Episode One. From the mysterious Tempo King to the warm tones of Maxine Sullivan

Nearly three years ago I finished my podcast series: Forgotten Songs from the Broom Cupboard, it lives here: https://forgottensongs.libsyn.com A hundred episodes. That's it I thought but no. It turns out I can't stop buying 78rpm records. All that great music from the first six decades of the 20th century. I love it. In fact I even like the music that isn't that good. What fascinates me is all popular culture that has faded into obscurity, is only half remembered or completely forgotten. Join me as I select records from my collection and find out some history and back ground of the singers, performers, musicians, composers and record labels that I play. We start with a swing in episode one. Along the way we sample some blues, big band, country and western, folk, boogie woogie and some 1950s sugary pop. We hear from June Richmond, the first African American to sing regularly wirh a white orchestra. King Tempo, he recorded over a dozen sides. We have a photograph but no name. We end with the sublime voice of Maxine Sullivan. A vocalist who was a huge influence on Peggy Lee. Play list is below. Big thanks to The Art Music Lounge, who allowed me to use their excellent research on King Tempo. Check them out, It's a great blog site. We Played: Fit as a fiddle- The Three Key(1932), Cuban boogie woogie- Andy Kirk, vocals June Richmond(1941), Truckin' Lucky Millinder, Mills Blues Rhythm band, vocals Harry Allen Jnr(1935), The wild side of life- Hank Thompson(1958) The Teddy Bears- To know him is to love him(1958), On with the dance- Tempo King, Kings of Tempo, Queen Ada on piano(1937), Blue sea- Erskine Hawkins(1941), Get rhythm in your feet- Harry Allen and his Orch, vocals Harry Allen(1935), Shivery Stomp- Seger Ellis(1930), My little home down in New Orleans- Jimmie Rodgers(1928), Jenny's Ball- Mamie Smith(1928), Every time they play the sabre dance- Andrew Sisters(1947), Day and night(1938) and I'm happy about the whole thing(1939)- Maxine Sullivan. We started with the Forgotten Songs theme tune- Softly as in a morning sunrise_ Harry Parry and his Radio Rhythm Club Sextet(1941) Thanks for listening. If you want to get in touch email- [email protected]