released in 1964.

Cotton Candy
Written-By – Russ Damon
taken from the album Cotton Candy released in 1964.

Bourbon Street Parade
Written-By – Paul Barbarin
from the album Al Hirt at the Mardi Gras released in 1962.

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

31/12/2023

Happy New Year's Eve!
Tunes that Guy regularly played on New Years Eve can now be heard on Volume 157: 50 Years of Lombardo.

Give it a spin here: spinningmydadsvinyl.com/volume-157-50-years-of-lombardo

30/12/2023

In this episode's Interesting Side Note, I'll tell you about about and let you listen to a song recorded in 1895, and tell you about the earliest recording equipment. Give Volume 157: 50 Years of Lombardo a spin tomorrow.
Sunday, December 31, 3P ET
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29/12/2023

You can always go back and listen to the most recent episode any time you want. Give Volume 156: Christmas Herb a spin here: spinningmydadsvinyl.com/volume-156-christmas-herb

28/12/2023

Take a sneak peek with a MASH connection in Volume 157: 50 Years of Lombardo
Give it a spin Sunday, December 31, 3P ET
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27/12/2023

COMING UP in Episode 157:
When some of us think about our earliest memories of watching New Year’s Eve on TV, we’ll remember long before Ryan Seacrest and even before Dick Clark. This Guy, who brought the New York City ballroom celebration into our living rooms every year, goes back to even before this holiday was celebrated live on television.

He formed the band during 1924 in his hometown of London, Ontario, Canada and sold more than 100 million records. Maybe as many as 300 million.

So get ready to hear The Sweetest music this side of heaven, with a little sweet champagne to go with it, in Volume 157: 50 Years of Lombardo.
Give it a spin Sunday, December 31, 3P ET
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26/12/2023

Take a look at what's in store in 2024 for Spinning My Dad's Vinyl Season 4:
1 month since we lost Norman Lear,
100 Years since Rhapsody in Blue premiered,
112 Years since the Titanic Sunk,
124 Years since the birth of Glenn Miller,
200 episodes since I started this show.

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https://youtu.be/bXW7iWKyFmQ

Take a glance on what is in store for 2024.