[78-L] Todd Rollins

[david.diehl at hensteeth.com]

I have a note to myself that Rollins is mentioned in "The mystery of vanishing musicians has been solved" Variety 7 Jan 1931 p.73 but I don't have the article.
 DJD
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From: Kristjan Saag [mailto:saag at telia.com]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 09:03 AM
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Subject: [78-L] Todd Rollins

Does anyone know for sure if there ever was a real Todd Rollins (dance records for Banner 1934-35)?According to some sources Todd Rollins was a pseudonym for the Gene Kardos Orchestra (Rust lists a few Rollins' titles being released under Kardos' name, other titles under Joe Venuti & His Orchestra's and Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers' - Bullock was the singer on most Rollins' titles). Others have mentioned The Mills Blue Rhythm as the guys behind certain titles...As for the physical Todd Rollins he's said to have been a tenor saxophonist, backing Chick Bullock on some of his recordings, others have guessed that he was a booking agent for The Mills Blue Rhythm, there is a mention, somewhere that he had a local band in New Jersey....Any more clues?Here are a few links:http://www.angelfire.com/music5/tony2003/html/toddrollins.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=g-SwPF2nKQcOh, BTW, Todd Rollins' "Boogie Man" is featured in the soundtrack for horror video game "Bioshock 2"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioShock_2 - other songs are "Daddy, Wont You Please Come Home" (Hanshaw), "Jitterbug Waltz" (Waller), Chasing Shadows" (Quintette de Hot Club de France) etc.. Nice way of recycling 78 rpm era music, isn't it?Kristjan_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l