Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Cold Steel Door (Curt Gibson)


 Curt Gibson

CP-2388 ~ Cold Steel Door
(J. Logan) Lonzo & Oscar (BMI)

CP-2389 ~ Don't You Think It's Time
(C. Gibson) Gaylord Music

Cullman 6417
(1959)

Cash Box, Nov. 14, 1959


Hello Kate (Virge Brown)


Virge Brown and his Shadows

39973 - Hello Kate
39974 - Your New Love Has Got You

Country Star 1021
(1979)
Produced by Norman Kelly, both songs written by Margie Bish and published by Country Star Music (ASCAP)

Virge Brown, at the time of this release, was a veteran c&w artist & deejay (WKBN, Youngstown, Ohio - WXGI, Richmond, VA - WGRP, Greenville, PA) who recorded since the late forties. One of his first record was with The Saddle Mates (or Saddlemates) on the Dome label, a Chicago label owned by Russ Hall.



Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Ronnie 2061


Ben Tate
10501 - My Gratitude
(Mallie Lee Drawdy)

10502 -;Jackie (Sweetheart of U.S.A.)
(Charles A. Bultman)

Ronnie 2061
1963

Not mentioned on the "Jackie" side is F. J. Cusenza, credited on the copyright as the music composer, while Charles Bultman wrote the lyrics.

Interesting enough, a similar title by Bultman and Cusenza was copyrighted in 1954 : "Mamie; [or] Sweetheart of U.S.A.,".
Frank Jerome Cusenza (1894-1987) was a music teacher and composer. According to his obituary,
he was born in San Vito, Italy, in 1894 and began his musical education at age five. He received a degree at the Royal Conservatory in Palermo, Italy, in 1917 and led a military band during World War I. Mr. Cusenza came to the United States in 1920 and taught music at the Detroit Conservatory of Music, the University of Detroit and the Detroit Institute of Musical Arts. He wrote many music books and compositions…




J. D. Jarvis (Ark 266)


J. D. Jarvis
Accompanied By The Rocky Mountain Boys

10355 ~ The Orbit Song
10356 ~ Farther On

Ark 266

1963


Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Conrad And The Van-Dells on BMC


Conrad And The Van-Dells

CP-2260 - Rambling
CP-2261 - Dead End

BMC 1001

1959
Conrad Puzan wrote the two sides (instrumentals).  Label from Dayton, Ohio owned by Les Bodine,  a country DJ for 42 years.  He worked at WSMK, WHIO, WONE, and WING in Dayton, where he had a music store. Les Bodine died in 1969.