[78-L] Dance lessons

[Taylor Bowie]

I may have already mentioned these,  but I have a little run of Arthur 
Murray dance lesson records on Buff Bluebird from October of 1934.  I'm sure 
David can remind me of the band,  although they receive no label credit.  I 
think it might be directed by Ken MacComber,  a very capable arranger of 
stocks as far back as the 20s.  I think he also wrote for Ben Bernie.

The band on these is pretty jazzy and they play all kinds of strange tunes 
to illustrate the different dance steps.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy Birthday to You


> Yippee for discographies with title indexes! I've certainly never heard of 
> this
> band..Ray Nichols & His Four Towers Orchestra, BB 5921.
>
> dl
>
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> Julian's post reminded me of a very cool record I have of  Happy Birthday 
>> to
>> You on a Buff Bluebird,  from 1934 or 35.
>>
>> Can't recall the band but it's either one of the studio groups (Berwick,
>> Peltyn) or some minor group,  and they play several choruses of the damn
>> thing in almost every tempo you could think of...waltz,  tango,  fox 
>> trot,
>> march,  rumba...great record!  Little bit of actual jazz on it,  too.
>>
>> Can anyone remind me who the artist is?  I'd like to dig it out and play 
>> it
>> and am so backwards that I just have my records alphabetical,  not on a
>> computer list.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 3:07 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] The Christmas Songs
>>
>>
>>> Bud Black wrote:
>>>> In 1947 Dick Todd with Mark Warnow's orchestra and chorus, recorded 
>>>> "All
>>>> Around The Christmas Tree," on the Sonora label  I remember thinking at
>>>> the
>>>> time that this song would become a Christmas classic heard every year.
>>>> Boy,
>>>> was I wrong!  The record was played extensively on the radio, but by 
>>>> the
>>>> following year it had almost faded into obscurity.  All in all.....I
>>>> kinda
>>>> liked it!
>>>>
>>>> Bud
>>> =============
>>> Oddly enough, Warnow's brother Raymond Scott recorded it in 1940. It
>>> didn't make much of an impression on me. It was recorded November 29,
>>> which would have made it tight for good sales before Xmas. The reverse
>>> "Happy Birthday To You", however, could've sold at any time.
>>>
>>>      Julian Vein
>>>
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