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Tony Martin for Bourjois, 1946

by Tony Martin

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My grandpa apparently went on a Tony Martin kick for a while: he has 14 sides of The Tony Martin Show from June-October of 1946. Instead of having so many separate Tony Martin posts, I decided to do something a little different and made them into an album. The album includes 12 out of the 14 recordings; two were in such poor condition that I couldn’t play them.

From what I’ve gathered, Tony Martin had a 30-minute Saturday evening show sponsored by Bourjois, a maker of women’s cosmetics. The programs include some fun advertisements for things like Evening in Paris face powder. Albert Sacks and his orchestra accompany Tony and Georgia Gibbs (“the little girl with the big voice”), while James Wallington is the announcer. I have a couple of complete shows and one which I think is complete but I’m not certain of the date of one of the discs. All the rest are either part one or part two of a two-part program.

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released December 23, 2011

Tony Martin, Albert Sacks and his orchestra, Georgia Gibbs, James Wallington

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Grandpa's iPod Orlando

I think I have all the tracks reset to free. If you find one I missed, let me know.

My grandfather was an engineer at Detroit's WJR beginning in 1943. He kept what was considered trash at the time: on-air transcription discs for shows he liked. He also cut a lot of discs for his own use. I've inherited his collection of over 250 discs. ... more

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