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Frankie Carle – Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
Piano Solo with Rhythm Accompaniment
Written by Eddie Leonard and Eddie Munson
78 RPM audio transfer from Bowness Arts' collection of vintage records
Frankie Carle – Frankie Carle And His Girl Friends
Label: Columbia – A22 (Canada)
Format: 4 x Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, Album
Released: 1944
Genre: Jazz Instrumental
Style: Swing
Tracklist:
Side 1: Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) youtu.be/wCTbSJ43Ojs
Side 2: Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away) youtu.be/wCTbSJ43Ojs
Side 3: Charmaine
Side 4: Diane
Side 5: Margie
Side 6: Rose Marie
Side 7: Louise
Side 8: Josephine
Frankie Carle was born Francis Nunzio Carlone on March 25, 1903 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was an American pianist and bandleader. As a very popular bandleader in the 1940s and 1950s, Carle was nicknamed "The Wizard of the Keyboard". He was the son of a factory worker who could not afford a piano, so he practiced on a dummy keyboard devised by his uncle, pianist Nicholas Colangelo, until he found a broken-down instrument in a dance hall. In 1916, a teenage Carle began working with his uncle's band as well as a number of local bands in the Rhode Island area. "Sunrise Serenade" was Carle's best-known composition, was a number one hit in the US in 1938, selling more than one million copies, and he received national attention when he joined Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights in 1939. The popularity he attained while with Heidt's band allowed him to leave the band in 1944 and form his own band, The Frankie Carle Orchestra. Carle died on March 7, 2001, aged 97, in Mesa, Arizona.
Note: The first 78 RPM record came into existence around 1894, and in 1912 the Gramophone Company established 78 rotations per minute as their recording standard. The production of shellac records continued throughout the 78 rpm era, with "non-breakable" 78 rpm vinyl records being introduced in the 1940s. The popularity of the 33 1/3 rpm "Long Play" record, initially released in 1948, caused the 78 rpm record to become obsolete before the end of the 1950s. As these 78 rpm recordings are quite old, they may contain derogatory language and/or negative stereotypes. It is important to evaluate such recordings within their historical context and consider them as a reflection of the attitudes prevalent at the time. These recordings form an integral part of the historical record and do not represent the views of this poster, channel, or Bowness Arts.
Frankie Carle – Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
Piano Solo with Rhythm Accompaniment
Written by Eddie Leonard and Eddie Munson
78 RPM audio transfer from Bowness Arts' collection of vintage records
Frankie Carle – Frankie Carle And His Girl Friends
Label: Columbia – A22 (Canada)
Format: 4 x Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, Album
Released: 1944
Genre: Jazz Instrumental
Style: Swing
Tracklist:
Side 1: Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) youtu.be/wCTbSJ43Ojs
Side 2: Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away) youtu.be/wCTbSJ43Ojs
Side 3: Charmaine
Side 4: Diane
Side 5: Margie
Side 6: Rose Marie
Side 7: Louise
Side 8: Josephine
Frankie Carle was born Francis Nunzio Carlone on March 25, 1903 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was an American pianist and bandleader. As a very popular bandleader in the 1940s and 1950s, Carle was nicknamed "The Wizard of the Keyboard". He was the son of a factory worker who could not afford a piano, so he practiced on a dummy keyboard devised by his uncle, pianist Nicholas Colangelo, until he found a broken-down instrument in a dance hall. In 1916, a teenage Carle began working with his uncle's band as well as a number of local bands in the Rhode Island area. "Sunrise Serenade" was Carle's best-known composition, was a number one hit in the US in 1938, selling more than one million copies, and he received national attention when he joined Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights in 1939. The popularity he attained while with Heidt's band allowed him to leave the band in 1944 and form his own band, The Frankie Carle Orchestra. Carle died on March 7, 2001, aged 97, in Mesa, Arizona.
Note: The first 78 RPM record came into existence around 1894, and in 1912 the Gramophone Company established 78 rotations per minute as their recording standard. The production of shellac records continued throughout the 78 rpm era, with "non-breakable" 78 rpm vinyl records being introduced in the 1940s. The popularity of the 33 1/3 rpm "Long Play" record, initially released in 1948, caused the 78 rpm record to become obsolete before the end of the 1950s. As these 78 rpm recordings are quite old, they may contain derogatory language and/or negative stereotypes. It is important to evaluate such recordings within their historical context and consider them as a reflection of the attitudes prevalent at the time. These recordings form an integral part of the historical record and do not represent the views of this poster, channel, or Bowness Arts.
