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Monday, January 31, 2011

A few upcoming lists..........


Stay tuned for more Wanda Jackson, and also some recordings by Miff Mole. I'm also still putting together a list of Rosemary Clooney that's proving to be rather vexing for me (a lot of recordings, and finding it hard to decide what to focus on). I also am preparing a list of recordings from the Original Memphis Five (some of which will probably dovetail with the Miff Mole lists).  Just a heads up, if you will......in other words, I'm warning you to upgrade that hard drive..... ;)

Ms. Wanda Jackson...Part 1

The fabulous Ms. Wanda Jackson..........

Her site: (a nice one) www.wandajackson.com


Wanda Lavonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American singer and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 60s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and something of a pioneering rock and roll artist. She is known to many as the Queen (or First Lady) of Rockabilly.
Jackson mixed country music with fast-moving rockabilly, often recording them on opposite sides of a record.  As rockabilly declined in popularity in the mid-1960s, she moved to a successful career in mainstream country music with a string of hits between 1966 and 1973, including "Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine", "A Woman Lives for Love" and "Fancy Satin Pillows".

She has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity among rockabilly revivalists in Europe, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence in 2009.

Wanda Jackson was born in Maud, Oklahoma on October 20, 1937, but has lived much of her life in Oklahoma City. Her father, a musician, moved the family to California during the 1940s in hopes of a better life. Two years later, he bought Jackson a guitar and encouraged her to play. He also took her to see performances by Spade Cooley, Tex Williams and Bob Wills, which left a lasting impression.   In 1948, when she was 11, the family moved back to Oklahoma. In 1956, she won a talent contest which led to her own radio program, soon extended by 30 minutes.

Jackson began her professional career while still attending Capitol Hill High School in 
Oklahoma City after being discovered by Hank Thompson in 1954, who heard her singing on local station KLPR-AM and invited her to perform with his band, the Brazos Valley Boys. She recorded a few songs on their label, Capitol Records, including "You Can't Have My Love", a duet with Thompson's bandleader, Billy Gray. The song was released as a single in 1954 and reached No. 8 on the country chart. Jackson asked Capitol to sign her, but was turned down by producer Ken Nelson who told her, "Girls don't sell records." Instead, she signed with Decca Records.

After graduating from high school, Jackson began to tour with her father as manager and chaperon. She often shared the bill with Elvis Presley, who encouraged Jackson to sing rockabilly. She was a cast member of ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee in Springfield, Missouri from 1955–1960, and in 1956 she signed with Capitol, recording a number of singles mixing country with rock and roll. "I Gotta Know", released in 1956, peaked at No. 15.

During the 1950s, Jackson's stage outfits were often designed by her mother. Unlike traditional clothing worn by female country music singers of the time, she wore fringe dresses, high heels and long earrings; and has claimed she was the first female to put "glamor into country music."

She continued to record more rockabilly singles through the decade with producer Ken Nelson. Jackson insisted that Nelson make her records sound like those of label mates Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps. Nelson brought in many experienced and popular session players, including rock and roll pianist Merill Moore and the then unknown Buck Owens. With a unique vocal style and upbeat material, Jackson created some of the most influential rock and roll music of the time.

In the late 1950s, Jackson recorded and released a number of rockabilly songs, including "Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad," "Mean, Mean Man," "Fujiyama Mama" (which hit No. 1 in Japan) and "Honey Bop." The songs, however, were only regional hits. She toured Japan in February and March 1959.

In 1959, Jackson had a Top 40 pop hit with "Let's Have A Party", a song Presley had cut a year earlier.  She was headlining concerts with her own band, which she dubbed The Party Timers. Prominently featured were pianist Big Al Downing and guitarist Roy Clark, virtually unknown at the time.  Her country music career also began to take off with the self-penned "Right Or Wrong", a No. 9 hit, and "In The Middle Of A Heartache", which peaked at No. 6. Both songs also enjoyed top 40 pop success. 

The unexpected success of her records led Capitol to release a number of albums composed of her 1950s material, including 1960's Rockin' with Wanda and There's a Party Goin' On, which included "Tongue Tied" and "Riot in the Cell Block #9". Her 1961 and 1962 albums, Right or Wrong and Wonderful Wanda, featured her two top ten country hits from 1961. In 1963, Jackson recorded a final album titled Two Sides of Wanda, which included both rock and roll and country music, including a cover of Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On". The album earned Jackson her first Grammy nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

In 1965, Jackson made the move to country music as rockabilly declined in popularity, and had a string of Top 40 hits during the next ten years. In 1966, she released two singles that peaked in the country top 20, "Tears Will Be The Chaser For Your Wine" and "The Box It Came In".

In early 1965, Jackson was invited by Capitol Records's German distribution partner, Electrola, to record in German. Jackson's German language debut single, Santo Domingo (b/w Morgen, ja morgen), recorded at Electrola's studios in Cologne, peaked at No. 5 on the official German charts and at No. 1 on the charts of Germany's most influential teen magazine, Bravo. In the first months following the chart success of Santo Domingo, Jackson also re-recorded some of her German songs in Dutch and Japanese. The success of Santo Domingo prompted the recording of eight further German language singles until 1968, which were also released on an album, Made in Germany. A last German single was recorded in 1970.

In 1967, she recorded two albums, and released a string of singles during the next few years that often asserted a fiery and violent persona, including 1969's "My Big Iron Skillet", a top 20 hit which threatened death or assault for cheating on a spouse. In 1970 and 1971, she had her final top 20 country hits with "A Woman Lives For Love" (her second Grammy nomination) and "Fancy Satin Pillows". Jackson was a premier attraction in Las Vegas. She followed Kitty Wells lead as only the second country female vocalist to have her own syndicated television show, Music Village, from 1967–68.

In the early 1970s, at her children's request, Jackson and her husband began to regularly attend church and discovered Christianity. She began recording gospel songs and albums, including 1972's Praise the Lord on Capitol. After Capitol dropped her, she recorded a number of albums for small religious labels and set up evangelical church tours with her husband across the country. Jackson wanted to record a mix of country and gospel music for her albums; however, religious labels were not interested.

In the early 1980s, Jackson was invited to Europe to play and record rockabilly material when revivalists sought her out. She regularly toured Scandinavia, England, and Germany during the decade; and influenced country artists including Pam Tillis, Jann Browne and Rosie Flores.  In 1995, she sang two duets with Flores on her 1995 album, Rockabilly Filly, and then embarked on a United States tour with her, her first American tour since the 1970s.

In 2001, she played at the Rockabilly Festival in Jackson, Tennessee with Narvel Felts and Billy Haley and His Comets. Her backup band was The Cadillac Angels (Tony Balbino, Mickey Chihuahua and Anders Stone). Despite her age, Jackson continued touring. She was No. 35 on CMT's 2002 special, The 40 Greatest Women of Country Music.
 
In 2003, Jackson released her first studio album since the 1980s, Heart Trouble on CMH Records. The 16-track album included guest appearances by Elvis Costello, The Cramps and Rosie Flores. In 2005, singer Amy LaVere portrayed a young Jackson in the Johnny Cash biopic, Walk the Line.

On October 28, 2008, Jackson returned to England for an appearance at the London Rock 'n' Roll Festival with Jerry Lee Lewis and Linda Gail Lewis at the London Forum.

In 2009, it was announced that Jackson would start work on new recordings with Jack White. The resulting album, The Party Ain't Over, was released on January 25, 2011. It included a cover of the Bob Dylan rockabilly song, "Thunder on the Mountain".

Jackson performed at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas in 2010 with her new backing band, Oklahoma-based alt-country band The Green Corn Revival.

 On July 25, 2010 Jackson's song, "Funnel of Love" was featured as the music to the ending credits to the HBO program Entourage (season 7, episode 4).

Jackson appeared on the BBC's Hootenanny on December 31, 2010, performing with Jools Holland and his orchestra. She covered Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good" as well as performing some of her own songs. On January 20, 2011, she performed with Jack White on The Late Show With David Letterman and again on January 25th, 2011, on Conan.

In 1955, Jackson briefly dated Elvis Presley while on tour with him. She married former IBM programmer Wendell Goodman in 1961, who has been, and continues to serve as, her manager. The couple have two children. She currently lives in Oklahoma City.

Jackson is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Music and Oklahoma Country Music halls of fame, as well as the International Gospel and the German Music halls of fame.

She was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 but was not elected. In September 2008, she was nominated for a second time; and was inducted on April 4, 2009 as an Early Influence. She was the first addition to the category in nine years.
In 2006 Alfred Publishing acknowledged her influence on young musicians by publishing The Best of Wanda Jackson: Let's Have a Party, a songbook with music and lyrics to thirteen songs associated with Jackson. It was the first songbook ever published on Jackson.
In 2009, Oklahoma City named an alley for her in the Bricktown entertainment district. "Wanda Jackson Way" was officially christened with a live performance by Jackson in her "Way" on September 30, 2009.

On September 9, 2010, she was given the Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for performance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Jack White presented the award to her.

Jackson's "Funnel of Love" was covered by the English rock band The Fall on their 2010 album, Your Future Our Clutter, by the band The Young Veins for their 2010 album, "Take a Vacation!" as a bonus MP3 track when bought on Amazon.com, and by Social Distortion lead singer Mike Ness on his 1999 album Under the Influences.

And so.......without further ado......we begin Part One..........

(Every time they play) Our song
Baby loves him
Baby, baby, bye bye
Before I lose my mind
Between the window and the phone
Blues like midnight
Both sides of the line
Brown eyed handsome man
But I was lying
By the time you got to Phoenix
Candy man
Cold cold heart
Cool love
Cowboy yodel
Crazy
Cryin' thru the night
Day dreaming
Did you miss me
Don'a wan'a
Don't ask me why
Don't do the things he'd do
Don't touch me
Empty arms
Fallin'
Fancy satin pillows
Fujiyama mama
Funnel of love
Funny how time slips away
The box it came in
The dirt behind my years

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**A note: I'm going to try to cover not just her rockabilly sides, but a lot of her country, some gospel, and even some of recordings in German and Japanese on several lists. I am restricting what I am posting to mostly earlier stuff, 50's to '70s, as is my usual approach. **

I hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed putting this one together!!

One more flashback.....I hate FOX, but in 1967 it was WFLD 32....lol

Damnit, damnit.....

I almost had it up (yeah, the jokes on that from the peanut gallery....).  Part one of Wanda Jackson.  4shared is giving me probs tonight, both on upload, and on download.  It's getting near on 1am. Must call it a night.....I have early parental business at about 6am. 

Nice talking with you all, especially regarding the potential weather/snow on the horizon, and mostly memories of huge blizzards of our youth. On a more positive note (for y'all), if Chicago gets snowed in late on Monday.........I'll have all the damn time in the world to research and load the rest of the freaking list!! (and, failing that, perhaps go stir crazy and become homicidal).   As usual, I digress.....onward to the ZZzzzz's.  I do hope to get Part one of that HUGE Wanda list up in the AM.....stay tuned. :)

You guys are great, btw......I enjoy the comments, and discourse....very fun!!!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Sooooo............snow?? 18 possible inches in Chicago?? hmmmm.....nah, it ain't 1967, THAT was some snow....

So, I'm sitting here wearing my fingers down working on a TON of Wanda Jackson tunes.  All of the news is starting to come in with the warnings of the huge storms predicted for the next couple of days. They're now saying that possibly 18 inches may hit Chicago. Facebook's a-buzzin'. Now here in Chicago, we know how winter works. We aren't South of the Mason-Dixon Line, buying every loaf of bread and bottle of milk in an 18 mile radius  if an inch of snow falls.  The same can definitely be said for Michigan, where I grew up....we REALLY know our winters, much more than Chicagoans.  At least Michiganders know how to drive in it. I can't say that for the average Chicago resident.....pathetic driving, even in pleasant weather, hereabouts.

Anyway, it got me thinking about the years of some REAL snowstorms....1979, 1999............1967.  Wow, the big snow of '67. Now THAT was a storm.
I wish I had a few of the pictures that my dad took in Flint, Michigan. We have some great ones.  I was 4 1/2 years old.  It's significant enough that I actually remember a lot of it. I remember thinking that it was pretty damned great, although my parents don't recall it quite that way. I loved seeing all the snowshoes, skis, and snowmobiles as the main transportation in my neighborhood....there really wasn't any other way to get around for quite awhile. I don't remember any cars being dug out from garages for many days. I recall that we totalled out a fair bit higher than in Chicago, which was paralyzed.  I think we got nearly 30 inches, with high winds, and drifts over 10 feet high.

I'm not getting too worked up about the next couple of days. Time will tell.  I'm a little too jaded to think that any storm will measure up to the ones in my memories.  The adult in me thinks that a big one will be a major hassle.......secretly, though.....the eternal child in me wants an EPIC one :)  Mostly, I just want my kid to be able to say she remembers 'one for the history books' someday. (not to mention a historic, almost never called 'snow day' for Chicago and Evanston schools).  As she just said: "Mom, we'll have school.....the apocalypse could happen....if you're Catholic you'll still have school open in Chicago".

So 1967. A little trip back in time:


Yeah...it was that bad in Chicago. We had even more in Michigan.  So you see, I'm not even getting excited, yet.  Time will tell. :)

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Friday, January 28, 2011

Miss Wanda Jackson........



I post this for a couple reasons......I loved her as a kid....still do. I'm in the stages of putting together a list, and mostly because I know how much my daughter can't stand her voice!! lol (hell, it took her quite a while to even tolerate, much less like Brenda Lee...it's gonna take a lot more work to get her to appreciate Wanda) >;)

Just so you know, Sarah says she sound like a hiccuping cat in heat, or the vocal equivalent of someone playing the violin badly. I beg to differ.....but, ya know..........

Loretta Young.........

Wingy Manone......Part 2

Part 2......Wingy Manone

Yowsa!  Again, a very swinging little list...........fun! Let's swing on into the the weekend, shall we??


(I just can't imagine) life without you 5-25-1937
(If I had) Rhythm in my nursery rhymes 1-28-1936
Casey Jones (The brave engineer)  4-26-1939
If I could be with you w/ Kay Starr 7-25-1944
Love and kisses 7-4-1935
Love is just around the corner 1934 Harlem Hot Shots/ Wingy Manone
Lulu's back in town 5-27-1935
March winds and April showers 1935
Never had no lovin' 1934
Nickel in the slot 1  1935
Nickle in the slot 2  1935
No calling card 5-2-1934
Oh say can you swing 2-4-1937
Old man Mose1-28-1936
on the good ship Lollypop 3-8-1935
Orchi Chornya (dark eyes) 3-19-1941
Please believe me 1-28-1936
Rhythm is our business 7-5-1935
Rhythm on the river (from the film "Rhythm on the river" w/ bing Crosby)  8-6-1940
Ringside stomp 4-11-1927 Joe Manone's Harmony Kings
Royal garden blues 10-3-1934
Sadness will be gladness 4-11-1927 Joe Manone's Harmony Kings
Send me 5-2-1934
Shake that thing 8-28-1930 Barbecue Joe & His Hot Dogs
She's crying for me 10-3-1934
Sing me a swing song (and let me dance) 5-8-1936
Strange blues 5-2-1934
Sweet and low 5-27-1935
Sweet Lorraine 2-4-1937
Swing brother swing 1-15-1935

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Charlie Christian Vol 2...........1939

As promised.........Vol. 2 of the complete Charlie Christian 



Volume 2 covers the period of November 4, 1939 through December 24, 1939.

Track 1 – A November 4, 1939 broadcast of the Camel Caravan produced the first version of “Shivers.”

Tracks 2 thru 7 – Columbia recording session on November 22nd — the second studio date with Goodman.

Two takes each of “Memories of You” and “Soft Winds.”

And the first recording of CC’s own “Seven Come Eleven.”

Charles takes an extraordinary full-chorus solo on his first recorded version of “Honeysuckle Rose” — the only time he would be featured with the full orchestra other than almost a year-and-a-half later on his own “Solo Flight” guitar concierto.

Track 8 – Camel Caravan broadcast of “Seven Come Eleven” on November 25.  This version has often been issued as “Roast Turkey Stomp” which was the original title of the tune.

Track 9 – “AC-DC Current” from the Waldorf-Astoria on November 27.

Track 10 – “Dinah” from a December 16 Camel Caravan broadcast.  Not only is Charles’ solo “a pure delight!”—as stated in the liner notes—but his amplified chord accompaniment on the vibes solo is so extraordinary that it becomes the main attraction of the chorus with the vibes playing the supporting role.  On the following chorus CC sustains the essence of the melody during parts of his exhilarating solo.  We’re fortunate indeed that at least this aircheck version of “Dinah” was captured, thanks to Jerry Newhouse.

Tracks 11 thru 14 – The third Columbia recording session with Goodman, on December 20.
A breakdown [CC’s solo is complete] and the master take of “Shivers” and the master of “AC-DC Current.”

The liner notes are right-on concerning CC’s innovative solo on “I’m Confessin’.”  I’m not particularly fond of Benny Goodman’s shrill, up-tempo solos but I must admit he could play the melody beautifully on some of the slow ballads.

Tracks 18 thru 21 – Charles’ second concert at Carnegie Hall—the 1939 “From Spirituals to Swing” concert on Christmas Eve.

Charlie Christian solos on three numbers with the Goodman sextet:   “Flying Home,” “Memories of You” and “Honeysuckle Rose.”  CC takes full-chorus solos on “Flying Home” and “Honeysuckle Rose.”

This is the last of the five times CC recorded “Memories of You” and it’s probably his best one—he gets the 8-bar minor-mode bridge on all versions and on all he double-times them with sixteenth notes.  On this rendition he plays some great augmented runs over the dominant-7 harmony on the next-to-the-last bar of his solo.

Then, for three more numbers, Charles becomes part of the Kansas City Six along with Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Freddie Green, Walter Page, and Jo Jones:
“Paging the Devil” and “Good Morning Blues” are the earliest existing recordings of Charlie Christian soloing on the blues and they are two of his best—not surprising, since here he is in the company of the best of his fellow bluesmen.

On “Way Down Yonder” Charles apparently was unexpectedly called on to solo and it takes half-a-dozen measures for him to turn up his amp and start his solo.

On the final item on the program, CC takes a three-chorus solo plus an 8-bar bridge on a wild jam of “Oh, Lady Be Good” that includes six pianists.  Unfortunately,  Charles’ third chorus has been edited out as in all issues including this one (actually, the edit jumps CC’s solo from the 31st bar of the second chorus of his solo to the 32nd bar of his third chorus).

[The recording with Charlie Christian’s complete solo was issued in August 1999 for the first time on From Spirituals to Swing (Vanguard 169/71-2), a 3-CD box set (regrettably, without the 8-bar piano intro).]

[Finally, in March 2001, the entire take was released on Charlie Christian—Complete Live Recordings (Definitive DRCD11177).]

[Reissued in its entirety in October 2001 on Masters of Jazz MJCD 189, Charlie Christian • Volume 9.]

A November 28 aircheck of “South of the Border” was omitted from this series. It was issued in 1997 for the first time on Camel Caravan Shows (Jazz Band EBCD 2139-2).

[Reissued in October 2001 on Masters of Jazz MJCD 189, Charlie Christian • Volume 9.]

All other available recordings from the period covered by this volume (November 4 through December 24) are on the CD, with the exception of the “AC-DC Current” from December 2nd that starts off volume 3.

Comments on the liner notes:

Page 16 – the erroneous statement that the December 2nd aircheck of “AC-DC Current” does not exist was later corrected in volume 3.

Pages 23 thru 25 (Discography) – During October, November, and December 1939, the Saturday Camel Caravan broadcasts emanated from NBC’s Radio City Studios.  The gig at the Waldorf-Astoria was on Mondays (broadcast on the Mutual Radio Network) and on Wednesdays and Thursdays (on CBS radio).


The tracks:


Shivers
Memories of you
Memories of you
Soft winds
Soft winds
Seven come Eleven
Honeysuckle rose
AC-DC Current
Dinah
Shivers
Shivers
AC-DC Current
Flying home
Memories of you
Honeysuckle rose
Pagin' the devil
Good mornin' blues
Way down yonder in New Orleans
Oh! lady be good


Here it be...............a seriously swinging little Nat Gonella list :)

Nat Gonella

Nathaniel Charles (Nat) Gonella (7 March 1908–6 August 1998) was an English jazz trumpeter, bandleader, vocalist and mellophonist born in London, perhaps most notable for his work with the big band he founded, The Georgians.

Gonella played and recorded with many prominent jazz musicians, including Billy Cotton, Archie Alexander, Digby Fairweather and Lew Stone.

His distinctive vocal style was reminiscent of Louis Armstrong, though the voice was often eclipsed by his achievements as a band leader and trumpeter. Gonella has been a major influence on other British jazz trumpeters, including Humphrey Lyttelton and Digby Fairweather.
Gonella was born in a deprived area of east London, but took up cornet while attending an institution for underprivileged children, St Mary's Guardian School in Islington.

His first professional job arrived when, after a short spell as a furrier's apprentice, he joined Archie Pitt's Busby Boy's Band in 1924, a small junior pit orchestra and touring review band. He remained with the band until 1928, and it was during this period that he became acquainted with the early recordings of Louis Armstrong, and the New Orleans jazz style in general.
He transcribed Armstrong's solos and learned them by heart, and went on to develop his own individual variation on the style in time-honoured jazz fashion.

He worked with Bob Bryden's Louisville Band for a time in 1928-9, and with pianist Archie Alexander in Brighton, then joined the Billy Cotton band at the end of 1929, a move which provided him with a more prominent platform, both on the concert stage and also on radio, and allowed him to record his first jazz solos and vocal features.

He played briefly with Roy Fox in 1931, and then joined Lew Stone the following year, where he firmly established his reputation.

He managed to meet his idol when Armstrong visited London in 1932, by begging the staff at Boosey and Hawkes's music shop to allow him to return Armstrong's trumpet, left at the shop for cleaning, to his hotel room.

The American was apparently initially amused to find such an ardent devotee, but appreciated his willingness to help, and the pair became good friends.
 
Gonella's standing grew even more quickly after the formation of his own band, The Georgians, in 1935. They took their name from Gonella's highly-popular version of "Georgia On My Mind", which he recorded for Lew Stone in 1932, and began as a featured band within Stone's shows, before setting up as an independent unit.

Gonella formed his own big band, and quickly became a headline artist on the still-thriving variety circuit, and they continued to top bills around the country until the outbreak of the war.
He joined the army in 1941, and was recruited into the Stars in Battledress campaign, touring allied camps in Europe and North Africa. Whilst in Europe and North Africa Gonella served as the personal servant or "batman" to Major Alexander Karet and once the war had ended was offered the position as personal Butler to the Major, but politely refused to pursue his music career.

He reformed his band after the war, but the economic and musical climate was changing rapidly at that time. He flirted briefly with bebop, acknowledged that it was not for him, and returned to the variety stage during the 1950s, touring with the likes of the comedian Max Miller.
The revival in traditional jazz in the late Fifties allowed him to reform his Georgians in 1960, and he was featured on the television show This Is Your Life the following year. Which yielded an album for him, The Nat Gonella Story, modelled on Armstrong's A Musical Autobiography.
All of this attention re-established Gonella as a major name, at least until the advent of The Beatles brought the trad jazz boom to a shuddering halt.

He moved to Lancashire in 1962, and toured regularly on the Northern club circuit until his alleged retirement on the occasion of his 65th birthday, on 7 March 1973.
That retirement did not last long. Drummer Ted Easton persuaded him to come to play to his (Easton's) club in Holland during the mid-1970s, and a new recording of a song he had first cut with Roy Fox in 1931, "Oh, Monah", became a big hit in Holland.

It was to be his final flourish on trumpet, but he continued to sing after moving to Gosport, Hampshire, in 1977 - where a square was re-named in his honour in 1994, and was always happy to stand up and do so in a local pubs or at the Gosport Jazz Club.

Digby Fairweather's New Georgians paid tribute to Gonella's musical heritage in 1984, and Fairweather and fellow trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton co-hosted a television tribute, Fifty Years of Nat Gonella, the following year, in which Gonella himself was an enthusiastic participant.
He continued to sing occasionally with various bands, and made the headlines again in 1997 when a sampled excerpt of his trumpet playing from a recording he made in 1932 was used in White Town's number one pop hit, "Your Woman".

Nat Gonella died at his home in Gosport on August 6, 1998, aged 90.

Gonella was a down-to-earth and unassuming character, and remained so throughout his life. Humphrey Lyttelton is among those who have testified to the fact that fame and success sat easily on his shoulders, and reports that he would show genuinely astonishment when Lyttelton would confess, as well as other prominent musicians, to Gonella having been his first jazz hero.

"...Try to make the music into words and 'speak' them on your instrument as you would in conversation, with a pause here, an inflection there, an accentuation here, and so on....To sum up - put some feeling into it."
~Nat Gonella
from Modern Style Trumpet Playing


This was a fun little list to put together..........hope you all enjoy it :)

Always
Black coffee
Breakin' the ice
Bugle call rag
Bye bye blues
Carolina
Chicago, that toddlin' town
Chinese laundry blues
Confessin'
Don't let your love go wrong
EmFarewell blues
Georgia on my mind
Georgia's gorgeous girl
He ain't got no rhythm
Hesitation blues
I can't believe that you're in love with me
I can't dance (got ants in my pants)
I heard
I understand
I'll s(W)ing you a Thousand love songs
I'm forever blowing bubbles
I'm gonna kiss myself goodbye
I'm gonna wash my hands of you
I'm nobody's baby
Johnson rag
Lady be good
Lazy river
Mister rhythm man
Moon country
Moon glow
Nagasaki
Nat Gonella speaks (short interview)
New Orleans twist
Nobody's sweetheart
Rhythm is our business
Rockin' chair
Sing (it's good for ya)
Some of these days
Somebody's thinking of you tonight
Squareface
St. Louis blues
Star dust
Stormy weather
Sweet and hot
Sweet music man
Sweet Sue just you
Swingin' the jinx away
Swingin' to those lies (I's a sin to tell a lie)
That's my home
The man from the south
The music goes 'round and round
Tiger rag
Troublesome trumpet 1
Troublesome trumpet 2
Way down yonder in New Orleans
When you're smiling
Where the lazy river goes by
Whoa babe

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