ABC-PARAMOUNT
LABEL SECTION
DISCOGRAPHY
List of Manufacturer's Records by issued number
The first label was black with silver printing.
Above the center hole was a white ABC-PARAMOUNT
around the top of the label.
At the bottom of the label was
A PRODUCT OF AM-PAR RECORD CORP in white.
Stereo issues had
STEREO in large silver letters to the left of the center hole (first issued # 199)
The promotional label was white with black printing.
The graphics were the same as the commercial label.
This label was used from 1955 until December 1961;
at the start of the ABC 400 series.
(e) behind the number means is was electrically produce to sound like a Hi-Fi or Stereo recording.
This list is incomplete:
ABC-100 Alec Templeton - Smart Alec [1955]
2 & 1/2 Guitars/Royal Dixieland Flush/Stip Chocks/Portrait of Frances/La Mambaloma/Portrait of Benny/Disc Jockey Toccata/
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ABC-101 Urbie Green - Blues and Other Shades of Green [1955]
Reminiscent Blues/Thou Swell/You Are Too Beautiful/Paradise/Warm Valley/Frankie and Johnny/One for Dee/Limehouse Blues/
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ABC-102 Bobby Scott - Scott Free [1955]
Two Toes/What's New?/Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea/Summer Night/Over the Rainbow/Squaw Rock/Potato Zalud/
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ABC-103 Trio Shmeed - Trio Schmeed: "Winter time" [1955]
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ABC-104 Dave McKenna - Solo Piano [1956]
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ABC-105 Glenn Derringer - Young Ideas [1956]
Lazy River/Stardust/Tea For Two/Harbor Lights/Summertime/Tenderly/
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ABC-106 Don Elliot - Musical Offering by Don Elliot [1956]
Soon/Catana/Rough Ridin'/Straits of McClennan/Cry me a River/It's You Or No One/
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ABC-107 Don Costa and His Freeloaders - Music to Break a Lease [1956]
You Are My Sunshine/Shine On Harvest Moon/Oh You Beautiful Doll/Let Me Call You Sweetheart/
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ABC-108 Frank Froba - And I Never Took a Lesson In My Life [1956]
After You've Gone/ Blue Skies/ By the Light of the Silvery Moon/Put Your Arms Around Me Honey/Cecilia/Remember/
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ABC-109 Jimmy Rainey, Chuck Wayne, Dick Garcia, Joe Puma - The Four Most Guitars [1956]
Two Dreams of Soma/I'm Old Fashioned/If I Love Again/You Stepped Out of a Dream/Time Was/
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ABC-110 Leonard Feather's West Coast Jazzmen - Swingin' the Vibories [01/01/1956]
Stompin' at the Savoy/Charcoal/Overtime/Bluesology/Swingin' on the Vibories/People Will Say We're in Love/Ornithology/
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ABC-111 Lucky Thompson - Lucky Thompson [01/30/1956] Home Come'n/Tea Time/Soul Lullaby/Then Soul Walked In/Fillet of Soul/ Monsoon/Sun Out/Yesterday's Child
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ABC-112 Billy Taylor Trio - Evergreens [1956]
Cheek to Cheek/It's Too Late Now/I Only Have Eyes For You/Then I'll Be Tired of You/All the Things You Are//
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ABC-113 Bernie Wayne - And Then I Wrote [1956]
Rhapsody For Jayne/Vanessa/You're Kind Cute/South Of A Saigon/Maraibo/Flirtango/Pitti/Shallar/Prot Au Prince/A Girl Called Jaon/
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ABC-114 Buddy Arnold - Wailing [1956]
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ABC-115 Creed Taylor - Creed Taylor Presents: Know Your Jazz Vol 1 [1956]
Indiana/Embraceable You/Nearness of You/In a Mellow Tone/If I Love Again/But Not For Me//
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ABC-116 Janet Brace - Special Delivery [1956]
Time After Time/Skylark/That's All/Time Was/I'm a Person Too/S'posin'//
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ABC-117 Tom Stewart - Tom Stewart Sextette/Quintette [1956]
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ABC-118 Don Stratton - Modern Jazz With Dixieland Roots [1956]
Black Bottom/Royal Garden Blues/Wigglin' an' Gigglin'/Sow Goo Mang/What Is This Thing Called Love?//
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ABC-119 Roy Smeck Serenaders - South Seas Serenade [1956]
Song of the Islands/Aloha Oe/My Isle of Golden Dreams/Blue Hawaii/Moon of Manakoora/My Little Grass Shack/
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ABC-120 Jackie Cain & Roy Kral - The Glory of Love [1956]
Glory of Love/Best Thing For You/I Love You Real/Could You Use Me/Miz' Margaret/Love Is Sweeping the Country/
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ABC-121 Brother Matthew With Eddie Condon - Brother Matthew With Eddie Condon's Jazz Band [1956]
Linger Awhile/Someday Sweetheart/My Blue Heaven/Out Of Nowhere/Sweet Georgia Brwn/Blues For Boyce/
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ABC-122 Kenny Dorham - Kenny Dorham & the Jazz Prophets [1956] Prophet/Blues Eleganté/DX/Don't Explain/Tahitian Suite
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ABC-123 Sid Feller Orchestra - Music for Expectant Mothers [1956]
Try a Little Tenderness/My Shining Hour/Easy to Love/Sta y As Sweet As You Are/Wishing/For You/Exactly Like You/Soon/
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ABC-124 Josh White - Josh White Stories, Volume 1 [1956]
Boll Weevil/Watercress/What You Gonna Do/I'm a Mean Mistreater/Frankie and Johnny/House of the Rising Sun/Dupree/
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ABC-125 Candido & Al Cohn - Candido [1956]
Mambo Inn/I'll Be Back For More/Stomping At the Savoy/Candi Bar/Broadway/Perdido/Indian Summer/Candido's Camera/
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ABC-126 Whitey Mitchell Sextette - Whitey Mitchell Sextette [1956]
It Could Happen To You/Lover Man/Strike Up The Band/I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart/Once In A While//
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ABC-127 Ted Maksymowicz - Polka Melody Time [1956]
Monopoly Polka/Red Cap Polka/Treasured Polish Waltzes/Monday Morning Oberek/Karolina Polka/Gay Time Polka/Krakowiak/
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ABC-128 Documentary - Eisenhower Story [1956]
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ABC-129 Jimmy Raney with Bob Brookmeyer - Jimmy Raney Featuring Bob Brookmeyer [1956]
Isn't It Romantic?/How Long Has This Been Going On?/No Male For Me/Flag Is Up/Get Off That Roof/Jim's Tune/
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ABC-130 Bobby Hammack Quintet - Bobby Hammack Quintet [1956]
I Want To Be Happy/Earl's Tune/Baubles, Bangles And Beads/Don't Get Around Much Anymore/I Cover The Waterfront/
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ABC-131 Richard Hayes - Richard Hayes [1956]
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ABC-132 Jerry Jerome Orchestra - On the Wild Side [1956]
Slaughter on 10th Avenue/I'm In the Mood For Love/This Can't Be Love/Nevertheless/If I Could Be With You/
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ABC-133 Bobby Madera Orchestra - Look, I'm Doing the Cha Cha [1956]
Watch Your Step/Let's Go To Paris/Why Not Me/Tumbae/Cha-Cha With Me/Mambo Inn/Don't Buy a Cat In the Bag/
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ABC-134 Billy Taylor - Billy Taylor at the London House [1956]
London House/It Might As Well Be Spring/Gone With the Wind/Love Is Here to Stay/Midnight Piano/I Cover the Waterfront/
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ABC-135 Oscar Pettiford Orchestra - Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi [1956]
Pendulum at Falcon's Lair/Gentle Art of Love/Not So Sleepy/Speculation/Smoke Signal/Nica's Tempo/Deep Passion/
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ABC-136 Phil Sunkel's Jazz Band - Every Morning I Listen to… [1956]
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ABC-137 Urbie Green - All About Urbie [1956]
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ABC-138 Axidentals - Hello, We're the Axidentals [1956]
I Lead a Charmed Life/June Is Bustin' Out All Over/You and the Night and the Music/I Can't Give You Anything But Love/
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ABC-139 Vinnie Burke All Stars - Vinnie Burke All Stars [1956]
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ABC-140 Johnny Janis - For The First Time [1956]
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ABC-141 Ruby Braff with Dave McKenna - Ruby Braff Featuring Dave McKenna [1956]
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ABC-142 Don Elliot - Don Elliot At the Modern Jazz Room [1956]
It Might As Well Be Spring/But Not For Me/Isn't It Romantic/Embessy/It Could Happen To You/I Only Have Eyes For You/
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ABC-143 Valentino with Don Costa Orchestra - Strauss in Hi-Fi [1956]
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ABC-144 John Keating - Dance Music [1956]
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ABC-145 Marguerite Piazza - Marguerite Piazza Sings Torch Songs [1956]
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ABC-146 Hank Sylvern - Christmas In Hi-Fi [1956]
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ABC-147 Russ Garcia - The Johnny Evergreens [1956]
Body and Soul/Who Do You Think You Are/Living in Dreams/Out of Nowhere/I Wanna Be Loved/Steam Is on the Beam/
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ABC-148 Bobby Scott - Bobby Scott and Two Horns [1956] Sally's Pound Cake/Every Woman/Woodville/Myrt/Box Car Blues/The Good Ship LInda/The Old Man/Theme III
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ABC-149 Quincy Jones, Art Farmer, Lucky Thompson, G. Quill/Phil Woods, Zoot Sims -
This Is How I Feel About Jazz [1956] Walkin'/ Sleepin' Bee/Sermonette/Stockholm Sweetnin'/Evening In Paris/Boo's Bloos
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ABC-150 Eydie Gorme - Eydie Gorme [1957] (5-57, #14)
Be Careful, It's My Heart/Day By Day/Fine And Dandy/First Impression/Gentleman Is A Dope/Guess Who I Saw Today/
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ABC-151 Stan Wolowic & the Polka Chips - It's Polka Time [1956]
It's Polka Time/Polka Chips Polka/Mary Lou Polka/Hosa Dyna Polka/My Baby Polka/Bruno's Polka/Swing Polka/
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ABC-152 Valentino & Orchestra - They Say It's Wonderful [1956]
It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow/What'll I Do/With You/Lady of the Evening/Reaching For the Moon/Song Is Ended/Alway/
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ABC-153 Walter Gross - Walter Gross Plays His Own Songs [1956]
Tenderly/Please Remember/Sit Down/There Isn't Anybody Like You/After Summer/Somebody Wins, Somebody Losses/
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ABC-154 Irving Fields Trio - Broadway Hits in Hi-Fi [1956] Medleys: Can-Can, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, King and I, Show Boat, Oklahoma
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ABC-155 Zoot Sims - Zoot Sims Plays Alto, Tenor and Baritone Sax [1957] 9:20 Special/The Man I Love/55th And State/Blue Room/Gus's Blues/That Old Feeling/Bohemia After Dark/Woody'n You
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ABC-156 Talbot Brothers - Talbot Brothers of Bermuda [1956]
Atomic Nightmare/Scratch, Scratch Me Back/Give an Ugly Woman Matrimony/Gonna Cut You With the Razor/
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ABC-157 Carlos Montoya - Flamenco Guitar [1956] HuelvaGuajiras/Zapateao/Alorno Y Verdial/Zambra/Rondena/Caf‚ De Chinitas/Variaciones De Cadiz
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ABC-158 Hank Sylvern - The Hi-Fi Hands of Hank Sylvern [1957]
The Very Thought Of You/I Can't Give You Anything But Love/Love Walked In/It Had To Be You/Paradise/Blue Moon//
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ABC-159 - (?)
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ABC-160 Martha Davis & Calvin Ponder - Martha Davis & Spouse [1957]
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter/Umbrella Man/Have You Ever Been Lonely/
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ABC-161 Terrea Lea - Terrea Lea And Her Singing Guitar [1957]
The Lass From The Low Country/The Fox/Shenandoah/How Should I Your True Love Know?/Wake Up, Jacob/
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ABC-162 Ira Sullivan with Billy Taylor Trio - Ira Sullivan with Billy Taylor Trio [3/57] So in Love/Imagination/Strolling/They Can’t take that Away from Me/Leslie’s Gauge/In a Mellow Tone/You Don’t know what Love Is
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ABC-163 Jackie Cain & Roy Kral - Bits and Pieces [1957]
Look Around/Stopping the Clock/Change Of Heart/Honey Did/Whisper Not/Say Cheese/Aura/Darn That Dream/
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ABC-164 Meade Lux Lewis - Out Of the Roaring Twenties [1956]
'Deed I Do/Call Me Darling/Ain't She Sweet/Lux Flakes/Bill Bailey, won't You Please Come Home/I Want a Little Girl/
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ABC-165 John Glasel - Jazz Session [12/57]
Taps Miller/I couldn't Do Without You/Ruby My Dear/Two For the Show//
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ABC-166 Josh White & Beverly White - Josh White Stories, Volume II [1957]
Goodmorning Blues/Gray Goose/You Won't Let Me Go/Don't Smoke In Bed/Trouble In Mind/
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ABC-167 Jimmy Raney - Jimmy Raney In Three Attitudes [1957]
PERSONNEL: Jimmy Raney * Bob Brookmeyer * Al Cohn * Red Mitchell
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ABC-168 Julia Ann Gilmer - Cads, Blackguards And False True-Loves [1957]
The Little Black Mustache/I'm Sad And I'm Lonely/Pretty Saro/Go 'way From My Window/Barbara Allen/Paper Of Pins/
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ABC-169 Valentino & Orchestra - Prelude to a Kiss [12/57]
In a Sentimental Mood/Mood Indigo/Don't You Know I Care/Just Squeeze Me/Prelude To a Kiss/
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ABC-170 Vinnie Burke - Vinnie Burke String Jazz Quartet [1957] A Night In Tunisia/Let's Do It/Topsy/Blues For Skeeter/Solar/Blues For Esquire/C And V/Sweet And Lovely/Blues In The Closet
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ABC-171 Lucky Thompson & Oscar Pettiford - Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford [1957]
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ABC-172 King Guion & Orchestra - Emotion, Inc. [12/57]
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ABC-173 Alan Black - Harmonica Hi-Fi-Lites [1957]
By the Light of the Silvery Moon/Nola/My Melancholy Baby/Spanish Omelette/Over the Rainbow/Dardanella/Poor Butterfly/
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ABC-174 Roy Smeck - Melodies With Memories [1957]
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ABC-175 Larry Green & Mike DiNapoli Pianos - Two of Us [1957]
Moonlight Cocktail/Lies/Sweet Madness/Mean To Me/My Darling/Something Sentimental/In the Mood/Say It Isn't So/
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ABC-176 Meyer Davis & Orchestra - Meyer Davis Cordially Invites You to Dance [1957]
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ABC-177 Billy Taylor Trio and Quincy Jones Orchestra - My Fair Lady Loves Jazz [1957]
Rain In Spain/I've grown Accustomed To Her Face/On the Street Where You Live/I Could Have Danced All Night/Show Me/
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ABC-178 Candido, Calypso and Girl - Calypso Dance Party [1957]
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ABC-179 Buddy Collette - Calm, Cool and Collette [1957]
Winston Walks/If She Had Stayed/They Can't Take That Away From Me/Undecided/Flute In D/The Continental/Three and One/
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ABC-180 Candido with Wilkins Orchestra - The Volcanic Candido [1957] Lady In Red/Peanut Vendor/Takeela/Kinda Dukish/Moonlight In Vermont/Take the A Train/Warm Blue Stream/Tin-Tin-Deo
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ABC-181 Burt Bales - Jazz From the San Francisco Waterfront [1957] Hindustan/Tin Roof Blues/Muskrat Ramble//Baby Won't You Please Come Home/Save It Pretty Mama/King Porter Stomp
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ABC-182 Bernie Wayne - A Man and His Music [1957]
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ABC-183 Annette Warren - There's a Man In My Life [1958]
There's a Man In My Life/Little At a Time/If You Go/More Than You Know/Year After Year/Warm All Over/
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ABC-184 George Phillips & Others - Original Dixieland Jazz Band [1957]
At the Jazz Band Ball/Ostrich Walk/Tiger Rag/'Lasses Candy/Barnyard Blues/Look At 'Em Doing It/Satanic Blues/
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ABC-185 Suzanne Bernard - American Songs Sung in French [1957]
Love and Marriage/Wish You Were Here/Hernando's Hideaway/It's Been a Long Long Time/Memories are Made of This/
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ABC-186 Quincy Jones & West Coast All-Stars - Go West, Man! [1957]
Dancin' Pants/Blues Day/Bright Moon/No Bones At All/Oom Is Blues/Be My Guest/Medley: What's New, We'll Be
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ABC-187 Irving Fields Trio - Irving Fields At The St. Moritz [1956]
Your Continental Touch/Gypsy Magic/Fifi/Sentimental Journey/Caf‚ de La Paix/Pom Pom/Cuban Thunderbird/Play It Again/
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ABC-188 Ted Maksymowicz Orchestra - Polkas 'Round the World [1957]
Domino Polka/Two step/Whirling Czardas/Lovers' Polka/Bunny Polka/Eight Street Kolomeijka/Finger Polka/
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ABC-189 - (?)
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ABC-190 Don Elliott - The Voices of Don Elliott [1957]
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ABC-191 Carlos Montoya - Flamenco Fire [1957]
Temas En Farruca/Melodias De Jerez/Buleria/Compas Flamenco//
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ABC-192 Eydie Gorme - Eydie Swings The Blues [1957] (10-57, #19)
After You've Gone/Blues In The Night/Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man/Don't Get Around Much Anymore/
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ABC-193 Glenn Derringer - Accent on Youth [1957]
Caravan/I'm In the Mood For Love/Love Is a Many Splendored Thing/Brazil/Moonglow/I Got Rhythm/Manhattan/Autumn Love/
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ABC-194 Bill Hayes - Bill Hayes Sings The Best Of Disney [1957]
Ferdinand the Bull/Cinderella/When I See an Elephant Fly/When You Wish Upon a Star/Lavender Blue/Zip-A-Dee-Doo- Dah/
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ABC-195 Columbia University Concert Choir - Columbia University Concert Choir [1957]
Lord's Prayer/Remember Now They Creator/Lullaby of Jesus/Long Ago In Bethlehem/Te Deum Laudamus/Twenty-Third Psalm/
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ABC-196 Four Sergeants - World War I Songs in Hi-Fi [1957]
Over There/Keep the Home Fires Burning/Smiles/Medley: It's a Long Way to Tipperary,Good Morning Mr. Zip Zip Zip,
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ABC-197 Meyer Davis & Orchestra - On With the Dance [1958]
Rosalie/It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow/Running Wild/So In Love/Variety Drag/Medley:
It's a Lovely Day Today, No Other Love, Alexander's Ragtime Band,You're Just In Love/
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ABC-198 Zoot Sims - Zoot Sims Plays Four Altos [1957]
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ABC/ABCS 199 Frank Froba - Bring on the Honky Tonk Piano [1957]
Somebody Stole My Gal/If You Knew Susie/Sentimental Journey/Peg O' My Heart/Alice Blue Gown/Side By Side/
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