[78-L] London [was Near You by Francis Craig]

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "agp" <agp2176 at verizon.net>
> At 14:36 24/07/2010, DL wrote:
>>It gets more confusing when London begins to do American recording 
>>(Teresa Brewer, Jack Teter) and picks up distressed labels (Gene 
>>Austin, The Harmonicats from Universal)
> 
> It all make me wonder how London in the 50s ever stayed afloat. To my 
> mind they really had a few real hit makers in their stable: Vera 
> Lynn, Lonnie Donnegan, Mantovani, and the Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms 
> Band. I'd guess that Mantovani was bigger in the lp area than in 
> single 78s (you might through Edmondo Ros in there too), Vera Lynn 
> might be a big singles artist, Donnegan a novelty for a while, and 
> the Sweet Rhythms boys being the biggest singles chart hit maker of 
> all. Maybe. Surely by the time the Stones came along they'd have been 
> dead had it not been for Telstar by the Tornados.
> I might add that my observations where based on a look through my 
> stuff and eBay. Just noted at Dot showed up on RGE in Brazil and a 
> L/A in the Euro/ UK world.
> 
Dot was also one of the very few US "indie" labels to set up a Canadian
branch operation...so one can encounter Canadian Dot records (although
they probably never recorded up here?!)

Steven C. Barr