Roy Fox #6 Recorded 1931 - 1953 CD354F

Roy Fox Disc #6 CD354F The final disc in this Roy Fox/Lew Stone/Nat Gonella series completes the Nat Gonella and his Georgians sides - at least from the perspective of my record collection, up to 1938 then backsteps a few years to Nat's days with the Billy Cotton Band, starting in 1931. With his Georgians, Nat Gonella usually took the vocals but Stella Moya sings an unusually heard vocal version of Duke Ellington's Delta Serenade. Nat Gonella Personnel - Nat Gonella-t-c/ Bruts Gonella-Johnny Morrison- t/ Pat Smuts-ts/Albert Torrance-Ernnest Ritte-cl-as/ Don Barrigo-ts/ Harold hood-p/ Jimmy Mesene-g-v/ Tiny Winters-sb/ Bob Dryden-d/Nat Gonella was with Billy Cotton until July 1934. Born William Edward "Billy" Cotton on May 6, 1899, Billy started as a choirboy and opted for drums as his instument. To enlist for WW1, he falsified his age and joined the the Royal Fusiliers, serving in Malta and Egypt, landing at Gallipoli during an artillery barrage. Recommended for a commission, he learned to fly Bristol Fighters. He flew solo for the first time in 1918, on the same day that the Royal Flying Corps became the Royal Air Force. At the conclusion of the war, he took a gig with Arthur Rosebery - in a trio called the Kit Kat Band. He toured in France during WWII and had a raadio show from 1949 until 1957 when his television show started, continuing on the air till 1968. Billy Cotton General Personnel :Sid Buckman-Jack Doyle-Teddy Foster-Nat Gonella-t-v/ Tommy Birch-Eddie Fearn-Bruts Gonella-Ted Desmond-t/ Joe Ferrie-Tommie Wood-Ellis Jackson-tb/Mick Burberry- Frank Kenyon-cl-as-bar/ Frank Barnes-ts-a/ Harold Chippendall-Harry Hunter-bar/ Ronnie Coulbertson-cl-ss-as/ Dave Roberts-cl-as/ Bill Shankland-V.Boulcott-cl-ts/ Phil Phillips-vn/ Sid Lipton-as-vn/ Clem Bernard-d-p/ Laurie Jonson-Les Casey-bj-g/ Joe Gibson-Joe White-bb-sb/ Arthur Baker- Donald Whitelaw-d/Alan Breeze-v. ~ Mickey Clark

Tracks 1-4 are by Nat Gonella's band

1. DELTA SERENADE STELLA MOYA PAR F1205 02/12/38 E9077-1 ELLINGTON- MILLS-KURTZ
2. MOOD INDIGO PAR F1205 04/13/38 E9082-1 ELLINGTON-MILLS-BIGARD
3. BLACKPOOL WALK NAT GONELLA NAT GONELLA PAR F1199 07/16/38 E9274-1 NICHOLLS
4. LAMBETH WALK STELLA MOYA PAR F1199 07/16/38 E9275-1 GAY-FURBER-ROSE

   Billy Cotton and His Orchestra - many featuring Nat Gonella on trumpet

5. RIVER AND ME SID BUCKMAN COL CB259 03/25/31 CA11399 DUBIN-WARREN
6. HELLO BEAUTIFUL ALAN BREEZE & TRIO COL CB259 03/25/31 CA11400 DONALDSON
7. GIVE ME YOUR AFFECTION HONEY COL CB374 10/10/31 CA12058 BRYAN-LOMBARDO-WENDLING
8. IT'S THE GIRL COL CB374 10/10/31 CA12059 OPPENHEIM-BAER
9. NOBODY'S SWEETHEART ALAN BREEZE REG MR450 11/13/31 CAR887 KAHN-ERDMAN-MEYERS-SCHOEBEL
10. SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH ALAN BREEZE REG MR450 11/13/31 CAR888 RENE-MORSE
11. ONE LITTLE QUARREL SID BUCKMAN REG MR491 01/01/32 CAR923 HOFFMAN-GOODHART-NELSON
12. I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU SID BUCKMAN REG MR491 01/01/32 CAR924 KALMAR-RUBY- STOTHART
13. GOODNIGHT,VIENNA SAM BROWNE REG MR560 04/18/32 CAR1162 MARVELL-POSFORD
14. AUF WIEDERSEH'N MY DEAR Cavan O'Connor REG MR560 04/19/32 CAR1167 AGER-HOFFMAN-GOODHART-NELSON
15. BUNGALOW,A PICCOLO,AND YOU CYRIL GRANTHAM REG MR610 07/19/32 CAR1344 LEWIS-SHERMAN-DAVID
16. UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES ALAN BREEZE REG MR610 07/19/32 CAR1350 MCCARTHY-FLANAGAN
17. WE'RE A COUPLE OF SOLDIERS MY BABY AND ME REG MR714 10/01/32 CAR1469 WOODS
18. OLD KITCHEN KETTLE ALAN BREEZE REG MR714 10/01/32 CAR1475 WOODS-CAMPBELL-CONNELLY
19. NEW JIG RHYTHM RZN MR1688 04/12/35 CAR3363 DE ROSA
20. TEMPTATION RAG RZN MR1688 04/12/35 CAR3364 LODGE
21. I WANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO LOVE YOU RZN MR2265 10/19/36 CAR4227-1 BRYAN-MARK
22. MIRACLES SOMETIMES HAPPEN RZN MR2265 10/19/36 CAR4228-1 NOBLE-MURRAY
23. MY HEAVEN IN THE PINES REX 9327 06/20/38 CAMPBELL-SIGLER-CONRAD
24. CORONATION BELLS MARCH LON 1313 01/01/53 17350 PARTRIDGE
25. IN A GOLDEN COACH LON 1313 DOREEN STEPHENS--TALKING 01/01/53 JAMIESON 17351

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