Word: decca
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...record buyers are finding it irresistible; in less than ten weeks, more than 2,000,000 records have been released by Columbia, Victor, Decca, Capitol and MGM. By all signs, it should be an even greater success than the 1948 hit, All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth...
Puppy Love (Dorothy Collins; Decca). A moistly sentimental song that should embarrass even teenagers. It has a spoken chorus that harks back to the days of early vaudeville...
Schlusnus Sings (Decca, 2 LPs). The late Berlin Opera star, Heinrich Schlusnus, was an outstanding bel canto baritone in the '30s, when these 24 songs were recorded. He sings Schubert, Wolf, Brahms, Strauss, with striking vocal quality and sensitive shading...
Griffes: Poem (Julius Baker, flute; orchestra conducted by Daniel Saidenberg; Decca). U.S. Composer Charles Griffes was influenced by both German and French romantic composers before he began to develop his own style, but he died in 1920 (at 36), before he reached full recognition. Poem, a high-flown fantasy of French impressionist extraction, gets a stunning performance from one of Manhattan's finest flutists...
Satchmo at Pasadena (Louis Armstrong and the All Stars; Decca LP). This is the third jumbo-size recording of the old master's popular outfit recorded at a live concert. By no means the best he has done (both Decca and Victor have shown the All Stars in better form), it is the liveliest album of the week. Armstrong's trumpeting is bright and strong, his gravelly voice as ingratiatingly ribald as ever, and the old songs (Stardust, Honeysuckle Rose, etc.) are still good...