[78-L] Kay Armen

[David Lennick]

I really want to clarify something here..some lists allow you to modify your 
messages, most don't, and I really did not mean to say "purloin" in regards to 
a major music library which Cary and I and a few others were invited to view 
and purchase a number of years ago. We most assuredly did not do any 
purloining. We went (at different times), we inspected, we bought, we paid, we 
shlepped or shipped (I shlepped, Cary shipped), and we're still appreciating 
what we acquired.

Still don't know why that word ended up here.

dl

On 10/5/2011 11:47 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> Thanks for confirming my hazy memory..I have it, probably from that Syracuse
> collection you and I purloined some years ago. As for the Robin Hood label,
> that was Prima's own..how long did he keep it going? It made it into Canada.
>
> dl
>
> On 10/5/2011 11:38 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>>
>> Not so obscure. It was issued on Federal 14001, with backing by the (other) Ray Charles Singers. Here's the announcement of its release in Billboard, along with co-current releases by Ella Fitzgerald (Decca), Kay Starr (Capitol), and Louis Prima (Robin Hood). Seems like Prima's version was on the obscure label.
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>> http://books.google.com/books?id=ah8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=kay+armen+come+on-a+my+house&source=bl&ots=5SP05RW967&sig=qXGL5A3EI1J8aTVC07LYFx4pNk4&hl=en&ei=oCGNTp-2L5SCsgKrsenKAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=kay%20armen%20come%20on-a%20my%20house&f=false
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 22:16:04 -0400
>>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Kay Armen
>>>
>>> I was going to say she introduced it..and I thought she'd recorded it, on some
>>> obscure label.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> On 10/5/2011 9:33 PM, David Lewis wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Cary,
>>>>
>>>> Definitely a very strong connection; Kay Armen first rolled out "Come On-a My House" as part of a
>>>> short-lived, local L.A. revue in 1945. This was Bagdasarian's first song, written in 1939 on a
>>>> drunken spree with his cousin William Saroyan -- the author. I would have loved to hear Kay sing
>>>> the song, but as far as I know she never recorded it. Rosemary Clooney, who did, sang it well, but
>>>> hated it.
>>>>
>>>> Uncle Dave Lewis
>>>> uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
>>>>
>>>> There is a tune written by Ross Bagdasarian (aka David Seville) called "Armen's Theme." I have it on a British London 78, but below is an image of the U.S. Liberty version. I never made the connection between Bagdasarian and Armen, but they both had Armenian roots (Armen's real name was Armenuhi Manoogian), so that probably indicates some sort of friendship between them.
>>>> The charming melody sounds more Italian than Armenian. I always liked Bagdasarian's non-Chipmunks instrumentals.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/78-DAVID-SEVILLE-chipmunks-ARMENS-THEME-1956-VG-/270733839394?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3f08fe8c22
>>>>
>>>> Cary Ginell
>>>>
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