[78-L] BLUE STAR

[Harold Aherne]

I've thought about that too--we now have every domestic Victor session through late
1917 documented at EDVR, a large number of 1918-25 Victor sessions included in the
various Rust discographies (and more noted in John Bolig's recent publications), 
most 1925-36 sessions in Rust's discography covering those years, and plenty of
info is available on Victor's recordings up to the AFM ban. But I've never encountered
as much data on RCA Victor recordings made *after* 1942, save for the jazz 
sessions. Anyone know when Ethel Merman's "Marching Through Berlin"/
"Move it Over" on 20-1521 was recorded? William R. Daniels shows it as a 1/43 release,
so it was probably recorded a month or two earlier, even though it isn't listed in 
Rust's CED. 
 
It'll be interesting to see what the EDVR reveals when it gets to these years, but in
the meantime, someone has compiled all of Perry Como's sessions and published
them beginning on this page:
http://www.kokomo.ca/singles/1940_49.htm
So if you just have to know what he recorded on 19 December 1946 (or whenever),
now can find out! 
 
-Harold
 


--- On Mon, 4/6/09, RAY KILCOYNE <kil at roadrunner.com> wrote:

From: RAY KILCOYNE <kil at roadrunner.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] BLUE STAR
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 9:57 AM

Yes, it's the MEDIC THEME, which was originally popular in mid 1955.  I know

Freddy Martin was still with RCA Victor as late as 1954, per Whitburn, but 
didn't Martin have a Decca stint after that?  Could that be the source for
a 
Kapp release overseas?
I find it amusing that we have so much documentation of recording dates for 
the early 1900's but this era is just forgotten.
RayK

From: "David Lennick"
>I thought Freddy Martin was on Capitol at that time. Could the chart have
> misprinted the label name? That often happened on CHUM charts in Toronto 
> where
> the local distributor's name (e.g. Apex) appeared instead of the 
> originator
> (e.g. Roulette). Is this "Blue Star" the "Medic"
theme?
>
> dl
>
> RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
>> I have in front of me the Top Ten Chart of popular singles for Jan.
19, 
>> 1963 for the Phillipines.  The interesting thing is that the Number
One 
>> hit is BLUE STAR by Freddy Martin.
>> It's the Freddy Martin we all know because I found that song on
one of 
>> his CD's, and even heard a sound clip.
>> Just curious as to whether this was a new record or something dredged
up 
>> from the vaults.  Does anyone know of a discography that might show
the 
>> recording date?  Or failing that, when Freddy Martin's Orchestra
finally 
>> stopped recording?
>> Even though this is from 1963, since we are talking about the 
>> Phillipines, it is still possible that it is not off topic for 78L. 
The 
>> label listed is Kapp.
>> RayK
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