[78-L] Art Van Damme

[RAY KILCOYNE]

From: "Randy Skretvedt"
> This past Sunday on my "Forward into the Past" show (shameless plug: 2 to 
> 5 each Sunday afternoon, Pacific Time, over http://www.kspc.org and 
> KSPC-FM 88.7 in the Los Angeles area), I played a couple of Art Van Damme 
> cuts (including his composition, "Let Yourself Down," which is a sequel of 
> sorts to the Kern-Fields "Pick Yourself Up") and read a brief biography of 
> him.  I understand he worked with the Ben Bernie orchestra in the late 
> '30s but don't know of any commercial recordings he may have made with the 
> ol' maestro.
>
> I also played some soundtrack material by Kathryn Grayson; I don't know if 
> she made any commercial records beyond the MGM releases which were dubbed 
> from film soundtracks.  I have four LPs, issued in the '70s, which are 
> taken from a variety of sources, likely from her private collection.
>
Did you forget to play SUSIE-Q by Dale Hawkins?  He was the third to die 
about that same time.  SUSIE-Q must have been on a Checker 78.
RayK