{"id":1739,"date":"2015-06-16T23:52:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T04:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dismuke.org\/blog\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2015-06-16T23:52:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T04:52:09","slug":"jimmy-leach-and-his-new-organolians-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dismuke.org\/blog\/?p=1739","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Leach And His New Organolians 1948"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Dream Girl”
\nJimmy Leach And His New Organolians; Alan Dean, vocal
\n1948 (Columbia FB 3432 mx CA 20845)
\nDream Girl<\/a><\/p>\n

“The Chapel Over The Hill”
\nJimmy Leach And His New Organolians; Alan Dean, vocal
\n1948 (Columbia FB 3432 mx CA 20846)
\nThe Chapel Over The Hill<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here’s a record I from postwar Britain by a group that has a rather unique but pleasant style.\u00a0 I especially enjoy the “Dream Girl” side.<\/p>\n

Pianist and organist Jimmy Leach<\/a> was a regular fixture on BBC broadcasts from the 1940s through the 1960s, including the long running Music While You Work<\/em> program which I wrote about in my August 30, 2011 posting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vocalist Alan Dean<\/a> was consistently voted as Britain’s most popular male singer in Melody Maker<\/em> newspaper popularity polls from 1949-1952.<\/p>\n

“Dream Girl” was the title song from the 1948 Paramount film Dream Girl<\/a><\/em> which starred Betty Hutton.<\/p>\n

“The Chapel Over The Hill” was one of Jimmy Leach’s own compositions – on this he shared composer credit with Gerry Mason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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