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1941

“Forty-eight.”

November 4, 2021
1941


“FORTY SIX WEST FIFTY TWO”; Chu Berry & his ‘Little Jazz’ Ensemble; Chu Berry; ‘Little Jazz’; Clyde Hart; Danny Barker; Artie Shapiro; Big Sidney Catlett; Leon Berry; Commodore (516A): January 1, 1938


“FAT AND FORTY”; Al HIBBLER and Orchestra; Chess (1569); 1953


“FROM FORTY TO SIXTY-FIVE”; The Masters Family; Purdom; B. Cox; Columbia (20888); June 1951


“Big and Fat and Forty-Four”; “Doc” Wheeler and his Sunset Orch.; “Doc” Wheeler and his Harway Four; Jesse Stone; Bluebird (B-11389-A); November 6, 1941


“Forty Days & Forty Nights”; Muddy Waters And His Guitar; Roth; Chess (1620); 1956


“LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY”; Sophie Tucker; Ted Shapiro; Yellen; Shapiro; Decca (23033 A); 1947


The New York Times, November 4, 1941


“FORTY CUPS OF COFFEE”; Bill Halley and His Comets; D. Overbea; Brunswick (05658); 1957

“Shlam”

October 31, 2021
1941


“Nightmare Boogie”; Pearl Traylor; Modern Music (No. 112-A); Publication date: September 1945


“Monster Party”; Bill Doggett; Henry Glover; King (5176); Publication date: December 1958


The New York Times, October 31, 1941


“Nightmare Boogie”; Hadda Brooks and her Sextette; Hadda Brooks; Modern Music (No. 112-A); Publication date: September 1945

“Mister, I went there each time to avoid murder…”

October 30, 2021
1941


“Just Kiddin’ Around”; Artie Shaw & his Orchestra; Ray Conniff; Victor (27806-B); Publication date: October 30, 1941


“Take Your Shoes Off, Baby (And Start Runnin’ Through My Mind)”; Artie Shaw & his Orchestra; Gene Austin; “Hot Lips” Page; Victor (27719-B); Publication date: October 30, 1941


“Nightmare”; Art Shaw and his New Music; Shaw; Vocalion (4306); Publication date: September 17, 1937


The New York Times, October 30, 1941


“Nightmare Blues”; Mari Jones; Johnny Moore’s 3 Blazers; Modern Hollywood (900); Publication date: 1953

“…self-styled eccentric assigned to carry out bizarre jobs…”

October 29, 2021
1941


“Melody of Love”; Wayne King and his Orchestra; Franklyn MacCormack; Hans Engleman; Mary Carolyn Davies; RCA Victor (27713-A); Publication date: October 29, 1941


“You Don’t Know What Love Is”; Harry James and his Orchestra; Dick Haymes; Raye; de Paul; Columbia (38586); Publication date: October 29, 1941


The New York Times, October 29, 1941


“Make Love To Me”; Harry James and his Orchestra; Helen Forrest; Gannon; Mann; Weiss; Columbia (38586); Publication date: October 29, 1941

“…was slain by members of the notorious Brooklyn murder syndicate because he knew too much…”

October 23, 2021
1941


“That Ain’t Right”; King Cole Trio; King Cole; Cole; Decca (8630 A); October 23, 1941


“Mama Long and Tall”; Erskine Butterfield And His Blue Boys; Erskine Butterfield; Joe Davis; Decca (8596 A); October 23, 1941


The New York Times, October 23, 1941; “…stared wided-eyed through the window of a Manhattan hotel…”


“If Money Grew on Trees”; Erskine Butterfield And His Blue Boys; Erskine Butterfield; Leon Rene; Decca (8596 B); October 23, 1941

“…underworld killers flee the scene of a crime…”

October 22, 2021
1941


“That Ain’t Right”; King Cole Trio; Nat King Cole; King Cole; Decca (25109 A); October 22, 1941


“Uncle Sammy Here I Am”; Clarence Williams’ Blue Five; Eva Taylor; Clarence Willaims; Miller; Williams; Johnson; Bluebird (B-11368-A); October 22, 1941


The New York Times, October 22, 1941


“Thriller Blues”; Clarence Williams’ Blue Five; Eva Taylor; Williams; Barlow; Harper; Bluebird (B-11368-B); October 22, 1941

“All Out for Weegee”

October 4, 2021
1941, exhibition, Photo League, PM


“Take It Off The ‘E’ String”; Peter Piper and his Orchestra; Cahn; Akst; November 1943


PM, September 10, 1941, p.21

All Out for Weegee

Dear Editor:

Due to popular demand, Weegee’s Exhibit Murder Is My Business will continue to Sept. 13, at the Photo League, 31 E/ 21st St., from 2 to 10 p.m. daily and everybody is welcome.

Here are some comments on Weegee’s show in the comments book:

“Worth the price of admission.” P.S. admission is free.

“I’d rather see Gypsy Rose strip.”

“For people with strong constitutions and weak minds.”

New York

PHOTO LEAGUE
PM, September 10, 1941, p.21


“He’s The Best In The Business”; Terry Timmons; Charles Singleton; Howard Biggs’s Orchestra; RCA Victor (20-5227); 1953

“At the Photo League…”

September 26, 2021
1941, exhibition, Photo League


“VOODOO MOON (Enlloro)”; Enric Madriguera and his Orchestra; Tito Rodriguez; Sunshine; Morales; Blanco; Victor (27759-A); Publication date: September 26, 1941

EXHIBITIONS:

New York Sun, September 26, 1941


“Lets Get Together”; Felix Gross; Felix Gross & his Sextette; Swing Beat (129-B); Publication date: September 26, 1941

CAMERA CLUBS:

New York Sun, September 26, 1941


“Since We Put A Radio Out In The Henhouse”; Hoosier Hot Shots; Finley; Hull; Okeh (06435); Publication date: September 26, 1941

EDUCATION:


New York Sun, September 26, 1941

The state of Photography, light writing, from the New York Sun, September 26, 1941…


“It Isn’t a Dream Any More”; Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra; Jo Stafford; Charles Newman; Walter G. Samuels; Victor (27710-A); Publication date: September 26, 1941

Entirely irrelevant, new museum news:



The New York Times, September 26, 1922


“Rocks in My Bed”; Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra; Duke Ellington; Ivie Anderson; RCA Victor (27639-A); Publication date: September 26, 1941

“MORE MURDER PIX”

September 23, 2021
1941, exhibition


“Call of The Freaks”; King Oliver and his Orchestra; 1929

Photography By John Adam Knight

MORE MURDER PIX, also fires, accidents and freak shots were demanded by visitors, therefore Arthur (Weegee) Fellig, as shown…, hangs out the sign for a second edition of his fascinating exhibition at the photo League, 31 E. 21st St.


New York Post, September 1941

…the Photo League, 31 E. 21st St., second edition of Weegee’s pictures of night violence… New York. A fascinating…

New York Post, September 1941


“The (New) Call of The Freaks”; Luis Russell and his Orchestra; Luis Russell; Paul Barbarin; Albert Nicholas; J. C. Higginbotham; Henry Allen; Charlie Holmes; Russell; Barbarin; September 9, 1929

“There will be additional examples of the photographer’s work.”

September 14, 2021
1941, exhibition


The New York Times, September 14, 1941

NOTES OF CAMERA WORLD

…The exhibition, “Murder Is My Business,” by Weegee (Arthur Fellig) is being extended at the Photo League, 31 East Twenty-first Srtreet, until Sept. 23. There will be additional examples of the photographer’s work.


“A Good Man Is Hard To Find”; Les Brown and his Orchestra; Butch Stone; Eddie Green; Publication date: September 14, 1941