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The Encyclopedic Guide to 78 R. P. M. Party Records
© David Diehl 1996
Updated 2/2/2002

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Sloppy DANIELS
--Los Angeles, c. 1957. Probably issued originally on the AUTHENTIC label.
The Bad Dream.................................DOOTO 415-A (AU 415-A)
The Telephone.................................DOOTO 415-B (AU 415-B)
--c. 1959
Three and Four Times..........................DOOTO 447
Walking Too Fast..............................DOOTO 447
Texas Hospitality.............................DOOTO 449
The Baby Maker................................DOOTO 449
The Stutterer.................................DOOTO 450
The Tent Pole.................................DOOTO 450
Scott DARE
What Was So Great About Katherine The Great.....INTIMATE TALES 2841-B
Rasputin........................................INTIMATE TALES 2841-A
She Wouldn't Let Them Take It...................INTIMATE TALES 2842
I Came In My Best Sunday Suit...................INTIMATE TALES 2842
DENISE
The Employment Agency......NIGHT CLUB NR1B
That Certain Man...........NIGHT CLUB NR2B
Too High a Price...........NIGHT CLUB NR4B
The Lady Regrets...........NIGHT CLUB NR5B

DENISE & DUVAL
Let's Do It................NITECLUB NR1A
The Last Piece.............NIGHT CLUB NR2A
New Sports.................NIGHT CLUB NR4A
Special Services...........NIGHT CLUB NR5A
DEVIL
Philadelphia label owned by Wes CORNELL. Numbers 1 and 2 reported.
Al DONAHUE and his Orch.
Born June 12,1904 in Boston, MA, died Feb. 20, 1983 in Escondido, CA.
--'To Mary with Love' is presumed to be the same tune recorded by Cliff EDWARDS. Vocal by Barry McKinley, New York, Decca studios 10/14/36.
(61332-A & B) When My Dream Boat Comes Home/To Mary With Love...Decca unissued 12"
--Brian Rust's American Dance Band Discography lists the following as 'untitled' but a contemporary report in Variety headed 'Explained To 'Em' relates that Columbia, "not knowing the song's import", had recorded this classic double entendre tune. New York, 12/5/39.
(26325-1) She Had To Go And Lose It At the Astor....VOCALION unissued
DOROTHY ROSS
Instantaneous recordings are generally outside the scope of this work but Dorothy ROSS apparently mass-produced a few titles on 12" lacquer discs. It is not known why this method was chosen over the more usual pressing. Produced by ARC Record Company, 165 W. 46th St., New York NY. Labels are blue with white and black printing.
Harrison DOWD
Born August 15, 1897 in Madison, CT, died Dec 19, 1964 in Greenwich Village, NY. He was a writer ("The Night Air" Dial Press, 1950), pianist with the AEF in the Great War, alcoholic, homosexual and actor who appeared as the lobsterman in the movie "Carousel."
--with piano, Reeves Sound Studios New York City, 1940.
(3309) Clear the Gutter for Grandma (Grandma's on a Tear)...GENERAL 1722-A
(3312) Little Theatre Left...................................GENERAL 1722-B
Tommy DOYLE and his Rhythm Toppers
--late 1940. All issues other than TOP HAT RECORDS are anonymous dubs.
The Yodel Song (I Love To Layhee Layhee Ooh)...TOP HAT RECORDS 1008 A, HIGH SOCIETY 516-B
When I Am Far Away.............TOP HAT RECORDS 1008 B
The Dental Song................TOP HAT RECORDS 1009 A, HIGH SOCIETY 505 (GG505A), NATIONAL RECORD DIST. CORP. unnumbered
-- dubbed as "Puttin' It In"...KICKS 17-B
Paddy Callahan Has Joined the Army.....TOP HAT RECORDS 1009 B
--c. early 1941.
Landlady Blues v-Lynn Roberts.........TOP HAT RECORDS 1018 A
Oh! How She Can Cook...................TOP HAT RECORDS 1018 B
Alan DREW
This was producer Don Robey's one and only venture into blue comedy and he decided not to release it on his regular Peacock label.
--Houston, TX. 1950's.
Squirrel......................................GIGGLES #1
Traveling.....................................GIGGLES #1
Charlie DREW
Performed at the Tap Room of the Hotel Taft in New York for almost 30 years. Appeared at the Club 13 in 1947.
--New York City, c. 1939-40. These come in two varieties: fine-grooved with handwritten matrix numbers; and coarse-grooved with typeset numbers, both likely dubbed from the same lacquer safety master. PARTY RECORD COMPANY issues were released in sets titled Party Records by Charley Drew; GALA in sets titled Charley Drew and his Witty Ditties.
(2368-A) When the Old Village Clock Strikes Nine...PARTY RECORD COMPANY 5C PARTY RECORD unnumbered, GALA 2003, RECORD GUILD OF AMERICA unnumbered
(2369-A) You Can't Fool the Boys Behind the Desk...PARTY RECORD COMPANY 6C, GALA 2103
(2370-) Its Better Than Taking In Washing...........PARTY RECORD COMPANY 5B, GALA 2001
(2371-A) Caviar Comes From Virgin Sturgeon...PARTY RECORD COMPANY 6A, MUSICRAFT PARTY RECORD 6A, GALA 2101
(2372-A) Up In the Second Mezanine...........PARTY RECORD COMPANY 5A, GALA 2002
(2376-A) Lord Stuffit and Lord Stickit............PARTY RECORD COMPANY 5D, GALA 2004
(2377-A) Gracie Is Socially Secure..........PARTY RECORD COMPANY 7E, MUSICRAFT PARTY RECORD 7E, GALA 2205
(2379-A) Lousy Louisa / Mary at the Zoo.....PARTY RECORD COMPANY 7F, MUSICRAFT PARTY RECORD 7F, GALA 2206, MARCONI 102
(2380-A) Mabel's a Glamour Girl Now................PARTY RECORD COMPANY 6D, GALA 2104
(2381-A) She Went To See a Man About a Dog......PARTY RECORD COMPANY 6B, MUSICRAFT PARTY RECORD 6B, GALA 2102
(2382-A) Bell Bottom Trousers / The Fleet's In.....MUSICRAFT PARTY RECORD 7C, GALA 2202
(2383) Blushing Bride; A Girl Like Dear Old Mother...PARTY RECORD unnumbered, GALA 2201
(2383-A) The Blushing Bride and His Fanny.............PARTY RECORD COMPANY 7A, MUSICRAFT PARTY RECORD 7A
(2385-A) The Virgin On the Verge..........PARTY RECORD COMPANY 7D, MUSICRAFT PARTY RECORD 7D
(2387) The Man With The Crystal Ball................PARTY RECORD COMPANY 7G,
(2388-A) They Didn't Give the Bride Away...........PARTY RECORD COMPANY 7B, MUSICRAFT PARTY RECORD 7B, GALA 2207
(2389-A) The Girls I Loved and Lost!......PARTY RECORD COMPANY 7H, MUSICRAFT PARTY RECORD 7H, GALA 2203
Robert The Roue from Reading, PA. ...........................GALA 2204
The Fleets In Today..........................................GALA 2208

Phil Spitalny's Band (Charley Drew-Eli Basse)...............GALA 2301D-1
Can't Put It on a Platter (Charley Drew-Eli Basse)...........GALA 2302D-1
Every Girl I've Ever Known Has Had One (Drew-Lewis)..........GALA 2303D, D-1, D-3
Cup Cakes (Drew-Lewis).......................................GALA 2304D, D-3
-- Mid-1940's
Do Not Disturb......................................GALA 2500D
She's Got the Biggest Kanakas on the Island.........GALA 2501D
Marie Follies Bergere...............................GALA 2502D-1
I Guess I'm Not the Guy I Used to Be................GALA 2503D
Lady Psychiatrist...................................GALA 2504D
Scheherezade........................................GALA 2505D
--Late 1947
Annie's Trailer..........................................GALA 2601 D-1
The Book Song............................................GALA 2602 D-1
The Newlywed Song (The Twin Beds Never Got Made)(Drew)...GALA 2603D, D-1
Substitute for Love (Drew-Basse).........................GALA 2604D-1
Morris...................................................GALA 2605D-1
She Got Them Caught in the Wringer.......................GALA 2606D-1
Jan DUGGAN
Appeared in W.C. Fields movies "The Old Fashioned Way" and "The Bank Dick".
Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl...........SHOW TUNES 1001
Marte DUVAL
How Could Red Riding Hood..............SHOW TUNES 1001
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