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Artist:Ken Griffin
Label:  Rondo
Country:USA
Catalogue:R-128
Date:Feb 1948
Format:10"
Genre:Pop
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Community: 9 Own
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
AKen GriffinYou Can't Be True, Deararr. Ken GriffinRate
BKen GriffinCuckoo WaltzKen GriffinRate


Notes

A side (mx. U. 913) recorded at Universal Recording, Chicago, IL, September 1947.
B side (mx. U. 913) recorded at Universal Recording, Chicago, IL, September 1947.
(source)

One version says on the A side: "Recorded by special permission of the U.S. Attorney General under License No. E 1277" (as Alien Property, the copyright for "You Can't Be True, Dear" rested with the Alien Property Custodian, who had transferred title to it to the U.S. Attorney General on February 24, 1948. License E 1277 was granted on March 2, 1948).

Listed in J. F. Bard Co., Inc. ad in The Cash Box, February 24, 1948, page 20.

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Number: 740383  THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: KeithS SUBS
Description: a side


Number: 740488 
Uploaded By: KeithS SUBS
Description: b side


Number: 914496 
Uploaded By: Trainman
Description: Alternate label, side 1


Number: 914497 
Uploaded By: Trainman
Description: Alternate label side 2


Comments and Reviews
 
xiphophilos
26th Nov 2023
 An notorious court case concerning "You Can't Be True, Dear", called Biltmore Music Corporation and Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, As Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, Appellants, v. Robert W. Kittinger, Appellee, 238 F.2d 373 (9th Cir. 1956), lists the date of the license mentioned on the label.

The case was filed and lost by the writers of the English lyrics, Julius F. Bard (Vice President of Rondo Records) and Dave Dreyer, against Robert W. Kittinger (President and General Manager of Chicago Recording Studios, Inc., producer of the Broadcast label, who had released an instrumental version of the song on Broadcast 460) for payment of royalties.
 

 
Trainman
13th Dec 2015
 It's interesting that later, during the Columbia years, they built up such a backlog of tracks, that they were still issuing "New" Ken Griffin albums for several years after he had passed away!
 

 
xiphophilos
13th Dec 2015
 Bryon Young writes of Rondo 128, "This record was probably heard by every American alive during the 1950s, since it was a staple in the carnival/fair/amusement park 'merry-go round' repertoire, as well as roller skating and ice skating rinks."

Originally written in 1935 as "Du kannst nicht treu sein" by German composers Hans Otten and Gerhard Ebeler, the song became the object of a long drawn-out copyright lawsuit in the 1950s after Griffin's instrumental and a later dubbed-over vocal version sold more than 3,500,000 copies.

More info on Bryon Young's site here.

There's another useful site on "Ken Griffin - The Rondo Years" by Robert L. Campbell and Robert Pruter.
 

 
Trainman
13th Dec 2015
 Added alternate label scans (different color and type face)
 


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Linked Releases

Belgium - Victory - 1948

UK - Brunswick - 1948

UK - Decca - 1948

Australia - London - 1954

New Zealand - London - 1954

Netherlands - Philips - 1955

New Zealand - Philips - 1955

Norway - Philips - 1955

UK - Philips - 1955


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