Eddie Layton - Do You Remember? Radio's Greatest Themes (1965/2015) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Although well regarded by aficionados of space age pop, Hammond organ virtuoso Eddie Layton was even more beloved by visitors to the House That Ruth Built, serving close to four decades as the official organist at baseball's landmark Yankee Stadium. Born October 19, 1925, in Philadelphia, Layton studied music as a child, but majored in meteorology in college. After enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he first encountered the Hammond in a Naval air station in Linhurst, NJ, and his fate was sealed. After the war Layton studied under the legendary theater pipe organist Jesse Crawford while working the theater circuit himself, eventually landing a steady gig at Radio City Music Hall. From there he worked at CBS, first in radio and later in television Layton was also on the Hammond payroll for over 50 years, touring music stores around the world to demonstrate their organs. (By his own estimate, he visited and performed in over 700 stores on five continents.) Inevitably, Layton became a recording artist as well, signing to Mercury to release a series of jazzy easy listening LPs, including Organ Moods, No Blues on This Cruise, and Better Layton Than Never.

Tracklist:

01. Medley: Smile for Me / Tammany / Love for Three Oranges / Boola Boola
02. Medley: Serenade / How Can I Leave You / Rose of Tralee / Polly Wolly Doodle
03. Medley: Two Guitars / Thining of You / Smile, Darn Ya, Smile
04. Medley: Blue Moon / Thanks for the Memory
05. Medley: Serenade / Some Day I'll Find You / Juanita
06. Medley: Little Orphan Annie / When the Bloom Is On the Sage
07. Medley: Angel's Serenade / One Hour with You / Manhattan Serenade
08. Medley: Merry-Go-Round / Mr. District Attorney / We the People
09. Medley: Seems Like Old Times / Andante Cantabile / Funiculi Funicula
10. Medley: Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day / When the Moon Comes over the Mountain / Rock-A-Bye Baby
11. Medley: The Bob Burns Show / The Jack Benny Show
12. I Love a Mystery
13. The Shadow



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