[78-L] Hugo and Luigi Research

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Are you sure they're all pop singers and not just pop celebrities? Tab Hunter was better known as an actor than a singer, and by far the best-known "Monty" of the time was Montgomery Clift (who I'm guessing made no discs).

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From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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agp wrote:
> I'm trying to wrap up some research on Hugo Peretti and Luigi 
> Creatore - producers/ songwriters/ etc.
> 
> On one of their disks, the (not well named) Rockabilly Party on 
> Roulette, from 1957, they name check a bunch of pop singers of the 
> day -- like Perry Como and mister swivel hips hisself (thankyouverymush).
> 
> Anyway -- I've picked them all out but two. The lines are:
> 
> ...We'll bring Monty...
> 
> ...Tab and Tommy and whoever I missed...
> 
> So -- who might Monty and Tommy be -- I know that Tab would be Tab 
> Hunter. Bear in mind that this is 1957.
> 
> Oh - -and yes -- it was on 78 -- in South Africa and the UK
> 
> T
> 

Could be Tommy Sands. The only Monty I can think of from this period is Monty 
Kelly, who was at Essex (and the other related Philly labels from that family).

dl

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