Saturday 9 May 2015

Party Time – RUSS CONWAY**

The Dark Town Strutters Ball/Oh Johnny Oh Johnny Oh/You Were Meant For Me/Toot Toot Tootsie/When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin’ Along/Give My Regards To Broadway/Miss Annabelle Lee/Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody/Put Your Arms Around Me Honey/Rolling Round The World/Painting The Clouds With Sunshine/Down Yonder/A Gal In Calico/I’m Sitting On Top Of The World/Carolina In The Morning/Swanee

Popular honky-tonk pianist Russ Conway gets everybody in a party mood with these Al Jolson era tunes. Party Time was his last album to chart, ending a two year run of hit releases. (UK:7)

“In the two years between December 1958 and December 1960, Russ Conway enjoyed six top ten UK albums, was the subject of television’s This Is Your Life and performed two Royal Command Performances. Party Time was something of a last hurrah, a final top ten hit.”

“One of Russ's best albums originally released for Christmas 1960, when they were still using the original honky-tonk piano at Abbey Road.”

“Russ Conway, a cornerstone of the early 60s. While The Beatles were on the up, and The Stones were beginning to roll, Russ belted out so many hits you could lose count.”

“I recall as a child seeing him appear on so many Saturday night TV shows as a guest, and can remember hearing him on the radio, where his distinctive style and personality shone through every time.”

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