[78-L] Don't Do That to the Poor Puss Cat

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Mar 11 09:32:57 PST 2010


And I found no artist listing so I then looked in the title index. I also 
started to look in the Music Hall Book but Sarony recorded the song a few times 
and the personnel isn't listed there anyway.

dl

Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> True. But I assumed it was a pseudonym and so looked in the song title 
> index first.
> Mal
> 
> *******
> 
> David Lennick wrote:
>> But it doesn't list Roof Garden Orchestra in the Rs, which is where you look first.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>>   
>>> It does.
>>> Right after the issue number Rust-Forbes shows "(RGO)", which stands for 
>>> Roof Garden Orchestra.
>>> Ta-da!
>>> Mal
>>>
>>> *******
>>>
>>> David Lennick wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Interesting that Rust-Forbes doesn't show Roof Garden Orchestra as "pseudonym 
>>>> for..". It's Ronnie Munro's Dance Band, both Munro and Sarony heard, c. May 28, 
>>>> 1928.
>>>> Ronnie Munro, p/arr/dir; Frank Wilson, Lloyd Shakespeare, tpts; Lew Davis, tb; 
>>>> Charlie Swinnerton, Ben Davis, cl/as; Arthur Lally, cl/as/bar; Buddy 
>>>> Featherstonhaugh, cl/ts/vn; Barry Mills, 2nd p; Len Shevill, bj/g/bb/sb; Max 
>>>> Bacon, d/vib; Rudy Starita, x.
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>>
>>>> Jeff Lichtman wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>>> Can anyone give me the recording date and line-up for Don't Do That 
>>>>> to the Poor Puss Cat by Roof Garden Orchestra, Parlophone R 160, 
>>>>> matrix 1972-2? I know the singer is Leslie Satony.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>         



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