[78-L] Harold Arlen question

[David Lennick]

Better I should have booze in the night. (My mamma done tol' me....)

dl

On 1/16/2013 2:05 PM, Don Chichester wrote:
> Looks like you'll have the blues in the night.
>
> Don
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:36:22 -0500
>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Harold Arlen question
>>
>> You know it and I know it and Simon knew it, but I gotta get something in print.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 1/16/2013 12:28 PM, djwein at earthlink.net wrote:
>>>
>>> It's Arlen, don't know how anyone could think otherwise. His voice was very distinctive.
>>>
>>> Dave Weiner
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>>> Sent: Jan 16, 2013 12:21 PM
>>>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Harold Arlen question
>>>>
>>>> I have the FM set (in storage) and the liner notes were my source as well.
>>>> Harold Arlen's autobiography is around here somewhere (Rhythm, Rainbows and
>>>> Blues) but not immediately visible.
>>>>
>>>> YahooGroups seems to be back online so maybe Will Friedwald or another ToNY
>>>> member will weigh in.
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>>
>>>> On 1/16/2013 12:09 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
>>>>> Long ago I made notes on microgroove issues of prewar jazz, and one of them is:
>>>>>
>>>>> "10 Sep 1941: Blues In The Night: back-up vocal by Harold Arlen (from Franklin Mint)."
>>>>>
>>>>> Herman titles were on FM Big Band Era 45&  46 (mixed with postwar tracks), in 4LP Album 12 (= 45-48).
>>>>> At the time I had seen the FM set in a library, but there is the possibility that I made the note after a review.
>>>>> (I assume the title is not on the FM Jazz set).
>>>>>
>>>>> The title is on an MCA CD: GRD 606, which only mentions Herman's vocal (as does the Garrod disco).
>>>>>
>>>>> han enderman
>>>>> ===
>>>>>>>> Confirmation needed (will settle for a bar mitzvah). Harold Arlen is the
>>>>> fill-in voice on Woody Herman's "Blues in the Night", no? My source for this
>>>>> was the Franklin Mint big band set (notes by George T. Simon, I think, but the
>>>>> albums are in storage where I can't check them) and I've seen other references
>>>>> but nothing I can point to right now. This is being questioned by a reviewer in
>>>>> Jazz Journal, so I need to provide something firm. What sayeth the Lord?
>>>>>
>>>>> dl
>>>>> <<<
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