Aelbgut - Leipzig 17231723 marked the beginning of a new era: Johann Sebastian Bach was appointed Thomaskantor in Leipzig and was about to leave his mark on German music history like hardly any other composer. But first, Georg Philipp Telemann, the actual preferred candidate, needed to withdraw from his appointment in favor of Hamburg. Christoph Graupner, the jury's next choice, was unable to take up the post because he didn't receive approval from his employer in

the box harks back to Chailly's time as Gewandhauskapellmeister

The Gaylords were an Italian-American vocal trio formed in Detroit in 1949

Pianist Larry Green led one of the many orchestras of the 1940s who played the popular style of "sweet music" aimed at the middle ground of popular music

"Open the Door Richard"

Beyond The Sea and Lazy River to Multiplication and Things

Buddy Clark was one of the most popular and successful crooners of the 1930s and '40s and was ubiquitous on radio as well as being a prolific recording artist during the late '40s and enjoying a string of hits during that era

which got her a contract with Decca

Muddy Waters

Bailey Chase

with much more crossover between the charts

as they found fame on the Ed Sullivan Show

so this entertaining album offers about as thorough and comprehensive of his primary career as a teen idol as could be achieved