[78-L] Richard Himber LP with Billy Eckstine

[Taylor Bowie]

Was Himber even involved with music by the early 60s?  I thought he'd 
totally abandoned music by then for stage magic.

Last I checked there were a couple of YouTube videos of Richard Himber on 
early TV doing some magic.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
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Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Richard Himber LP with Billy Eckstine


>
> From: Don Chichester <dnjchi78 at live.com>
>> I found a strange 12" LP in a collection I obtained recently. The stiff 
>> sack
>> (opens at the top!) says simply "Richard Himber's Top of the Fair Album" 
>> ...
>>  Was Himber still leading a band around 1950? What Fair? NYC 1964?   Don
>
> From the title I would think it would be the Seattle Worlds Fair which
> had the Space Needle as the centerpiece.
>
>> The LP consists of songs written by Himber and performed by his very
>> string-heavy orchestra,
>
> That would be typical for late 50s.
>
>> with an unnamed male singer, except for the track listed as "It Isn't 
>> Fair"
>> as sung by 'guest star' Billy Eckstine!
>
> Does it look like a Synthetic Plastics pressing?  You know, the Guest
> Star label?
>
>> It's on the "Rolls" label (?) and
>> says "for promotional use only". The are no numbers in the dead wax, 
>> except
>> "RH side 1 pt 1" on A, and "RH side 2 pt 2" on B.
>
> Doesn't ring a bell, but it sounds like something Himber might have sold
> at concerts.
>
> Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com
>
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