Earl Okin's Gramophone Show No. 21

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(1) Adeste Fideles – Anon. BENIAMINO GIGLI.
(2) The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot – Carr/Connor/Leach. NAT ‘KING’ COLE.
(3) Xmas Boxes – West End Style – Anon. ANONYMOUS.
(4) Jingle Bells - Pierpont. Les Paul.
(5) Jingle Bells - Pierpont. Carl Weissman’s Singing Dogs.
(6) Under Thy Window – Schumann. JOHN McCORMACK & LUCREZIA BORI.
(7) My Two Front Teeth - Gardner. Danny Kaye and Patty Andrews.
(8) Snowlove – Okin.

Earl Okin's Gramophone Show No. 20

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(1) OTELLO – Verdi. Ave Maria. NELLIE MELBA.
(2) Ebb Tide – Maxwell/Sigman. JERRY COLONNA.
(3) Can’t Help Loving That Man Of Mine – Kern/Hammerstein. AUNT JEMIMA (TESS GARDELLA).
(4) Tea For Two – Youmans/Caesar/Harbach. ART TATUM.
(5) MIGNON – Thomas. Io Son Titania. LUISA TETRAZZINI.
(6) I Should Say So - Wilton. ROBB WILTON.
(7) Abyssinian Secret – Okin/Avadis. EARL OKIN.

Earl Okin's Gramophone Show No. 19

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(1) IL TROVATORE – Verdi. Deserto Sulla Terra (in French). AGUSTARELLO AFFRE.
(2) Lock And Key – Creamer/Johnson. BESSIE SMITH.
(3) My Baby Left Me - Crudup. ELVIS PRESLEY.
(4) DON CARLO – Verdi. Elle Ne M’Aime Pas. POL PLANCON.
(5) Under The Bed - Wallace. NELLIE WALLACE.
(6) Death Sting Me Blues – Williams. SARA MARTIN.
(7) Thou Swell – Rodgers/Hart. EARL OKIN.

Earl Okin's Gramophone Show No. 18

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(1) Let’s Misbehave - Porter. IRVING AARONSON & HIS COMMANDERS.
(2) The Ballad Of Reading Gaol – Wilde. OSCAR WILDE.
(3) L’AMICO FRITZ – Mascagni. Suzel, Buon Di. TITO SCHIPA & MAFALDA FAVERO.
(4) I Got Rhythm – Gershwin. RED NICHOLS & HIS FIVE PENNIES.
(5) Cocktails For Two – Johnston/Coslow. SPIKE JONES & HIS CITY SLICKERS.
(6) I Want Us To Last – Okin. EARL OKIN.

Earl Okin's Gramophone Show No.17

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(1) PAGLIACCI – Leoncavallo. Un Tal Gioco. ULYSSES LAPPAS.
(2) Time On My Hands – Gordon/Adamson/Youmans. NAN MERRIMAN.
(3) Grooving High – Gillespie. DIZZY GILLESPIE & CHARLIE PARKER.
(4) I Got Rhythm – Gershwin. ETHEL WATERS.
(5) Oh! What A Lovely War – Long/Scott. ELLA SHIELDS.
(6) UN BALLO IN MASCHERA – Verdi. Di’ Tu Se’ Fedele. COSTA MILONA.
(7) CHU CHIN CHOW – Norton/Asche. The Cobbler's Song. EARL OKIN.

Earl Okin Gramophone Show No.16

EARL OKIN GRAMOPHONE SHOW No.16

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(1) MANON LESCAUT – Puccini. In Quelle Trine Morbide. META SEINEMEYER.
(2) When The Poppies Bloom Again – Towers/Morrow/Pelosi. VERA LYNN.
(3) Drop Me Off In Harlem – Ellington/Kenny. ADELAIDE HALL & THE MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND.
(4) The Way You Look Tonight - Kern. FRED ASTAIRE.
(5) Vorrei Morire – Tosti. TINO PATTIERA.
(6) Richard III – Shakspere. Now Is The Winter Of Our Discontent. SIR HENRY IRVING.
(7) Love And Roses – Okin. EARL OKIN.

Earl Okin's Gramophone Show No.15

EARL OKIN GRAMOPHONE SHOW No.15

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(1) ITMA - Kavanagh. TOMMY HANDLEY & Co.
(2) NORMA – Bellini. Casta Diva…A Bello A Me. JOSEFINA HUGUET.
(3) China Boy – Winfree/Boutelje. RED NICHOLS’ FIVE PENNIES.
(4) Adeus America – Jacques/Barbosa. OS CARIOCAS.
(5) IDOMENEO – Mozart. Fuor Del Mar. HERMANN JADLOWKER.
(6) Misery Farm - Wallis. TOMMY HANDLEY.
(7) O Grande Amor – Jobim/De Moraes. EARL OKIN.

Earl Okin Gramophone Show No. 14

EARL OKIN'S GRAMOPHONE SHOW No. 14

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(1) Suppose! – Dixon/Dimon. JOSEPHINE BAKER.
(2) RIGOLETTO – Verdi. Pari Siamo. RICCARDO STRACCIARI.
(3) Stomp Off! Let’s Go! – Schoebel/Elmer. ERSKINE TATE VENDOME ORCHESTRA.
(4) Mon Homme – Yvain/Willemetz/Charles. MISTINGUETT.
(5) EVGENI ONEGIN – Tchaikowsky. Prince Gremin’s Aria. BORIS CHRISTOFF.
(6) Sh-Boom – The Chords. STAN FREBERG.
(7) Lover – Okin. EARL OKIN.

Earl Okin Gramophone Show No. 13

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(1) LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX – Donizetti. O Luce Di Quest’Anima. MARCELLA SEMBRICH.
(2) My Ragtime Baby - Stone. THE PEERLESS ORCHESTRA.
(3) Merry Go Round – Ellington. THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA.
(4) Attorney At Law - ???. GROUCHO MARX & BING CROSBY.
(5) LA SONNAMBULA – Bellini. Ah! Non Credea Mirarti. ALMA GLUCK.
(6) Old Folks – Robison/Hill . MILDRED BAILEY.
(7) Blood Count – Strayhorn. EARL OKIN.

Earl Okin Gramophone Show No. 12

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(1) LOHENGRIN – Wagner. In Fernem Land. ALFRED PICCAVER.
(2) Everything’s In Rhythm With My Heart – Hoffman/Sigler/Goodhart. JESSIE MATTHEWS.
(3) Thoughts at 21yo. PRINCESS ELIZABETH (later QUEEN ELIZABETH II).
(4) Amy – Nicholls/Gilbert. JACK HYLTON & HIS ORCHESTRA.
(5) Waiting At The Church – Trad. – aee. Thompson. VESTA VICTORIA.
(6) Were You There? – Anon. CLARA BUTT.
(7) The Pencil Song – Okin. EARL OKIN.

Earl Okin Gramophone Show No.11

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(1) We Saw The Sea – Berlin. PETER DAWSON.
(2) Vadiagem - Alves. MARIO REIS.
(3) Portrait Of Bert Williams – Ellington. DUKE ELLINGTON.
(4) No Place Like Home – Lardner. BERT WILLIAMS.
(5) THAIS – Massenet. Méditation. FRITZ KREISLER.
(6) Farewell Blues – Mares/Rappolo/Schoebel. JOE VENUTI & EDDIE LANG ORCHESTRA.
(7) Der Doppelgaenger – Schubert. FEODOR CHALIAPIN.
(8) Take A Train Back Home – Okin. EARL OKIN.

Earl Okin Gramophone Show No.10

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(1) Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Loesser.ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS JORDAN.
(2) LE CID – Massenet. Pleurez, Mes Yeux. FÉLIA LITVINNE.
(3) West End Blues – Oliver. KING OLIVER.
(4) West End Blues – Oliver. LOUIS ARMSTRONG.
(5) My September Love - Evans/Mullan. THE GOONS.
(6) SADKO – Rimsky-Korsakov. Berceuse. NINA KOSHETZ.
(7) Daddy – Bennett. BILLY BENNETT.
(8) Sister Jane – Okin. EARL OKIN.