Archive for Music
Autographed Pat Rolle!
Pat Rolle, Magic Style of Pat Rolle, Tropical Recording Inc., CLP-3985. early 1960s? I was hoping for Soul music like Sam Cooke, but it’s a lot more like Nat King Cole doing lounge music. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. This one is autographed on the back by Pat Rolle.
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Chiquito – Ruben Calzado and his Latin Orchestra
Ruben Calzado and his Latin Orchestra, Chiquito, Palette MPZ-1006, 1960. He’s Cuban, don’t know if he’s the same guy I see at youtube as Rudy Calzado. He was born Ruben Dario Calzado Gonzalez. This is a kind of Latin Lounge Music.
Polka “Dot” Party – Herb Shriner
Herb Shriner, Polka Dot Party, Dot DLP 25149, 1959. “See, if I grab just a little hair right here, it makes me sneeze.” Love the cool 1950s artwork on the back.
Six Fat Dutchmen
Six Fat Dutchmen, Polkas: Greatest Hits. Dot DLP 25358. 1961. Not sure why they thought a colon was needed in the title. At first I thought the band name was a joke, but they really were a popular polka band! I knew a guy in the Army who was from New Ulm, MN.
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Polka Pie! Try some!
Lou Logist (his chorus AND orchestra!), Polka Pie, Palette MPZ-1007. 1959. What a disgusting cover! Actually the dolls are kinda cute, but the mushroom bread stuff they are standing on is blech.
And what is a “Logist”? Someone who studies words? (Logos being Greek for “word”) Or someone who couldn’t decide what to study? Phrenologist, philologist, etymologist, retrologist, triviologist, etc.
This Lou Logist is a trombonist from Europe. That’s probably where he got his funny name. You know how those Europeans are. No offense intended, I know this is the WORLD wide web. Invented, of course, by American Al Gore. That British guy Tim Berners-Lee working with that Swiss located CERN had very little to do with it.
