[78-L] Van Alexander (was: Old Timers)

[Philip Fukuda]

Taylor,
I think Van Alexander was born Al(exander) Feldman, not Fielding. One of his first hits was "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" for Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald in 1938. I don't have the record any longer (Decca 1840), but I think early pressings show Al Fedman and Ella Fitzgerald as composers.

Philip 
 > ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Taylor Bowie" 
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> Subject: [78-L] Old-timers still around
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> > While looking up something on IMDB,  I was interested to see that
> > arranger-bandleader Van Alexander (b. 1915) is still living,  and that he 
> > is
> > the brother of late film composer Jerry Fielding...or so it says there.
> >
> > Taylor
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