[78-L] Janet Brace and An Orange Colored Sky

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Nat King Cole had a hit of this in 1950. I dunno if it's earlier than the Brace/DeLugg one. It's one of the few songs from this era that had success in the rock'n'pop era that followed, in the 60s, and even kooky Bjork made a record of it a few years ago, though she was pretty much copying the Betty Hutton version (which is my favorite).

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Steve.

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From: Clifford Bolling <78records at cdbpdx.com>
> I can find no information about KING record 15061 with Janet Brace singing AN 
> ORANGE COLORED SKY and OCEANA ROLL with Milton DeLugg and orchestra.  I posted 
> videos of these recordings on YouTube.  If you search YouTube, you will quickly 
> find them.  My only copy of this recording is a DEEJAY copy with some text on 
> the labels describing Janet Brace and her career.  It states this is her initial 
> recording after leaving the Johnny Long band to get married.  What year was 
> that?
> 
> DeLugg co-wrote Orange Colored Sky in 1950.  Is this the first recording of this 
> song, c.1950?  I looked at the Online Discography and it only shows a single 
> entry for KING 15061 - AN ORANGE COLORED SKY, with no artist, orchestra, or 
> date.  A fairly extensive search of the internet shows a few DECCA recordings by 
> Janet Brace around 1953 and an LP for ABC in 1956 but no mention of this 
> recording.  
> 
> Thanks for helping!  Cliff
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