[78-L] The Four Dukes on Prom inquiry

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Sep 8 19:18:32 PDT 2011


Prom..crappy light plastic, ugly yellow labels. Owned by Synthetic Plastics 
Corp (think Peter Pan), A&R and sales manager was indeed Enoch Light. On the 
other hand, he used Artie Malvin and some other good people when he was at 
Grand Award.

dl

On 9/8/2011 10:11 PM, Ray Kilcoyne wrote:
> From: Todd Lann
> Does anybody have any information on The Four Dukes on Prom 1008 "Tell Me
> Why"  and value?
>>
> I suspect it may be a cheap label cover of the Four Aces/Eddie Fisher hit
> from 1951-52.  Enoch Light had connections to the Prom label.  Prom 1007 was
> by the same Four Dukes group and covered LITTLE WHITE CLOUD/CHARMAINE.  If
> so the value would be just about zero.  To check this possibility out, look
> for the songwriter credits on the label.  If it is Al Alberts and Marty
> Gold, then you have a cover.  Also, there would likely be another hit song
> from the same period on the flip side.
> There was a doo wop group by that name but I doubt they are one and the
> same.
> RayK
>
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