[78-L] Betty who? with Spike Jones (RCA 20-3827)

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Jul 3 19:20:42 PDT 2009


No, I just got to the book! Great thing to have and it took me years to get a 
copy (years and bucks).

dl

Andrea Walsh wrote:
> Ah never mind- I just asked Ted, but I missed David's reply- he got to Ted
> first! :)
> 
> Andrea
> 
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:09 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Betty Allen, whoever she may be (from the Spike Jones Bio-Discography by
>> Jack
>> Mirtle with the assistance of Ted Hering).
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Stephen Davies wrote:
>>>         As several of you have pointed out, if I could play my discs, I'd
>>> find my own answers.  Meanwhile ....
>>>         RCA 20-3827-A is Spike Jones & his City Slickers performing "I
>>> know a secret".  It credits a (vocal?) duet to "George and Betty".  I can
>>> guess that George is George Rock, but which Betty is this?
>>>         In a web search, I see that Betty Walker wrote specialty material
>>> for the Slickers, and Betty Glamann temporarily lost her senses and
>> played
>>> harp for them (c. 1948).  Would either of these be the correct Betty for
>>> this side?
>>> - Stephen D
>>> in Calgary
>>>



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