[78-L] Raunchy old Kay Starr 78
Taylor Bowie
bowiebks at isomedia.com
Mon Jul 13 13:10:11 PDT 2009
A great session. I don't have a lot of post-war 78s but I recently won a
nice copy of Snuggled On Your Shoulder b/w Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong
because it was interesting to see two 30s pop tunes covered in 1947, and
because I like Kay Starr a lot.
I noticed that another track from the session on Julian's list is listed as
"There Ain't No Sweet Man" and I'm assuming that this is the 1928 Fred
Fisher tune covered so well by Whiteman with Bix and Bing.
"So Tired" was a big hit for Starr, right? It was also a big hit for Russ
Morgan the same year.
Taylor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Raunchy old Kay Starr 78
Jim Whipkey wrote:
. I have a Capitol record by Kay Starr called Steady Daddy. Would
presume it was recorded at least 50 years ago, maybe more, but--------I
was dumbfounded by the lyrics! Even by todays standards, it seems
pretty racy. I can't imagine how it got recorded back then, unless
the censors were so naïve to not recognize what I am hearing now. Or
maybe it's a case of the old joke which has the punch line, "Don't
blame me, you're the one drawing the dirty pictures". The record is
Capitol 2718Z, says Blues Vocal with Orchestra, Steady Daddy (Vernon
White) Kay Starr with Dave Cavanaugh's music, featuring Red Norvo,
vibes: Arnold Ross, Piano: Jack Marshall, guitar. It's a song about
a woman telling a man "you know what I like, take it slow", etc.
What does anyone know about this record? The flip side is So Tired,
which only says Kay Starr with Orchestra.
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> Jim Whipkey
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It was good enough for Mae West, and Julia Lee who was recording similar
material for Capitol at the time.
Here are the full session details:
Kay Starr (vcl) acc by Dick Anderson (cl) Dave Cavanaugh (ts) Red Norvo
(vib) Arnold Ross (p,celeste-1) Jack Marshall (g) Red Callender (b) Jack
Turner (d)
Los Angeles, December 1, 1947
2645-2 I haven't changed a thing Mosaic MD12-170 [CD]
2646-2 There ain't no sweet man Cap 15288, Mosaic MD12-170 [CD]
2647-4 Snuggled on your shoulder Cap 15087, Mosaic MD12-170 [CD]
2648-3 Between a kiss and a sigh Mosaic MD12-170 [CD]
2649-4 Don't let your love go wrong Cap 15087, Mosaic MD12-170 [CD]
2718-3 Steady daddy Cap 15314, H/T211, V-Disc 900, Mosaic MD12-170
[CD]
2719-1 Please love me (da,dc,rn out; ar p&cel,1) Cap 15288, Mosaic
MD12-170 [CD]
2720-2 Believe it beloved Mosaic MD12-170 [CD]
Note: Mosaic MD12-170 [CD] titled "Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions"; rest
of this 12 CD box by others.
As you can see it was also issued on V-Disc, so I doubt if it corrupted
the troops, although they were probably fed bromide!
Julian Vein
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