[78-L] Tommy Dorsey Deccas

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sat Nov 19 15:15:21 PST 2011


I have a few Bells, like Brothers (i.e. Sisters). I also have two of them on 
ten inch..no idea whether these were DJ pressings or were actually sold as tens.

dl

On 11/19/2011 6:12 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> 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>
>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 4:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Tommy Dorsey Deccas
>>
>> 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
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>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Randy Watts<rew1014 at yahoo.com>  wrote:
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>>> 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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