Mellodies of Dick Kossins  Bel-Air Records  That’s Dick’s wife Marian Kossin’s pulling the strings on the cover.  Big band Polka from the Mellody Bar in Chicago.

Danzones a su Gusto  Various orchestras  Musart Records (Mexico)  Cover illustration signed “Landa”

Tony Perkins  FIRST ROMANCE / NO, NO, NO / SHE USED TO BE MY GIRL / THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN SCHOOL  RCA Records  (Germany)  (1957)

Jimmy Knepper or  Willie Dennis (tb) John Handy (as, cl) Booker Ervin (ts) Curtis Porter (ts, as) Horace Parlan (p) Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d) recorded NYC, May 5 & 12 1959   UK first pressing (1959) on Philips black labels of Columbia CS 8171

Buck Owens and the Buckeroos  “It’s a Monster’s Holiday”  Capitol Records (1974)   A rare monster and country combination!   I love me some Buck Owens.

Sacred Hymns by Benny and Nola   (Thanks to Adam in Berlin)

DUSTY  Springfield  Born today in 1939  (Died in 1999)   “Where Am I Going”  Philips Records (UK)  Dusty’s third LP from 1967.

“My Friends Call Me Chuck!”   Chuck Mummert   (Thanks for sending in Matt)

Weekend in Musica!!  (Italy)