STARDREAMS ~ Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra 1944
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STARDREAMS ~ Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra~1944 ~ RCA-Victor Records.
Charlie Spivak
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AT LAST ~ Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra & The Stardusters 1942.wmv
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- Published: 04 Jul 2010
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AT LAST ~ Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra ~ Garry Stevens ~ The Stardusters 1942 ~ Columbia Records. Charlie Spivak was often billed as "The Sweetest Trumpet In The World" . In my opinion, Spivak, Harry James, & Billy Butterfield & a few others, were probably some of the best "sweet" trumpet players to come out of the "Big Band Era" . He started out in the early 1920's and by the time he formed his orchestra in 1939, he had already played with such orchestra's fronted by , Paul Specht, Ben Pollack, The Dorsey Brother's, Bob Crosby, Tommy Dorsey, & Jack Teagarden. The Stardusters , consisting of Glen Gaylon, Curt Purnell, & Dick Wylder started out as a trio while still in high school and upon graduation , they decided to follow their dreams of a vocal career, instead of attending Yale. By 1939 and after several guest appearances, they landed their very own radio program on NBC. June Hutton , Ina Ray Hutton's younger sister and once member of The Quintones vocal group, joined the original Stardusters in approx. 1940 and the group was complete. They recorded WHEN I SEE AN ELEPHANT FLY, AT LAST, I SURRENDER DEAR, A WEEKEND IN HAVANA, THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER, BROTHER BILL, & I REMEMBER YOU and a few others with Charlie Spivak's Orchestra. They later recorded with several popular vocalists of the day, including Evelyn Knight, with whom they recorded the 1949 hit , A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME.
Charlie Spivak - Stardust
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Charlie Spivak - Stardust
My Devotion by Charlie Spivak 1942
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V-Disc 406 Charlie Spivak
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- Published: 10 Jun 2010
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Jimmy Saunders, Irene Daye w/ Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra. Issued April 1945.
Charlie Spivak Orch "Time Alone Will Tell"
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Charlie plays a great trumpet, Stardusters sing. Clip from "Pinup Girl"
I SURRENDER, DEAR ~ The Stardusters 1941.wmv
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I SURRENDER, DEAR ~ The Stardusters~ Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra ~ 1941 ~ Okeh Records. The lead voice here is , June Hutton, the sister of Ina Ray Hutton, but of NO relation to Betty & Marion Hutton, who were sisters. June Hutton & The Stardusters left the Spivak Orchestra in 1943. Hutton would later join up with The Pied Piers (Dorsey's once vocal group) as replacement for Jo Stafford, who had stopped singing temporarily. It is this group of "Pied Pipers", with Hutton, that recorded the classic "DREAM" on Johnny Mercer's Capitol Records label. Bandleader, Charlie Spivak, started his first band in 1939, which failed, but started another band the following year with the financial support of Glenn Miller. This second orchestra was fantastic and did well. Singer, Irene Daye, was Hutton's replacement and not long afterwards, became Mrs. Charlie Spivak . By 1945, the "Big Band Era" was beginning to fade and like so many band leaders of the day, Spivak wrapped it up & threw in the towel. With that said, Charlie Spivak was an excellent trumpeter and stands out among the best of them !
"Stardreams", Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra - RCA/Victor Collector's Issue - #420-0001.
"Stardreams", Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra - RCA/Victor Collector's Issue - #420-0001. This was Spivak's theme song, which he used in radio broadcasts and at the beginning of live performances. This is the first video I have made of the playing of a 78-RPM record using the correct 78-RPM record needle for my Crosley CR-704 Entertainment Center. There is a dramatic improvement in overall sound quality and loudness, compared to using the LP record needle supplied with the CR-704.
V-Disc 518 Harry James, Charlie Spivak
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Side A: Harry James and His Orchestra. Side B: Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra. Issued Oct. 1945.
Charlie Spivak - Dear Mom
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Old 78 RPM record my mother found at Goodwill many years ago. Like most of us, it's been through a lot, but it still sounds great! The imperfections in the audio lend an authenticity to the music that you don't get in today's pristine recordings.
V-Disc 268 Charlie Spivak, Woody Herman
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Side A: Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra Side B: Woody Herman and his Orchestra. Issued Sept. 1944.
V-Disc 360 Lionel Hampton, Charlie Spivak
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Side A: Lionel Hampton Side B: Charlie Spivak V-Disc issued 1945.
V-Disc 380 Harry James, Charlie Spivak
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Side A: Helen Forrest w/ Harry James and his Orchestra. Side B: Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra. Issued Feb. 1945.
V-Disc 295 Charlie Spivak, Glen Gray, Casa Loma Orchestra
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Side A: Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra Side B: Glen Gary and The Casa Loma Orchestra. Issued Oct.1944.
Everytime We Say Goodbye ~ Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra 1944
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Everytime We Say Goodbye ~ Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra~ Irene Daye ~ 12/20/1944 ~ RCA-Victor Records Band leader, Charlie Spivak married song bird, Irene Daye not long after she was hired to sing with his orchestra.
V-Disc 182 Charlie Spivak
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Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra. Issued May 1944.
V-Disc 360 Lionel Hampton, Charlie Spivak
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Side A: Lionel Hampton. Side B: Charlie Spivak. V-Disc issued Jan. 1945
V-Disc 164 Charlie Spivak
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Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra. Issued April 1944.
V-Disc 485 Charlie Spivak
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Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra. Issued Aug. 1945.
V-Disc 449 Charlie Spivak, Benny Carter
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Side A: Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra. Side B: Benny Carter and his Orchestra. Issued June 1945.
Charlie Spivak's Intermezzo on a Capehart flipover changer
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Written by Heinz Provost for the movie of the same name, Charlie Spivak recored this in 1941 on the Okeh label. Okeh was a subsidiary of Columbia records. Charlie (1905-1988) was only with Okeh records for 2 years but made some of his greatest hits during these two years. This is being played on a 1948 Capehart 116P4 flipover changer.
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Bandleader Charlie Spivak is remembered for playing a brilliant open horn, which press agents called the sweetest trumpet" in the world. In reading about Charlie and his start as a bandleader,...
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Feed One of the top big bands of the 1940's was Charlie Spivak (above) and his orchestra. " Chubby" Spivak played a brilliant open horn, which press agents called "the sweetest trumpet in the world." Yesterday, at one of my lectures, or more...
Charlie Spivak
Charlie Spivak (17 February 1905 or 1907–1 March 1982) was an American trumpeter and bandleader, best known for his big band in the 1940s.
1958: Pinciana (Design)
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Charlie Spivak — biography from Solid!
Biography
The details of Spivak's birth are unclear. Some sources place it in the Ukraine in 1907, and that his family emigrated to settle in New Haven, Connecticut while he was a child. Others place his birth in New Haven two years earlier, in 1905. What is certain is that he learnt to play trumpet when he was ten years old, and played in his high school band, going on to work with local groups before joining Don Cavallaro's orchestra.He played with Paul Specht's band for most of 1924 to 1930, then spent time with Ben Pollack (1931–1934), the Dorsey brothers (1934–1935), and Ray Noble (1935– 1936). He played on "Solo Hop" in 1935 by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. He spent 1936 and 1937 mostly working as a studio musician with Gus Arnheim, Glenn Miller, Raymond Scott's radio orchestra, and others, followed by periods with Bob Crosby (1938), Tommy Dorsey (1938–1939), and Jack Teagarden (1939).
Finally, with the encouragement and financial backing of Glenn Miller, he formed his own band in November 1939. Though it failed within a year, he tried again shortly afterwords, this time taking over an existing band (Bill Downer's) and making a success of it. Spivak's band was one of the most successful in the 1940s, and survived until 1959. He scouted top trumpeter Paul Fredricks (formerly of Alvino Rey's Orchestra) just as Fredricks left the service at the end of the War in 1946. Fredricks was instrumental in the band's success in the coming years as it reached its peak .
Spivak's experience playing with jazz musicians had little effect on his own band's style, which was straight dance music, made up mainly of ballads and popular tunes. Spivak himself (known as "Cheery, Chubby Charlie") had always been noted and used for his tone rather than for any improvisational ability.
A number of the band's musicians were to make names for themselves, including drummer Dave Tough, bassist Jimmy Middleton, trumpeters Les Elgart and Paul Fredricks, trombonist Nelson Riddle, and singers Garry Stevens, June Hutton, Tommy Mercer, Jimmy Saunders, and Irene Daye (who had sung with Gene Krupa, and whom Spivak married in 1950). Riddle was also responsible for many of the band's arrangements, together with Sonny Burke. The late Manny Albam also arranged for the Spivak band.
When the Spivak orchestra broke up, he went to live in Florida, where he continued to lead a band until illness led to his temporary retirement in 1963. On his recovery, he continued to lead large and small bands, first in Las Vegas, then in South Carolina; in Greenville, South Carolina in 1967 he led a small group featuring his wife as vocalist. She died in 1971 after years of fighting cancer. Spivak continued to play and record until his death.
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