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DC 9500 Series

Society Bands

January 1947

 

Discography by Jay Bruder

 

     The first two records released on DC by Mrs. Lillian Claiborne and Haskell Davis were noted in the trade magazines in January and February of 1947. They featured the local bandleader Tiny Meeker who was frequently employed at major formal events around Washington to include events at the National Press Club and at the larger hotels such as the Wardman Park Hotel.  This society music seems to be what Mrs. Claiborne thought was appropriate product for a respectable record company. It unfortunately had limited sales. The matrix numbers for these four sides, two of which bear a "USR" prefix, likely originated from U. S. Recording Studios and are in sequence with a vocal group record on Wicks 9558/9559. The copyright dates for the songs on the Wicks record also support a late 1946 release date which allows our key dates to fall neatly into place. There is no indication of Claiborne-Davis involvement on the Wicks record.  These two DC releases preserve the antiquarian practice of assigning a different catalog number to each side of the record (in this case the studio matrix numbers were used). They also used a early and somewhat plain looking logotype on the label which will be referred to as Label Style I.  

 

 

 

DC 9567/9568                                          25 Jan 1947

TED ALEXANDER, TINY MEEKER'S ORCHESTRA

NO WONDER                                 9567 (A-6782 USR9567 in wax)

      (Claiborne-Davis)                   © 3 October 1946

ANN HAYDEN-TED ALEXANDER, TINY MEEKER'S ORCHESTRA

YES                                       9568 (A-6781 USR9568 in wax)

      (Claiborne-Davis)                   © 11 April 1946

 

Billboard 25 January 1947, p. 96 Review.

Billboard 22 Feb 1947 p. 38. Ad. 1425 Van Buren St Washington 12, DC

      a. Silver on flat blue. Label style I.  78 rpm copy confirmed.

 

 

DC 9569/9570                                          25 Jan 1947

TINY MEEKER'S ORCHESTRA

A MOMENT OF MADNESS                       9569 (A-6309 9569 in wax)

      (Claiborne-Davis-Robinson)          © 16 September 1946

BORN TO LOVE YOU                                9570 (A-6310 9570 in wax)

      (Davis Farnsworth)                        © Davis only 11 March 1946,

© Davis-Farnsworth 16 September 1946

 

Billboard 25 January 1947, p. 96 Review.

Listed in “the record changer” Feb. 1947 p. 16.

      a. Silver on flat blue. Label style I. 78 rpm copy confirmed.

 

 

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