From the monthly archives:

October 2008

In October of 1960 both Ann-Margret and Al Hirt were booked into the Dunes Hotel Lounge in Las Vegas, NV.  This engagement was before A-M had been formerly discovered by George Burns and well before Al recorded his signature sound at RCA Victor.

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Ella Fitzgerald – Get Ready

October 5, 2008

I just purchased a bulk lot of old jazz and r&b records and didn’t think twice when I saw that Ella Fitzgerald was one of the artists in the lot. The cover of the Reprise album “Ella” was very unassuming.  I did assume it was just a compilation of songs from previous recordings.  Until I [...]

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