[78-L] B side became the hit, was Re: Double Sided Dance Band Discs - swing era

[Royal Pemberton]

Bluebird 7746--where 'Begin the beguine' was the flip to 'Indian love call'
(Artie Shaw)....

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Rodger Holtin <rjh334578 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> OK, a worthy enough thread nonetheless, so anybody want to list the B
> sides that became overshadowing hits from the big band era?
>
> Kinda hard to tell on Columbias/ ARCs, though.
>
> ...and I have a few 45s from the 1970s with split artist sides as well.
> The radio station librarians hated it, as I know from first-hand
> experience.  And early Chipmunks had David Seville and His Orchestra on the
> flips, so the exceptions just kept on rolling.
>
> Rodger
>
> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
>
> .
>
> --- On Wed, 11/14/12, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: [78-L] B side became the hit, was Re: Double Sided Dance Band
> Discs - swing era
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 2:32 PM
>
>
> Tangent here..Patti Page's "Tennessee Waltz" was the reverse of something
> called "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus".
>
> dl
>
> On 11/14/2012 3:27 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
> > And speaking of Christmas, although the same artist,  If It Doesn't Snow
> on Christmas backed by its "B" Side, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.    I
> happen to like If it doesn't snow... but few people know it today compared
> to the continuing popularity of Rudolph.
> >
> > Ron L
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [mailto:
> 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 3:06 PM
> > To: 78-L Mail List
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Double Sided Dance Band Discs - swing era
> >
> > Santa Claus is Comin' to Town by Tommy Dorsey was backed with Jingle
> Bells by Benny Goodman, but that was a Christmas combo. I suspect that
> retailers might have been vocal in hating the split combinations.
> >
> > One very late oddball pairing (early 50s) is on A-Bell, joining Sam
> Ulano's drumming narrative The Three Bears with an instrumental by Will
> Lorin's Orchestra, Poughkeepsie Pizzicato. And Ricky Nelson recorded only 3
> sides for Verve, so one of them was backed with an instrumental led by
> Barney Kessel. Not swing era but odd splits nonetheless.
> >
> > dl
> >
> > On 11/14/2012 2:59 PM, Rodger Holtin wrote:
> >>
> >> I’m attempting to assemble a program or two of swing era “hitsâ€
> with their flop-side counterparts - kind of a best-of/worst-of.  So far,
> so good, and got lots to choose from.
> >> We’re all familiar with the practice of early dance band records of
> >> Whiteman on one side and Roger Wolfe Kahn on the other, and during the
> Depression they coupled artists in medleys and stuff just to generate any
> kind of sale.  Remember the guy who wrote to The List about 10 years ago
> in total bewilderment that Victor would put the Vaughan Quartet on the Back
> of a Stamps Quartet record?  Anyway, all that pretty well went away by the
> time of the swing era, with a  few notable exceptions: Stardust by TD and
> BG on Victor 25320 and All The Things You Are by TD and Shaw on 20-1561,
> f’rinstance.  The only other one I know is 25518 Josephine by Wayne King
> and Miracles Sometime Happen by Roy Fox. So, today’s multi-part question
> for the Resident Experts of 78-L:Â save for special items (as noted above),
> albums and coin operator issues, when did the practice of mixing artists on
> a single issue cease to be a common practice?  Do we know why?  Any
> written policies extant that may clue us in to
>  this marketing decision?Â
> Seems “common sense†to us today, but maybe wasn’t always so
> “obvious†as it is to our latter-day eyes with perfect 20-20 hindsight.
> >>
> >> Rodger
> >>
> >> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
> >>
> >> .
> >
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