The Shellac Stack

Shellac Stack No. 304 gets out of the way with Dalhart’s Texas Panhandlers! We dance to the music of Al Handler’s Alamo Hotel Cafe Orchestra and the bands of Sam Lanin, Fred Hall, and Billy Banks. We enjoy some crooning from Dick Mine and Bing Crosby… and the “not quite” crooning of Ethel Merman. More too!

Shellac Stack No. 303 cakewalks with Burt Bales and flippity flops with Meyer Davis! Lots of good jazz and dance music this time from the likes of Charlie Barnet, Sam Lanin, Jack Hylton, Bob Mielke, Jack Sheedy, and Ambrose. We also hear from crooners Annette Hanshaw and Dick Powell and enjoy some dazzling piano pyrotechnics from Renara. More too!

Shellac Stack No. 302 crawls, drags, and jitterbugs with the music of Fats Waller! We hear from Lu Watters, the Halfway House Dance Orchestra, Carroll Gibbons, Billy Butterfield, Errol Garner, Isham Jones, and — of course — the great Fats Waller himself. Join us!

Shellac Stack No. 301 asks: What’s the name of that song? Put your knowledge to the test as we sample records by Bunk Johnson, Wayne King, Teddy Wilson, Morton Gould, Lu Watters, Freddy Ellis and His Orchestra, and others.

Shellac Stack No. 300 gives three cheers with Buddy Clark! We sample some Western Swing with Leon McAuliffe and Tex Williams, enjoy a humorous monologue with Tom McNaughton, dance with Sam Lanin, Frankie Trumbauer, Leo Erdody, and Ted Lewis, and enjoy more fine records by the Hylton Sisters, the Ink Spots, Vincent Lopez, and more.

Shellac Stack No. 299 says it with ukuleles! We dance with the Savoy Orpheans, Mike Markel’s Orchestra, the Charleston Chasers, and Anson Weeks. We enjoy some Irish fiddling by Michael Coleman and the suave piano stylings of Edgar Fairchild and Adam Carroll. More from Jane Green, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin, and others.

Shellac Stack No. 298 savors a Japanese sunset with Justin Huber’s Orchestra. We dance along to the orchestras of Art Kahn, Paul Specht, and Judge Sturdy, relax to the crooning of Seger Ellis, and take a trip to Williams College in western Massachusetts. Plenty more too!

Shellac Stack No. 297 falls down with the Little Ramblers and works its way through some hot boogie-woogie with pianist Bob Zurke! Along the way, we hear from Duke Ellington, Collins and Harlan, Lou Gold, Bob Crosby, Art Hodes, Billy Murray, Al Jolson, and others. Join us!

Shellac Stack No. 296 sings a “new” song with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra, Mel Torme, Dick Robertson, Al Bernard, Frank Luther, and others. We hear from Jimmie Noone, Duke Ellington, George Olsen, Will Osborne, Art Hodes, and many more in this just-right mix for a new year!

Shellac Stack No. 295 wanders with Santa! We enjoy Yuletide favorites by Bing Crosby, Harry Macdonough, the Trinity Choir, and Francis J. Lapitino. We also revisit some Christmas novelties of the 1950s by Brenda Lee, Lu Ann Simms, Ricky Zahnd, Gayla Peevey, and others. Merry Christmas!

Shellac Stack No. 294 keeps some brandy handy as we listen to Marty Britt’s Orchestra, Brooke Johns, Fred Rich, Rod Cless, Ted Weems, and more. We laugh along with Senator Ford, revisit the HMS Pinafore, and relax with Kate Smith and Bing Crosby. Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 293 tap taps with Roger Wolfe Kahn and finds itself stranded on a tropic isle with a bunch of college girls from Wellesley. We hear from singers Roy Evans (“The Eccentric Voice”), Chick Bullock, Jack Smith, dance with Nat Shilkret, Charlie Barnet, and Orville Knapp, and hear some Irish jigs and reels with Tom Ennis and Francis Quinn. Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 292 bathes in the sunshine with John Firman’s Ochestra and bends down with Ben Selvin’s Orchestra. Mel Blanc conjures up one of his most popular “Looney Tunes” voices, and Annisteen Allen nearly blows her top! We also hear from Leopold Godowsky, Ceelle Burke, Happy Felton, Ted Lewis, Alice Leslie, Les Paul, and more. Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 291 handles its contents with care! We’ve got a 117-year-old record by Miss Corinne Morgan, theatre organ by Terance Casey, harmonizing by the Mills Brothers, and a whole lotta dance bands: Bertini, Russ Carlson, Howard Lanin, Billy James, and more. Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 290 cooks breakfast with Harriet Lee and the Ipana Troubadours! We dance along with Edwin J. McEnelly’s Orchestra, the Clevelanders, Eddie Paul’s Paramount Orchestra, Howard Lally, Gene Kardos, and more, and sample some early 1930s radio with the RCA Victor Radio Record Revue. Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 289 wanders away with Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians then walks back with Doc Evans’ Band. Along the way, we hear from Earl Hines, Marion Harris, Cy Walter, Isham Jones, Johnny Hamp, Don Byas, Benny Goodman, and more. Thank you for supporting the “Shellac Stack” on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 288 “rags the rag” with the Ballyhooligans. We hear from Andy Kirk, Fletcher Henderson, the Casa Loma Orchestra, Chauncey Gray, Luisa Rostand, Jay Wilbur, Prince’s Band, and many more this hour. Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 287 weaves a fictional story about “Mary.” To tell it, we hear from the American Quartet, Joseph C. Smith, Fred Rich, Ben Selvin, Aileen Stanley, Billy Murray, Rudy Vallee, Nat Star, Nick Lucas, Ben Pollack, and many others. Thank you for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 286 shouts with Clarence Williams, rambles with Duke Ellington, and visits Mary’s cellar with Sammy Spear. We dance along with the Georgia Melodians, California Ramblers, Jan Garber, and Debroy Somers, and hear from duo pianists Freddie Aspinall and Ronnie Aldrich. More from Benny Goodman, Richard Himber, Louis Armstrong and others! Thanks for your support on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 285 walks back from the buggy ride with Aileen Stanley and Johnny Marvin. We hear from Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks, Irving Aaronson and His Commanders, Spade Cooley, Stan Kenton, Jerry Colonna, Isham Jones — and enjoy some lovely barbershop quartet singing with the Eton Boys. Plenty more too! Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 284 moans those mean old bedbug blues with Lizzie Miles and hops aboard Train 45 with G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter. We dance along to George Olsen, Nat Shilkret, Frank Trumbauer, and Victor Vorzanger. We also hear from Frank Crumit, the Chicago Loopers, and more. Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack at patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 283 smiles the blues away with Jelly Roll Morton! We dance to the bands of Arthur Lange, Henry King, and Lou Gold, cozy up with Bing Crosby, and describe someone special with a slew of advertising slogans! We’ve also got records by Merle Travis, Polly Walker, Tiny Hill, Muggsy Spanier, and more. Thank you for your support on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 282 snags it with Bunk Johnson and journeys beyond the moon with Johnny Guarnieri. We hear from the dance bands of Tal Henry, Sam Lanin, Art Landry, Roger Wolfe Kahn and from singers Helen Richards, Bill Lawrence, and Elmer Feldkamp. More too! Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 281 passes a tuneful hour with the music of Stephen Foster. From Arcady Dubensky’s sweeping orchestral “Stephen Foster (Theme, Variations, and Finale)” to performances by Vernon Dalhart, Richard Crooks, Felix Arndt, Nat Shilkret, and others, it’s the music of America’s first great pop song writer. Thanks for your support on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 280 trucks with Fats Waller and poses with Fletcher Henderson. We hear Billy Mayerl’s marvelous “Four Aces Suite” with Raie Da Costa at the piano, sample some fake “Bobs,” and hear from the NORK, Louis Armstrong, Van Alexander, and many more. Fun times on this Shellac Stack! Thanks for your support on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 279 lands on the old veranda with Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks! We jive with Victor Silvester, dream with Coleman Hawkins, and stomp with Isham Jones. More from Ruth Etting, Ben Light, Blossom Seeley, the Rhythm Rangers, Count Basie, Al Handler’s Orchestra, the Firehouse Five Plus Two, and others! Thank you for supporting the “Shellac Stack” on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 278 tumbles into a humble inn with the Majestic Dance Orchestra! We save the world with Johnny Johnson’s Orchestra, have tea with the Bud Powell Trio, and walk the sunny side of the street with Benny Goodman. More from Seger Ellis, Napua Stevens, Barney Bigard, the Jones Boys Sing Band, Frankie Trumbauer, and others. Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 277 shakes like jelly with Glenn Miller! We dance to the bands of Abe Lyman, Herb Wiedoeft, Sam Lanin, Johnny Hamp, and Howard Lanin. We also hear from Kate Smith, Buddy Lee, Scrappy Lambert, and accordionist extraordinaire Charles Magnante — more too! Thanks for keeping the records spinning with your support on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 276 captivates (rhythmically) with Billy Merrin and His Commanders. We visit “Araby” with Edwin J. McEnelly’s Orchestra, shuffle with Will McIntyre’s Jazz Band, and enjoy some shade with Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra. Plenty more records from the likes of Carroll Gibbons, Frank Stanley, Leon McAuliffe, Harry James, Ernie Golden, and others. Thanks for listening, and thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 275 salutes brothers and sisters. We hear from the Hylton Sisters, the Brown Brothers, the Aaron Sisters, the Mills Brothers, the Cook Sisters, and the Dorsey Brothers… you get the idea! It’s the Sounds of Siblings on this Shellac Stack. Thanks for your support on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 274 prays the blues with Jimmy Dorsey and smiles with Duke Ellington. We hear from singers Bob Howard and Tommy Edwards, xylophonists Joseph Green and Sam Herman, and bandleaders Sam Lanin, Richard Himber, and Fred Elizalde. Join us! And thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 273 relaxes ‘neath the blue Italian skies with Claudio Villa, the Banda Tafarella, Pietro Deiro, and the Blackstone Trio. We also hear from the Benny Goodman Quartet, Ted Lewis, Joel Shaw, Jack Hylton, and Harry Reser. Fine jazz piano from Earl Hines too! Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 272 dispenses hugs and kisses galore, with Aileen Stanley, Morton Downey, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Pearl Bailey, Joseph C. Smith, Charles Capper, Rudy Vallee, Albert Sandler, Jean Goldkette, and many more. Thank you for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 271 gives you a couple nights in June. We visit the “Cafe Mozart” with Anton Karas; dance with Gene Rodemich, the Ipana Troubadours, and Willie Creager; and enjoy some fine jazz courtesy of the Metronome All-Stars, pianist Johnny Wittwer, and Cyril Watts and His Jazzmen. More too! Thank you for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 270 parades with Pauline Alpert and Sam Lanin and journeys to Spain and New Orleans. We hear from artists as diverse as Paul Ash, Brother Bones, Jimmie Noone, Dick Hyman, Jesse Crawford, the Rondoliers and Piano Pals, Earl Hines, Pete Daily, and many more. Join us!

Shellac Stack No. 269 waddles and then glides with Paul Ash and Arthur (Guitar Boogie) Smith. We’ve got songs about cats and dogs from Isham Jones, Prince’s Military Band, and the Dixie Stars; vocals from Dick Todd, Kay Starr, and Aileen Stanley; and marvelous piano by Frank Banta and Raie Da Costa. Much more too!

Shellac Stack No. 268 finesses the ivories with Muriel Pollock, Vee Lawnhurst, and Art Tatum. We take a stroll along Blue Sky Avenue with Orville Knapp and dance to the bands of Claude Hopkins, Fletcher Henderson, Jimmie Lunceford, and Chick Webb. Stirring vocals from Ethel Waters, Bing Crosby, and more. Join us for an hour of musical delights straight from the late summer of 1934 on this Shellac Stack.

Shellac Stack No. 267 follows the fleet with vocalist/pianist Turner Layton. We hear from vocal harmony group the Eskimo Quartette, dance with Lou Gold, Harry Roy, Sam Lanin, Jean Goldkette, and Josh Duffee’s Graystone Monarchs (on a 2022 78 rpm record!). We travel the world with Mieko Itai, Bernard Witkowski, Alfred Apaka, and Tony Murena. More too!

Fore more information on the brand new Graystone Monarchs 78 rpm record, please visit the Rivermont Records website, or click on the record image below:

Shellac Stack No. 266 cuts a mean rug with the Missourians in 1929! We hear a trio of Sweet Sues, whistle along with Brother Bones, enjoy ragtime harp with Bobby Maxwell, chuckle with Billy Murray, and dance along with the Arden-Ohman Orchestra, Gus Arnheim, Alfredo, and many more. Good stuff! Join us!

Shellac Stack No. 265 rides with a certain famous “masked man” and Dick Robertson. We hear from the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra, jazz harpist Casper Reardon, vocalists Lee Wiley and Johnny Marvin, and the Rainy City Jazz Band. More good records from Joe Loss, Glenn Miller, Billy Merrin, Sam Lanin, and others round out the hour. Join us!

Shellac Stack No. 264 rides a wild roller coaster with Henri Rene’s Orchestra and visits the Alps with the McGuire Sisters. We hear fine piano from Art Tatum, Willie “The Lion” Smith, and Billy Mayerl, dance with George Olsen and Sam Lanin, and enjoy some novelties with Tony Pastor and Georgia Gibbs. More too!

Shellac Stack No. 263 wails with Clarence Williams and steps with Bix Beiderbecke at the Jazz Band Ball. Along the way, we hear from Jack Teagarden, the Shannon Quartet, Zez Confrey, Ford and Glenn, Chauncey Morehouse, and even relax with a bit of theatre organ by C. A. Parmentier. Join us! And thanks, as always, for your support on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 262 rolls ’em with boogie-woogie pianists Joe Turner and Pete Johnson. We venture to New Orleans with Conrad Janis and Armand Hug, to Spain with Amelia Rico, and to Japan with Dick Mine. We’ve got hot dance from Mike Markel and Fred Hall, and smooth vocals from a pair of Charlies: Charlie Palloy and Charlie Lawman. Plenty more too! Thank you for listening, and thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack with a contribution on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 261 cleans out a few crates of “junk records” from the back of the garage and discovers some interesting things. Bob Eberly sings Elvis! Glenn Miller’s Artie Malvin tackles Buddy Holly! We’ve got hot western swing from the Plainsmen, sophisticated jazz from Illinois Jacquet and Dick Hyman, and rockabilly from George Jones. Plenty more too. It’s an unusual “Shellac Stack” full of twists and turns. Join us! And thanks for supporting the “Shellac Stack” on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 260 goes on a spree with Irving Mills and His Swyngphonic Orchestra. We dance along with Waring’s Pennsylvanians, Frank Westphal, Abe Lyman, Paul Specht, and Roy Fox. We also hear from the New Dixie Demons, Norman Phelps’ Virginia Rounders, Clayton McMichen — and take a little time out with cantor Josef Rosenblatt. More too! Thank you for your support of the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

For more information about the Frank Westphal CD referenced in this program, click here.

Shellac Stack No. 259 brainstorms with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra! We enjoy some Hawaiian fare with Dolly Dawn, Alvin Kaleolani, and Lani McIntire; dance with Vincent Lopez, Charles Dornberger, and Hal Kemp; and relax with Nick Lucas, Dick Hyman, and Margaret Whiting. Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 258 narrowly misses the 5:15 with the American Quartet. We enjoy the novelty ragtime piano of Bill Krenz and Felix Arndt, dance along with Johnny Johnson, Ted Black, Sam Lanin, and sample some traditional folk songs with the English Singers, John Langstaff, and Anne Shelton. Good jazz from Fats Waller and Benny Goodman too! Thanks for your support of the Shellac Stack at Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 257 passes time with Phil Spitalny, Artie Shaw, Fats Waller, Georgia Gibbs, Ted Weems, Aileen Stanley, and many others. Don’t miss the 1910 recording by the Carl Nebe Quartett! Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 256 has got rhythm — from Glenn Miller’s fiery “Slip Horn Jive” to Jack Hylton’s “Choo Choo.” We also hear from Mary Lou Williams, Gene Austin, Billie Holiday, Johnny Guarnieri, Ray Anthony, the Lecuona Cuban Boys, and dabble with some voodoo chanting by Elsie Houston. Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 255 wipes the pan with the High Hatters and dreams with Elliot Lawrence’s Orchestra. Along the way, we hear from Morton Harvey, Fats Waller, the Dorsey Brothers, Duke Ellington, Jack Denny, the Ritz Quartet, Buddy Clark, Ruth Etting, and many more. Join us! (Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — thank you!)

Shellac Stack No. 254 hawks peanuts with both Fred Rich and Harry Reser! We dance with the California Ramblers, Sam Lanin, King Oliver, and Jay Wilbur and enjoy sides by Ethel Merman, Charlie Barnet, “Hum and Strum,” Frank Froeba, and more. Plenty of good music on this week’s program! Thanks for keeping the music spinning with your contribution on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 253 sits on a rainbow alongside the Cabaret Four. We hear from Earl Hines, Marek Weber’s Orchestra, jazz vocalist Leo Watson, Dolly Dawn, Fred Hamm, Orville Knapp, the Cotton Pickers, and many more. Join us! Thank you for your continued support on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 252 walks with sweetness — and Sam Lanin! We hear from Radio Girl Vaughn De Leath, banjo master Harry Reser, and harp-zither player Mme. Kitty Berger. We also hear from the bands of Boyd Raeburn, Tex Beneke, Jack Payne, Tommy Gott, Nathan Glantz, and more.

Shellac Stack No. 251 jingles bells and decks the halls with some Christmas favorites and obscurities of the 1910s-1950s. We hear from the Victor Salon Orchestra, Maddox Brothers and Rose, Billy Mayerl, Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, and many more in this festive, tuneful hour. Grab a mug of hot chocolate and join us!

Shellac Stack No. 250 pitches up a boogie with the Nat King Cole Trio and plays Geography with Jan Savitt. We hear from the Mound City Blue Blowers, Billy Murray, Betty Hutton, Seger Ellis, Dolly Dawn, Fred Rich’s Hotel Astor Orchestra, Ben Selvin, the Southern Jazz Group, and many more. Thank you for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 249 revels in seventh heaven with more than a dozen Banner records of the 1920s by Frank Leithner’s Orchestra, the California Ramblers, Lizzie Miles, Hal Kemp, the Pickard Family, Ben Pollack’s Orchestra, the Original Memphis Five, Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestra, Mendello’s Five Gee-Gees, and many more! Thank you for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon.

Shellac Stack No. 248 buttons up our overcoat with Tommy Gott’s orchestra. We hear from Roberto Firpo in Argentina, Johnny Wittwer in San Francisco, and Billy Cotton in London. Along the way we’ve got excellent jazz from Bob Wilber’s Wildcats and Joe Venuti, the music of Gershwin played by Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats, and a trio of pretty hot “dime store” dance records. More too! Thanks for your support on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 247 shimmies with the Dorsey Brothers! We hear from Turk Murphy’s Jazz Band, the Royal Hawaiian Serenaders, Helen Forrest, Shep Fields, Coon-Sanders, Frankie Marvin, Sam Lanin, the Drifters, and many more in this variety-packed musical hour. Thanks for keeping the Shellac Stack spinning with your contribution on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 246 gets caught in a wind storm with Jesse Stone and His Orchestra. We toddle along with Carl Fenton, burn up with the Wolverines, “do it” with Rudy Vallee, and lounge ‘neath Egyptian skies with Joseph Franklin. We also hear from Irish fiddlers Michael Coleman and Patrick J. Cawley, pianist Lee Sims, and Harry Roy’s band. More too! Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 245 creeps with Jelly Roll Morton and dances with a ghost. We hear from Fess Williams’s Royal Flush Orchestra, Vivian Ellis, the Rev. J. M. Gates, Josef Hofmann, Bert Lown, Zeke Manners and His Swing Billies, Hazel Scott, and many more in this spooky installment. Boo! Throw something into our virtual Trick-or-Treat jar here: patreon.com/shellacstack — thanks!

Shellac Stack No. 244 drifts and dreams with George Olsen, Blue Steele, and Jean Goldkette. We speak loudly with Ethel Waters, wabble with Bud Freeman, and spend some quiet time with Ivy Anderson and Duke Ellington. Hank Williams, Fred Van Eps, Carroll Gibbons, Georgie Price, and more, too! Where else but Shellac Stack?

Shellac Stack No. 243 rambles right along with a trusty Ford (or is it a Subaru?) and Arthur Fields. We head for Harlem with the Brown-Morris Orchestra and enjoy selections by Billy Mayerl, Kate Smith, Jack Teagarden, Smith Ballew, Louis Armstrong, Irving Kaufman, and more. Join us! Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack.

Shellac Stack No. 242 knows that you know! We hear from banjo virtuoso Bill Haid, singer Donald Peers, the voices of Dorothy Collins, and pianists Frankie Carle and Meade “Lux” Lewis. Good dance selections too from Jack Chapman, Ted Weems, Benny Goodman, Johnny Johnson, and much more. As always, your support of The Shellac Stack on Patreon is greatly appreciated: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 241 takes it crosstown with Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller. We spend time with Annette Hanshaw, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Rudy Wiedoeft, Bing Crosby, Margaret Whiting, and a marvelous swing arrangement by the little-known Margie Gibson. More too! Thanks for listening, and thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 240 polkas, tangos, black bottoms, and waltzes through a tuneful hour that features performances from John Molinari, Paul Whiteman, Orrin Tucker, Nick Lucas, the Wailana Grass Shack Boys, Don Redman, Coleman Hawkins, the Rollickers, and more. Thank you for your continued support on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 239 spoons with Waring’s Pennsylvanians! We also hear from such wide-ranging musicians as Ada Jones, Oscar Aleman, Romeo Nelson, Mario Perry, Erroll Garner, Gene Austin, Jimmie Lunceford, and more. Join us! And thank you for your continued support on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 238 jumps on the air with Billy Hays and carries on with the Colonial Club Orchestra. We hear from the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra, Willie Farmer, Art Hodes, Earl Bostic, Bing Crosby, Eddy Duchin, and the Ipana Troubadours. Plenty more too! A special thanks to the Shellac Stack Patreon supporters who make these programs possible. Join them: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 237 looks over a four-leaf clover as we dance our way down Happy-Go-Lucky lane. We hear from the bands of George Fisher, Lou Gold, Johnny Hamp, Sam Lanin, Lucky Millinder, Howard Lanin, Bob Haring, and others. We are also fortunate enough to spend some time with vocalists Ethel Waters, Chick Bullock, the Revelers, and more. Thank you for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 236 sits high on a hilltop with the Mound City Blue Blowers and marches with the Minute Men and Prince’s Military Band. Along the way, we spend time with Bunny Berigan, Lu Watters, Will Osborne, Elmer Feldkamp, Fred Rich, Owen Fallon, Spike Jones, the Original Memphis Melody Boys, and more. Jazz, Dance, Hawaiian, Ragtime, Comedy, and more on this Shellac Stack! Thank you for supporting this program on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 235 falls down and goes “boom”! We “do something” with Orrin Tucker’s Orchestra, stroll under the bridges of Paris with Eartha Kitt, take a joy ride with Billy Vaughn, and hear from many others, including the Duncan Sisters, Henry Hall, Harry James, Ross Gorman, Harlan Lattimore, Jimmie Lunceford, Fred Hall, and more. Thanks for your support of the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 234 sails on with Oreste and His Queensland Orchestra and does the Raccoon with Billy Murray. As we survey electric Edison Diamond Discs on this program, we hear from the California Ramblers, Winegar’s Penn Boys, Dale Wimbrow, Louis Lilienfeld, Irwin Abrams, Vaughn De Leath, B. A. Rolfe, and others. Thank you for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 233 cruises with Bob Smith’s Ideal Band and gets happy with Coleman Hawkins. We hear from Helen Kane, the Revelers, Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks, Abe Lyman, Harry Barris, Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds, and more. Thank you for supporting The Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 232 tucks in Kentucky with Edwin J. McEnelly’s Orchestra and takes a ride with Supersonic Sonia. Along the way, we hear from Ruth Etting, Ted Lewis, George Morrison’s Jazz Orchestra, Percival Mackey, Raymond Scott, Nat Jaffe, Margaret Whiting, and many others. Thank you for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 231 pursues U. S. States trivia as we criss-cross the country in song with help from the Shannon Quartet, Henry Biagini’s Orchestra, Ralph Sutton, Richard Himber, the Mound City Blue Blowers, Franklyn Baur, Vernon Dalhart, and more. Thank you for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 230 stomps with Jelly Roll Morton and bops with Charlie Parker. We also hear from Mary Lou Williams, Billy Jones, the Bell Sisters, Billy Cotton, Lou Gold, Count Basie, and many more in this musical hour. Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 229 climbs the ladder of love with Ted Weems and descends Latmos Hill with the St. George’s Singers. We also hear from the bands of Vincent Lopez, Bobby Hayes, Guy Lombardo, and Gene Kardos; we visit Paris with French diseuse Lucienne Boyer, relax with Bing Crosby, and experience some truly “nasty” piano playing by Art Tatum. Plenty more too. Join us! And thanks for your support of the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 228 swelters in a Hawaiian heat wave with Jack Pettis! we hear from Henry Thies and His Orchestra, Jimmy Blythe, Carroll Gibbons, Mitchell Ayres, Georgie Auld, Ben Bernie, Dolly Dawn, and many more in this musical hour. Thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 227 picks up and lays down with Clyde Doerr and the Club Royal Orchestra. We hear from Chu Berry, Dr. Clarence Penney, Raie Da Costa, Jack Albin, Rudy Vallee, Paul Mares and the Friars Society Orchestra, and enjoy a set of songs from Good News played by George Olsen’s Music. More too! Thank you for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: http://patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 226 boogie woogies with Pine Top Smith and flees as a bird with Victor Churchill. We hear from Jack Owens, Orville Barron, Chris Barber, Frank Crumit, Nat Star, Vincent Lopez, and more on this wide-ranging musical program. Thanks for your support of the Shellac Stack on Patreon: http://patreon.com/shellacstack.

Shellac Stack No. 225 gives your cares the boot with Bernie Cummins and His Orchestra. We revel in the sunshine of Marseilles with Ray Starita, waltz with Spade Cooley, relax with Mel Torme, and stop by the Victor Artists’ Party with Frank Crumit, the Revelers, Victor Arden and Phil Ohman, Nat Shilkret, and many more. Support the Shellac Stack on Patron: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 224 promenades with Frank Signorelli and makes merry with a Pittsburgh band led by Al Marsico! We hear from vocalists Ginny Simms, Muzzy Marcellino, and F. J. Hawtrey, dance along with Ray Miller’s Orchestra, Fred Hamm, Felix Ferdinando, Gene Rodemich, and tune into a wartime broadcast by Bobby Sherwood’s Orchestra. Plenty more too! Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 223 plays Mah Jong with Sid Reinherz, swings with Bram Martin and Benny Goodman, and travels the world with Al Jolson, Aileen Stanley, Jack Payne, and others. We even take a break from the “pop” world for a few choice performances by John Charles Thomas and pianist Josef Hoffman. If you enjoy what you hear, please consider supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 222 cakewalks with Lu Watters and steps along with the White Star Syncopators! We hear from Anne Shelton, the Ipana Troubadours, Greta Keller, Paul Whiteman, Bunny Berigan, the Maids of Melody, and many more. Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 221 breaks loose with Murray Kellner and picks petals off of daisies with the High Hatters. We have plenty of toe-tappers this time from Bill Krenz, Charlie Kunz, Paul Whiteman, Brian Lawrance, Nat Shilkret and others. We also hear from Bessie Smith, Kiriloloff’s Russian Balalaika Orchestra, the Korn Kobblers, and more! You can support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 220 pulls back the curtain on who’s foolin’ who. We hear from the Florida Four, Gladys Rice and Franklyn Baur, Smith Ballew, Frankie Carle, Carson Robison, Paul Whiteman, and even Homer Rodeheaver. Plenty more too! You can support the Shellac Stack on Patron: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thanks!

Shellac Stack No. 219 can’t be blamed for that! We dance along with the Dixie Five, Herb Wiedoeft’s Orchestra, Meyer Davis, and Eddie Elkins. The Happiness Boys (Billy Jones and Ernest Hare) provide some levity, and we enjoy the smooth vocals of the Revelers. Plenty of other odds ‘n’ ends too. Join us! And thanks for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon!

Shellac Stack No. 218 strolls down Sunnyside Lane with Jack Payne, eats goober peas with Burl Ives, and picks a chicken with Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra. We also hear from the George Wettling Jazz Trio, Aileen Stanley, Eddie Peabody, the Three Belles, the Wolverines, George Hall, and many others. Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 217 visits Chewaukla — the land of Sleepy Water — with Guy Lombardo. We also hear from Margaret Young, Gene Austin, Isham Jones, Ken Keller’s Band (of Altoona, Pennsylvania), Florence Easton, Richard Crooks, Lawrence Welk, and Hopi elder Honyi — Head of the Antelope Lodge of the Walpi Tribe. Join us! And if you like what you hear, please consider supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 216 sleepwalks with Lady Maud and Jack Sheedy. We visit Miami with Eddie Paul’s Paramount Orchestra, Doc Ross, and Joseph C. Smith. We also hear from Irving Aaronson, Jimmie Rodgers, Benny Goodman, Montana Taylor, and many others. Thanks for your support on Patreon that makes these programs possible: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 215 wears a rainbow ’round its shoulder with Bob Haring and begs for just one more chance with Ruth Etting. We hear from Japanese crooner Dick Mine, the Mills Brothers, organist Milt Herth, pianist Charlie Kunz, Jean Goldkette, Arnold Johnson, Boyd Senter, and many more this hour. Join us! And if you like what you hear, please consider a contribution to the Shellac Stack‘s Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 214 juggles a jig-saw in an eighteenth century drawing room. (What!?) We hear from Argentinian jazz guitarist Oscar Aleman, vocalist Phil Brito, and pianist Pauline Alpert. We also have dance records by Charles Dornberger, Red Nichols, Billy James, and Harold Oxley. Lots more too! Get hep!

Shellac Stack No. 213 runs wild with Bunk Johnson, hulas with Dolly Connolly, and visits a little bamboo bridge with Vincent Lopez. We also hear from ragtime banjoist Vess L. Ossman, the ODJB, Frank Banta, Bill Aliiloa Lincoln’s Hawaiians, Bix with Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra, and much more. Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 212 honeys up with Freddy Randall’s Dixieland Band, the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, Billy Mayerl, Waino Kauppi, Mindy Carson, Bobby Sherwood, Bob Deikman’s Orchestra, Harry Reser, and many more for a particularly “sweet” hour. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 211 keeps an eye on his business… and doesn’t care! From Judy Garland and Jelly Roll Morton to Frankie Marvin, Duke Ellington, Barclay Allen, Leon’s Lone Star Cowboys, and Winifred Atwell, we’ve got another tuneful hour with all sorts of delightful musical obscurities from the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s. As always, I am grateful for your support on Patreon, where all money raised goes directly to help cover the expenses of producing and bringing this program to you: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 210 sits by the fire with Jerry Baker’s Orchestra and visits the Charleston Ball with the Georgia Melodians. We also hear from Mildred Bailey, the Double-Quintet, Fred Van Eps, Jack Miller, Benny Goodman, Johnny Maddox, Bert Williams, and others. Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 209 chops wood with Nat Gonella and does the “Voom Voom” and the “Toodle-Oo” with Claude Bolling. We hear from the Firehouse Five Plus Two, Frank Ferera and Helen Louise, Billy Muray, Irving Mills, Emil Velazco, Annette Hanshaw, the Georgetown Cotton Pickers, and more in this tuneful hour. To support the Shellac Stack on Patreon, please visit: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 208 lolls around with Lolly — and Bob Haring. We hear from Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters, Cab Calloway, Frank Crumit, Paul Ash, Chick Bullock, and theatre organist Terance Casey — among many others. Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 207 waltzes around the Christmas tree with Marie Vernon and the Mellomen. We hear more holiday favorites and obscurities from Harry Belafonte, Ernest Hare, Olive Kline, Maddox Brothers and Rose, Albert Campbell, the English Singers, Elsie Baker, Bing Crosby, and many more. Fix a mug of hot chocolate, settle back, and enjoy this eclectic stack o’ Christmas wax.

Shellac Stack No. 206 struts with a peg leg and a twinkle in the eye. We hear from stride piano master James P. Johnson, singers Dennis Day and Blanche Klaise, bandleaders Hal Kemp, Bennie Krueger, Isham Jones, and Ted Fio Rito, and two Murrays: Billy and Wynn! Lots more too. Donations are gratefully received to keep the Shellac Stack going: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 205 yearns for love with Larry Lee’s Orchestra and swings along with Joe Reichman We also hear from Ruth Etting, Nat Gonella, Claude Hopkins, Tex Beneke, Ben Pollack, Doc Evans’ Band, Margaret Whiting — and even the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra! Lots of tuneful delights this time around. Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 204 ain’t disparaging towards a certain four-letter word. We hear from June Christy with Stan Kenton, Al Jolson, Ray Starita, Jimmy Dorsey, Bunny Berigan, Jaye P. Morgan, Horace Henderson, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and many others. “You ain’t heard nothing yet!” Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 203 revels with the Singing Sophomores, Billy Jones, Vera Guilaroff, Andy Razaf, Abe Lyman, Lee Wiley, Louis Armstrong, and many others in this tune-filled hour of fox-trots, novelty songs, sultry vocalists, and more.

Shellac Stack No. 202 watches black clouds pass by with Joe Green. We hear from Turk Murphy’s Jazz Band, the Washboard Wonders, Slatz Randall, Mary Lou Williams, the Coon-Sanders Orchestra, Aileen Stanley, Jimmie Lunceford, and many more in an especially eclectic assortment. If you enjoy the program and would like to contribute a bit towards the cost of producing it, please visit the Shellac Stack Patreon page: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 201 rides a trolley — by golly — with Molly! We take a trip to New Orleans to hear the New Orleans Owls, the Jones and Collins Astoria Hot Eight, and Charlie Barnet. We also hear from vocalists Al Bowlly, Doris Day, and Nick Lucas. Lots more too! If you’d like to support the Shellac Stack, please visit the Patreon page: patreon.com/shellacstack. Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 200 two-times it with records by Nathan Glantz and the Virginians. We swing with Vic Berton’s Orchestra and relax with Bing Crosby, Gladys Rice, and Franklyn Baur. We hear from jazz pianist Gene Schroeder, from Yukl’s Wabash Five, from Eddie Paul’s Paramount Orchestra, and many more. A special thanks to those contribute to keep the Shellac Stack spinning: patreon.com/shellacstack — every little bit helps. Thank you for listening!

Shellac Stack No. 199 polkas with Brother Lee Roy and His Band! We hear from percussionist Billy Whitlock, vocalists Freddy Ross, Harry Richman, and Bing Crosby, enjoy the harmonies of the Hayden Quartet, and dance with Ben Selvin, Charlie Kerr’s Orchestra, and the Midway Dance Orchestra (of Chicago). Some good ’40s-era jazz too!

Shellac Stack No. 198 blows bubbles with Shep Fields and explores the Atomic Era with Bud Freeman and Ray McKinley. We hear from “Piggy” Jones and His Orchestra (with a wild xylophone player), and dance along with George Olsen, Ed Farley, Isham Jones, Milt Shaw, the Varsity Eight, and many more. Your contributions through Patreon help to keep the records spinning on the Shellac Stack. Thank you! patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 197 hulas with Margaret Young (and Lou). We hear an assortment of jazz, vocalists, and even some Swiss yodeling! From Mel Torme and Harry James to Ramona and Bennie Krueger; from Wally Rose to Chris Barber and Andres Segovia to Duke Ellington, it’s another musical variety hour on the Shellac Stack!

Shellac Stack No. 196 laughs at the funnies with Ruby Newman and takes tea with the Weintraub Syncopators. Along the way, we hear from Adrian Schubert’s Orchestra, Bruz Fletcher, Earl Hines, the Pickens Sisters, Lil Green, Buddy Clark, Gene Rodemich, and many others. From hot to sweet to “blue” — this episode has it all! Donations to support the Shellac Stack are gratefully receive through Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 195 observes the leaves tumbling down and welcomes the changing seasons with records by Leo Reisman, Clyde Doerr, Barry Wood, the Ipana Troubadours, harpist Robert Maxwell, pianist Harry Snodgrass, Bunny Berigan, Billy Cotton, the Shannon Quartet, and others. Thanks for listening! If you enjoy the program, please consider supporting the Shellac Stack with a small contribution: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 194 overhears something in a cocktail lounge with Charlie Barnet. We’ve got some nice records by Claude Hopkins, Fletcher Henderson, Harmie Smith, Shorty Sherock, Marion Shaw with Richard Himber, and even some stellar Soviet-era jazz piano with Alexander Tsfasman. Where else but the “Shellac Stack”? Support the program with a contribution through Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 193 comes on-a your house with Victor Silvester, Guido Deiro, Ginny Simms, Phil Harris, Red Nichols, the Spirits of Rhythm, Artie Shaw, and more in this eclectic mix featuring vocalists, dance bands, virtuoso soloists, marching bands, and more. Feeling generous? Please consider a little contribution to the Shellac Stack Patreon fund: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 192 crafts a musical mixture of bebop, big band, vocals, jazz piano, and… baroque organ! Listen to Teddy Wilson, Mel Torme, Phil Brito, Georgie Auld, Herman Chittison, Dizzy Gillespie, and more in this edition of the Shellac Stack. Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 191 jives uptown with the Variety Boys. We share a few laughs with Steve Allen and Homer and Jethro, relax with Carroll Gibbons, saddle up with Jesse Rogers, and dance along with Bert Lown, Ben Bernie, Harry Reser, Roger Wolfe Kahn, and many more. Support the Shellac Stack here: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 190 has a ball with records by Ted Weems, Louis Armstrong, Arthur Collins, Jenny Howard, Raymond Scott, Brian Lawrance, the Williams Sisters, and more. Prince’s Band also introduces us to a ghost. Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 189 documents some of my favorites: records by Ted Weems, Stan Freberg, Casper Reardon, Lu Watters, Irving Aaronson, Rudy Wiedoeft, Claudio Villa, Fats Waller, and many more! Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 188 paddles Madeline home with Whitey Kaufman’s Orchestra. We also hear from Rudy Vallee, Jane Green, Sydney Kyte, Ben Selvin, Ted Weems, Al Jolson, the Three Ginx, and many others in this especially tuneful program. As always, I’m grateful to those who support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 187 wonders what made Caldonia’s big head so hard. We sample some popular adaptations of operatic melodies, dance with Jack Crawford, Sam Lanin, Don Bestor, and Fred Rich, head south of the border with Morton Gould and the San Remo Dance Orchestra, and hear from Elmo Tanner, Red Norvo, and others. Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 186 has the key to JiHoon’s record cellar! Mr. Suk treats us to another stack of musical delights from his eclectic collection, from Bert Williams, Deanna Durbin, Carlos Gardel, and the Rev. J. M. Gates to Kim Kye-seon, Josephine Baker, Li Xiang-lan, Ramon Novarro, and more. Thank you for supporting the Shellac Stack on Patron: patreon.com/shellacstack.

Shellac Stack No. 185 travels the world in under 60 minutes! We listen to records about far away places (from the American POV) with Nat Shilkret, Beatrice Lillie, Ray Miller, Lu Watters, Graeme Bell, Ben Selvin, Raymond Scott, and many more. No security lines and no ticket required! Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack — Thank you!

Shellac Stack No. 184 sizzles — but doesn’t want to set the world on fire! We listen to 78s by Theo Karle, Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders, Duke Ellington, Johnny Green, Jane Green, Stan Greening… gee, I just realized I could have had a “Green” theme going! As always, your support of the Shellac Stack through Patreon is greatly appreciated: patreon.com/shellacstack

Shellac Stack No. 183 turns on the heat… and the sweet! We hear from the orchestras of Jack Albin, Ed Kirkeby, Count Basie, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Ray Miller, and others. We also hear from singers Dinah Washington, Dolly Dawn, Dick Robertson, and more. Support the Shellac Stack: patreon.com/shellacstack

Correction: Bandleader Joe Sanders died in 1965 — not 1956 as I mistakenly said.

Shellac Stack No. 182 makes hay while the sun is shining! We hear from Jay Wilbur, Mike Speciale, Vaughn De Leath, Morton Downey, Earl Gresh and His Gangplank Orchestra, Hazel Scott, Willie Lewis, and many others.

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Shellac Stack No. 181 compares and contrasts in another installment of “Same Song, Second Version.” How does Jesse Crawford’s version of “Dinah” stack up against the Quintet of the Hot Club of France? What happens when you pit the Andrews Sisters against the Waikiki Serenaders? Gene Austin vs. Paul Ash? George Olsen vs. Frank Sinatra? Tune in and find out!

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Shellac Stack No. 180 gets happy… and angry… with Isham Jones, Art Gillham, Ruth Etting, Gene Austin, Coon-Sanders, the California Ramblers, Margaret McKee, the ODJB, and more. NEW! Support the Shellac Stack on Patreon: patreon.com/shellacstack. Your contribution helps offset the cost of bringing these programs to you, and there are some nice little bonuses. Thank you for your support! — Bryan

Shellac Stack No. 179 walks with music. We hear from Buddy Clark, Marion Harris, Adrian Rollini, Ted Lewis, Jaye P. Morgan, Jack Jenney, George Olsen, and many more in a program to get you “walkin’ on air.”

Shellac Stack No. 178 begins again with Midge Williams, tastes okolehao with Dolly Dawn, shakes that thing with Abe Lyman, and visits with some musical Browns (Georgia, Henry, and Mary). This fun-filled musical hour includes performances by Napua Stevens, Van Alexander, Rudy Wiedoeft, Margaret Young, and many others. Join us!

Shellac Stack No. 177 dusts the keys with Frank Westphal, rumbas with Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians, dreams with Jack Shilkret’s Orchestra, and stomps with the Basin Street Six. Along the way we hear from Ruth Etting, Chick Webb, the 5 Red Caps, and more.

Shellac Stack No. 176 strolls along Flirtation Walk with Hal Kemp then waits for the sunrise with Brother Bones. We hear from Earl Burtnett, Arthur Hall, That Girl Quartet (no, I’m not being dismissive — that’s their name!), Mark Andrews, Sophie Tucker, and more.

Shellac Stack No. 175 does the town — well, 14 of them actually! From Boston to Miami to Kansas City to San Francisco and points in between, we enjoy a musical variety hour with the likes of Jimmy Dorsey, Carson Robison, Johnny Maddox, Arthur Gibbs, the Halfway House Dance Orchestra, Bob Haring, and more.

Shellac Stack No. 174 swelters with some hot music — from the orchestras of George Olsen, Fred Elizalde, and Johnny McGee (no relation to Fibber!), to personalities like Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante, and Gene Austin. We even hear from the Quintet of the Hot Club of France and the Massed Bands of the Aldershot Command. (Where else will you find them back-to-back on the same program?) Grab a cold one and tune in!

Shellac Stack No. 173 celebrates a brand-new 78 rpm record release (in 2019!) by the Chicago Cellar Boys and dances along with Count Basie, Ross Gorman, Fletcher Henderson, Jack Coleman, Ben Bernie, and others. We hear from Hollywood stars Shirley Temple, Jimmy Stewart, Maurice Chevalier, and more in this fully-packed edition of the Shellac Stack.

Want your own copy of the new Chicago Cellar Boys 78? You can pick one up over at Rivermont Records.

Shellac Stack No. 172 visits again with our friend JiHoon Suk for a selection of jazz, pop, and blues records from his collection. We hear some rare recordings by Bix Beiderbecke and Annette Hanshaw, as well as classics by King Oliver, Paul Whiteman, Isham Jones, Django Reinhardt, and more. Join us!

Shellac Stack No. 171 joins Lew Lehr at the fair — the 1939 Worlds Fair, that is! We also hear from Lud Gluskin, Joe Shelton, Charlie Ackerson, Chick Bullock, Wee Bonnie Baker, the New Dixie Demons, and more in this musical variety hour.

Shellac Stack No. 170 visits for an hour with a notable musical Friend. We hear from the California Humming Birds, Gene Austin, Ted Weems, Sherman Hayes, George Olsen, Art Landry, and many more.

Shellac Stack No. 169 claps hands because the tamale man cometh! We hear from Doc Cook’s Dreamland Orchestra, Isham Jones, Irving Aaronson, Johnny Marvin, Smith Ballew, the All Star Trio, Billy Butterfield, and more in a pleasing mix of records sweet and hot!

Shellac Stack No. 168 jumps with Cab Calloway, parades with Paul Whiteman, and cakewalks with Hazel Gertrude Kinscella. We hear records by the Korn Kobblers, Ben Berlin, Nat Shilkret, Ted Weems, Leroy Montesanto, Olive Kline, and even a full-length “Junior Operetta” from c. 1923 in this musical children’s hour.

Shellac Stack No. 167 just rolls along (having its ups and downs) with “Hula Lou” and “Sioux City Sue!” We hear songs about Joe and enjoy a cheerful earful with Roy Smeck. We’ve also got records by Jimmie Lunceford, the Carolina Tar Heels, Nat Shilkret, Hum and Strum, and the Aaron Sisters.

Shellac Stack No. 166 digs in with Dexter Gordon, Leo Watson, Flip Phillips, Frankie Laine, Tom Gerun, Anson Weeks, Bill Snyder, the Buffalodians and many others. Oh yeah — and Charley Drew tells us about the biggest kanakas in Hawaii…

Shellac Stack No. 165 swings with the goons and crazy people! We hear from Rosalind Paige, Bunk Johnson, Charlie Thompson, Teddy Wilson, Dick Robertson, Tex Beneke, Helen Ward, Ted Weems, Eubie Blake, Peter Wyper, and many more in this musical variety hour!

Shellac Stack No. 164 shakes off the blues with a little help from bandleaders Billy James, Sam Lanin, Bob Haring, Cass Hagan, Fletcher Henderson, Art Landry and others. We enjoy novelty vocals from the Happiness Boys and Wendell Hall as well as hot jazz from the Georgia Melodians, the OM5 (that’s the Original Memphis Five), and more.

Shellac Stack No. 163 takes a road trip to visit with JiHoon Suk, who shares rare and interesting classical and operatic gems from his collection. From Alfred Dubois and Antonina Neshdanova to Enrico Caruso, Walter Gieseking, Meta Seinemeyer, Gregor Piatigorsky and more, it’s another entertaining variety hour!

Shellac Stack No. 162 charts a course for the Isle of Sweethearts with Sam Moore and Horace Davis. We hear from Paul Whiteman, Johnny Dodds, Ray Starita, Bing Crosby, Dick Mine, Tex Williams, and many others in this tuneful hour.

Shellac Stack No. 161 gets some fun out of life with Dick Robertson, the Georgia Melodians, Jimmie Noone, Johnny Johnson, and Jay Wilbur’s Orchestra, even as our thoughts drift to Paris with the monks of the Saint-Pierre de Solesmes Abbey. Add Art Fowler (the Wizard of the Uke), Errol Garner, and Freddy Martin to the mix and you’ve got another musical variety hour on the Shellac Stack!

Shellac Stack No. 160 leads off with the King of Swing before turning to Jelly Roll Morton, Art Tatum, the Revelers, Archie Bleyer, Aileen Stanley, Seger Ellis, Jean Goldkette, the Bar-Trio, and more. Not bad!

Shellac Stack No. 159 lays a few eggs with Ted Weems and Parker Gibbs. We hear a Stephen Foster song as recycled in a 1902 Broadway show; dance with Gene Kardos, Johnny Hamp, and Tom Timothy’s Frivolity Club Orchestra; and enjoy fine keyboard work by Billy Mayerl and Sister Slocum. Let the Shellac Stack serve you a tuneful potpourri!

Shellac Stack No. 158 ventures from April showers to the sunny side of the street, stopping to smell the flowers on the way. We hear from Al Jolson, the Tietge Sisters, Earl Fuller’s Rector Novelty Orchestra, Alec Wilder, Will Bradley, Sam Lanin, and many more in this vintage music variety hour.

Shellac Stack No. 157 pays homage to Debussy, Previn, and the fighting men of WWI. Along the way, we hear from Helen Kane, George Olsen, Mario Perry, Arthur Fields, the Tailgate Jazz Band, Mel Powell, and even the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Shellac Stack No. 156 travels the world with Odeon! From New York to Buenos Aires; from Copenhagen to Berlin, we hear a variety of performances by jazz and dance bands (The Santa Paula Serenaders, Frankie Trumbauer, Joseph Samuels, etc.); vocalists Yves Montand and Vaughn De Leath; and swinging piano by Manuel Salsamendi and Lothar Perl. Lots more goodies too!

Shellac Stack No. 155 tents down in Tennessee with the Ipana Troubadours, asks why with Ben Light, and finds itself “in wrong in Hong Kong”! Join us for records by Jane Green, Bing, Eddie Peabody, Russ Morgan, Freddy Martin, Jack Payne, Doc Evans, and many more.

Shellac Stack No. 154 whips cream with banjoist Fred Van Eps and grooves high with Dizzy Gillespie. Along the way, we hear from the dance bands of Fred Rich, Paul Specht, and Tal Henry, relax with the Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra, and sample a few hot jazz records by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers and Johnny Dodds.

Shellac Stack No. 153 bids Mr. Henry to stomp, stomp, stomp! We’ve got the big band stylings of Eddie Miller, Henry Jerome, and Jimmie Lunceford; a charming Renaissance madrigal by the English Singers, a visit with NBC’s Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street, and lots more!

Shellac Stack No. 152 bids wild women good-bye in anticipation of Prohibition! We hear from singers Arthur Fields, Billy Murray, Roy Madison, Layton and Johnstone; dance with Paul Whiteman, Phil Romano, John Firman, and Glenn Miller; and hear some phenomenal piano pyrotechnics from Pauline Alpert.

Shellac Stack No. 151 steps in society with a program of early Viva-Tonal electric recordings. From the New Orleans Owls to Van and Schenck; from Donald Lindley to Earl Gresh; from Ben Selvin to Blossom Seeley, we’ve got an hour of “joys” on this edition of the Shellac Stack.

Shellac Stack No. 150 hops, jumps, and stomps! We play that barbershop chord with Judy Garland, visit the toy department with Irving Riskin, make eyes with the Ferko String Band, and enjoy a “rhythm cocktail” with Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy. Lots more too!

Shellac Stack No. 149 remembers Rich Conaty with an hour of “’20s and ’30s records.” From Annette Hanshaw to Charlie Palloy; from Guy Lombardo to Nat Shilkret, Paul Whiteman and Gus Arnheim; from Miff Mole to Vaughn De Leath, we’ve got a pleasing variety of jazz and pop.

Shellac Stack No. 148 wishes you a cheerful holiday season with a variety of Christmas records, ranging from well-loved carols to oddball novelty songs. We hear from Mel Blanc, Leon McAuliffe, Eddy Howard, Vaughn De Leath, Will Bradley, Marek Weber, Mark Andrews, and many others.

Shellac Stack No. 147 dances with ghosts and “potted” puppets! In this Halloween-themed program, we hear performances by Pete Daily’s Chicagoans, Bobby Sherwood’s Orchestra, Bing Crosby, Hazel Scott, Frank Westphal, Wayne King, Brother Bones and His Shadows, and many more.

Shellac Stack No. 146 plays ball! In this program, we’ve got sanctified singing from Rev. J. M. Gates and Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, dance tunes from Harold Leonard’s Red Jackets, Nathan Glantz, Philip Spitalny, vaudeville jazz from Al Bernard, a bit of Chopin with pianist Egon Petri, and much more.

Shellac Stack No. 145 joins the leaves in bidding the trees good-bye. After a few autumn-themed songs by the Cook Sisters, Aileen Stanley, Billy Murray, Olive Kline, and others, we hear some spectacular piano from Eadie and Rack and Cliff Jackson, some hot dance from Ted Weems, revisit a children’s classic with Vernon Dalhart, and strut with Bunk Johnson.

Shellac Stack No. 144 only has eyes for you! We look over a four-leaf clover with Jean Goldkette, hear from Eddie Cantor and Andy Griffith, shuffle with Tiny Hill’s Orchestra, and listen to a rare solo record by trumpeter Sylvester Ahola. It’s another musical variety hour on the Shellac Stack!

Shellac Stack No. 143 reminisces just a bit. We hear records by Jane Green, Pietro Deiro, Jimmy Durante, Aileen Stanley, Pinky Tomlin, Henry Busse, and many more. From ragtime to western swing to vaudeville vocals, it’s another musical variety hour on the Shellac Stack!

Shellac Stack No. 142 reminds you that “you can wander anywhere, but you have to go to Italy to roam.” (Ouch!) From the Happiness Boys to Georgia Gibbs; from Bing Crosby to Jerry Colonna; from Joseph Samuels to Jay Wilbur; it’s another 78 rpm variety hour, full of delightfully unexpected musical twists and turns.

A small correction for 78 die-hards: When discussing the Supertone label in this episode, I mistakenly conflated it with another Sears & Roebuck label of the same era: Silvertone. Silvertone was pressed at times by Columbia (and Gennett, among many others), but Supertone was — to my knowledge — never pressed by Columbia. Supertone records were recorded and pressed primarily by Gennett (like the one pictured above), with a few late issues deriving from Brunswick masters. Trivial? Perhaps. But someone might care.

Shellac Stack No. 141 walks with music! It’s another variety assortment this time, from a banjo-accordion duet (Gardoni and Puig) to vocalists Tommy Lyman and Vaughn De Leath, to pianists Johnny Wittwer, Jelly Roll Morton, and Frankie Carle. We eavesdrop on a live concert by the Associated Glee Clubs of America in 1926 and dance to bandleaders Kenn Sisson, Paul Whiteman, Lou Raderman, and much more!

Shellac Stack No. 140 listens to the music of the one man band with Ted Weems! The Whispering Three take us to a Persian Market, the Taskiana Four bring joy to our souls, and the enthusiastic Tony Short treats us to a solo piano rendition of the “Dipper Mouth Blues.” We hear also from Yerkes’ S. S. Flotilla Orchestra, Howard Rattay, Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, Gene Austin, Hazel Gertrude Kinscella, and many more!

Shellac Stack No. 139 cozies up with Armand Hug for some fine ragtime piano and shakes with the Dixieland Jug Blowers! We hear from the Coon-Sanders Orchestra, Joe Haymes, Ruby Newman, Coleman Hawkins, Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards), and many more on this program that is at times hot and at times coolly at ease.

Shellac Stack No. 138 lets itself go with songs from Fred Astaire films. We hear from the man himself, plus performances by Lud Gluskin, Dennis Day, Johnny Johnson, the Andrews Sisters, Johnny Guarnieri, Nat Brandwynne, and others.

Shellac Stack No. 137 squats at the grotto with George Van Eps and toots through the roof with Duke Ellington. Don’t think about that too hard. We’ve got records by Jack Teagarden, Eddy Howard, Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, John Kirby, and many more in this hour that’s perfect for dancing or listening.

Shellac Stack No. 136 shakes the tree with Pearl Bailey! We hear some top-shelf British dance bands (Jerry Hoey, Jay Whidden, and Joe Brannelly), explore some early polyphony with the English Singers, boogie with J. H. Shayne, and smile with Eddie Cantor. There’s plenty more too…

Shellac Stack No. 135 promises you a good time with its assortment of fine 78s: from hot jazz with Carl Halen to nostalgic piano with Carroll Gibbons to relaxing vocals by Jon and Sondra Steele — we even hear a famous melody from a comic opera that had its debut in Chicago in 1890.

Shellac Stack No. 134 sings in the bathtub and does “The Kinkajou”! We stay in the 1920s and ’30s this time for some terrific pop and dance band records from the likes of Johnny Green, Ruth Etting, Henry Hall, Cass Hagan, Smith Ballew, Nat Shilkret, Johnny Hamp, and others.

Shellac Stack No. 133 rides with the Sunday Drivers, courtesy of the Billy Murray Trio. We hear some fine boogie woogie piano from 18-year-old Deryck Sampson (at the time of recording), shuffle along with Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra, and “feel like a million” with Blue Barron. Lots more too!

Deryck Sampson at the piano

Shellac Stack No. 132 salutes the girls! From Glorianna to Isabelle to Evelina to Madelaine and Julia, we’ve got more than a dozen songs named after girls. Performers this time include the Ipana Troubadours, Ted Lewis, Mildred Bailey, Teddy Wilson, Ina Ray Hutton, Eddy Duchin, and many others.

Shellac Stack No. 131 doubles your pleasure with back-to-back versions of the same song. How does John Baltzell’s rendition of “Turkey in the Straw” compare with O’Leary’s Irish Minstrels’? How does Charles Kellogg’s whistling solo of “Narcissus” sound next to the duo-piano version by Muriel Pollock and Vee Lawnhurst? We take these and six other tunes and find out!

Shellac Stack No. 130 simmers on a summer day with records by Irish fiddler Frank Quinn, bandleader Mark Warnow, singer Dick Robertson, and others. From Lee Wiley to Jimmie Lunceford to Arthur Gibbs to Thelma Carpenter and George Hamilton Green, it’s another musical variety hour on the Shellac Stack!

Shellac Stack No. 129 rides around in the rain — but don’t let that dampen your spirits! We’ve got hot records by Brian Lawrance, Hazel Scott, Arthur (Guitar Boogie) Smith, and the High Steppers alongside sweeter things by Johnny Johnson’s Orchestra, Gene Austin, and Bill Krenz. “Come on with the rain, I’ve a smile on my face!”

Shellac Stack No. 128 parades and polkas to victory! Alongside some terrific jazz from Benny Carter, Mel Powell, and Fats Waller, we hear some very good vocals from Helen Richards and Betty Hutton. The jury’s still out on Florence Foster Jenkins. We also do a bit of sleuthing into a mysterious record by the “Reno & Jahco Melody Boys.”

Shellac Stack No. 127 wishes a happy 105th birthday to Irene! We hear more than a dozen hit songs from 1921-1930, including performances by Bix Beiderbecke, Ethel Waters, Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, Henry Burr, Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, Prince’s Orchestra, and more.

Shellac Stack No. 126 goes bananas! In this “fruit salad” edition, we hear records by Dick Robertson, Van and Schenck, Earl Burtnett, Gus Arnheim, Russ Columbo, Jay Whidden, Vaughn De Leath, Sharkey Bonano, and many others. How refreshing!

Shellac Stack No. 125 spans more than 40 years to bring you an Irish waltz by Frank Quinn, a big band classic from Kenny Baker’s All Star Orchestra, a violin solo by Charles D’Almaine, jazz organ by Fats Waller, a tango played by a marimba band, and a Jimmie Rodgers soundalike. We’ve got lots more too. Variety is the spice of life!