[78-L] Sinatra and other singers and the 1942-1944 AFM ban

[David Weiner]

Lena Horne also did a Victor session that didn't come out until a 1990s Cd.

Ethel Merman did two for Victor in 1943.

The King Sisters did several Bluebird sides.

Dave Weiner

On 12/31/13 6:37 PM, "Rodger Holtin" <rjh334578 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
>Can somebody provide a list or a link that will enumerate
>with numbers and dates the Frank Sinatra Columbias cut during the AFM ban?
> 
>I¹ve found a hodge-podge of conflicting/incomplete notes.
> 
>Looking at the few I¹ve been able to trace, it looks like the
>majors did very, very little recording during the ban.  I would have
>thought they¹d have done more of
>the a cappella stuff than they did, or at least more than I have found.
>Established
>ol¹ Bing did only four tunes; Como, trying to build a career only six;
>Frankie
>about the same but can¹t tell for sure.  Same for Dick Haymes and Dinah
>Shore, I found only four each ­ were there
>others?   Larger question ­ do we  know how many of those a cappella
>records were
>made?  Anybody bothered to build a discography of them?  Did Capitol
>bother recording at all?  I've never seen an a cappella Capitol.
>
> 
>Rodger
>
>
>For Best Results use Victor Needles.
>
>
>.
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