Ray Anthony - Young Ideas - - by Licorice Pizza

Ray Anthony - Young Ideas

Saturday, 16. September 2006, 15:09:17

Capital - Stereo
ST 866
1957

Ray Anthony took decent trumpet chops, Cary Grant-like looks, and a relentless energy for self-promotion and turned them into a long and prosperous series of music business enterprises. Anthony began leading his own big band in the western Pennsylvania area before being snatched up by Glenn Miller at the height of the Miller Band's popularity. During World War II, Anthony joined the Navy and led his own band, touring and entertaining troops throughout the Pacific for several years.

After returning from the war, Anthony formed his own big band and battled for business in a diminishing market. His biggest hit came in 1954, when, after bugging Jack Webb for months to get him to release the recording rights, he recorded a cover of the theme to Webb's cop show, Dragnet. He also earned a Top 10 hit with a dance tune that sparked a craze even shorter-lived than the Macarena: The Bunny Hop. Anthony's rockin' cover of "Peter Gunn" was the probably the best-selling single recording of that tune.

Anthony also won a place in the hearts of exotica lovers by marrying buxom B-movie queen Mamie Van Doren. Anthony was a real entrepeneur, running a web of businesses that included a music publishing house, contracted bands (he bought out Billy May's short-lived big band when it folded), an a nightclub in Hollywood. Anthony was also a regular of the Las Vegas circuit, with an act that featured a stand-up comedian and a line of girl singers that included Vicki Carr at one time. Source: Space Age Pop

Here, Ray plays music for people who play records at the beach. Which is worse, sand in your swimsuit or sand on your vinyl?

Side A
01 - Moonglow
02 - Why Do I Love You
03 - I Love You
04 - Nice work If You Can Get It
05 - Lonely Night In Paris
06 - Button Up Your Overcoat

Side B
07 - You Turned the Table On Me
08 - Just One of Those Things
09 - That Old Feeling
10 - Coquette
11 - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
12 - Young Ideas

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