Harold Smart – 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 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 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

Episode 460 – Hi-Speed Organ

On this week’s show John Leeming turns back the clock to the world of 78rpm records with this nostalgic show.

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Music Played

A Great Big Bunch of You//Pagan Moon/Too Many Tears	Sidney Torch	Loew’Regal, Marble Arch 4/36 Christie	Columbia Records (DB819)	1932
Just Humming Along	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero, Elephant and Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (DB821)	1932
ABC March	Reginald Foort	BBC Theatre Organ #1 4/23 Compton	HMV Records (BD424)	1937
Can’t We Talk It Over?/Now That You’ve Gone	Harold Ramsay	Granada, Tooting 4/12 Wurlitzer	Decca Records (F2951)	1932
Moonlight Dance	Ena Baga	New Gallery Cinema, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	HMV Records (B3385)	1930
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic	Donald Thorne	Granada, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Decca Records (F6848)	1938
Fairy on the Clock	Charles and Harold Smart	EMI Studio 3/8 Compton + Hammond	Parlophone Records (R3505)	1952
Twelfth Street Rag	The New Organolians	Hammond	Columbia Records (FB2850)	1943
Tiger Rag	Bobby Pagan	EMI Studio 3/8 Compton	HMV Records (BD775)	1939

Episode 432 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Smart Work

On this weeks show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive and throws spotlight on father and son organists, Charles & Harold Smart.

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Music Played

Theme From ‘Warship’	Charles & Harold Smart	BBC Maida Vale Studios 3/12 Compton & Galanti Electronic	Nigel Ogden Archive	1975
Goodbye Hawaii	Charles Smart	Decca Studio 2/5 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive
Chinatown, My Chinatown/Always True To You	Harold Smart	Hammond C3	Embassy (WLP-6015)	1961
Please/Ding Dong Polka	Charles Smart	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1956
The Heavens Declare	Charles Smart	BBC Broadcasting House, London 4/33 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive
Let Yourself Go/Medley	Harold Smart	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive
Poinciana/Quando Quando	Harold Smart	Galanti Electronic	Nigel Ogden Archive	1972
Ancient And Modern	Charles & Harold Smart	BBC Maida Vale Studios 3/12 Compton & Galanti Electronic	Nigel Ogden Archive	1972

Episode 414 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Rag Bag

Nigel Ogden is back in his archive with a real rag bag of assorted items!

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Music Played

Title	Artist	Organ	Info.	Year
Mary Popins Selection	Nigel Ogden	Chester Cathedral 4m Charles Whiteley & Co	Nigel Ogden Archive	2014
March Of The Herald	Jack Helyer	Ritz/Odeon Nottingham 4/22 Conacher	Nigel Ogden Archive	1961
The Lady Is A Tramp	Graeme Wright	Paramount/Odeon Newcastle 3/19 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1968
Sinfonia From Cantata No.29	Carlo Curley	Alexandra Palace Allen Touring Organ	Nigel Ogden Archive	1977
Keep Smiling	Nigel Ogden	Civic Auditorium, Pasadena CA 5/28 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1996
Hot Dog	Richard Hills	Civic Auditorium, Pasadena CA 5/28 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1996
Pipes And Plug-Ins	Harold & Charles Smart	BBC Maida Vale Studios 3/12 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1972
Intrada	Nigel Ogden	BBC Maida Vale Studios 3/12 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1990’s

Episode 383 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Distant Airwaves

On this weeks show Nigel Ogden back with music from the airwaves, or at-least they were in the distant past! Gems on this show include contributions from George Blackmore, Reginald Dixon, Harold Nash, Charles Smart and more!

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Music Played

Title	Artist	Organ	Info.	Year
El Cicada	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1958
Calcutta	George Blackmore	Empire Leicester Square, London 4/20 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1960
You Were Meant For Me/Manhattan/You Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming	Reginald Dixon	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1975
Ballet Selection: Can Can (Rossini)/Waltz From ‘Coppelia’/Finale From ‘Dance Of The Hours’	Ernest Braodbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1975
Popgun Patrol	Bryan Rodwell	Gaumont Coventry 3c/9 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1960
Dizzy Fingers	Charles Smart	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1958
Let Yourself Go/???	Harold Smart	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1965
The Wing Commander	Harold Nash	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1956