On the glories of Ms. Talluhlah..........

I suppose I could do quite nicely with a post of just the QUOTES of La Bankhead......it would be entertaining without even adding pictures.....but, anyhooooo..........pictures:

No, not posting any later pics of the "cartoon" Tallu from later years, just Mayfair and Hollywood era....

I can't, however, resist a few of those infamous quotes! ;)

"My father warned me about men and booze, but he never mentioned a word about women and cocaine." 

"I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic and the others give me a stiff neck or lockjaw." 

"I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me."

"It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time."

" I think the Republican party should be placed in drydock and have the barnacles scraped off its bottom."

"I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education."

"They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum."

"The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner."

"The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after. "

"(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car."

Don Redman Part 5...........

Here's Part 5...........

(You've Got Those) Wanna-Go-Back-Again Blues-Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1926

The way I feel today-McKinney's Cotton Pickers 11-5-1929

Three Little Maids-Don Redman & His Orchestra 3-23-1939

Tired Of It All-Don Redman & His Orchestra 1933

Too Bad-DR & His Orchestra 9-30-1936

Travelling all alone v=george thomas-McKinney's Cotton Pickers 2-3-1930

Trouble, why pick on me-DR & His Orchestra 9-24-1931

Try Getting A Good Night's Sleep-DR & His Orchestra 2-26-1932

Two time man-DR & His Orchestra 9-16-1932

Underneath The Harlem Moon-DR & His Orchestra 10-6-1932

Watching The Knife And Fork Spoon-DR & His Orchestra 1933

We Don't Know From Nothin'-DR & His Orchestra 9-30-1936

Where there's a will, baby-McKinney's Cotton Pickers 11-7-1929

Who Wants to Sing My Love Song-DR & His Orchestra 9-30-1936

Will You, Won't You babe-McKinney's Cotton Pickers 4-8-1929

Words can't express the way I feel-McKinney's Cotton Pickers 1-31-1930

Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)-McKinney's Cotton Pickers 9-8-1931

You Ain't Nowhere-DR & His Orchestra 1940

You gave me everything but love-DR & His Orchestra 6-28-1932

You Told Me But Half The Story-DR & His Orchestra 1933

You're Driving Me Crazy-McKinney's Cotton Pickers 11-17-1930

Zonky-McKinney's Cotton Pickers 1930

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More of the Thin Man Series.........After The Thin Man 1936

Since the first installment proved so popular......here's the sequel. :)

**Now remember, the link will be in the comments section....do enjoy!**

And a few original lobby cards:

An ever so "SUNNY" list............

Yessssssssssss, indeedy.....Sunny....The Bobby Hebb classic covered by everyone. . 

Here's a few (well, more than a few) versions. So many, in fact, you mayn't ever want to hear it again. :0

 

Here 'Tis...............

Sunny, courtesy of:

Chaquito

Cher

Chris Montez

Del Shannon

Denny Jiosa

Dusty Springfield
Ella Fitzgerald

Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellington

Frankie Valli

George Benson

Andy Williams

Georgie Fame

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Herbie Mann with Tamiko Jones

Jamiroquai

Jimmy Smith

John Schroeder Orch.

Johnny Rivers

Jose Feliciano

Lady Nelson & The Lords

Les McCann

Anita O'Day (live vers 1)

Los Iracundos

Los Javaloyas

Anita O'Day (live vers 2)

April Stevens

Boney M.

Boogie Pimps

Booker T & the MG's

The Brass Ring

Bobby Hebb-YES**THE ORIGINAL** (still the best version)

Aldo Paviatti Sax & Orchestra

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Paul Mauriat

Percy Faith

Peter White

Ray Nance

Richard Anthony 

Robert Mitchum

Sergio Rivera

Stan Kenton

Stevie Wonder

Tony Mottola

Wes Montgomery

Marva Whitney/James Brown

Wolfman Jack

The 50 guitars of Tommy Garrett

Marvin Gaye

Mary Wells

Moms Mabley

Mood Mosaic

Norm BurnsTrio

Oscar Peterson

Pat Martino

Luis Miguel

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Well....I'm just feeling the love 'bout now.....lalalaaaa~~~~ ****HEY! who through that damned tomato?? **** ;)

The continuing Django Reinhardt big list...the "I"s..............(huge 3 part list)

And so we continue.....

I Ain't Got Nobody-BILL COLEMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1937

I Can't Believe That Your In Love With Me-ANDRÉ EKYAN & DJANGO REINHARDT 1939

I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me-EDDIE SOUTH & DJANGO REINHARDT 1937

I Can't Get Started-ROME SESSIONS 1949

I Can't Give You Anything but Love (2)-DJANGO REINHARDT & LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE (RADIO SESSIONS - 1947)

I Can't Give You Anything But Love (3)-DJANGO’S MUSIC 1944

I Can't Give You Anything But Love (4)-QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE 1936

I Can't Give You Anything But Love (5)-ROME SESSIONS 1949

I Can't Give You Anything But Love-DJANGO REINHARDT & L'ORCHESTRE D'HUBERT FOL AU CLUB SAINT-GERMAIN (Radio 1951)

I Cover The Waterfront-DJANGO REINHARDT -Session Decca 1953

I Get A Kick Out Of You-PATRICK & SON ORCHESTRE 1935

I Got Rhythm (2)-DICKY WELLS AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1937

I Got Rhythm (3)-STÉPHANE GRAPPELLY AND HIS HOT FOUR (QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE) 1935

I Got Rhythm (4)-LARRY ADLER AV. LE QUINTETTE DU H.C.F. 1938

I Got Rhythm-

I Got Rhythm-LARRY ADLER AV. LE QUINTETTE DU H.C.F. 1938

I Know That You Know-REX STEWART AND HIS FEETWARMERS 1939

I love you (2)-DJANGO REINHARDT & STÉPHANE GRAPPELLY ET LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE (RADIO SESSIONS - 1947)

I Love You-DJANGO REINHARDT & LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE (Blue Star Sessions - 1947)

I'll Never Be The Same-DJANGO REINHARDT & STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI (Rome Sessions - 1949)

I'll Never Smile Again (Take 1)-DJANGO REINHARDT & LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE (Blue Star Sessions - 1947)

I'll Never Smile Again (Take 2)-DJANGO REINHARDT & LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE (Blue Star Sessions - 1947)

I'll See You In My Dreams-DJANGO REINHARDT -SOLO DE GUITARE 1939

I'm Coming, Virginia-BENNY CARTER AND HIS ORCH. 1938

I'm Gonna Wash My Hands Of You-PATRICK & SON ORCHESTRE 1935

I's a Muggin'-QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE 1936

I've Found A New Baby (2)-STÉPHANE GRAPPELLY AND HIS HOT FOUR (QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE) 1935

I've Found A New Baby-FRANCK “BIG BOG” GOODIE, AVEC SECTION RYTHMIQUE 1935

I've Found A New Baby (tk 2)-STÉPHANE GRAPPELLY & DJANGO REINHARDT 1937

I've Found a New Baby-STEPHANE GRAPPELLY, AVEC DJANGO REINHARDT 1937

I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (take1)-DJANGO REINHARDT (SOLOS) ET GRAPPELLI 1938

I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (take2)-DJANGO REINHARDT (SOLOS) ET GRAPPELLI 1938

I've Had My Moments -DJANGO REINHARDT & LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE,
AVEC STÉPHANE GRAPELLY 1935

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(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons-ROME SESSIONS 1949

I Love You for Sentimental Reasons-DJANGO REINHARDT & LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE (Radio Sessions - 1947)

I Saw Stars (2)-“DELAUNAY’S JAZZ” (QUINTETTE DU H.C.F.) 1934

I Saw Stars (3)- PATRICK ET SON ORCHESTRE DE DANSE 1934

I Saw Stars (4)-ROME SESSIONS 1949

I Saw Stars-1934

I Surrender Dear-ROME SESSIONS 1949

I Won't Dance-DJANGO REINHARDT & LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE 1946

I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (take1)-QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE 1939

I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (take2)-QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE 1939

I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight-QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE 1939

Ici l'on pèche-PROGRAMME RADIOPHONIQUE DU “MICRO DE LA REDOUTE” 1936

Ici l'on pêche [take 1]- GERMAINE SABLON & L’ORCH. MICHEL WARLOP 1934

Ici l'on pêche [take 2]-GERMAINE SABLON & L’ORCH. MICHEL WARLOP 1934

If Dreams Come True-JAZZ CLUB MYSTERY HOT BAND 1945

If I Had You-DJANGO REINHARDT - SOLO W. GRAPPELLI 1938

Impromptu (2)-DJANGO REINHARDT & SON QUINTETTE (Decca Sessions - 1951)

Impromptu-DJANGO REINHARDT & L'ORCHESTRE D'HUBERT FOL AU CLUB SAINT-GERMAIN-Radio 1951

Improvisation 47-DJANGO REINHARDT (SOLO) (RADIO SESSION - 1947)

Improvisation N  7-DJANGO REINHARDT, GUITARE SOLO 1946

Improvisation No. 1-DJANGO REINHARDT, GUITAR SOLOS 1937

Improvisation No. 2 (take 1)-DJANGO REINHARDT (SOLOS) 1938

Improvisation No. 2 (take 2)-DJANGO REINHARDT (SOLOS) 1938

Improvisation No. 3 (take 1)-DJANGO REINHARDT (SOLOS) 1943

Improvisation No. 3 (take 2)-DJANGO REINHARDT (SOLOS) 1943

Improvisation No.4 -ROME SESSIONS 1949

Improvisation No.6-DJANGO REINHARDT (SOLOS) 1945

Improvisation Sur La Symphonie No.6 de Tchaikovsky-ROME SESSIONS 1949

Improvisation sur le 1er mouvement du concerto en RÉ mineur de J.S. Bach-EDDIE SOUTH, STÉPHANE GRAPPELLY & DJANGO REINHARDT 1937

Improvisation sur une danse Norvégienne-DJANGO REINHARDT A BRUXELLES (CONCERT - 1948)

Improvisation sur une danse Norvégienne-DJANGO REINHARDT & LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE (RADIO SESSIONS - 1947)

In a Sentimental Mood- QUINTETTE DU HOT DE FRANCE 1937

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In the Still of the Night-QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE (BBC JAZZ SHOW) 1937

Indecision (Undecided)-HUBERT ROSTAING - AIME BARELLI ET LEUR ORCHESTRE 1940

Indécision (Undecided)-DJANGO REINHARDT ET LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE 1940

Insensiblement (2)-DJANGO REINHARDT & SES RYTHMES (session clef; Blue Star); 1953

Insensiblement -DJANGO REINHARDT & LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE (BLUE STAR SESSIONS - 1947)

Interpretation swing du 1er mouvement du concerto en RÉ mineur de J.S. Bach-EDDIE SOUTH, STÉPHANE GRAPPELLY & DJANGO REINHARDT 1937

Interview & Yesterdays-DJANGO A LA RADIO 1953

Interview And Orgue-DJANGO REINHARDT : SUR SA MESSES 1943

Interview sur La Peinture De Django-DJANGO REINHARDT - Interview by DOLLY STEINER 1952

Introduction And Djangology (ver 2)-DJANGO REINHARDT & THE ATC BAND 1946

Introduction And Djangology-DJANGO REINHARDT & THE ATC BAND 1945

It Don't Mean a Thing-STÉPHANE GRAPPELLY AND HIS HOT FOUR (QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE) 1935

It Had to Be You (2)-DJANGO REINHARDT & LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE
(RADIO SESSIONS - 1947)

It Had to Be You (3)-GUS VISEUR, DJANGO REINHARDT & PHILIPPE BRUN 1940

It Had to Be You (4)-PHILIPPE BRUN "JAM BAND" 1937;

It Had to Be You -STEPHANE GRAPPELLI - VLN & PIANO W. DJANGO 1938

It Might As Well Be Spring-DJANGO REINHARDT & STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI
(Rome Sessions - 1949)

It Was So Beautiful-STÉPHANE GRAPPELLY AND HIS HOT FOUR (QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE) 1935

It's Only A Paper Moon-ROME SESSIONS 1949

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For those inclined to imbibe...............

“I misremember who first was cruel enough to nurture the cocktail party into life. But perhaps it would be not too much to say, in fact it would be not enough to say, that it was not worth the trouble.” –Dorothy Parker 

As a collector of vintage mixology books...........a few suggestions:

From Constantino Ribailagua at Havana's La Florida: 

The El Presidente (yes, if you have a hangover tomorrow....blame it on Obama...**sigh** ;)

1 oz Light Rum

1 oz Dry Vermouth

1 tsp Grenadine

1 tsp Curaçao

Twist of orange peel

Maraschino cherry garnish

Fill a tall mixing glass with cracked ice, pour in Rum and Vermouth. Add Grenadine and Curaçao, stir into a chilled cocktail glass. Twist orange peel over the glass so that the oil floats on the surface of the drink. Drop orange peel in, along with maraschino cherry.

Horse's Neck (ca 1910) **(my personal favourite)** (Serve this with 1/2 Tbl. of powdered sugar, the juice of 1/2 lemon  and the cocktail becomes a "Cablegram"....another favourite from the 1930s)

1 1/2 oz Bourbon

Ginger ale

On ice in a tall glass. Make a continuous spiral-cut peel of an entire lemon, stream it from the rim of the glass to the very bottom.

The original Mai Tai **(from Victor "Trader Vic" Bergeron, ca 1944-Hinky Dink's Restaurant, Emeryville, Ca.) . Complex if made correctly..........it should NEVER taste like a sweet spiked punch. Mmmmm, Mai tai! Roa ae!! :)

1 oz Light Rum

1 oz Dark Rum

1/2 oz Curaçao

1 1/2 tsp rock-candy syrup or simple syrup

1 1/2 tsp orgeat (almond) syrup

lime peel

mint sprig

Place Rums, Curaçao, and syrups in a cocktail shaker with cracked ice. Shake, strain into a chilled old-fashioned glass, garnish with lime and mint. Serve with a straw and a stirrer.

The orginal Zombie **(created in the mid '30s, popularized at the Hurricane Bar at the New York World's Fair of 1939. This recipe credited to Don Beach, of Hollywood's "Don the Beachcomber".** Yes, and more than one of these would make you a zombie....like something out of Michael Jackson's "Thriller". :0

1 oz White Rum

1 oz Golden Rum

1 oz Dark Rum

1/2 oz apple, apricot, or cherry brandy

3/4 oz pineapple juice

3/4 oz papaya juice

juice of one lime, strained of seeds

151-proof Rum

Pineapple-slice garnish

Combine all ingredients except 151 and garnishes in a shaker with cracked ice. Shake, then strain into a Collins glass that has been filled with ice cubes or a good amount of crushed ice. Float a spoonful of 151 on top, then add garnishes, serve......step back to avoid falling bodies. :0

A few from the first edition of Old Mr. Boston, ca 1935:

Apple Pie Cocktail

1/2 Rum

1/2 Vermouth

4 dashes Apricot liqueur

2 dashes Grenadine

4 dashes lemon juice

Shake well and strain into a 3 oz cocktail glass.

Blinker

1 jigger Rye or Bourbon

1 1/2 jigger grapefruit juice

1/2 jigger Grenadine

Shake in ice and strain into an 8 oz stem glass. Serve with ice.

More to come at a later date............... :)

From the Chicago Soul corner: The Voice....Walter Jackson! (mostly early selections)

THE voice of smooth, Chicago-style soul............one of my favourite singers.....superb!

Why isn't he known to more people? I've no clue....he was one of the best.

Walter Jackson

b. 19th March 1938, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A.

d. 20th June 1983, Chicago, Illinois. U.S.A.

Walter Jackson was born in Florida in 1938.

His family soon relocated to Michigan, and Walter began singing in local groups whilst attending High School.

Walter had been crippled by polio as a child, and spent much of his life on crutches, although he never saw himself as a disabled person, however, his disability did contribute to a very personal and distinctive Soulful delivery.

By 1959, Walter had become a member of the vocal group the Velvetones, who recorded the song 'Who Took My Girl' b/w 'Stars Of Wonder' for the Deb Records imprint.

Walter returned to solo recording following the demise of the group, and, at the age of 24, he was persuaded by Carl Davis to leave Detroit and head for Chicago, following Carl attending a show at Detroit's 20 Grand Club and seeing Walter perform there.

Carl was the head of A & R for Columbia's subsidiary, the OKeh label.

Walter signed with OKeh in 1962, where he stayed for six years.

He recorded a couple of sides for Columbia in 1962 - 63, which included 'I Don't Want To Suffer' b/w 'This World Of Mine', 'Then Only Then' b/w 'Starting Tomorrow' and 'It Will Be The Last Time' b/w 'Opportunity'.

The OKeh single, 'It's All Over' b/w 'Lee Cross' (1964), a Curtis Mayfield penned ballad, was Walter's first R & B hit.

It was followed by the songs 'Welcome Home' b/w 'Blowin In The Wind' (in 1965) and 'It's An Uphill Climb To The Bottom' b/w 'Tear For Tear' (in 1966) and 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone?' b/w 'I'll Keep On Trying', all of which reached the Soul Top 20.

Walter's version of 'My Ship is Comin' In' (first recorded by Jimmy Radcliffe and later by the Walker Brothers) failed to chart, although during his stay at OKeh he did chart 8 times in between November 1964 and July 1967.

In 1966 Carl Davis left the OKeh label and relocated to the Brunswick imprint, leaving Walter at the imprint.

Eventually in 1973, Carl asked Walter to join Brunswick, where Walter recorded a couple of single releases (including 'It Doesn't Take Much'), along with some unreleased material, which remains in the vaults.

Carl Davis later left Brunswick in 1975 and went on to produce a further six albums for Walter.

Walter recorded for various imprints including Cotillion ('Any Way That You Want Me' and 'Bless You'), Epic ('The Bed' and 'No Butterflies'), Wand ('No Easy Way Down'), Chi-Sound ('Feeling Good', 'I Want To Come Back As A Song' and 'Good To See You') and Brunswick ('I Never Had It So Good' and 'It Doesn't Take Much'), with Carl Davis.

Between 1973 and 1976 Walter retired from active performing.

He returned with a series of minor hits, including an interpretation of Morris Albert's melody 'Feelings', however, his health was deteriorating.

Walters final recording sessions were held at Chicago's Universal Studio's in late 1982. 

Walter Jackson died of a cerebral haemorrhage in 1983, ironically, on the same day that his final Brunswick 45, 'It's Cool' b/w 'When The Loving (Goes Out Of The Loving)', was released in the stores.

The Chi-Sound label released a posthumous album entitled 'A Portrait Of Walter Jackson'.

The album contained the songs 'It's Cool' and 'Touching In The Dark' (the album seeing a U.K. release on the Bluebird Records imprint) licensed from the Kelli Arts imprint.

An excellent compilation, entitled 'Touching....The Soul', was released in 1999, and featured one of Walter's most heartfelt performances in the shape of 'Living Without You', which was taken from his 1981 album release 'Tell Me Where It Hurts'.

Here are some earlier tunes:

A Corner In The Sun
A Fool For You
After you there can be nothing
Anything Can Happen
Anyway That You Want Me
Baby, I Love your way **(fine, not early Walter...so good that I HAD to include it)**

Blowing In The Wind

Everything under the sun

Funny (Not Much)

I don't want to suffer

I'll keep on trying

It will be the last time

It's All Over

It's An Uphill Climb To The Bottom

Its All Over

Moonlight in Vermont

My One Chance To Make It

Not you

One Heart Lonely

Speak her name

Special Love

That's what mama say

The Walls That Seperate Us

Then only then

There Goes That Song Again

This world of mine

Welcome Home-**(a little latter, also....but soooo good)** :)

What Would You Do

Where have all the flowers gone

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Jabbo Smith Part 2...

Here's Part 2.......

'Sippi (from "Keep Shufflin'")-Louisiana Sugar Babes  3-27-1928

Sau-Sha Stomp-Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and The Jokers) 3-1-1929

Sleepy Time Blues-Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and The Jokers) 2-22-1929

Sweet and Low Blues-Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and The Jokers) 2-23-1929

Take Me to the River-Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and The Jokers) 3-1-1929

Take Your Time-Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and The Jokers) 2-23-1929

Tanguay Blues-Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and The Jokers) 8-8-1929

Thou Swell 2 (From "A Connecticut Yankee")-Louisiana Sugar Babes  3-27-1928

Thou Swell-Louisiana Sugar Babes  3-27-1928

Till Times Get Better-Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and The Jokers) 4-4-1929

Wasn't It Nice-The Georgia Strutters 10-21-1926

Weird and Blue-Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and The Jokers) 4-17-1929

Willow Tree-Louisiana Sugar Babes  3-27-1928

You ain't the one (Take 1)-Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten 1-24-1928

You Ain't The One-Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten 1-24-1928

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Trio Los Panchos - Boleros Seletos 1956

Rayit De Luna

No Me Quieras Tanto

Sin Un Amor

Um Siglo De Ausencia

Amoe De La Calle

Sin Ti

Maldito Corazon

Sin Remedio

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In praise of all things Ann-Margret.............