Howard Barrie (Howard Baron Phillips; 12 April 1909 The Bronx – 23 September 1985) was a singer who, beginning December 1936, sang with Ray Noble and His Orchestra. Phillips – on June 9, 1953, in Bedford, New York – married actress Kay Linaker.
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editThe hit, "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" – sung by Dick Powell and Alice Faye – was featured in the 1937 musical film, On the Avenue.[1]
It was also recorded by Ray Noble, Glen Gray and Fred Astaire, whose rendering was a bestseller for weeks.
- Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 3 – "Musical Compositions" – New Series. Vol. 32. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1938 – via Internet Archive
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"Musical Compositions"
- "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (©8 January 13, 1937; Class E (musical composition) Published 59842; Irving Berlin, Inc.). from On the Avenue, w & m Irving Berlin; with arrangement for guitar, etc. p. 40 – via Internet Archive .
- Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 3 – "Musical Compositions" – New Series. Vol. 26, No. 3 (March 1931). Library of Congress, Copyright Office – via Internet Archive .
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"Musical Compositions"
- "Lady of Spain" (©4 Februaryy 1931; 1 copy (unpublished) March 11, 1931; Class E (musical composition) for. 17297; Cecil Lennox, Ltd., London). Spanish quick-step or fox-trot, lyrics by Erell Reaves; music by Tolchard Evans of Great Britain; with ukulele arrangment [staff and tonic sol-fa notations]. p. 343 – via Internet Archive .
Bibliography
editNotes
edit- ^ Rust & Debus, 1973, pp. 269, 530.
References
edit- Dick Powell (vocalist); Alice Faye (vocalist) (February 12, 1937). "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm". On The Avenue (film). 20th Century Fox Film Corporation – via YouTube. (alternate link – via YouTube.)
- Rust, Brian Arthur Lovell (1922–2011) (1973). Debus, Allen George (1926–2009) (ed.). The Complete Entertainment Discography, From the Mid-1890s to 1942. Arlington House – via Google Books .
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LCCN 73-13239; ISBN 978-0-8700-0150-5, 0-8700-0150-7; OCLC 700684 (all editions).
- "Alice Faye". p. 269.
- "Dick Powell". p. 530.
- Rust, Brian Arthur Lovell (1922–2011) (1975). The American Dance Band Discography, 1917–1942. Arlington House – via Google Books (University of Michigan Library) .
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LCCN 75-33689; ISBN 978-0-8700-0248-9, 0-8700-0248-1; OCLC 1818389 (all editions).
- "Ray Noble" "HP" (Harry Phillips, vocalist). Vol. 2. p. 1311.
- "Red Norvo" "MB" (Mildred Bailey, vocalist). Vol. 2. p. 1314.
- "Roy Ross" "DR" (Don Rodney, vocalist). Vol. 2. p. 1544.
- "Sterling Young" "BM" (Billy Mozet, vocalist). Vol. 2. p. 1994.
- International Musician (February 1930). "Local No. 802, New York, N.Y." ... "New Members" ... "Howard Baron Phillips" (PDF). 27 (8). Official Journal of the American Federation of Musicians: 16.
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- Holiday's version ranked 6 on the year-end single chart available for 1937.
- Red Norvo, Chicago, January 8, 1937
- C-1736-2 "I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (mb vcl) Br 7813, A-500707, Reg-Zono G-23094, Voc S-102, Col C3L22, CBS BPG62099, Col/Legacy CK53424 [CD], Phontastic (Swd)PHONTCD7663 [CD], Giants Of Jazz (It)CD53282 [CD], Retrospective (E)RTS4344 [CD]
- Ray Noble and His Orchestra, Howard Barrie, a baritone from Boston (originally from Leicester), in December 1936, succeeded Al Bowlly, who after six years with Noble, returned to England to start his own band.
- Chicago Daily News (The) (December 11, 1936). "Al Bolly ... ". Vol. 61, no. 293. p. 25 (col. 2; middle) – via GenealogyBank.
- Barrie, in 1932, performed with Irving Aaronson's Commanders
- → The Merry Macs, aka The Personality Boys, The Mystery Trio
- → Joe McMichael (tenor) (né Joseph W. McMichael; 1916–1944)
- → 1944–1945: Clive Erard (tenor)
- → 1945–1954: Dick Baldwin (tenor)
- → 1954–1964: Vern Rowe (tenor)
- → Ted McMichael (baritone) (né Ted W. McMichael; 1908–2001)
- → Judd McMichael (tenor) (né George Edward McMichael, Jr.; 1906–1989)
- → 1931–1936: Cheri McKay
- → 1936–1939: Helen Carroll
- → 1939–1942: Mary Lou Cook (né Mary Louise Dunckley or Mary Gertrude Dunckley; 1908–1944), married to Elisha Cook, Jr., from 1928 to 1941
- → 1942–1964: Marjory Garland McMichael (Judd's wife)
- → Lynn Martin
- "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (1937)
- First recorded January 5, 1937. RCA Victor Matrix BS-03889.
- 1937: Victor 25507–A; 25507–B "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" / "Slumming on Park Avenue" at Discogs (list of releases) (master 1285325)
- 1949 re-issue (RCA Victor Catalog No: 20–3302–B. Matrix Runout No.: 20–3302–B (same as the Catalog No.)).
- Variety; Green, Abel (February 17, 1937). "Disc Reviews". 125 (10): 47 – via Internet Archive (Media History Digital Library).
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- Variety; Woods, Bernie (February 2, 1949). "Jocks, Jukes and Disks". 173 (8): 36 – via Internet Archive (Media History Digital Library).
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- Billie Holiday and Her Orchester, New York, January 12, 1937
- Jonah Jones (tp) Edgar Sampson (cl,as-1) Ben Webster (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Allan Reuss (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) Billie Holiday (vcl)
- 20507-1 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (*) Col C3L-40, Seven Seas (Jap)KICJ6011-6017 [CD], King Jazz (It)KJ171FS [CD]
- 20507-2 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm Voc/OKeh 3431, CBS (Eu)62814, (Jap)SOPH63-64, Time Life STL-J03, Two Flats Disc (It)TFD5006, Col C3K47724 [CD]
- Billie Holiday. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm.
- Lyrics World (this was the website of Paolo Filho of Brazil that went offline in 2003. Wayback Machine seemingly has captured the site and its functionality).
- "No. 1 Songs; 1930–1989". Ntl.matrix.com.br. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2010 – via Wayback Machine.