I’ve always loved this cover and title! I’ve seen Ralph Sharon accompany Tony Bennett a half dozen times, the most memorable being opening night of the Newport Jazz Festival 1990 or 1991. The gala concert and party was held at the Tennis Hall of Fame and I sat at the side of the stage with Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Perhaps also aptly Mr. and Mrs. Jazz.

Sue and Ralph Sharon “Mr. & Mrs. Jazz” Bethlehem

J.R. Monterose (ts) Eddie Costa (vib) Ralph Sharon (p, vo) Joe Puma (g) Milt Hinton (b) Jo Jones (d) Sue Ryan (vo ) NYC, November, 1956 1. It Don’t Mean A Thing 2. A Fine Romance 3. I Could Have Told You 4. Mynah Lament 5. Just You, Just Me 6. That Goldblatt Magic 7. A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues 8. Hugette Waltz 9. A Trout No Doubt 10. With The Wind And The Rain

(17 votes, average: 4.06 out of 5)

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BigTop Records.   “12 More Laughable, Danceable, Singable Newbies – But Kookies.”   Including:   “Let’s Do the Fink”; “She Lets Me Watch Her Mom and Pop Fight”; “Don’t Put Onions On Your Hamburger”; ” When the Braces On Our Teeth Lock”; “Loving a Siamese Twin”; “I Accidentally Messed Up His Hair”; “I’ll Never Make Fun of Her Mustache Again”; “The Neighborhood Draft Board”; and “The Biggest Mouth In Town”.

(18 votes, average: 3.28 out of 5)

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Columbia UK soundtrack to the 1960 British film “Beat Girl”

The title character is played by starlet Gillian Hills, who later went on to have numerous small roles in 1960s and 1970s films, such as Blowup and A Clockwork Orange.

The music was done by a seven-player group of John Barry, composer of James Bond fame. The film also features Christopher Lee as a strip-joint operator, and the film debuts of Adam Faith and Peter McEnery.

(32 votes, average: 3.53 out of 5)

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This is one of my rarest and most valuable records. It is an alternate cover that was recalled by conservative Dot records owner Randy Wood when he realized who Jack Kerouac was and felt that the beat poet’s counter-cultural subject material was too offensive for his Pat Boone and Shirley Jones-loving consumers. (About 100 copies got out to radio stations before the recall.) The record was cut in a single session and a single take for each piece which certainly supported Jack’s first draft is best draft philosophy of writing.

This is the first of Kerouac’s three records and is the result of a performance at the Village Vanguard with Steve Allen accompanying him on piano. The album was produced by Bob Thiele who then left the company over the dispute, took the master tape and formed Hanover Records with Steve Allen. Hanover then released the record in 1959.

(31 votes, average: 4.29 out of 5)

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Jazzbo Collins tells fairy tales to put hip kids to bed.   Dig-arooni?

(12 votes, average: 3.58 out of 5)

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This is one of a four-part series of singles all with the same front illustration of Dizzy and featuring the legendary cuba percussionist Chano Pozo.

(16 votes, average: 4.38 out of 5)

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Sheldon Allman.   Del-Fi Records.

(14 votes, average: 3.21 out of 5)

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