Orrin Tucker - Oh Johnny: The Golden Years 1938-49Orrin Tucker was a saxophonist, singer and bandleader who had his heyday during the late 1930s and into the '40s, and whose orchestra played in the popular "sweet" style of the era, broadly favouring a relaxed style of swing, using featured vocalists to present popular standards and new compositions of the day.

"Try A Little Tenderness" and many more

his takes on these familiar originals are introspective

on the threshold of a new century

Chris Connor was one of female jazz singers of the post-war era

who had a parallel career as one of the most in-demand session men in Hollywood

the rise of the New Right in America and the death of Ian Curtis

This 44-track 2-CD set comprises the A & B sides of his singles on the Roulette and Liberty labels from this era

Columbia (UK & US)

It's a worthy showcase for one of doowop's most stylish exponents

we also feature three studio tracks which this line-up had recorded at their first session together in November 1954

"A Piano Recital"

in that they were the first two that he ever released