[78-L] BLUE STAR

[Randy Watts]

RCA Victor LPM-1360 is titled MIDNIGHT MUSIC, Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with vocals by Merv Griffin. Martin rerecorded "Blue Star" for his Kapp album DANCING TONIGHT.

Randy 

--- 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, 10:58 AM
> 
> 
> > David Lennick wrote:
> >>
> >> What we need is a Garrod discography for Freddy
> Martin.
> >>
> >
> > And then remembered that he HAS the Garrod
> Discography, although it 
> > doesn't go
> > past 1956.
> >
> > Blue Star was recorded for RCA Victor on September 2,
> 1955 and was part of 
> > LPM
> > 1360. He also played it on AFRS One Night Stand 3839
> from the Cocoanut 
> > Grove,
> > August 1955, so this could be the source of the
> current reissue. This 
> > still
> > doesn't tell us how the song ended up on Kapp in the
> Philippines.
> >
> > No artist index, so I can't see whether Merv rejoined
> Freddy at any point.
> >
> That makes sense, since Les Baxter had done it for Capitol
> and Victor Young 
> for Decca.
> Is there a name given for the RCA LPM-1360?
> RayK