[78-L] Benzaquin ~ Cocoanut Grove

[simmonssomer]

"Caressing You" was recorded by Jan Garber on Columbia 1724-D in 1929 and by 
Irving Aaronson on Victor 21834 in 1928. Very peripheral information about 
your subject but one never knows.

Al Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 12:48 AM
Subject: [78-L] Benzaquin ~ Cocoanut Grove


> Among my endless "collecting" interests,  I collect and read everything I
> can find related to the Boston Cocoanut Grove,  before,  during,  and 
> after
> the fire which destroyed the place on November 28,  1942.  I became
> interested as a nine-year old in 1962 when I happened to find and read a
> paperback of the Benzaquin book.
>
> One of the fire fatalities was the musical director of the orchestra 
> there,
> Bernard Fazioli,  member of a well-known Boston family of musicians.  He 
> had
> a big song hit in 1928, "Caressing You,"  which he co-wrote with the long
> time front man of the band at the Grove,  Mickey Alpert.
>
> Another member of the Grove orchestra that night was bass player Jack
> Lesberg,  who later played in NY with Condon and others.  He was injured 
> but
> made a complete recovery.
>
> I would be very interested if any of you have any information about any of
> the employees of the Grove,  particularly the band members or other
> musicians...in fact,  any info at all would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks from
>
> Taylor
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Shoshani" <mshoshani at sbcglobal.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 7:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Racially Offensive Language/Robeson.^
>
>
>> On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 18:16 -0500, Donna Halper wrote:
>>> In fact, a well-respected Boston author and talk show host,
>>> Paul Benzaquin, wrote a book about the Cocoanut Grove Fire and called
>>> it "Holocaust," which meant "a huge fire" back then.  When the book
>>> came out for re-issue in the 70s, he had to change its title because
>>> the meaning of the word had completely changed.
>>
>> Just to complete the irony, he's probably Jewish. Benzaquin, spelled
>> several different ways, is a common surname among Sephardic Jews.
>>
>> MS
>>
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