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| The Esquire Boys guitarists: Danny Cedrone and Bob Scaltrito |
The first one is an item I really should have posted with the first episode of this series. It is "Bobbysox Jamboree," which is the flip side of the Esquire Boys' Guyden version of "Rock-a-Beatin Boogie," part of that first set. It dates from 1954.
For reasons lost to time, the Boys are called "The Squires" on this side of the record. But it is identifiably the same group, which here features both of the band's guitarists - Cedrone and Bob Scaltrito. The Jamboree is a basic boogie with the guitarists trading leads throughout the record. It's very enjoyable.
The other two records feature the Cedrone Sisters, who were not Danny's sisters but rather his young daughters. They recorded two songs for the Nickelodeon label, probably in 1953.
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| Danny Cedrone and daughters |
The sisters were an impressively well-drilled unit, singing confidently and in tune, with the close harmonies that characterize the best sister acts.
That said, they were also quite young, so their singing also had a penetrating quality that's a bit tiring to hear.
Danny (presumably) had them record a specialty called "Nickelodeon Jamboree," which is a medley of pop songs that includes an amusing take on Johnny Ray's "Cry."
The flip side is a cover of Louis Prima's 1950 jump hit "Oh Babe," an odd choice for a bunch of kids. But again, it's a chance to show off their impressive virtuosity.
Because it's a cover record, I've included a bonus of the original, which features the vocals of Prima and Keely Smith, along with Louis' trumpet and the big band R&B backing that was his specialty. It's a fun record.
Re: the photo below. For those of you who never saw the Prima act, part of their shtick was that Louis was hyperactive and Keely was stone-faced.
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| Louis and Keely flanked by a cover and the original of "Oh Babe" |
8 comments:
Hey Buster!
This is a test post from Chrome after enabling third party cookies for this site ONLY, based on your recommendations as of a week ago.
I failed 5 minutes ago trying to get comments working for me with Firefox. Still getting an error message.
I have no idea if this will appear now on Chrome.
I'm not choosing "anonymous" or any other choice.
The only button I see right now is "Publish".
Appreciate your help and this addition to Cedrone's story. You did a bang-up job on that colorization of Danny with his daughters and Scaltrito.
Poking Publish rat now. Hoping I don't get an error message.
LaFong
Thanks Buster, love it!
Great
Hi LaFong - It worked! Thanks again for the tunes!
Thanks, RC!
Thanks, gimpero!
Very nice, thanks! Trying to imagine why they would call the same band by two different names on different sides of the record. An answer lost to time, I reckon.
Ernie - Yes, it's very odd.
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