Music from times gone by.
From the realm of fools: Billie Holiday (‘Foolin’ myself’) and flutist Eric Dolphy (‘April Fool’).
Gene Vincent who chases a Cadillac with his unfaithful girlfriend in it using a Ford V-8.
Ook tussen de wielen speelt zich af ‘De hele wereld alleen voor jou’ – de bewerking die het Cocktail Trio maakte van een Chuck Berry-nummer.
Also on wheels, ‘De hele wereld alleen voor jou’ —an adaptation of a Chuck Berry song by the Cocktail Trio.
Comedian/voice actor Stan Freberg with a musical satire on the police series ‘Dragnet’—an episode recording that had to be repeatedly halted due to the orchestra’s bursts of laughter.
A remarkable phenomenon was ‘The Dean of American Balladeers’—collector and composer John Jacob Niles, blessed with a unique voice, in his own song ‘Go Way from My Window’.
Two orchestras from the Netherlands: ‘documentary orchestra’ The Beau Hunks with music from Laurel & Hardy-films, and Dick Willebrandts’ orchestra with vocalist Nelly Verschuur.
Additionally: From France just after World War One: the star of Montmartre, ‘la tragedienne de la chanson’, chansonnière Damia.
Trombonist Juan Tizol, Chris Connor, tango-phenomenon Francisco Canaro, hornist John Graas (‘Cool cat on a hot tin roof’), the Buddy Collette Quintet, Andy Iona and his Islanders and Sinatra with pianist Vinnie Falcone.
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