[78-L] Artie Shaw Victor 20-1745

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Tue Jul 7 16:59:52 PDT 2009


RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
> I CAN'T GET STARTED had lyrics by Gershwin

But they were by his lovely wife Ira.

> ...but DANCING ON THE CEILING was 
> by Rodgers and Hart???
> RayK

Exactly.

I see my smellchecker doesn't recognize "unissued" and proposes "reissued", 
"tissued", "issued", "issuers" and "issues" as acceptable substitutes. 
Everybody's got an opinion.

dl

> From: "David Lennick" <
>> How the heck do "Dancing On The Ceiling" and "I Can't Get Started" fit 
>> into
>> what otherwise appears to be a cancelled album of Gershwin tunes? Hmmmm.
>>
>> D5VB 1047 BUT NOT FOR ME (20-1745, unissued)
>> D5VB 1067 THE MAN I LOVE (unissued)
>> D5VB 1070 LOVE WALKED IN (20-1742, unissued)
>> D5VB 1071-1 SOON (447-0057, various LPs)
>> D5VB 1076 THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME (20-1743, unssued till LP)
>> D5VB 1079 OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY (20-1743, unissued)
>> D5VB 1080 I WAS DOING ALL RIGHT (20-1742, unissued)
>> D5VB 1081 SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (20-1744, unissued)
>> D5VB 1082 THINGS ARE LOOKING UP (20-1744, unissued)
>> D5VB 1091 I CAN'T GET STARTED (20-1745, unissued till LP/45)
>> D5VB 1047 again, July 30/45: But Not For Me, unissued
>>
>> On November 13/45 Artie started recording for Musicraft. Presumably he 
>> told
>> Victor to shove it. A Gershwin album was probably to cash in on the 
>> "Rhapsody
>> in Blue" movie but got shelved, although some other Shaw sides from this 
>> period
>> were issued during 1946.
>>
>> dl
>>



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