[78-L] recycled Wiedoeft

[Randy Watts]

--- On Thu, 6/11/09, davdieh at aol.com <davdieh at aol.com> wrote:

> I picked up Capitol promo 1154 of 
> Skeets Herfurt with Lou Busch doing two old Rudy Wiedoeft
> tunes:
> 6389-4 Saxophobia 
> 6390-5 Sax-o-phun
> 
> I can ballpark the date from
> Mel Torme With Pete Rugolo? Aug. 11, 1950
> 6378??? Recipe for romance? Capitol 1177
> 
> but if anyone has exact details I would appreciate 'em.
> 
> -David Diehl

According to Ruppli's Capitol discography both tunes were recorded in Los Angeles on July 14, 1950. There are also two unissued Herfurt masters from the same session: "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy" (mx. 6391-4) and "Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am!" (mx. 6392-4).

Randy