"Baby Mine" (from the film "Dumbo"; Washington-Churchill). Recorded in London on March 12, 1942 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2788.
#78rpm
Transfer by John: youtu.be/DxcoYXUbwmI?...
"Baby Mine" (from the film "Dumbo"; Washington-Churchill). Recorded in London on March 12, 1942 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2788.
#78rpm
Transfer by John: youtu.be/DxcoYXUbwmI?...
"Fred and Ginger - Selection." Recorded in London on March 12, 1936 by The Masqueraders (dir. George Scott-Wood) with singers Brian Lawrance and Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1350.
#78rpm
Transfer by RobinsRareRecordings: youtube.com/watch?v=Hqn_...
"A Little Rain Must Fall" (Green-Kaye-Little). Recorded in London on March 5, 1940 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2390.
Video by grambar1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mtu...
"Little Wooden Head"(from the film "Pinocchio"; Washington-Harline). Recorded in London on March 5, 1940 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2396.
Transfer by 78varvare: youtu.be/rPw989OvgZo?...
"You're a Sweetheart" (from the film "You're a Sweetheart"; Adamson-McHugh). Recorded in London on March 1, 1938 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1923.
youtu.be/CAeF2frxxcU?...
"Tears in My Heart" (Whitcup-Powell). Recorded in London on March 1, 1938 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Col FB-1923.
youtu.be/VlQ2XdIjisw?...
"Goodnight, My Love" (from the film "Stowaway"; Gordon-Revel). Recorded in London on February 25, 1937 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1655.
youtu.be/XSw21BlaMf8?...
"Who Do You Think You Are?" (Heyman-Green) / "Let's Be Sensible" (Dyrenforth-Gibbons). Recorded in London on February 15, 1935 by Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends with singer Anne Lenner and announcer James Dyrenforth. EMI SH 519.
#78rpm
youtu.be/-EidqQw13Ug?...
"Room Five-Hundred-and-Four" (from "The Hulbert Follies"; Maschwitz-Posford). Recorded in London on February 12, 1941 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2579.
#78rpm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7kx...
"I Have Eyes" (from the film "Paris Honeymoon"; L. Robin-R. Rainger). Recorded in London on February 6, 1939 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2161.
#78rpm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=piQw...
Happy 120th birthday, Betty Bolton!
βBlue Againβ (Fields-McHugh). Recorded in London in March 1931 by Sid Phillips and His Melodians, with vocal chorus by Betty Bolton.
#78rpm
bettybolton.co.uk/blog/sid-phi...
"In the Still of the Night" (from the film "Rosalie"; Cole Porter). Recorded in London on January 24, 1938 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singers George Melachrino and Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1884.
#78rpm
Transfer by BlondieJohnson: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOUx...
"How Am I Gonna Keep the News from Mother?" (Carr-Pola). Recorded in London on January 24, 1935 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1020.
#78rpm
Transfer by princecastle: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySaR...
"Time Was" (Prado-Luna de la Fuente-Russell). Recorded in London on January 19, 1942 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner.
#78rpm
annelenner.com/time-was-1942/
"My Own" (from the film "That Certain Age"; Adamson-McHugh). Recorded in London on January 9, 1939 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2135.
Transfer by Fred Finnigan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLB8...
"Ten Little Miles from Town" (Green-Stept). Recorded in London on January 9, 1939 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2134.
#78rpm
youtu.be/XvAx1RSYZC8?...
"Walking the Chalk Line" (Holiner-Nichols). Recorded in London on January 3, 1935 by Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends with singer Anne Lenner.
youtu.be/cH2HjoJmhMA?...
Glamorous head shots of British singers Elsie Carlisle, Maurice Elwin, Anne Lenner, and Betty Bolton
Happy New Year from Alexandros Kozak's network of British vocalist websites! What started on December 31, 2013 as a New Year's resolution to create and maintain an Elsie Carlisle Facebook page gradually grew into four informational websites, each with its own discography.
"Faithful Forever" (Robin-Rainger). Recorded in London on December 28, 1939 by "Carroll Gibbons and His Band" (i.e. the Savoy Hotel Orpheans) with singer Anne Lenner. Col FB-2357.
#78rpm
Transfer by Clive Hooley: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCxY...
βScatterbrainβ (Burke-Keene-Bean-Masters). Recorded in London on December 28, 1939 by Carroll Gibbons and His Band (i.e., the Savoy Hotel Orpheans) with vocalists Anne Lenner and Eric Whitley.
#78rpm
annelenner.com/scatterbrain...
In commemoration of the 113th anniversary of Anne Lenner's birth, I would like to share a transfer from Henry Parsons's rare disc:
βLeave Me with a Love Songβ (Williams-Kennedy). Recorded in September 1935 by Stan Atkins and His Band with singer Anne Lenner.
#78rpm
annelenner.com/leave-me-wit...
"Roses in December" (from the film "Life of the Party"; Magidson-Oakland-Jessel). Recorded in London on December 14, 1937 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1857.
#78rpm
youtu.be/azSG0oxiEsA?...
"A Foggy Day" (from the film "Damsel in Distress"; I. & G. Gershwin). Recorded in London on December 14, 1937 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1856.
youtu.be/jY8GCQkVDXg?...
"I'm in a Dancing Mood" (from "This'll Make You Whistle"; Sigler-Goodhart-Hoffman). Recorded in London on December 11, 1936 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1592.
#78rpm
Video by Andy LeMaitre: youtu.be/a6TnDxCV4ww?...
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter). Recorded in London on December 1, 1939 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2340.
Transfer by DirksPlattenkiste: youtu.be/nl1DuW-v1IM?...
"Two Sleepy People" (from the film "Thanks for the Memory"; Loesser-Carmichael). Recorded in London on November 29, 1938 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singers George Melachrino and Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2095.
#78rpm
Transfer by 240252: youtu.be/F90bH2xBHRA?...
"Any Broken Hearts to Mend?" (J. P. Long). Recorded in London on November 29, 1938 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2096.
#78rpm
Transfer by Fred Finnigan: youtu.be/AycCuVQ-db8