Columbia 78 #38036 - "The Dream Peddler" & "Beg Your Pardon" - Frankie Carle

"The wizard of the keyboard," Frankie Carle was one of the most popular pianists of the 1940's and 1950's. 

Starting in 1916, he worked with a number of mainstream dance orchestras. He became a featured performer (and later partner) in the Horace Heidt orchestra, leaving in 1944 to form his own band. His daughter, billed as Marjorie Hughes, was the lead singer. Carle had several million-sellers in the late 1940's and early 1950's, including his theme song, "Sunrise Serenade" .

Offered here is a fairly clean and decent sounding pair of fox trot vocal arrangements. Background noise will be incidental since I see just a few light scratches and scuff marks. This record has no chips or skips and a decent gloss still shows. One hairline crack is starting to show but as yet does NOT affect the play, but will require careful handling.

Side HCO 2609 presents, "The Dream Peddler" with vocal by Gregg Lawrence. Side CCO 4857 shows, "Beg Your Pardon", with vocal by Marjorie Hughes.