[78-L] Allen Burns & His Orchestra..who he?

[David Lennick]

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> I've answered my own question, but Mr. Rust didn't make it easy. Banner 
>> 32663,
>> mx 12882 & 12883, Night And Day/When the Morning Comes Around. Allen Burns 
>> &
>> His Orchestra, vocal by Elmer Feldkamp. Rust cross-references Allen Burns 
>> to
>> "ARC Studio Bands" and then skips from 12873 to 12976 under that heading. 
>> But
>> he lists the sides under Freddie Martin (which was who I figured it was), 
>> and
>> notes that this was indeed issued as Allen Burns. Thanks for the chase, 
>> Brian!
>>
> As you SHOULD know...between 1930 and mid-1936, ARC assigned ALL
> sorts of credits to their studio-band sides...which were Adrian Schubert 
> until
> mid-1930, theoretically others until c.1932, and Freddy Martin from then
> until  sometime in  1936, when a younger demographic of record buyers
> began to demand not only specific TUNES...but specific VERSIONS
> thereof! Several different bandleaders were apparently responsible for
> the "studio-band sides" (ALL using stock arrangements...!)!
> 
> ...stevenc 
> 

My point was that this name was an ARC Studio Band pseudonym, but Mr. Rust 
should have cross referenced it to Martin, where he specifically identifies the 
recording in question (and notes that some others from the session were issued 
under Bunny Berigan's name).

dl