The cover is a classic, but the highlight of this album is the upbeat "Oh By Jingo" with its flawless harmonies and swinging backup by Bob Bain and the Players.
The Clark Sisters began their career performing as the Sentimentalists (snappy name) with the Tommy Dorsey Band. Their early roots were in barbershop, but despite the choice of some quintessential barbershop numbers on this album (Down By the Old Mill Stream, Sweet Adeline) there is (thankfully) little in common with typical mustachio'd quartets. Yeah, you want to download this one.
Beauty Shop Beat - The Clark Sisters
Coral Records CRL 57290
Oh By Jingo
Play that Barbershop Chord
Goodbye My Coney Island Baby
That Old Gang of Mine
Down By the Old Mill Stream
My Honey, Honey
You Tell Me Your Dream and I'll Tell You Mine
Waiting For the Robert E. Lee
Fly, Kentucky baby
Sweet Adeline
Rockin' In the Cradle of the Deep
Moon Medley:
a) By the Light of the Silvery Moon
b) Oh Mr. Moon
c) In the Evening By the Moonlight
8 comments:
I am so glad you found this!
Great!
You got me once I saw Bob Bain's name.
He played guitar on the Peter Gunn soundtrack and in the Tonight Show band.
My God, this is horrible!
I've downlaod the album.
The Sentimentalists era Clark Sisters are best known [w/Dorsey] for the signature hit remake of pioneering radio star/novelty bandleader Ted Lewis's [1890-1971] big 1930 hit "On the Sunny sie opf the Street" in 2045.
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