[78-L] Red Rose / Near You - was B sides

[Rodger Holtin]

Red Rose (Craig) was on Bullet 1001 A 
and
Near You (Craig-Goell) was on 1001 B
so that establishes the A/B relationship, but I have collected big band theme songs for decades and this is the first time I've ever heard of Red Rose being Craig's theme song.

Not that I doubt your word on the subject, I can easily see how this one would slip under the radar of George T Simon's list and others I've seen.  If I can get one more vote for Red Rose being Craig's theme song, I'll wash my copy, play it and think about using it on my show some day.

I have seen Near You listed as his theme, but that came from the same source that listed Got a Date With an Angel as Kemp's theme, so I doubted Near You immediately.  This, however, would explain the confusion.

Rodger



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--- On Tue, 10/6/09, Bud Black <banjobud at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

From: Bud Black <banjobud at cfl.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] B sides
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 6:38 PM

Wasn't Francis Craig's hit recording of "Near You," on the Bullet label, the
B side of the recording of his theme song "Red Rose?"

Bud
 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: DAVID BURNHAM
Date: 10/6/2009 5:10:19 PM
To: 78-L at 78online.com
Subject: [78-L] B sides
 
There have been some B sides which became more popular than the A sides.
 
Right now I'm in Ottawa so I can't check my facts but I believe Freddy
Martin's "A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" was the B side for "A Bluebird on my
Windowsill".  And a personal favourite, I loved "Bluebird Boogie-Woogie"
which was a B side for something, (Heart of My Heart or Heart and Soul or
something like that).
 
db
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