[78-L] Charlie Barnet title I can't think of

[Bud Black]

I once knew a lady singer who claimed she was Judy Ellington on the Barnett recordings.  Her name was Helen Jericho, and sang a few numbers with my band.  She was quite good, but I could never confirm her Barnett claim.  This was about 1977.

Bud

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On Mar 19, 2012, at 10:25 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Both of those books have been favorites of mine for decades. If you like them, 
> find FRED ALLEN'S LETTERS. Hysterical stuff, much of it very inside.
> 
> dl
> 
> On 3/19/2012 9:39 AM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
>> I just finished reading both of Fred Allen's books; I had no idea until
>> recently that both had been reissued. It is clear in Treadmill to Oblivion
>> that he considered Jack Benny one of his best friends, and there is a clip
>> somewhere where Allen walks on a stage where Jack Benny is appearing and
>> demands his money back. Benny repeatedly doubles over in laughter at
>> Allen's quips.
>> 
>> BTW, in case anyone is interested, most of Fred Allen's appearances on
>> What's My Line are now available. They'd been re-broadcast on GSN and at
>> least one company is selling DVDs of the series.
>> 
>> Jeff Sultanof
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Mark Bardenwerper<citrogsa at charter.net>wrote:
>> 
>>> On 3/18/2012 10:54 PM, david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:
>>>> Sammy had a sense of humor-give the Varsity of "Oh Helen" or the
>>> post-war "I used to work in Chicago" a spin. I'm certain that the Victor
>>> brass would have gotten his OK before releasing something that might offend
>>> one of their most consistent money makers. In June of 1940 Oberstein
>>> offered Kaye what was then reported by Variety as one of the most lucrative
>>> contracts in the business, which Victor matched when US Records went into
>>> receivership.
>>>> 
>>> Stage show biz was rife with conflict put-ons. The classic was that
>>> between Jack Benny and Fred Allen, who regularly traded potshots. During
>>> sequential appearances at the Chicago Theater in 1947, they went to
>>> blows to a point where a lawsuit was threatened. Allen wrote a letter to
>>> the offices of Balaban&  Katz, referring to Benny disparagingly (tongue
>>> in cheek) and stated that if Benny made further aspersions he would sue
>>> the theater  for $2,000,000. Of course it was all a sham, and the
>>> resulting hoopla only added to both of their box office takes.
>>> 
>>> http://www.otrr.org/FILES/Magz_pdf/Nostalgia%20Digest/NostalgiaDigest_V21_%2802%29FebMar95.pdf
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.
>>> 
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