[78-L] Alvino Rey and The Kings

[Taylor Bowie]

that must have been one kick-ass group to hear in person.   Some of those 
post-war Capitols are really hot..."Cement Mixer" comes to mind.  The King 
Sisters were stand-outs among all those excellent sister vocal groups...I 
always thought it odd that the most famous and popular of the sister acts 
(Andrews) was not among the better ones in terms of the actual music. 
Perhaps others rank them higher,  but to my ears they don't cut it when 
compared with King,  Dinning,  Boswell,  Clark,  McGuire,  De Marco and 
other sister groups.  I do like 'em better than the Pickens Sisters!

One of the very best of the Kay Kyser Columbias is his version of  "Strip 
Polka" with terrific tenor sax from Herbie Haymer and a great vocal from 
saxist Jack Martin.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
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> Caught Alvino Ray and His Band at the Strand Theatre in NYC.(Broadway and
> 47th street)  Musta been about 1946. Complete with the King Sisters
> Alvino out front with that (whaddayacallit) Hawaiian guitar.(The one that
> lies flat)  Good band..good charts.
> He opened with "The Strip Polka"  Hot stuff.
> Next number "The Major and The Minor"
> I can still see the band and Alvino in my mind's eye.
> A tall man with a fairly grave look.
>
> Al Simmons
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Van Landingham" <danvanlandingham at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 6:08 PM
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>
>> Frank DeVol did that?He was a acquaintance of mine.I knew of him via
>> Horace Heidt's Musical Knights
>> as well as his involvement with Alvino Rey's band.
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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>> Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 11:16:53 AM
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>>
>> Hart recorded his poem "Pinto Ben" on that Red Seal.  He'd made his last
>> movie in 1925,  but did get a sort of boost from Rudy Vallee in the
>> mid-30s,
>> when Vallee had him as a guest numerous times on his radio show.
>>
>> Vallee actually published sheet music to a Pinto Ben song,  using Hart's
>> words with music by Frank DeVol.  I think that was issued around the time
>> Hart passed in 1946.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 7:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] on-topic: cowboy stamps
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Hart was also on 78..a Red Seal, at that!
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>>> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:33:15 -0500
>>>> From: neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com
>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> Subject: [78-L] on-topic: cowboy stamps
>>>>
>>>> I bought stamps yesterday, and discovered a new issue of cowboy stamps.
>>>> Rogers, Hart, Mix, Autry. Hart is the only one I don't know, but all 
>>>> the
>>>> others recorded on 78s or other pre-LP formats. Probably all have been
>>>> on the radio & in the movies, and were distributed or saved on
>>>> transcriptions. Maybe even wires and films (for the audio portion 
>>>> even).
>>>>
>>>> So have we ever made a list of all the 78-rpm performers that have been
>>>> featured on postage stamps? I imagine it would be a rather long list.
>>>>
>>>> Classical performers not so long.
>>>>
>>>> joe salerno
>>>>
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