[78-L] Ralph Flanagan - Janette Davis question WITH the link

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Feb 24 16:04:44 PST 2012


What are the selections? Flanagan did sides for Rainbow before going to Victor, 
although I wasn't aware of that label's material ending up on Allegro/Royale 
(and in fact I have it on Canadian Quality, I think).

dl

On 2/24/2012 6:31 PM, Roger Wade wrote:
> Here is a Youtube clip of her with lots of pictures and a nice vocal, supposedly from a 78.  There is only one "N" in her name.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zhptD8wcho
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> Tom Lord's jazz discography has the Royale 1820 10-inch LP but with no good information regarding Ralph Flanagan's contribution except that it was recorded between 1946 and 1949 with his band and strings.
>
> She was best known for her work with Arthur Godfrey.  Seems like a pretty good singer, based on the Youtube clip.
> Hope this helps.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Roger Wade
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> On Feb 24, 2012, at 6:11 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Just acquired a 10" Royale LP #1820 of Jannette Davis and the Ralph
>> Flanagan Orchestra.
>>
>> There is no mention of RF himself participating on this thing, just his
>> band.
>>
>> So Q.1: Did RF have anything at all to do with this production, or did
>> they use his name to sell records?
>>
>> Q.2 When was this recorded? Obviously it is an early LP, (1954 according
>> to the label notes) but could the recordings have come from the 78 era?
>> I didn't know RF ever recorded for anyone besides Vic. Which leads back
>> to Q1.
>>
>> Q.3 Who was Jannette Davis? Nothing found on wiki, even with different
>> spellings.
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