Our Picks

Below are some playlists we've put together that will give you a good introduction to the collection here at Retriever Records. You can listen in two ways:

  • Listen to a recording individually by clicking "Show recordings," then click the play button in the blue audio player for the song you want to hear.
  • Listen to the entire playlist by clicking the play button to the left of the playlist title.

Click to play playlistFun Stuff All In One Place

These are just plain fun to listen to…

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    Peach Tree Shuffle by Hank Penny and the Radio Cowboys
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    Sweet Violets by Sweet Violet Boys
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    She Has Freckles on Her But She is Nice by Talbot Brothers
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    Open the Door Richard by The Three Flames
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    Open the Door Polka by Blue Barron and His Orchestra
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    Salt Peanuts by Dizzy Gillespie

Click to play playlistHappiness in Alphabetical Order

Eleven songs. Different genres. Different decades. Different recording artists. All happiness-inducing. -Joyce

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    Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive by Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers
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    Ain't She Sweet by California Humming Birds
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    Dark Eyes by Gene Krupa
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    Goody Goody by Johnny Johnson Orchestra
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    Hand Me Down My Walking Cane by Kelly Harrell
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    He's a Real Gone Guy by Nellie Lutcher and her Rhythm
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    Memphis Shake by Dixieland Jug Blowers
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    Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning by Arthur Fields
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    Piano Boogie by Dorothy Donegan
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    So Round So Firm So Fully Packed by Ernest Tubb
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    Your Feets Too Big by Fats Waller and his Rhythm

Click to play playlistTBurns’ Jazz Faves

My top ten Jazz picks for this week.

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    Hot House by Dizzy Gillespie
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    Begin the Beguine by Eddie Haywood and his Orchestra
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    Black Coffee by Sarah Vaughn
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    Flying Home by Benny Goodman and his Sextet
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    Lester Leaps Again by Kansas City Five
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    How Long Blues by Count Basie
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    I Can't Believe that You're In Love with Me by Chocolate Dandies

  8. Sweet Georgia Brown by Brother Bones
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    Red Cross by Tiny Grimes Quartet with Charlie Parker
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    Doctor Jazz Stomp by Jelly Roll Morton