Walt’s Wonders

…sharing music and conversation with the notable American theatre organist Walt Strony.

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Program Broadcast dates:

Week of July 15, 2019

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Music played in the program

Hour 1

COLE PORTER: From this moment on (Wurlitzer/Gilson Studio, Madison, WI) WSOC-1

JOHN LENNON & PAUL McCARTNEY: Eleanor Rigby. JIMMY LEACH: Smash and Grab (Wurlitzer/Berkeley Community Theatre, CA) Nor-CalTOS 101

EARLE HAGEN: Harlem Nocturne –Simon Gledhill (Wurlitzer/Castro Theatre, San Francisco, CA) Clout 421

LEO ROBIN & RALPH RAINGER: Look what I’ve got/Thank heaven for you –Jim Riggs (Wurlitzer/Paramount Theater, Oakland, CA) RTR 103

CLARENCE MUSE & LEON RENÉ: I’m beginning to see the light (Wurlitzer/Sanfilippe Music Salon, Barrington, IL) WSOC-4

HAROLD ARLEN: The man that got away. JEROME KERN: Who? –Billy Nalle (Wurlitzer/Paramount Theatre, Brooklyn, NY) Project 3 5053

KURT WEILL: My ship, fr Lady in the dark. BILLY JOEL: Root Beer Rag (Wurlitzer/Krughoff Residence, Downers Grove, IL) DSC 52290

Filler – PORTER: I concentrate on you – Jim Riggs (see above)

Hour 2

AARON COPLAND: Hoedown, fr Rodeo (Wurlitzer/St. Mary of the Lake Auditorium, Mundelein, IL) WSOC-2

COLE PORTER: Just one of those things –John Seng (Mundelein, IL) Pipes & Palaces 51193

PORTER: My heart belongs to daddy –John Seng (Mundelein, IL) Pipe Organ Presentations 113

EROLL GARNER: Misty –Bobby Hackett, cornet; John Seng (Wurlitzer/Loderhose Studio, Jamaica, NY) Sony 26656

THOMAS ‘FATS’ WALLER: Ain’t Misbehavin’. LEROY ANDERSON: Serenata (Morton/Kautz Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, CA) KS-2

LILLIAN GLANVILLE & HAYDN WOOD: I love to hear you singing (Wurlitzer/Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL) WSOC-2

CHRIS SMITH: Confessin’ –Jesse Crawford (Wurlitzer/Paramount Studio, NYC) Piping Hot 2008

ERIC COATES: Knightsbridge March, fr London Suite –Chris Elliott (Wurlitzer/Plummer Auditorium, Fullerton, CA) CPE 106

WALTER STRONY: Variations on I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Wiener (Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington, IL) WSOC-4

Filler – STRONY: Improvisation on Shenandoah –Walt Strony (Wurlitzer/Sanfilippe Music Salon, Barrington, IL) WSOC-1

Unless otherwise indicated, today’s performances all feature our special guest, Walt Strony.

Continuing support of PIPEDREAMS is provided in memory of Wesley C. Dudley by his family, with additional support from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, by Jan Kirchner on behalf of her family foundation, by the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, in celebration of the life of Martha Hulings Kaemmer, and by listener-contributors to this public radio station. Additional support comes from Garland Pipe Organs, Inc. of Fort Worth, TX, and Goulding & Wood, Inc. of Indianapolis, IN, members of APOBA, the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, a collaborative of designers, creators, and maintainers of pipe organs found in religious and educational institutions, concert halls, and residences throughout the United States and beyond. An APOBA resource guide and member prospectus is available at APOBA.COM.