TTK's Happy Housewife Music Thread

[A Lark Ascending]

I expect (I hope!) even the most cordon bleu of chefs enjoy chatting about their favourite chippy.

Do we have a favourite chippy thread?

[JSngry]

I like how Happy Housewifes had the Happy Babies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swm5vPZrl9c

Edited December 2, 2012 by JSngry

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

In fifties Britain, this sort of stuff was always called 'light music'. I think it meant 'light classical music'. It was the main musical fare on the BBC, as I recollect. Leroy Anderson was a great favourite on the BBC. They always used to announce the tunes adding, 'by Leroy Anderson', as if it were impossible for an American to write such stuff. (I always thought he was black, until I got a computer and could look things up occasionally.)

MG

There's been quite and industry collecting these sort of things onto albums over the last couple of decades. This is the first of a series on Hyperion:

Lots of things you half-recall (well, you might actually recall!) from radio and TV theme tunes.

The one that always throws me back into a Kenneth More world is:

http://youtu.be/XczVq3ZS5gs

I think this set uses the original recordings:

Oh I remember Coronation Scot - I heard it so much when I was a kid, I'm not sure if it was used as a theme for a radio programme.

MG

I like how Happy Housewifes had the Happy Babies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swm5vPZrl9c

That tune is so familiar to me but DEFINITELY not in that context. What's it called?

MG

Is jazz dead? Can't believe we are discussing this stuff !

Quite right! We should all be listening to BFT105!

MG

[JSngry]

That tune is so familiar to me but DEFINITELY not in that context. What's it called?

"Puffin' Billy" by Edgar White

From

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcmp7kGAKmM

"This is "Puffin' Billy" by the Melodi Light Orchestra, composed by Edward White, it was used for the BBCs Childrens Favourites radio programme.

Children's Favourites was a BBC Radio programme, which ran from 1954 to 1967 broadcast on the Light Programme on Saturday mornings from 9:00. The programme played requests from children of all ages.

Ring a bell, perhaps?

[sidewinder]

May I offer up this delectable morsel to put you all to sleep this Sunday..

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

That tune is so familiar to me but DEFINITELY not in that context. What's it called?

"Puffin' Billy" by Edgar White

From

https://www.youtube....h?v=Fcmp7kGAKmM

"This is "Puffin' Billy" by the Melodi Light Orchestra, composed by Edward White, it was used for the BBCs Childrens Favourites radio programme.

Children's Favourites was a BBC Radio programme, which ran from 1954 to 1967 broadcast on the Light Programme on Saturday mornings from 9:00. The programme played requests from children of all ages.

Ring a bell, perhaps?

That was the association I made, but didn't believe

Thanks Jim.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

May I offer up this delectable morsel to put you all to sleep this Sunday..

We used to listen to the shipping forecast a lot, but I don't recall any theme music.

Now listening to this

and it occurred to me that there is a sub-genre of Jamaican lounge reggae, which fits exactly (as the Scott sleeve shows).

Here's a bit of Ossie from you-tube

MG

[BillF]

In fifties Britain, this sort of stuff was always called 'light music'. I think it meant 'light classical music'. It was the main musical fare on the BBC, as I recollect. Leroy Anderson was a great favourite on the BBC. They always used to announce the tunes adding, 'by Leroy Anderson', as if it were impossible for an American to write such stuff. (I always thought he was black, until I got a computer and could look things up occasionally.)

MG

Ah, yes! brings this to mind:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleigh_Ride

Shorty Rogers' roarin' big band number "Saturnian Sleigh Ride", written during his "Martians " period, is clearly a tongue-in-cheek response to Anderson's sort of music.

Incidentally, this thread's title reminds me that Brits who can remember this are clearly showing their age!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housewives'_Choice

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Ah yes, I only used to hear Housewives' Choice duringthe school holidays.

Interesting that the theme was written by the guy who wrote 'These foolish things' and 'A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Strachey

The theme itself fits the thread to perfection.

MG

[sidewinder]

Ah yes, I only used to hear Housewives' Choice duringthe school holidays.

One of my Tubby Hayes box sets has a Tubby session recorded for that slot on the 'Light Programme'. Continuity announcer sounding like an Eton posh-boy.

Edited December 2, 2012 by sidewinder

[Teasing the Korean]

Thanks for the heads up on those albums MG!

I have wanted to post some Roger Roger in this thread, but I can't find anything on Youtube that fits this sub-genre.

[Teasing the Korean]

And here's another by Laurie Johnson, "Happy go Lively"

And another Les Baxter, "The Clown on the Eiffel Tower":

Edited November 13, 2022 by Teasing the Korean

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

These Les Baxters don't sound anything like the Les Baxter I Imagined. Where's Plas Johnson?

(Yes, I know)

MG

[Teasing the Korean]

Les Baxter's orchestral pop stuff sounds nothing like his exotica stuff. Kind of like comparing the Laurie Johnson happy housewife music to his music for the Avengers. Versatility paid off in those days.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Les Baxter's orchestral pop stuff sounds nothing like his exotica stuff. Kind of like comparing the Laurie Johnson happy housewife music to his music for the Avengers. Versatility paid off in those days.

Doubtless it still does

MG

[Teasing the Korean]

This is the time of year when TTK blasts Happy Housewife music.  It is good motivational cleaning, cooking, shopping, and baking music!

Check out "Hollywood Holiday."  You're welcome!

 

 

Edited November 24, 2021 by Teasing the Korean

[Teasing the Korean]

Robert Farnon - Portrait of a Flirt

 

[Teasing the Korean]

Robert Farnon - Main Street

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Wilfred Burns - Melody in Moccasins

 

Edited November 25, 2021 by Teasing the Korean

[Teasing the Korean]

"Hackney Carriage" by King Palmer

 

"Lots of Pluck" by Joseph Mullendore:

 

[JSngry]

Today's Housewives are Happy because they can stream Ask This Old House 24-7 on Roku Live TV Channel 456 and hear this as filler music for when the commercials don't come out evev (sometimes 90 seconds +!!!)

 

[Teasing the Korean]

10 hours ago, JSngry said:

Today's Housewives are Happy because they can stream Ask This Old House 24-7 on Roku Live TV Channel 456 and hear this as filler music for when the commercials don't come out evev (sometimes 90 seconds +!!!)

Thanks for this!  Never heard of Montague Ewing! (Though I've heard of Montague Terrace in Blue).

 

[JSngry]

Shazam is a wonderful resource!

[Teasing the Korean]

8 hours ago, JSngry said:

Shazam is a wonderful resource!

We need a visual Shazam app. If I break a vintage lamp, for example, I want to instantly know who made it so I can replace it!

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said:

We need a visual Shazam app. If I break a vintage lamp, for example, I want to instantly know who made it so I can replace it!

You can do that with your phone somehow. 

[Teasing the Korean]

3 hours ago, JSngry said:

You can do that with your phone somehow. 

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