[78-L] Xmas Music

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

Margaret Lenhart was on the Decca sides.

Martha Mears recorded the soundtrack (on LP: Sountrak STK112)

Bing introduced "White Christmas" on the "Kraft Music Hall", Christmas 
1941.

BC
Le 25 déc. 08, à 10:53, Taylor Bowie a écrit :

>
> Thanks for the info,  David.  Of course I know that movie soundtracks 
> were
> not issued to the public in the 40s,  but many of them are available 
> to the
> public today and I have heard them on sound systems in public places.
>
> I have to admit that I never played the record in the album set and had
> somehow always assumed that it was the same as the one we hear all the 
> time
> on the radio every Christmas.
>
> I met a woman here in Seattle some years ago named Margaret Lenhardt 
> (sp?)
> who either dubbed for Reynolds in the movie,  or is on the Decca
> album...anyone have the right info on that?
>
> It's early Christmas Day here in Seattle,  and so far no more 
> snow...sorry,
> Bing!
>
> Taylor B
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 7:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Xmas Music
>
>
>> A Decca record, originally in the "Holiday Inn" album. Soundtracks 
>> weren't
>> being issued at this time..if they had been, you'd have heard Marjorie
>> Reynolds
>> (or was it Martha Mears dubbing?) singing harmony. I see Mike Biel has
>> just
>> responded to this without explaining why it was rerecorded. This was 
>> one
>> of the
>> last recordings Decca made before the AFM ban, and before they began
>> recording
>> masters on 33RPM discs which could be dubbed to 78 masters for new
>> pressings.
>> The original one was a huge hit and the parts just wore out!
>>
>> There have been a few reissues claiming to have the "original" but 
>> which
>> in
>> fact used the remake (I think the "Bing's Hollywood" series had this
>> problem).
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>> David,  Is the 1942 version from the movie soundtrack or was it also 
>>> a
>>> Decca
>>> record?
>>>
>>> I was told by his nephew that John Scott Trotter never received a 
>>> dime of
>>> royalties for the Crosby record or for his arrangement...but he and
>>> Crosby
>>> still remained friends ever after!
>>>
>>> Taylor B
>>>
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