[Vintage-Audio] Re Anita Kerr Singers Move

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Thank you Bob. Great job of data provision and clairification.

Nowadays the editors and/or publishers seem to be very remiss on checking 
the authenticity and correctness of "facts". The article on William 
Halligan, Sr., W9WZE (at that time), the founder of the Hallicrafters Co., 
once did some work writing a column for a newspaper on the east coast. 
Either in NY or MA. The article had Halligan as a major author with a 
syndicated column and more. Nobody bothered to check the article prior to 
publication. Then again, does anybody care nowadays? Facts? Why bother with 
them. Just print it and we will print a retraction in fine print some place 
in the classified ads!

DBF

Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <W9RAN at oneradio.net>
To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back" 
<vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Anita Kerr Singers Move


> Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
>> What year did Anita Kerr leave the
>> RCA Nashville Studio B team for California and a 'perceived' better 
>> opportunity?
>>
> I think the Space Age Pop article is a little deceiving, as the quartet 
> was known as the Anita Kerr Singers well back into the 1950's. I think the 
> confusion stems from the fact that they often camouflaged their identiy, 
> as when they recorded "Forever" as "The Little Dippers", and later when 
> they cut "Joey Baby" as "Anita and the So and Sos". But according to her 
> website:
>
> "Anita Kerr’s first recording session, during which the producer named her 
> group “The Anita Kerr Singers”, was with Red Foley. Producers started 
> hiring Anita Kerr’s group to back up singers such as Eddy Arnold, Burl 
> Ives, Ernest Tubb, and other country artists. By 1955, The Anita Kerr 
> Singers were recording a national radio program at WSM with Jim Reeves. 
> The Anita Kerr Singers, after winning the talent show in 1956, started 
> performing on the Arthur Godfrey Show in New York. During this time, Anita 
> Kerr and The Anita Kerr Singers sang with top stars such as Brenda Lee, 
> Perry Como, Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, Bobby Vinton, Roy Orbison, Willie 
> Nelson, Jim Reeves, Floyd Cramer, and Al Hirt. She also received her first 
> NARAS nomination."
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
>
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