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Spark Harmony Framed Revenge

November 27, 2021
1941, PM



“FRAMED”; The Robins; Leiber; Stoller; Spark (107); October 1954


The New York Times, November 27, 1941


“Revenge”; Texas Jim Robertson and The Panhandle Punchers; Jenny Lou Carson; RCA Victor (21-0130-B); 1949


The New York Times, November 27, 1941

Lepke Was Framed, His Counsel Asserts

Defense Says Rubin, Seeking Revenge Planned Murder



“Revenge”; Henry Therrein; Akst; Lewis; Young; Harmony (712-H); 1928

Now the Japanese Know: U.S.A. Won’t Sell Out China


“Ev’rything I Love”; Benny Goodman and his Orchestra; Peggy Lee; Cole Porter; Okeh (6516); Publication date: November 27, 1941


PM, November 27, 1941

His Master Died in this room which was shattered by the blast of an illuminating-gas explosion last night, but a black shepherd dog Freca, was uninjured by either gas or the explosion. Police say Thomas Quinn, 31, a commercial artist, was found lying in front of a gas stove with all jets open in his west 26th Street apartment, but failed to make either a suicide or accident listing. Freca hid behind a small piano.

PM, November 27, 1941
PM photos by Weegee



“Just A Man And His Dog”; Red Foley; The Cumberland Valley Boys; Jack Rollins; Audrey Ganum; Decca (46291); December 18, 1947


Weegee, PM, November 27, 1941



“Lonesome Dog Blues”; Lightning Hopkins; Hopkins; RPM (346); September 1951

“…the case should reach the jury by Friday.”

November 26, 2021
1941


“One Woman’s Man”; Jay McShann And His Orchestra; Walter Brown; Jay McShann; John Tums; Decca (8607 A); November 18, 1941


The New York Times, November 26, 1941


“So You Won’t Jump”; Jay McShann; Eugene Ramey; Decca (8607 B); November 18, 1941


The New York Times, November 26, 1941


“Cryin’ Won’t Make Me Stay”; Jay McShann; Walter Brown; Williams; Decca (8623 A); November 18, 1941


The New York Times, November 26, 1941

LEPKE AND AIDES CLOSE DEFENSE

Racketeer Fails to Take the Stand to Answer Charge of Murder in Brooklyn

Long Summing Up Is Due

2 Days Likely to be devoter to Addresses – Jidge Rukles Out Widow’s Accusation

The New York Times, November 26, 1941


“Baby Heart Blues”; Jay McShann; Walter Brown; Decca (8623 B); November 18, 1941


New York Post, November 26, 1941

Reles Escaped Death in Jail

Gunman’s Plot failed, Says O”Dwyer at Cop’s Trial


“‘Fore Day Rider”; Jay McShann; Walter Brown; Decca (8635 A); November 18, 1941


PM, November 26, 1941

Reles’s Guards on Trial


“Hootie’s Ignorant Oil”; Jay McShann; Walter Brown; Bernard Anderson; Decca (8635 B); November 18, 1941

“…ALIBI IS BIRTHDAY PARTY…”

November 22, 2021
1941


“Susie’s Birthday Party”; Buzz Connie; Jessie Mac Robinson; Coral (60004 A); July 21, 1948


“I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town”; Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five; Weldon; Louis Jordan; Decca (8593 B); November 22, 1941


“Knock Me Kiss”; Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five; Louis Jordan; Mike Jackson; Decca Personality Series (23628 A); Publication date: November 22, 1941


The New York Times, November 22, 1941


“Birthday Party”; Sil Austin; J. Collins; Mercury (71027); December 25, 1956

“THE END OF THE ROAD FOR KID TWIST”

November 14, 2021
1941


“At the End of the Road”; Tom Waring and Waring’s Pennsylvanians; Ballard Macdonald; James F. Hanley; Victor (19602-A); 1925


“The End Of The Road”; Sir Harry Lauder; William Dillon; RCA Victor (9024-B); 1926



“Waiting At The End Of The Road”; Harold Lang; Irving Berlin; Pathe Actuelle (32484)



The New York Times, November 14, 1941

GUARDS DEMOTED IN RELES ESCAPE

Five to Get Departmental Trials on Laxity Charge – Mayor Orders Inquiry

…speculation mounted as to Reles’s motive in attempting to escape that admittedly afforded him a haven from an underworld enraged… it was known that Reles feared only one underworld figure, Albert Anastasia… He always did the weird, fantastic thing…
He could sing but couldn’t fly”…


“Waiting At The End Of The Road”; Kate Smith; The Harmonians; Berlin; Harmony (999-H); August 27, 1925


Long Island Daily Press, November 14, 1941, (Unidentified photographer)

FUNERAL. Mrs. Rose Reles, left, widow of the gangster, Abe Reles, who fell to his death from the window of a sixth floor room at the Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island, is helped to a car after attending the burial services yesterday in the Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale. She screamed incessantly during the rather sketchy ceremony.


“Waiting At The End Of The Road”; The Kay Starr Style; Irving Berlin; Harold Mooney; Capitol (15910)


New York Post, November 14, 1941, (Unidentified photographer)

THE END OF THE ROAD FOR KID TWIST

GRAVEDIGGERS finish covering all that is mortal of “Abe Reles… Died Nov. 12th 1941… Age 36 years, 6 months, 2 days…”


“End of the Road”; Jerry Lee Lewis With His Pumping Piano; Jerry Lewis; Sun (259); December 1, 1956

“Look into those eyes…”

November 13, 2021
1941


“Somebody Nobody Loves”; Benny Goodman and his Orch.; Peggy Lee; S. Miller; Okeh (6562); Publication date: November 13, 1941


Lepke and His Pals Feared Reles’s Testimony…

And here’s the grinning Lepke himself – Louis Buchalter, born 44 years ago in the city’s slums. He’s under a federal narcotic sentence that would keep him in jail 14 years… Lepke is blamed for 14 murders or more; Reles was to have testified against him. The particular murder for which Lepke is on trial is that of Joseph Rosen, candy-store owner. Rosen had been a trucking boss in the garment center. O’Dwyer says Lepke ordered the job much as you would order the cook to kill a chicken for dinner.

… Until Death Mysteriously Removed One

And this is where it ended, outside the Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island, where Reles has been awaiting his chance to testify against Lepke. We don’t really know what happened. Some reports say Reles was trying to escape – with only a couple of sheets to let him down down the sixth floor widow (circle) to a roof overlooking the ocean. Reporters were told that a window on the floor below was partly open, and that the sill and his shoes bore marks indicating he tried to get in. Some authorities said he had been ill, that he might have committed suicide.



PM, November 13, 1941 (Unidentified photographers)


“How Long Has This Been Going On!;” Benny Goodman and his Orch.; Peggy Lee; I. Gershwin; G. Gershwin; Okeh (6544); November 13, 1941







The New York Times, November 13, 1941 (Unidentified photographer)


“Somebody Else is Taking My Place”; Benny Goodman and his Orchestra; Peggy Lee; D. Howard; Ellsworth; Morgan; Columbia (38198); November 13, 1941


Binghamton, November 13, 1941 (Unidentified photographer)


The New York Times, November 13, 1941 (Unidentified photographer)


“Why Don’t You Do Right”; Benny Goodman and his Orchestra; Peggy Lee; McCoy; Columbia (38198); November 13, 1941

(“…We don’t really know what happened…” PM, November 13, 1941.)

“I told the truth about unions and the mob.”

November 11, 2021
1941


“I’M READING YOUR LETTER AGAIN, DEAR”; BOB ATCHER and BONNIE BLUE EYES; Jenkins’ Okeh (06495); November 11, 1941




The New York Times, November 11, 1941

LEPKE ‘FINGER MAN’
HUNTS JOB IN VAIN

Paul Berger Accuses Unions
of Barring Him From Work
for ‘Telling the Truth’


“LET’S START LIFE ALL OVER”; BOB ATCHER and BONNIE BLUE EYES; L. White; Okeh (06495); November 11, 1941




PM, November 11, 1941

Skeletons Dance At Lepke Trial


“Walking the Floor Over You”; Bob Atcher; Ernest Tubb; Columbia (37432); November 11, 1941


Washington Experts Feel War With Japan Is Definitely Possible Before Christmas


“SWEETHEARTS OR STRANGERS”; BOB ATCHER and BONNIE BLUE EYES; J. Davis; Columbia (37432); November 11, 1941

23 Years Have Passed, It’s Armistice Day Again


“Modern Design;” Johnny Messner And His Orchestra; Johnny Messner; Sammy Kaye; Ron Perry; Stanley Broadhurst; Decca (4086 B); November 11, 1941


PM, November 11, 1941

745 Moved to New Prison And Not One Was Lost


“Gotta Find My Baby”; Doctor Clayton; Joe Clayton; Bluebird (B-8901-B); November 11, 1941

“Finger Man”

November 8, 2021
1941


“FINGER BUSTER”; Jelly Roll Morton; Jazz Man (Number 12)


“Finger Tips”; Red Prysock; Mercury (70733); 1955


“Ring Around My Finger”; Tiny Topsy and The Charms; Roth; Bass; Federal (12309); 1957


“The Mark ‘Round My Finger”; Hawkshaw Hawkins; Alice Simms; Ira Rosloff; RCA Victor (20-5444); 1953


“YOU’VE GOT ME WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER”; TEXAS JIM LEWIS And His Lone Star Cowboys; Ginger Snow; Lew Porter; Spade Cooley; Decca (46073 B); December 10, 1945


“THE FINGER OF SUSPICION POINTS AT YOU”; Bonnie Lou; Mann; Lewis; Parlophone (R 3989); 1955

“Magic Powers”

November 7, 2021
1941


“That Old Black Magic”; Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra; Johnny Hartman; Harold Arlen; Jimmy Mundy; RCA Victor (20-3481-A); July 1949


“It’s Magic”; Sarah Vaughn; Richard Maltby and his Orchestra; Styne; Cahn; Musicraft (557); August 1948


The New York Times, November 7, 1941


“THE MAGIC NAME”; ZINGONE; Zingone’s Recorded Card Tricks (NO. 2)

“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