Welcome to The Motel Lounge! What's your poison? This album blog features a variety of unusual vinyl finds from the days when the only way to reach an audience was for the artist to custom press their own LPs that could be sold in the lounge settings, private parties or weddings at which they performed. I'm here to have fun and hope you will share in my process of discovery!
Ed Spayer At Work With His Streamliners
QCA - Queen City Album - Cincinnati, Ohio
20525
No One Will Ever Know
Jealous Heart
Cherry Pink
Puppet On A String
Twist
Love Letters In The Sand
You Don't Know Me
Blueberry Hill
Somewhere My Love
Oh Lonesome Me
Just Because
Make The World Go Away
The Dancing Tolmans and Johnny Brogans Anniversary Album
Orchestra Directed by Johnny Brogan
Music Selected by Arthur H. Tolman Dancing Studios of Orange, Mass.
Recorded by Northwest Recording Studios of Holyoke, Mass.
Photography by Jack Horowitz, Springfield, Mass
From the back cover: Johnny Brogan – Twenty five years of musical success in the Pops – Dance field is a noteworthy achievement and that is just what Johnny Brogan has accomplished.
The Brogan Band's debut at the Wayside Inn, in 1952, produced a following in the greater Springfield Area the continues today, as then.
The ability to adapt to changing musical patterns of any given era demonstrates a very special talent, as he continues playing todays music with taste and style.
Johnny's Orchestra Members have been with him through the years, playing with equal dedication.
Johnny – at the piano, Gene Basile – Accordion, Ernie St. Jacques – Bass, George Cullian – Vocalist & Ronnie Pezda – Drums. Guest Musician for this recording – Al Almeida – Sax.
The Dancing Tolmans – Phyllis and Arthur Tolman, now celebrating their Silver Anniversary as Ballroom Dance Instructors, taught their first classes in Palmer and East Longmeadow, Mass. with several ensuing years of large and enthusiastic groups in that area.
Their reputation for excellence in their field brought invitations from communities through-out Western, Mass. New Hampshire and Vermont, often sponsored by P.T.A. Organization and other clubs.
School age students predominated during the early years while todays demands have grown by leaps and bound in the adult sector, with dinner dances an enjoyable outlet for the older set (Adult couples) to show their progress on the dance floor.
The Tolmans are continuously sought after to present their "Dances in Exhibition", with appearances at Art Shows, as Cruise Entertainment and innumerable performances at varied extravaganzas.
Old Black Magic
Opus In Chartreuse
On The Street Where You Live
El Choclo
Love Makes The World Go Round
Cuban Chero
Autumn Leaves/By The Time I Get To Phoenix
San Francisco Hustle
Taste Of Honey
Mambo #5
Whoop-De-Doo
Steve Lake And The Swingmasters
Jewel Records - Cincinnati, Ohio
721
Last Date
Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy
Stone Heart
Silver Threads & Golden Needles
Where Is My Castle
Honky Tonk
San Antonio Rose
Burning Memories
Rocky Top
Slide Off Your Satin Sheets
From the back cover: My name is Keith Kilbourn. I am not in the music business, I am involved in the Oil and Gas industry. However, I do have an ear for music and recognize outstanding talent when I hear it. A short time ago I walked into a cocktail lounge in Bakersfield, California during the Happy Hour. Unlike Happy Hours at other lounges throughout the city which are usually filled with people laughing, shouting and telling funny stories, this lounge was quiet as if I had walked into Sacred Symphony Hall in Boston. The reason: Birch Denny was singing "Danny Boy" and he had the audience completely captivated.
I Just Need Someone To Hold Me
Foxy Lady
That's My Goal For Today
My Heart Is An Open Book
Feelings
Danny Boy
Lyin' Eyes
I Can See Clearly Now
Stop And Smell The Roses
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
The Decades In Beautiful Downtown Miamisburg!
Recorded at Cyberteknics Studio - Dayton, Ohio
Queen City Album - Cincinnati, Ohio
30424
Proud Mary
Keep Playing' That Rock And Roll
Pretty Woman
One Tin Soldier
Honky Tonk
Gimme' Gimme' Good Lovin'
Looking Glass
Lovers Never Say Goodbye
Lets Start Tonight
Can't Live Without You & Closer
