[78-L] Obit Orin Tucker

[Royal Pemberton]

The Elgarts began recording in 1953/1954, so I'm sure there are a few early
singles on both 78 and 45.  At least 'Bandstand boogie' (Columbia 40180).

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Eric Goldberg <ericgoldie2 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hopefully, there will always be big bands. That said...Larry Elgart's band,
> as well as Les', were later bands and were not part of the glory days of the
> big dance band. Did either Elgart ever have a record that came out
> originally only on 78s? In fact were Elgart records ever on 78s or did they
> just miss that transition period of simultaneous 78 and 45 releases?
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> I remember when Artie Shaw died I thought that that was the last of the big
> band era leaders. Yet his music still lives.
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> Then Blue Barron died, and now Orin Tucker....They may have died more
> recently than Shaw but their music died long ago. (just a joke..I know that
> their recordings will go on forever).
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> --- On Tue, 4/19/11, DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:
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> > From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> > Subject: [78-L] Obit Orin Tucker
> > To: 78-L at 78online.com
> > Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 5:15 PM
> > The last of the big band leaders?
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> > I realize that greatness is very subjective but isn't Larry
> > Elgart still alive?
> >  I've always enjoyed the Elgart recordings.
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> > db
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