[Dixielandjazz] Barber in the charts

[Marek Boym]

I forgot "Petit Fleur," probably because in Israel it was the Becjet
version that topped the charts.  In those days, The voice if Israel
had the Bechet version, while the Army radio had the Barber version.
I used to have the radio on all the time, and every time they played
"Petite Fleur" I'd stop wahtever I was doing and listened.  After one
station played it, I switched to the other one and waited.
However, as you have mentioned, although under Barber's name, "Petite
Fleur' was not by the whole band, but rathe by Monty Sunshine with
rhythm - another factor that made me forget it.  Some time ago Bob
Wilber complained that in Europe (but not in France, although he did
not mention it), when a Bechet song became a hit, it was not the
Bechet performance but the Barber one.
Cheers

On 9 March 2013 14:10, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:
>
> Marek wrote:
>>I don't know whether Barber ever had anything in the
>> charts...........
>
> He certainly did...at least in the U.S.  His Petite Fleur hit every jukebox
> in the U.S. in the late 1950's.  It was pure jazz, though.
>
> Curiously, Chris Barber didn't play on that recording....it was of course
> Monty Sunshine on clarinet.  Originally, I thought Chris was a clarinetist
> as the single came up only as "Chris Barber's Jazz Band.   :>
>
> Jim
>
>
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