[78-L] Tommy Dorsey Deccas

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. rbratcherjr at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 19 15:12:21 PST 2011


What about his Bell 7" 78 rpm sides? I have one called Wanted/I Speak To The Stars but I have yet to find any others. If they were also on 45 rpm then I haven't seen one.



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>From: Jeff Sultanof <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
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>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 4:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [78-L] Tommy Dorsey Deccas
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>No, that was his own band. In fact, in 1952, Jimmy joined him.
>
>The Deccas are a mixed bag. There are some nice vocals by Lynn Roberts, and
>a nice vocal record by the Beachcombers called "You Could Make Me Smile
>Again."
>
>Jeff Sultanof
>
>On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Randy Watts <rew1014 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Just listening to a couple of Tommy Dorsey Decca discs from the early 50s.
>> Did he still have his own orchestra at this point or was he fronting studio
>> groups? I haven't heard much of his Decca output but these four sides are
>> all kind of bland.
>>
>> Randy
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