[78-L] Joe "Fingers" Carr (was RE: Margaret Whiting RIP)

[Royal Pemberton]

Box.net is a good place to upload mp3s as is Mediafire.com, although the
latter is bad to blitz you with pop up ads and whatnot on the way to doing a
download.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
> Didn't know until I read the obit that Whiting was once married to Lou
> Busch (aka Joe "Fingers" Carr).
>
> BTW, Busch recorded a sleeper that I really love. It's a second effort at a
> place name song written by Bobby Troup after the success of "Route 66"
> called "Ventura Boulevard Boogie." Released in 1951 on Capitol 1733 under
> the name of Carr with vocals are by the obscure Ewing Sisters. Growing up in
> the San Fernando Valley, I was very familiar with all of the cities
> mentioned in the song:
>
> In the San Fernando Valley,
> There's a pub on a famous thoroughfare
> Where a man called Dan, the Boogie Beat Man
> Entertains the people there
> It goes from Sherman Oaks to Canoga Park
> They begin to gather 'round when it starts gettin' dark to hear
>
> (chorus)
> The Ventura Boulevard Boogie
> The Ventura Boulevard Boogie
> Customers tap their feet to the beat
> They love to listen to the Ventura Boulevard Boogie
> The Ventura Boulevard Boogie
>
> 'Bout a mile from old Encino
> Drivin' west you are sure to see the sight
> Of the place where Dan, the Boogie Beat Man
> Starts around a quarter past nine
> They come from Studio City, Van Nuys, Tarzana
> Just to hear Dan, playin' his pianna to
>
> (chorus)
>
> When you're on your next vacation
> Don't forget you gotta make a date
> You gotta see old Dan, the Boogie Beat Man
> Play up on the 88
> Join the people from Reseda and North Hollywood
> Who clap their hands together because it feels so good to hear
>
> (chorus - fades)
>
> If anyone wants to hear the recording, let me know privately and I'll send
> you an MP3. Which brings up a point I'd like to bring up with Ron Fial. Is
> there a way we can share MP3s with other members on the list? Maybe a common
> site can be rigged up so we can upload some of our favorite 78s.
>
>
> Cary Ginell
>
> > Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:59:03 -0800
> > From: danvanlandingham at yahoo.com
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Margaret Whiting RIP
> >
> >
> >
> > I have "Moonlight in Vermont" by her with Billy Butterfields's
> orchestra.I also
> > have "My Ideal".Both were black label Capitols.They were nice
> records.It's too
> > bad Butterfield
> >
> > didn't make it as a bandleader.
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> > To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 6:33:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Margaret Whiting RIP
> >
> > On 1/11/2011 5:30 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> > > She loved her dad's tunes,  especially My Ideal...
> >
> > She was recently seen in Michael Feinstein's PBS series Great American
> > Songbook.  He visited her in her apartment and brought her a recording
> > of an old broadcast of her I think doing one of her dad's songs.
> >
> > Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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