[78-L] Somethin Smith and the Redheads

[David Lennick]

Jaye Raye is most likely Conniff, whose full name is Joseph Raymond Conniff and 
who was a house conductor for a lot of the acts on Columbia and Epic. I have a 
few SS Epic 78s but haven't noticed that one, which doesn't mean that it isn't 
out there..Canadian Columbia kept 78s well into 1959.

dl

agp wrote:
> I was just lucky enough to acquire a 78 by Somethin' Smith and the 
> Redheads on UK Fontana - I'm Gonna Wrap Up All My Heartaches / Ev'ry 
> Night At Nine O'Clock (Fontana H.112). It appears that it is one that 
> didn't make it on on 78 in the USA (just the 45 on Epic 5-9247), 
> although it possibly did in Canada, since it was 1958.
> 
> Now I must admit that have I never heard anything by them. I bought 
> the record cause of the cool group name, which seems more R&B than 
> pop, and the fact it was on Fontana, a label not known for 78s. (Hey 
> -- if that's not the sign of a collector I don't know what is!)
> 
> Anyway -- I have done a small lbit of research and want to ask some 
> opinions. I have read that the orchestra was actually Ray Conniff 
> under the name Jay Raye - but that this has not been a proven fact. 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Finally -- I have also read just a bit about the group -- 4 guys from 
> UCLA - pop -- unique sound. But that's about all. Are they more akin 
> to the Treniers or the Four Lads?
> 
> Oh -- did a Canadian 78 on Epic exist?
> 
> Tony
>