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Hot Toddy - Hits & Selected Singles 1946-56
Hot Toddy - Hits & Selected Singles 1946-56

Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
Styles: Easy Listening, Pop
Catalogue Number: ADDCD3414
Ralph Flanagan was a pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader, who worked with the orchestras of Charlie Barnet, Boyd Raeburn, Hal McIntyre, Sammy Kaye, Alvino Rey and Blue Barron before launching his own band in the late 1940s, based very much on the sound of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, being signed to RCA by Glenn Miller’s former A&R man. Performing a range of straight orchestral and swinging jazz pieces, along with the hot songs of the day sung by his featured vocalist Harry Prime and his vocal group The Singing Winds, he had a string of over twenty hits between 1949 and 1953, including his signature Top 10 composition “Hot Toddy”. This great-value 51-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides on the Rainbow, Bluebiird and RCA-Victor labels during this era. It features all his 21 career chart entries , including the Top 10 hits “Don’t Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go)”, Rag Mop”, “Nevertheless”, “Harbour Lights”, “Slow Poke”, “I Should Care” and “Hot Toddy”. His music was very much of its era, typifying a particular strand of the pop scene of the post-war decade, and this collection offers an enjoyable selection of his work.

Disk 1:
Track Title Artist
1 Make Believe Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
2 Low Gear Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
3 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
4 St. Louis Blues Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
5 You're Breaking My Heart Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
6 My Hero Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
7 Don't Cry Joe Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
8 Dear Hearts And Gentle People Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
9 Rag Mop Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
10 Joshua Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
11 Stars And Stripes Forever Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
12 To Me You're A Song Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
13 If I Had A Magic Carpet Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
14 Tzena, Tzena, Tzena Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
15 Mona Lisa Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
16 Toreador Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
17 La Vie En Rose Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
18 Nevertheless Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
19 The Red We Want Is The Red We've Got (In The Old Red, White And Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
20 Harbor Lights Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
21 I've Never Been In Love Before Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
22 Oh Babe Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
23 Melody Of The Breeze Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
24 I Remember The Cornfields Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
25 I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
Disk 2:
Track Title Artist
1 Slow Drive Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
2 Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
3 Oklahoma Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
4 You For Me Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
5 The Blues (American In Paris) Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
6 Slow Poke Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
7 Just One More Chance Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
8 One Alone Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
9 Baltimore Rag Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
10 Singing Winds Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
11 Be Anything Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
12 I'm Yours Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
13 Delicado Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
14 I Should Care Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
15 Hot Toddy Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
16 A-L-B-U-Q-U-E-R-Q-U-E Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
17 Rub-A-Dub-Dub Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
18 Stranger In Paradise Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
19 Reverie In The Rain Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
20 From The Vine Came The Grape Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
21 In The Chapel In The Moonlight Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
22 Little Brown Mambo Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
23 I Belong To You Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
24 On The Beat Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
25 Beep Boop Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
26 Out Last Night Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
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