[78-L] Kay Armen

[Cary Ginell]

No doubt a slip of the ship, uh, shlep, uh shloop.

Aaah, forget it.

Cary Ginell

> Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 00:42:31 -0400
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Kay Armen
> 
> 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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