[78-L] Flanagan & Whiteman

[J. E. Knox]

Greetings from FixitLand!

Joe Salerno wrote:

> New acquisitions:
> 
> They're Playing Our Song - Ralph Flanagan and his orchestra
> Imperial LP - 12006 - no date
> 
> Paul Whiteman - The Night I Played 666 Fifth Avenue
> Grand Award G.A. 33-409
> 
> Question 1: When were these records made?
> 
> Q. 2: Is Whiteman actually involved in the music making? I see an image 
> and references to his name but nowhere does it say that he is actually 
> performing.

I have nothing on the Whiteman LP, but the Flanagan LP is the first of four less-than-memorable Imperial LPs he recorded from 1958-60. Rather than using the Glenn Miller style he was known for aping, here his small group resembles Eddy Duchin's "piano with rhythm accompaniment" sound of the early 1940s. Here's the particulars I have:

RALPH FLANAGAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
RF (p, arr); unknown ts, g, sb, d.
Hollywood, 31 March 1958.
IM-1568	All Of Me			Imperial LP-9053 (mono), LP-12006 (stereo); London HA-P2131
IM-1569	Margie					-				-			-
IM-1570	Sail Along Silvery Moon			-				-			-
IM-1571	Up A Lazy River [sic]			-				-			-
IM-1572	Josephine					-				-			-
IM-1573	April Love					-				-			-

Same. Hollywood, 1 April 1958.
IM-1574	Lisbon Antigua				-				-			-
IM-1575	Secret Love					-				-			-
IM-1576	Again						-				-			-
IM-1577	Who's Sorry Now				-				-			-
IM-1578	It Had To Be You				-				-			-
IM-1579	Whispering					-				-			-
IM-1580	St. Louis Blues		Imperial X5576 (45)
IM-1581	My Melancholy Baby	Imperial rejected

The labels on at least some copies (if not all) of LP-9053 read "OUR SONG ALBUM." Perhaps the stereo LP-12006 labels do too? I show release date of the LP as September 1958.

Take care,


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Joe
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