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

[David Lennick]

Kinkle (reliable) and Murrells (six of one) both confirm "Red Rose" as Francis 
Craig's theme. Once "Near You" became an unexpected hit (apparently no one had 
bothered to select a tune for the other side and this was chosen at random) it 
might make sense for Craig to adopt it as a new theme song if he got back into 
the band business. It was definitely Milton Berle's closing theme.

dl

Rodger Holtin wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Rodger
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> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
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> --- On Tue, 10/6/09, Bud Black <banjobud at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: DAVID BURNHAM
> Date: 10/6/2009 5:10:19 PM
> To: 78-L at 78online.com
> Subject: [78-L] B sides
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> 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