Debroy
Somers Band Volume One (1928 -
1930)
FBCD70 Total Playing Time 77.55
1. 1928 - THAT’S A GOOD GIRL
SELECTION.Intro: Fancy Our Meeting;
Sweet So-And-So; Tell Me Why; The One
I’m Looking For; Chirp Chirp; Fancy
Our Meeting. 2. 1928 - GOOD NEWS
SELECTION Intro: Good News; He’s A
Ladies Man; A Girl Of The Beta Phi; Just
Imagine; The Best Things In Life Are
Free; Lucky In Love; The Varsity Drag 3.
LIONEL MONCKTON MEMORIES. Intro: Keep
Off The Grass (The Toreador); The Rajah
Of Bhong (The Country Girl); Under The
Deodar (The Country Girl); Peace (The
Country Girl); Arcady Is Ever Young (The
Arcadians); The Pipes Of Pan (The
Arcadians); My Cinnamon Tree (The
Cingalee); Come To The Ball (The Quaker
Girl); The Soldiers In The Park (The
Runaway Girl). 4. 1928 - FUNNY FACE
SELECTION Intro: He Loves & She
Loves; Let’s Kiss & Make Up;
‘Swonderful; My One & Only; Funny
Face; The Babbitt & The Bromide; He
Loves & She Loves 5. 1929 - MR.
CINDERS SELECTION. Intro: Spread A
Little Happiness; By Myself With You;
I’m A One-Man Girl; Jill. Ev’ry
Little Moment; I’ve Got You, You’ve
Got Me; True To Two; On With The Dance.
6. 1928 - THE SINGING FOOL SELECTION
Intro: From Monday On; Sonny Boy (GDW);
I’m Sitting On Top Of The World (GDW);
It All Depends On You(GDW); Keep Smiling
At Trouble; There’s A Rainbow ‘Round
My Shoulder(GDW); Sonny Boy (GDW). 7.
1929 - ON WITH THE SHOW SELECTION.
Intro: Sweetheart Of All My Dreams; Just
Plain Folk (TB); I Ain’t Never Been
Kissed (TB); Shout Hallelujah! ‘Cause
I’m Home; Forever; Glad Rag Doll (TB);
My Flame Of Love; Shinanki Da 8. 1930 -
HERE COMES THE BRIDE SELECTION Intro:
High & Low (IL); Hot; Yopu; Why Not
Have A Party?; I’m Like A Sailor (IL);
I Love You And I Like You; The Rose In
Your Hair; I’ll Always Remember. 9.
1930 - RIO RITA SELECTION Intro:
Following The Sun Around; If You’re In
Love, You’ll Waltz; I’d Rather Have
A Memory Of You; The Kinkajou; Rio Rita;
You’re Always In My Arms; Sweetheart,
We Need Each Other; The Ranger’s Song
10. 1930 -ON WITH THE SHOW SELECTION
Intro: Happy Days Are Here Again;
Ro-Ro-Rolling Along (DD); Silv’ry
Moon; Lucky Me, Lovable You; Meet Me In
My Dreams Tonight (DD);
Wallah-Malaka-Lucy; Molly (DD); The
Sunshine Of Marseilles; The Crowning Of
The Cotton Queen; Happy Days Are Here
Again.
Vocal : GDW – George
Dewey Washington DD - Dan Donovan TB Tom
Barratt IL Idwal Lewys
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Somers Band Volume Two (1930 -
1932)
FBCD 71 - Total Playing Time: 79.46
1.1930 - KING OF JAZZ SELECTION Intro: A
Bench In The Park (DD); I Like To Do
Things For You; Song Of The Dawn; Happy
Feet; It Happened In Monterey (DD);
Ragamuffin Romeo; 2.1930 - SONG OF THE
FLAME SELECTION Intro: Song Of The Flame
(TB); Cossack Love Song; When Love Calls
(DD); One Little Drink 3.1930 -
PARAMOUNT ON PARADE SELECTION Intro:
Sweepin’ The Clouds Away (DD); Any
Time’s The Time To Fall In Love; All I
Want Is Just One Girl. 4.1930 - NIPPY
SELECTION Intro: Nippy; Your Sunny
Disposition & Mine (DD); It Must Be
You (DD); Anything; Toy Town Party; Two
Of Everything (DD); I Feel So Safe With
You; It Must Be You. 5. 1930 - EVERGREEN
SELECTION Intro: Dancing On The Ceiling
(DD); No Place But Home (DD); If I Give
In To You; Dear ! Dear ! (DD); When The
World Was New; In The Cool Of The
Evening (DD); The Colour Of Her Eyes
6.1930 - VIENNESE NIGHTS - MEDLEY Intro:
I Bring A Love Song; Here We Are; You
Will Remember Vienna; Regimental March
7.1930 - SWING HIGH SELECTION Intro:
There’s Happiness Over The Hill; With
My Guitar & You (DD); Shoo The
Hoodoo Away 8. 1930 - WHOOPEE SELECTION
Intro: Makin’ Whoopee (DD); Girl
Friend Of A Boy Friend Of Mine; I’ll
Still Belong To You. 9. A REVIEW OF
REVUES - Parts 1 & 2. Intro: Ev’ry
Little While (“Some “)(DD); Old
Saturday Night (“Push & Go “);
Kitty, The Telephone Girl (“5064
Gerrard “)(DD); I’m Tired Of Playing
Second Fiddle (“The Whirligig “);
We’ll All Do The Goosestep
(“Business As Usual “); I Shall See
You Tonight (“Cheep “);
Pom-Tiddle-Om-Pom) “ Shell Out“);
Gilbert The Filbert (“The Passing Show
“)(DD); The Gypsy Warned Me (“The
Whirligig)(DD); When We’ve Wound Up
The Watch On The Rhine (“Business As
Usual “) 10.A REVIEW OF REVUES - Parts
3 & 4 Intro: The Wedding Glide
(“Hullo, Ragtime “); Let The Great
Big World Keep Turning (“The Bing
Girls Are There “)(DD); Where The
Black-Eyed Susans Grow (“Cheep “);
First Love, Last Love, Best Love (“The
Bing Boys On Broadway“)(DD): The Gaby
Glide (“Hullo Ragtime “); Let The
Great Big World Keep Turning (“The
Bing Girls Are There“); If You Were
The Only Girl In The World (“The Bing
Boys Are Here “) (DD); Another Little
Drink (“The Bing Boys Are Here “)(vch.);
How Do You Do, Miss Ragtime (“Hullo,
Ragtime “); When The Angelus Is
Ringing (“Business As Usual “)(DD);
Military Mary Ann (“Hullo Ragtime
“)(DD) 11. 1931 - CAVALCADE SELECTION.
Intro: Soldiers Of The Queen; Goodbye,
Dolly Gray; Goodbye My Bluebell; Lover
Of My Dreams (v); I Do Like To Be Beside
The Seaside; Alexander’s Ragtime Band;
When You Come Back Again (v); Tipperary
(vc);Twentieth Century Blues (v); Land Of Hope &
Glory 12. ON WITH THE SHOW SELECTION –
1932 Intro: Day By Day; With All My Love & Kisses (DD): The
Little Toy Soldier; The Turning Of The
Tide; Kiss By Kiss; Lovely Little
Silhouette (DD); Tell Me With A Love
Song; Sailing On The Robert E. Lee 13.
1932 - WORDS & MUSIC SELECTION
Intro: Maggie; Something To Do With
Spring (DD); Children Of The Ritz; The
Younger Generation (DD); Mad About The
Boy; Let’s Say Goodbye (DD); The
Party’s Over Now; Let’s Live
Dangerously.
Vocal DD – Dan Donovan
TB – Tom Barratt vch.- Chorus V-
Unidentified
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Somers Band Volume Three (1932
- 1935)
FBCD 72 - Total Playing Time: 75.58
1. OUT OF THE BOTTLE SELECTION Intro:
Genie Motive; Overture; So This Is
Painting; Everything But You; We’ve
Got The Moon & Sixpence; The Ku Kha
Khan; Laughing Finale; Drinkie; When The
Drum Goes Wham; I Don’t Want To; Put
That Down In Writing; We’ve Got The
Moon & Sixpence. 2.1932 - LOVE ME
TONIGHT SELECTION Intro: Love Me Tonight
(DD - CC); Mimi (CC); The Poor Apache;
Isn’t It Romantic (? - CC & Ch.);
3.1933 - MOTHER OF PEARL SELECTION
Intro: Ev’ry Woman Thinks She Wants To
Wander; There Must Be Something; When
Anybody Plays Or Sings (DD);Take Your
Wife To Paris; An Old-Fashioned Girl;
Ev’ry Woman thinks She Wants To Wander
(CP); It’s A Shame; I Know What I
Want; 4.1932 - THE BIG BROADCAST
SELECTION Intro: It Was So Beautiful;
Tiger Rag; Where The Blue Of The Night;
Dinah (CC); Please (DD); Here Lies Love
(DD); Trees; Kicking The Gong Around;
Marta; Crazy People (CC); 5.1933 - HE
WANTED ADVENTURE SELECTION Intro:
Pirates’ Chorus (Ch.); My Heart’s To
Let (DD); This Is The Hour; You Came To
Me; Monarch Of The Seas (Ch.); When
You’ve Fallen In Love (AW); Ballet
Music; Smile & Be Bright; 6.1933 -
GIVE ME A RING SELECTION Intro: A Couple
Of Fools In Love; I Only Want One Girl
(DD); He Isn’t Going To Get Away From
Me (CC); I’m Not Worrying ‘Bout
Anything; Living In The Clouds (CP -
CC); Wonderful Eyes; Exclusively Yours;
I Don’t Know How I Can Do Without You
(DD - CP); Getting Warmer; 7.1933 - AUNT
SALLY SELECTION Intro: We’ll All Go
Riding On A Rainbow; You Ought To See
Sally On Sunday (DD); I Want A Fair
& Square Man; Ain’t She Dainty? My
Wild Oat (DD); The Wind’s In The West;
If I Had Napolean’s Hat; You Ought To
See Sally On Sunday; 8.1934 - LUCKY
BREAK SELECTION Intro: Overture; Am I
Delighted?; Kick In The Pants (vc); You
Can’t Take It; I’d Like To Know (vc);
Lucky Break; Tum-Tum-Tum ;1935-GLAMOROUS
NIGHT SELECTION Intro: Her Majesty
Militza; Shine Through My Dreams BL);
The Girl I Knew; Fold Your Wings (BL ug);
When The Gypsy Played; Far Away In
Shanty Town (ug); Glamorous Night (ug).
DD – Dan Donovan CC –
The Carlyle Cousins CP – Cecile Petrie
BL – Brian Lawrance AW – Anona Winn
vc – chorus ugunidentified girl
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Somers Band Volume Four (1935
- 1941)
FBCD 73 - Total Playing Time: 76.10
1.1935 - SEEING STARS SELECTION Intro:
Overture; Easy On The Eyes; Don’t
Stand In The Doorway (GF); Ballet Music;
That Never-To-Be-Forgotten Melody (uG)
Public Sweetheart No.1 (uG); You Grown
On Me (GF);In Love Again (uG); Rocking
With You In My Arms; 2.1935 - HARMONY
LANE SELECTION (Film) Intro: My Old
Kentucky Home; The Old Folks At Home; Oh
! Susannah; Beautiful Dreamer; Camptown
Races; Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming;
Poor Old Joe; Massa’s in The Cold,
Cold, Ground; 3. THEATRE MEMORIES No.1 -
“ The Gaiety”. Intro: When I Marry
Amelia (The Toreador); Queen Of My Heart
(Dorothy); A Little Bit Of Spring
(Circus Girl); Keep Off The Grass (The
Toreador); Bedelia (The Orchid); Mary
(Our Miss Gibbs); Brighton (Sunshine
Girl); They Wouldn’t Believe Me
(Tonight’s The Night); 365 Days
(Theodore & Co.); Song Of The
Vagabonds (Vagabond King); Every Woman
Thinks She Wants To Wander (Mother Of
Pearl); Rocking With You In My Arms
(Seeing Stars);4.THEATRE MEMORIES No.2-
“Dalys”. Intro: Opening Chorus (The
Geisha); Peace; You May Offer Beauty
(The Country Girl); Merry Widow Waltz;
Women (Merry Widow); Dollars Princess
Waltz; Can It Be Love (Count Of
Luxembourg); Give Me from the Blue Afar
(Gypsy Love); Betty (Cinderella); Love
Will Find A Way (Maid Of The Mountains);
Love Me Now (Madame Pompadour); The
Curtain Falls; Blue Eyes (Blue Eyes); 5.
1936 –SWING ALONG SELECTION Intro:
Trafalgar Square; Unbelievable (SC);
Another Dream Gone Wrong; Ballet Music;
Ballet Music; A Love Song (SC); Like A
Tin Can Tied To A Puppy Dog’s Tail;
Swing Along;6. 1937 - LONDON RHAPSODY SELECTION
Intro: Home Town; Sing A Song Of London
(RN); The Waltz Of The Gypsies; Youth Goes Marching On
(RN); 7. 1937 - GOING GREEK SELECTION
Intro: There’ll Be The Devil To Pay;
But Me No Buts (RB); A Little
Cooperation From You; Is There Anything
More Wonderful Than You?; The Sheep Were
In The Meadow; For The Honor Of The
School (RB); Love Came & Swept Me
Off My Feet; The Bandit Song. 8. 1937
– ME & MY GIRL SELECTION Intro: Me
& My Girl (RB-DS); Lambeth Walk (RB);
Take It On The Chin & Smile; 9. 1938
- RUNNING RIOT SELECTION Intro:
Overture; Doing An Irish Jig; When Love
Knocks At My Door; Pom Pom Toolerooleray;
Take Your Partner For The Waltz;
Physical Fitness; Wind On The Heath (GG);
Gypsy Dance; Dancing With Canterbury
Bells; China; Love Knocks At My Door;
10. 1941 - BLACK VANITIES SELECTION
Intro: Overture; I Like A Good Time;
Much More Lovely; A Pair Of Silver
Wings; Iroquois Let’s Be Buddies; But
In The Morning, No; Do I Love You?
GF – Gerry Fitzgerald
RN – Raymond Newell DS – Debroy
Somers GG – Gavin Gordon RB – The
Rhythm Bros.
Carrol
Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans Volume No. 2
FBCD 74 - Total Playing Time: 77.34
1. THESE BANDS MADE MUSIC. (Intro: Oh
Me, Oh My, Oh You (1924 & 1944); My
Love For You; Peace Of Mind (v.c. Julie
Dawn); Marcheta (v.c Sgt. Leslie Douglas); Carroll Recalls The Tunes; I L
– L – Love You So; I Can’t Resist You (v.c. Julie Dawn);
Hallelujah. (28.36) 2. So Shy (HB); 3.
You’re Such A Comfort To Me (HB); 4.
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To
Tread) (CG – AL); 5. My Own Folks (BL
+ Ch.); 6. Jeepers Creepers (GM); 7.
What Harlem Is To Me (AL); 8. The
Masquerade Is Over (GM); 9. I’m Just
Beginning To Care (BL & AL); 10. I Fall In Love With You Every Day (GM);
11. I Poured My Heart Into A Song (AL);
12. I Used To Be Colour Blind (GM); 13.
It’s A Long, Long Way To Your Heart
(AL); 14. Seal It With A Kiss (BL); 15.
Music Puts Me In The Strangest Mood
(AL); 16. What’s New — AL & EW);
17. Music For Romance (GM). CG - Carroll
Gibbons & His Band. HB- Harry
Bentley BL- Brian Lawrance GM- George
Melachrino
AL - Anne Lenner EW- Eric
Whitley
Carrol
Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans Volume No. 3
FBCD 75 - Total Playing Time: 79.14
ATHONE – IRISH RADIO PROGRAM (April,
1933) 1. What’ve You Got To Lose?; 2.
Sittin’ In The Dark; 3. You Must Believe Me; 4. Maybe I Love You
Too Much; 5. (a) Hell’s Bells (b) Let
Me Give My Happiness To You (All the
foregoing vocals by Susanne Botterill)
6. So Help Me; 7. Heaven On Earth; 8.
Love Divided By Two; 9. When He Comes
Home To Me?; 10. If I Love Again; 11.
Whisper Sweet; 12. How Can You Face Me?;
13. One Little Moment; 14. So Red The
Rose; 15. Life Is A Song (Let’s Sing
It Together); 16. Some Other Time; 17.
Will Love Find A Way?; 18. You Can’t
Pull The Wool Over My Eyes; 19. I
Don’t Want To Make History; 20. So Do
I; 21. Sentimental Fool; 22. Yours &
Mine; 23. The Loveliness Of You; 24.
With A Smile & A Song; 25. Birth Of
The Blues (The Boy Friends).
Tracks 6 to 8. Harry
Bentley 9 Instrumental 10,17,24 Anne
Lenner 20 & 23 George Melachrino 11
to 16, 18,19 & 21 Brian
Lawrance 22 Anne Lenner & George
Melachrino
Boston
Pops Orchestra play Boston Pops
Lillipops
FBCD 76 - Total Playing Time: 79.24
1. Look Sharp – Be Sharp (Bob
Merrick); 2. OLD FAMILIAR TUNES:
Intro” Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay; The
Bowery; Sidewalks Of Old New York; Sweet
Rosie O’Grady; Daisy Bell; Comrades;
Little Annie Rooney; She May Have Seen
Better Days; The Band Played On; After
The Ball; A Hot Time In The Old Town.
(arr. Lake) 3. La Golindrina (The
Swallow) (Seradell – Trans. by
Findlay); 4. March Of The Little Lead
Soldiers (Pierne); 5. Musical Snuff Box
(Laidoff); 6. RICHARD RODGERS WALTZ
MEDLEY Intro: Lover (Love Me Tonight);
Falling In Love With Love (The Boys From
Syracuse); Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
(Oklahoma); It’s A Grand Night For
Singing (State Fair); 7. (a) Entrance Of
The Little Fauns (Pierne); (b) Mosquito
Dance (White); 8. Perpetuum Mobile
(Strauss); 9. Pop Goes The Weasal (Trad.
arr. By Lucien Calliet); 10 Prairie Sky
(David Selznick film Duel In The Sun);
11. On The Trail To Spanish Bit (Duel In
The Sun); 12. Chanson Triste (Tchaiksovsky
arr. Stewart); 13. La Campanella (Rondo
from Concerto No.2, Op.7 - Paganini);
[34 Violins of the Boston Pops]; 14.
Cuckoo Clock (Castillo); 15. Candlelight
Waltz (Jack Mason); 16. Entry Of The
Boyards - March (Halvorsen); 17. La
Paloma (The Dove) (Yradier); 18. OLD TIME SONG MEDLEY. Intro: Pack Up Your
Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag; Smiles;
Till We Meet Again; In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree; My Wild
Irish Rose; Take Me Out To The Ball
Game; Sweet Adeline; Put On Your Old
Grey Bonnet; There Is A Tavern In The
Town; Stein Song; Let Me Call You
Sweetheart.; 19. Dagger Dance (from
Natoma - Victor Herbert); 20. Jealousy
– Tango Tzigane (Jakob Gade).
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Somers Band Play Songs of
Britain, The Empire and The Great War
FBCD 77 - Total Playing Time: 76.19
1.CAVALCADE OF MARTIAL SONGS. Intro.:-
King’s Horses; The Toy-Town Artillery;
The Tin-Can Fusiliersers; When The Guards Are On
Parade; There’s Something About A
Soldier; When A Soldier’s on Parade;
When The Band Goes Marching By; The Toy
Drum Major. (Soloist – Raymond
Newell); 2.OVERTURE “ 1914 “ – A
WAR MARCH MEMORY Intro.:- Dawn; Sambre
et Meuse; Colonel Bogey; Light Of Foot;
Punjaub; Sons Of The Brave; Le Reve
Passe; El Banico; With Sword &
Lance; The Last Stand; La Madelon; Pomp
& Circumstance; Cease Fire; Abide
With Me; Finale; 1812 Overture.
3.CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. Intro:- Oranges
& Lemons; Girls & Boys Come Out
To Play; Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo-Peep;
Sing A Song Of Sixpence; Hickory,
Dickory Dock; Three Blind Mice; Ten
Little Nigger Boys; Sally Waters; A Frog
He Would A Wooing Go; Baa Baa Black
Sheep; Three Little Kittens; London
Bridge Is Broken Down; Goosey, Goosey
Gander; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star;
Polly Put The Kettle On; Hey Diddle,
Diddle; Where Are You Going To, My
Pretty Maid ?; Here We Go Round The
Mulberry Bush; Georgy, Porgy; What Are
Little Boys Made Of?; Tom, Tom, The
Piper’s Son; Who Killed Cock Robin ?
4.COMMUNITY MEDLEY: Quick Step. Intro.:-
There Is A Tavern In The Town; Sweet
& Low; Cock Robin; Polly Wolly
Doodle; Come, Landlord, Fill The Flowing
Bowl; Some Folks Do; John Brown’s
Body; Johnny Comes Marching Home; Good
Night, Ladies; For He’s A Jolly Good
Fellow. (w. Male Quartet) 5.EMPIRE
PAGEANT. Intro.:- (1) Here’s A Health Unto His Majesty; ENGLAND (Rule
Britannia) ;(2) SCOTLAND (March Past,
Bagpipes, Cock o’the North); (3) WALES
(The Ash Grove; Land Of My Fathers); (4)
IRELAND(Father O’Flynn; The Ministrel
Boy); (5) CANADA (The Maple Leaf
Forever; O Canada); (6) INDIA (Native
Tunes); (7) AUSTRALIA (Land Of Summer
Skies);(8) NEW ZEALAND (Waiata Poi; God
Defend New Zealand);(9) SOUTH AFRICA
(Kaffir War Dance Music; The
AbsentMinded Beggar; Sarie Marais); (10)
EPILOGUE (Pomp & Circumstance; Land
Of Hope & Glory).(w. Male Chorus) 6.
ENGLISH MEDLEY - One Step. 7.HUNTING
MEDLEY, A – Quick Step. Intro.:-
Hunting Call; Ahunting We Will Go; A
Fine Old English Gentleman; The
Lincolnshire Poacher; Drink, Puppy,
Drink; Down Among The Dead Men; The
Dusky Night Rides Down The Sky; Uncle
Tom Cobleigh; John Peel. (w. Male
Quartet) 8.THE OLD BRIGADE – A
Descriptive Ballad. Intro.:- (1) From
Waterloo To Table Bay; (2) The Great
War. (With Norman Allin & Chorus.
Narrator: Ion Swinley) 9.OLD
CONTEMPTIBLES - War Songs Medley.
Intro.:- Form Platoon; Cock Robin;
Because We’re Here; ‘Way Down Yonder
In The Cornfield; What Did We Join The
Army For?; Left, Left; I’ll Be There;
I Have No Pain; As You Have Done Before;
Leap Frog; One Man Went To Mow; Rolling
Home. (with Male Quartet) 10.SCOTTISH MEDLEY – One Step. 11.WAR
MARCHING SONGS. Intro.:- It’s A Long
Way To Tipperary; Goodbye-ee; There’s A Long, Long
Trail; Hello, Hello, Who’s Your Lady
Friend?; Pack Up Your Troubles in Your
Old Kit Bag; God Send You Back To Me (vc-
Alice Lilley); Keep The Home Fires
Burning; Mademoiselle From Armentieres;
Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty; Old
Soldiers Never Die.(with Male Quartet)
12.AULD LANG SYNE MEDLEY.(with Male
Quartet & Bagpipes)
