[78-L] Info needed on Hollywood Hillbillies +

[Julian Vein]

On 28/06/11 16:34, jim brannen wrote:
> I have been subscribing to 78L for about a month now and have been totally blown away with the knowledge most of you have.  Now I'm going to hit you up with three unrelated questions, so feel free to answer one, all or none. I promise it won't hurt my feelings. (LOL).
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>                 1. A vocal group calling themselves "The Hollywood Hillbillies" released at least 2 recordings for RCA c.1947. The first was RCA Victor 20-2336 with "Tim-ta-shun" and "Chattanooga Choo Choo". Now here's where it gets weird. RCA re-releases "Chattanooga Choo Choo" b/w "Friendship" a re-release of the Pied Pipers (Dorsey Family-Mountain Branch) Bluebird from 1940 on 20-2355., just 19 numbers later. Was the original pulled for some reason or were both available? And last, who were the Hollywood Hillbillies. I have been found nothing on the web. My theory is they were perhaps some Hollywood celebs of some sort, put together by Victor to capitalize on Red Ingles' Tim-ta-shun on Capitol with Jo Stafford as 'Cinderella G. Stump'. Any info will be welcomed. -
> Jimmy Brannen (no nickname yet, any suggestions?)
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Welcome to the happy throng.

It looks like Capitol objected to a cover version of "Tim-ta-shun" and 
got RCA to pull their one. Not having anything else by the HHs, RCA dug 
back into their files for the TD side to maintain the 'country' flavour. 
It certainly looks like the HHs were a fictitious, one-off, group--RCA 
didn't seem to have anything else by them to use for a replacement. Do 
you have the HHs version to compare with Red Ingle's?

      Julian Vein