Too Romantic: An Anne Lenner Discography

TOO ROMANTICTOO ROMANTIC An Anne Lenner DiscographyAn Anne Lenner Discography by A. G. Kozak annelenner.com Version 1.0.5 (Updated December 23, 2024) © 2022-2023 A. G. Kozak. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialNoDerivatives 4.0 International License. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8307-9716 Many thanks to Peter Wallace for supplying the photograph of Anne Lenner that graces the front page of this discography. Table of Contents Introduction Reference List Abbreviations Discography 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1949 Appendix A: Recordings Misattributed to Anne Lenner Appendix B: Conventions Used in This Discography 3 Introduction Over the course of roughly fifteen years (1934-1949), Anne Lenner provided vocals for 228 known record sides, some of which have more than one song on them. Her artistic output thus establishes her as a comparatively prolific singer. Naturally, it is the quality and not the number of those recordings that should concern the aficionado of Anglophone popular music the most. Lenner’s elegant, seductive, and instantly recognizable voice is for me the stuff of sublime fantasy — but as a reference work, this discography does not aim to convince the reader of the artistic merits of each entry. Rather, I have devoted a new website to that aim: annelenner.com. Anne Lenner’s career as a recording artist was intimately connected with that of Carroll Gibbons. It was he who discovered her singing in a nightclub, and the vast majority of her records were made with Gibbons as director of the Savoy Hotel Orpheans or the subset thereof known as “The Boy Friends,” or with Gibbons as a solo pianist. It was with the Boy Friends that Lenner would make some of her earliest but most noteworthy recordings for commercial radio programs sponsored by Hartley’s Jam in 1934-1935. They were therefore not mass-market records, but transcriptions for radio broadcasts. Collectors will not find these in the wild — only single copies are known to have survived as part of Carroll Gibbons’s personal collection — but fortunately the songs have been issued on LP and CD, so we may include them in our assessment of an important phase in Lenner’s career. Lenner also made recordings with bandleaders Stan Atkins, George Scott Wood, Joe Loss, Maurice Winnick, Jack White, Jay Wilbur, Frank Weir, and Harold Geller. These collaborations were essentially one-offs; she would not continue to record with any of these groups. During the Second World War, Lenner recorded transcriptions to be broadcast to the troops. Many of these survive, and what is known about them is listed in this book. This is the third vocalist discography that I have produced in the course of three years. There were a number of factors that made this one easier than the others. Such a large part of Lenner’s artistic output comes in the form of dance band vocal refrains, and as such it was covered by Rust and Forbes in their British Dance Bands on Record. Many of the recordings that do not fall into Rust and Forbes’s bailiwick have been the subject of studies by Terry Brown and Mike Thomas. And such an overwhelming number of Anne Lenner’s vocals appeared on the Columbia FB series of records, which has been well documented by Michael Smith and Frank Andrews. I am, therefore, particularly aware of my standing on the shoulders of giants in issuing an Anne Lenner discography. I aim for completeness and accuracy, but of course I have not seen or heard everything listed here. One of the reasons that I publish my discographies online is so that I may correct and update them regularly. If you have a record with an Anne Lenner vocal on it that is not listed in this little book, please contact me. For that matter, if you notice that the catalogue number for a record side is in italics, that means that I have not been able to examine it yet; again, if you happen to own the record, please contact me, and perhaps you can share a scan or photograph of the label. And be sure to check for updates to Too Romantic: An Anne Lenner Discography in 4 web format on annelenner.com or in PDF format on Zenodo. For their assistance in my research, I would like to thank: Terry Brown The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society Robert Girling Charles Hippisley-Cox Erin Elisavet Kozak Steve Paget Henry Parsons Peter Wallace John Watson John Wright A. G. Kozak Berkeley, California annelenner.com December 24, 2022 (Anne Lenner’s 110th birthday) 5 Reference List Andrews, Frank, Jim Hayes, and Michael Smith. 2003. Columbia ‘DB’ and ‘LB’ Series. Wellsnext-the-Sea, North Norfolk: City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society. (DB) The Blue Rockets Augmented Orchestra, vocal Anne Lenner. (1944) 2016. “Thanks Mr Censor.” Recorded August 1944. Track 4 on The Stars Entertain the Troops. Memory Lane MLMCD 061. (MLMCD-061) Brown, Terry. 2015. “Carroll Gibbons — Complete Piano Discography.” Discographer Magazine Volume 2, No. 6: 49-84. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1f0PoN9nyI9R29NVUVUajhmRG8/edit?resourcekey=0cau0QDt32Z4deP8IpX6h_w. (TB) “Carroll Gibbons and the Boy Friends with Anne Lenner.” 1980. Talking Machine Review 62: 1704. https://ia601202.us.archive.org/28/items/TMR62/TMR%2062_text.pdf. Gibbons, Carroll, and the Boyfriends, featuring Anne Lenner. (1934-1935) 1980. “On the Air” for Hartley’s Jam (1934-1935). World Records SH 360, 33⅓. (SH-360) Gibbons, Carroll. (1934-1935) 1990. On the Wireless at 7pm Each Thursday. EMI SH 519, 33⅓ (on compact disc as EMI CDP 7 943212). (SH-519) Clarke, Stephen, Roger Tessier, and Alan Kelly. 2023. The Gramophone Co. Discography. Last updated August 22, 2021. https://www.gramophonecompanydiscography.com. (GCD) Laird, Ross. 1995. Tantalizing Tingles: A Discography of Early Ragtime, Jazz, and Novelty Syncopated Piano Recordings, 1889-1934. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. (TT) Lenner, Anne. (1945) 1995. “What a Difference a Day Made.” By Stanley Adams and Maria Grever. Recorded February 24, 1945 under the direction of R.S.M. George Melachrino. Track 18 on Service Bands on the Air, Volume 2: Victory Party. Vintage Jazz Band VJB 1946-2, compact disc. (VJB-1946-2) Rust, Brian, and Sandy Forbes. 1989. British Dance Bands on Record, 1911 to 1945, and Supplement. Bungay, Suffolk: Richard Clay, Ltd. https://www.phonotoneclassic.com/british-dance-band-discography. (BDBR) Smith, Michael. 2009. Decca Records Company, Ltd. Royal Blue and Gold ‘F’ Series 10 Inch 78 rpm Records. Volumes I and II. Hunstanton, Norfolk: The Whitley Press. (Dec-F) Smith, Michael, and Frank Andrews. 2004. The Columbia ‘FB’ Series of Variety and Dance Band Records. Wells-next-the-Sea, North Norfolk: City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society. (FB) Thomas, Michael G. n.d. “Pre-Recorded Radio Shows-Index.” Mike Thomas’ Website. http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/dancebands/IndexPages/Pre-RecordedRadio-Index.htm ⸻. 2021. “Teledisk,” Mike Thomas’ Website. Last modified January 18, 2021. http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/Records/LabelPages/Teledisk.htm. (MGT-Teledisk). ⸻. 2022a. “Rex.” Mike Thomas’ Website. Last modified January 28, 2022. http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/Records/LabelPages/Rex.htm. (MGT-Rex). ⸻. 2022b. “Carroll Gibbons.” Unpublished manuscript, last modified May 31. Microsoft Word file. (MGT-CG) ⸻. 2022c. “ORBS.” Mike Thomas’ Website. Last modified September 29, 2022. http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/Records/ORBS%20issues.htm. (MGT-ORBS). 6 Abbreviations SOURCES BDBR Rust and Forbes. British Dance Bands on Record, 1911 to 1945, and Supplement. CHC Charles Hippisley-Cox’s collection. DB Frank Andrews, Jim Hayes, and Michael Smith. Columbia ‘DB’ and ‘LB’ Series. Dec-F Michael Smith. Decca Records Company, Ltd. Royal Blue and Gold ‘F’ Series 10 Inch 78 rpm Records. FB Michael Smith and Frank Andrews. The Columbia ‘FB’ Series of Variety and Dance Band Records. GCD The Gramophone Co. Discography. MGT-CG Michael G. Thomas. “Carroll Gibbons” (unpublished manuscript). MGTORBS Michael G. Thomas. ORBS. MGT-Rex Michael G. Thomas. Rex. MGTTeledisk Michael G. Thomas. Teledisk. MLMCD061 Memory Lane compact disc The Stars Entertain the Troops. SH-360 “On the Air” for Hartley’s Jam (1934-1935) (LP). SH-519 On the Wireless at 7pm Each Thursday (LP and compact disc). TB Terry Brown. “Carroll Gibbons — Complete Piano Discography.” TT Ross Laird. Tantalizing Tingles: A Discography of Early Ragtime, Jazz, and Novelty Syncopated Piano Recordings, 1889-1934. VJB1946-2 Service Bands on the Air, Volume 2: Victory Party (compact disc). 7 RECORD LABELS Col Columbia Dec Decca HMV His Master’s Voice RZ Regal Zonophone TWO-LETTER COUNTRY CODES AR Argentina AU Australia BR Brazil CH Switzerland DE Germany FR France IN India JP Japan IT Italy NO Norway US United States 8 Discography 1934 CARROLL GIBBONS, pianoforte solo; vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, December 12, 1934. CA-14808-1 Love is in the air again (Miller-Shapiro) Col DB-1501 CA-14820-1 Give me a heart to sing to (film Frankie & Johnnie) (Washington-Young) Col DB-1562, Col FB-1139 Matrix CA-14821-1 (“I only have eyes for you”) on Col DB-1501 lacks a vocal. TT, DB, FB, TB, CHC CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, December 14, 1934. CA-14823-1 If I love again (Murray-Oakland) Col FB-1001 CA-14824-1 Dancing on a dime (Sievier-Ramsay) Col FB-1000 CA-14825-1 With every breath I take (film Here Is My Heart) (RobinRainger) Col FB-1001 BDBR, FB 9 CINE STUDIO ORCHESTRA (George Walter [= Walter Goehr] dir.), vocalist: ANNE LENNER. October 12, 1935. CA-15354-1 “Love me forever” (in “On Wings of Song — film selection, part 1”) Col DB1596 CA-15355-2 “Love me forever” (in “On Wings of Song — film selection, part 2”) Col DB1596 DB, CHC CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. Vocal duet with Brian Lawrance (-1). London, October 28, 1935. CA-15387-1 East of the sun (and west of the moon) (B. Bowman-Brooks) Col FB-1202, Col DW-4316 (DE) CA-15388-1 Broadway rhythm (film Broadway Melody of 1936) (Freed-Brown) Col FB-1202, Col DQ-1961 (IT), Col DW-4316 (DE) (-1) CA-15389-1 Without a word of warning (GordonRevel) Col FB-1203 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS. Vocal duet with Brian Lawrance. London, November 12, 1935. CA-15446-1 I’ve got a feelin’ you’re foolin’ (film Broadway Melody of 1936) (Freed-Brown) Col FB-1229, Col DW4324 (DE) BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, December 7, 1935. CA-15483-1 Fatal fascination (film Ship Café) (Thompson-Gensler) Col FB-1252 BDBR, FB 16 1936 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, January 9, 1936. CA-15534-1 Will love find a way? (Bowman-Alexander) Col FB-1283 CA-15535-1 A little bit independent (Leslie-Burke) Col FB-1283, Col J-2425 (JP) BDBR, FB THE MASQUERADERS (George Scott Wood dir.). Vocal duet with Brian Lawrance as BRIAN CUNNINGHAM (-1). Accompanied by tap dancing. London, March 12, 1936. CA-15661-1 “I won’t dance” (in “Fred and Ginger — selection, part 1”) Col FB1350 (-1) CA-15662-2 “Lovely to look at” (in “Fred and Ginger — selection, part 2”) Col FB1350 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. Vocal duets with Brian Lawrance. London, April 4, 1936. CA-15712-1 Let’s face the music and dance (film Follow the Fleet) (Irving Berlin) Col FB1363 CA-15714-1 I’m building up to an awful let down (from Rise and Shine) (Mercer-Astaire) Col FB1375 BDBR, FB 17 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. Vocal duet with Brian Lawrance (-1). London, May 7, 1936. CA-15751-1 Rise ’n’ shine (De Sylva-Youmans) Col FB-1399 (-1) CA-15756-1 Lost (Ohman-Mercer-Teetor) Col FB-1408, Col 4521-BX (BR) CA-15757-1 The Juba (L. & O. Rene-B. Ellison) Col FB-1408, Col 4251-BX (BR) (-1) BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, June 25, 1936. CA-15813-1 Robins and roses (Leslie-Burke) Col FB-1464, Col DW-4373 (DE) BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, August 19, 1936. CA-15881-1 There isn’t any limit to my love (film This’ll Make You Whistle) (Sigler-Goodhart-Hoffman) Col FB1491 CA-15882-1 You’re not the kind (I. Mills-W. Hudson) Col FB1492 CA-15884-1 Take my heart (Young-Ahlert) Col FB1492 BDBR, FB JOE LOSS AND HIS ORCHESTRA. London, September 10, 1936. 0EA-3852-1-2 Cryin’ my heart out for you (JohnsonHopkins) HMV BD-5109, HMV EA-1809 (AU) BDBR, GCD 18 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, October 8, 1936. CA-15975-1 No regrets (Tobias-Ingraham) Col FB-1530 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. Vocal quartet consisting of Anne Lenner, Brian Lawrance, ?George Melachrino, and one other (-1). London, October 26, 1936. CA-16012-1 Miracles sometimes happen (NobleMurray) Col FB-1548, Col DQ-2302 (IT) CAX-7869-1 The song is ended (concert version) (Berlin) Col DX-762, Col DOX-530 (AU) (-1) BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, December 11, 1936. CA-16104-1 I’m in a dancing mood (from This’ll Make You Whistle) (Sigler-Goodhart-Hoffman) Col FB-1592, Col DF-2056 (FR) CA-16105-1 Pennies from heaven (film Pennies from Heaven) (Burke-Johnston) Col FB-1606 BDBR, FB 19 1937 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. Vocal duet with Brian Lawrance (-1). London, February 2, 1937. CA-16185-1 No more (from Home and Beauty) (Herbert-Brodszky) Col FB-1628 CA-16186-1 I’m just beginning to care (S. Simons) Col FB-1635 (-1) BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, February 25, 1937. CA-16250-1 Goodnight, my love (film Stowaway) (GordonRevel) Col FB-1655, Col DF-2109 (FR) BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, April 7, 1937. CA-16314-1 Let’s put our heads together (film The Gold Diggers of 1937) (E. Harburg-H. Arlen) Col FB-1683 CA-16319-1 I stumbled over love (Wright-Forrest) Col FB-1675, Col DO-1730 (AU) BDBR, FB 20 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. Vocal duet with George Melachrino (-1). London, June 2, 1937. CA-16397-1 Let’s call the whole thing off (film Shall We Dance?) (I. & G. Gershwin) Col FB-1705, Col GN-398 (NO) (-1) CA-16398-1 Shall we dance? (film Shall We Dance?) (I. & G. Gershwin) Col FB-1705, Col GN-398 (NO) (-1) CA-16399-1 Goodnight, my lucky day (film 23½ Hours’ Leave) (Koehler-Stept) Col FB-1706 Charles Hippisley-Cox notes that the instrumentation for this session is really more like the Boy Friends than the full Savoy Hotel Orpheans. BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. Vocal duet with George Melachrino (-1). London, June 3, 1937. CA-16404-1 The mood that I’m in (Silver-Sherman) Col FB-1706 CA-16406-1 “Let’s call the whole thing off” (in “Shall We Dance? — selection, part 2”) (I. & G. Gershwin) Col FB-1704, Col DF-2163 (FR) (-1) CA-16407-1 “You’re laughing at me” (in “On the Avenue — selection, part 1”) (Irving Berlin) Col FB-1741, Col DW-4466 (DE) BDBR, FB, CHC 21 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. Vocal duet with George Melachrino (-1). London, July 3, 1937. CA-16540-1 There’s a lull in my life (film Wake Up and Live) (Gordon-Revel) Col FB-1732, Col DO1730 (AU) CA-16541-1-2 Never in a million years (film Wake Up and Live) (Gordon-Revel) Col rejected (-1) CA-16453-1 This year’s kisses (film On the Avenue) (Berlin) Col FB-1743 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. Vocal duet with George Melachrino. London, July 12, 1937. CA-16451-3 Never in a million years (film Wake Up and Live) (Gordon-Revel) Col FB-1732 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS. Vocal duet with George Melachrino (-1). London, October 6, 1937. CA-16596-1 Whispers in the dark (film Artists and Models) (Robin-Hollander) Col FB-1791, Col DF2230 (FR) CA-16598-1 Yours and mine (film Broadway Melody of 1938) (Freed-Brown) Col FB-1790, Col DW4522 (DE) (-1) BDBR, FB 22 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, November 4, 1937. CA-16667-1 That old feeling (film Vogues of 1938) (Brown-Fain) Col FB1830 CA-16668-1 The moon got in my eyes (film Double or Nothing) (BurkeJohnston) Col FB1829 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, November 23, 1937. CA-16715-1 Blossoms on Broadway (film Blossoms on Broadway) (RobinRainger) Col FB1842 CA-16719-1 Here comes the sandman (film Mr. Dodd Takes the Air) (DubinWarren) Col FB1855 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, December 14, 1937. CA-16744-1 A foggy day (film Damsel in Distress) (I. & G. Gershwin) Col FB1856 CA-16747-1 Roses in December (film Life of the Party) (Magidson-OaklandJessel) Col FB1857 BDBR, FB 23 1938 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, January 10, 1938. CA-16775-1 Please remember (Denby-Watson) Col FB-1873 BDBR, FB ANNE LENNER (Carroll Gibbons dir.). Studio 1, London, January 21, 1938. 0EA-5993-1-2 Once in a while (Bud Green-Michael Edwards) HMV commercial test 0EA-5994-1-2 Don’t ever change (W. Hirsch-Lou Handman) HMV commercial test GCD CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. Vocal duet with George Melachrino (-1). London, January 24, 1938. CA-16800-1 It’s a long, long way to your heart (Pola-Brandt) Col FB-1885, Col CQ-1404 (IT) CA-16803-1 In the still of the night (film Rosalie) (Cole Porter) Col FB-1884, Col DQ-2613 (IT), Col DW-4618 (DE) (-1) BDBR, FB 24 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, March 1, 1938. CA-16865-1 Tears in my heart (Whitcup-Powell) Col FB1923 CA-16866-1 You’re a sweetheart (film You’re a Sweetheart) (AdamsonMcHugh) Col FB1923 CA-16868-2 Dearest love (from Operette) (Noel Coward) Col FB1922 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, March 25, 1938. CA-16904-1 With a smile and a song (film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) (Morey-Churchill) Col FB-1935, Col DF-2361 (FR) CA-16905-1 One song (film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) (Morey-Churchill) Col FB-1935, Col DF-2361 (FR) BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, May 3, 1938. CA-16958-1 Sweet as a song (film Sally, Irene and Mary) (Gordon-Revel) Col FB-1958 CA-16960-1 Please be kind (Cahn-Chaplin) Col FB-1958 BDBR, FB 25 1940 CARROLL GIBBONS AND HIS BAND, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, January 31, 1940. CA-17816-1 Safe in my heart (Gilbert-Connolly) Col FB-2382 CA-17817-1 It’s a lovely day tomorrow (Berlin) Col FB-2373 BDBR, FB MAURICE WINNICK AND HIS ORCHESTRA, vocal refrain. Studio 2, London, March 1, 1940. 0EA-8381-1-2 Safe in my heart (Gilbert-Connelly) HMV BD-5572, HMV EA-2642 (AU) BDBR, GCD CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, March 5, 1940. CA-17852-1 Little wooden head (film Pinocchio) (Washington-Harline) Col FB-2396 CA-17853-1 A little rain must fall (Green-Kaye-Little) Col FB-2390 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, April 15, 1940. CA-17951-1 This can’t be love (from Up and Doing) (Hart-Rodgers) Col FB-2426 CA-17952-1 Sing for your supper (from Up and Doing) (Hart-Rodgers) Col FB-2426 BDBR, FB 32 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, May 9, 1940. CA-17977-1 It’s a blue world (film Music in My Heart) (Wright-Forrest) Col FB-2436 CA-17980-1 Too romantic (film The Road to Singapore) (Burke-Monaco) Col FB-2441 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. Vocal duet with Sam Browne (-1). London, May 24, 1940. CA-18013-1 When night is through (from a Tschaikowsky theme) (Connor-Sherwin) Col FB2446 (-1) CA-18015-1 When our dreams grow old (based on “Plaisir d’amour) (Pola-Stellar) Col FB2445 CA-18016-1 I’ve got my eyes on you (film Broadway Melody of 1940) (Cole Porter) Col FB2451 CA-18017-1 In a little rocky valley (Green-Bourne-Arden) Col FB2445 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER; vocal duet by ANNE LENNER and ERIC WHITLEY (-1). London, June 24, 1940. CA-18054-1 Fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) (Mercer-Bloom) Col FB-2465, Col MZ-265 (CH) CA-18055-1 Alice blue gown (film Irene) (Tierney) Col FB-2466 (-1) CA-18056-1 A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square (from New Faces) (Maschwitz-Sherwin) Col FB-2466 CA-18057-1 Shake down the stars (de Lange-van Heusen) Col FB-2465, Col MZ-265 (CH) BDBR, FB 33 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS; vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, July 22, 1940. CA-18074-1 “I get a kick out of you (“Dancing time at the savoy”) (Cole Porter) Col FB2478 CA-18705-1 “With a song in my heart” (Hart-Rodgers) (in “Dancing time at the Savoy”) Col FB2479 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, September 6, 1940. CA-18136-1 I’m stepping out with a memory tonight (Magidson-Wrubel) Col FB-2491 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS; vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, September 9, 1940. CA-18140-1 I’ll never smile again (Ruth Lowe) Col FB-2490 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, October 3, 1940. CA-18153-1 All the things you are (Hammerstein 2nd-Kern) Col FB-2510 CA-18154-1 I’m nobody’s baby (film Andy Hardy Meets Debutante) (Davis-Ager-Santley) Col FB-2511 CA-18155-1 Just for the fun of it (Heyman-Jacobson) Col FB-2510 CA-18156-1 Until you fall in love (Carr-Popplewell) Col FB-2511, Col DO2299 (AU) BDBR, FB 34 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, November 8, 1940. CA-18215-2 The Swiss bellringer (Freed-Samuels) Col FB-2534 CA-18216-1 The ferry boat serenade (Adamson-di Lazzaro) Col FB-2534 CA-18217-1 Blueberry Hill (Lewis-Stock-Rose) Col FB-2535 CA-18218-1 I can’t resist you (Wever-Donaldson) Col FB-2535, Col FB-2602 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, November 28, 1940. CA-18243-1 Only forever (film Rhythm on the River) (Burke-Monaco) Col FB-2546 CA-18244-1 Pretty little petticoat (Lawrence-Scott) Col FB-2546 CA-18245-1 Goodnight again (Magidson) Col FB-2547 CA-18246-1 Strike up the band (film Strike Up the Band) (I. & G. Gershwin) Col FB-2547 BDBR, FB JACK WHITE AND HIS BAND, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, December 2, 1940. CAR-5931-1 Looking for yesterday (Lange-van Heusen) RZ MR-3413 CAR-5932-1 When your train has gone (H. Charles) RZ MR-3413 BDBR 35 1941 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, January 3, 1941. CA-18273-1 The best things in life are free (de Sylva-BrownHenderson) Col FB-2560 CA-18274-1 Moon for sale (Connor-Sherwin) Col FB-2560, Col DO2299 (AU) CA-18281-1 Our love affair (film Strike Up the Band) (FreedEdens) Col FB-2565 CA-18282-1 Ridin’ high (from The Hulbert Follies) (Cole Porter) Col FB-2565 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, February 12, 1941. CA-18342-1 Room Five-Hundred-and-Four (from The Hulbert Follies) (Maschwitz-Posford) Col FB-2579, Col DO-2296 (AU) CA-18343-1 We three (My echo, my shadow and me) (RobertsonCogane-Mysels) Col FB-2579 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, March 4, 1941. CA-18397-1 Frenesi (Charles-Russel-Dominguez-Whitcup) Col FB-2592 CA-18398-1 Johnny Peddler (Brown-Almeida-Nesdan) Col FB-2592 BDBR, FB 36 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, March 21, 1941. CA-18404-1 When that man is dead and gone (Irving Berlin) Col FB-2601 BDBR, FB JAY WILBUR AND HIS BAND; vocal chorus by ANNE LENNER. London, March 26, 1941. R-5520-1 The last time I saw Paris (Hammerstein-Kern) Rex 9957 R-5522-1 Room Five-Hundred-and-Four (Maschwitz-Posford) Rex 9958 BDBR, MGT-Rex CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, April 22, 1941. CA-18465-1 It’s always you (film Road to Zanzibar) (Burkevan Heusen) Col FB-2624 CA-18466-1 A pair of silver wings (from Black Vanities) (Maschwitz-Carr) Col FB-2625, Col DO2329 (AU) CA-18467-1 Do I love you? (Cole Porter) Col FB-2625 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocal chorus. London, June 11, 1941. CA-18507-1 Yes, my darling daughter (Lawrence-Sirmay) Col FB-2640 CA-18510-1 Let there be love (Grant-Rand) Col FB-2640 BDBR, FB 37 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, July 3, 1941. CA-18532-1 There goes that song again (Allie Wrubel) Col FB2655 CA-18535-1 I should have known you years ago (film Road Show) (H. Carmichael) Col FB2656 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS. London, July 31, 1941. CA-18597-1 I hear a rhapsody (Fragos-Baker-Gasparre) Col FB-2671 CA-18599-1 You and your kiss (film One Night in the Tropics) (D. Fields-J. Kern) Col FB2672 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. Weston-super-Mare, August 28, 1941. CA-18669-1 Daddy (Bobby Troup) Col FB-2693 CA-18670-1 Hearts don’t lie (from Fun and Games) (Guest-Sherwin) Col FB-2693 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, October 7, 1941. CA-18716-1 Sand in my shoes (film Kiss the Boys Goodbye) (Schertzinger-Loesser) Col FB-2712 CA-18717-1 Thanks to love (from Fun and Games) (ConnorSherwin) Col FB-2711, Col MZ286 (CH) BDBR, FB 38 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS; vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, November 7, 1941. CA-18765-1 You and I (Meredith Wilson) Col FB-2728 CA-18772-1 I walked into a dream without knocking (M. Dermot-Jacobson) Col FB-2727 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, December 18, 1941. CA-18816-1 You’re in my arms (Carr-Popplewell) Col FB2748 CA-18827-1 Concerto for two (adapted from Tschaikowsky’s “Concerto in B flat”) (Lawrence-Haring) Col FB2749 BDBR, FB 39 1942 CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, January 19, 1942. CA-18860-1 Tropical magic (film Weekend in Havana) (Gordon-Warren) Col FB-2763, Col FB40107 (IN) CA-18862-1 Time was (Prado-Russell) Col FB-2764, Col MZ-286 (CH) BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, February 16, 1942. CA-18900-1 Two in love (Meredith Wilson) Col FB-2777 CA-18901-1 No more (Art Noel) Col FB-2778 BDBR, FB CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, vocalist: ANNE LENNER. London, March 12, 1942. CA-18928-1 When the roses bloom again (Burton-Kent) Col FB-2789 CA-18931-1 Baby mine (film Dumbo) (Washington-Churchill) Col FB-2788 BDBR, FB 40 1943 R.A.F. CONCERT ORCHESTRA. Mid-1943. 2EN-5482 Lullaby of Broadway EMI radio transcription MK-2885 2EN-5483 Moonlight becomes you EMI radio transcription MK-2885 MGT-ORBS 41 Appendix B: Conventions Used in This Discography 1. SESSION HEADERS Capital letters are used to represent band names and personal names that actually appear on the record labels, whereas mixed-case names do not actually appear on the labels. Other information that does appear on the labels (e.g., “pianoforte duet,” “vocal chorus”) is provided in lowercase, and details that are not on the labels (such as the identity of an uncredited musical director) are put between parentheses. Any information after the first period is entirely supplemental and will not be found on a label. Sometimes a detail such as the identity of a duettist may be marked by a hyphenated number between parentheses (e.g., “(-1)”); in such cases, the detail only pertains to certain songs recorded at a session that will also be marked with that number. Locations are given when they are known, and the dates or approximate dates are for the original recording session (issue dates are not listed). As this is a vocalist discography, individual band personnel are not generally identified. Readers may consult Rust and Forbes (1989) for the personnel of dance band recordings. 2. TABLES The tables that list the recordings made at every session provide: 1. Matrix and take numbers: A matrix number identifies a record side and will be found on the shellac itself (often also on the label). A take number frequently also appears on the shellac; when it does not, discographers try to supply it from other sources (such as studio ledgers). Matrix numbers often involve a prefix followed by a number (e.g., “CA15813”). Takes that are known to have been actually issued are underlined in this text (e.g., “CA-15813-1). I explicitly list every take mentioned by my sources (which include the evidence of the records themselves). In the case of the 1934-1935 Hartley’s Jam programs, in which there are two songs on every side of each radio transcript, I sometimes use a dash (“—”) in place of a matrix number to show that a song is on the same side of the record as the preceding entry. 2. Song name and songwriter(s): Each song’s name is listed as it appears on the record. I include any extra information provided by record labels, such as the stage play or film origin of a title, in parentheses (in the format “from West End Musical,” “film Hollywood Movie”). Songwriter’s names are included as they are listed on the label; in rare cases I have quietly corrected a spelling error or added a known songwriter who was for some reason omitted from the label. 3. Record label(s), catalogue number(s), etc.: For each known 78 rpm-era record pressed from a given matrix, I list the label name (using the abbreviations established by Rust and Forbes [1989]) and the catalogue number. Non-UK issues have a two-letter country code in parentheses. If no takes of a particular matrix made at a session were ever issued, I 48 term them “rejected” if another attempt was made to record them and “unissued” if no further attempt was made. When matrices were unissued during the 78 rpm era but later released on vinyl, I identify the release as being an LP by underlining it. Labels in italics are ones that I have yet to encounter; if you have them, please contact me to share your label scans or photographs. 3. SESSION NOTES Any further discussion of a session or individual songs is found below the session tables in italics. 4. SOURCE ABBREVIATIONS Small, boldface codes are listed after every session to show relevant sources. I generally include all sources that mention any element of a session, not just those that I believe to be correct. I rely on the evidence of my own collection implicitly. 49