[78-L] TOPS artists (was Bud Roman..Who he?.. )

[Jeff Sultanof]

Bob Shad had nothing to do with this label, and yes, Ralph Bass was a
producer for B & W. Another producer for the label who even got label credit
was none other than Norman Granz, who produced some of the Wilson sides.

United Artist had no connection to the studio; it was one of several labels
such as Excelsior that was owned by Leon and Otis Rene.

Jeff Sultanof

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Dan Van Landingham <
danvanlandingham at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I remember getting into a conversation once with George Buck regarding
> Black and White.He would have
> loved to acquire the masters but it seemed that there was a big legal
> hassle regarding them.What brought
> this about were a couple of 78s I had of bandleader Earle Spencer,Jack
> McVea,Charlie Ventura and some
> things I saw reissued of Dizzy Gillespie from Black and White.I even had
> some Black and White 78s of
> some country and western band and all I can remember is the name Ralph Bass
> and I believe he was an
> A & R man there.It seemed to me that Bob Shad started the label though I've
> read differently by way of
> Arnold Shaw.The Dizzy stuff was on LP.
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