[78-L] National Records

Banjo Bud banjobud at cfl.rr.com
Wed Apr 7 07:42:48 PDT 2010


Does anybody here recall a singer named Bill Darnell who sounded quite a bit 
like Mr. Eckstine?  IIRC, he recorded on the MGM label.

Bud

--------------------------------------------------
From: "Dan Van Landingham" <danvanlandingham at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:46 PM
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] National Records

> I had an LP of those Eckstine MGMs.I think the album maybe outside in the 
> shed where I have a batch of
> them stored.They have to come in before the weather takes it's toll on 
> them.Regarding Mr. Lennick and
> Varsity Records:the Frankie Trumbauer Varsity 78 I have is "Jimtown Blues" 
> backed with "The Laziest Gal
> in Town"."Jimtown Blues dates from 1936 as I recall as I have a Ben 
> Pollack Brunswick 78 of it with solos
> by Glenn Miller,trombone;Harry James,trumpet;Dave Matthews,tenor sax;Faz 
> on clarinet and Freddie Sla-
> ck on piano.If I remember correctly,it was recorded on 16 September 
> 1936.I've had it since late October of 1978.I first heard of it by way of 
> George T. Simon in his book "The Big Bands" from 1967.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <bratcher at pdq.net>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Tue, April 6, 2010 5:54:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] National Records
>
> I don't have any Nationals but another good MGM 78 is Eckstine's, I'm
> Yours To Command.
>
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
> 




More information about the 78-L mailing list