My Own Songs

Compilation Album

This album containing 3 separate CD's is a collection of 79 original songs with music and lyrics by Larry Kass, written for and performed by the singing stars of the Mighty Wurlitzer Radio Hour.  The new songs are composed in the genre of tunes reminiscent of the Forties and Fifties.  They display a variety of styles and moods, including blues, ballads, love songs, duets, holiday songs, show tunes, seasonal songs, chorus numbers, and songs with a Broadway musical flair. 

Adina Bloom, Timothy Culver,

Weldon Gan, Christine Jansen, 

Patrick Jansen, Laura Lindauer,

Kari Kandel, Cynthia O’Connell,

Mimi Schwensen, Daren Stahl, 

and Cecilia’s Song

Nearly 80 songs for only $40! 

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Patrick and Christine Jansen

Patrick Jansen is the arranger and conductor of the Mighty Wurlitzer Radio Hour and has offered his talents for several other albums as well. He and his wife Christine, both talented vocalists, graduated from the musical theater program at  Baldwin Wallace College. On this album they perform duets and solos of Larry Kass's original music written just for them. 

Tracks:

1. Music for a Summer Night (duet)

2. Don't Need Words to Say (Patrick)

3. A Summer Romance (Christine)

4. Making the Most (duet)

5. All That I Want to Do is Dance (Patrick)

6. Autumn, Autumn (Christine)

7. Twilight Time in the Autumn (Patrick)

8. Like I Do! (duet)

9. Turn on the Broadway Lights (Patrick)

10. I Love My Pets (Christine)

11. What Would I Do without You? (Patrick)

12. Candle in the Window (Christine) 

13. What Do You Like about Christmas? (duet)

14. Nighttime in New York (Patrick)

15. I'm Gonna Move Back to New York (Christine)

16. Highway of Life (Patrick)

17. You Walked Away with My Heart (Christine)

18. Old Fashioned Romance (duet)

19. I'm Not Ready to Say Goodbye (Patrick)

20. Our Moment (Christine)

21. All Over Again (Patrick)

22. Speak to My Heart (duet)

Kari Kandel

With an undergraduate degree in Music Performance from the University of Akron, this soprano has performed at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Cain Park, Great Lakes Theater Festival, and Actor's Summit. She was featured on the Caroline Rhea Show, and attended graduate school at the School of Music at Northwestern University. She also performed for the President of the United States. 

Tracks:

1. Wait’ll You See Me!

2. Buy Me A Rainbow

3. Gimme That Uptown Swing

4. It’s Officially Spring

5. Waiting For Me

6. Ooh, Maybe It’s Love!

7. Not Afraid Of Living In New York

8. Whatever Happened To Summertime?

9. How Come You Treat Me that Way?

10. Show Me The Way To Your Heart

11. Early September

12. Faces

13. Neon Lights

14. Autumn Will Remain In My Heart

15. Hold Your Hats!

16. Hope In Your Heart

17. My Family

Laura Lindauer: If We Were Just Together Again

A graduate of the College of Wooster with a BA degree, and a Master of Music from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, this soprano sings both grand opera and music theater, and has extensive training and experience in both. She has performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and currently performs in recital and oratorio works. she has also performed in music festivals in New York City and in Nice, France.

Tracks:

1. No Song Like an Old Song

2. Wonder of You

3. January Weather

4. If I Could Be a Millionaire

5. End of a Love Affair

6. Saturday Night Swing

7. Flowers That Bloom in The Spring

8. If We Were Just Together Again

9. Whadda Ya Do?

10. Last Days of Summer

11. Don’t Be Afraid, My Heart

12. Magic of Old Broadway

13. September Serenade

14. I Know What It’s Like to Be Blue

15. Autumn Landscape

16. I Knew You’d Be Mine!

17. Lifetime of Love

Tim Culver: This Could Be the Moment

Tim Culver's tenor voice can be heard on several of the Mighty Wurlitzer Radio Hour albums and is now featured on his solo album. He is a 1998 graduate of Kent State University with a BM and Master of Music degrees, he is Assistant Professor of Voice at Kent State University. Tim has performed in La Traviata, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, L'Elisir d'Amore, and Rigoletto. He has been a tenor soloist with symphony orchestras, and has also performed in many music theater productions, including solo performances in Akron's Stan Hywet Concert Series, and on recital tours in Europe.

Tracks:

1. This Could Be the Moment

2. Hearts that Bloom in the Spring

3. Lost at Night

4. Invisible Strings

5. My Special Girl

6. West Wind

7. How Much I Loved You

8. Stars Over Broadway

9. Believe in an Angel

10. New Century Rag

11. I Won’t Look Behind Me

12. But for Love Alone

13. Wise Man

14. New Day Comin’ Tomorrow

Adina Bloom: Hot Mama!

With a BA in Psychology, MS in Social Science Administration, and as a student at American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, Adina Bloom performs regularly at Ensemble Theater, Cain Park, Halle Theater, Great Lakes Theater Festival, and Cleveland Opera. This soprano has made many recordings, is a big band vocalist, and has a wide range of interpretations for all types of musical theater and cabaret shows.

Tracks:

1. Mama's Comin' Home Tonight!

2. Autumn Reverie 

3. Bop With The Beat Of the Band

4. Give Me Back My Broken Heart

5. Honky Tonky Heaven

6. I Don't Want You To Know Me

7. Play, Drummer, Play

8. Silence

9. Sell Yourself With Your Song

10. I Want To Forget About You

11. Our Serenade

12. What Would It Take?

13. I've Got Autumn On My Mind

14. Hot Mama