“Dream Girl”
Jimmy Leach And His New Organolians; Alan Dean, vocal
1948 (Columbia FB 3432 mx CA 20845)
Dream Girl
“The Chapel Over The Hill”
Jimmy Leach And His New Organolians; Alan Dean, vocal
1948 (Columbia FB 3432 mx CA 20846)
The Chapel Over The Hill
Here’s a record I from postwar Britain by a group that has a rather unique but pleasant style. I especially enjoy the “Dream Girl” side.
Pianist and organist Jimmy Leach was a regular fixture on BBC broadcasts from the 1940s through the 1960s, including the long running Music While You Work program which I wrote about in my August 30, 2011 posting.
Vocalist Alan Dean was consistently voted as Britain’s most popular male singer in Melody Maker newspaper popularity polls from 1949-1952.
“Dream Girl” was the title song from the 1948 Paramount film Dream Girl which starred Betty Hutton.
“The Chapel Over The Hill” was one of Jimmy Leach’s own compositions – on this he shared composer credit with Gerry Mason.
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