New Pop Records

Come On-a Stan's House (Stan Freeman, harpsichord, with rhythm trio; Columbia, 2 sides LP). Talented Pianist Freeman first tried the harpsichord for background effect in Rosemary Clooney's bestselling Come On-a My House. He now shows that the old instrument sounds just as cheerful in the foreground of such tunes as Just One of Those Things, St. Louis Blues, September Song and Blue Room.

Don't Believe It (Ethel Merman and Ray Bolger; Decca). A specialty duet about love, sweet love, with Merman doing the trumpeting, Dancer Bolger joining in with somewhat less assurance.

Swamp Girl (Frankie Laine; Mercury). An unintentionally hilarious song about a Lorelei who lives in a marsh and a fellow who can't help getting his feet wet.

Brain Wave (George Shearing Quintet; M-G-M). A good example of Pianist Shearing's bop style: jagged rhythms, colorful unisons, skittering melodies.

Sweet Lorraine (Kenny Kersey Trio; Mercury). A jazz standard gets a smooth jazz treatment by talented Pianist Kersey.

Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven (Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians; Decca, 2 sides LP). All the Things You Are, Stardust, Where or When, etc., delivered in the popular Lombardo waver. Strictly for dancing.

Down Memory Lane (Bing Crosby; Decca, 4 sides LP). A good sampling of the tunes that Crosby has crooned with success down the years: Love Thy Neighbor, I Found a Million Dollar Baby, Please, and 13 more.

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Columbia, 6 sides). Welcome reissues of Goodman work when the clarinetist and his band were turning out the best in swing. Best arrangement: The Hour of Parting.

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