[78-L] Dance with me Henry

[David Lennick]

And a reissue I have on Stardust URC 1196 lists the songwriters as (J. Rogers, 
P. Otis). Modern Music Pub. BMI, no orchestra credited. I've just gone through 
a few hundred 50s 45s and 78s and don't seem to have an original of that one.

dl

On 1/16/2011 8:24 AM, Gary Herzenstiel wrote:
> Hi, Peter and 78-L fellows.
>
> Questions about Georgia Gibb's "Dance with me Henry" from 1955
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIJvlHXEqU"
> Mercury 70616
> Wallflower (Dance with me Henry)
> Otis * Ballard * James
> BMI
> with orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser
>
> But my copy of the tune, Mercury 70572, shows:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoCgCZ8cF0o
> Mercury 70572
> Dance with me Henry (Wallflower)
> James Etta - P. Otis
> ASCAP
> with Hugo Peretti and his orchestra
>
> The recording is the same.  No, I did not mis-type "James Etta."  Who is Ballard?  Who's band is it and would someone pay ASCAP or BMI?  How messed up is that!
>
> As if that wasn't enough of a puzzle, most copies I've seen of 70572 are backed with "Ballin' The Jack."  I found a copy that was backed with "Every road must have a turning."  Orchestra credit on "Every" is Glenn Osser.  Was one of the pairings pulled?  The labels all have that mid-'50s Mercury half-n-half logo.
>
> Who knows the real stories here?
>
> Thanks.    Gary
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