[78-L] BLUE STAR

[Randy Watts]

Freddy Martin moved from RCA Victor to Capitol around 1958, switched to Kapp in the early 1960s, then returned to Capitol before going to Decca, for whom I believe he made his final recordings, around 1967.

Randy

--- On Mon, 4/6/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] BLUE STAR
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 8:44 AM
> 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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