The Best of Sauter-Finegan - The Original Doodletown Fifers

Sauter-Finegan Orchestra - The Best of Sauter-Finegan - The Original Doodletown Fifers

The Best of Sauter-Finegan - The Original Doodletown Fifers
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Artist: Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-08-17
Music Label: Collector's Choice
Soundtracks:
  1. Doodletown Fifers
  2. The Moon Is Blue
  3. Of Thee I Sing
  4. Tweedle Dee And Tweedle Dum
  5. Hit The Road To Dreamland
  6. Now That I'm In Love
  7. Yankee Doodletown
  8. Love Is A Simple Thing
  9. Nina Never Knew
  10. Child's Play
  11. April In Paris
  12. Doodletown Races
  13. Rain
  14. Horseplay
  15. Got A Date With An Angel
  16. Midnight Sleighride
  17. Exactly Like You
  18. Have You Met Miss Jones?
  19. Paradise
  20. Aren't You Glad You're You?

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Free Music Review: One Of The Most Innovative Bands Of The Early 50s
Hit: 5 Stars

At a time when most of the big bands were disappearing, along came Eddie Sauter and William Finegan to form one of the most innovative bands of the years leading up to R&R. Both were arrangers before their union, Sauter for Red Norvo, Mildred Bailey, Benny Goodman, and Tommy Dorsey, among others, and Finegan for the great Glenn Miller.

When they got together they hit upon the idea of featuring obscure instruments like the oboe, piccolo, and English horn, and the result, among some of the best band music you'll hear from that era, was four hit singles for RCA Victor. And they're all here.

The first, Doodletown Fifers, an adaptation of the Civil War song Kingdom Coming And The Year Of Jubilo, made it to # 12 in September 1952 featuring the tenor sax of Al Klink and Ralph Burns playing the piano and the celeste, a keyboard instrument in which small hammers strike bells. They were also featured on Nina Never Knew [# 13 in December] which also has Joe Mooney doing the vocals and Kai Winding [of later "More" fame] on trombone.

Then came Midnight Sleighride, based on a Prokofiev classical suite. Again Klink and Burns do their thing on a tune that rose to # 29 in January 1953, and seven months later The Moon Is Blue, from the film of the same name, peaked at # 20 in August 1953 featuring Sally Sweetland and The Doodlers on vocal and the trumpet of Doc Severinsen, later of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

Sauter, who passed away in 1981, later arranged for Andre Kostelanetz in the 1960s as well as for several Broadway shows. At last report, Bill Finegan, now 90, is still with us.

Thanks to the folks at Collector's Choice. And if you ever happen to read this, how about doing the same for another orchestra largely overlooked today: Dick Jacobs. We'll be waiting.

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