My dear friends, After several months of absence, I had decided to start posting again but, it is with much sadness that I have decided to stop posting on this blog altogether. It has been a ...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/12/all-good-things-must-come-to-end.html
I actually bought this record a few years ago (probably from the HPB bargain bin), so I didn't grow up listening to it like the first one. I definitely think the first one is better. But it's s...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-chipmunks-christmas-with-chipmunks.html
Hi, friends! I know it's been some time but Christmas is almost here so it's time to share some of my Christmas records! This is a great album to accompany you while you sing Christmas carols...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-ray-charles-singers-here-we-come.html
Dear friends, Due to the "take down" of a certain website a few months ago, I lost all my music backups that were stored on that site. As a result, there are no links to most of the old posts...
Happy First Day of Summer (barely making it before it's over)! It's time for my annual summer songs compilation! Summer is my very favorite season, and I am glad it's here! The first three su...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-compilation-vol6-2012.html
Here's another of my favorite singers. I don't remember ever watching his show back in the day, except for a couple of Christmas specials. I do remember him hosting the Grammy awards at least o...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/03/andy-williams-dear-heart-1965.html
Here's a wonderful gem that I found in the HPB bargain bin! I just love the Ventures and their awesome guitar playing! Although I prefer their more surf/pop-rock sound, I thought I'd go ahead a...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/03/ventures-play-country-classics-1963.html
Here's the really great debut album of the Serendipity Singers - love them! It has their big hit "Crooked Little Man", but all the songs are great! I really like the album cover, too - reminds ...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/03/serendipity-singers-1964.html
I couldn't resist picking up this little gem from the HPB bargain bin, especially with a name like Texas Jim Robertson. And since I went on my dude ranch vacation last year, I just can't seem t...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/02/texas-jim-robertson-sings-12-all-time.html
Remember those great K-tel commercials on TV? And how many of you bought K-tel records? I know I have several in my collection! I loved the K-tel records because they were mostly compilations o...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/02/k-tel-25-polka-greats-vol1-1971.html
Here's the Singing Rage, Miss Patti Page singing the title song from the movie "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte". (If you've never seen the movie, try to catch it on TCM sometime or rent it - it's ...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/02/patti-page-hush-hush-sweet-charlotte.html
How about some barbershop quartet harmonies by the Osmond Brothers (before Donny)? Do any of you remember them on "The Andy Williams Show"? (I was too young to have seen them or remember them -...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/02/osmond-brothers-songs-we-sang-on-andy.html
How many of you grew up watching Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, first as the gas station attendant on "The Andy Griffith Show" and later as the goofy marine private on "Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C."? I absol...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/02/jim-nabors-sings-love-me-with-all-your.html
Here's one in a category that I don't usually post - a record of Mario Lanza songs. I got this record during one of the several times that I was in one of those mail-order record clubs. I had s...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/02/mario-lanza-legendary-performer-1976.html
If you like music with lots of lush string arrangements, then you'll like this album. I mostly bought this record for the album cover, but I also like all the songs. And I have fond memories of...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/02/wayne-king-wayne-king-in-hi-fi-196.html
I love celebrity vocals. And I love my George Maharis albums! In case you are not familiar with him, he starred in the TV series "Route 66" along with Martin Milner. George was a singer before ...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/01/george-maharis-sings-1962.html
Who doesn't love some good harmonica music??? And the Harmonicats are awesome! It's kind of hard to believe that all the music on this album is just three guys - Jerry Murad, Al Fiore, and Don ...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/01/jerry-murads-harmonicats-fiesta-1962.html
This is the last of my Jackie Gleason albums. The best way to describe it is by its liner notes: > Music, martinis, and memories... each creates a wonderfully soft, > romantic haze....
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/01/jackie-gleason-music-martinis-and.html
I really didn't expect much from this album when I bought it, as I really only bought it for the cover art. But, boy, did I love it when I listened to it! This album was obviously recorded to c...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/01/fats-and-chessmen-lets-twist-1962.html
Today's offering is an album by those famous singing brothers, Phil and Don Everly (and, I am sorry to say that, to this day, I can't tell which is which). I think the first song by them that I...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/01/everly-brothers-date-with-everly.html
Here's another great little gem that I rescued from the HPB bargain bin. It features some great old standards, and is great to play as background music while reading a book, eating dinner, or s...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/01/sensational-guitars-of-dan-dale.html
I love, love, love Vikki Carr! I just can't seem to get enough of her beautiful voice lately! And I lucked out recently when I found three of her albums at my favorite little resale store down ...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/01/vikki-carr-dont-break-my-pretty-balloon.html
This is a great album of some of Pearl Bailey's best songs, along with some of her humor thrown in. My favorite is "Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me" - a really fun song! This album also brings toget...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/01/pearl-bailey-best-of-pearl-bailey-1961.html
Wishing everyone a very Happy and Prosperous New Year! To start off the year, I chose this album by Rex Allen. After my dude ranch experience last year, I became quite the fan of "cowboy songs...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2012/01/rex-allen-sings-melodies-of-plains-1962.html
This is my final Christmas post, before I return with more vintage goodies in 2012. John Gary sang in movies, on Broadway, had his own TV show, appeared at Carnegie Hall, and was considered to ...
http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/2011/12/john-gary-john-gary-christmas-album.html