[78-L] Our Passing Parade

[simmonssomer]

Truth is stranger than fiction, ooblah dee.

Al S..

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Our Passing Parade


> Interesting to hear Givens' name in this context. His collection went to a
> college which subsequently sold it to The Bop Shop which subsequently sold 
> the
> remainder to me.
>
> dl
>
> On 2/20/2012 11:08 AM, Rodger Holtin wrote:
>> Yes, and Glen Gray was fond of telling that story.  Bill Givens was the 
>> program director of WHAM in Rochester, NY and used to do a big band show 
>> the first Saturday of the month in the mid-1960s.  He did a Casa Loma 
>> show and told of his association with Gray at WBZ in Boston just before 
>> moving to Rochester.  Glen gave him a copy of that record and Bill 
>> enjoyed passing on Glen's story about it.  I thought it was a great 
>> record and would love to hear it again.
>>
>> Rodger
>>
>> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
>>
>> .
>>
>> --- On Mon, 2/20/12, simmonssomer<simmonssomer at comcast.net>  wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: simmonssomer<simmonssomer at comcast.net>
>> Subject: [78-L] Our Passing Parade
>> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-L at 78online.com>
>> Date: Monday, February 20, 2012, 9:58 AM
>>
>>
>> Just noticed while meandering through ADBD.
>> The Casa Loma Orchestra's first session took place on October 29, 1929.
>> That was "Black Thursday" when the stock market crashed.
>> They recorded three titles, the last of which was............"Happy Days 
>> Are
>> Here Again"
>> OK41339
>> Believe It Or Not
>>
>> Al "Ripley"Simmons
>>
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