Best of Bottomless Pit #286-  “all-Brit Edition”  Oct. 1, 2017

One of the last Bottomless Pit shows. Once the show switched to Sunday nights, I was then occupying part of what had been, for 30+ years, Rich Conaty’s time slot. His show, “The Big Broadcast” was a NY radio institution; he was a fanatic for, and authority on, early Jazz, and the Popular Music of the 1920s and 30s. His show was amazing, and he was a great guy. After he was gone, every three, four, or five weeks I would pay tribute to him, and to the era of music that he always explored so brilliantly. This show is an “all-Brit Edition”, featuring Ray Noble, George Formby, Vera Lynn, Ambrose and His Orchestra, et.al, plus we sneak back over to the US to hear The Mills Brothers, and The Boswell Sisters, Rich’s two favorite vocal groups, and two of mine.

GEORGE FORMBY- WHEN I’M CLEANING WINDOWS

VINCE GIORDANO- MULE FACED BLUES

LESLIE SARONY- MISERY FARM

LESLIE SARONY- JOLLITY FARM

AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA- WOOD AND IVORY

VERA LYNN- THE LONDON I LOVE

THE BOSWELL SISTERS- ROCK AND ROLL

THE MILLS BROTHERS, CAB CALLOWAY, & DON REDMOND- DOIN’ THE NEW LOW DOWN 

KATE SMITH- GOD BLESS AMERICA

RAY NOBLE- WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS

RAY NOBLE W/ AL BOWLLY- AFTER ALL, YOU’RE ALL I’M AFTER

RAY NOBLE- MAD ABOUT THE BOY

RAY NOBLE W/ AL BOWLLY- WHERE AM I- AM I IN HEAVEN?

GEORGE FORMBY- PLEASURE CRUISE

GEORGE FORMBY- WITH MY LITTLE STICK OF BLACKPOOL ROCK

GEORGE FORMBY- THE LAD FROM LANCASHIRE

NOEL COWARD- A ROOM WITH A VIEW

JACK HYLTON- LAUGHING WALTZ