--- In Vaughn_Monroe_@yahoogroups.com, "gnick407" <jerf33dewey@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In Vaughn_Monroe_@yahoogroups.com, "musiclover4monroe"
> <ceschwartz@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello, I'm looking for information on my father who was
> >
> > The bass player in the Vaughn Monroe Orchestra in the
> >
> > 40's and 50's his name was Jack Fay.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks much.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Edie Palermo
> >
> > 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
HI AGAIN EDIE,
TRY THE FOLLOWING ON YOUR SEARCH BROWSER; BASS PLAYER JACK FAY.
>IF YOU HAVE YAHOO SEARCH IN PARTICULAR; TYPE IN "BASS PLAYER JACK
FAY" ON IT. THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO A DISCOGRAPHY OF HIS AND A
BIOGRAPHY TOO AT 'SHOPPING YAHOO.COM'. THERE'S REFERENCE OF A
PHOTO OF HIM IN ACTION WITH BUCKY PIZZARELLI PLAYING GUITAR AND
VAUGHN MONROE PLAYING TRUMPET AT AN ATLANTIC CITY NIGHT CLUB IN
1947.YOU'LL HAVE TO SEARCH IN LIBRARIES FOR A COPY OF TERRENCE M
RIPMASTER'S BOOK; "BUCKY PIZZARELLI; A LIFE IN MUSIC" FOR THE
PHOTO. OTHER FACTS ARE THERE YOU MIGHT FIND INTERESTING OF HIS
CAREER AFTER BEING WITH VAUGHN MONROE.
HOPE THIS HELPS IN YOUR SEARCH FOR INFO.
GERALDNICK