[78-L] Gene Kelly 100

[David Lennick]

Per Gart, the first MGM releases are February 1947. Kelly seems to have done 
only children's records for Columbia, always with a "courtesy of MGM" credit.

dl

On 8/23/2012 11:54 AM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> David,
>
> I think MGM Records started in 1946 with the soundtrack of "Till the Clouds
> Roll By" if memory serves.
>
> Jeff Sultanof
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:26 AM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>
>> There's the answer..Gal/Tulip is still listed in the first edition under
>> Garland's name, but the bio appears only in the second edition. His next
>> recording is probably The King Who Wouldn't Dance (The Worry Song), for
>> Columbia, c. 1946. MGM's label wasn't up and running until 1947 as far as
>> I know.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 8/23/2012 11:20 AM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>>> I have the first edition.
>>> And I forgot that the MGM stuff was post 1942.
>>> Kristjan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2012-08-23 15:48, David Lennick wrote:
>>>> There'd only be one that's eligible, When You Wore a Tulip/For Me and
>> My Gal.
>>>> And Rust DOES list him, with a lengthy bio, and "see Judy Garland".
>> CED2, page 449.
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>>
>>>> On 8/23/2012 9:39 AM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>>>>> Ahundred years ago, today, Gene Kelly was born.
>>>>> Funny his records aren't featured in Rust's Entertainment discography.
>>>>> Kristjan