[78-L] Rex Battle, or not?

[Stephen Davies]

Folks,
        I have a disc which is attributed to Rex Battle & his dance 
orchestra:

Apex 8333-A (Mx 10000=A ?): The midnight waltz
Apex 8333-B (Mx 21051=A ?): I've found my sweetheart Sally (a.k.a. I found 
my sweetheart Sally)

        Is this the disc from which Battle, a classical musician, 
distanced himself in later years?

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000220
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His few 78s for Apex as a pianist (in Chopin and Liszt) and accompanist 
(to Ernest-Gill Plamondon and Leon Kofman) are listed in _Roll Back The 
Years_, as is an Apex 78 whose attribution to 'Rex Battle and His Mount 
Royal Hotel Orchestra' has been disputed by Battle.
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        If Battle really didn't wax this disc, whose tracks are on it? The 
matrices are wildly far apart, and the songs were both very popular about 
ten years before Battle started his band in 1934.
        Thanks in advance for any help.

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- Stephen D
Calgary


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