[78-L] 1948 AFM strike acappella recordings

[David Lennick]

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On 11/19/2018 8:03 PM, Rodger J Holtin wrote:
> We've all encountered the acappella records made during the 1942-45 AFM
> strike, some are even notable, but I had not realized that they made some
> during the 1948 strike as well.  I've read numerous places that by the time
> of the 1948 strike, everybody was geared and ready with lots of stuff in the
> can.  Courtesy of the local Goodwill, I just stumbled upon My Happiness and
> Tea Leaves by Ella Fitzgerald with The Song Spinners, on Decca 24446 (April
> 19, 1948, according to Ty's site).  Also note that Whitburn says this was a
> top ten (#6) hit for Ella in June of '48, 21 weeks on the charts.  I'm
> familiar with the tune from some of the old Music of Your Life stations I
> could get back in the 1980s or 1990s, but don't remember Ella's acappella
> version, or whatever version I might have heard.  Whitburn lists it also a
> hit by Jon & Sandra Steele (#2), The Pied Pipers (#3), The Marlin Sisters
> (#24), and John Laurenz (#26).
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> I don't have or remember any of those others - were any of them acappella
> also?
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> Were there other acappella records made during the 1948 Petrillo strike?
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