Submitted by Michael Steinman, Aug 1, 2008 10:38

I'm always glad to see Rich Conaty praised in print for the heroic job he does and has done in keeping pop and jazz music of that period alive and available. But to attribute "Bagpipe Stomp" to "Barney Rapp" is to perpetuate a long-time mistake. I believe it was Jim Prohaska in an article in the IAJRC Journal who pointed out that both this unissued side and "Adam's Apple" feature a 1937 New York band directed by arranger Buck Ram and featuring Hot Lips Page, who is instantly recognizable even if his colleagues aren't. Ram, if memory serves me, wrote and arranged million-selling hits for the vocal group The Platters...in another life.

Note: Comments are screened, and in some cases edited, before posting. We reserve the right to reject anything we find objectionable.