John Leeming – The Organist Encores

Episode 611 – Hammond Half Hour

This week John Leeming features Hammond electronic organs.

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Music Played

Happy Days are Here Again (signature tune)	Thomas de Witte	Hammond C3	Private recording	2022
Something’s Gotta Give/Ain’t She Sweet	Robin Richmond	Hammond organ with rhythm	Nixa Records (NPL 18022)	1958
Let’s Fall in Love/The Very Thought Of You	Nigel Ogden	Hammond H100	Grasmere Records (GRCD131)	2009
Springtime Dreams	Gerhard Gregor	Hammond organ with rhythm players	Polydor Records (46034 LPHM)	1957
Alligator Crawl	Harold Smart Quartet	Hammond organ with instrumentalists	Parlophone Records (GEP 8589)	c1957
When Sunny Gets Blue	John Ferguson	Hammond and piano	Mark Herman Productions (MH 1002)	2008
Don’t Get Around Much Any More	Dan Bellomy	Hammond B3 with percussion	Dan Bellomy Productions (DBP-1)	2001
Sweet Lorraine	Klaus Wunderlich and Hubert Deuringer	Hammond with accordion and rhythm players	Bell Records (BLR 89104)	2001
It All Depends on You	Buddy Cole	Hammond with rhythm players	Jasmine Records (JASCD 185)	2011
Moonlight Serenade	Bryan Rodwell	Hammond X5 with percussion	The Organist Encores (TOENC001)	2019

Episode 607 – The Hour Of Parting

This week John Leeming has mixed bag of music and pays tribute to Paul Sheffield, Paul Quarino and Scott Foppiano.

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Music Played

I Can’t Get Started	Michael Wooldridge	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Merlin Productions (MP 110)	2012
Fun and Frolic	Chris Elliott	Plummer Auditorium, Fullerton High School, CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	CPE Productions (CPE-106CD)	1998
He Shouldn’t-a Hadn’t-a Oughn’t-a Swang on Me	Alec Leader	Hammond electronic	Avenue Records (AVE095)	1971
Guilty	Jackie Brown	Granada Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Organ of the Month Club	c1960
Melody on the Move	David Shepherd	Town Hall, Ossett 3/13 Compton-Christie	Amberlee Records (AML305X)	1971
Tuxedo Junction	Paul Sheffield	London South Bank University 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private recording (John Smallwood Collection)	1986
Goody Goody	Scott Foppiano	Markworth Residence, Omaha, NE 3/24 Kimball	Private Recording (YouTube)	2019
Button Up Your Overcoat/Little White Lies	Paul Quarino	Organ Grinder Pizza, Portland, OR 4/51 Wurlitzer	Organ Grinder Records (OG101)	1976
Hour of Parting/Now is the Hour/Auld Lang Syne	Vic Hammett	Wycombe Organ Centre 2/5 Wurlitzer	Private Doric Recording (DO 1409)	1971

Episode 601 – 1955 Radio Times

This week John Leeming takes us back to January 1955.

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Music Played

Leicester Square Looks Round	John Howlett	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1965
Dance of the Blue Marionettes	Sidney Torch	Regal Theatre, Marble Arch 4/36 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE 1002)	1993
Wee McGregor Highland Patrol	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD 129)	1997
Dancing Tambourine	George Wright	Pasadena Studio 3/27 Wurlitzer	Banda Records (BA 70170299)	1999
Roaming Around	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1955
Goofus	Jim Riggs	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private recording	2004
Too Late Now	Dudley Savage	ABC Cinema, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partners Records (PP001 CD)	2008
Guiding Star/They Were Doing the Mambo/Wait for Me, Darling	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Cinema, Belfast 4/10 Compton	Private Recording	1954
Happy Days are Here Again	Jack Helyer	BBC Studio, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Private Recording	1957

Episode 596 – Moonlight Lullaby

This week John Leeming presents a moonlight lullaby recorded by Bobby Pagan at the Worthing Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

Clair de Lune (part)
Moonlight and Roses
Laura
Have You Met Miss Jones
Moonglow
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
You Stepped Out of a Dream
Indian Love Call
You Are My Heart’s Desire
Goodnight Sweetheart
Clair de Lune (part)
Pagan Love Song (part)

All tracks played on the 3/10 Wurlitzer in the Assembly Hall, Worthing, Recorded 1988. Recording from WW Records.

Episode 593 – Rhythm Review

This week John Leeming presents tracks of a rhythmical nature.

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Music Played

Honky Tonk Rag	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1953
Dodging a Divorcee	Dwight Thomas	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis 4/42 Wurlitzer	Klarion Productions (DTCD-101)	1987
Glasgow Fair	Gerald Shaw	Odeon, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	Private Recording	1965
Hot Socks	Arnold Loxam	Plough, Great Munden 3/12 Compton	Merridale Motors (MM 004)	1994
The Minor Drag	David Gray	Sanfilippo Foundation, Barrington Hills, Illinois 4/80 Wurlitzer	David Gray (dg0001)	2018
Forty-second Street/Varsity Drag	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (GRCD 137)	2011
We Just Can’t Say Goodbye	Reginald Stone	BBC Theatre Organ No 2, London 5/27 Möller	Private Recording	1952
Flashback	Eddie Ruhier	Hammond organ and keyboards Electronic	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1292)	1996
Ring-a-Ding Girl/Berlin Melody	Robinson Cleaver	Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1962

Episode 589 – Received, with thanks

This week John Leeming features tracks that people have sent him.

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Music Played

Goofy Dame	Stanley Tudor	BBC Theatre Organ No.2 5/27 Möller	Private recording	1955
Once in a While	Stephen Vincent	Stephen Vincent Residence, Soure, Portugal Yamaha EL90	Private recording	2011
Only a Rose	Chris Elliott	Ron Wehmeier Residence, Cincinnati, USA 4/37 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2024
Spring Is Here	Bob Wyatt	Unknown venue/organ	Roulette (SR25087)	1960
Golden Earrings/Brother Can You Spare a Dime?	Cor Steyn	Studio recording Magic Organ (elecronic)	Private Recording	1960s
Two Sleepy People	George Blackmore	AVRO Studio, Hilversum 4/19 Compton-Standaart	Private recording	1982
Holding You Tight in the Moonlight	Gerhard Gregor	Polydor recording studio Hammond electronic	Polydor (46034 LPHM)	1957
At the Jazz Bank Ball	Dennis James	Granada Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1975

Episode 585 – Holbeach Calling

This week John Leeming has an extended show where he focuses on the organ installed in David Shepherds residence.

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Music Played

Coliseum March	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 3m 6 pipe ranks + 5 Electrone stops	Cinema Organ Society (COS 107)	1984
Long Ago and Far Away	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 3m 6 pipe ranks + 5 Electrone stops	Cinema Organ Society (COS 107)	1984
Love for Sale	Tom Hazleton	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/9 Compton-plus	Private Recording	1987
Vanessa	Simon Gledhill	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/9 Compton-plus	Cinema Organ Society (COS115)	1989
Experiment	Richard Hills	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/20 Compton-plus	Cinema Organ Society (COS125)	2000
My Silent Love	Lyn Larsen	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	2000
Sirocco	David Gray	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	2016
Russian Lullaby	Jim Riggs	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	2004
Together Wherever We Go	Barry Baker	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	1997
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen	Dudley Savage	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	2002
The Flat Foot Floogie with the Flaw Flaw	Mark Herman	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	2022
All Strings and Fancy Free	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	1996
Runaway Rocking Horse	Simon Gledhill (organ) and Richard Hills (piano and Dulcimer)	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	2015

Episode 581 – In Concert

This week John Leeming has recordings from past concerts.

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Music Played

I Got Rhythm/Jeepers Creepers	Arnold Loxam	Granada Theatre, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	Private recording (John Leeming)	1977
Serenade from ‘The Student Prince’	Simon Gledhill	New Gallery, Regent Street, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1985
Georgia On My Mind/Taking a Chance on Love	Peter Holt	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1993
Spanish Dance No. 1 by Moszkowski	David Shepherd	Cameo Poly Cinema, London 2/6 Compton	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1982
Moonlight in Vermont	Alec Leader	The Plough Inn, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1984
I Write the Songs	Chris Powell	St John Vianney Church, Clayhall 3/7 Compton	Private Recording (John Leeming)	2011
My Blue Heaven	Armsbee Bancroft	Marston Green Hospital 3/10 Compton	Private recording (Bill Ravenall/COS Archive)	1977
Exactly Like You	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1979
What’s New	Jackie Brown	ABC Ritz, Richmond-upon-Thames 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (Geoff Day/COS Archive)	1965

Episode 576 – Showtime San Francisco

This week John Leeming delves into his archive with an episode of Showtime San Francisco.

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Music Played

Opening and closing music: With a Smile and a Song
Jim Roseveare*

Signature tune: Of Thee I Sing
Jim Roseveare*

Begin the Beguine
Scott Gillespie*

More Than You Know
Scott Gillespie

They All Laughed
Jim Roseveare

Without a Song
Jim Roseveare + Reid Marshall (vocal)

A Star Is Born
Jim Roseveare

I Can’t Believe that You’re in Love with Me
Bob Mack

Chatanooga Shoe Shine Boy
Bob Mack

All items from ‘Showtime, San Francisco’ broadcast (Lyric Photoplay Society, c1967)
3/16 Wurlitzer, Avenue Theatre, San Francisco
*Indicates probable artist (not identified in the programme)

Episode 572 – A Bit of Each

This week John Leeming has sounds from real and digital pipes mixed with traditional electronics.

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Music Played

That’s Entertainment	Keith Evans	Keith Evans Residence, Chepstow 4/33 Allen VTPO	Mostyn Theatre Organ Productions (YouTube)	2020
Portrait of a Flirt	Ena Baga	Recording studio Hammond organ (C3?)	Private recording (BBC/COS Archive)	1973
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White/Tangerine	Christian Cartwright	Strumpshaw Steam Museum 3/7 Christie	Private Recording (Christian Cartwright, YouTube)	2024
Bei Mir bist du schön/Frauen sind keine Engel/Abends in der Taverne	Willy Weits	Recording studio The ‘Magic Organ’	Imperial Records (5c 054-24195)	1970
Valencia/Arrivederci Roma/Under the Bridges of Paris/On the Reeperbahn at Half-past Midnight	Gerhard Gregor	NDR studio, Hamburg, Germany 3/24 Welte	Polydor Records (20 335 EPH)	1956
You Are the Sunshine of My Life	Will Shaw	Keith Evans Residence, Chepstow 4/33 Allen VTPO	Mostyn Theatre Organ Productions (YouTube)	2020
John Peel Boogie	Harold Smart Quartet	Recording studio Hammond organ + rhythm	Parlophone Records (GEP8589)	1956
Chicago	Don Baker	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/10 Wurlitzer	WW Records (unissued)	1987
Someone to Watch Over Me	Keith Beckingham	Granada Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/COS Archive)	1972