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 1

Episode 1! (The collector's item!!! Get in quickly!)

Earl offers you a virtual tour of some of the 10,000 78rpm records on his shelves explaining a little of their history and musical importance.

In so doing, he also demonstrates the influences on his own unique style of performance.
Each of these podcasts will also contain one of Earl's own performances...as a bonus!

The picture shows Earl as a young man with one of his wind-up gramophones and just a couple of his 78rpm treasures even back then...

Links:
Earl's MySpace Page, offering his gig list and a few of his recent recordings...
http://www.myspace.com/earlokin

The 78rpm page in Earl's own Web Site.
http://www.earlokin.com/78.html

Featured Songs

1. Love Me Or Leave Me - Donaldson/Kahn. RUTH ETTING.
2. GIANNI SCHICCHI-Puccini. O My Beloved Father. JOAN HAMMOND.
3. St. Louis Blues - Handy. PAUL ROBESON.
4. Tremolo Study - Tarrega. ANDRES SEGOVIA.
5. TURANDOT - Puccini. JUSSI BJORLING.
6. Hey, Honey! - Okin. EARL OKIN.