EPISODE · May 7, 2023 · 31 MIN
Volume 123: Roger by Request
from Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl · host Frank Vaccariello
We pull out the first of five albums my dad has of this popular pianist. His first hit is still the greatest selling piano instrumental recording of all time. He played for presidents and performed an annual marathon of requests. So get ready to hear plenty of arpeggio flourishes from the guy they called Mr. Piano in Volume 123: Roger by Request. Credits and copyrights Roger Williams – By Special Request Label: Kapp Records – KS-3 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition, Stereo Released: 1964 Genre: Pop Style: Easy Listening We will hear 6 of the 12 songs on this album. Roger's Bumble Bee Written-By – Roger Williams based on Flight of the Bumblebee written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. I'm going to be flying all over this album. I usually play them some sort of album listed order. The Merry Widow Waltz Written-By – Charles Ross Perlee, and Franz Lehár Listen To The Mocking Bird Music written by Richard Milburn in 1855. Arranged By – Roger Williams Moonlight Sonata Written-By – Ludwig van Beethoven O Sole Mio Written-By – Eduardo di Capua We are going to whirl our way out of here Whirlaway Written and Arranged By – Roger Williams I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
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