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I'll never smile

Title
I'll never smile / [Lowe-arr. by Dorsey]. Without a song / [Rose-Eliscu-Youmans].
Publication
  • [New York] : Vdisc, [1945].
  • [Camden, N. J.] : RCA Victor, [1945].

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Additional Authors
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956
  • Stordahl, Axel
  • Rose, Billy, 1899-1966
  • Eliscu, Edward, 1902-1998
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998
  • Lowe, Ruth, 1914-1981.
  • Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946.
  • Pied Pipers (Musical group), performer.
  • Axel Stordahl's Orchestra, performer.
  • CBS Radio Network, broadcaster.
Description
1 audio disc : analog, mono, 78 rpm; 12 in.
Uniform Title
Frank Sinatra show (Radio program)
Alternative Title
  • I'll never smile again
  • I will never smile again
  • Without a song.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Popular music radio programs.
  • Test pressings (Sound recordings)
Note
  • Title from disc label.
  • Vdisc: 582 ; matrix no.: ; VP-1623-D5-TC-1449-1K (on run-out) ; additional no. on label: 1126.
  • Duration: [5:23] (side A only)
  • Test pressing on side A only for V-disc 582-A (Army Release CC).
  • Information handwritten in ink on blank white label; RCA Victor embossed on verso of disc. Additional information is found in Sears.
  • "Ruth [Lowe] passed a copy of the tune to a saxophone player in the Tommy Dorsey band, hoping to have Dorsey hear the tune. Dorsey thought the tune had much merit, and arranged it for his very young singer, Frank Sinatra. It was Sinatra's first great hit, and really launched Sinatra on his phenomenal career"--Wikipedia (Ruth Lowe).
  • The second work ("Without a song") originally came from the 1929 musical play "Great day".
  • The arrangement of the first work ("I'll never smile again") was the same as Tommy Dorsey's 1940 RCA Victor recording--Sears.
Indexed In (note)
  • Sears, Richard S. V-discs: a history and discography
Call Number
*LR 12303
OCLC
858942240
Title
I'll never smile / [Lowe-arr. by Dorsey]. Without a song / [Rose-Eliscu-Youmans].
Production
[New York] : Vdisc, [1945].
Manufacturer
[Camden, N. J.] : RCA Victor, [1945].
Playing Time
000312 000211
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audio disc
Performer
Frank Sinatra, vocals ; [Axel Stordahl Orchestra ; Axel Stordahl, conductor] (1st-2nd works). [The Pied Pipers, vocals ; Tommy Dorsey, trombone] (1st work).
Event
CBS broadcast dress rehearsal "Frank Sinatra show" CBS Playhouse no. 3, New York, N. Y. 1945 October 24.
Indexed In:
Sears, Richard S. V-discs: a history and discography, p. 813.
Added Author
Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956, arranger of music.
Stordahl, Axel, conductor.
Rose, Billy, 1899-1966, lyricist.
Eliscu, Edward, 1902-1998, lyricist.
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998, performer.
Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956, performer.
Container of (work): Lowe, Ruth, 1914-1981. I'll never smile again.
Container of (work): Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946. Great day. Without a song.
Pied Pipers (Musical group), performer.
Axel Stordahl's Orchestra, performer.
CBS Radio Network, broadcaster.
Added Title
Frank Sinatra show (Radio program)
Without a song.
Publisher No.
582-A Vdisc
1126 Vdisc
VP-1623-D5-TC-1449-1K Vdisc
Research Call Number
*LR 12303
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