[78-L] Fw: Mills Blue Rhythm

[simmonssomer]

and...according to "The Online Discography" Melotone issued 12091 "Please 
Don't talk About me....." and "They Satisfy" as by Mills Merrymakers not by 
the Blue Rhythm Band.  Just an inter-office technicality I guess.
You don't suppose that Irving Mills was trying to get Chesterfield 
Cigarettes ("They Satisfy") as a sponsor for the band. Hmmmm! Several years 
later Glenn Miller recorded "Sold American" in a vain attempt to woo Lucky 
Strike cigarettes
which eneded its commercials with a tobacco auctioneer intoning "Sold 
American"
Ironically enough he subsequently signed with Chesterfield coffin nails for 
his network programs. They Satisfied.

Al S
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>I believe those two Melotone sides were by Willie Lynch's Orchestra. Harry
> White was co-leader.
> Those are my notes in a very old Rust. Don't quote me on who told me that
> but I believe it was Phil Schaap.
>
> Al S.
>
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> From: "yves francois" <aprestitine at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 8:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Mills Blue Rhythm
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>
>> Two questions for Al, Julian,Taylor Andrea et all
>>
>> 1) have we all decided that "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" 
>> and
>> "They Satisfy" are NOT by the Mills Blue Rhythm Band? Good hot dance but 
>> I
>> don't think it's the same band
>> and
>> 2) what is the current point of view regarding the Billy Banks Victor's
>> from 1932, MBRB contingent or not? If not, who (maybe some unrecorded
>> Harlem band that claimed to record then like Billy Folwer or Alberto
>> Soccaras*??), they are great Harlem jazz with a 9 piece band, very
>> different from the Rhythmakers, who are also excellent hot jam session
>> jazz ("Chicago" style, but with Red Allen)
>>
>>
>> all the best
>> Yves Francois
>>
>> PS: I know something about the Todd Rollins session with the MBRB, and 
>> of,
>> course the Chick Bullock "Frankie and Johnny" (own the 78)
>>
>> * the latter band DID record a good 78 on Brunswick, but it is not jazz
>> (not that I only like jazz, good music is good music IMHO)
>
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