[Dixielandjazz] Arthur Godfrey

[Hal Vickery]

Julius LaRosa was fired on the air, Godfrey announcing that "This was his swan song."  

One of the Chordettes was married to Archie Bleyer <sp?>.  I don't remember who replaced them, but I read somewhere that it was the McGuire Sisters.  I won't come anywhere near to swearing to that, though.

Somebody mentioned the Hawaiian singer.  Her name was (and I'm only guessing at the spelling) Halleloke (pronounce Holly Loky).  Probably the only reason I remember that is one Christmas season on his morning show, Godfrey sang, "Deck the Halls with Halleloke."

Hal Vickery


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Robertson<mailto:jdrobertson at att.net> 
  To: Hal Vickery<mailto:hvickery_80 at msn.com> 
  Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List<mailto:dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> 
  Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:16 AM
  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Arthur Godfrey


  With all the discussion on Arthur Godfrey, probably everyone knows of 
  the infamous incident where he fired singer Julius LaRosa on the air.  
  Something about "humility"; I heard Julius wanted or tried to get a 
  piece of the action at Archie Blyers'  Cadence Records.

  Arthur either discovered or at least featured a female singing group (I 
  think a quartet) called the Chordettes.  They did barbershop type 
  harmony.  They had a least one big hit, Mr. Sandman.  We had a female 
  bluegrass band here in the bay area called Sidesaddle  In fact their 
  bass player Karen Quick was a listmate in the early days of DJML; Bob 
  Ringwald probably remembers her.  Anyway, Sidesaddle had a hilarious 
  parody on Mr. Sandman, called Mr. Soundman.  I don't remembers the 
  words, but at the end, the highly annoyed  Mr. Soundman cuts them off 
  mid phrase.  Everyone wanted them to record it, but they said they 
  couldn't get permission from Archie Blyer's estate.

  Don Robertson


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