[78-L] Seeking Dick Todd discography

[David Lennick]

Gene Miller has a near complete run of the Bluebirds. Rust incorrectly lists 
two Arthur Todd sides as being by Dick (they ain't, nohow), and the O'Connell 
date of November 4/37 is probably much more accurate for the one Canadian 
Bluebird disc (issued in the US as B-7313) than the "1936?" date Rust has. The 
Decca sides are all in the Decca books..only ones that'll be difficult to 
document are the odd discs on Rainbow, some Oberstein labels and I think one on 
Banner.

dl

Stephen Davies wrote:
> Folks,
>         I'm compiling a Dick Todd (1914 - 1975?) discography by pulling 
> details from the Settelmaier online pages and hints from a biography by 
> Sheldon O'Connell.  The biography is obviously a work of much industry, 
> but sadly never saw a proofreader.  The mishmash of contradicting entries 
> and inconsistent song abbreviations make it more of a frustration than an 
> aid.  I'm taking all secondhand details with a grain of salt until I've 
> acquired and heard the record for myself.
>         I'm going to keep plugging away with this unless someone can show 
> me that it has already been done.  I'm also going to compile his radio 
> appearances, as best as possible.  His radio shows demonstrate his humour, 
> which makes him more interesting than his records alone.  As a singer he's 
> more of a "groaner" than Bing himself.
> - Stephen D
> Calgary
>