[78-L] Jack Denny, brief bio

[simmonssomer]

Denny made at least four Brunswicks sides that I know of in January 1930 
without vocals for export to Argentina.
That is, Br 4697 and 4698 were made with vocals and then without.
Other interesting fact..Scrappy Lambert is the vocalist on several April 
1926 Montreal (Plattsburg?) sides. One of them "Hello Montreal" Br 3884. 
What would Scrappy, a studio singer of choice, ostensibly with all the New 
York work he could handle, be doing in Canada with Jack Denny?  Anybody?
Some of the fairly decent Denny sides   "Hello Montreal; "Why Can't You Love 
That Way?" Br 4551, "Hangin' On The Garden Gate" Br 4698; "Say A Little 
Prayer For Me" Br 6088; "Out Of Nowhere" Br 6088; "My River Home"
Victor 24185.  Still , this outfit didn't have much pep.
Strange instumentation on that Vitaphone. 4 violins, four reeds, a harp and 
a couple of guys messing around in the rear.

Al Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Jack Denny, brief bio


>I still hope Harold or Martha or somebody will come up with a "hit list" of
> better Jack Denny cuts for me to check out.  So far almost everyone seems 
> to
> agree that the band was dull as dishwater...
>
> Taylor B
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Jack Denny, brief bio
>
>
>> This is interesting..who's Robert Callen? And the change from 60 to 25
>> cycle
>> equipment could account for the wobbly sound on those recordings.
>>
>> Brunswick recorded Quebec artists in Plattsburgh between April 1928 and
>> July
>> 1929. Not sure why Rust would list Denny's 1928 sessions as being in
>> Montreal.
>> The band presumably travelled to New York for their 1929 and 1930
>> sessions.
>> Note that "Goodbye Broadway, Hello Montreal" was one of the Plattsburgh
>> sides.
>> I'll have to dig that out..seems to me it's not as dreary as the others,
>> but
>> it's been a few years.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> martha wrote:
>>>   According to Robert Callen,  the first time Brunswick sent him to
>>> Montreal to
>>> record, the Canadian Customs officials blocked entry of the recording
>>> equipment.
>>> Plattsburgh had only 25-cycle electricity, so the sessions were further
>>> delayed
>>> while they rigged their 60-cycle motor-generator set to run at the right
>>> speed.
>>> Another delay occurred when drunk musicians arrived from Montreal,
>>> having opened
>>> some of the booze they smuggled into the USA for the benefit of the
>>> recording staff.
>>>
>>>  Whether Denny was part of the above sessions, I don't know.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> The ones recorded in Plattsburg are particularly poor. I collect Denny
>>>>> for the vocals by Dick Robertson and Scrappy Lambert, no other reason.
>>>>>
>>>>>       Julian Vein
>>>>>
>>>> I seem to remember dreary sound and pitch problems. Brunswick often
>>>> dubbed its
>>>> masters in the 20s, unlike other labels..sometimes the sound is fine,
>>>> sometimes
>>>> it's blechh. Plattsburg was used as a recording location for many
>>>> Canadian
>>>> artists, although you'd think it would have been easier to bring the
>>>> equipment
>>>> into Montreal than to move whole orchestras over the border. And per
>>>> Ross
>>>> Laird, some sides WERE recorded in Montreal.
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>
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