[78-L] Ken Curtis with Dorsey??

[Taylor Bowie]

Thanks,  everybody...I had totally zoned on the Love Sends side by TD...I 
have it and I think it's on the back of one I like to play a lot...What Is 
This Thing Called Love,  maybe?  Too lazy to go into the next room to check.

Taylor



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Subject: Re: [78-L] Ken Curtis with Dorsey??


> Rumors of Sinatra leaving TD were rife by the end of '41 and Frankie made 
> his first solo discs a couple of months later.
> There were eight sides cut at the "Little gift of Roses" session so if 
> there were fireworks during the first four hour block there would have 
> been time to send out for a journeyman radio singer to fill in for a 
> one-shot appearance.
>
> Curtis was Shep Fields' regular vocalist beginning in December, 1941, 
> though Rust lists him as Ken Carter for some reason. Curtis received some 
> nice reviews in the trades but joined the Army at the end of June, 1942. 
> David
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> From: Rjholtin [mailto:rjh334578 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2012 11:02 PM
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>
> Why would TD hire another crooner with Sinatra already on the payroll? Any 
> clues from history?Sent from my iPodOn Jul 8, 2012, at 6:52 PM, David 
> Weiner  wrote:Supposedly Frankie left the session early due to an argument 
> with TD.Dave WeinerOn 7/8/12 7:20 PM, "David Lennick"  wrote:For a while 
> in 1941, according to this:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193411/bioAnd yes 
> he did one session, September 26/41, which produced "Love Sends aLittle 
> Gift of Roses".And here he is with Shep Fields (I'm not finding him listed 
> on anyrecords though, only Ken 
> Carter):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzVj6crkpl4dlOn 7/8/2012 7:10 PM, 
> Taylor Bowie wrote:Yo, all,I'm having a friendly on-line chat with someone 
> who maintains that KenCurtis was with the Dorsey band around the time that 
> Sinatra left andDickHaymes joined...and that he recorded a couple of sides 
> with the band aswell.I find this hard to believe...anyone have any info? I 
> read the TDorsey bioa year or so ago and don't remember any mention of Ke
> n Curtis (who didsingand record with Shep Field's New Music band).Thanks 
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