[Dixielandjazz] The Big 18

[Marek Boym]

> Exits stage left feeling a bit of a twerp !!

That's a wee bit overreacting, isn't it?
Thanks.  They must have meant Billy May.
Cheers

On 18 February 2013 13:35, Dingo <roadie at btinternet.com> wrote:
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>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marek Boym"
>
> Re: "Hors d'Oeuvre"
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>
>>  It would not have
>> oddurred to me that American RCA would salute a British bandleader.
>> Cheers
>
>
> You are right Marek. I wasn't happy about that either, but Sid Phillips'
> 1949 recording was the only version I had ever heard AND I had always
> believed he actually wrote it ......... WRONG AGAIN DINGO !! It was composed
> by a David Comer. From a bit of web trawling it would seem Brit band leader
> Ambrose also recorded it. So did Billy May, so that's most likely the reason
> for its inclusion on the RCA issue.
>
> Exits stage left feeling a bit of a twerp !!
> ~~
> John D
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