[78-L] Savoy [was Walter Winchell]

[David Lennick]

The 1941 date is incorrect..it's October 1940 per my notes. Or February 1940, 
per Lord, who doesn't list the Savoy issue at all and screws up the coupling of 
the 4 Ammor sides and doesn't list Ammor 108.

Nat King Cole
[C6646-7] Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole (p,vcl) Oscar Moore (g) Wesley Prince (b) prob. Lee Young (d) added
Los Angeles, prob. February, 1940
AM521-A    I like to riff    Var 8340, Savoy SJL1205, SJL2224, ZDS1205 [CD]
AM522-A    By the river Sainte Marie       -           -                  -
AM523    Black spider stomp    Ammor 109, Savoy SJL1205, ZDS1205 [CD]
AM524    On the sunny side of the street         -          -       , SJL2224, 
ZDS1205 [CD] ,
         Milan (F)32963/2 [CD]
Note: Although some sources show date for this session as November, 1940 or 
even November, 1941, this earlier date has more validity when compared to other 
  Varsity record issues of the period and is cited by Classics CD liner.
Mx AM521-A renumbered as Mx S5898 and Mx AM524 renumbered as MX S5899 by Savoy.
Milan (F)32963/2 [CD] titled "Jazz : The Beginnings"; see various flwg sessions 
to February 27, 1945 for more titles; rest of CD by Lionel Hampton.
All above titles also on Vogue (F)VG655-650120 [CD], Classics (F)757 [CD].

(I Like to Riff/Sunny Side of the Street are on Varsity 8340 and Savoy 600 and 
probably on Ammor 108, although I've never seen that issue.)

dl

On 11/8/2010 11:13 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
> Indeed.
> It is in Rust-JR6 (can't remember if the late1941 date is correct) and was on Savoy 600.
> Savoy had a very odd numbering method, choosing "beautiful" nrs for special issues
> (like in albums; IIRC starting with 550), and 600 was probably released long before
> the catalog series had reached 599.
> Maybe they planned a popular vocal series, starting with 600, but it never happened,
> and the first part of the main series was 500-899.
> Another strange cat.nr was used for a very early release of a Joe Marsala record.
>
> Han Enderman
> ===
>>>> Savoy also had two early King Cole sides which it acquired from Varsity which
> acquired them from Ammor.
>
> dl
>
> On 11/8/2010 10:45 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
>> Probably the first Savoy release after its early black label 100 series is Savoy 500,
>> the start of the main jazz/R&B series, with Henderson's Crown recording of
>> Sugar Foot Stomp, taken from Varsity.
>>
>> Han Enderman
>> ===
>>>>> Crown may or may not be an orphan label, but Savoy (and its successors,
>> currently owned by Denon I think) claimed to own it by virtue of "owning" the
>> rights to Varsity masters which included many originals from Crown. Columbia
>> had no direct right of succession to it but could have tried to license a track
>> or just used it and made a "best effort" to determine the owner.
>>
>> Columbia always owned Harmony and Velvet-Tone, and acquired OKeh in 1926.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 11/8/2010 8:46 PM, Dan Van Landingham wrote:
>>> Was Crown one of those labels swallowed up by Columbia?
>>
> <<<