[78-L] Decca joins the war of the speeds

[David Lennick]

I'd flip all the cards, but this is too much fun..no, no, no and no.

dl

On 11/1/2012 11:53 PM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> Judy Garland, Dick Haymes, Lionel Hampton, Lucky Millinder
>
> Could it be any of these?
>
> JS
>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:48 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>
>> You'd have thought Oklahoma as I did. Nope, Oklahoma is 9-6. Bearing in
>> mind
>> that these all probably came out in one batch, you'd still expect one of
>> their
>> biggest sellers to have the first number.  But noooooo!
>>
>> Next guess?
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 11/1/2012 11:36 PM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
>>> My guesses: Oklahoma or a Bing Crosby album. After all, Columbia's first
>>> pop 10" LP was Sinatra.
>>>
>>> Jeff Sultanof
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:38 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> When Decca began issuing album sets on 45s in 1949, their second box set
>>>> was
>>>> "Manhattan Tower", a steady seller since 1946. Anyone know what was the
>>>> first,
>>>> i.e. album 9-1? The answer may surprise you.
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>>