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78 RPM Record

Artist: Bobby Smith Label:   Apollo Country: USA Catalogue: 799 Date: Jan 1950 Format: 10" Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search on eBay

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Bobby Smith	Bess's Boogie	B. Smith	Rate
B	Bobby Smith	Desert Night	B. Smith	Rate

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Bobby Smith And Orch.

Recorded Dec 13, 1949, New York, NY.
unknown (trumpet), Bob Range (trombone), Bobby Smith (alto sax), Haywood Henry (baritone sax), unknown (piano), Leroy Kirkland (guitar), Lee Stanfield (bass), Joe Murphy (drums).

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Number: 1438542  THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: edlongus SUBS ● Description: A-side

Number: 1438541  Uploaded By: edlongus SUBS ● Description: B-side

Number: 2162774  Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: The Cash Box, January 28, 1950, page 17

Number: 2162793  Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: The Billboard, February 4, 1950, page 44

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fixbutte 28th Feb 2020		Against the order of matrix numbers, "Bess's Boogie" was the A-side of this record, see the Apollo Records ad in Cash Box, Jan 28, 1953, possibly helped by the fact that it was dedicated to the label owner and co-founder, Bess Berman. Alto saxophonist Bobby Smith was a member of Erskine Hawkins' Orchestra, for which he had contributed "Tippin' In", a 1 R&B hit in 1945. This band here was a "spin-off project from the Erskine Hawkins big band, the Smith group consisting entirely of Hawkins band members. It wasn't a breakaway group as the musicians continued to play with and record with the parent big band while the small group acted as house band for Apollo Records of New York." (see Be Bop Wino). Bobby Smith was to remain with Hawkins until 1960.

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