The Organist Encores

Episode 684 – Shuffling

This week Damon has a mix of music chosen by his phone on shuffle.

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Music Played

Coronation Scott	David Lowe	Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/8 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS239)	1998
Viennese Waltz: Love’s Sorrow/Coppelia Waltz	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD117)	2003
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot (PH2007)	2013
Guess Who I Saw Today	Jim Roseveare	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1983
Macapa	Reginald Porter-Brown	Rodgers Organ	Amberlee Records Ltd (ALM 301X)	1971
In The Still Of The Night/Easy To Love/Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 17)	2011
How Deep is the Ocean	Dudley Savage	Royal/ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private Recording
I’ll Walk With God	Nigel Ogden	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	COS Tapes (COS114)	1988
Dixon In Swingtime Part 2 – Avalon/Limehouse Blues/Tiger Rag	Reginald Dixon	Granada Clapham Junction 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE 3104)	2002

Episode 683 – Dorsey Bros

This week Robert Hope-Jones looks at music associated with the Dorsey Bros.

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Music Played

Coquette	Everette Norse	Fox Theatre San Francisco 4/36 Wurlitzer		1963
Lullaby of Broadway	Sydney Torch + vocalist	Regal Edmonton 4/14 Christie		1934
Oodles of Noodles	George Wright	4/24 Wurlitzer Grant Union High School, CA / Hollywood Philharmonic Organ 4/28 Wurlitzer		1939/1985
I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You	Eric Lord	Paramount Theatre, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer		1972
I’ll Never Smile Again	Billy Nalle/Raymond Mosa	Paramount Theatre, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer		1958
Green Eyes	Buddy Cole/1940 All Stars/ Monty Kelly	3/27 Wurlitzer		1962
I’m Glad there is You	Johnny Hammond	Hammond Organ		1963
Tangerine	Dudley Savage	ABC Cinema, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private
Boogie Woogie		Trinity Presbyterian Church, San Diego 4-24 Wurlitzer	Private	2002

Episode 682 – Highlights from the UK Young Theatre Organist of the Year Competition

This week Damon features highlights from this years UK Young Theatre Organist of the Year Competition.

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Music Played

Oscar Battle – From This Moment On/Dream Dancing

Lucy Crouch – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

James Rickus – Bugsy Selection: I’m Feeling Fine/ Down and Out/You Give a Little Love

Jack Morton – ‘The Great Ziegfeld’ Selection: You/Look For The Silver Lining/You Never Looked So Beautiful/A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody/My Man/If You Knew Suzie

Rob Mosley – Down The Mall/Somewhere Out There

Joseph Seal – March: Celebration (Recorded on the Wurlitzer while it was in the ABC/Regal Kingston-Upon-Thames) from a new CD called “Curtains & Lights” available from the museum gift shop.

All tracks played on the 3/12 Wurlitzer in the Musical Museum, Brentford except*. Recorded by Damon Cox. Thanks to the Musical Museum staff, Steve Barrett-White, Michael Wooldridge and The Wurlitzer Heritage Trust for their assistance in making this possible.

Episode 681 – Random

This week Damon has a random mix of music.

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Music Played

Birth Of Blues/Steppin Out With My Baby/Let Yourself Go	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford (TE CD 02)	1991
How Am I To Know?/You’re Blase	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Bros. Records (WS 1533)	1963
Reaching For Someone (And Not Finding Anyone There)	Jim Riggs	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	RTR Productions (RTC103C)	1989
But Not For Me	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/29 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP 3612)	1965
Swan Lake Selection	Reginald Dixon	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1973
Reaching For The Moon	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	One-UP/EMI (OU 2171)	1977
Says My Heart/Love Thy Neighbour/Chinese Laundry Blues	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS234)	1998

Episode 680 – LPs DeF

This week John Leeming continues looking through his LPs

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Music Played

Bye Bye Blues	John Duffy	Columbia Square Studios, Hollywood, CA 3/11 Wurlitzer	London Records (U2012)	1955
I Am Loved	Helen Dell	Carson-Kearns Studio, Hollywood, CA 3/26 Wurlitzer	Malar Productions (MAS2015)	1960s
Grands Boulevards; Boléro por l’Inconnu; La Colline aux Oiseax	Tommy Deserre	Gaumont Palace, Paris, France 4/15 Christie	Odeon Records (OS1009)	c1955
Diane	Lee Erwin	Dick Kline Residence, Thurmont, MD 4/31 Wurlitzer	EMI Angel Records (S36073)	1974
Sentimental Journey	Andrew Fenner	Gaumont Theatre, Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	4/15 Compton Concert Recording (CR0059)	c1972
Hallelujah!	Don French	Oriental Theatre, Portland, OR 3/13 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR0009)	c1969
Body and Soul	Bill Floyd	Paramount Theatre, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer	Emory Cook Records (Cook 1150)	c1964
Miss Annabelle Lee	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 1123)	1974
The Storm	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (SEG8402)	1965

Episode 679 – In conversation with George Wright

This week features an interview with George Wright from the USA radio program Organ Loft.

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Music Played

Interview from the WTIC FM radio show Organ Loft – Broadcast date unknown. Recording from the Tom Heard Archive. Stereo versions of the music taken from the commercial albums to replace the mono off air recordings.

‘S Wonderful	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/29 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP 3612)	1965
Mountain Greenery	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/29 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP 3556)	1965
Tip Toe Thru The Tulips With Me	George Wright	Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena, CA 2/14 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP-3712)	1966
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top	George Wright	Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena, CA 2/14 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP-3712)	1966
It’s A Raggy Waltz	George Wright	Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena, CA 2/14 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP-3712)	1966
Lullaby Of Birdland	George Wright	Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena, CA 2/14 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP-3712)	1966
What is This Thing Called Love	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (82820)	1993
I Know That You Know	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (82820)	1993

Episode 678 – Sounds Latin

This week Robert Hope-Jones look at the Latin American style.

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Music Played

Ricardo	Howard Beumount trio	Hammond Organ	Harmony Cottage	2008
La Bakina	Bill Thomson	Roaring 20s Pizza, Grand Rapids, MI 3/30 Wurlitzer	RT 104	2013
My Little Boat	Art Van Damme Ensemble	Accordian	MPS 15236	1966
The Girl from Ipanema	Simon Gledhill	Dickinson High School, DE 3/66 Kimball		2007
Dindi	John Lauter	Shankin Music Hall 4/34 Wurlitzer		210
Beach Samba	Walter Wanderley Band	Hammond Organ	Verve	1966
Brazil	Lyn Larsen & Jack Bethards Band	Plummer Auditorium, Fullerton CA 4/37 Wurlitzer	Beldale Records 121	2000
Dansero	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	COS	1999
Tico Tico	Walt Strony	Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 4/36 Wurlitzer		2015

Episode 677 – Broadcast Memories

This week Damon delves into some broadcast tapes.

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Music Played

Ding Dong Samba	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1962
I Know Why	Gerald Shaw	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive	1961
Cheek To Cheek/Charmaine/Foot Tapper/Memories Of You/I’m Confessin’/Dinah	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1963
Hobo In Havana	Bobby Pagan	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1963
The Pied Piper/The Swinging Bells	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1964
Simple Aveu	Robin Richmond	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1964
Cherokee/Me And My Gal/The Fleet’s In Port Again	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1961

Episode 676 – Times Past, Times Present

This week John Leeming looks at performances both old and new.

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Music Played

The Alley Cat	George Blackmore	ABC Ritz Theatre, Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1963
Moonglow	Damon Cox	Burberry (New Gallery), London 2/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2026
Cute	Jack Morton and Nick Everett (Drums)	The Grange Collection, Palgrave, Norfolk 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2026
Birth of the Blues	Declan Poole	Castle Hill UR Church, Ipswich 3/8 Christie	Private Recording	2026
J’Attendrai	Dudley Savage	ABC Theatre Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private recording	1965
You’re Just in Love	Will Shaw	Home VTPO, Bath 3/35 Jensen sample set	Private recording	2026
Dream Dancing	Oscar Battle	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private recording	2026
Once in a While	Dan Bellomy	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1998

Episode 675 – From The Archive: George Blackmore

With Damon away north of the border, heres something suitably Scottish!

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Music Played

1. Over The Scottish Hills
2. Lady Of The Wheel Selection: My/Love Is/Wish I Knew/I Won’t Fall In Love Today/Siesta/She’s Got Everything
3. Roulette
4. Border Serenade (Helyer)
5. Samba Galore
6. Alive And Kicking Selection
7. Jealousy
8. Scotch Broth Selection

All tracks played on the Astoria Cinema, Aberdeen 3/8 Compton, broadcast 21st July 1959. Recording from the Nigel Ogden Archive. Photo from the Wayne Ivany Collection.