[78-L] Archive - Collector - do you have Apollo 1067 ??

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Tue Sep 13 07:39:18 PDT 2011


1045 	Gordon McRae 	If I Had My Life To Live Over Again 	- 	- 	LA 	~1947 	-
1045 	Gordon McRae 	Heartaches 	- 	- 	LA 	~1947 	-

Still points to 1067 being Old Devil Moon by MacRae.

dl

On 9/13/2011 10:36 AM, Han Enderman wrote:
> I do not know what was the orig. question and what is actually known by now.
> I do not have images of 1067, or 1064&  1066, but 1065&  1070 are Charlie Barnet.
> 1045 is Gordon MacRae, with Jerome.
> Jerome Orch is regularly used on other Apollos.
>
> han enderman
> ===
>>>>
> I suspect that there are errors in 78discography, but one can't tell for sure unless
> we have the actual records.
>   Billboard lists 1064-1066 for Connee Boswell.
>
>   Perhaps anyone with Apollo discs could check that range on 78discography....
>
> Thanks, Thomas.
>
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> I'm seeing a few Billboard listings showing it as 1067. Too bad it didn't
> chart, or Whitburn would have been another source. Are we sure it isn't the
> Connee Boswell entry that's incorrect?
>
> I know I have ONE Gordon MacRae Apollo but would have to look through a few
> thousand discs to find it.
>
> dl
>
> On 9/13/2011 9:46 AM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>>
>> Repeating this request - there must be a copy somewhere....
>>
>> In 78discography Apollo 1067 is listed as:
>>     1067 Connee Boswell w. Jerry Jerome Old Devil Moon - - - 4/24/1947 -
>>     1067 Connee Boswell w. Jerry Jerome I Wanna Be Loved - - - 4/24/1947 -
>>
>> [78discography lists 1045 as McRae rather than MacRae]
>>
>> however a Billboard review  July 12, 1947 lists it as a Gordon MacRae recording (with Jerry Jerome Orch)
>>
>> Can someone provide label scans, or label text for an actual copy of 1067 ?
>>
>> Perhaps it is an error scanning billboard, but it shows up in multiple places.
>>
>> Given the poor review, and the move to Capitol (canceling the Apollo contract), perhaps Apollo withdrew
>> the disc and reused the number ???
>>
>> Any other hypotheses ???
>>
>> THANK YOU.
>> Best wishes, Thomas.
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