Word: decca
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...corridors of Tin Pan Alley's Pentagon-the Brill Building, on Broadway-oldtime songwriters are taking it big. A novice at the trade has written a catchy song called Snowflakes, Guy Lombardo has recorded it for Decca, and song sheets and records are selling in a flurry. The successful tunesmith: a nine-year-old girl from Brooklyn, a fourth-grader who doesn't even know Billboard from Variety...
Fats Waller Favorites (James P. Johnson; Decca, 2 sides LP). Among Waller's favorites: Ain't Misbehamn', I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling, Honeysuckle Rose-all played with light fingers and breezy ideas by the man who taught Waller himself...
Kings and Queens of Boogie-Woogle (Decca, 2 sides LP). Digging deep for a classic collection of boogie, Decca offers Pianists Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Dot Rice, Cleo Brown, Honey Hill. Outstanding: Lewis' Yancey Special, Johnson's Kaycee on My Mind...
...voice is as kernelly as Kansas corn, and his style as clear as a summer day. But in 21 years of making children's records, he has amassed a Bingle-sized following among the hobbyhorse set, which also means Bingle-sized record sales. Some of his 950 Decca records, such as the original, out-of-print Babar* series (1936), have even become collector's items...
...Look at Me Now (Tommy Dorsey; Decca). Trombonist Dorsey first recorded this fine song in 1941 with Frank Sinatra. This time, Bob London and Frances Irvin follow the same vocal arrangement with the Rhythmaires. The orchestra sounds better, but Sinatra's 1941 exuberance is missing...