Warners dvd of pete kellys blues is given a fine presentation. Bye bye blackbird from pete kellys blues sheet music easy. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. In the 1920s, a small band playing the speakeasies has trouble when a racketeer decides hes going into the agency business and wants a cut from the band. Provided to youtube by cdbaby pete kelly s blues beegie adair vintage jazz. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in c minor. The only thing bad i can say about it is i had a hard time figuring out pete kellys motivation. Catala english francais galego italiano norsk bokmal. Watch the video for pete kellys blues from bobby darins this is darin for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. But the writing is actually pretty good, and theres some good character acting going on, which neatly provides a balance to webbs deadpan delivery. There are sad things there are bad things, the blues when they threaten start betting youll lose you hide yourself behind a prayer. It was created by jack webb, based on his 1951 radio series of the same name. Clarinetist matty matlock, guitarist george van eps, drummer nick fatool and violinist joe venuti are among the jazzmen we.
Janet leigh is featured as party girl ivy conrad, and edmond obrien as a gangster who applies pressure to kelly. Pete kelleys blues, a song by bobby enriquez on spotify. Pete kellys big seven came from pete kellys blues, which was an american radio drama which aired over nbc as an unsponsored summer replacement series on wednesday nights at 8pmet from july 4 through september 19, 1951. This isnt the movies official soundtrack which comes with musical contributions from ella fitzgerald and a crack jazz ensemble, as well as many of the songs found here, but rerecordings of tunes that lee performed in the movie. Check out songs from pete kellys blues by ella fitzgerald and peggy lee on amazon music. Then his friend with the recording studio is murdered. A location number of 111 indicates i have the show in my collection, but they havent yet been assigned a location number. Uneven musical gangster noir in color the warner archive presents the second of three strikes for jack webbs failed franchise. He finds out another person he barely knows has been killed by the same gangster and hes ready for war. In broadcasting december 22, 1952, details of the proposed tv version of pete kellys blues was reported with shooting to begin in june 1953 and webb as director, stan meyer as executive producer and michael meshekoff as producer.
We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. The stereophonic track is rich and the wide cinemascope screen really looks wide. Breen, who had previously worked with webb on pat novak for hire. Pete kellys blues was a television series starring william reynolds which aired in 1959. Mla chicago apa songs from pete kellys blues album. Most of the film concerns kellys efforts to keep his big seven aggregation together. Pete kelly fronts the house band, the big seven, at a speakeasy at 217 cherry street, kansas city, on the missouri side. Pete kellys blues was a favorite project of creators jack webb and richard l. Wjack webb as pete kelly 11 jazz tunesmatty matlock co, enjoy top rated service and worldwide shipping.
Listen to pete kellys blues from june christys june christy the unforgettable for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. These were recorded flat and then also equalized with turnover. Check out pete kellys blues expanded soundtrack by various artists on amazon music. Print and download lead sheets for bye bye blackbird from pete kellys blues includes complete lyrics in f major transposable. Share your thoughts about the songs from pete kellys blues album with the community. Ones media pete kellys blues otr1cd petekellysblues old time radio 1 cd 6 mp3 total playtime.
Pete kellys old mentor escapes prison and is tagged for a murder rap. Pete kellys blues, dvd, manufactured on demand, amaray case, dolby, ac3, dramaclassics, musicals theatrical, 888574488017. It starred 31 year old jack webb in the title role. Pete kelley blues 1951 arrived on radio almost two years after jack webb reached stardom in dragnet. Beginning with a brilliantly evocative precredits prologue, wherein we see how wwi vet pete kelly came into possession of his precious trumpet, the film traces kelly to his 1927 gig at a kansas city speakeasy. This week on case closed, pete kellys blues starts us off with the september 19, 1951 episode titled, the dutchman.
While the radio series aired first, there were plans for a tv series from nearly the beginning. Songs from pete kellys blues peggy lee mit dem orchester hal mooney. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is. The series starred jack webb as pete kelly and was created by writer richard l. Hes then kidnapped by her gangster boyfriend when she tells him pete attacked her. Pete kellys blues soundtrack cd details and availability. Pete kelly s blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. Pete kellys blues is arguably the most stylish of directorstar jack webbs theatrical features. Pete kelly tries to save a distinguishedlooking old doctor from a gangster. Jack webbs classic monotone is well featured in this series. Pete kellys blues the great detectives of old time radio.
Ella fitzgerald pete kellys blues lyrics genius lyrics. Pete kellys blues soundtrack cd album at cd universe. Part of what made pete kellys blues a labor of love was the fact that webb had been a jazz fan since childhood. Pete kellys blues 1955 cast and crew a bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. Citation use the citation below to add this album to your bibliography. Pete kellys blues soundtrack 1955 the moviemusic store. Pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in. Although every bit as straightlaced as sgt friday, webb was comfortable in the smoky nightclub atmosphere of jazz. Pete kellys blues was an american crimemusical radio drama which aired over nbc as an unsponsored summer replacement series on wednesday nights at 8pmet from july 4 through september 19, 1951.
Kellys band was the big seven, a reflection of webbs mk vii production. Pete kelly fronts the house band, the big seven, at a speakeasy in the roaring 20s is a world of jazz, gangsters, gun molls, gmen, bad booze and desperate people trying to save their skins. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed kelly gives in, even though this also means taking the thugs alcoholic girl as a singer. Pete kellys blues expanded soundtrack by various artists. Buy pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in english without subtitles from amazons movies store. Pete kellys blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. Print and download sheet music for bye bye blackbird from pete kellys blues. Kc in the roaring 20s is a world of jazz, gangsters, gun molls, gmen, bad. An exband singer of petes keeps hounding him for a master disc of a recording they made months earlier, but he brushes her off. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader. Pete kellys blues is the product of webbs lifelong love of jazz, and it comes through. In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Pete kellys blues manufactured on demand, amaray case.
Pete kellys blues soundtrack music cd album at cd universe, 1955. The movie is 1955s pete kellys blues, a musical crime drama based on an nbc radio drama that ran in summer 1951. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. Four years before it reached the big screen pete kelly s blues had started out as an nbc radio drama in 1951. Ray heindorf pete kellys blues sheet music in c minor.
Actually i wanted the movie pete kellys blues and not the cd, but maybe ill get that at another time. A shortlived, summer replacement program for nbc, jack webb would go on to help develop and star in the feature film pete kellys blues 1955 and an eventual television version of pete kellys blues 1959 for his mark vii, limited production company. Pete kellys blues old time radio golden age of radio. A person close to him is killed, and he is ready to give in to the gangster responsible and forget the whole thing ever happened. Enjoy this episode broadcast today 60 years ago titled dr jonathan budd. Provided to youtube by cdbaby pete kellys blues beegie adair vintage jazz. Jack webb directed and stars in this musical melodrama, along with janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee, lee. Songs from pete kellys blues by ella fitzgerald and peggy lee on.
He is pete kelly, a lkansas city trumpeter who heads up a small jazz band that is suddenly forced into paying protection to a local gangster, fran mccarg, played by edmond obrien. Pete kellys blues, wednesday nights at 8pm during the summer of 1951. Bye bye blackbird from pete kellys blues sheet music. Pete kellys blues by soundtrackcast album on spotify. Pete kellys blues is an entertaining film directed by and starring jack webb, of dragnet fame.
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