[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 7, Issue 57 'You Can't Be true Dear"

[burlinson]

The correct composers are:

Music by Hans Otten and Ken Griffin
Original words by Gerhard Ebeler
English words by Hal Cotton

original German title: "Du Kannst Nicht Treu Sein" by Otten and Ebeler

The Marlin Sisters version with Eddie Fisher
was recorded in New York on April 14 1948

Nigel Burlinson


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> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:43:43 -0700
> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Subject: [78-L] Another Columbia question
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> This seems to be the day for questions about Columbia records.  This one
> is a Red label Columbia I picked up yesterday that has a strange credit
> on it.  It is 38211 (mx. CO 38825-1) "You Can't Be True, Dear" by The
> Marlin Sisters with Eddie Fisher. Accompanied by The Columbians.   Eddie
> Fisher on Columbia is what first sparked my attention.   But under that
> artist credit is "Recorded by special permission of the U.S. Attorney
> General under license No. E1277".  The other side does not include
> Eddie, nor does it have that permission notice.  Does that permission
> notice have something to do with Eddie (was he in the Armed Forces at
> the time, for example) or could it have something to do with wartime
> enemy property such as German or Italian composers or music publishers?
> The composer credits are Ebeler - Cotton - Otten - Griffin.  When was
> this recorded?  Was it during the war?  And is this Eddie Fisher's first
> record, or nearly first record?  If it is his first record, is it worth
> as much as some dealers on E-say seem to think Frank Sinatra's first
> record is worth?
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> Mike (this one only cost me 50 cents) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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> >> --- On Mon, 4/20/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Another Columbia question
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 3:26 PM
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>> Something about seized Alien Property. Eddie is also credited on the 
>> Marlin
>> Sisters' "Toolie Oolie Oolie"..which I have actually listened to
>> all the way
>> through, and survived (along with drinking Genesee..what's the third
>> death-defying stunt I have to perform in order to win eternal life?) but
>> isn't
>> audible on it, to my recollection.
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>> dl
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