--- In Vaughn_Monroe_@yahoogroups.com, "musiclover4monroe"
<ceschwartz@...> wrote:
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> Hello, I'm looking for information on my father who was
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> The bass player in the Vaughn Monroe Orchestra in the
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> 40's and 50's his name was Jack Fay.
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> Thanks much.
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> Regards,
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> Edie Palermo
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> Email edie.palermo@...
>HI EDIE. ACCORDING TO CHARLES GARROD IN HIS 'VAUGHN MONROE
DISCOGRAPHY' YOUR DAD'S NAME FIRST APPEARS AS BASS PLAYERWITH THE
VAUGHN MONROE BAND AT THE AUGUST 15, 1941 RECORDING SESSION IN NEW
YORK CITY. WHERE THERE ARE LISTINGS HIS NAME CONSTANTLY APPEARS
AFTERWARDS IN THE BAND PLAYER CREDITS. HE IS LISTED AT FIRST AS BASS
PLAYER THEN AS BASS/ VOCALIST. I CAN ONLY FIND ONE RECORDING HE MADE
A VOCAL ON. A DUET WITH MARILYN DUKE WITH THE BAND ON A BLUEBIRD
RECORDING OF "PRETTY LITTLE BUSY-BODY" (#11411) LAST LISTING OF HIS
NAME AS A BASS PLAYER WITH THE BAND RECORDING SESSION-WISE WAS IN
DECEMBER 1947.
IF I FIND MORE WILL ADVISE
BEST REGARDS
GERALDNICK