More Bob Allen At The Christopher Inn - Volume Two

Wichita Lineman

More Bob Allen At The Christopher Inn
Volume Two

The Christopher Inn was a hotel located downtown in Columbus, Ohio. I believe the Inn was torn down in the late 80s. The jacket notes suggest that plans were in the works for an expansion to add 550 new guest rooms, housed in a crescent shape tower rising thirty stories above the entire complex. I assume, this is the odd looking building that you see in the illustration. That never happened.

I used to visit the lounge on occasion in the late 70s and may have seen Bob Allen play. As I remember, the lounge was a classic dark room.

Telly - Telly Savalas

Rubber Bands And Bits Of String

TellyTelly Savalas
MCA Records CMA-436
1974

Of course everyone knows who Telly Savalas is. OK... maybe folks MY AGE know Savalas. The youth of America may know Savalas from his roles in movies such as Battle Of The Bulge or The Dirty Dozen amongst a number of other well know 60s films. However, he may be best known for his title role in the 1970s crime drama, Kojak. This record would have been made during that period in his career.

It seems like the 70s were a fertile time for Hollywood names who wanted to make a record.

This is a great example of big name lounge. Telly is invited to play The Motel Lounge anytime!

Read more about Savalas on his wiki page.

And here is an image of an autographed copy I found recently. Treasure!

Welcome To The World Of Pearle Rae

Country Style (Medley)

Welcome To The World Of Pearle Rae
Music Arranged And Conducted By Max Di Julo
Raemax 1002

Without Love, the first track on side is credited, words and music by Max Di Julio. From the back cover: Widely acclaimed composer, Max Di Julio, has composed music for films, television, orchestras and choirs; as well as for pop and jazz groups.

Apparently Rae was "Colorado's star-spangled Fourth of July girl"... That's all the back cover has to offer.

There are no online mentions of Rae or Julo that I could find.

Everybody Is An Asshole - Couto And Mulligan

Everybody Is An Asshole To Somebody Sometime

Everybody Is An Asshole
Couto And Mulligan
Mullco - 1980

This Old Is New - Sister Mary Renee On The Cordovox

Okie From Muskogee

This Old Is New
Sister Mary Renee - St. Francis Home, Breckenridge Minnesota.
Sound 80 - 26025

Now Sister Mary Renee may not have gigged in The Motel Lounge, unless she went looking for sinners to convert. Her track list doesn't include any gospel numbers, just good time thumpers like the the sample I've posted above.

From the back cover: Accompanying Sister Renee on this recording are her uncle, Mr. Norby Fisher, drums and Mr. Leo Nelson, banjo, from Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. The vocal numbers are sung by a recent employee of St. Francis Home, Sr. Rosemary Duggan, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Don Lee At The Mar-Key Organ

Lonesome Road

Don Lee At The Mar-Key Organ
Kaybank Recording Corp. - Minneapolis

From the back cover: Now a popular entertainer at the famed Mar-Key Club at the Hastings Hotel in Minneapolis, he is also well remembered by other private club members and by thousands of patrons of the old Covered Wagon in Minneapolis.

Curious album. It appears that Lee sat down and recorded each side in a single take.

Themes Of The Smokies - Louis & Audrey Stamey

Cherokee Boogie

Themes Of The Smokies

Louis & Audrey Stamey
Mark Five CR-4609

Rite Record Production - Cincinnati, Ohio - 28522

From the back cover: This is the second LP for "The Cherokee Sweethearts", Louis and Audrey Stamey. You'll find in this collection of songs many of the ones you've heard them play during their many years as a featured attraction on the Indian Reservation in Cherokee, on TV, radio and in hundreds of personal appearances. This is "the music of the Hills," their music and yours.

The Stamey's worked out of Drexel, North Carolina.