[78-L] Alvino Rey and The Kings

[Banjo Bud]

You forgot to mention the Galli sisters who recorded with Art Mooney.  One 
song I remember was "The Big Brass Band From Brazil."

Bud

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From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 6:43 PM
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Subject: [78-L] Alvino Rey and The Kings

> 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>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 3:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] on-topic: cowboy stamps
>
>
>> 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>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 6:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] on-topic: cowboy stamps
>>
>>
>>> 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>
>>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 11:16:53 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] on-topic: cowboy stamps
>>>
>>> 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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