Rivermont Records: Charley Straight - That's What I Call Keen (BSW-1153)

CHARLEY STRAIGHT AND HIS ORCHESTRA
That's What I Call Keen (1926-1928)
Rivermont BSW-1153

Following a successful career as a ragtime pianist, composer, and piano-roll recording artist in the 1910s, Charley Straight took up a baton and led one of Chicago's most popular dance orchestras in the late 1920s. Capable of pleasing dancers with both "hot" and "sweet" arrangements, Straight and his band held steady engagements at Chicago's Rendezvous Cafe and at the Midnight Frolics. This disc collects two dozen of Straight's electric recordings and features vocals from the Williams Sisters (Hannah and Dorothea), the Keller Sisters and Lynch, and Frank Sylvano. Most of these recordings are reissued here for the first time. The accompanying 20-page booklet features detailed liner notes by Bryan Wright, rare photographs from the collection of Vince Giordano, and complete discographical information for each of the recordings. 73 minutes.

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1.		Sweet Southern Breeze
2.		What a Man
3.		Hi-Diddle-Diddle
4.		Talking to the Moon
5.		Deep Henderson
6.		Hobo's Prayer
7.		Her Beaus Are Only Rainbows
8.		That's Why I Love You
9.		Tell Me To-night
10.		What's the Use of Crying?
11.		Nesting Time
12.		Side By Side
13.		My Ohio Home
14.		Everywhere You Go
15.		That's What I Call Keen
16.		Persian Rug
17.		Sweet Sue -- Just You
18.		Sentimental Baby
19.		Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me
20.		Too Busy
21.		Just a Night For Meditation
22.		From Midnight Till Dawn
23.		Waiting and Dreaming
24.		Do You Don't You

Credits:
Liner notes: Bryan Wright / Source recordings: Adam M. Dubin, Rich Conaty, Bryan Wright / Transfers and Digital Remastering: Bryan Wright / Photographs: Vince Giordano Collection / Cover art: Joe Busam