[78-L] Tops and Top 10 and so on

[David Lennick]

Betsy Gay is another real performer..did a few Decca sides in 1953-4 including 
Tennessee Wig Walk with Russ Morgan.

dl

agp wrote:
> Back to this topic again --- here's one on eBay that just showed up on Tops:
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/SCATMAN-CROTHERS-actor-sings-FATS-DOMINO-songs-1956_W0QQitemZ360173801387QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item53dc080fab&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10|66%3A2|39%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50
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> Scatman Crothers covering Fats Domino on Tops. 
> The tracks on the a-side are My Blue Heaven and 
> I'm in Love Again. Note the misspelling of his 
> last name. I don't know how well he known by the 
> public at large, but he seems to be the only 
> 'famous name'  that I've heard of on Tops. By the 
> time this came out he was doing films, and was a 
> bit higher on the rungs of the ladder, I'd guess, than everyone else on Tops
> 
> Oh -- the b-side is a bit more interesting that 
> normal too. The song is I Want You To Be My Girl 
> and is performed by girl – the further interesting named Betsy Gay!
> 
> I gotta get this one for soooooo many reasons.
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