John Leeming

On this week’s show John Leeming delves into the world of organ plus. Plus what you might ask? Why not listen in and find out how the mighty can work so well with a variety of different instruments!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Paddlin’ Madeleine Home	Simon Gledhill & New Foxtrot Serenaders	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Foxtrot (NFS CD05)	2010
I’ve Got My Eyes on You/April Showers/Crazy Rhythm	Lyn Larsen & Jack Bethards Band	Plummer Auditorium Fullerton CA 4/37 Wurlitzer	Beldale Records (121)	2000
Moonlight Serenade	Bryan Rodwell & The Sounds of Brass	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1993
My Song of the Nile	Herbert Griffiths & Manhattan Serenaders	Stoll Picture Theatre, London 3/17 Jardine	Vocalion Broadcast Records (2522B)	c1930
‘Lights Up’ medley	Robinson Cleaver & Patricia Rossborough	Abbey Road EMI Studios 3/9 Compton	EMI Parlophone (F1693)	1940
Moonlight on the Ganges	Jim Roseveare & Peter Mintun	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Premier Recordings (PRCD 1060)	1997
A Night with Rosita medley	Gerhard Gregor & Rhythm combo	NDR Studio Hammond C3	Private recording	c1970

On this week’s show John Leeming is at the microphone celebrating what would have been Doreen Chadwick’s 100th Birthday. Doreen was presidents for many years of the Cinema Organ Society. It seemed them appropriate to look at some of the other presidents of the COS over the years!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Doreen	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1965
Mosquito Samba	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1965
Elephant Tango	John Mann	Folly Farm Zoo, Begelly, Kilgetty, Wales 4/14 Wurlitzer	Compton Lodge Studios (CLS-CD1001)	2010
Primero	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Cinema Organ Society (COS126)	2016
That Everloving Rag	Robin Richmond	Polygon Records Studio Hammond C3	Castle Communications (PLSCD303)	1998
I’ll See You in My Dreams	Hubert Selby	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1967
There’s a Small Hotel/Lover	Hubert Selby	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1967
Singing in the Rain	Doreen Chadwick	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	ATOS London (ATOSLDVD001)	2008
Dance of the Three Old Maids	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	BBC Records (REC110M)	1971
Thunder and Lightning Polka	John Mann	Trinity Arts Centre, Pudsey 3/8 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS1263)	1992
Pompton Turnpike	Robin Richmond	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1997
Dream	Hubert Selby	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE03)	1978
Sussex by the Sea	John Mann	Burtey Fen Collection 3/14 Compton	Burtey Fen Collection (BFC004)	2006

On this week’s show John reflects on his latest trip to the ATOS convention by highlighting some of his favourite tracks from previous years. There plenty of artists, both established and new to entertain you this week!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Back Bay Shuffle	‘Guy Melendy’	Joe Kearns Studio 3/26 Wurlitzer	RCA Camden (CAL414)	1957
Fun to Be Fooled	Clark Wilson	Ohio Theatre, Columbus OH 4/34 Robert Morton	ATOS Cleveland	2016
Mattinata	Jerry Nagano	Civic Theatre, Akron OH 3/19 Wurlitzer	ATOS Cleveland	2016
Jazz Master	Jelani Eddington	Renaissance Theatre, Mansfield OH 3/20 Wurlitzer	ATOS Cleveland	2016
Ginza Samba	Justin LaVoie	Stahl’s Auto Museum, Chesterfield MI 3/23 Wurlitzer	ATOS Cleveland	2016
Rock around the Clock	Nathan Avakian	Tampa Theatre, Tampa FL 3/17 Wurlitzer	ATOS Tampa	2017
Walk between Raindrops	John Lauter	State Theatre, Sandusky OH 3/8 Page	ATOS Cleveland	2016
All Day, All Night, Marianne	Ron Rhode	Palace Theatre, Lorain OH 3/10 Wurlitzer	ATOS Cleveland	2016
Wiping the Pan	Mark Herman	Grace Church, Sarasota FL 4/32 Wurlitzer	ATOS Tampa	2017
Blue Orchids	Johnny Duffy	Private installation Wurlitzer	Edison International (CL5001)	1959

On this week’s show John plays some nostalgic sounds from days gone by with a selection of music that you might have heard on the the BBC’s light programme.

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
An Earful of Music/Let It Be Soon	Robinson Cleaver	BBC Theatre Organ No.2 5/27 Möller	Private Recording	1946
Somebody Loves Me	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	c1964
Midnite in Harlem	Dudley Beaven	Granada, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1943
Pedro from Palamos	Bobby Pagan	Ritz, Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1967
Moonlight Becomes You	Dudley Savage	ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private Recording	1975
I’ll See You Again	Matt Ross	Regal Uxbridge 2/6 Compton	Private Recording	1975
Caravan	Charles Smitton	Regal, Bridlington 3/8 Compton	Private Recording	c1963
I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles	Jackie Brown	Empire, Leicester Square 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	c1960
Goodnight Sweetheart/It’s Time to Say Goodnight/Goodnight	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	c1960

John Leeming gets inspiration for his choice of music this week by listening to old Goon Show broadcasts.

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
St Louis Blues	Howard Beaumont	Victoria Hall, Saltaire 3/11 Wurlitzer	Howard Beaumont (HB105)	2013
Lady Be Good	Bob van Camp	Fox, Atlanta 4/42 Möller	Atlanta Landmarks Inc	1997
Love Me or Leave Me	Chris Gorsuch	Granada, Kansas City 4/21 Barton	Chris Gorsuch Productions (CDP619)	1992
Once in Love with Amy	David Shepherd	Rex, Stratford 2/8 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 1154)	1975
It’s Only a Paper Moon	Jelani Eddington	Organ Piper Music Palace, Milwaukee 3/27 Kimball/Wurlitzer	Piper Productions (CD101)	c1995
Lover Come Back to Me	Russell Holmes	Karrinyup Wurlitzer, Stirling, Australia 3/20 Wurlitzer	Alpendale Music (WRH104)	1999
The Peanut Vendor	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio 3/9 Robert Morton	Deroy Records (Deroy 1031)	1973
There Will Never Be Another You	Simon Gledhill	Collège Clarapède, Geneva 3/8 Wurlitzer	AAOCCC	2017
Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead	John Giacchi	Sanfilippo Residence, Barrington Hills 5/80 Wurlitzer	Modern Mood Music (MMM003)	2001

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
You’re the Cream in My Coffee/Button Up Your Overcoat/Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue/Alexander’s Ragtime Band	John Mann	Folly Farm, Kilgetty 4/14 Wurlitzer	Compton Lodge Studios (CL1001)	2010
Orient Express	Sidney Torch	Regal, Edmonton 4/15 Christie	Sterndale Records (STE1001)	1991
Mood Indigo	John Seng	St Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, IL 4/23 Wurlitzer-plus	Pipe Organ Presentations (POP 113)	2005
For All We Know	Simon Gledhill	Trinity Arts Centre, Pudsey 3/8 Wurlitzer	COS Tapes (YORCOS303)	1995
September in the Rain	Dan Bellomy	South Bank University 3/25 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1993
East of the Sun and West of the Moon	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Ventures in Sound (VIS-B3)	c1954
I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (82820)	1993
I’m Beginning to See the Light	Nigel Ogden	Astra, Llandudno 3/8 Christie	COS Tapes (COS101)	1983

On this week’s show John Leeming takes us on a tour of pizza and pipes. So sit back and enjoy the sound and style of music associated with many of the Pizza Parlours in the US and UK.

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Another Openin’ Another Show	Walt Strony	Organ Stop Pizza, Phoenix 4/27 Wurlitzer	Organ Stop Pizza	1978
King Cotton March	Lew Williams	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa 4/50 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises	1996
My Funny Valentine	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa 4/82 Wurlitzer	Organ Stop Pizza	1998
The Birth Of The Blues	Vic Hammett	Cap’ns Galley Pizza Parlour, Redwood City CA 4/18 Wurlitzer	Doric Recording	c1972
I Get A Kick Out Of You	Dan Bellomy	Uncle Milt’s Pizza Co. 3/18 Wurlitzer	Milt K Recordings	c1990
I Only Have Eyes For You/Let’s Face The Music And Dance	Christian Cartwright	Pipes in the Peaks, Thorpe 3/18 Compton	Causeway Recordings	c2012
I’ll Buy That Dream	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions	199?
That’s All	Don Simmons	Organ Grinder, Portland 4/51 Wurlitzer	Sound Productions	c1981

On this weeks show John Leeming delves a little deeper into his archive and pulled from it some unexpected tracks from artists rarely heard!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Orient Express	Jack Helyer	Ritz/Odeon, Nottingham 4/20 Conacher	Crystal Records	1968
Moonglow	Frank Gordon	Odeon, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records	1977
Mood Sultry	Billy Nalle	Auditorium, Rochester, NY 4/23 Wurlitzer	Telarc Records	1977
Moonlight Serenade	Geoff Stephenson	Kitchen Bros, Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records	c1975
About a Quarter to Nine/Young and Healthy	Craig Boswell	Ashorne Hall, Warwickshire 3/13 Compton	Ashorne Hall	c1995
Adventure	John Walker	Studio recording Yamaha FX20, D85, C605	Paravel Records	1983
I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plans	John Stewart	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	c1974
Midnight in Mayfair	Reginald Liversidge	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records	c1971
I’ve Got a Crush on You	Tom Sheen	Joe Spurr Studio, Chicago 2/11 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording	c1968

On this week’s show John Leeming is at the microphone to start of his 2018 slot with a selection of organ plus tracks. Plus what you might ask? Why not listen and find out!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Holiday for Strings	Buddy Cole & Monty Kelly Orchestra	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton + orchestra	Alshire International	1973
Little Rock Getaway	Dennis & Heidi James	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/25 Wurlitzer + piano	Dennis James Productions	1984
A Little Steeple Pointing to the Sky	The Organ, the Dance Band and Me	EMI Studio, London 3/8 + Mel Compton + piano + instrumentalists	Empress Records	1995
By the Sleepy Lagoon	Sidney Torch & Mantovani	Gaumont State, Kilburn 3/16 Wurlitzer + violin	Decca Records	c1937
Amapola/An Apple for the Teacher	Brian Sharp	Sandford Park + Studio 3/9 Christie, Technics PR3, piano	Grosvenor Records	c1994
Grasshopper’s Dance	Al Bollington + Anton and Paramount Orchestra	Paramount, Tottenham CR 4c/10 Compton + orchestra	Guild Music	c2005
Whispering	Jim Roseveare & Jim Murray	Avenue, San Francisco 3/16 Wurlitzer + instrumentalist	Private recording	c1967
If I Didn’t Care/My Prayer/Chew Chew Chew Chew Your Bubblegum	Fela Sowande, Gerald Moore & Al Craig	Hammond + piano + drums	Decca Records	1939
Ain’t Misbehavin’	The Three Suns & Ray Bohr	Paramount, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer + rhythm combo	BMG Special Products	1999

On this week’s show John Leeming is at the microphone with another selection of recordings from his extensive archive – This time it’s tracks with a difference!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Deed I Do	Fraser Gartshore	Laukhuff Factory, Germany 3/11 Möller	Laukhuff GMBH	2008
Spectre on the Spree	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/9 Compton	COS Tapes	1984
Smash and Grab	Donald Thorne	Granada, Clapham Junction 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Decca Records	c1938
Old Macdonald’s Farm	Leo Rae	Granada, Welling 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1975
I Cover the Waterfront	Rene St John/Charles Smart	Decca Studio 2/6 Wurlitzer	Eclipse Records	c1931
Holiday for Strings	Virginie Morgan	Hammond	Ducretet Thompson	1954
Don’t Blame Me	Robin Richmond Trio	Hammond	President Records	1973
Midnight in Mayfair	Reginald Porter-Brown	Guildhall Southampton 4/60 Compton	President Records	1973
Tiger Rag	Gerhard Gregor/Helmut Zacharias	Hammond & Orchestra	Polydor Records	1952