ALVINO REY

pics 70084
artist: ALVINO REY AND HIS ORCHESTRA
label: BLUEBIRD B-11391
release: February 14, 1942, USA, 10" 78rpm
A-side: I Said No!
(Frank Loesser - Jule Styne)
B-side: Deep In The Heart Of Texas
(June Hershey - Don Swander)
comment #1: A-side is from the Paramount film "Sweater Girl".
Vocal refrain by Yvonne King.
comment #2: B-side is used in the film "Heart Of The Rio Grande", 1942.
Vocal refrain by Bill Schallen and Skeets Herfurt.
personnel: Alvino Rey - steel guitar
Frank Strasek - trumpet
Danny Vanelli - trumpet
Paul Fredricks - trumpet
Bill Schallen - trombone
Blue Barron - trombone
Skeets Herfurt - saxophone
Charles Brosen - saxophone
Jerry Sanfino - saxophone
Kermit Levinsky - saxophone
Buddy Cole - piano
Sandy Block - double-bass
Eddie Julian - drums
comment #3: songcredits B-side:
Don Swander - music
June Hershey - lyrics
comment #4: Recorded in Hollywood at November 21, 1941.
comment #5: "Deep In The Heart Of Texas" was a No. 1 hit in the US in 1942.

 

also released on:
pics 469
artist: ALVINO REY & HIS ORCHESTRA
label: LIVING ERA CD AJA 5581
title: KING OF THE GUITAR
release: 2004, United Kingdom, CD [26/76:07]
tracks:
  1. Blue Rey (1:29)
    (Kenneth Farrar) 1946
  2. Tiger Rag (2:24)
    (Nick La Rocca - Harry De Costa) 1940
  3. William Tell Overture (5:30)
    (Gioachino Rossini) 1941
  4. Idaho (2:49)
    (Jesse Stone) 1941
  5. I Said No! (3:07)
    (Jule Styne - Frank Loesser) 1941
  6. Deep In The Heart Of Texas (2:38)
    (Don Swander - June Hershey) 1941
  7. Little Hawk (2:44)
    (Lewis A. Estes Jr.) 1942
  8. Music 'Til Dawn (2:49)
    (Jimmy Eaton - Louis Ricca) 1942
  9. Picnic In Purgatory (3:23)
    (Jerry Fielding) 1942
  10. My Buddy (3:11)
    (Walter Donaldson - Gus Kahn) 1942
  11. The Ferris Wheel (2:48)
    (Fred Stryker) 1942
  12. Dearly Beloved (3:15)
    (Jerome Kern - Johnny Mercer) 1942
  13. Strip Polka (3:08)
    (Johnny Mercer) 1942
  14. Two Guitars (3:17)
    (traditional) mid 40s
  15. El Relicario (3:10)
    (José Padilla) mid 40s
  16. California Sunbeam (2:45)
    (Sam H. Stept) 1946
  17. Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) (2:39)
    (Bulee Gaillard - Lee Ricks) 1946
  18. Bumble Boogie (The Flight Of The Bumble Bee) (2:22)
    (Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov) 1946
  19. Cumana (3:11)
    (Harold Spina - Barclay Allen - Roc Hillman) (1947)
  20. Johnson Rag (3:06)
    (Guy Hall - Henry Kleinkauf) 1947
  21. Near You (3:00)
    (Francis Craig - Kermit Goell) 1947
  22. Ragging The Scale (2:34)
    (Edward B. Claypoole) 1947
  23. Anitra's Boogie (2:56)
    (Edvard Grieg / Marvin Wright - Jimmy Grier) 1947
  24. The Third Man Theme (Harry Lime) (2:16)
    (Anton Karas) 1949
  25. Steel Guitar Rag (2:52)
    (Leon McAuliffe) 1949
  26. Nighty-Night (2:30)
    (Leslie Beacon) 1941
comment #1: Released with extended & informative lioner notes.