A Delightful Record

 

 

A Delightful Record
(A J & F Enterprise)

Don Hart Featuring Ray Wix

J8OW 0579  Girl Of My Life
(Hart, Gale & Gayle (BMI)

J8OW 0580  I'm Not Ready Now

(Hart)

DBS-101

1958

Featuring The Heart Strings -- Chuck, Vi & Ray Wix

credited on the picture sleeve only

see 45cat 

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Record listed at Rockin' Country Style (location unknown) . Although listed as a different artist on the Reserve label (real name Donald Dougherty) this is the same artist. 

 

This is also a Cleveland, Ohio label. Backing Don Hart, guitarist Ray Wix grew up in a musical family that was quite well known in the Cleveland area in the 1950s as The Wix Family.

 

Intriguing is the mention on the A-side of Gale & Gayle, the publisher, not seen on the B-side. This is also the publisher on the "Presley On Her Mind", previous Don Hart record on the Reserve label, but as Gayle & Gale.

 

Intriguing because Gale & Gayle(s) was owned by Jack Gale and Juggy Gayle. The publisher's address was given at 1619 Broadway, New York City (otherwise better known as the Brill Building, which housed music industry offices and studios where some of the most popular American songs were written).

 

Juggy Gayles (1913–2000)  also known as Juggy Gayle, Juggy Gales or George "Juggy" Gales, born Israel Bernstein, was an influential New York-based song plugger and promotion man. While primarily operating out of New York, his promotion work frequently took him to major radio markets, including Cleveland, to push hit records to local DJs.

 

My hypothesis is that Juggy Gayles took advantage of his frequent trips across the USA—undertaken for East Coast promotional work—to pick up a few titles here and there for his publishing company. 

 

And who were J & F ?

 

 

 

 

Kenneth Copeland Executes Judgment on COVID-19

 Something different today. Selected for his great entertainment value.

Kenneth Copeland Executes Judgment on COVID-19

I wouldn't want Kenneth Copeland as a neighbor. I know—you might say that’s unlikely to happen; one need only compare our respective bank accounts. 

 

Hallelujah ! 

 

Betty Ford Clinic

 

 ELMO & The Hillbillies

Betty Ford Clinic 
direct link

 Prod. & comp. Elmo Shropshire, Rita Abrams
Snicker Publishing ASCAP, San Francisco Calif.

Soundwaves SW-4829

1989 

Soundwaves Records was one of the two in-house labels of Nationwide Sound Distributors (NSD was the other). which was founded in Nashville by Joe Gibson in 1972.

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Elmo Shropshire , born October 26, 1936 in Lexington, Kentucky is a veterinarian, competitive runner, and country music singer. Shropshire, who typically performs under the name "Dr. Elmo", is best known for his Christmas novelty song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". [Wikipedia]

Two-time Emmy Award winner Rita Abrams and her Strawberry Point School kids captured hearts and airwaves worldwide with their chartbuster hit song, “Mill Valley.”

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Today, the Betty Ford Clinic, a name synonymous with hope and recovery for countless individuals struggling with addiction, has undergone significant transformations since its establishment. Founded by former First Lady Betty Ford and her friend Leonard Firestone in 1982, the clinic was a pioneering institution in the field of addiction treatment. See https://quicktipstechy.com/what-happened-to-the-betty-ford-clinic/

The Betty Ford Clinic knows how to adapt to the latest fashion trends—yes, sir,  According to an article published in 2014 by USA Today :

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — The Betty Ford Center is starting a new treatment program in June aimed specifically at the LGBTQ community to help those who have turned to substance abuse to cope with society's reaction to their sexual orientation. 

The list of celebrities staying—temporarily, one hopes—at that famous clinic is readily available online, for instance, see Youtube : Celebrities Who Went To Betty Ford Clinic Rehab

Among these stars, there was Ozzy Osborne who supposedly checked himself into the Betty Ford Clinic by walking in and asking for directions to the bar. No comment. 

 

 

Andy & the Gigolos

 

Andy & The Gigolos (Vocal Vic Holveck) - Bop Diddle Widdle 
(direct link)

Holveck-Andy Ercole, Vince Rago Publishing BMI) 

Dandy Records
D-1001
1959

Address (from the label of Dandy A-10)
is

Box 2571 Wilmington, 
Delaware
 
Record listed at Rockin' Country Style

Led by Andrew "Andy" Ercole, Jr, The Gigolos were Victor Holveck, Joseph F. Ireland
John Cirillo, Ronald Burcham and Ronald Dickerson.

I've never heard their previous record issued in 1958 on Universal, another Vince Rago-owned label also from Wilmington, which was reviewed by Billboard in October :

 

 

The Many Voices Of Paul Frees

 

 

Paul Frees (1920 –1986),  born Solomon Hersh Frees in Chicago , is better known for his work on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Walter Lantz, Rankin/Bass and Walt Disney theatrical cartoons during the Golden Age of Animation, and for providing the voice of Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.

Frees was sometimes known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", an appellation more commonly bestowed on Mel Blanc. [Wikipedia]

A good Paul Frees biography is Ben Ohmart, , Welcome ... Foolish Mortals – The Life & Voices of Paul Frees published in 2004 by BearManor Media. Contains an extensive list of his works (movies, tv, records etc.).

The true aficionado could be delighted with a collection of 349 radio show recordings available in 179 audio CDs or, for the technologically advanced, in 7 mp3 CDs.  

The casual, budget-conscious fan might be satisfied with my little compilation, which gathers a few tracks originally released on singles or albums.between 1954 and 1971. 

 22 - Paul Frees (as Peter Lorre) - Hey Jude.mp3 (direct link)

sample 

 

 Frees At Last !

 

tracklist

01 - Big Jim Buchanan - Money (Century, 1954).mp3
02 - Big Jim Buchanan - The Convention Song (Century, 1954).mp3
03 - Big Jim Buchanan - Mother Love (Vita, 1955).mp3
04 - Big Jim Buchanan - Move Over Brother (Vita, 1955).mp3
05 - P. Harcourt Frees - I'm Ready (Cascade, 1959).mp3
06 - P. Harcourt Frees - Skin Diver (Cascade, 1959).mp3
07 - Ludwig Von Drake – I'm Ludwig Von Drake (Disneyland, 1961).mp3
08 - Ludwig Von Drake - The Spectrum Song (Disneyland, 1961).mp3
09 - Paul Frees - The Horse Won't Talk ( Gay Purr-Ee OST, LP Warner-Bros, 1962).mp3
10 - Von Drake Quake - Professor L. Von Drake (Buena Vista, 1962).mp3
11 - Big Billy Bascomb -  I Am The Lonely Bull & Same (Rendez Vous, 1963).mp3
12 - Paul Frees - The Mad Doctor & The Creature (Les Poupées de Paris OST, LP RCA, 1964).mp3
13 - Paul Frees - Pinocchio In Outer Space (Universal Pictures Radio Spots, 1965).mp3
14 - Paul Frees - Rutabega Rag (Tinpanorama LP Buena Vista, 1965).mp3
15 - Paul Frees - Portrait Of A Fool (HBR, 1966).mp3
16 - Paul Frees - A Girl (HBR, 1966).mp3
17 - Paul Frees (as Bela Lugosi) - Games People Play.mp3
18 - Paul Frees (as Boris Karloff) - The Look of Love.mp3
19 - Paul Frees (as Clark Gable) - By the Time I Get to Phoenix.mp3
20 - Paul Frees (as Ed Wynn) - Up, Up and Away.mp3
21 - Paul Frees (as Humphrey Bogart) - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head .mp3
22 - Paul Frees (as Peter Lorre) - Hey Jude.mp3
23 - Paul Frees (as several artists) - Everything is Beautifur.mp3
24 - Paul Frees (as Sydney Greenstreet) - Sugar Sugar.mp3
25 - Paul Frees (as W. C. Fields) - Mama Told Me Not To Come.mp3
26 - Paul Frees (as Warner Oland as Charlie Chan).mp3
27 - Paul Frees - All I Do Is Dream Of You (Chico Marx).mp3
28 - Paul Frees - Charmaine (Dick Powell).mp3
29 - Paul Frees - Darktown Strutter's Ball (Al Jolson).mp3
30 - Paul Frees - Elmer's Tune (Ben Bernie).mp3
31 - Paul Frees - One For My Baby (Humphrey Bogart).mp3
32 - Paul Frees - Over The Rainbow (Ronald Colman).mp3
33 - Paul Frees - What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry (W. C.  Fields).mp3
34 - Paul Frees - You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Skinnay Ennis).mp3 

#17 to 26 : from the MGM album "Paul Frees & the Poster People"
#27 tp 34 : from the American International album "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" (OST, 1971)

 

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