The Organist Encores

Episode 620 – From The Archive: Harold Smart

This weeks show is from the archive and features Harold Smart at the BBC Möller Theatre Organ.

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Music Played

1. Sig Tune: Let Yourself Go
2. The Girl I Left In Rome
3. Shortnin’ Bread
4. True Love
5. Yodellin’ Rag
6. That’s Right
7. The Baffi
8. Pink Champagne
9. Regimental Rock
10. Whistling Kettle
11. The Drawl
12. “No Business Like Showbusiness” Selection
13. Sig Tune: Let Yourself Go

All tracks played on the 5/27 Möller in the BBC Jubilee Chapel, Hoxton, broadcast 23rd February 1957. Recordings from the Nigel Ogden Archive.

Episode 619 – ABc

This week John Leeming has look through some of his LP’s.

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Music Played

In Old Lisbon (Lisbon Antigua)/Petticoats of Portugal	Damon Cox	Studio Standaart, Byfleet 2/9 Standaart-plus	The Organist Encores (TOENC002)	2025
Harbour Lights	David Andrews	Joe Kearns Residence, California 3/18 Wurlitzer	London Records (HA-B2063)	1956
When Yuba Plays the Tuba	Don Baker	Paramount Theatre, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (Harmony HL7021)	1950s
For You	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (SCX6410)	1970
Just You, Just Me	Dan Bellomy	Organ Grinder Restaurant, Portland OR 4/44 Wurlitzer	Dan Bellomy Records (BP101)	c1983
Oh What a Beautiful Morning / The Surrey with the Fringe on Top	Bert Buhrman	Paramount Organ Works, Bolton 4/19 Compton	Deroy Records (Deroy 1027)	1974
The Atchison, Topek and the Santa Fe	Charlie Balogh	Roaring 20s Restaurant, Grand Rapids 4/42 Wurlitzer	Ronson Records (RT103)	c1980
If I Had You	Jackie Brown	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 1326)	1976
The Wedding of the Painted Doll	Leon Berry	Residence, Chicago 2/6 Wurlitzer	Audio Fidelity Records (AFSD5845)	c1958
April in Portugal	Damon Cox	Studio Standaart, Byfleet 2/9 Standaart-plus	The Organist Encores (TOENC002)	2025

Episode 618 – Memories & Music

This week Damon features interviews and music from Stanley Wyllie and Dudley Savage.

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Music Played

Sway/Little Things Mean A Lot/???/I Get So Lonely	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1954
Sandpaper Ballet/Crimond/Every Hour/Cherokee	Dudley Savage	Royal/ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partner Records (PP001CD)	2008

Episode 617 – King Cole

This week Robert Hope-Jones features music associated with Nat King Cole.

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Music Played

Straighten Up and Fly Right	Earl Grant	Hammond Organ	Decca (DL 12058)	1968
Lush Life	George Wright	Avenue Theatre, San Francisco 3/14? Wurlitzer	Private	1968
Our Love is Here to Stay	Dudley Savage	ABC Cinema Plymouth 3/8 Compton + Melotone	BBC
To the Ends of the Earth	Keith Beckingham	Town Hall Clydebank 3/13 Wurlitzer	COCD102	2004
Almost Like Being In Love	Clark Wilson	Century II Convention Center, Wichita 4/37 Wurlitzer		1666
Stardust	Sydney Torch	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	DECCA (SPA 195)	1972
Thou Swell	Stephen Vincent	Yamaha/Paramount VTPO	Private	1666
Mona Lisa	Lynn Larsen	Plummer Auditorium 4/37 Wurlitzer
Route 66	Jim Riggs	Ye Olde Pizza Joynt, California 3/13 Wurlitzer

Episode 616 – 2-5 Special

This week Damon features two Midland Console broadcasts featuring two contrasting 2/5 instruments.

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Music Played

a) The Centipede b) Serenade To A Beautiful Day c) Fun And Frolic d) By The Sleepy Lagoon e) Autumn Concerto	Sydney Gustard	Regent Leamington Spa 2/5 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1959
a) The Happy Waltz b) Lonely Ballerina c) When I Fall In Love d) The Waltzing Yodeler (Hammett) e) The Whistling Boy	Vic Hammett	Stanford Hall, Loughborough 2/5 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1960

Episode 615 – Happy April

This week John Leeming has his usual light and fun April show.

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Music Played

A Fine New Baby	Robin Richmond	Hammond organ	Private recording (Robin Richmond)	1959
Exodus theme	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	c1961
Lady of Spain	Winifrea	Riviera Theatre, North Tonawanda 3/16 Wurlitzer	Custom Audio (CA 76829)	1977
Song of Home (signature tune)	Gerald Shaw	Regal Theatre, Marble Arch 4/36 Christie	Private recording	1956
Birth of the Blues	Barry Baker	Hedback Theatre, Indianapolis 2/11 Page/Wurlitzer	Private recording	1990
Sailor’s Hop	Terance Casey	Trocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1950s
Surrey with the Fringe on Top / Hello Young Lovers	Armsbee Bancroft	Cecil Cinema, Hull 3/15 Marshall-Sykes	Private recording (John Greenwood)	1980
Melody in F (Rubinstein)	Gerhard Gregor	NDR Studio, Hamburg 3/24 Welte	Rondo Records (SA129)	c1960
We’ll Meet Again	Bert van den Brink	Studio recording Novachord	YouTube	2024
Hot Dog	Don Thompson	Organ Grinder Restaurant, San Francisco 3/13 Wurlitzer	Arkay Records (AR6086)	1987
Twelfth Street Rag	Bryan Rodwell	Scala Cinema, Rotherham 3/8 Conahcher	Private recording (John Leeming)	c1983

Episode 614 – Farewell Mr Blackpool

This weeks show is from the archive and features extracts from Reginald Dixons farewell concert which took place just over 55 years ago.

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Music Played

1. Sig Tune: I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
2. Blaze Away/Ca C’est Paris/Imperial Echoes/The Dambusters
3. Songs From The Shows: Tea For Two/A Wonderful Guy/A Batchelor Gay/I Could Have Danced All Right/Indian Love Call/Goodby-ee/Edelweiss
4. The Dream Of Olwen
5. Lady Of Spain/The Harry Lime Theme/Jealousy/12th Street Rag/Charmaine/Bluebell Polka/Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 Finale/I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

All tracks played on the 3/14 Wurlitzer in the Tower Ballroom Ballroom, Blackpool, broadcast 2nd April 1970.

Recordings from the Damon Cox.

Episode 613 – Rio Sounds

This week Robert Hope-Jones is in latin mood.

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Music Played

Lamento	John Lauter and White Heat Sextet	Shanklin Music Hall 4/34 Wurlitzer	Private Recording
The Girl From Ipanema	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises, Inc (ERB110)	2000
Meditation	Lyn Larsen	Richard F. Kline Residence, Auburn Springs MD 4/28 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-102)
Wave	Bryan Rodwell	Hammond X-5	The Organist Encores (TOENC001)	2019
Summer Samba	Walter Wanderley	Hammond B3	Verve	1666
I Go to Rio	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/46 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises Inc (ERB 104-CD)
Song of the Jet	Walter Wanderley	Hammond B3	Verve	1666

Episode 612 – Thursford Sounds

This week Damon features two mini broadcast by Bryan Rodwell and Robert Wolfe on the Thursford Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

a) Sig Tune: You Made Me Love You b) The Willow Waltz c) Nancy With The Laughing Face d) There Will Be Another You e) Sig Tune: You Made Me Love You	Bryan Rodwell	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1989
Dames/Lullaby Of Broadway/Shuffle Off To Buffalo/Keep Young And Healthy/About A Quarter To Nine/We’re In The Money/Shadow Waltz/You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me/Go Into Your Dance/42nd Street	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1990

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