[78-L] AFM ban discography
Rodger J Holtin
rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid
Wed Aug 26 12:29:57 PDT 2020
For almost as many years as I've collected 78s I've been curious about the
records made during the AFM recording ban of 1942-44. While we'll probably
never know what the renegades like Oberstein did during that period, the
records made by singers with acappella-accompaniment for the major labels is
a finite list.
With the resource of
http://www.78discography.com/
and a little clarification from
https://sinatrafamily.com/session/index.php
I've made a tentative list which I have pasted in below.
I've never seen any acappella records on Capitol and the only OKeh that I've
been able to find is one by the Golden Gate Quartet, and I see that Ty's
list has a note on one of them indicating an August 1942 date.
I listed the Four Vagabonds on Bluebird as the dates indicate they were
recorded during the ban. I finally found a copy of Rosie The Riveter and I
Had The Craziest Dream on 30-0810, but a close listen reveals that it has
some kind of stringed instrument - I'm guessing a tiple. Years ago I read
that somebody got by with that since the tiple was not recognized as a
legitimate instrument by the union. I doubted the story at the time I heard
it, so perhaps I have finally found that one and proved it to be correct.
Haven't heard the other sides, so I don't know about them.
Have also heard that Petrillo was singularly unhappy with this situation and
called in other unions to stop their members; i.e.: Actor's Guild to stop
some singers, and IBEW to stop the recording engineers. If anybody can
confirm or correct those items, I'd like to know about that, too.
Any additions/corrections/suggestions, let me know.
Bluebird 30-0810A Four Vagabonds ROSIE THE RIVETER
D3AB5 1/15/1943
Bluebird 30-0810B Four Vagabonds I HAD THE CRAZIEST
DREAM D3AB3 1/15/1943
Bluebird 30-0811A Four Vagabonds ROSE ANN OF CHARING
CROSS D3AB4 1/15/1943
Bluebird 30-0811B Four Vagabonds TEN LITTLE SOLDIERS
D3AB6-1 1/15/1943
Bluebird 30-0822A The Four King Sisters MAIRZY DOATS
D4AB28 5/1/1944
Bluebird 30-0822B The Four King Sisters ITS LOVE D4AB29
5/1/1944
Bluebird 30-0824A The Four King Sisters San Fernando Valley
D4VB70 3/22/1944
Bluebird 30-0824B The Four King Sisters Milkman, Keep Those
Bottles Quiet D4VB69 3/22/1944
Bluebird 30-0829A The Four King Sisters The Trolley Song
D4AB233 8/17/1944
Bluebird 30-0829B The Four King Sisters (All of a Sudden) My
Heart Sings D4AB232 8/17/1944
Columbia 36678 FRANK SINATRA CLOSE TO YOU CO33249
6/7/1943
Columbia 36678 FRANK SINATRA YOU'LL NEVER KNOW CO33251
6/7/1943
Columbia 36679 FRANK SINATRA SUNDAY MONDAY OR ALWAYS
CO33268 6/22/1943
Columbia 36679 FRANK SINATRA IF YOU PLEASE CO33269
6/22/1943
Columbia 36682 FRANK SINATRA PEOPLE WILL SAY WE'RE IN LOVE
CO33250=6 6/7/1943
Columbia 36682 FRANK SINATRA OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN'
CO33283=1 8/5/1943
Columbia 36687 FRANK SINATRA I COULDN'T SLEEP A WINK LAST NIGHT
CO33368=1 11/3/1943
Columbia 36687 FRANK SINATRA A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND AN EVENING
CO33373=3 11/10/1943
Columbia 36693 GINNY SIMMS SUDDENLY IT'S SPRING HCO965
1/28/1944
Columbia 36693 GINNY SIMMS IRRESISTABLE YOU HCO966
1/28/1944
Decca 18553A The SONG SPINNERS COMIN' IN ON A WING AND A
PRAYER 71338 5/4/1943
Decca 18553B The SONG SPINNERS JOHNNY ZERO 71340
5/4/1943
Decca 18554A SONG SPINNERS STALIN WASN'T STALLIN'
71337 5/4/1943
Decca 18554B SONG SPINNERS LOVE IS GOIN' TO BE RATIONED
71339 5/4/1943
Decca 18556A DICK HAYMES & SONG SPINNERS YOU'LL NEVER KNOW
71378 5/27/1943
Decca 18556B DICK HAYMES & SONG SPINNERS WAIT FOR ME, MARY
71377 5/27/1943
Decca 18557A DICK HAYMES and The SONG SPINNERS IN MY
ARMS 71379A 5/27/1943
Decca 18557B DICK HAYMES and The SONG SPINNERS IT CAN'T
BE WRONG 71380A 5/27/1943
Decca 18558A DICK HAYMES and the SONG SPINNERS I HEARD
YOU Cried LAST NIGHT 71426AA 6/22/1943
Decca 18558B DICK HAYMES and the SONG SPINNERS I NEVER
MENTION YOUR NAME 71425AA 6/22/1943
Decca 18560 DICK HAYMES & SONG SPINNERS GERTIE FROM BIZERTE
71392 6/14/1943
Decca 18560 DICK HAYMES & SONG SPINNERS THERE'S A STAR SPANGLED
BANNER WAVING SOMEWHERE 71391 6/14/1943
Decca 18561A BING CROSBY SUNDAY, MONDAY OR ALWAYS
L3172 8/2/1943
Decca 18561B BING CROSBY & DARBY SINGERS IF YOU PLEASE
L3173 8/2/1943
Decca 18562A SPORTSMEN GLEE CLUB WHAT DO YOU DO IN THE INFANTRY?
L3179 8/6/1943
Decca 18562B SPORTSMEN GLEE CLUB KE-TOKY-I-O L3177
8/6/1943
Decca 18564A BING CROSBY and TRUDY ERWIN with The Sportsmen Glee
Club PEOPLE WILL SAY WE'RE IN LOVE L3181A
8/23/1943
Decca 18564B BING CROSBY and TRUDY ERWIN with The Sportsmen Glee
Club OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING L3182A 8/23/1943
Decca 18565A DICK HAYMES & SONG SPINNERS PUT YOUR ARMS
AROUND ME, HONEY 71433 9/7/1943
Decca 18565B DICK HAYMES & SONG SPINNERS FOR THE FIRST
TIME 71434 9/7/1943
Decca 18566A KAY ARMEN & BALLADIERS HOW SWEET YOU ARE
71436 9/15/1943
Decca 18566B KAY ARMEN & BALLADIERS THE DREAMER 71435
9/15/1943
Decca 18568A KAY ARMEN & BALLADIERS LATER TONIGHT 71437
9/15/1943
Decca 18568B KAY ARMEN & BALLADIERS CUDDLE UP A LITTLE
CLOSER, LOVEY MINE 71438 9/15/1943
Okeh 6712 GOLDEN GATE JUBILEE QT STALIN WASN'T STALLIN'
33183=1 3/5/1943
Okeh 6713 GOLDEN GATE JUBILEE QT COMIN' IN ON A WING AND A
PRAYER 33216 5/19/1943
Victor 20-1538-A PERRY COMO GOODBYE SUE ?
6/20/1943
Victor 20-1538-B PERRY COMO THERE'LL SOON BE A RAINBOW
? 6/20/1943
Victor 20-1548 PERRY COMO HAVE I STAYED AWAY TOO LONG?
? 12/1/1943
Victor 20-1548 PERRY COMO I'VE HAD THIS FEELING BEFORE
? 12/1/1943
Victor 20-1562 DINAH SHORE w Mixed Chorus NOW I KNOW
? -
Victor 20-1562 DINAH SHORE w Mixed Chorus I COULDN'T SLEEP A
WINK LAST ? -
Victor 20-1569 PERRY COMO I LOVE YOU ? 2/8/1944
Victor 20-1569 PERRY COMO LONG AGO ? 2/8/1944
Victor 20-1586 DINAH SHORE w Mixed Chorus I'LL WALK ALONE ?
-
Victor 20-1586 DINAH SHORE w Mixed Chorus IT COULD HAPPEN TO
YOU ? -
Victor 20-1592 PERRY COMO LILI MARLENE ?
6/27/1944
Victor 20-1592 PERRY COMO FIRST CLASS PRIVATE MARY BROWN
? 6/27/1944
Victor 20-1594-A DINAH SHORE w Mixed Chorus TOGETHER ?
ca June 1944
Victor 20-1594-B DINAH SHORE w Mixed Chorus I LEARNED A LESSON
I'LL NEVER FORGET ? ca June 1944
Rodger Holtin
78-L Member Since MCMXCVIII
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