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Why dream

Title
Why dream / Robin-Rainger-Whiting. Passage interdit / Gray. Beale Street Blues / Handy.
Publication
[Washington, D. C.] ; [New York] ; [Hollywood, Calif.] : Vdisc, [1944, 1945].

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Additional Authors
  • Gray, Jerry, 1915-1976
  • Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964
  • Robin, Leo
  • Desmond, Johnny
  • Williamson, Tex
  • Gilbertson, Gish
  • Seidel, Don (Pianist)
  • Rainger, Ralph, 1901-1942
  • Whiting, Richard A., 1891-1938.
  • Gray, Jerry, 1915-1976.
  • Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958.
  • Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces Overseas Orchestra, performer
  • Jack Teagarden Orchestra, performer
  • National Broadcasting Company, broadcaster
Description
1 audio disc : analog, mono, 78 rpm; 12 in.
Uniform Title
I sustain the wings (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Popular music radio programs.
Note
  • Title from disc label.
  • Vdisc: 587 (Army Release CC) ; matrix nos.: VP 1632, VP 1600 (on label) ; NVP 1632 2B, NVP 1600 1B (on run-out).
  • Duration: [2:05] (side A) ; [3:50] (side B)
  • Bolling Field is located in Washington D. C., not in Virginia.
  • Duration time for second work ("Passage interdit") is unknown.
Indexed In (note)
  • Sears, Richard S. V-discs: a history and discography
Call Number
*LR 11878
OCLC
856519197
Title
Why dream / Robin-Rainger-Whiting. Passage interdit / Gray. Beale Street Blues / Handy.
Publisher
[Washington, D. C.] ; [New York] ; [Hollywood, Calif.] : Vdisc, [1944, 1945].
Playing Time
000205 000350
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audio disc
Performer
1st work: Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocals. 1st-2nd works: Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces Overseas Orchestra. [Jerry Gray, arranger and conductor]. 3rd work: Jack Teagarden, vocals ; Jack Teagarden and his orchestra ; [Vernal "Tex" Williamson (?), trumpet ; Howard "Gish" Gilbertson, tenor saxophone ; Don Seidel, piano ; Jack Teagarden, trombone].
Event
NBC broadcast "I sustain the wings" Bolling Field, Virginia 10 November 1945 (1st work) ; NBC dress rehearsal "I sustain the wings" NBC studios, Radio City, New York, N. Y. 6 October 1945 (2nd work) ; Standard transcription session Columbia records studios (?), Hollywood, Calif. 24 August 1944 (3rd work).
Indexed In:
Sears, Richard S. V-discs: a history and discography, p. 641 (1st work) ; p. 640 (2nd work) ; p. 865 (3rd work).
Local Note
Disc needs cleaning--CMR
Added Author
Gray, Jerry, 1915-1976, arranger of music.
Gray, Jerry, 1915-1976, conductor.
Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964, conductor.
Robin, Leo, lyricist.
Desmond, Johnny, performer.
Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964, performer.
Williamson, Tex, performer.
Gilbertson, Gish, performer.
Seidel, Don (Pianist), performer.
Rainger, Ralph, 1901-1942, joint composer.
Container of (work): Whiting, Richard A., 1891-1938. Why dream.
Container of (work): Gray, Jerry, 1915-1976. Passage interdit.
Container of (work): Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958. Beale Street blues.
Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces Overseas Orchestra, performer.
Jack Teagarden Orchestra, performer.
National Broadcasting Company, broadcaster.
Added Title
I sustain the wings (Radio program)
Publisher No.
587 Vdisc
Army Release CC Vdisc
VP 1632 Vdisc
VP 1600 1B Vdisc
NVP 1632 2B Vdisc
NVP 1600 1B Vdisc
Research Call Number
*LR 11878
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