Summer's Swell With Tina & Ernestine & Anita & More, Plus A Funky Prog Secret Song!

Does it get any more swellegant for summer than Tina Louise?

Betty & Rays's First Time, Carmen & George Get Into It, Plus Lang Soars And A One To Love Secret Song!

In a world that's lately gone completely mad, I think it's more than the right time for a bit of heart-cleansing levity, or as the inimitable Chuckles the Clown says, "A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants." And, yes, soul-reviving music. A fool's paradise? Maybe. But I'll take it.

Oodles Of Fall Fun From Billie and Rita, Plus George Swings, Tipsy Teases And A Swingin' Robotic Secret Song!

Whoopee! There are days when I just want to celebrate, and today is one of them, because an LP that's been out of print for over fifty years has just been gorgeously restored and re-released.

It's The First Annual Crazy Compilations Post, Plus A Really Deep Secret Song!

Madness is upon us! Music is exploding (everywhere)! You've come on a good day, dear reader. because it's (drumroll, please) the first annual Crazy Compilations Post! Hooray! Oodles of fun, oodles of tunes. How can you resist? And, yes, there's plenty of "Way-Out Wes Anderson," as pictured above - and in fact, there's so many artists, I can hardly breathe. Must. Find. A. Paper. Bag. To. BreatheintorighnowbeforeIfaint. There. All better (anybody got a Xanax?). Now that we're all calm, let's plow ahead, shall we?

It's Time For Sunny, Plus Peggy & George, Cocktails With Connie, Kai's Bunnies And A Controlled Secret Song!

It's spring! Hooray! Time for happy, sun-shiny things, like Miss Sunny Gale, the long-forgotten, pint-sized singer (she stood only 5'1") who, for a brief period, had a shot at the brass ring - and almost grabbed hold of it. Born in the early 1920s, she was already thrilling crowds as a fourteen year-old belter in her native New Jersey. By the 1950s, after extensive touring with numerous swing and rockabilly bands, she released an LP on a small indie label.

Anita in '75, Nancy & George Get Swingin', Plus Marlene & Burt And A Lazy Secret Song!

Feel the sizzle, yo! Anita in her dressing room. Seconds before her landmark Newport Jazz Festival performance. She hadn't yet decided on those white gloves. And she was flying on heroin. Wheeeeee! Years later, having finally kicked the habit, she wowed the jazz world with one of the most jaw-dropping comebacks they'd ever seen. It wasn't just that she survived, though that was part of it, but that she sounded better than ever.

Shearing Plays With Sassy & Staton, Plus Previn Pills And A Diamonelle-Like Secret Song!

Have you missed me? I've missed you, dear reader. But, as I always say, I'll never post just to post. Besides, the wait has been worth it. Ergo, Dakota. Isn't her face luminous? And the smile! Such nice choppers she has. And the wig. Perfection! Dakota herself is already perfection, but when you hook her up with the right musician, ka-boom! In 1957, one such ka-boom transpired when she collaborated on the LP "In The Night" (a Perfect-Dakota Cheerful Exclusive!) with blind, British-born piano master and jazz band leader George Shearing.