#TuesdayBluesDay 12.1.15 Feeling Good

What's Playing at the Flamingo?

This week's #TuesdayBluesDay suggestion came from John by email!

Please feel free to include your contact information in your submissions, along with the hashtag #TuesdayBluesDay so I know what it's for!
You can submit them:

Here on the blog as a comment!

On Twitter @nonsteader!

Through fan mail on Tumblr!

Email me at nonsteader@gmail.com!

Artist: Nina Simone

Song: "Feeling Good"

Released: 1965

Chart: -

Label: Philips Records

Note: This is from the later years when Archie Goodwin could be taking dates to the Flamingo. The dinner and dancing era was starting to wind down by 1968. Rex Stout wrote until 1975, and Archie is probably dancing even now.

#TuesdayBluesDay 11.10.15 Stormy Monday Blues

What's Playing at the Flamingo?

This week's #TuesdayBluesDay suggestion came from Tumblr.

Please feel free to include your contact information in your submissions, along with the hashtag #TuesdayBluesDay so I know what it's for!
You can submit them:

Here on the blog as a comment!

On Twitter @nonsteader!

Through fan mail on Tumblr!

Email me at nonsteader@gmail.com!

Artist: Earl Hines and His Orchestra, Billy Eckstine (Vocals)

Song: "Stormy Monday Blues"

Released: 1942

Chart: US No. 1

Label: Bluebird Records

#TuesdayBluesDay 10.6.15 Near You

What's Playing at the Flamingo?

This week's #TuesdayBluesDay suggestion came from my Tumblr fan mail and was unsigned. I can just picture the scene, swaying on a smoky darkened dance floor. This sounds perfect for something that Archie Goodwin might have danced to on a cool night in October of 1947.

I would love to give credit where credit is due, so please feel free to include your contact information in your submissions, along with the hashtag #TuesdayBluesDay so I know what it's for!
You can submit them:

Here on the blog as a comment!

On Twitter @nonsteader!

Through fan mail on Tumblr

Email me at nonsteader@gmail.com!

Artist: The Andrews Sisters

Song: "Near You"

Released: 1947

Chart: US No. 2

Label: Decca Records

#TuesdayBluesDay Submissions Requested!

What's Playing at the Flamingo?

Every Tuesday, I hope to showcase a classic song from roughly 1929 to 1975. They may be fast or slow, vocal or instrumental, well known, or hidden gem. I'm still looking for submissions and suggestions for this week's post. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have something!

You can submit songs in a few ways:

Here on the blog as a comment!

On Twitter @nonsteader!

Through fan mail on Tumblr!

Email me at nonsteader@gmail.com!

If you danced the night away to a special song during this era, please let me know. Include artist, title and if possible where and when you heard it!

If you spend time watching shows set in this time-span, you probably have some great suggestions!

If you love the blues, jazz or big band, pick some favorites from that era and educate some youngsters!

If you love stockings, high heels and anything with some glamour, poke around for a song or two!

If you are all about all things noir, this is the perfect way to set the mood!

Please, ask your parents, your grandparents, aunts, uncles, whoever, and get those answers in!

Thank you in advance for helping me recreate this tiny slice of history.

#TuesdayBluesDay

Well, I've decided to open yet another new feature here on this blog... What's Playing at the Flamingo?

Every Tuesday, we will showcase a classic from 1929 to 1975. These will be songs that could have swept Archie Goodwin and Lily Rowen (or any number of willing suspects- er, partners) into a passionate embrace. They may be fast or slow, vocal or instrumental, well known, or hidden gem.

They will (attempt to) be songs that would have been heard in the fabulous dinner/dance clubs of NYC during this period of history. I know the real Flamingo was in London, but we're working with the fictional one created by Rex Stout.

I will try to make it historically accurate and even set the scene a little with some pictures if I can figure that out. We will call it #TuesdayBluesDay and I'll always be looking for suggestions over the weekends before each post.

If you danced the night away to a special song during this era, please let me know. Send a message here, Twitter, Tumblr, G+. Just use the hashtag so I know what it's for! Include artist, title and if possible where and when you heard it!

If you spend time watching shows set in this time-span, you probably have some great suggestions!

If you love the blues, jazz or big band, pick some favorites from that era and educate some youngsters!

If you love stockings, high heels and anything with some glamour, poke around for a song or two!

If you are all about all things noir, this is the perfect way to set the mood!

Please, ask your parents, your grandparents, aunts, uncles, whoever, and get those answers in!

Thank you in advance for helping me recreate this tiny slice of history.