He's Farney that way

DICK FARNEY PLAYS AND SINGS

1. how deep is the ocean
2. you go to my head
3. embraceable you
4. but beautiful
5. it could happen to you
6. the one i love  belongs to somebody else
7. all the way
8. my funny valentine
9. how deep is the ocean
10. this love of mine
11. the things we did last summer
12. one for my baby
13. how about you
14. copacabana
15. it's alright with me
16. i hear music
17. I concentrate on you
18. just one of those things
19. speak low
20. the lady is a tramp
21. all of me
22. tenderly

Dick Farney. Download available for next 48 hours only.

r n' b day @ p-v-d-c

1. I'm gonna marry my mother-in-law - james carr
2. Treasure of love - clyde mcphatter
3. Gonzo - james booker
4. Nervous boogie - paul gayton
5. Flatfoot sam - oscar willis
6. 2 a.m. spooner oldham
7. On broadway - jimmy scott
8. Heavy makes you happy - tatsuro yamashita
9. Chicken hop - bobby bland
10. Bon ton roulay - clarence garlow
11. Rescue me - fontella bass
12. Maybe - chantels
13. Cherokee dance - bob "froggy" landers w/
      little willie joe and his unitar

Download available for next 48 hours only

Anamari who?

1. BLUE CITY

2, ALONE TOGETHER

3. BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN

4. HE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME

5. BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH

6. THE NOTHING SONG

7. DON'T EXPLAIN

8. THE MORE I SEE YOU

9. IT WAS LOVE

10. LOVE LOOK AWAY

Clark Terry (tp, flh) Margaret Ross (harp) Joel Shulman (p) Ben Tucker (b) Osie Johnson (d) Anamari (vo) NYC, November, 1963, Atlantic Records

Download available for the next 48 hours only

Happy birthday! Olay!

Today is the birthday of my friend, singer Ruth Olay. Circa 1955-1975, Ruth was a regular fixture on network TV, especially Paar and Merv. And though she no longer sings professionally, if you look reallll hard, you still might catch a glimpse of Ruth some afternoon on TV news at one anti-war rally or another. And if you go here you can capture more than a fleeting image of her, on a 1959 TV special with Duke Ellington.

Long retired from show business (in the spirit of "been there done that"), she now focuses most of her energies on political and social activism.

Before becoming a singer, Ruth was secretary to the great writer-director Preston Sturges. And she sang with Duke Ellington. Two inarguably legendary figures of the 20th Century. What a life she's led! And Ruth agrees.

Here's a track from But Beautiful, an unreleased album by Ruth that I hope to shepherd to release in the near future. The last time Ruth ever went into the recording studio, and she never sounded better.